The Tale of Two Kings

What LegacyWill youLeave?

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The Tale of Two Kings

What DoYou

Look Like?

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Looking good on the Outside

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• Good Looks– 1 Samuel 9:2

• Good Family–1 Samuel 9:1-2

Looking good on the Outside

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• Good Friends– Matthew 26:14-16

• Good Position–Matthew 23:27,28

When the inside is what matters

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• Purity– 1 Samuel 16:7

• Perserverance–2 Timothy 4:7

When the inside is what matters

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• Peaceful Trust– Luke 1:45

I Samuel 16:15

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But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

the lord looks at the heart

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Through out scripture the heart is referred to as

the seat of the intellect

the seat of emotion

the seat of a person’s will

the lord looks at the heart

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Through out scripture the heart is referred to as the seat of the intellect. The mind, (Genesis 6:5)

Knowledge (Ecclesiastes 8:16)Understanding (Job 12:3)Discernment (1 Kings 3:9)

and Memory (Exodus 35:21)

the lord looks at the heart

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 The heart is also sometimes referred to as the seat of emotion.

The heart can be happy (Pro. 27:11) or sad (Nehemiah 2:2), troubled (John 12:27) or at peace (Colossians 3:15) It can sometimes be discouraged (Num. 32:7) or courageous (2 Samuel 17:10).

the lord looks at the heart

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 the seat of emotion (Continued)envious (Proverbs 23:17), or pure (Matthew 5:8),proud (Deuteronomy 8:14)passionate (Luke 24:32)or cold and indifferent (Revelation 2:4)

the lord looks at the heart

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 The heart is also the seat of a person’s will. Our heart can be stubborn (2 Chronicles 36:13)desperately wicked (Jeremiah 17:9)or it can be broken and contrite (Psalm 51)

The choices we make and the things we do are often determined by the condition of our heart.

the lord looks at the heart

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 Our heart is where decisions are often made. 1.Obedience or disobedience to God takes place here and the determination of our wills is set.

2. God’s grace can move upon our hearts and cause a stubborn disobedient heart to change (Ezekiel 36:24-28).

3. God alone can touch a person’s heart and change them (1 Samuel 10: 6, 10; 26).