Insisting on Bondage

1 Samuel
Written By Darin Pesnell

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Speaker: Darin Pesnell
Scripture: 1 Samuel 8
May 22, 2022

Sermon Outline

1. Living under the influence of other things is a threat to a relationship with God

  • Addiction -- an ever-decreasing satisfaction that has an ever-increasing cost

  • We are easily tempted into "contracts" with controlling things when there seems to be a good reason to do so

2. Living in fear is a threat to a relationship with God

  • The Israelites feared their enemies; therefore, they wanted a king (not God) to fight their battles

  • To counter fear, slow down and talk to God

3. God gave Israel a bad king so He could eventually give them (and us) a good King

  • Saul grasped at power and was overcome by evil

  • David, a king after God's own heart, was still a sinner, not the king we need

  • Jesus Christ is the King that God was preparing for in this chapter

Darin Pesnell
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