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How Did I Get Here?

1 Samuel 22:7-19

July 12, 2020 • Pastor John Wilson

INTRO. STUDY DECLINE OF SAUL (WARNING TO US)
A. Observe The Pattern Of Decline
B. Recognize Consequences Severe / Increase
C. Hopefully Avoid Them

I. FIRST STEP: SPIRITUAL REJECTION OF GOD
A. I Sam.15:11,22,23 - Choices Of King Saul
B. Pv.8: 32-36 - ‘Sin Against Own Soul’
C. Soul: Intellect, Emotion, Will

II. SECOND: 19:1 - SURRENDER OF REASON
A. Ro.1:21 - ‘Became Futile In Thinking’
B. Grew Increasingly Irrational
C. Finally Incapable Of Sound Judgment

III. 22:7-8 - THIRD: EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE
A. Ro. 1:21 - Hearts Darkened; Seat Of…
1. Mental, Emotional, Moral
B. As His Decline Continued Observe:
1. He Became Jealous, Paranoid
2. Invented False Reality/Narrative:
X Greed, ID Politics, Power, Division
3. Sought Allegiance To Self ‘Me’ 5 X

IV. 9,11,18,19 - REPROBATE = UNPRINCIPLED
A. Ro.1:28, I Tim. 4:2 - ‘Conscience Seared’
B. Moral Failure: Prisons, Culture

CLOSE: CAN I ESCAPE THIS PATTERN / FATE?
A. Eph.4:17 - Christian, Non- Christian
B. Must Determine In Your Heart

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