transformation

TransformationFrom Punk to

Outlaw

TermsPunk – an inexperienced

young person;

a novice.

Outlaw – a person

deprived of the

benefit and

protection of the

law.Outlaw faith – living outside the benefit and protection of the World System.

God Builds Outlaws

Steps

Punk Faith

Disciple of

Christ

Outlaw

Faith

Luke 9:57-58 (NLT)

57 As they were walking along,

someone said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you

go.”

But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to

live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no

place even to lay his head.”

2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

David’s Story 1 Samuel 18:30 Every

time the commanders of the Philistines attacked, David was more successful against them than all the rest of Saul’s officers. So David’s name became very famous.

1 Samuel 18:27 …Saul gave his daughter Michal to David to be his wife.

On the Heels of Success

A Great War Hero

A Great Career Path

David’s StoryOn the Heels of Success

A Great War Hero

A Great Career Path

Never Saw It Coming!

Saul became even more afraid of him, and he remained David’s enemy for the rest of his life. 1 Samuel 18:29

Betrayed

Lost it all!


Arrogant (Punk) Faith!

1. So Gifted!

(So Crafty!)

1 Samuel 21:1-4 (NLT) 1 David went to the town of Nob to see Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he saw him. “Why are you alone?” he asked. “Why is no one with you?” 2 “The king has sent me on a

private matter,” David said. “He told me not to tell anyone why I am here. I have told my men where to meet me later. 3 Now, what is there to eat? Give me five loaves of bread or anything else you have.”

3 Now, what is there to eat? Give me five loaves of bread or anything else you have.” 4 “We don’t have any regular bread,” the priest replied. “But there is the holy bread, which you can have if your young men have not slept with any women recently.”



1. So Gifted!

(So Crafty!)2 “The king has sent me on a private matter,” David said.

So Many LIES!

• (for good reason)

80 DIE• &

wives & kids TOO!

Such a WAST

E!

1 Sam. 22:10 Ahimelech consulted the Lord for him. Then he gave him food…”



1. So Gifted!

(So Crafty!)

2. So Confident!

21:8-9 David asked Ahimelech, “Do you have a spear or sword? The king’s business was so urgent that I didn’t even have time to grab a weapon!” 9 “I only have the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah,” the priest replied. “It is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. Take that if you want it, for there is nothing else here.”

1 Samuel 21:9 “The SWORD OF GOLIATH!? There is nothing like it!” David replied. “Give it to me!”



1. So Gifted!

(So Crafty!)

2. So Confident!

1 Samuel 21:10-1110 So David escaped from Saul and went to King Achish of Gath. 11 But the officers of Achish were unhappy about his being there. “Isn’t this David, the king of the land?” they asked. “Isn’t he the one the people honor with dances, singing, ‘Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”



1. So Gifted!

(So Crafty!)

2. So Confident!

3. So BUSTED!

1 Samuel 21:12-15 12 David heard these comments and was very afraid of what King Achish of Gath might do to him. 13 So he pretended to be insane, scratching on doors and drooling down his beard. 14 Finally, King Achish said to his men, “Must you bring me a madman? 15 We already have enough of them around here! Why should I let someone like this be my guest?”

1 Samuel 22:1 So David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam.



1. So Gifted!

(So Crafty!)

2. So Confident!

3. So BUSTED!

Psalms 142:1A Psalm of David, regarding his experience in the cave. 1 I cry out to the Lord; I plead for the Lord’s mercy. 2 I pour out my complaints before him and tell him all my troubles. 3 When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn. Wherever I go, my enemies have set traps for me. 4 I look for someone to come and help me, but no one gives me a passing thought! No one will help me; no one cares a bit what happens to me.



1. So Gifted!

(So Crafty!)

2. So Confident!

3. So BUSTED!

4. But he KNEW GOD!

Psalms 142:5 (NLT) 5 Then I pray to you, O Lord. I say, “You are my place of refuge. You are all I really want in life.



1. So Gifted!

(So Crafty!)

2. So Confident!

3. So BUSTED!

4. But he KNEW GOD

Beautiful ‘Punk Faith’

• ‘You are all I really want in life’

• He loved God, not religion.Psalms 142:5

5 Then I pray to you, O Lord. I say, “You are my place of refuge. You are all I really want in life.

Jesus Cites David’s LIE:2 But some Pharisees said, “Why are you breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?” 3 Jesus replied, “Haven’t you read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 4 He went into the house of God and broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests can eat. He also gave some to his companions.” Luke 6:2-4



1. So Gifted!

(So Crafty!)

2. So Confident!

3. So BUSTED!

4. But he KNEW GOD

Beautiful ‘Punk Faith’

• ‘You are all I really want in life’

• He loved God, not religion.Psalms 119:45

I will walk in freedom, for I have devoted myself to your commandments.

What David Understood about God: (Galatians 5:6 MSG) 6 For in Christ, neither our most conscientious religion nor disregard of religion amounts to anything. What matters is something far more interior: faith expressed in love.



Outlaw Faith

1 Samuel 22:1-2 (NLT) 1 So David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam…

• A person deprived of the benefit and protection of the law.

Outlaw

• Living outside the benefit and protection of the World System.

Outlaw Faith

ALONE“You are my place of refuge. You are all I really want in life.”



Outlaw Faith1. God at work!

1 Samuel 22:1-2 (NLT) …Soon his brothers and all his other relatives joined him there. Then others began coming—men who were in trouble or in debt or who were just discontented—until David was the captain of about 400 men.




2. Faith with fiber.

(Despite conditions)

1 Samuel 22:1-2 (NLT) …Soon his brothers and all his other relatives joined him there. Then others began coming—men who were in trouble or in debt or who were just discontented—until David was the captain of about 400 men.

Vermin Warriors





3. Able to LOVE(and forgive!)

Regains his alienated family:

…Soon his brothers and all his other

relatives joined him

there…

1 Samuel 22:3Later David went to Mizpeh in Moab, where he asked the king, “Please allow my father and mother to live here with you until I know what God is going to do for me.”





3. Able to LOVE

4. A Servant’s Heart

1 Samuel 22:1-2 (NLT) others began coming—men who were in trouble or in debt or who were just discontentedA Compassionate

HeartGood reason to

withdraw

Serving losers!

Cave Adullam

MinistriesCave Adullam Ministries has been commissioned by our Lord Jesus Christ to proclaim and demonstrate his compassionate love to those that are anguished, disenfranchised, in bondage to addiction, tormented by debt and people who need to refresh themselves from anger and bitterness.





3. Able to LOVE


David’s Story Became God’s Man

At great personal risk! (22:7)

Even when betrayed! (23:12)

1 Samuel 23:32 David asked the Lord, “Should I go and attack them?” “Yes, go and save Keilah,” the Lord told him.

1 Samuel 23:7 (NLT) 7 Saul soon learned that David was at Keilah. “Good!” he exclaimed. “We’ve got him now! God has handed him over to me, for he has trapped himself in a walled town!”

1 Samuel 23:12 12 David asked, “Will the leaders of Keilah betray me and my men to Saul?” And the Lord replied, “Yes, they will betray you.”





3. Able to LOVE


David’s Story Saul, the Super-Spiritual

23: 21 “The Lord bless you,” Saul said. “At

last someone is concerned about me!” God Protects

Just as Saul and his men began to close in on David and his men, an urgent

message reached Saul that the Philistines were raiding Israel again

(23:27)

1 Samuel 19:23-24 …the Spirit of God came even upon Saul, and he, too, began to prophesy …He tore off his

clothes and lay naked on the ground all day and all night, prophesying

YOUR STORY?

Outlaw FaithLive Like an Outlaw

Religious Faith“Follow the LAW”

Outlaw faith – living outside the benefit and protection of the World System.

YOUR STORY?

Outlaw FaithLive Like an OutlawLet God Shape You

Outlaw economics:living in a cave.

Religious Faith“Follow the LAW”Untouchable by God.

YOUR STORY?

Outlaw FaithLive Like an OutlawLet God Shape YouSeek God’s Direction

Religious Faith“Follow the LAW”Untouchable by God.

“My Crafty Brilliance”

YOUR STORY?

Outlaw FaithLive Like an OutlawLet God Shape YouSeek God’s DirectionLove Others

Heart of Compassion

Religious Faith“Follow the LAW”Untouchable by God.“My Crafty Brilliance”“Who will serve me?”

Outlaw Faith

Outlaw Love

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