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1. Preeminence: God’s anointed must be your top priority.
1 sam 20:30
You must choose between the promotion of self or the advancement of Christ.
Remember the words of John the Baptist.
“He must increase, I must decrease.”
St. Patrick
Christ be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
I have a great need for Christ; I have a great Christ for my need.
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me,
Mark Water, The New Encyclopedia of Christian Quotations (Alresford, Hampshire: John Hunt Publishers Ltd, 2000), 180.
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.
You must choose the lordship of Christ over the love of your family.
Family first is not a kingdom value.
The bible does not call you to put family first.
The bible commands you to put Christ first.
Luke 14
George Barna Research:
For American’s - What is most influential for personal identity?
Family was far and away the top with 62 %
The Country was second with Patriotism soaring past all other categories expect family with 52%
Faith was a distant third with 38% of the influence.
These values do not reflect biblical values.
Patriotism still runs strong in most Americans: More than half of all adults say being an American makes up a lot of their personal identity (52%).
Joseph Hellerman
While religious faith squeaks into the top three, there is a sharp drop from the first two factors in the number of Americans who say their faith is a major part of their identity.
A majority of Americans agree their family and their country are central aspects of who they are, fewer than two out of five adults say their religious faith makes up a lot of their personal identity (38%).
Western evangelicals tend to think of Jesus as a personal spiritual trainer with whom we interact one-on-one, leading us to distinguish between loyalty to God and loyalty to God’s family.
Cyprian of Carthage
“He who does not have the church for his mother cannot have God for his Father.”
2. Desperation: Handling things when you have lost your grip.
Desperate times lead David to take deceptive actions.
David lied about his purpose.
(v. 2 & 8)
David misleads the Philistines
David is so desperate the only place he can go is into Philistine territory.
He is not safe under the rule of Saul.
So he flees.
To gath and intends to become a soldier for hire.
Yet his plan seem to go south when he is discovered as the great Philistine killer.
As a result he pretends to be a made man.
The bible deals with reality, not fantasy.
Remember what that Bible is teaching us.
David is a good man, but he is still just a man.
J.C. Ryle
The best of men are men at best.
The bible is not ultimately pointing us to David as the greatest hero.
David is a sinner in need of a savior.
Psa 51:2-
I have a great need for Christ; I have a great Christ for my need.
CH Spurgeon
I have a great need for Christ; I have a great Christ for my need.
Martin Luther
Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.
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