Faithfulness and Leadership: Lessons from Israel's History
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "In the beginning there was chaos, and then God spoke, creating light, land, and life itself. Thus begins the Old Testament, a collection of sacred texts that tell the story of God's relationship with humanity. From the creation of the world to the formation of the nation of Israel, the Old Testament weaves together history, poetry, prophecy, and wisdom literature. It introduces us to pillars of our faith, like Abraham, Moses, King David, and many more. To trials and triumphs, the Old Testament reveals God's faithfulness, His justice, and mercy, laying the foundation for the coming of the Messiah, and offering timeless lessons for humanity." [22:34]
2. "When the people of Israel are, first of all, following a leader that is in communion with God, and the people are in leadership, are in fellowship with God because of their leader, things go the way that God asks of them to go. We talked about that last week. When we're following after what the things are of God's own heart, things are advancing in the way that God desires. But what's so fascinating here is that all too often we want Christians to be this perfect person example. And unfortunately, none of us here are Jesus. We want Christians to look and play the right part. But what God does over and over and over and over again is he doesn't use perfect people because there really are none. He uses people that place their faith in him." [33:35]
3. "Place your faith in God. Obey his word. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day, for the ability to come here and assemble and just look at your people." [38:08]
4. "The people of Israel fell so hard because they chased after their neighbor's boat, not after what God asked them. And the last little scripture I'd like to read is from 2 Kings 25. It's the last story in this book, and it's a very almost odd story, but what it does is it gives a small glimmer of hope after this whole book is just a downward spiral after downward spiral of kings killing other kings, of people seeking what they desire, not what God desires." [36:24]
5. "The Old Testament ultimately is about, do you believe in God? Do you place your faith in who God is? Do you utilize his word and obey his word? In your life. When Israel does both of those things, Israel prospers. When they fall away from their faith in God, when they fall away from obeying his word, they fall deeper and deeper and deeper." [38:08]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Solomon asks for wisdom and he builds God the temple that he was looking for. And right after he does all the things, what God has asked him to do, he really starts a steep decline. Solomon marries other kings' daughters. Solomon introduces to the Israelite people other gods. People are driven out from the land because of the leadership of Solomon. And in chapter 12, we're going to look at 1 Kings 12 here in a moment. In chapter 12, if you can go to that timeline, this is right where Israel splits on that timeline." [18:44]
2. "The people want a king. The people want to be like everybody else. The people want to be like those around them. And we're going to see that that doesn't happen. We're going to see that that doesn't happen. We're going to see that that doesn't actually work out so well. But we're going to start ourselves at 1 Samuel 8, and we're going to read 6 through 9, and then 19 and 20. And this is, the Israelite people are asking Samuel, we want a king. We want a king. Give us a king that's what we want. It's the neighboring countries, they all have a king, and they seem to be doing just fine with their king. We're missing that piece. That piece of our puzzle is missing." [01:44]
3. "David, you idiot. It's a story of David and Bathsheba. David sees a beautiful woman out bathing on her porch, porch, roof. I don't know why they have baths on the roof, probably because that's where the rain comes. I don't know. But Bathsheba's out there bathing on her roof, and David seeks after her, and he sleeps with her, and he kills her husband. David, what are you doing? You're a man after God's own heart. You're leading the people. You lead from faith. You're one of the best kings, and yet, why? In chapter 12, the prophet Nathan confronts David, and he comes to David, and he says, what are you doing? Why have you done all of this stuff? And David asks for forgiveness from God, and he receives it." [15:09]
4. "The people of Israel, they desire to be like those around them. And I feel like that's still so true of us today. I've got my house. We're getting all set up. I don't even have the upstairs fully painted and we're not living in there yet. And yet I've got my eyes set on getting some toys to play with. Some four-wheelers. Something that we can just get out and have some fun with. And luckily I sought wise counsel known as my wife and she said, don't be an idiot. So I bought doors instead of a four-wheeler. But we want the things that other people have. We want the fun stuff. We want that fun boat. We want to have the cool property that lives up on the lake. We want to have that nicer car. We want to have that bigger house. And we can get jealous of what other people have. This is what the Israelites are doing. They want to be like the other nations. And God warns them over and over. And God sends prophets over and over. And the people do what the people want. And they pay for it." [24:01]
5. "When Samuel confronts Saul, this begins the downfall. Chapters 13 through 15 starts the downfall of Saul. And 16 and 17, you may recognize the story, David and Goliath. We're introduced to this young shepherd, boy David, who is far different from Saul. And as we see the character of who David is, we see that he's actually a man after God's own heart. The story of David and Goliath is in 16 and 17. 18 through 20, Saul continues to slowly decline. He starts chasing after David, and he wants to kill him because he's been told that the new kingdom, is going to be set up and it's not going to be from his line. And he recognizes that David is imposing himself as a threat to his kingdom. Even though David is doing it in such a way that allows the space for Saul to remain the king. He goes and he hunts after David." [05:17]
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1. "In the beginning there was chaos, and then God spoke, creating light, land, and life itself. Thus begins the Old Testament, a collection of sacred texts that tell the story of God's relationship with humanity. From the creation of the world to the formation of the nation of Israel, the Old Testament weaves together history, poetry, prophecy, and wisdom literature. It introduces us to pillars of our faith, like Abraham, Moses, King David, and many more. To trials and triumphs, the Old Testament reveals God's faithfulness, His justice, and mercy, laying the foundation for the coming of the Messiah, and offering timeless lessons for humanity." [22:34]
2. "When the people of Israel are, first of all, following a leader that is in communion with God, and the people are in leadership, are in fellowship with God because of their leader, things go the way that God asks of them to go. We talked about that last week. When we're following after what the things are of God's own heart, things are advancing in the way that God desires. But what's so fascinating here is that all too often we want Christians to be this perfect person example. And unfortunately, none of us here are Jesus. We want Christians to look and play the right part. But what God does over and over and over and over again is he doesn't use perfect people because there really are none. He uses people that place their faith in him." [33:35]
3. "Place your faith in God. Obey his word. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day, for the ability to come here and assemble and just look at your people." [38:08]
4. "The people of Israel fell so hard because they chased after their neighbor's boat, not after what God asked them. And the last little scripture I'd like to read is from 2 Kings 25. It's the last story in this book, and it's a very almost odd story, but what it does is it gives a small glimmer of hope after this whole book is just a downward spiral after downward spiral of kings killing other kings, of people seeking what they desire, not what God desires." [36:24]
5. "The Old Testament ultimately is about, do you believe in God? Do you place your faith in who God is? Do you utilize his word and obey his word? In your life. When Israel does both of those things, Israel prospers. When they fall away from their faith in God, when they fall away from obeying his word, they fall deeper and deeper and deeper." [38:08]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Solomon asks for wisdom and he builds God the temple that he was looking for. And right after he does all the things, what God has asked him to do, he really starts a steep decline. Solomon marries other kings' daughters. Solomon introduces to the Israelite people other gods. People are driven out from the land because of the leadership of Solomon. And in chapter 12, we're going to look at 1 Kings 12 here in a moment. In chapter 12, if you can go to that timeline, this is right where Israel splits on that timeline." [18:44]
2. "The people want a king. The people want to be like everybody else. The people want to be like those around them. And we're going to see that that doesn't happen. We're going to see that that doesn't happen. We're going to see that that doesn't actually work out so well. But we're going to start ourselves at 1 Samuel 8, and we're going to read 6 through 9, and then 19 and 20. And this is, the Israelite people are asking Samuel, we want a king. We want a king. Give us a king that's what we want. It's the neighboring countries, they all have a king, and they seem to be doing just fine with their king. We're missing that piece. That piece of our puzzle is missing." [01:44]
3. "David, you idiot. It's a story of David and Bathsheba. David sees a beautiful woman out bathing on her porch, porch, roof. I don't know why they have baths on the roof, probably because that's where the rain comes. I don't know. But Bathsheba's out there bathing on her roof, and David seeks after her, and he sleeps with her, and he kills her husband. David, what are you doing? You're a man after God's own heart. You're leading the people. You lead from faith. You're one of the best kings, and yet, why? In chapter 12, the prophet Nathan confronts David, and he comes to David, and he says, what are you doing? Why have you done all of this stuff? And David asks for forgiveness from God, and he receives it." [15:09]
4. "The people of Israel, they desire to be like those around them. And I feel like that's still so true of us today. I've got my house. We're getting all set up. I don't even have the upstairs fully painted and we're not living in there yet. And yet I've got my eyes set on getting some toys to play with. Some four-wheelers. Something that we can just get out and have some fun with. And luckily I sought wise counsel known as my wife and she said, don't be an idiot. So I bought doors instead of a four-wheeler. But we want the things that other people have. We want the fun stuff. We want that fun boat. We want to have the cool property that lives up on the lake. We want to have that nicer car. We want to have that bigger house. And we can get jealous of what other people have. This is what the Israelites are doing. They want to be like the other nations. And God warns them over and over. And God sends prophets over and over. And the people do what the people want. And they pay for it." [24:01]
5. "When Samuel confronts Saul, this begins the downfall. Chapters 13 through 15 starts the downfall of Saul. And 16 and 17, you may recognize the story, David and Goliath. We're introduced to this young shepherd, boy David, who is far different from Saul. And as we see the character of who David is, we see that he's actually a man after God's own heart. The story of David and Goliath is in 16 and 17. 18 through 20, Saul continues to slowly decline. He starts chasing after David, and he wants to kill him because he's been told that the new kingdom, is going to be set up and it's not going to be from his line. And he recognizes that David is imposing himself as a threat to his kingdom. Even though David is doing it in such a way that allows the space for Saul to remain the king. He goes and he hunts after David." [05:17]
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