THE PRACTICE OF HONESTY 1 Samuel 15:10-23 Colossians 3:8-10

He wants the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth!

He wants the truth, the whole

truth and nothing but the truth!

1 Samuel 15:22-23 “ Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord? To obey is better than to sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry”.

“ Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord?

To obey is better than to sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.

For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry”.

“ To obey is better than to sacrifice”

“ To obey is better than to sacrifice”

Disobedience shows a misplacement of fear (v24) Disobedience shows a misplacement of pleasure (v19) 5 Reasons why God is displeased with disobedience:

Disobedience shows a misplacement of fear (v24)

Disobedience shows a misplacement of pleasure (v19)

Disobedience shows a misplacement of praise:(v12) Disobedience is as the sin of divination: (v23) 5 Disobedience is idolatry (v23) ‘arrogance is like the evil of idolatry’

Disobedience shows a misplacement of praise:(v12)

Disobedience is as the sin of divination: (v23)

5 Disobedience is idolatry (v23) ‘arrogance is like the evil of idolatry’

Jeremiah 17:9 “ The heart of man is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?”

“ The heart of man is deceitful above all

things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?”

Colossians 3:9,10 “ Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge of the image of its Creator”.

“ Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge of the image of its Creator”.

1 Samuel 12:20 “Do not be afraid, Samuel replied, “You have done all this evil; yet do not turn away from the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless”.

“Do not be afraid, Samuel replied, “You have done all this evil; yet do not turn away from the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless”.

1 Samuel 12:22 “ For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make them his own”.v22

“ For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make them his own”.v22