David slips in his relationship with God​

1 Samuel 21 + 22

• When our relationship with God slips, holiness always decreases.​
• He was more concerned with the outward presentation, neglecting the inward truth.​
• “How much more today will their vessels be holy?”

• Holiness is to be ‘set apart’.​
• Holiness is about the inward, not merely the outward.​
• Are we set apart from the world we live in?​
• Peter 1:15, “As he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct.”

SUBSTITUTION: FEAR OF GOD FOR FEAR OF MAN

• Have we substituted holy living towards God for other things?​
• When we substitute a relationship with God through holy living, our hearts harden towards him.​
• Don’t substitute God for anything. He is enough!

• David rediscovers relationship with God… Will you?​
• Today let us repent of our mistrust of God​
• Let us repent of self-sufficiency​
• The Holy Spirit wants to empower us to live holy lives​
• There is no substitute for the Holy Spirit