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Scripture: 1 Samuel 22 1 John 2:18: “Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come.” I. You can still have faith when antichrists come because of God’s providence. A. 1 Samuel 22 opens with David on the run from King Saul. By opposing God’s true…
1 Samuel 21 | January 23, 2022 Unholy Fear Leads to Deception Provision (1 Samuel 21:1-6) “David said to Ahimelech the priest, ‘The king has charged me with a matter and said to me, Let no one know anything of the matter about which I send you, and with which I have charged you.…
January 16, 2022 Scripture: 1 Samuel 20 I. Promises kept bless us with help in uncertainty. A. In 1 Samuel 20 David turns to Jonathan for help when it was uncertain if Jonathan’s father Saul wanted to kill David. In verse 8, David asks Jonathan to deal kindly with him. This word literally means loving-kindness…
Scripture: 1 Samuel 19 I. God protects you through other people. A. 1 Samuel 19 reveals four attempts that Saul makes to kill David. So, what stopped Saul from killing David? One thing that stopped Saul from killing was other people. The first person to save David was Jonathan (vs. 1-7). Saul listens to the…
January 2, 2022 Scripture: 1 Samuel 18:6-30 Luke 2:14: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” I. If you have a heart for God, you are blessed with God’s presence. A. David was a man with a heart for God. King Saul did not have a heart for…
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:55-18:5 I. Love looks like keeping your promises. A. In 1 Samuel 17:25 we hear from the soldiers what King Saul has promised to give to the soldier who kills the giant Goliath. Because Saul wants to keep his promises to the victorious David, he asks the army commander Abner who son…
1 Samuel 17:41-54 “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel. . .” (v45) Yahweh Reminds You that God is the Only Covenant Making and Keeping God “This…
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:31-40 I. You can trust your equipment in a fight. A. Saul did not trust that David would be able to beat the giant. David’s youth (vs. 33) made him an untrustworthy fighter. But we see what Saul did put his trust in when it came to battle in vs. 38-39: Saul trusted…
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:1-30 I. God is the hero of every story by defeating the snake. A. Verse 1 says that the Philistine army was gathered at Socoh, which belongs to Judah. The Philistines are in the Promised Land and have, in effect, undone Joshua’s conquest of the Promised Land for Israel a few centuries…
Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:14-23 I. The departure of the Holy Spirit means the loss of God’s presence. A. “Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a harmful spirit from the LORD tormented him” (1 Sam. 16:14). Psalm 51:11-12: “Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.…
