Where Are You Running? Psalm 139

Where Are You Running?Psalm 139

1

FROM GOD


• Running from the responsibility of God’s work• Jonah (Jonah 1:2-3; 3:2; 4:1-2)• Applications today…• Local church, Ephesians 4:11-12, 16• Home, Ephesians 6:1-4• Citizens, Romans 13:3-7

2

FROM GOD


• Running from God’s judgment• Samaria, Hosea 10:7-8• Judah, Jeremiah 25:35• Jerusalem (A.D. 70), Luke 23:30• Rome, Revelation 6:12-17• The last day, 1 Thessalonians 5:3• Applications today:• Escape authority, Proverbs 14:34; Jeremiah 25:30-31• Denial of sin and its results, Galatians 6:7-8• False security, 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Hebrews 3:7-8

3

WITH GOD


• David into battle, 1 Samuel 17:47-50• A righteous cause, 1 Samuel 17:29• Faith in God, 1 Samuel 17:37; Hebrews 11:34• Applications today:• Your fight against the devil is real, 1 Peter 5:8• You will fail without God’s armor protecting

you, Ephesians 6:10-13• Battle against false teaching, worldliness and

compromise, Jude 3; Ephesians 5:11; Romans 13:12-14

4

AHEAD OF GOD


• Old Testament examples:• False prophets, Deut. 18:20 (Jer. 14:14)• Nadab and Abihu, Leviticus 10:1-3• King Saul, 1 Samuel 13:8-14• Present-day examples:•Despise authority, 2 Peter 2:9-10

-Instruments in worship, Centralization of churches, False teachers and followers-Taking vengeance, Romans 12:17-19-Self-will, 1 Peter 1:13-16

5

TO GOD


• The Lost: Mercy and Salvation, Luke 15:17-18, 21• To become a Christian, Acts 16:33-34

-God runs to meet you and save you! Luke 15:20, 22-24

• God is anxious to forgive you, 1 Timothy 2:3-4

• Christians:• To be forgiven when we sin, 1 John 1:9; 2:1• To obtain God’s help, Hebrews 4:15-16

6

FROM GOD

WITH GOD

AHEAD OF GOD

TO GOD

How Are You Running?1 Corinthians 9:24-27

• Goal, v. 24• Self-control, v. 25• Confident faith, v. 26• Discipline, v. 27

7

RUNFROM SIN

RUN AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS

FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT

LAY HOLD OF ETERNAL LIFE

How Are You Running?1 Timothy 6:11-12

8

Documents

Where Are You Running? Psalm 139