Sunday Morning SoundBytes – 7/1/2018
Sunday’s message in the Samson: Strong Man Gone Wrong series was called Vengeance Gone Wrong, taken from Judges 15. Here is a brief outline of the message:
1) Take responsibility for your own actions (1-3)
– Psalm 51:3-4; Matthew 7:3-5
2) Pour your energy into doing something good (4-5)
– Proverbs 14:22; Micah 2:1; Galatians 6:9-10
3) Don’t let things escalate (6-8)
– Proverbs 15:1; Romans 12:17-18
4) Realize that your actions affect other people (9-13)
– Joshua 7:1-5; Matthew 7:12; Romans 14:13,19
5) Vengeance will take you farther than you imagined (14-17)
– Proverbs 4:14-15, 5:11-14, 14:12
6) Seek the Lord and his mercy (18-20)
– Isaiah 55:6-7; John 7:37-38
7) Instead of vengeance:
– Love your enemies; pray for those who persecute you (Matt 5:44)
– Walk the extra mile; turn the other cheek (Matthew 5:38-42)
– Leave it up to God to handle (Romans 12:19,21)
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