2011.1.9 the tale of two hearts

The Tale of Two Hearts

Luke 10:26 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.

SAUL, A WORLDLY HEART

1 Samuel 9.2


1. Saul disobeyed God’s word.


1 Samuel 13:8 He waited seven days, the time set by Samuel; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and Saul’s men began to scatter.


9So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings”


10And Saul offered up the burnt offering. Just as he finished making the offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.


11“What have you done?” asked Samuel. Saul replied,


“When I saw that the men were scattering, and that you did not come at the set time, and that the Philistines were assembling at Micmash,


12I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”


13“You acted foolishly,” Samuel said. “You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you;


if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.


14But now your kingdom will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him leader of his people,


because you have not kept the Lord’s command.”


1 Samuel 15


2. Saul’s success turned to pride.


1 Samuel 15:22 To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.


Because you have rejected the word of the Lord he has rejected you as king.

DAVID, A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART

Acts 13:21 Then the people asked for a king, and he gave them Saul son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.


22After removing Saul, he made David their king. He testified concerning him:


‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’

1. David loved the word of God.



Psalm 119:97 Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.

2. David loved to pray.



Psalm 145:18 The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth.

3. David loved to praise God.



Psalm 104:33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

4. David wanted to right with God.



2 Samuel 12:13 Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." Nathan replied, "The LORD has taken away your sin. You are not going to die."


Psalm 51:3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.


4Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight,


5so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.


10Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.


11Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.


12Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.


13Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.

WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

1. God can work with anything except disobedience.

WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

2. Man has the responsibility of keeping his heart.

WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

3. God knows the secrets of the heart.

2011.1.9 the tale of two hearts

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