1 Samuel 17:1-40
Seeing Into the Text
1. Accommodation robs me of authority, v. 16
accommodate…tolerate…become
2. I am responsible for obedience, God is responsible for outcomes, v. 17-18
3. There is power in really believing some things, v. 24-27
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.”
-Colossians 1:15-18
4. Expect resistance when you upset the status quo, v. 28-30
5. What happens in private determines what happens in public, v. 31-37
6. Know and like who you are so much that you can resist being anybody else, v. 38-40
Seeing Into the Text
1. Accommodation robs me of authority, v. 16
accommodate…tolerate…become
2. I am responsible for obedience, God is responsible for outcomes, v. 17-18
3. There is power in really believing some things, v. 24-27
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.”
-Colossians 1:15-18
4. Expect resistance when you upset the status quo, v. 28-30
5. What happens in private determines what happens in public, v. 31-37
6. Know and like who you are so much that you can resist being anybody else, v. 38-40
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