Southview Baptist Church
Pursuing the Heart of God | The Spiral and the Shield: God’s Intervention in Human Collapse
This week, Pastor Nathan Wakefield continues our sermon series, Pursuing the Heart of God. In 1 Samuel 19:1-24, we see that self‑focus can lead to destructive behaviors, as evidenced by Saul's attempts to eliminate David, ultimately resulting in suffering and alienation. Video of the worship service is available beginning Sunday at 9:30 AM at https://southviewbaptist.org/live.
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Southview Baptist Church
3434 S 13th St, Lincoln, NE 68502, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
1. God’s just advocacy — One voice for right can restrain the wrong (1‑7).
• Jonathan chose loyalty to what was right over loyalty to even his own father (1‑3).
• Jonathan advocated for what was right even when that meant facing the king (4‑5).
• Jonathan’s bold stand for right made a difference (6‑7).
Action: Stand for what’s right — even when it’s costly — because God may be using you to slow down someone else’s fall.
• Jonathan chose loyalty to what was right over loyalty to even his own father (1‑3).
• Jonathan advocated for what was right even when that meant facing the king (4‑5).
• Jonathan’s bold stand for right made a difference (6‑7).
Action: Stand for what’s right — even when it’s costly — because God may be using you to slow down someone else’s fall.
2. The sin spiral — Self‑focus can even outrun reason (8‑17).
• Saul’s problems led him to go against the promise he had made to his own son (8‑10).
• Saul’s problems led him into isolation from those who were closest to him (11‑13).
• Saul’s problems kept him from taking opportunities to repent (14‑17).
Action: Take honest stock of your life — are there patterns that look like a spiral? If so, don’t ignore the instrument panel.
• Saul’s problems led him to go against the promise he had made to his own son (8‑10).
• Saul’s problems led him into isolation from those who were closest to him (11‑13).
• Saul’s problems kept him from taking opportunities to repent (14‑17).
Action: Take honest stock of your life — are there patterns that look like a spiral? If so, don’t ignore the instrument panel.
3. Divine disruption and deliverance — When God breaks the spiral (18‑24).
• God is not helpless to intervene (18‑21).
• Again, God is not helpless to intervene (22‑24).
• Ultimately, the sin cycle can be broken as sin itself has been defeated (Romans 6:6).
Action: Find comfort in the fact that nothing can thwart God’s plan of redemption.
• God is not helpless to intervene (18‑21).
• Again, God is not helpless to intervene (22‑24).
• Ultimately, the sin cycle can be broken as sin itself has been defeated (Romans 6:6).
Action: Find comfort in the fact that nothing can thwart God’s plan of redemption.
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