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1 Samuel 8:1-22 – Crowning the Wrong King

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These are my sermon notes for Sunday morning, November 16. They’re not a full manuscript—just a listening guide to help our Tabernacle Church family to follow along. I encourage you to add your own notes as you listen each week. The service will be available on YouTube by Sunday afternoon. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, our Prayer List, and more on our church website.

1 Samuel 8:1-22

Intro:

  • Chapters 6–7 end with lamenting, repentance, and renewal. God gives His people an Ebenezer—a stone of help—to remind them: “The LORD has helped us.”
  • But renewal that doesn’t continue in maturity slowly drifts into complacency.
    That’s the tension of 1 Samuel 8:
  • Will we grow up in trust… or drift back to wanting a king “like all the nations”?

Conformity to the World – vv.1–5

  • Samuel ages; his sons twist justice with bribes and partiality (vv.1–3). A reminder: leadership character matters (cf. 1 Tim 3:1–7).
  • The elders respond: “Appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations” (v.5).
  • Instead of asking, “What kind of leaders does God want?” they ask,
    “How can we look more like everyone else?”

They don’t just want order; they want assimilation, not sanctification. They trade God’s design for worldly imitation (Romans 12:1–2).

Rejection of the True King – vv.6–9

  • Samuel is grieved, but he prays (v.6).
  • God’s verdict is sobering: “They have rejected Me from being King over them” (v.7).
  • This isn’t new; it’s a pattern “from the day I brought them up out of Egypt” (v.8):
    • God’s continued presence and guidance
    • Their continued distrust and disobedience
  • God permits their request, but He also commands Samuel to warn them seriously (v.9).

The issue isn’t having a king; it’s what kind of king and why. We must test our motives by Scripture and ask:

Warning from the Lord – vv.10–22

Samuel lays out the cost of the king they’re asking for:

  • “He will take…” (vv.11–17)
  • He will take sons and daughters (vv.11–13)
  • He will take fields, vineyards, flocks, and a tenth (vv.14–17)
  • “You shall be his servants… you will cry out… and the LORD will not answer” (v.18).
  • Yet the people insist: “No! But there shall be a king over us… to fight our battles” (vv.19–20).
  • God has won every battle they’ve trusted Him with. They want victory without consecration—results without repentance.
  • God grants their demand (vv.21–22), a yes that exposes their hearts and sets the stage for David—and ultimately for Christ, the true King.

 “taker-king” leadership—power that uses people—instead of Christlike, servant-shepherd leadership (Mark 10:42–45; 1 Peter 5:1–4).

What Now? Living This Out

  • Renewal at Mizpah points us in the right direction, but personal holiness and godly shepherding keep us going. (1 Peter 5:2; Colossians 3:1–17)
  • Remember: the devil, the world, and the flesh, take—but Jesus gives. (Mark 10:45)

Colossians 1:24-29 -Every Believers Ministry of the Word

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, September 7th. Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. The notes are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides the services through. YouTube by Sunday afternoon. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Colossians 1:25-29

Introduction:

  • God has designed the growth of His people to happen through the ministry of His Word. Not just information, but transformation
    • Hear, Believe, Trust, Do…live it out.
    • Believe, Obey, Share
  • There are two main expressions:
    • Public Ministry of the Word – the preaching and teaching of Scripture to the gathered church (Acts 2:42; 1 Timothy 4:13).
    • Personal Ministry of the Word – believers speaking the truth in love to one another (Colossians 3:16; Ephesians 4:15).
  • Both are essential: the preacher proclaims truth broadly, but the body applies it personally.
  • The danger is to think the ministry of the Word belongs only to pastors. Paul shows us it belongs to every believer.
  • If you think about it, most of our Church ministries are established under the structure of personal ministry.
  • We have in the text am great pattern to follow as we consider our role in the personal ministry of the word.

We serve Christ- v. 24-25

  • His suffering had a purpose… FOR THE CHURCH
  • I became a minister– servant, one who carries out another’s mission.
  • Stewardship – entrusted management, not ownership.
  • From God. For you. Make the Word fully known Given…for others…TO MAKE WORD FULLY KNOWN
  • WE SERVE CHRIST AND HE has given and entrusted believers with the ministry of the word.

We Proclaim His Word- vv. 26–28

  • The mystery …now revealed The New Covenant. The Gospel.
  • Christ in you the hope of glory.
    • IN YOU. HOPE. GLORY
    • Union with Christ. Confident expectation. The fullness of God’s presence, beauty, and perfection.
  • This is what we make known… when we minister the Word
  • Him we proclaim – authoritative announcement of JESUS
    • Warning – admonish, counsel, put truth on the mind
    • Teaching – instruct, explain, and apply truth.
  • It is both CORRECTIVE…addressing sin. And CONSTRUCTIVE…Building up in truth
  • WITH ALL WISDOM – apply knowledge rightly. NOT BEING RIGHT, helping people get right. Discernment.
  • LISTEN, CARE, GUIDE
  • Present everyone mature – complete, fully developed.
  • The goal is not just comfort but conformity to Christ. CHRISTLIKENESS

We Rely on His Strength –  29

  • Toil – labor to the point of exhaustion.
  • Struggle – contend, wrestle, agonize.
  • His energy/powerfully/within me – The same Spirit in Paul is the same Spirit of God within us.
  • It is work.. hard work, BUT IT IS HIS WORK.

The What Now

  • The public ministry of the Word—faithful preaching and teaching—is absolutely vital. But it is meant to flow into the personal ministry of the Word, believers encouraging and equipping others with the Word.
  • The church will not grow by sermons alone, but by sermons plus personal, Word-centered conversations in homes, small groups, hospital rooms, locker rooms, and everyday life.
  • Christ is enough, His Word is enough, and His Spirit is enough. So let’s serve Christ by serving one another with His Word, until we are all mature in Him.

Luke 8:22-25 – “Where is Your Faith?”

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, Aug 6th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon.  You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Luke 8:22-25

INTRO THOUGHTS

  • Jesus’s authority over all things.
  • Calming the storm
  • True Faith
  • Trusting in the Word
  • 2 Important Questions.
    • Where is your faith?
    • Who then is this?

Where is Your Faith?

Jesus has told them they were CROSSING OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE

He has performed several miracles to this point

  • healings, catch of fish, raising the dead
  • should have only taken one

First time that it impacted them directly.

  • The circumstance and the miracle
  • Easy to tell others – Harder when it is on us

Why fear and unbelief?

  • No Faith
  • Immature Faith 1 Corinthians 3:1-3; Ephesians 4:14-16; 1 Peter 2:1-3
    • (Truth/Teaching will reveal the sheep from the goats)
  • Forgetfulness
  • Lack of Focus (us and circumstances)

Who Then is This?

Jesus resting in the storm

Teaching a great lesson…TRUST GOD!

  • Psalm 107:23-30

Sailors on the Sea (107:23–32)

23–24 Merchants who crossed the seas in search of fortune witnessed the marvels of God’s creation at sea. The Lord’s power is so great that he can easily stir up “mighty waters” and then calm them.

25–27 By the word of the Lord, he lifted up the waves of the sea, which frightened the merchants as they rose “up to the heavens” and “went down to the depths.” As the ship was being tossed about as a plaything, the seafarers, unable to do anything about their lot, became dispirited and terrified. They tried to hold on to something solid, like “drunken men” who stagger and try to find stability. All their skills at navigation were ineffective so that they became desperate.

28–32 The sailors too prayed in their distress, and the Lord responded to their prayer. He silenced the sea and brought the sailors safely to their destination, thus making them “glad.” Their joy brought them to expressions of devotion to the Lord. The proper response of thanksgiving finds its fullest development here. The merchants must publicly declare what God has done in communal worship and in places of leadership.

Kenneth L. Barker and John R. Kohlenberger III, Expositor’s Bible Commentary (Abridged Edition: Old Testament) (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994), 906.

Master, Master v. 24

  • Psalm 46:1–3 [1] God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. [2] Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, [3] though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah (ESV)
  • Acts 10:36 – As for the word that he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all)
    • Preaching to Cornelius
    • He knew, He had experienced, He believed

We can trust Him in the storms of life

1 Peter 5:6–7 – [6] Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, [7] casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

Romans 8:38-39 – [38] For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, [39] nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Timothy 4:18 – The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

FAITH

Forsaking All I Trust Him

When we get HIM right our faith naturally follows.

Luke 6:46-49 – “Hear, Obey, and Live”

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, June 4th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon.  You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Luke 6:46–49

INTRO

  • Jesus brings to conclusion the Sermon.
  • Notice the ending… HEAR, GO, DO and LIVE/STAND
    • Withstand the storm. Finish Well
  • A true disciple builds their life on the Lordship of Christ.
    • Faithfulness and obedience to the Lord
  • A true disciple withstands the storms of life
  • A true disciple finishes well.

The Lord’s Question – v.46

Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and do not do what I tell you?

James 1:22–25

Pretty cut and dry

  • DO NOT DO WHAT I TELL YOU
  • Saving Faith is Obeying Faith

John 14:15

John 14:23

John 15:10

1 John 5:3

The True Disciple – vv. 47-48

Come to Him, Hears His Words, and Does them

  • Hear, Believe, Trust, Obey
  • I believe it talks all 4. Because, if you truly believe who Jesus is then you will naturally follow Him.
  • Coming and Hearings is not the most important… but going and doing.

HE IS LIKE

  • Building a house
  • Dug deep onto the foundation
  • Dedication, Discipline, Devotion

The man Jesus described in his parable “dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock” (Luke 6:48). Building his house cost him something. Living the Christian life costs us something too. It takes discipline to work at understanding the Scriptures. It takes patience to persevere in prayer. It takes courage to put sinful desires to death. It takes dedication to grow in new areas of obedience. It takes sacrifice to serve others instead of ourselves. Above all, it takes faith to trust in Jesus Christ and not hold anything back.

Philip Graham Ryken, Luke, ed. Richard D. Phillips, Philip Graham Ryken, and Daniel M. Doriani, vol. 1, Reformed Expository Commentary (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2009), 300.

When floods come

  • The storms of life come
  • Our faith stands strong

The False Disciple – v. 49

Hears and does not

  • A life unchanged
  • A life that is no different than the world
  • A moral life is not necessarily a converted life

Doing what they want to do

  • Based on thier experience, rather that God’s Word
  • Feelings over truth
  • As long as if fits their agenda
  • Jesus on THEIR TERMS.
  • No commitment to the things of the Lord

Built on no foundation

  • Quick. Easy. Convenient

They fall immediately when the storms come

  • No faith. No foundation. No hope

Luke 6:24-26 – “The Woe Filled Life”

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, May 7th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon.  You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Luke 6:24–26

INTRO

  • From blessings to woes
  • The importance of the Lordship life
  • A reminder of the emptiness and vanity of a life without Christ

Woe to you

  • Lamentation. Sadness over their condition
  • Living their way, rather than God’s way
  • The issue is the MOTIVE OF ONES HEART
  • THE IDOLS OF THE HEART

To you who are rich

  • This does not mean wealth is bad.
  • There are many examples of Godly wealth
  • This is an unhealthy desire and passion for material things
  • Seeking after possessions… stuff (find joy in them)
  • IF I ONLY HAD…

For you have received you consolation

  • Paid in full
  • If that is your desire, then that is what you will get
  • A temporary blessing.  A passing fad.
  • Rather than the eternal blessings of peace with God

To you who are full

  • Satisfied. Not CRAVING fellowship with the Lord
  • Spiritual complacency
  • Stop seeking after.  Growing in our daily walk
  • Intimacy. The freshness of our life.

You shall be hungry

  • You will keep longing for the next new thing
  • When we hunger for God… we are satisfied

To you who laugh

  • Life is just fun and games.
  • Not taken our relationship with Christ seriously
  • Life is just about my fulfillment and happiness
  • We have no Kingdom purpose…ME ME ME
  • You shall mourn and weep

You shall mourn and weep

  • Now (no real joy and purpose in life) and for all eternity

When all people speak well of you

  • Popularity. Fitting in
  • Acceptance from the world rather than from God

Fathers did to the false prophets

  • 2 Timothy 4:3 – Getting our ears tickled by false prophets/teachers

Applying the Word

We want the blessings, but we tend to want them on our own terms.  (Our desires rather than the Lord’s)

The Real Issue

  • At ease at Zion
  • No seeking first the Kingdom of God
  • No longer pursuing after the Lord. Not Pressing On. Philippians 3:12-16

There are only two kinds of people in the world. Christ’s true followers, the spiritually poor, hungry, sorrowful, and rejected, cry out to God for pardon and mercy through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. They are blessed with eternal riches, satisfaction, joy, acceptance, and reward. In contrast, those who see themselves as spiritually full, rich, happy, and accepted will be cursed with eternal poverty, emptiness, sorrow, and judgment.

John MacArthur, Luke 6–10, MacArthur New Testament Commentary (Chicago, IL: Moody Publishers, 2011), 100.

Are we willing to be poor, sad, and persecuted for Jesus, or are we trying to be rich, happy, and popular? We say that we want the world to know Christ, but often we spend our time trying to be more like the world. Nobody wants to be poor. Nobody wants to be hungry. Nobody wants to be full of sorrow. Nobody wants to be rejected. But we have a Savior who was poor and hungry—a man of sorrows who was rejected unto death for our salvation. And when we learn to suffer for his sake, we will have his blessing

 Philip Graham Ryken, Luke, ed. Richard D. Phillips, Philip Graham Ryken, and Daniel M. Doriani, vol. 1, Reformed Expository Commentary (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2009), 266.

Luke 4:31-44 – “The Authority of Jesus”

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, Feb 26th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon.  You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

INTRO

  • Luke is moving from the person of Christ to authority He possess
  • Jesus demonstrating His authority/Lordship

Through His Teaching – vv. 31-32

Taught them on the Sabbath

  • Who is the most qualified to teach the OT.
    • Taught as if it was His autobiography

Astonished at His teaching… possessed authority.

  • Spoke with confidence and boldness
  • Matthew 7:28-29

Through Casting out Demons – vv. 33-37

In the synagogue

  • Satan had the demonic in the synagogue (doctrine matters in the church)

Demon… cried out with a loud voice

  • Demons knew that in a holy war
  • Fallen angels opposed to the Kingdom of God
  • Satan is the ruler of the unbelieving world. John 8:44, 1 John 5:19

Holy One of God

  • James 2:19 – Demons shudder

Be silent and come out

  • Demonstrating His authority over the demon
  • You…HUSH
  • Now is not the time

And they were amazed at His Word

  • At His teaching, authority, and power

The news spreads

Through Healing the Masses – vv. 38-41

Simon’s house

  • More private and intimate

Rebuked the fever and she began to serve Him

  • Touched by Christ.  Completely. Wholly
  • Response…serve Him

Laid hands on every one of them and healed

  • Personal.  Face to Face

Demons crying out “You are the Son of God

  • Knew He was the Christ

Thoughts on Jesus’ healing ministry:

  • Pointing people to who He is (authority/power)
  • Pointing people to the new birth
    • Ultimate healing
    • From dead to alive.  NEW LIFE
  • Every disease
    • Not live the TV preachers that just heal certain types
    • Jesus heals ALL

Through Fulfilling His purpose – vv. 42-44

I must preach the Kingdom of God

  • Rule and reign of God
  • Demonic
  • Physical

Same today…

  • Satan is opposed to the WORD and the Work of the Kingdom
  • Yet, the Word has the power and authority
  • We are have  the same mission and the protection 1 John 5:18-20

Luke 4:1-13 – The Temptation of Jesus

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, Feb 12th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon.  You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Luke 4:1-13

INTRO

  • Spirits leading in the “wilderness”
  • Battle with good and evil (Jesus and Satan)
  • Importance of the Word
  • Jesus is in the wilderness… The Exodus.  They failed but Jesus did not. Jesus is the TRUE ISRAEL
  • Jesus demonstrated His Lordship, and we can learn from Him!
  • God does not temp people only Satan
    • Lures to do evil
  • People can test God
    • Our sinful desires to do that which is against the things of God
    • Daring God to prove Himself

The Devil

  • Diablo – Accuser (in the court room)
    • God is not. Jesus is not
  • Tempting Jesus to act apart (independently) from God
  • Offering shortcuts to living a faithful life of trust and obedience.
  • The devil will use the same tactics to tempt us.
  • Notice what Satan brings into question when he tempts Christ, just as he will tempt us to sin against God. 

Our Needs – vv. 3-4

  • If you are the son of God
    • Questioning who Jesus is
  • Putting immediate needs over eternal purposes
  • My needs or God’s will
  • Physical nourishment/Spiritual nourishment

Our Worship – vv.5-8

If you, then, will worship me

  • Giving to Satan what belongs to God.
  • Our allegiance, worship
  • We glorify Him as we live under His LORDSHIP

Our Faith – vv. 9-13

  • If you are the Son of God
  • Satan twists Scripture to test God.
  • Not trusting in the truth and promises of God’s Word

Truths to Consider

Temptation is not sin

Temptation will come to everyone.

We must learn to resist.

  • We do not rebuke, but RESIST (just say NO)
  • Ephesians 6:13
  • James 4:7
  • 1 Peter 5:8-9

We utilize spiritual weapons (Follow the example of Jesus)

  • Prayer – Luke 3:21
  • God’s love – Luke 3:22
  • Power and presence of the Spirit – Luke 4:1

Luke 3:23-38 – The Genealogy of Jesus

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, Feb 5th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon.  You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Luke 3:23–38

INTRO

  • Matthew 1:1-17
  • Whereas Matthew traces Jesus’ lineage from Abraham to emphasize Jesus’ Jewish heritage, Luke traces it back to Adam to show that Jesus is the fulfillment of the hopes of all people[1]
  • Luke from Jesus to Adam
  • Matthew from Abraham to Joseph
  • Luke through Mary (Biological descent)
  • Matthew through Joseph (Legal descent)
  • The genealogy is a great picture of salvation.
    • Man
    • God
    • Jesus

A Picture of Humanity

  • Real people (humanity)
  • Not perfect
  • Did great things, made bad mistakes
  • People in need of a Savior
    • Romans 3:23 – ALL HAVE SINNED

A Picture of God’s Faithfulness

  • Generation after Generation
    • Psalm 100:1-5
  • Blesses obedience
  • Disciplines disobedience
  • Continues with His Covenant promises
    • All the promises of Scripture
  • God is God
    • Psalm 136:1

A Picture of Jesus

  • Born into this world
  • Identifying with humanity
  • Supposedly the son of Joseph

Son of David – v. 31

  • Will reign forever – Revelation 11:15

Son of Abraham – v. 34

  • The promised seed – Galatians 3:16

Son of Adam – v. 38

  • The new Adam
  • He was from man, yet perfect
  • He fulfills what Adam could not
  • Hebrews 2:17
  • 1 Corinthians 15:45

Son of God – v. 38

  • Luke 1:31–35
  • Luke 2:11
  • Luke 3:22.

[1] Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 1954.