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Second in a series on 1 Peter. This message was given by Jonathan East on April 18, 2021
First in a series on the book of 1 Peter. In verses 1 and 2 of the first chapter, Peter introduces his subject - Grace.
According to 1 Samuel 15:35, Samuel mourned for Saul, and God regretted that He had made Saul king.
It is hard to understand how God, who does not repent or change His mind (Numbers 23:19, 1 Samuel 15:29), can regret something. In other places, Scripture speaks of God’s regret. For example, Genesis 6:6 says:
Genesis 6:6 (NKJV) And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
The rebellion, sin, and wickedness that the human race chose grieved the heart of God. God grieves over His fallen creatures.
1 Samuel 13 and 15 cover two incidents in the life of Saul that broke Samuel's heart.
In Saul, we see the ideal man for the job of king reveal that he was unfit for the task. Today, the two incidents that we will consider marked the trajectory of his reign. The first one is an unlawful sacrifice, and the second one is an occasion of incomplete obedience
We come to chapter twelve of 1 Samuel. Saul has been the king of Israel for a while, and now, the nation is gathered at Gilgal to hold a coronation. Samuel gave the speech at the event. His speech was also his farewell address as he stepped down. In this speech, he addresses the four reasons the people gave for wanting a king.
A person can have it all and not be successful. Saul had everything going for him. How did he go wrong? A study of 1 Samuel 9-10
1 Samuel 7:3 (NKJV): Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you return to the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths from among you, and prepare your hearts for the Lord, and serve Him only; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
Why did Israel have “foreign gods” among them? What was the cause of them turning away from the Lord?
1 Samuel 3:1 (NKJV): And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation.
What was the cause of this situation and what was the solution?
Hannah’s desires were granted by the Lord after she went through the crucible of suffering.
Amos 9:11
In that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old. (ESV)
Churches have recognized the value of mission statements and have adopted the practice of carefully crafting such statements. What is your church's mission statement?
The children of Israel were so conditioned by their long history of enslavement that they did not know what to do with their freedom, nor how to act as free people.
God’s justice requires that wrongs be made right, that debts be paid. The law says a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye, a blow for a blow.
There is great danger in ignoring the light that we have. God gave Pharaoh opportunity after opportunity. He told Pharaoh what would happen, but Pharaoh would not listen.
The plagues were a teaching tool. They were designed to teach the Egyptians, the Hebrews and us who God is. The Lord says He is displaying His power so that “...you may know that I am the Lord.” (Exodus 10:2)
Since the Egyptians refused to acknowledge God, He turned them over to the empty imaginings of their hearts.
The Egyptian gods each had power over a specific aspect of nature. They worshiped these gods as their protectors and providers. However, these gods also give us a clue to what they valued. They worshiped what was important to them.
When Pharaoh hardened his heart and did not listen to the word of the Lord, God sent a second plague. According to Exodus 8:10, this plague was designed to make the point “there is no one like the Lord our God.” I hope that in studying what this plague was that we too will understand that there is no one like the Lord our God, and also be able to apply this truth to our present-day lives.
The God of the Hebrews is the God who created the Egyptians, whether or not they acknowledged it. For this reason, Pharaoh’s hardened heart was a severe problem. What we see in Exodus 7:14-25 is that his hardened heart cut him off from the source of life.
Moses did not go to Egypt with a lot of self-confidence, and it appears that he did not move at all unless the Lord commanded him to do so. At each step along the way, God told Moses what to do, and He also told Moses what to expect.
From the start, God told Moses that Pharaoh would not be willing to let the people of Israel go. God repeatedly said that Pharaoh would not let the people go.
Why was it important for us to know Moses and Aaron’s genealogy? I hope to be able to answer this question after we have considered some of the people in the genealogy.
Moses is considered a man of God. He was used by God to deliver God’s people out of their slavery in Egypt and to give the law. But, here he is accusing God of doing wrong.
Have you ever accused God? Have you ever asked something like, “Why did you ever send me?
The name of Moses is so closely related to God’s law that the law is referred to by the name “Moses.” For example, a person speaking of what the law says might say, “Moses tells us ...”
God’s appearance to Moses in the burning bush is so well known that a reference to “the burning bush” is all it takes for a person to know that both Moses and God are involved.