Sermons on 1 Samuel
When God Calls
1 Samuel 3.10Gospel Sermon— Dr Peter Masters | 6:30pm | Sunday 3 April 2016
The call of God to the young Samuel provides an insight into how a person's heart is first engaged and then drawn to spiritual conversion and life. For so many, is the story of alienation and resistance giving way to discovery of and reconciliation with God.
Faith Demonstrated in the Life of Samuel
1 Samuel 4-7— Dr Peter Masters | 7:30pm | Wednesday 16 February 2011
Faith Demonstrated in the Life of Samuel (2)
1 Samuel 7-9— Dr Peter Masters | 7:30pm | Wednesday 23 February 2011
Episodes of Christian Pilgrimage
1 Samuel 7.12Thanksgiving Service— Dr Peter Masters | 7:30pm | Wednesday 21 October 2020
'Hitherto hath the Lord surrounded us' - the full sense of this famous text with examples of extraordinary helps received by God's people in past and present; the background and inspiration of many today who expect great things and attempt great things for God.
Faith Demonstrated in the Life of Samuel (3)
1 Samuel 10-11— Dr Peter Masters | 7:30pm | Wednesday 2 March 2011
Faith Demonstrated in the Life of Samuel (4)
1 Samuel 13-15— Dr Peter Masters | 7:30pm | Wednesday 9 March 2011
Spiritual Lessons from Saul and David
1 Samuel 17— Dr Peter Masters | 7:30pm | Wednesday 23 March 2011
Saul and David Contrasted
1 Samuel 17— Dr Peter Masters | 7:30pm | Wednesday 10 March 2021
A fresh look at the famous defeat of Goliath showing that for the believer all events are a spiritual matter. Here it is seen that spiritual tenacity and strength co-exist with gentleness and kindness. Here also is the difference between working by flesh or spirit.
Lessons in Faith from David and Jonathan
1 Samuel 18.1— Dr Peter Masters | 7:30pm | Wednesday 31 March 2021
King Saul is under God's judgement, and David has been secretly anointed as king. Here we see Jonathan's faith and humility, while pride and suspicion consume Saul. We also see Saul's classic false 'conversion' that soon fails, and David's laying all before the Lord.
Spiritual Lessons from Saul and David (2)
1 Samuel 18-20— Dr Peter Masters | 7:30pm | Wednesday 30 March 2011
Spiritual Lessons from Saul and David (3)
1 Samuel 21Bible Study— Dr Peter Masters | 7:30pm | Wednesday 6 April 2011
Faith Faltering and Revived
1 Samuel 21-22— Dr Peter Masters | 7:30pm | Wednesday 28 April 2021
Beginning with the erosion of David's trust in his subterfuge at Nob, proceeding to the total collapse of trust in his flight to Gath, and then the repair of faith in Psalms 34 and 56, and the token of future blessing in the rescue of Keilah.
Spiritual Lessons from Saul and David (4)
1 Samuel 24-25— Dr Peter Masters | 7:30pm | Wednesday 13 April 2011
How to Reason with Ourselves
1 Samuel 24-25— Dr Peter Masters | 7:30pm | Wednesday 5 May 2021
What accounts for Saul's resistance to God? But there are the same tendencies even in us as believers. Supremely, in these chapters, are the four arguments of Abigail to deter David from sin, the same arguments so useful to us in restraining ourselves from temptation.
Spiritual Lessons from Saul and David (5)
1 Samuel 26-28— Dr Peter Masters | 7:30pm | Wednesday 20 April 2011
Surprising Lessons in the Faith
1 Samuel 26-28— Dr Peter Masters | 7:30pm | Wednesday 12 May 2021
David speaks to himself in self-pity, focussing on his trials, the power of Saul and the doubtful loyalty of his 600 men. Here are lessons from Satan's assaults, and what David should have considered. Also, light on Saul and the witch of Endor.
In The Land of The Philistines
1 Samuel 27.6-7Bible Study, Bible Study, Bible Study, Bible Study, Bible Study, Bible Study, Bible Study, Bible Study, Bible Study, Bible Study, Bible Study, Bible Study, Bible Study, Bible Study, Bible Study, Bible Study, Bible Study— Dr Peter Masters | 7:30pm | Wednesday 19 May 2021
Spiritual Lessons from Saul and David (6)
1 Samuel 30.1-20— Dr Peter Masters | 7:30pm | Wednesday 27 April 2011