Come, Let us reason together
1 Samuel - Looking for a Leader • Sermon • Submitted
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17 learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause. 18 “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. 19 If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; 20 but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
Meeting of minds
Vision - Older to younger, Core Groups be in the Word, Community Groups, praying for one another
Transitions/Renewals - older to younger
Trying to get what you think you want
1. Build a legacy of integrity
1. Build a legacy of integrity
Integrity is important
You don’t have to promise everything
You do need to not just do what pleases people
2. Defend God's Righteousness
2. Defend God's Righteousness
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
When they had called, God had answered.
When you run into fearful things, remember what God has done.
3. Don't pursue emptiness - pursue your King's word and trust His intercession
3. Don't pursue emptiness - pursue your King's word and trust His intercession
The fearful storm - Fear is not a bad emotion.
They thought they knew what was best for them and so they demanded it as a sign of God’s love for them.
The repentance - a request for prayer
The quick response - Don’t be afraid but don’t pursue emptiness
C.S. Lewis - Edmund in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Food, sexual desire, Politics
Serve the Lord by considering what great things he has done for you and asking him for help to do what he wants
God won’t desert you because of His name
Your leader will pray for you and teach you
Be in the Word.... If God is for you, who can be against you? It’s not about perfection; it’s about trust. It’s not about perfection, it’s about love. Who do you love?
Don’t pursue emptiness out of fear or desire…Admit you can’t do it…Surrender.
Who do you love? How are you pursuing it?
Let us pray for one another!