Sermon Info
Sermon Date: 11/8/26
Series:1 Samuel
Text: 1 Samuel 6:1-7:2
Title: “Who Can Stand Before the Holy God”
Preacher: Pastor Luke Dufek
Series:1 Samuel
Text: 1 Samuel 6:1-7:2
Title: “Who Can Stand Before the Holy God”
Preacher: Pastor Luke Dufek
Announcements
After some fellowship, please highlight the information below to your group and have them check the weekly church email for more information/details.
- If you took a shoebox for Good Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas child, please fill it and return to church by Sunday, 11/15.
- Next men’s study will be on Wednesday, 11/11 at 7 PM to go over chapter 17.
- Prayer, fellowship and feast will be on Sunday, 11/15 beginning at 5 PM. We ask that all in attendance please bring a dish to pass.
- Christmas card making class will be on Saturday, 11/21 from 1-3 PM there are 25 spots available and you can register through the weekly email. $10/person to cover supplies and cash or check to be written out to Therese Jakob can be given to her on the day of the event.
- Our Thanksgiving Eve service will be on Wednesday, 11/25 beginning at 6:30 PM. As is tradition we will fellowship and have pie afterwards. Please see the sign up link in the weekly email to sign up to bring pie and/or help to set up or clean up.
- The Restrepo’s will be hosting a Thanksgiving lunch at their home for anyone who does not already have plans for Thanksgiving on 11/26 from 12 to 3. RSVP or with questions to June at 414-690-8427.
- There will be worship choir during service on Sunday, 12/6. Please contact Jen Bassler if you’re interested.
Questions
After some fellowship and prayer, read 1 Samuel 6:1-7:2
[Remember, these questions are only meant to be a help to start and continue your discussion. You don’t need to get through all of them and if you have other questions, you can ask them.]
Our culture seeks that which is comfortable, agreeable, and approachable. How can we unintentionally allow these cultural preferences to shape our view of God? Why is it important to have a right understanding of God’s holiness?
The Philistines were concerned about God’s judgment but did not desire to know and worship the Holy God. How do people often approach God the same way today?
Being concerned about the consequences of sin is not the same as repenting of sin. What does genuine repentance look like? What are fruits of repentance? How can we recognize when we or others are simply wanting to avoid the consequences of sin rather than genuinely turning away from sin and to God?
The people of Beth-shemesh had God’s Word and were familiar with his commands, but they still treated God’s holiness lightly and were judged for doing so. What can help us guard against this?
How did the people of Kiriath-jearim respond differently from the people of Beth-shemesh? What does this contrast teach us about the proper response to God?
The passage reminds us to worship God according to his Word rather than according to what we find entertaining, exciting, or emotionally satisfying. How should God’s holiness shape the way we approach corporate worship and our participation in it?
The Philistines tried to deal with their guilt by offering something of their own choosing, but God has provided the only sufficient sacrifice for sin in the person and work of his Son, Jesus Christ. In what ways are people tempted to rely on their own efforts, goodness, or religious activities to make themselves right with God?
The central question of the passage is, “Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God?” The answer is found in Jesus Christ and his atoning sacrifice. How does understanding that we can draw near to God only through Christ shape the way we approach him? How should this produce both confidence and reverence in our lives?
[Remember, these questions are only meant to be a help to start and continue your discussion. You don’t need to get through all of them and if you have other questions, you can ask them.]
Our culture seeks that which is comfortable, agreeable, and approachable. How can we unintentionally allow these cultural preferences to shape our view of God? Why is it important to have a right understanding of God’s holiness?
The Philistines were concerned about God’s judgment but did not desire to know and worship the Holy God. How do people often approach God the same way today?
Being concerned about the consequences of sin is not the same as repenting of sin. What does genuine repentance look like? What are fruits of repentance? How can we recognize when we or others are simply wanting to avoid the consequences of sin rather than genuinely turning away from sin and to God?
The people of Beth-shemesh had God’s Word and were familiar with his commands, but they still treated God’s holiness lightly and were judged for doing so. What can help us guard against this?
How did the people of Kiriath-jearim respond differently from the people of Beth-shemesh? What does this contrast teach us about the proper response to God?
The passage reminds us to worship God according to his Word rather than according to what we find entertaining, exciting, or emotionally satisfying. How should God’s holiness shape the way we approach corporate worship and our participation in it?
The Philistines tried to deal with their guilt by offering something of their own choosing, but God has provided the only sufficient sacrifice for sin in the person and work of his Son, Jesus Christ. In what ways are people tempted to rely on their own efforts, goodness, or religious activities to make themselves right with God?
The central question of the passage is, “Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God?” The answer is found in Jesus Christ and his atoning sacrifice. How does understanding that we can draw near to God only through Christ shape the way we approach him? How should this produce both confidence and reverence in our lives?