Sunday, August 4, 2024
“People Look at the Outward Appearance,
but the Lord Looks at the Heart”
Pastor Joey Anjiki

1. People look at the outward appearance
* What kind of person was Jesse?
His grandmother was Ruth, a Moabite (Gentile), his grandfather was Boaz, and Boaz’ mother was Rahab (a former prostitute in Jericho)
* 1 Samuel 16:6 (See above)
* The reason why Samuel was attracted to Eliab: his unresolved feelings for Saul
* Problems with people judging outward appearances
(1) They focus only on the good aspects (possibility of idolatry)
Have the perspective that “All people are sinners.”
(2) They focus only on the bad aspects (overlook a person’s good points)
Have the perspective that people are “Made as God's workmanship, created to do good works.”
* An episode of the grandmother of a woman named Louise in the U.S.
2. The Lord looks at the heart
* Why was David excluded from his family?
(1) Theory that David was too young
(2) Theory that David was despised by his family
* God’s standard “was the heart”
* More than what happened to David is happening to us (sinners as children of God)
* Evaluation from God, who sees the heart, is the most important thing in our life
* A journalist’s account of his visit to Mother Teresa’s institution

Thoughts to share at mini church:
1. What are the two problems that occur when we only look at people’s outward appearance?
2. What perspectives are important to have to avoid those problems?
3. What happens when we seek God's evaluation first?

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