November 6, 2022
Avoiding Hypocrisy in the Christian Life: 1 Samuel 15:1-23

1 Kings 18:21 “How long {will} you hesitate between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people did not answer him a word.

Jeremiah 7:4-10

James 4:4 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Matthew 12:30 “He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

How do we avoid the double life?

Saul, A Self-Directed, Disobedient, Spiritless, Fearful King:
1 Samuel 15:1-23

1st When God Speaks, Instructs or Commands, He Does So Clearly
and Specifically! 1-7

2nd When You Hear His Word, Obey the Voice of God Completely! 8-11

3rd Partial Obedience is Disobedience! V12-19

Pride: He Built a Monument to Himself! V 12-13

1 Corinthians 10:12 Therefore let him who thinks He Stands, take heed lest
he fall!

Romans 12:3 For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself that he ought to think;

What is the bleating of sheep and lowing of Oxen in your life? 14-19

Romans 1:28-32 –What Are the “Sheep” and “Lowing of Oxen”

What has God Told You to do That you Have not Done Completely!

What about in your relationship to a friend? Loyal? Or gossip?
What about your role as a father, mother, husband, wife son or daughter?
What about your sexual purity? Anger?
What about your serving? Your place in the church?
What about in your witnessing?
What about in your Giving? Acts 5:1ff – Annanias and Sapphira

4th When You Are Confronted: Do Not Argue with God, But Agree with Him! V20

The Power of Confession: 1 John 1:9 and James 5:16
Psalm 51:16-17 – David’s Sin (2 Samuel 12)

5th Realize that God Delights in Obedience not sacrifice.

Psalm 40:6-8
1 Corinthians 13:1-3

Disobedience is Very Serious

Witchcraft – idolatry – Rejecting the Lord

For Saul – His Self Directed Life, Caused Disobedience and in His disobedience He lost the Kingdom for His Son and Then the Holy Spirit Departed!

A Great Confession! Psalm 51:10-13 – Created in Me A Clean Heart O God!

A Great Choice! Deuteronomy 30:15-19

Finally: 1 Samuel 15:34-35 – Hewing Agag to Pieces

Psalm 103:1-5