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HOW TO BEHAVE IN A
CAVE
HOW TO BEHAVE IN A
CAVE
A LOOK AT GODLY DECISION MAKINGA LOOK AT GODLY DECISION MAKING
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PRACTICAL THINKING REGARDING
OUR FAITH
PRACTICAL THINKING REGARDING
OUR FAITH
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REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS
REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS
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DAVID DID NOT ALLOW CIRCUMSTANCE TO BECOME HIS GUIDE
DAVID DID NOT ALLOW CIRCUMSTANCE TO BECOME HIS GUIDE
DAVID MAINTAINED A TENDER CONSCIENCEDAVID MAINTAINED A TENDER CONSCIENCE
DAVID’S DECISIONS REFLECTED AN EXTREME RESPECT FOR GODDAVID’S DECISIONS REFLECTED AN EXTREME RESPECT FOR GOD
DAVID REMOVED SELF FROM THE EQUATIONDAVID REMOVED SELF FROM THE EQUATION
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TENSION BETWEEN THEM WAS THE RESULT OF SAUL’S SINFULNESSTENSION BETWEEN THEM WAS THE RESULT OF SAUL’S SINFULNESS
DAVID SUFFERED YEARS OF ABUSE AT THE HANDS OF SAULDAVID SUFFERED YEARS OF ABUSE AT THE HANDS OF SAUL
WOULD YOU FEEL THESE CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD JUSTIFY DAVID LASHING OUT?
WOULD YOU FEEL THESE CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD JUSTIFY DAVID LASHING OUT?
CIRCUMSTANCES CANNOT DETERMINE ACTIONSCIRCUMSTANCES CANNOT DETERMINE ACTIONS
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PERHAPS THE INTENT WAS TO SUGGEST THIS WAS PROVIDENTIALPERHAPS THE INTENT WAS TO SUGGEST THIS WAS PROVIDENTIAL
“BEHOLD THIS IS THE DAY OF WHICH THE LORD SAID TO YOU…”“BEHOLD THIS IS THE DAY OF WHICH THE LORD SAID TO YOU…”
WE MUST NOT ALLOW OUR DESIRES TO ALTER THE SCRIPTURESWE MUST NOT ALLOW OUR DESIRES TO ALTER THE SCRIPTURES
CIRCUMSTANCES CANNOT DETERMINE ACTIONSCIRCUMSTANCES CANNOT DETERMINE ACTIONS
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We must be suspicious of our own judgments when a “new truth” or “new
understanding” seems to authorize a thing which seems needful in the moment to justify our own
desires
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Those temptations are most powerful which fetch their force from the pretense
of a religious obedience.
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SUCH PRESSURE IS NOT LIMITED TO THE YOUNG BUT EXISTS THROUGHOUT LIFESUCH PRESSURE IS NOT LIMITED TO THE YOUNG BUT EXISTS THROUGHOUT LIFE
DAVID’S MEN MAY NOT HAVE SHARED HIS CHARACTERDAVID’S MEN MAY NOT HAVE SHARED HIS CHARACTER
CIRCUMSTANCES CANNOT DETERMINE ACTIONSCIRCUMSTANCES CANNOT DETERMINE ACTIONS
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We must not yield even to our dearest and best friends when they desire from
us something wrong
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WE MUST ACTIVELY PROTECT OUR CONSCIENCE AGAINST EXPOSUREWE MUST ACTIVELY PROTECT OUR CONSCIENCE AGAINST EXPOSURE
DAVID MAINTAINED A TENDER CONSCIENCE DESPITE HIS HORRIBLE CIRCUMSTANCE
DAVID MAINTAINED A TENDER CONSCIENCE DESPITE HIS HORRIBLE CIRCUMSTANCE
THIS PROTECTION IS FOUND BY THE CONSTANT MEDITATION ON THE WORDTHIS PROTECTION IS FOUND BY THE CONSTANT MEDITATION ON THE WORD
WE MUST PROTECT OUR
CONSCIENCEWE MUST PROTECT OUR
CONSCIENCE
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15 I will meditate on Your precepts And regard Your ways. 16 I shall
delight in Your statutes; I shall not forget Your word.
Psalm 119:15–16 (NASB95)
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THIS RESPECT DICTATES OUR DECISIONS IN EVEN OUR MOST INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS
THIS RESPECT DICTATES OUR DECISIONS IN EVEN OUR MOST INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS
DAVID’S CONSCIENCE WAS BOTHERED BECAUSE SAUL WAS THE LORD’S ANOINTED
DAVID’S CONSCIENCE WAS BOTHERED BECAUSE SAUL WAS THE LORD’S ANOINTED
WE MUST DEVLOP A
RESPECT FOR GODWE MUST DEVLOP A
RESPECT FOR GOD
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HE TRUSTED IN THE LORDHE TRUSTED IN THE LORD
DAVID MAINTAINED THE PROPER PERSPECTIVEDAVID MAINTAINED THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE
WE MUST REMOVE
SELFWE MUST REMOVE
SELF
THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN A GODLY PERSPECTIVE IS KEY TO MAKING GODLY DECISION IN EVERY SITUATION
THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN A GODLY PERSPECTIVE IS KEY TO MAKING GODLY DECISION IN EVERY SITUATION