In Jesus' final public teaching in the Gospel of John (10:22-42), the people of Jerusalem tried to pin him down. They wanted him to declare openly who he was. In keeping with his indirect public style, Jesus pointed them to his words and works. He also boldly declared, "I and the Father are one." This statement sent them looking for rocks to stone him, since they thought he was a man who made himself out to be God. They grasped that he claimed identity with God, but they got things exactly backwards. (sermon notes)
After the Lord rejected Saul as king, he chose a man with a heart oriented toward the Lord.
The opposite results of David’s and Saul’s desperate measures hold lessons about how to live in the world while not being of the world.
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