1. King David: from Outlaw to Monarch
How to Build a Kingdom
King David: from Outlaw to Monarch

2. Their Need for a Kingdom
Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes…
They Lived in Spiritual Darkness
Ancient Culture
Savage Warfare
Spiritual Syncretism
Ancient=NOT P.C.

3. We Live in Spiritual Darkness
Our Need for a Kingdom
Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes…
We Live in Spiritual Darkness
Modern Culture
Savage Warfare
Spiritual Syncretism
Everything Has CHANGED,
Everything REMAINS the same…
STILL spiritual darkness…
STILL savage warfare
> But more ANTISEPTIC
STILL Syncretism…

4. Our Need for a Kingdom We Live in Spiritual Darkness
Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes…
We Live in Spiritual Darkness
Modern Culture
Savage Warfare
Spiritural Syncretism
> But DIFFERENT ‘GODS’
So much CONFUSION!
So many DIRECTIONS!
SOMETHING Is Messed-Up!

5. Our Need for a Kingdom We Live in Spiritual Darkness
Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes…
Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Genesis 1:28
We are kingdom-builders
“It turns out their parents visualize the same things too.”
We Live in Spiritual Darkness
Modern Culture
Savage Warfare
Spiritural Syncretism

6. Our Need for a Kingdom We Live in Spiritual Darkness
Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes…
We Live in Spiritual Darkness
Modern Culture
Savage Warfare
Spiritural Syncretism
“This question is not academic…A person's conception of God is central to how they perceive their world and behave in it," said Froese.
Should Be OBVIOUS…?
Are we left to “GUESS”?
GOD’S WORD  Answers

7. The Real-World God With Real-World Results
The Birth of Samuel
The Real-World God
With Real-World Results

8. Hannah was childless. Birth of Samuel A disaster!
Good reason for bitterness!
1:2 Elkanah had two wives, Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah did not. 1:6 So Peninnah would taunt Hannah and make fun of her because the Lord had kept her from having children.
1:7 Hannah would be reduced to tears and would not even eat!

9. With a clueless husband.
Birth of Samuel
Hannah was childless.
With a clueless husband.
1:7 “Why are you crying, Hannah?” Elkanah would ask. “Why aren’t you eating? Why be downhearted just because you have no children? You have me—isn’t that better than having ten sons?”

10. With a clueless husband. She turns to Yahweh.
Birth of Samuel
Hannah was childless.
With a clueless husband.
She turns to Yahweh.
Pours out her heart.
Promises to “give back”.
1:10 Hannah was in deep anguish, crying bitterly as she prayed to the Lord.
1:11 And she made this vow: “O Lord of Heaven's Armies, if you will look upon my sorrow and answer my prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to you. He will be yours for his entire lifetime, and as a sign that he has been dedicated to the Lord, his hair will never be cut.”

11. With a clueless husband. She turns to Yahweh. Dedicates to God’s care.
Birth of Samuel
Hannah was childless.
With a clueless husband.
She turns to Yahweh.
Dedicates to God’s care.
He is trustworthy!
1:11 And she made this vow: “O Lord of Heaven's Armies, if you will look upon my sorrow and answer my prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to you...”
So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. 1 Peter 5:6-7

12. With a clueless husband. She turns to Yahweh. Dedicates to God’s care.
Birth of Samuel
Hannah was childless.
With a clueless husband.
She turns to Yahweh.
Dedicates to God’s care.
Finds immediate peace.
1:11 …Eli said, “go in peace! May the God of Israel grant the request you have asked of him.” “Oh, thank you, sir!” she exclaimed. Then she went back and began to eat again, and she was no longer sad.
Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7
Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
“One thing you can’t find…
is a satisfied mind”
“Peace of mind” is highly UNDER-RATED.
> “Get up & GO”
> Things make sense.
> GREAT HOPE

13. With a clueless husband. She turns to Yahweh. Dedicates to God’s care.
Birth of Samuel
Hannah was childless.
With a clueless husband.
She turns to Yahweh.
Dedicates to God’s care.
Finds immediate peace.
Samuel is the result.
1:20 …in due time she gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, for she said, “I asked the Lord for him.”
WHY RUN FROM GOD?
Why GOD-Aversive?

14. With a clueless husband. She turns to Yahweh. Dedicates to God’s care.
Birth of Samuel
Hannah was childless.
With a clueless husband.
She turns to Yahweh.
Dedicates to God’s care.
Finds immediate peace.
Samuel is the result.
Samuel lives with Eli.
(Husband remains clueless)
1:22 She said to her husband, "After the boy is weaned, I will take him and present him before the Lord, and he will live there always.“
2:11 …the boy ministered before the Lord under Eli the priest
“Whatever you think is best,” Elkanah agreed. 1 Samuel 1:23

15. Eli’s House Thieves & Scoundrels (“In the name of God…”)
Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels who had no respect for the Lord or for their duties as priests… So the sin of these young men was very serious in the Lord’s sight, for they treated the Lord’s offerings with contempt.
1 Samuel 2:12-13,17

16. Eli’s House Thieves & Scoundrels. Amoral. Pagan practices.
“Temple prostitutes”
2:22 Now Eli, who was very old, heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
HANKY-PANKY
So WERE Pagan
GODS REAL?

17. Eli’s House Thieves & Scoundrels. Amoral. Nags his sons.
2:23 So he said to them, “Why do you do such things? I hear from all the people about these wicked deeds of yours.”

18. Eli’s House Thieves & Scoundrels. Amoral. Nags his sons.
Afraid to discipline.
"No, my sons; for the report is not good which I hear the Lord's people circulating. 1 Samuel 2:24 (NASB)
Proverbs 13:24
If you refuse to discipline your children, it proves you don’t love them; if you love your children, you will be prompt to discipline them.
Afraid of losing the relationship…
VERY COMMON

19. Eli’s House Thieves & Scoundrels. Amoral. Nags his sons.
Afraid to discipline.
Because he gives them too much honor.
(and gives God too little honor)
2:27-29 One day a man of God came to Eli and gave him this message from the Lord: “…Why do you give your sons more honor than you give me?”

20. Eli’s House Thieves & Scoundrels. Amoral. Nags his sons.
Afraid to discipline.
Because he gives them too much honor.
Thoroughly corrupted!
Even DAD!
2:27-29 For you and they have become fat from the best offerings of my people Israel!

21. Eli’s House Thieves & Scoundrels. Amoral. Nags his sons.
Without discipline.
Because he gives them too much honor.
Thoroughly corrupted!
He lost his whole family!
1 Samuel 2:31 (NLT) The time is coming when I will put an end to your family, so it will no longer serve as my priests. All the members of your family will die before their time. None will reach old age.
2:34 And to prove that what I have said will come true, I will cause your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, to die on the same day!

22. 2 Loves, 2 Outcomes Kingdom-Love Tribal-Love Hannah’s Love Eli’s Love
An EMOTIONAL ISSUE
A RELATIONAL issue
Tribal-Love

23. 2 Loves, 2 Outcomes Building a Kingdom Building a Tribe
Hannah’s LOVE
Eli’s LOVE
Honored Yahweh.
Honored ‘My People’.
Now I am giving him to the Lord, and he will belong to the Lord his whole life.” 1:28
Why do you give your sons more honor than you give me?
Building a Kingdom
Building a Tribe

24. 2 Loves, 2 Outcomes Building a Kingdom Building a Tribe
Hannah’s LOVE
Eli’s LOVE
Honored Yahweh.
Confident & Peaceful.
Honored ‘My People’.
Insecure & Distressed.
You must stop, my sons! The reports I hear among the Lord’s people are not good. 2:24
Then she went back and began to eat again, and she was no longer sad. 1 Samuel 1:18 (NLT)
Building a Kingdom
Building a Tribe

25. 2 Loves, 2 Outcomes Building a Kingdom Building a Tribe
Hannah’s LOVE
Eli’s LOVE
Honored Yahweh.
Confident & Peaceful.
Joyful.
Honored ‘My People’.
Insecure & Distressed.
Then Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the Lord! The Lord has made me strong. Now I have an answer for my enemies; I rejoice because you rescued me. 1 Samuel 2:1 (NLT)
Building a Kingdom
RIGHT AFTER DROPPING OFF SAMUEL…
> You would THINK she would be BUMMED
Building a Tribe

26. 2 Loves, 2 Outcomes Building a Kingdom Building a Tribe
Hannah’s LOVE
Eli’s LOVE
Honored Yahweh.
Confident & Peaceful.
Joyful.
Honored ‘My People’.
Insecure & Distressed.
Sad/Mad/Bad/Not Glad.
You must stop, my sons! The reports I hear among the Lord’s people are not good…But Eli’s sons wouldn’t listen to their father… 2:24-25
Building a Kingdom
Building a Tribe

27. 2 Loves, 2 Outcomes Building a Kingdom Building a Tribe
Hannah’s LOVE
Eli’s LOVE
Honored Yahweh.
Confident & Peaceful.
Joyful.
Fruitful & Enduring.
Honored ‘My People’.
Insecure & Distressed.
Sad/Mad/Bad/Not Glad.
And the Lord gave Hannah three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord. 1 Samuel 2:21 (NLT)
“Then I will raise up a faithful priest …I will establish his family, and they will be priests to my anointed kings forever.” 2:35
Building a Kingdom
Building a LEGACY
Building a Tribe

28. 2 Loves, 2 Outcomes Building a Kingdom Building a Tribe
Hannah’s LOVE
Eli’s LOVE
Honored Yahweh.
Confident & Peaceful.
Joyful.
Fruitful & Enduring.
Honored ‘My People’.
Insecure & Distressed.
Sad/Mad/Bad/Not Glad.
Life-Sucking Death!
…his sons were seducing the young women who assisted at the entrance of the Tabernacle. 2:22
Those who survive will live in sadness and grief, and their children will die a violent death. 2:33
Building a Kingdom
Couldn’t GET ENOUGH Sex!
Voracious APPETITES!
** SurvivorsVIOLENCE
==Natural Conseq. “TRIBALISM”
TRIBAL UNIT=Ever-Shrinking
Building a Tribe

29. 2 Loves, 2 Outcomes Building a Kingdom Building a Tribe
Hannah’s LOVE
Eli’s LOVE
And all Israel, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord. The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh and gave messages to Samuel there at the Tabernacle. And Samuel’s words went out to all the people of Israel. 3:20-4:1
Honored Yahweh.
Confident & Peaceful.
Joyful.
Fruitful & Enduring.
God’s Power at Work!
Honored ‘My People’.
Insecure & Distressed.
Sad/Mad/Bad/Not Glad.
Life-Sucking Death!
Building a Kingdom
IMPACT
Building a Tribe

30. 2 Loves, 2 Outcomes Building a Kingdom Building a Tribe
“What is all the noise about?” Eli asked. The messenger rushed over to Eli,
who was ninety-eight years old and blind. He said to Eli, “I have just come from the battlefield—I was there this very day.”
“What happened, my son?” Eli demanded. 1 Samuel 4:14-18 (NLT)
“Israel has been defeated by the Philistines,” the messenger replied. “The people have been slaughtered, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were also killed. And the Ark of God has been captured.”
When the messenger mentioned what had happened to the Ark of God, Eli fell backward from his seat beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and overweight…
Hannah’s Way
Eli’s LOVE
Honored Yahweh.
Confident & Peaceful.
Joyful.
Fruitful & Enduring.
God’s Power at Work!
Honored ‘My People’.
Insecure & Distressed.
Sad/Mad/Bad/Not Glad.
Life-Sucking Death!
Corruption at Work!
Building a Kingdom
Building a Tribe

31. Building Kingdoms Sacrificial Love Truth-Based God-Reliant
His Love
His Direction
His Strength
Truth-Based
Instructing
Correcting
Redeeming
Sacrificial Love
Compassion
To ‘Outsiders’
“…But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15
We love, because He first loved us. 1 John 4:19
** He IS the BENEVOLENT GOD
GOSP: You need to MEET HIM
> Don’t rely on what your TRIBE TAUGHT you about God.

32. Building Kingdoms Sacrificial Love Truth-Based God-Reliant
A youngster’s heart is filled with foolishness, but physical discipline will drive it far away. Proverbs 22:15
Building Kingdoms
God-Reliant
His Love
His Direction
His Strength
Truth-Based
Instructing
Correcting
Redeeming
Sacrificial Love
Compassion
To ‘Outsiders’
Heb. 12:11 No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it is painful!
Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. 2 Timothy 4:2 (NASB)
Eli DID his SONS no FAVORS!!
** He IS the AUTHORITATIVE GOD

33. Building Kingdoms Sacrificial Love Truth-Based God-Reliant His Love
His Direction
His Strength
Truth-Based
Instructing
Correcting
Redeeming
Sacrificial Love
Compassion
To ‘Outsiders’

34. Building Tribes Building a kingdom Self-Reliant Loving Sacrifice
Relative Truth
Self-Seeking
God-Reliant
Truth-Based
Loving Sacrifice
Building a kingdom
** 2 DIRECTIONS