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1 Samuel 5v1-5 (ESV) // "Down Goes Dagon" by Billy Heather
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Message Notes:
1 When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon. 3 And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place. 4 But when they rose early on the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord, and the head of Dagon and both his hands were lying cut off on the threshold. Only the trunk of Dagon was left to him. 5 This is why the priests of Dagon and all who enter the house of Dagon do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day. — 1 Samuel 5v1-5 (ESV)
IDOLATRY - FINDING ETERNAL SECURITY IN SOMETHING OR SOMEONE OTHER THAN GOD
34 And this that shall come upon your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die on the same day. 35 And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever. – 1 Samuel 2v34-45 (ESV)
Dagon in the culture…
1. A culture that tries to limit the concept of God
Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon. – 1 Samuel 5v2 (ESV)
RESPONSE: A CHURCH THAT’S THE SPIRIT-LED AND OPEN TO A MOVE OF GOD
38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name,[f] and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” 39 But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. 40 For the one who is not against us is for us. – Mark 9v38-40 (ESV)
2. A culture that goes deeper into false belief
4 But when they rose early on the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord, and the head of Dagon and both his hands were lying cut off on the threshold. Only the trunk of Dagon was left to him. 5 This is why the priests of Dagon and all who enter the house of Dagon do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day. – 1 Samuel 5v4-5 (ESV)
HEADS - wisdom
HANDS - power
The prudent understand where they are going, but fools deceive themselves. –Proverbs 14v8 (NLT)
RESPONSE: A CHURCH THAT GOES DEEPER INTO THEOLOGY AND APOLOGETICS
Psalm 14v1 (ESV)
Modern Day Narratives:
3. A culture that places blame and shifts problems
1 Samuel 5v6-8 (ESV)
RESPONSE: A CHURCH THAT TAKES RESPONSIBILITY
Galatians 6v2-5 (ESV)
4. A culture that sacrifices purpose for the sake of discomfort
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Message Notes:
1 When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon. 3 And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place. 4 But when they rose early on the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord, and the head of Dagon and both his hands were lying cut off on the threshold. Only the trunk of Dagon was left to him. 5 This is why the priests of Dagon and all who enter the house of Dagon do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day. — 1 Samuel 5v1-5 (ESV)
IDOLATRY - FINDING ETERNAL SECURITY IN SOMETHING OR SOMEONE OTHER THAN GOD
34 And this that shall come upon your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die on the same day. 35 And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever. – 1 Samuel 2v34-45 (ESV)
Dagon in the culture…
1. A culture that tries to limit the concept of God
Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon. – 1 Samuel 5v2 (ESV)
RESPONSE: A CHURCH THAT’S THE SPIRIT-LED AND OPEN TO A MOVE OF GOD
38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name,[f] and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” 39 But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. 40 For the one who is not against us is for us. – Mark 9v38-40 (ESV)
2. A culture that goes deeper into false belief
4 But when they rose early on the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord, and the head of Dagon and both his hands were lying cut off on the threshold. Only the trunk of Dagon was left to him. 5 This is why the priests of Dagon and all who enter the house of Dagon do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day. – 1 Samuel 5v4-5 (ESV)
HEADS - wisdom
HANDS - power
The prudent understand where they are going, but fools deceive themselves. –Proverbs 14v8 (NLT)
RESPONSE: A CHURCH THAT GOES DEEPER INTO THEOLOGY AND APOLOGETICS
Psalm 14v1 (ESV)
Modern Day Narratives:
3. A culture that places blame and shifts problems
1 Samuel 5v6-8 (ESV)
RESPONSE: A CHURCH THAT TAKES RESPONSIBILITY
Galatians 6v2-5 (ESV)
4. A culture that sacrifices purpose for the sake of discomfort