RESPONDING TO A FOOL (17)
Scripture: 1 Samuel 25, 1 Samuel 26
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Responding to a Fool (17)
Series: 1 Samuel
Robert Dawson
1 Samuel 25-26
In the early 1980s a very wealthy Swiss couple acted like fools. It all began when the husband cancelled a vacation. The wife expressed her disappointment by pouring bicarbonate soda into her husband's fish tank, wiping out his collection of rare tropical fish. A long argument ensued.
In retaliation he grabbed part of his wife's diamond jewelry collection and threw it in the garbage disposal. In response, she flung his stereo equipment into the pool. At which time he kicked a hole in her $250,000 Picasso painting.
As things escalated, she was making plans to sink his 38-foot yacht at which time their daughter finally called the police. The police said they couldn't do anything; it isn't illegal to destroy your own property. Finally, the family lawyer intervened and established a truce. (Matt Woodley)
Talk about an overreaction to a minor issue! ''It was the case of two fools in a downward spiral of hardheartedness, arrogance, and destruction.'' That statement easily describes what takes place in the story between David, the future king, and a man named Nabal.
Today, I want us to learn some lessons about what to do when we've been mistreated and wronged.
After David's confrontation with Saul at the cave in Engedi where David spared Saul's life, even though they were still outcasts on the run, things calmed down for David and his men. As chapter 25 opens we find them back in wilderness of Maon. While they were in this area David and his men provided protection for the surrounding villages, farms and flocks from marauding bands of Philistines who wanted to pillage and steal and from natural predators that would kill their sheep as well. They ''were a wall'' of protection to the shepherds and to their flocks both day and night.
One of the men whose flocks and workers they kept watch over was a very wealthy man named Nabal whose name means ''fool or foolish.'' It is a ti ...
Series: 1 Samuel
Robert Dawson
1 Samuel 25-26
In the early 1980s a very wealthy Swiss couple acted like fools. It all began when the husband cancelled a vacation. The wife expressed her disappointment by pouring bicarbonate soda into her husband's fish tank, wiping out his collection of rare tropical fish. A long argument ensued.
In retaliation he grabbed part of his wife's diamond jewelry collection and threw it in the garbage disposal. In response, she flung his stereo equipment into the pool. At which time he kicked a hole in her $250,000 Picasso painting.
As things escalated, she was making plans to sink his 38-foot yacht at which time their daughter finally called the police. The police said they couldn't do anything; it isn't illegal to destroy your own property. Finally, the family lawyer intervened and established a truce. (Matt Woodley)
Talk about an overreaction to a minor issue! ''It was the case of two fools in a downward spiral of hardheartedness, arrogance, and destruction.'' That statement easily describes what takes place in the story between David, the future king, and a man named Nabal.
Today, I want us to learn some lessons about what to do when we've been mistreated and wronged.
After David's confrontation with Saul at the cave in Engedi where David spared Saul's life, even though they were still outcasts on the run, things calmed down for David and his men. As chapter 25 opens we find them back in wilderness of Maon. While they were in this area David and his men provided protection for the surrounding villages, farms and flocks from marauding bands of Philistines who wanted to pillage and steal and from natural predators that would kill their sheep as well. They ''were a wall'' of protection to the shepherds and to their flocks both day and night.
One of the men whose flocks and workers they kept watch over was a very wealthy man named Nabal whose name means ''fool or foolish.'' It is a ti ...
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