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Where Are You Running? Psalm 139. Where Are You Running? Psalm 139. FROM GOD. Running from the responsibility of God’s work Jonah (Jonah 1:2-3; 3:2; 4:1-2) Applications today … Local church, Ephesians 4:11-12, 16 Home, Ephesians 6:1-4 Citizens, Romans 13:3-7.
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Where Are You Running? • Psalm 139
Where Are You Running? • Psalm 139 FROM GOD • Running from the responsibility of God’s work • Jonah (Jonah 1:2-3; 3:2; 4:1-2) • Applications today… • Local church, Ephesians 4:11-12, 16 • Home, Ephesians 6:1-4 • Citizens, Romans 13:3-7
Where Are You Running? • Psalm 139 FROM GOD • Running from God’s judgment • Samaria, Hosea 10:7-8 • Judah, Jeremiah 25:35 • Jerusalem (A.D. 70), Luke 23:30 • Rome, Revelation 6:12-17 • The last day, 1 Thessalonians 5:3 • Applications today: • Escape authority, Proverbs 14:34; Jeremiah 25:30-31 • Denial of sin and its results, Galatians 6:7-8 • False security, 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Hebrews 3:7-8
Where Are You Running? • Psalm 139 WITH GOD • David into battle, 1 Samuel 17:47-50 • A righteous cause, 1 Samuel 17:29 • Faith in God, 1 Samuel 17:37; Hebrews 11:34 • Applications today: • Your fight against the devil is real, 1 Peter 5:8 • You will fail without God’s armor protecting you, Ephesians 6:10-13 • Battle against false teaching, worldliness and compromise, Jude 3; Ephesians 5:11; Romans 13:12-14
Where Are You Running? • Psalm 139 AHEAD OF GOD • Old Testament examples: • False prophets, Deut. 18:20 (Jer. 14:14) • Nadab and Abihu, Leviticus 10:1-3 • King Saul, 1 Samuel 13:8-14 • Present-day examples: • Despise authority, 2 Peter 2:9-10 • -Instruments in worship, Centralization of churches, False teachers and followers • -Taking vengeance, Romans 12:17-19 • -Self-will, 1 Peter 1:13-16
Where Are You Running? • Psalm 139 TO GOD • The Lost: Mercy and Salvation, Luke 15:17-18, 21 • To become a Christian, Acts 16:33-34 • -God runs to meet you and save you! Luke 15:20, 22-24 • God is anxious to forgive you, 1 Timothy 2:3-4 • Christians: • To be forgiven when we sin, 1 John 1:9; 2:1 • To obtain God’s help, Hebrews 4:15-16
How Are You Running? • 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 FROM GOD WITH GOD AHEAD OF GOD • Goal, v. 24 • Self-control, v. 25 • Confident faith, v. 26 • Discipline, v. 27 TO GOD
How Are You Running? • 1 Timothy 6:11-12 RUN FROM SIN RUN AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT LAY HOLD OF ETERNAL LIFE