> Matty works jointly for Ivy, leading our Sharston congregation, and for > the Message > > Our church has desperate people visiting; > Hurt or a hurter > Helpless! > What will they find? Raised eyebrows or open hands? > > David was a desperate man, a wanted man. > Sleeping with one eye open > On the run from Saul > 6 times he tried to kill him… > But where does he go? > > He goes to church > For sanctuary. > To Ahimilech – the priest > 1 Sam 21 > > Desperate David resorts to lying for self protection > (Vs 2) > He wants food! > But all the priest has is ‘holy bread’ – only the priest should eat it. > Dilemma. > Should he keep the law and ignore the need? > > David reassures him, with more of the desperate lies desperate people tell. > The priest decided that a higher call than the law was an empty stomach > > David lies over and over here in his desperation. […]
