GOD HAS GOTTEN US THIS FAR
1 Samuel 7.2-14
Samuel: When Obedience Takes The Lead – Part 6
v. 2b “… all the people of Israel mourned and sought after the LORD.” (niv)
WHEN WE REALLY WANT GOD, WE …
TRADE Easy Compromises FOR Hard Choices
v. 3 “If you are returning to the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods … direct your heart to the LORDand serve him only …” (esv)
2 Corinthians 7.10 “Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation … but worldly sorrow brings death.” (niv)
v. 4 “So the people of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and they served the LORD only.” (esv)
Mark 8.36 “What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?” (niv)
TRADE Manipulation FOR Desperation
v. 7 “… the Philistines heard that the people … had gathered … the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel.”(esv)
UNDESERVING – v. 6 “We have sinned against the LORD.” (esv)
REPRESENTED – v. 8 “… cry out to the LORD our God for us, that he may save us ...” (esv)
v. 9 “And Samuel cried out to the LORD for Israel, and the LORD answered him.”
Romans 8.34 “Christ Jesus is the one who died … who is at the right hand of God … interceding for us.” (esv)
DEFENDED – v. 10 “But the LORD thundered with a mighty sound that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion …” (esv)
REMEMBER Past Help FOR Future Work
v. 12 “He named it Ebenezer, explaining, ‘The LORD has helped us to this point.’” (csb)
Philippians 1.6 “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” (esv)
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