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“They Have Not Rejected You, but They Have Rejected Me” (1 Samuel 8: 7)
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“They Have Not Rejected You, but They Have Rejected Me” • Looking to 1 Samuel 8… • We will examine the text. • Explain the narrative. • Seek to make applications.
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Points of Emphasis • The children of Israel wanted a king to judge them “like all the nations”. (1 Sam. 8: 5) – The people’s request for a king displeased Samuel, because thing that made Israel unique was the fact that God was their king. – Perhaps also he felt their request for a king was a rejection of him. • God assured that the people were not rejecting Samuel, but they were rejecting God! (Verse 7) – Samuel was told to provide warning. (Verse 9) – The people rejected the warning. (Verses 19 -20) – The LORD allowed them an earthly king, but consequences would follow. (Verses 10 -18; 21 -22).
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“They Have Not Rejected You, but They Have Rejected Me” • To be like the nations. (1 Samuel 8: 1 -5) – Samuel was getting old, the Philistines were encroaching in the land again, and Samuel’s sons were wicked. All of these things created unrest in Israel. – Elders of Israel had reason for concerns, but what was their solution? – The Israelites were to be different than the nations, Exodus 19: 4 -8. – The Christian can learn from this, 1 Peter 2: 9 -10.
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“They Have Not Rejected You, but They Have Rejected Me” • Considering context and making application from the people’s response. – We may look at troubling circumstances among the flock and be even compelled to speak on it (Like the elders of Israel did)… – But no circumstance allows for the usurping of God’s ways in dealing with our concerns. – Do you have a concern that needs addressing? (Matt 18: 15 -17; 1 Thess 5: 12 -14; Eph 4: 29 -32).
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“They Have Not Rejected You, but They Have Rejected Me” • A Rejection of Whom? (1 Samuel 8: 6 -8) – Samuel was upset at their request because thing that made Israel unique as a nation was that God was their king, but perhaps he also felt that their request for a king was a rejection of him. – Similar circumstance in Exodus 16: 1 -8. • Complaining displays lack of faith in God. • If YOU are following God’s order, yet one persistently disputes without Scriptural cause, that person is complaining.
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“They Have Not Rejected You, but They Have Rejected Me” • God wills for us all to lead others to Him by our example (Matthew 5: 13 -16). – Yet we know that all who desire to live godly are going to suffer persecution (2 Timothy 3: 12). – This can inhibit some from being the men and women we should be. (Titus 2: 7; Romans 12: 1 -2) • We may feel a fear of rejection when it comes to modesty (Genesis 3: 7; 10 -11; Matthew 18: 6 -9; 2 Timothy 2: 9 -10). • Some may think it strange that you decide to not to engage in any form of drinking alcohol (1 Peter 4: 1 -4). • Our culture looks down on those who save themselves for marriage. What does God say? (Hebrews 13: 4)
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“They Have Not Rejected You, but They Have Rejected Me” • Neighbors are seeking to force you to approve the sin of homosexuality. (Romans 1: 27; 32) • We are tempted to “be like the nations” with our speech, yet God says that we are to speak in such a way that glorifies Him (Colossians 4: 6). • We live in a culture that seems to view being honest as a sign of weakness. What does the Lord say? (Revelation 21: 8) • Believers of Christianity are made out in our society to be the most ignorant and bigoted. Yet, God says… (Hebrews 11: 6; 2 Thessalonians 1: 7 -8; Revelation 21: 8). • Many professors in our colleges and universities count God’s revelation concerning the Creation as rubbish, but what are we to believe? (Genesis 1: 1; John 1: 1 -3; Acts 17: 24)
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“They Have Not Rejected You, but They Have Rejected Me” • We are at times tempted to think, speak, and behave “like the nations”… – “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1 Peter 2: 9) – Determine to live your life the way God desires! • If you’re striving to live honorably among your neighbors without hypocrisy (armed with the truth of God’s Word) & others reject you because of your faith -- they are not rejecting you, but the LORD!
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“They Have Not Rejected You, but They Have Rejected Me” • The Responsibility To Warn (1 Samuel 8: 9 -18) – Ezekiel 3: 17 -21 – 1 Timothy 4: 6, 11; 5: 20 – 2 Timothy 2: 24 -25; 4: 2, 5 – We ARE our brother’s keeper, and we ALL bear the responsibility of being watchful for our brother’s sake.
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“They Have Not Rejected You, but They Have Rejected Me” • The Responsibility To Warn (1 Samuel 8: 9 -18) – Andrew brought his brother Simon to Jesus (Jn 1: 41). – Jesus told Simon that he would catch men (Lk 5: 10). – The apostles were to preach the gospel to the world (Matt 28: 18 -20; Mk 16: 15 -16). – Teaching and baptizing was not limited to the apostles only (Acts 8: 1 -5, 12 -13, 26 -39; 9: 18). – WE have a responsibility to warn alien sinners of the need to repent and obey the gospel as well (Rom 3: 23, 6: 23, 10: 14 -17; 2 Thess 1: 7). – There will come a day when the time for change is no longer made available (1 Sam 8: 18; Lk 16: 24 -26).
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“They Have Not Rejected You, but They Have Rejected Me” • Refusal To Heed Warnings Will Bring Consequences (1 Samuel 8: 19 -22) – God may allow sin to continue for a time, but we will give an account for our actions (Gal 6: 7 -8; 2 Cor 5: 10). – The people refused “to obey the voice of Samuel” (Compare 1 Sam 8: 19, 10, & 7). – Some today will refuse the warnings, but Who is ultimately being rejected?
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“They Have Not Rejected You, but They Have Rejected Me” • Looking to 1 Samuel 8… • We have examined the text. • Explained the narrative. • Sought to make applications.
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“They Have Not Rejected You, but They Have Rejected Me” Ø “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1 Peter 2: 9) • Do not be “like all the nations”. • Remember your responsibly to tell “all the words of the LORD to the people”. • The refusal to heed warnings will ultimately bring about consequences. (WE need to heed them ourselves) • Some who we warn will not take heed to the Scriptural warnings, but we should not feel guilt over that rejection!
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“They Have Not Rejected You, but They Have Rejected Me” (1 Samuel 8: 7)
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