TITLE: How To Be Rebellious
TEXT: I Samuel 15:1-3
PROPOSITION: God demands obedience.
QUESTION: How?
KEY WORD: Refusals
READING: Same
INTRODUCTION:
1. Authority is challenged and questioned today:
A. Parents - not respected
B. Policeman - not our model
C. Teacher - not feared or obeyed
D. Boss - not in charge
E. Older people - not honored with dignity
F. Husband - not head of the house
2. We have a lack of respect for authority toward others from God, the President and on down.
3. Today - Learn how to be rebellious from Saul!
Defy Authority to Get What You Want.
A. "Utterly destroy" [3]
B. Space program - once out in space, free to do what you want? "If we don't want to come back."
C. Saul (vs. 10-13) went with "Plan B" anyway.
Rationalize and Cover-up Sinful Actions.
A. "I have carried out the command of the Lord." [13]
B. Parents told me to empty waste baskets.
Defensive When Confronted with the Truth.
A. Waste basket still full - "I don't know"
B. From Swindoll, "Grip" pages 246-247
Not Accountable for the Wrong.
A. We offer excuses:
1. God wants me to be happy.
2. I'm forgiven. Grace covers it all.
3. Whatever happens to me is someone else’s fault.
B. I Samuel 15:22-23
CONCLUSION:
1. We live in a "hell-bent" world
2. We have a "Burger King" complex "Have It Your Way"
3. Are you living in rebellion to God?