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1 Samuel Andrew Hageman 1 Samuel Andrew Hageman

Rebellion and Obedience

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Speaker: Andrew Hageman
Scripture: 1 Samuel 15
October 20, 2024

Sermon Outline

1. Overt Rebellion: Rebellion against God warrants destruction

  • The cruelty and evil practices of the Amalekites

  • God’s justice against the Amalekites

  • What does this mean for us?

2. Covert Rebellion: The heart of covert rebellion is self-deception

  • Covert rebellion begins with self-justification

  • Covert rebellion often includes blame shifting

  • Covert rebellion results in consequences

3. True Obedience: A relationship with God requires the true obedience which only Christ possesses

  • God requires obedience, not sacrifices

  • Our hope in Jesus Christ, the obedient King

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1 Samuel Steve Estes 1 Samuel Steve Estes

Remembering God's Kindnesses: Samuel Raises a Memorial Stone

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Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: 1 Samuel 7:2-13
December 11, 2022

Sermon Outline

1. The background

  • Israelites sin, are routed by the Philistines

  • Ark of the Covenant taken to Philistia, God makes Philistines' lives miserable

  • Philistines send Ark back to Israel, Israelites rejoice

2. The story

  • Israelites' idolatry

  • Divine discipline

  • Real repentance

  • Samuel sacrifices

  • Philistines flee

  • Ebenezer erected

3. The Ebenezer Stone

  • What is Ebenezer?

  • What does Ebenezer mean?

4. The Lessons

  • God's people experience his help only when they have a mediator

  • God is honored by special occasions of remembering his kindness

  • God will continue to remember with us only as we continue to remember him

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1 Samuel Darin Pesnell 1 Samuel Darin Pesnell

Insisting on Bondage

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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

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1 Samuel Joe Whalen 1 Samuel Joe Whalen

Israel Asks for a King

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Speaker: Joe Whalen
Scripture: 1 Samuel 8
February 27, 2022

Sermon Outline

  • vv. 1-3: As the faithful judge Samuel becomes old, the Israelites don’t want his corrupt sons to succeed him.

  • vv. 4-6a: The Israelites demand a king, like their neighbors had.

  • vv. 6b-9: …and God tells him to give them a king, but with a warning.

  • vv. 10-18: Samuel warns Israel what a king will do to them.

  • vv. 19-20: Israel rejects the warning outright.

Two truths

  1. We never just reject God; we replace him

  2. Our biggest problem is the unbelieving heart inside ourselves, not outward circumstances

Good news

God gave us a King who paid for our sins and who adopts us into His family

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