First Baptist Church of New Holland PA

The Lord Looks at the Heart

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Pastor Deane Boyd

God looks for a person “after His own heart”

1 Samuel 13:14   Will you be that person?

God’s Selection of David was…

1.  Contrary to Human Reasoning   1 Samuel 16:7

Isaiah 55:8-9; 1 Corinthians 1:26-29

2.  Chosen by Heart Response

His longing    Psalm 63:1-5

His faith   Psalm 56:3-4; 1 Samuel 17:37, 44-47

His obedience    Psalm 40:8, 119:11

His service    Psalm 89:20

His integrity     Psalm 78:70-72

His sensitivity to sin   Psalm 19:12-13;

            Psalm 51:10; Psalm 139:23-24

3.  Confirmed by Heaven’s Recognition 

            By the Holy Spirit    1 Samuel 16:13

Recognized in heaven, resisted in the world

1 Sam 18:12-15

As the Lord knows my heart…

-  Do I truly know God through faith in Christ?

-  Do I hunger to know Him better?

-  Am I decisively dealing with sin?