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Intro:
Welcome
Series: Heart over Hype
Message: God over Everything
Review:
Chapter 3:
Samuel was called to be the prophet of Israel as a young boy.
As he got older, God established him to ALL of Israel.
Samuel was called to be the prophet of Israel as a young boy.
As he got older, God established him to ALL of Israel.
Chapter 4:
Israel lost 2 battles to the Philistines losing a total of around 34,000 troop and also lost position of the Ark of God.
Read:
Main Points:
1. God is First
God is not someone who takes kindly to being placed in second place.
Then a few chapters later in
Exodus 34:
Meaning God seeks our full devotion.
But notice that this was not just a mix up in priorities where a believer had to miss church for a week or two because he had football practice.
This was a matter of God vs. god.
Dagon was the the Philistine’s god that they worshiped over the God of Israel and we find out just how powerful this god is.
2. God is the Righteous Judge
Did the Philistines defeat the people of Israel?
Yes
Did the Philistines capture and take the Ark of God as a trophy of accomplishment?
Yes
Did the Philistines ultimately receive punishment for their deeds?
Yes
Not only did the Philistine people worship false God’s, they also mocked the God of Israel by placing the Ark in the temple of said God.
God is a KEEPER of His word.
Meaning that not only will He be with His people, but He will punish anyone who opposes Him or his people.
David writes:
Sometimes we find ourselves in the midst of people who hurt us, or who do wrong to those around them, but we have faith that our God is our rock and our fortress.
3. God Restores
One of my favorite shows to watch when I actually had cable was a show called “American Restoration”.
The show was about a shop that specialized in restoring old beaten up and forgotten item.
They would strip the item of all of it’s imperfections of rust, amateur paint jobs, and unnecessary additions.
Then they would begin to build the item back to it’s original glory.
The outcome would always be this beautiful piece that was restored to it’s intended design.
That is the very nature of the God that we serve.
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The Philistines may of took what was meant for the people of God, but God restores what people distort.
The Philistines may of only had the Ark for 7 months, but the main lesson to pull from this passage is that God will restore His people if it takes 7 months, 7 years, or 70 years.
You can depend on the Lord.
Response
The funny thing is that it becomes easy to point fingers at the people in the Bible because they are very obviously in the wrong, yet if we look in the mirror, we often times find a similar situation.
The Ark of God was meant to be worshiped by the people of Israel.
It represented the presence of God.
The God that had brought them out of Egypt and delivered them from the wilderness.
But the Philistines turned the Ark in to something that it was never meant to be.
They distorted it’s original purpose.
Some of you are in here today and your purpose has been distorted.
Your view of God has been distorted.
The way that you view yourself has been distorted.
And just like the Philistines, and illness has come over your life in the form of depression, anxiety, or fear.
Maybe you feel like you just simply are not enough.
Whatever the case is, the bottom line I want you to be aware of tonight is that our God wants to make things right with you.
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