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Pursuing God’s Heart: Longing for Revenge

Pursuing God’s Heart: Longing for Revenge. I Samuel 24:1-22. Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. Romans 12:19. BIG IDEA:.

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Pursuing God’s Heart: Longing for Revenge

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  1. Pursuing God’s Heart: Longing for Revenge I Samuel 24:1-22

  2. Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. Romans 12:19

  3. BIG IDEA: Pursuing God’s Heart means leaving _________ in ___ _____ vengeance His Hands

  4. And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi. I Samuel 23:29

  5. Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats. 24:2

  6. He came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve himself.” “David and his men were far back in the cave.” . v. 3

  7. “The men said, “This is the day the Lord spoke of when he said to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish.’ ” v. 4

  8. “Today the Lord is saying to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish.’ “ v.4

  9. Admit our desire for _____ ________ illicit revenge

  10. “…David crept up unnoticed and cut a corner of Saul’s robe.” v. 4

  11. David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe. He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed,

  12. or lift my hand against him; for he is the anointed of the Lord.” With these words David rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul. And Saul left the cave and went his way. v. 5-7

  13. Anticipate _____ ________ on sin God’s revenge

  14. “May the Lord judge between you and me. And may the Lord avenge the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you.” v. 12

  15. Accept our ____________ to God’s revenge vulnerability

  16. “May the Lord be our Judge and decide between us. May he consider my cause and uphold it; may he vindicate me by delivering me from your hand.” v. 15

  17. Ask God how we can ________ ___________ promote restoration

  18. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Romans 12:18

  19. “Now swear to me by the Lord that you will not cut off my descendents or wipe out my name from my father’s family.” v. 21

  20. “So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.” v. 22

  21. “You’ll never regret forgiving someone who doesn’t deserve it!” Chuck Swindoll

  22. BIG IDEA: Pursuing God’s Heart means leaving vengeance in His Hands.

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