SAYING GOODBYE TO FALSE SECURITY
1 Samuel 12
Saul: When Man Takes The Lead – Part 3
c. 11.14 “… let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom …” (nas)
DEMANDING SECURITY THAT CAN BE SEEN …
RESULTS FROM Forgetting God’s Past Faithfulness
v. 2 “I have walked before you from my youth until this day.” (esv)
v. 7 “I am going to confront you with evidence … to all the righteous acts performed by the LORD for you and your fathers.” (niv)
v. 11 “… the LORD … delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side …” (esv)
v. 14 “If you will fear the LORD and serve him … it will be well.” (esv)
1 Peter 5.7 “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” (niv)
FAILS TO Deliver From Life’s Fearsomeness
v. 18 “… the LORD sent thunder and rain that day, and all the people greatly feared the LORD …” (esv)
v. 19 “… we have added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king.” (niv)
Isaiah 51.13 “[You] have forgotten the LORD, your Maker … and you fear continually all the day …” (esv)
VANISHES AS WE Trust That God Won’t Forsake Us
v. 20 “Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.” (esv)
2 Corinthians 6.2 “I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.” (niv)
v. 22 “For the LORD will not forsake his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself.” (esv)
1 Corinthians 15.3 “… Christ died for our sins …” (esv)