Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 18:10-30 Theme: Because the Lord was with His anointed to give him success in all he did, Saul’s repeated attempts to eliminate David inevitably backfired and brought him greater renown. Structure/points: Not long after David’s slaying of Goliath, Saul began to eye David enviously. What if David tried to take the throne? Saul immediately began trying to eliminate…
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 17:55-18:9 Theme: The favor God showed to His anointed sowed the first seeds of division among those who recognized the Lord’s will to elevate him to kingship over His people. Structure/points: After his slaying of Goliath, David’s life changed forever. But the Lord would continue to be with him and give him success in accomplishing His will. As…
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 17:38-54 Theme: The Lord of Hosts gave the worldly champion into the hand of His anointed one, proving that He alone is God and saves His people without the strengths of man. Structure/points: As champions of their peoples and representatives of their worldviews, David and Goliath were heading for a collision course that would result in the death…
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 17:1-37 Theme: When the people of God were reviled by a Philistine giant, the Living God raised up His own champion who would glorify His holy name by slaying the Philistine. Structure/points: The events of 1 Samuel 17 show us a time when the soul of God’s people was at great risk. More was happening than an underdog…
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 16:14-23 Theme: As Saul declined as the king of Israel, God provided for the eventual rise of David, the king whom the Lord was with. Structure/points: This passage of Scripture is the beginning of the end for Saul’s kingship. But with the decline of the usurper’s kingship comes the rise of the true king chosen by God to…
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Theme: God’s choice to anoint the son of Jesse as king reveals that He clearly sees what man cannot perceive Structure/points: Despite Saul’s rebellion, the Lord did not rejected Israel forever, nor did He allow his people to be led by a turncoat for all time. He had one final mission for Samuel, to anoint a new…
Sermon Text: Luke 24:1-12 Theme: The gospel of Jesus Christ calls for His people to believe that He has risen from the dead to new life in fulfillment of His promises. Structure/points: The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ is not a take-it-or-leave-it doctrine, but something which everything else in the Christian faith points to and is derived from. Christ Himself pointed to…
Sermon Text: Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Theme: The Lord appointed Jesus to be His Suffering Servant so that the all the sins of His unrighteous people would be borne away forever through His death. Structure/points: Isa. 52:13-53:12 is a prophecy, written roughly 700 years before the life, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus. Through His prophet, the Lord revealed to His OT people…
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 15:10-35 Theme: Because Saul, the Lord’s anointed, refused to obey the clear command of the King of Kings, God rejected him from being king over His covenant people. Structure/points: 1 Samuel 15 is among the most pivotal chapters in the whole book, and not in a positive way. Saul, the first king of Israel, the king whom the…
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 14:47-15:9 Theme: The Lord measures the legacy of His anointed one according to his submission to his holy will, not according to his royal accolades. Structure/points: