Whose Voice Are You Listening To? | Summer Stories | Week 1
BIG IDEA: Whose voice are you listening to?
The voice of a giant!
1 Samuel 17:1-3
Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle; and they were gathered at Socoh which belongs to Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. Saul and the men of Israel were gathered and camped in the valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array to encounter the Philistines. The Philistines stood on the mountain on one side while Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with the valley between them. I Will elaborate some here...
BIG IDEA: Whose voice are we/ you listening to?
The voice of family and friends
1 Samuel 17:28-30
Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle.” But David said, “What have I done now? Was it not just a [n]question?” Then he turned [o]away from him to another and said the same thing; and the people answered the same thing as [p]before.I Will elaborate some here...
BIG IDEA: Whose voice are we/you listening to?
The voice of leadership...
1 Samuel 15:22-23 NASB
“Samuel said, “Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of divination, And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king.””
BIG IDEA: Whose voice are you listening to?
1 Samuel 17:41
“Then the Philistine came on and approached David, with the shield-bearer in front of him.”
Jude 1:9 NASB
“But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!””