FINDING GOD IN A CRISIS
1 Samuel 28.3-25
David: When Faith Takes The Lead – Part 13
FINDING GOD IN A CRISIS REQUIRES US TO …
COMMIT OUR PATH TO Not Using God
vv. 5–6 “… he was afraid; terror filled his heart. He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him …” (niv)
vv. 16&18 “… the LORD has turnedfromyou and become your enemy … Because you did not obey the voice of the LORD …” (esv)
Deuteronomy 18.10–11 “There shall not be found among you … a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead …”
Psalm 84.11 “No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.”
COMPARE OUR CRISIS TO Not Knowing God
Jeremiah 9.23–24 “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me …” (esv)
Ephesians 2.12 “… remember that you were at that time separated from Christ … having no hope and without God in the world.” (esv)
Psalm 13.1 “How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?” & 5 “But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.” (esv)
CONFIDE OUR DARKNESS TO An Illuminating Savior
Deuteronomy 18.15 “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like [Moses] from among you … it is to him you shall listen …” (esv)
Romans 5.19 “For just as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so also through the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.” (csb)
Philippians 2.8 “… obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.” (esv)
John 1.5 “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (esv)
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