(TRUTH MATTERS)

“The Truth Concerning Being Misunderstood!”

1 Peter 1:3-9

John thought he understood the terms he was making with a store keep for some

merchandize. Come to find out he had agreed to trade, Connie, his wife for some camels…

Centenary College (Shreveport, Louisiana) had worked for years on a special hybrid rose. They were calling it The Valentine

Rose. A part-time gardener…

When GM first introduced the

Nova (1962) is sold well in every

market except Mexico. GM worked and

worked trying to figure out why the

Nova would not sell in Mexico…

Purpose:

to better understand the truth behind being misunderstood

I An Examination of Being Misunderstood

Remember “New Coke”? It was so misunderstood…

Have you ever been

misunderstood?

I An Examination of Being Misunderstood

A. Begins with INNOCENT Act (Word, Action etc.)

B. Offense CREATED as a Result

Poor punctuation even results in being misunderstood…

II An Illustration of Being Misunderstood

A. David Anointed to be KING

David had just finished slaying Goliath… Samuel comes to anoint David

as King…

II An Illustration of Being Misunderstood

A. David Anointed to be KING

B. David Misunderstood by SAUL

1 Samuel 18:6-7

“…Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”

1 Samuel 18:8

“…what more can he get but the kingdom.”

1 Samuel 18:9

“…and from that time on, Saul kept a jealous eye on David.”

III The Process of Being Misunderstood

A. A Sense of VULNERABLE-NESS

B. Facts Are EXAGGERATED

When people misunderstand, their imaginations run wild…

III The Process of Being Misunderstood

A. A Sense of VULNERABLE-NESS

B. Facts Are EXAGGERATED

C. RUMOR MILL Takes Over

People not only entertain misunderstandings, they begin to spread

them…

James 3:8

“But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly

poison.”

IV The Victory Over Being Misunderstood

A. Look at What DAVID Did

David simply turned his fights over to the Lord…

IV The Victory Over Being Misunderstood

A. Look at What DAVID Did

B. David Made the Lord His DEFENSE

All misunderstandings can be laid at His feet!

Main point of the movie was… When people began to give

the new coach a chance and began to

try to understand him, things began to

happen…

Summary and Conclusion

Such is our situation. Take our misunderstandings to the Lord. Let Him

handle them… live in such a way that time will tell/prove. C.S. Lewis: “God

whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our consciences, but shouts to us in our pains. These are his megaphone to a

waken a deaf world!”