Text: 1 Samuel 13:1-15
Title: Be a Servant not a Sovereign
Points:
1. The Lord tests your heart
2. The subtle wrong response
3. The way to a right heart

Text: 1 Samuel 12:6-25
Series: Deceitfulness of Sin
Title: “You Need the Prophet and the King”
Forsaking God–the prophet’s word
Fearing God – the prophet’s sign
The mercy of God – the prophet’s ministry

Reflection Question: Do you see the beauty of and your need for the King–Prophet, Jesus Christ?

1 Samuel 14:24-35

The Story: As Israel’s king, Saul is pressed to prevent the
Philistines from invading Israel’s heartland
The Problem: Saul seeks success by force of his own will,
strength, and cunning
The Solution: God blesses his people his own terms and
by his own means.

Reflection Question: How is God showing me his gracious
sufficiency, challenging the deceit of pursuing success?

Text: 1 Samuel 15:1-31

1. The depth of deception
2. The truth behind the deception
3. God’s judgment and hope

Reflection Question: In what ways is the approval of others driving you, and will you receive Christ’s invitation to deliver you?

Text: Gal. 1:1-5

1. It’s reliability
2. Its center
3. Its impact
4. Its glory

Reflection Question:
What feature of the gospel leads you to glory in the triune God?

Following Jesus will give you a weird life.

1. It's not you who's weird, it's Jesus.
a. “the gospel that was preached by me” is not an abstraction but a story
b. In that story Jesus turns everything upside down:
2. So following Jesus makes you weird like Jesus.
a. How Paul became weird
b. How you are becoming weird

Reflection Question: How is the gospel leading you to a weird way of life?

Text: Galatians 2:1-10
Series: Re: the Gospel
Title: “Why the Gospel Is Beautifying to Community”
Points:
1. The gospel transforms how you relate
2. What the gospel overcomes
3. How it overcomes it
4. The beauty that results

Reflection Question: How does the gospel deepen your sense of belonging in the church?