1 Samuel 9-12
"If you will fear the Lord and serve Him and obey His voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, and if both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the Lord your God, it will be well. But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord will be against you and your king.”
– 1 Samuel 12:14-15
Big Idea: Wholehearted Obedience Is Always The Right Response To God’s Enduring Faithfulness
Am I Obeying God Wholeheartedly:
1) When I Feel Inadequate (9:1-10:16)
My Confidence For Daily Obedience (10:6-16)
1) God’s Presence (v. 6)
2) God’s Power (v. 9)
2) When I Feel Like Hiding (10:17-27)
3) When I Face Adversity (11:1-15)
Principles Of Biblical Obedience (11:5-15)
1) Get Filled (v. 6)
2) Get Help (v. 7-8; 13)
3) Get In The Fight (v. 9-11)
“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”
– Micah 6:8
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure & faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress & to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”
– James 1:27
4) When I Face My Failures (12:1-25)