Blinded

Blinded

Desperate Measures (1 Sam. 22:16-17)

• How does unchecked ambition lead to irrational decisions and actions?
• What other unchecked emotions can lead to similar results?
• How can we guard ourselves against it?

Personal ambition at the expense of others leads to paranoia and desperate decisions

Pursued by Saul (1 Sam. 22:6-10)

Guilt by Association (1 Sam. 22:11-15)

• How do anger, jealousy, or envy cause you to judge others irrationally?
• Internal Due Process?

• How does a complaining, bitter, or selfish spirit make us more vulnerable to manipulation?
• By contrast, how might a generous spirit that looks for and honors people of integrity protect us from unscrupulous types?

Lesson Summary

The Opposite of Blinded

Lesson Outline

How a vision becomes reality because someone wasn't afraid to share the strengths of others.

• Pursued by Saul (1 Sam. 22:6-10)
• Guilt by Association (1 Sam. 22:11-15)
• Desperate Measures (1 Sam. 22:16-17)

• Saul was blinded by his own unwillingness to obey God
• The blindness led to distrust and paranoia
• The distrust and paranoia led to a fulfillment of the very thing Saul was trying to prevent
• The results were devastating and left the entire nation of Israel in a state of civil war.