Sunday, October 1, 2017, Evident Grace Fellowship looked at 1 Samuel 7:3-17 1 Samuel 7:3 And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.” 4 So the people of Israel put away the Baals…
Sunday, September 24, 2017, Evident Grace Fellowship looked at 1 Samuel 6 – 7:2 1 Samuel 6:1 The ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months. 2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us with what we shall send it to its place.” 3 They said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do…
Sunday, September 17, 2017, Evident Grace Fellowship looked at 1 Samuel 5. 1 Samuel 5:1 After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2 Then they carried the ark into Dagon’s temple and set it beside Dagon. 3 When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord! They took Dagon and put him back in his place….
Sunday, August 20, Evident Grace Fellowship looked at 1 Samuel 4:12-22 asked this Big Picture Question: Where is there hope when things seem to be at their worst? And we found these 3 answers to our question: Some still cry God keeps His promises Some long for the glory of God Some still cry I Samuel 4:12 A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on…
Sunday, August 13, Evident Grace Fellowship looked at this question in our sermon: Big Picture Question: How does God protect His Holiness and His Glory? And we found these 3 answers to our question: He disciplines sin He uses sin sinlessly He judges sin He disciplines sin. 1 Samuel 4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines. They encamped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek. 2 The Philistines drew…
Sunday, August 6, Evident Grace Fellowship looked at 1 Samuel 3 and asked this question: How is the Word of God a grace to His people? And we found these three answers to the question: The Word calls people to a relationship with God The Word teaches God’s promises The Word teaches God’s will In our first answer… The Word calls people to a relationship with God 1 Samuel 3:1 Now the young man Samuel was ministering to the Lord…
Sunday, July 30, Evident Grace Fellowship, we attempted to answer this Big Picture Question: If someone sins against God, who will help them And we looked at 1 Samuel 2:22-36: 22 Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who were serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 23 And he said to them, “Why do you do such things? For…
Sunday, July 23, Evident Grace Fellowship attempted to answer this Big Picture Question: How is God at work even when it looks like He is not? And we looked at 1 Samuel 2:11-21 to answer our Big Picture Question: 1 Samuel 2:11 Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. And the boy was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest. 12 Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the Lord. 13 The…
Sunday, July 16, Evident Grace Fellowship looked at this Big Picture Question: How does God serve and protect His people? And we looked at 1 Samuel 2:9-11: 1 Samuel 2:9 “He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail. 10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The Lord will judge the ends…
Sunday, July 9, Evident Grace Fellowship looked at this Big Picture Question: What does it mean that God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble And we looked at 1 Samuel 2:4-8 4 The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble bind on strength. 5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is…