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A Man After God’s Own Heart – Draw Back to God (p4)

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A Man After God's Own Heart - Draw Back to God (p4)
Charles Celestin
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David slips in his relationship with God​

1 Samuel 21 + 22

  • When our relationship with God slips, holiness always decreases.​
  • He was more concerned with the outward presentation, neglecting the inward truth.​
  • “How much more today will their vessels be holy?”
    • Holiness is to be ‘set apart’.​
    • Holiness is about the inward, not merely the outward.​
    • Are we set apart from the world we live in?​
    • Peter 1:15, “As he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct.”

      • SUBSTITUTION: FEAR OF GOD FOR FEAR OF MAN

      • Have we substituted holy living towards God for other things?​
      • When we substitute a relationship with God through holy living, our hearts harden towards him.​
      • Don’t substitute God for anything. He is enough!
        • David rediscovers relationship with God… Will you?​
        • Today let us repent of our mistrust of God​
        • Let us repent of self-sufficiency​
        • The Holy Spirit wants to empower us to live holy lives​
        • There is no substitute for the Holy Spirit
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