Sermon 2026.05.24 (Elder Chip Bauer)

SERMON NOTES – May 24, 2026Series: 1st and 2nd Samuel: Shadows of the King and His KingdomText: 1 Samuel 14:1-23Topic: When God is for UsAttribute: Praise Christ as the Wise King and SaviorGOD’S DM: “When I am for you, you can scale walls and take on troops in the sure hope that I will again deliver you.” Notes: Psalms 18:291) The Setting- Audacity- Secrecy - Inactivity2) The Imagination of Faith - Possibility- Certainity Psalms 18:29- Loyalty- StrategyOh Sinnerman, where you gonna run to? Sinnerman, where you gonna run to?Where you gonna run to?All on that day.IMPLICATIONS FOR LIFE:1. Jonathan understood that God can save, whether by many or few. And the purpose of God is to send Jesus to seek and to save those who are prepared to admit, I'm lost, I'm hopeless, I'm sinful, I'm stuck. And the reason some of us are not Christians is because we believe that we are powerful, we are secure, we are religious, we are good. So either we allow the truth of God's Word to diagnose our condition or we diagnose the condition for ourselves - which will not end well.2. Out what hopeless situation are you looking for God's deliverance, to see God create something out of nothing?3. How is faith informing your imagination? Where is it that God is calling to live out your faith and see His kingdom advance?4. To whom are you saying, I am with you heart and soul. Whose back do you have to help them secure what God is doing?