04/19/21 FOLLOW THE LEADER #8 (1 Sam.14:6-23)

A Godly Follower Inspires OTHERS to Become Godly Followers!

HEBREWS: (Re-)UNITED; Became Godly FOLLOWERS!

Godly Followers (Re-)JOIN God’s Army and the Battle (1Sa.14:20-22);

OUR UNITY ENABLES and ENHANCES OUR EVANGELISM! (John 17:21, 23)

Unfortunately we Baptists are widely known for TWO things: FOOD and FIGHTING!? Brothers and Sisters in Christ. WE MUST STOP FIGHTING AMONG OURSELVES!

When WE are ONE, the World will be WON! (Rabbi Jason Sobel)

1 Sam.14:45 (ESV) Then the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day…”

Godly Followers REJECT Ungodly ideas and PROTECT their Godly Leaders from Ungodly people!

NT: The PHARISEES had MORE RESTRICTIONS than God (Sabbath: 613 ® 10K+); that made Jesus FURIOUS. BUT TODAY far too many churches seem to be trying to be MORE TOLERANT than God. But God told us very clearly in the OT and NT to HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE for UNGODLY WORDS AND BEHAVIOR. The PURITY and POWER of our witness and influence is at stake!