1. Where Are You Running? Psalm 139 1

2. FROM GOD Where Are You Running? Psalm 139 Running from the responsibility of God’s work Jonah (Jonah 1:2-3; 3:2; 4:1-2) Applications today… Local church, Ephesians 4:11-12, 16 Home, Ephesians 6:1-4 Citizens, Romans 13:3-7 2

3. FROM GOD Where Are You Running? Psalm 139 Running from God’s judgment Samaria, Hosea 10:7-8 Judah, Jeremiah 25:35 Jerusalem (A.D. 70), Luke 23:30 Rome, Revelation 6:12-17 The last day, 1 Thessalonians 5:3 Applications today: Escape authority, Proverbs 14:34; Jeremiah 25:30-31 Denial of sin and its results, Galatians 6:7-8 False security, 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Hebrews 3:7-8 3

4. WITH GOD Where Are You Running? Psalm 139 David into battle, 1 Samuel 17:47-50 A righteous cause, 1 Samuel 17:29 Faith in God, 1 Samuel 17:37; Hebrews 11:34 Applications today: Your fight against the devil is real, 1 Peter 5:8 You will fail without God’s armor protecting you, Ephesians 6:10-13 Battle against false teaching, worldliness and compromise, Jude 3; Ephesians 5:11; Romans 13:12-14 4

5. AHEAD OF GOD Where Are You Running? Psalm 139 Old Testament examples: False prophets, Deut. 18:20 (Jer. 14:14) Nadab and Abihu, Leviticus 10:1-3 King Saul, 1 Samuel 13:8-14 Present-day examples: Despise authority, 2 Peter 2:9-10 -Instruments in worship, Centralization of churches, False teachers and followers -Taking vengeance, Romans 12:17-19 -Self-will, 1 Peter 1:13-16 5

6. TO GOD Where Are You Running? Psalm 139 The Lost: Mercy and Salvation, Luke 15:17-18, 21 To become a Christian, Acts 16:33-34 -God runs to meet you and save you! Luke 15:20, 22-24 God is anxious to forgive you, 1 Timothy 2:3-4 Christians: To be forgiven when we sin, 1 John 1:9; 2:1 To obtain God’s help, Hebrews 4:15-16 6

7. FROM GOD WITH GOD AHEAD OF GOD TO GOD How Are You Running? 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Goal, v. 24 Self-control, v. 25 Confident faith, v. 26 Discipline, v. 27 7

8. RUN FROM SIN RUN FROM SIN RUN AFTER RIGHTEOUSNE SS FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT LAY HOLD OF ETERNAL LIFE How Are You Running? 1 Timothy 6:11-12 8