Sermon Central
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"Lost 2day" Series
Contributed by Ken Harris on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the hearers to affirm to tothers that just as the Donkeys were LOSt - SAUL WAS LOST 2".
f. Therefore, we contend, 2DAY, that just as Saul Father’s DONKEYS were LOST – SAUL was spiritually “LOST 2”.
g. In other words, what we have in our scripture 2DAY … is an example of the old axiom – “The Blind Looking for The Blind.”
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MOVE 2: For you see, my brothers and my sisters, Saul and his servant had looked everywhere … they knew to look. But, they couldn’t find the DONKEYS.
a. They searched the fields – but NO DONKEYS;
b. They searched the mountains – where DONKEYS were known to look for food but still – no DONKEYS.
c. 3 Days they searched and traveled through 3 cities … and still they could not FIND the burden-bearers; … the heavy load carriers.
d. Therefore, I submit to you today … that there are 3 reasons WHY SAUL and his SERVANT … could NOT find the DONKEYS:
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MOVE 3: The FIRST reason why … SAUL and HIS SERVANT could not find the DONKEYS … is because GOD HAD NEED OF SAUL.
a. God wanted to use SAUL to lead, protect, and defend ISAREL.
b. But, God also refuse to use SAUL in the condition that he was in.
c. For you see … SAUL was selfish and fleshly … and he was not accustomed to TRULY thinking about the well-being of anyone … or anything … else … BUT HIMSELF.
d. Therefore, … I submit to you, 2DAY, … that God had Saul’s Father DONKEYS hid from their NATURAL EYE.
e. Think about it … HOW CAN YOU LOOSE something as BIG AS DONKEYS ?
f. I mean … we’re not talking about … a diamond ear-ring; but we’re talking about BIG DONKEYS … and they couldn’t see them!
g. They couldn’t SEE THE OBVIOUS … because the OBVIOUS had been hidden by GOD …
h. For don’t you remember …
i. Some of us … in here 2DAY … have been looking for particular items that we have apparently misplaced …
j. … as a result, we looked all over the place …
k. … only to discover something else … which led us to a message that God had for us …
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MOVE 4: My brothers and sisters …God caused Kish (Saul’s father) to send SAUL and SAUL’s Servant on a search for his DONKEYS.
a. Now, … sometimes there are certain people and things that are in our lives, which we trust …. to carry the weight and the burdens for us.
b. We trust them so much … that our dependence upon them … CREATES a mountain between us and GOD.
c. Anything that stands between God and us - has TO COME DOWN.
D. So the FIRST reason … why SAUL and his SERVANT … could not find the DONKEYS … is because GOD had need of SAUL.
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MOVE 5: Now the SECOND reason why … THEY COULDN’T FIND THE DONKEYS is because … ISRAEL HAD NEED OF SAUL.
a. Sometimes we CAN’T FIND something that We’re looking for …
b. because it’s CONNECTED TO THE SOURCE … that we’re NEEDED TO HELP.
c. For you see, my brothers and sisters … IT’S NOT ABOUT US …
d. LIVING the Godly Christian life is NOT ABOUT … YOU AND ME … ONLY …
e. Because … This world that we’re LIVING IN NEEDS … OUR HELP …
f. Seaside, Marina, Salinas and Monterey CA … NEEDS … spiritual volunteers … in order for the ministry that GOD has planned to occur …
