Title: " A God After Man's Own Heart "

Text: Genesis 1:26-27 ; Acts 13:22 ; & Romans 1:15-32

( Key Verse is Romans 1:23 )

INTRO:

1. In the Beginning God Created Man In HIS Own Image .

Genesis 1:26-27

a. God was the Creator of Man -- Not the Other Way Around.

b. Man was Subordinate to God -- Not the Other Way Around.

2. King David was a Man After God's Own Heart .

Acts 13:22

a. This is One of the Most Beautiful Labels that God Places Upon Any Man in the Bible.

b. David was a Man whose Heart Beat in Harmony with the Heart of God.

c. David was a Man who - at the Center of his Being - Thought the way God Thought, Felt the Way God Felt, & Wanted what God Wanted in his Life.

d. David was a Man that God could Greatly Bless & Use in a Mighty Way in his Life.

Psalm 1:1-3

I. Many People Today are Not Like David of Old.

Acts 13:22 c/f Romans 1:21-23

A. Their Heart Does Not Beat in Harmony with the Great Heart of God .

Acts 13:22; III John Verse 4; Romans 1:18 & 25 c/f II Timothy 3:1-8

B. They are Not Willing to Glorify God with Praise & Bow their Hearts & Lives Before Him.

Romans 1:21 c/f Psalm 95:1-11

C. They are Not Willing to Demonstrate a Grateful Heart BY a Life of Obedient Service.

Psalm 100:1-5; I John 4:19; John 14:15; Romans 1:28-32

II. Many People Turn from the Light of Truth to Darkness, because they Love their Sin More than they Love the Truth.

Romans 1:21 & 25 ; John 3:18-20 ; & John 17:17

A. Brother Howard will be Talking About some of the Specific Areas in which Men have Turned from the Light of Truth & Turned Toward the Darkness of Error in Our Next 2 Wednesday Evening Services, so I won't get into Specifics here Today.

B. I Do want to Say, however, that Whenever Man Turns Away From the Truth he is Hurting his Own Best Interests, because It is THE TRUTH which Sets Men Free.

John 8:31-32

III. Many People Today - Unlike David - Have Made a god After Man's Own Heart & In Man's Own Image.

Romans 1:22-23

A. The gods of these People Agree with Them & Their Way of Life .

Isaiah 53:6 c/f Isaiah 55:7-9 & Isaiah 14:12-14

B. The gods of these People Make them Feel Very Comfortable & At Peace in their Heart with a Life that is Contrary to the Bible & THE GOD Who Wrote It .

Isaiah 14:12-14 c/f Genesis 3:1-6

1. These People Say : " I am Very Comfortable with my Religion & the Way I Believe."

2. Why Shouldn't they Feel Comfortable with their Religion ; their god is Just Like They Are & Thinks Just Like They Do.

3. Their "Religion" is One that Accommodates them & their Lifestyle -- Rather than Conforming them to the Image of God as He Intended When He Created them - Like Christianity.

Genesis 1:26-27 & Romans 8:29

C. The gods of these People are Demons that Have Seduced them, & Their Doctrines are Hellish - though they may Seem Right to a Man.

I Timothy 4:1-2 ; II Timothy 4:1-4 ; Proverbs 16:25

D. The End of these People Shall Be According to their Works .

II Corinthians 11:13-15