WORTHLESS MEN & THE BOY MINISTER
1 Samuel 2.11-36
Samuel: When Obedience Takes The Lead – Part 2
1 Peter 4.17 “… it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God …”
1 Timothy 6.5 “… men of corrupt mind … who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.” (niv)
v. 30 “… for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.” (esv)
WHEN HYPOCRISY BECOMES CUSTOMARY, REMEMBER THAT …
GOD PREDICTS Disaster For Hardened Worshippers
Hardening Works: v. 25 “If someone sins against a man, God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” (esv)
v. 17 “… for the men treated the offering of the LORD with contempt.” (esv)
Hebrews 6.6 “… fallen away … are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up tocontempt.” (esv)
Hebrews 2.3 “… how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation?”
Hardening Warns: v. 25 “But they would not listen … for it was the will of the LORD to put them to death.” (esv)
Hebrews 10.26–27 “For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.”(esv)
GOD PREPARES For Sunrise At Midnight
v. 35 “I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart …” (esv)
Hebrews 4.14 & 16 “Since then we have a great high priest … Jesus, the Son of God, let us … draw near to the throne of grace …” (esv)
v. 26 “Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the LORD and also with man.” (esv)
Luke 2.52 “And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.” (esv)
Hebrews 3.15 “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts …” (esv)
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