The Road to Endor
Collins Wimberly
I Samuel 28
CIT- Men do strange and crazy things when they get away from God.
INTRODUCTION: A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen, shaking frantically with what looked like a wire running from his waist towards the electric kettle. Intending to jolt him away from the deadly current she whacked him with a handy plank of wood by the back door, breaking his arm in two places. Till that moment he had been happily listening to his Walkman.
Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet, didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with ''return to sender'' stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits.
To John Bloor, who mistook a tube of superglue for his hemorrhoid cream and glued his buttocks together.
For the next 3 weeks we are going to study some of the dumb things that people have done in the Bible.
This week we'll start with Saul, the first king of Israel.
People will do strange things when they get away from God.
I) THE ROAD TO ENDOR BEGINS AT A PHILISTINE WAR CAMP-Vs. 3-6 The armies of Israel and their archenemies are facing each other across the valley of Esdraelon, the valley that we know as Armageddon.
A) SAUL'S FEAR- He was afraid and greatly troubled. Why? Two reasons.
1. A military reason- The army of the Philistine's appeared undefeatable.
2. A spiritual reason- Whenever Saul got away from God, he became fearful. Before the Spirit of the Lord came upon him as King, he hid himself and was afraid. When the Spirit of God left him he feared Goliath, and now the Philistines. Apply: When we take our eyes of God and put them on the situations and circumstances we face, we can become quite fearful.
3. What happens when circumstances come against you? D.L. Moody said that circumstances can either ruin you or make you. Hudson Taylor, the founder of the China Inland Mission said, ''Circumstances do one of two things; if we let them come on th ...
Collins Wimberly
I Samuel 28
CIT- Men do strange and crazy things when they get away from God.
INTRODUCTION: A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen, shaking frantically with what looked like a wire running from his waist towards the electric kettle. Intending to jolt him away from the deadly current she whacked him with a handy plank of wood by the back door, breaking his arm in two places. Till that moment he had been happily listening to his Walkman.
Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet, didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with ''return to sender'' stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits.
To John Bloor, who mistook a tube of superglue for his hemorrhoid cream and glued his buttocks together.
For the next 3 weeks we are going to study some of the dumb things that people have done in the Bible.
This week we'll start with Saul, the first king of Israel.
People will do strange things when they get away from God.
I) THE ROAD TO ENDOR BEGINS AT A PHILISTINE WAR CAMP-Vs. 3-6 The armies of Israel and their archenemies are facing each other across the valley of Esdraelon, the valley that we know as Armageddon.
A) SAUL'S FEAR- He was afraid and greatly troubled. Why? Two reasons.
1. A military reason- The army of the Philistine's appeared undefeatable.
2. A spiritual reason- Whenever Saul got away from God, he became fearful. Before the Spirit of the Lord came upon him as King, he hid himself and was afraid. When the Spirit of God left him he feared Goliath, and now the Philistines. Apply: When we take our eyes of God and put them on the situations and circumstances we face, we can become quite fearful.
3. What happens when circumstances come against you? D.L. Moody said that circumstances can either ruin you or make you. Hudson Taylor, the founder of the China Inland Mission said, ''Circumstances do one of two things; if we let them come on th ...
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