Posts with the category “cutting-room-floor”

* Note that these are sermon notes that didn't make it into the final form of the sermon, not an organized essay.2 Kings 5:1 (ESV)1Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.We are told here that it was by the hand of God that Syria was gi...  Read More

***These are simply  notes and thought processes that didn't make it into the final form of the sermon, not a fully formed essay / sermon.Another way we can sin like Rehoboam is through presumption.“Presumption is acting as though you know something or have a right to something when you do not.”Proverbs 12:15"The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice."Rehoboam is...  Read More

We don’t need a wise king to rule us, we need a perfect king to save usIn his request for wisdom, Solomon teaches us what it looks like to make a right request of God.Unfortunately, Solomon’s story does not end with his right request and God’s gracious reply.He, like all the other prominent old testament figures before Him, proves that he is not the promised son of Genesis 3.He is not the one who ...  Read More

Trust God in the ordinary, let Him worry about the extraordinarySaul tells David he’s too young and inexperienced to fight Goliath, since Goliath has been a trained warrior from his youth.David responds by pointing to his past as a shepherd: when lions or bears attacked his flock, he pursued them, killed them, and rescued the sheep.He argues that the same God who helped him defeat those predators ...  Read More