Sermon Notes

1 Samuel 9:1-27

"In Love, God Guides"

Introduction

Context

Sermon in a Sentence: In love, God guides all the events of your life.

1. God Retrieves the King [1 Samuel 9:1-10]

a. Saul’s Credentials [1 Samuel 9:1-2]

b. Saul’s Charge [1 Samuel 9:3-10]

The Baptist Catechism (1813), Question 14

1. What are God's works of providence?

   A. God's works of providence are his most holy, (Ps. 145:17;) wise (Is. 28:29, Ps. 104:24), and powerful preserving (Heb. 1:3) and governing all his creatures, and all their actions (Ps. 103:19; Mt. 10:29, 30, 31).

2. God Reveals the King [1 Samuel 9:11-17]

a. The Women at the Well [1 Samuel 9:11-14]

“The pivots of history are microscopic. Hence, it is most important for us to learn that the smallest trifles are as much arranged by the God of providence as the most startling events. He who counts the stars has also numbered the hairs of our heads. Our lives and deaths are predestined, but so, also, are our sitting down and our rising up. Had we but sufficiently powerful perceptive faculties, we would see God’s hand as clearly in each stone of our pathway as in the revolution of the earth. In watching our own lives, we would plainly see that on many occasions the smallest grain has turned the scale. Whereas there seemed to be but a hairsbreadth between one course of action and another, that hairsbreadth has sufficed to direct the current of our life. Providence may be seen as the finger of God, not merely in those events that shake nations and are duly emblazoned on the pages of history but in little incidents of common life.”

-Charles Haddon Spurgeon, “Looking For One Thing and Finding Another,” January 16, 1908, Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Volume 54.

b. The Word and Work of God [1 Samuel 9:15-17]

3. God Prepares the King [1 Samuel 9:18-27]

a. The Prince Meets the Prophet [1 Samuel 9:18-21]

b. The Meal for the Monarch [1 Samuel 9:22-24]

c. The Purpose for the Privacy [1 Samuel 9:25-27]

Conclusion