Sermon Outline
- The Heart Matters (Prov 20:5, 2Chr 16:9, Jer 17:9, Mt 15:8)
- God’s Heart of Patience
- Misconceptions I’ve had
- Saul ruled a short time before being rejected
- 1st: History in the OT texts is meant to give us God’s view on things, not necessarily a chronology of things.
- 2nd: Translation difficulties. (1Sam 13:1, Acts 13:21)
- Saul ruled a short time before being rejected
- God was patient with Saul (Ex 34:6, Judg 21:25)
- Application: This should give us hope.
- Misconceptions I’ve had
- David’s Heart for God
- Saul’s Rejection & David’s anointing (1Sam 16:1, 2, 5, 13-14)
- The Human Propensity to look at the external (1Sam 16:6, 1Tim 2:9)
- God looks at the heart and gives the Heart he wants (1Sam 16:7, 16:1, Ezek 36:26)
- David’s Heart
- Protective of the Weak, Self-sacrificing (1Sam 17:34-36, cp. to 1Sam 9:3-4)
- Eagerly fighting the Battle for God’s Honor (1Sam 17:48)
- Build a Temple and further the honor/worship of God (1Chr 15, 2Sam 7)
- Psalms = Trust in Trial
- Repentant (1Sam 24:4-5, 2Sam 11, 12:13, 24:1-10)
- Invitation to Come to God for a new heart (Mark 11:9-10)
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