Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Sunday Service, Episode fifty. I'm
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Speaker 1: going over first, Samuel thirteen is we're gonna be at
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Speaker 1: gonna go ahead and jump into first Samuel thirteen's intro.
Speaker 1: But first I'd like to share the screen for those
Speaker 1: that could see on Patreon and YouTube. Later when this
Speaker 1: goes up. So that way we have the versus on
Speaker 1: the screen, and we're going to be in the new
Speaker 1: King James version for those that are new that are
Speaker 1: listening that way, you know where I'm going. And let
Speaker 1: me go ahead and go over the First Samuel thirteen
Speaker 1: intro It says Saul story and First Samuel thirteen offers
Speaker 1: a powerful lesson in obedience, patience, and trust in God.
Speaker 1: In times of fear and desperation, Saul chose to lean
Speaker 1: on his own understanding, leading to his downfall. This chapter
Speaker 1: serves as a reminder that the true faith involves trust
Speaker 1: in God's timing, obedience to his commands, and the wisdom
Speaker 1: to acknowledge his authority. So keep all that in mind
Speaker 1: as we're reading. Excuse me, and perfect so I'll hop
Speaker 1: to my other notes here. So just to let you
Speaker 1: guys know, the first verse and First Samuel thirteen is incomplete, okay,
Speaker 1: in the original manuscript. So the first verse in Hebrew
Speaker 1: and the original manuscript is actually missing some parts. So
Speaker 1: I'll read about that real quick, just so you guys
Speaker 1: are no that way, you know, when I find little
Speaker 1: things like that, I like to let you guys know.
Speaker 1: First Samuel thirteen one is incomplete in the Hebrew text.
Speaker 1: It lacks specific details about Saul's age, when he became
Speaker 1: king and the length of his reign. Some translations attempt
Speaker 1: to fill in the gaps with estimations, while others leave
Speaker 1: it as is. The Greek Subtusian version omits the verse entirely.
Speaker 1: Here's more detailed information. The original Hebrew text has blanks
Speaker 1: for Saul's age and the length of his reign, leaving
Speaker 1: the verse in an incomplete state. Translation variations, some like
Speaker 1: the NRSV, reproduce the gaps with ellipses and provide footnotes
Speaker 1: explaining the problem. Others, like the KGV, don't acknowledge the
Speaker 1: issue and provide numbers as if they were accurate. Many
Speaker 1: modern translations, such as the NIV, the NASB, the NALT,
Speaker 1: and the NLT fill in the gaps with thirty for
Speaker 1: Saul's age and forty two for his reign length, based
Speaker 1: on internal biblical ch chronology from other sources like Josephus
Speaker 1: and Acts thirteen twenty one. Possible reasons for the textual
Speaker 1: problem scribal errors. Ancient scribes copying the text by hand
Speaker 1: may have made errors in numbers. Either by dropping them
Speaker 1: or misinterpreting abbreviations lost original numbers. It's possible that the
Speaker 1: original numbers were lost or damaged in the transmission of
Speaker 1: the text symbolic meaning. Some scholars suggest that the numbers
Speaker 1: in the verse may have been symbolic rather than literal
Speaker 1: importance to the verse. Despite the textual issue, the verse
Speaker 1: is still important because it sets the stage for the
Speaker 1: following narrative about Saul's reign and his relationship with the Philistines.
Speaker 1: So just want to let you guys know that we're
Speaker 1: gonna go ahead and read the new King James version.
Speaker 1: So as I'm reading, just keep in mind that the
Speaker 1: numbers could be inaccurate. I just want to be up
Speaker 1: front and honest and let you guys know that when
Speaker 1: I find little things like that, I know it's probably
Speaker 1: maybe not so important to some of you, but to me.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm like a kind of a Bible nerd,
Speaker 1: so kind of like stuff like that. So let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and start reading. So Saul's unlawful sacrifice, this is
Speaker 1: gonna be first Samuel thirteen, Verse one. Saul's reign. Saul
Speaker 1: reigned one year, and when he had reigned two years,
Speaker 1: for Israel. Saul chose for himself. Three thousand men of Israel.
Speaker 1: Two thousand were with Saul and mike Mash and the
Speaker 1: mountains of Bethel, and two thousand were with Jonathan and
Speaker 1: gabee A Benjamin. The rest of the people. He sent
Speaker 1: away every man to his tent, and Jonathan attacked the
Speaker 1: garrison of the Philistines that was in Giba, and the
Speaker 1: Philistines heard of it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout
Speaker 1: all the lands, saying, let the Hebrews hear. Now all
Speaker 1: Israel heard it said that Saul had attacked a garrison
Speaker 1: of the Philistines, and that Israel had also became an
Speaker 1: abomination to the Philistines. And the people were called together
Speaker 1: to Saul and Gilgol. Then the Philistines gathered together to
Speaker 1: fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen
Speaker 1: and people as the sand, which is a metaphor for
Speaker 1: when there's a lot of people gathered, they'll say like
Speaker 1: the sand of the sea, which is on the seashore
Speaker 1: in the multitude. And they came up and encamped in
Speaker 1: Mishmash on the east of beth Avon. When the men
Speaker 1: of Israel saw that they were in danger, for the
Speaker 1: people were distressed. Then the people hid in caves, in
Speaker 1: thickets and rocks, in holes and in pits, and some
Speaker 1: of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to the land
Speaker 1: of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was in
Speaker 1: Gilgall and all of the people followed him trembling. Then
Speaker 1: he waited seven days according to the time set by Samuel.
Speaker 1: But Samuel did not come to Gilgall, and the people
Speaker 1: were scattered from him. So Saul. So Saul said, bring
Speaker 1: a burnt offering and peace offering here to me, and
Speaker 1: he offered the burno offering. Now what happened as soon
Speaker 1: as he had finished presenting the burn offering that Samuel
Speaker 1: came and Saul went out to meet him, that he
Speaker 1: may greet him. And Samuel said, but what have you done.
Speaker 1: We're gonna stop there very important part, you know what.
Speaker 1: We're not going to stop there. We're going to continue
Speaker 1: until the end of that little portion on verse twelve,
Speaker 1: and then we'll stop that way, you know what Saul said.
Speaker 1: Saul said, when I saw the people were scattered from me,
Speaker 1: and they did not come within the days of appointed,
Speaker 1: and that the Philistines gathered together at Missmash. Then I said,
Speaker 1: the Philistines will not come down to come down on
Speaker 1: me at Guilgall, and I have not made supplication to
Speaker 1: the Lord. Therefore I felt compelled and offered a burnt offering.
Speaker 1: As you guys probably know, to God, that's very offensive, right,
Speaker 1: He's not a priest. You're not supposed to do that, right.
Speaker 1: So Saul's initial success and impatience, so that was definitely
Speaker 1: some impatience. Let me just read my notes. Saul begins
Speaker 1: his reign with the military success, but his impatience leads
Speaker 1: him to act foolishly. He waited seven days, the time
Speaker 1: set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgall,
Speaker 1: and the troops began to deser him. Saul's impatience and
Speaker 1: waiting for Samuel to offer the burn offering reveals a
Speaker 1: lack of trust in God's timing. Samuel told him to
Speaker 1: wait seven days, and Samuel was on his way. He
Speaker 1: was coming to come do the sacrifice. Paul got impatient
Speaker 1: and he went ahead and did the sacrifice. So what
Speaker 1: did he do? This is complete disobedience. And he's supposed
Speaker 1: to be the king and he's supposed to follow what
Speaker 1: God says. The only way he's gonna win the battle
Speaker 1: against the Philistines is if he obeys the Lord and
Speaker 1: allows Samuel to come and do this offering. So let
Speaker 1: me just we'll read a little deeper into that. That's
Speaker 1: initial success. Okay, yes, so here we go. Despite his
Speaker 1: promising start, sauls his reign is married by impatience and
Speaker 1: disobedience to God's commands. A pivotal moment occurs during the
Speaker 1: conflict with the Philistines. As the Philistines gathered to fight Israel,
Speaker 1: Saul waits for Samuel to come and offer sacrifices. However,
Speaker 1: when Samuel delays, Saul takes matters into his own hands
Speaker 1: and offers that burnt offerings himself. This act of impatience
Speaker 1: is recorded in First Samuel thirteen, verse nine. So he said,
Speaker 1: bring me the burn offering in peace, and offered up
Speaker 1: the burn offering. Saul's impatient leads to rebuke from Samuel,
Speaker 1: who arrives to Samuel and finishes the offering, which is
Speaker 1: in Yeah. So we're gonna go ahead and continue reading,
Speaker 1: and we'll get back to this portion. So and Samuel
Speaker 1: said to Saul, this is gonna be First Samuel thirteen,
Speaker 1: verse thirteen in the Bible. Okay, I'm off of the
Speaker 1: nose fortune. And Samuel said to Saul that he had
Speaker 1: done foolishly. You had not kept the commandment of the Lord,
Speaker 1: your God, which he commanded you. Now the Lord would
Speaker 1: have established your kingdom over Israel forever. But now your
Speaker 1: kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought for himself
Speaker 1: a man after his own heart, and the Lord has
Speaker 1: commanded him to be a commander over his people. Because
Speaker 1: you have not kept what the Lord commanded you. Then
Speaker 1: Samuel l rose and went up to Gilgal and Gibbee
Speaker 1: and Benjamin, and Saul numbered the people present with him
Speaker 1: about six hundred men. So you see what's going on here. Okay,
Speaker 1: that disobedience caused that, So we'll go ahead and continue.
Speaker 1: In my notes, it says Saul's impatient Lisa rebuke from Samuel,
Speaker 1: who arrived just as Saul finish as the offering. Samuel
Speaker 1: declares in First Samuel thirteen, verses thirteen through fourteen, you
Speaker 1: acted foolishly, Samuel declared. You have not kept the command
Speaker 1: of your Lord, your God. If you had, he would
Speaker 1: have established your kingdom over Israel for all time. But
Speaker 1: now your kingdom will not endure. The Lord has sought
Speaker 1: out a man after his own heart and appointed him
Speaker 1: ruler over his people. Because you have not kept the
Speaker 1: Lord's command. This incident marks the beginning of Saul's decline.
Speaker 1: His failure to wait for Samuel and his subsequent disobedience
Speaker 1: demonstrate to lack of faith and trusting God's timing. Saul's
Speaker 1: impatience ultimately cost him enduring dynasty that could have been his.
Speaker 1: Him the enduring dynasty that could have been his. You know,
Speaker 1: he could have passed down the throne to his son Jonathan.
Speaker 1: But because he made this mistake, which is huge. I
Speaker 1: know it might not seem huge to us, but it's
Speaker 1: huge back then then he obviously he is getting the
Speaker 1: throne taken away from him. And in conclusion, it says
Speaker 1: Saul's account serves as a contrary cautionary tale about the
Speaker 1: dangers of impatience and the importance of obedience to God.
Speaker 1: His initial success as king is overshadowed by his failure
Speaker 1: to adhere to divine instructions, leading to his eventual rejection
Speaker 1: by God. Saul's life underscores the biblical principle that true
Speaker 1: leadership is rooted in faithfulness and submission to God's will.
Speaker 1: Amen to that. And then Jesus also says, if I can't,
Speaker 1: if I can't trust you with the small things, how
Speaker 1: we're we gonna trust you with the big things. You see.
Speaker 1: So this is kind of similar to what Samuel or
Speaker 1: what Saul just did. Right, He couldn't handle the small things.
Speaker 1: You can't even handle waiting on the Lord, a small
Speaker 1: thing of waiting on the Lord and waiting on Samuel.
Speaker 1: Samuel delayed, he went ahead and just got impatient, and
Speaker 1: he just did the offering himself. So we'll go ahead
Speaker 1: and go back to the word I mean, just oh, okay,
Speaker 1: there's a little more steff on my note. Sorry, We'll
Speaker 1: start at sixteen. In one moment disobedience, it's consequence of
Speaker 1: saul decision offered their offering. So the act of disobedience
Speaker 1: leads to the pronounce to the pronouncement of his kingdom
Speaker 1: that will endure. We can already went over that, so
Speaker 1: maybe I don't need to go too much into that.
Speaker 1: The importance of obedience. All story underscores the importance of
Speaker 1: obedience to God's commands. But now your kingdom will not endure.
Speaker 1: The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart.
Speaker 1: God values obedience over sacrifice and seeks leaders who are
Speaker 1: aligned with his heart. So he's showing you that he
Speaker 1: values obedience over sacrifice. Right. So that's the very important
Speaker 1: part for us to understand obedience over sacrifice. So what
Speaker 1: do we learn from that? Guys? To God, obedience is
Speaker 1: so important, and it's something that we kind of lack
Speaker 1: if we forget. Sometimes sometimes we just think, well, we're
Speaker 1: saved by grace through faith, so you know, you know,
Speaker 1: we're saved. We're good. We're good. We don't need to
Speaker 1: be obedient. But we got to understand that obedience, that
Speaker 1: disobedience separates us from God, which we don't want. There's
Speaker 1: a verse in the Bible where Jesus says that he
Speaker 1: never knew you, right, you prophesied in my name. Hold
Speaker 1: on the let me just look that up. I don't
Speaker 1: want to butcher the verse because I'm not even thinking
Speaker 1: about that portion of the Bible right now. I'm kind
Speaker 1: of digging into Samuel. So I never knew you verse. Okay,
Speaker 1: this is going to be Matthew seven twenty one through
Speaker 1: through twenty three. And I'm not in any way saying
Speaker 1: that you have to work for your salvation. But what
Speaker 1: I am saying is sin separates you from God. Right,
Speaker 1: So we just needed to be aware of certain verses
Speaker 1: in the Bible. I never knew you, not any not
Speaker 1: everyone who says to me, Lord Lord, shall enter the
Speaker 1: Kingdom of heaven. But he who does the will of
Speaker 1: my Father in heaven. So what is he saying? Like
Speaker 1: he's saying that the people that do the Willab's father
Speaker 1: in heaven, they know him. Many will say to me
Speaker 1: in that day, Lord Lord, have we not prophesized in
Speaker 1: your name, cast out demons in your name, and done
Speaker 1: many wonders in your name? And I will declare to them,
Speaker 1: I never knew you. Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness?
Speaker 1: What does that even mean? Lawlessness? Let's look it up,
Speaker 1: Matthew seven twenty three.
Speaker 2: Let me look it up in.
Speaker 1: I'll give you a hint. It definitely has to do
Speaker 1: with not being obedient. Okay, that definitely has to do
Speaker 1: with that, right, seven verse twenty three. So what it
Speaker 1: says in the King James, is you workers of iniquity. Iniquity? Right,
Speaker 1: let me see, sorry, click that Okay, here we go.
Speaker 1: It says they're the condition of without law because ignorant
Speaker 1: of it, because of violating at it, contempt and violation
Speaker 1: of law, iniquity or wickedness. That's what it says. So
Speaker 1: we got to understand that we God wants obedience. That
Speaker 1: verse is very good for you guys to understand, all right,
Speaker 1: So we'll go ahead and continue reading. That says no
Speaker 1: weapons for the army. So we're in First Samuel thirteen,
Speaker 1: verse sixteen saw Jonathan, his son and the people present
Speaker 1: them present with them remained in Giebaw, and Benjamin present
Speaker 1: with them remained in Gibaw. Benjamin, but the Philistines in
Speaker 1: camp and Missmash. Then raiders came out to the camp
Speaker 1: of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned onto
Speaker 1: the road to Oprah, to the land of Shoal or Schul,
Speaker 1: another company turned to the road to beth Huron, and
Speaker 1: another company turned to the road of the border that
Speaker 1: overlooks the valley of Zebium toward the wilderness. So there
Speaker 1: was no blacksmith to be found throughout the land of Israel.
Speaker 1: Let me just tell you why. Oh well, I might
Speaker 1: tell you right here. For the Philistines said, lest the
Speaker 1: Hebrews make soldi or spears, but all the age lights
Speaker 1: who go down to the Philistines to sharpen each man's plow,
Speaker 1: his mattic, his axe, and a sickle. And the charge
Speaker 1: for the sharpening was a pim for the for the
Speaker 1: plow shares and the pittocks and forks, and the axis
Speaker 1: to set the points of the goads. So basically they
Speaker 1: didn't allow any blacksmith to be in Israel. And what
Speaker 1: they did is they had that you had to go
Speaker 1: to the Philistines and pay it's called the pim, which
Speaker 1: is money for them to up in their their forks,
Speaker 1: their axes, for the plow, all that stuff. So they're
Speaker 1: actually charging them for that. So that way they couldn't
Speaker 1: have any weapons in the land, which is which is terrible.
Speaker 1: So it came about on the day of battle that
Speaker 1: there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand
Speaker 1: of any people who were with Saul and Jonathan. But
Speaker 1: they were found with Saul and Jonathan his son. So
Speaker 1: the only people that actually had a sword and a
Speaker 1: spear is Jonathan and Saul. At this point, and the
Speaker 1: garrison of the Philistines went out to pass and mishmash.
Speaker 1: So that's terrible, right, So we went in and finished
Speaker 1: chapter thirteen. But it's it's terrible that they don't allow
Speaker 1: them to defend themselves and to have any weapons. Kind
Speaker 1: of similar to what's going on over there right now
Speaker 1: in Israel. Right, all right, don't want to go into that,
Speaker 1: but anyways, but it's opposite, right there are not allowing
Speaker 1: the other people to have weapon. So all right, let's
Speaker 1: go over some practical applications for this chapter. One of
Speaker 1: them is very important for all of us to know
Speaker 1: and do. We need to trust in God's timing in
Speaker 1: moments of uncertainty. Trust that God's timing is perfect. Avoid
Speaker 1: the temptation to rush ahead of his plans. All right.
Speaker 1: Obedience over expedience is another one. Prioritize obedience to God's commands,
Speaker 1: even when it seems inconvenient or when others are pressuring
Speaker 1: you to act otherwise. Obedience, Amen. We need to prioritize obedience.
Speaker 1: We definitely have to because you feel that way for
Speaker 1: a reason. When you feel convicted and you feel like, oh,
Speaker 1: I shouldn't do this and you end up doing it
Speaker 1: and you feel bad, there's a reason because you're separating
Speaker 1: yourself from the Lord. Not for life, but for a
Speaker 1: little bit, just for a little, a little time. Okay,
Speaker 1: seek God's heart. Does another one, strive to be a
Speaker 1: person after God's own heart by aligning your desires and
Speaker 1: actions with his will. That's why Jesus says that he
Speaker 1: wants you know. It says it right there. I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm not trying to scare anybody, but it definitely says
Speaker 1: it right there. Not everyone will say it then to
Speaker 1: be Lord Lord shall enter the Kingdom of heaven. But
Speaker 1: he that doeth the will of my Father, which is
Speaker 1: in heaven. So that's why it says this, see God's
Speaker 1: own heart. Try to be a person after God's own
Speaker 1: heart and aligning your desires and actions with his will.
Speaker 1: That's what it says here. Very important to kind of
Speaker 1: line up with that versus perfectly. All right, let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and look at some connecting scriptures. We have a
Speaker 1: one that has been popping up very a lot in
Speaker 1: a lot of episodes, Proverbs three five through six, which
Speaker 1: is trust in the Lord with your heart and lean
Speaker 1: out on your own understanding in all your ways. Acknowledge Him,
Speaker 1: and he will make your path straight. This passage reinforces
Speaker 1: the importance of trusting God's guidance. Obviously Saul didn't do that,
Speaker 1: but David wrote, I'm sorry. Solomon wrote Proverbs, so obviously
Speaker 1: he had wisdom, so he knew that trust in. He
Speaker 1: knew trust in the Lord with all your heart, and
Speaker 1: lean out on your own understanding. Right. And then we
Speaker 1: have Psalms thirty seven, verse seven, be still before the
Speaker 1: Lord and wait patiently for him. Now who wrote the Psalms? David?
Speaker 1: Who's David? Well, David's about to take over the throne
Speaker 1: from Saul, So obviously David has some patience, but not
Speaker 1: fret with men prosper in their ways when they carry
Speaker 1: out wicked schemes. This first encourages patience to trust in
Speaker 1: God's justice. And then we also have Acts thirteen, verse
Speaker 1: twenty two. After removing Saul, he raises up David, as
Speaker 1: their king had testified about him. I fl David said
Speaker 1: of Jesse, a man after my own heart, and he
Speaker 1: will do my will. This highlights the contrast between Saul
Speaker 1: and David, emphasizing the importance of a heart aligned with God. Amen.
Speaker 1: So all right, let's go ahead and go up to
Speaker 1: next chapter. Now we're in First Samuel fourteen. Let me
Speaker 1: just go over the intro. First Samuel fourteen teaches us
Speaker 1: about the importance of complete hold on. Let me just
Speaker 1: switch this so you guys can have that up there. Okay.
Speaker 1: First Samuel fourteen teaches us about the importance of complete
Speaker 1: trust in God as shown by Jonathan, and the disastrous
Speaker 1: consequences of acting impulsively as demonstrated by Saul. We learned
Speaker 1: that faith coupled with wisdom brings victory, while rashness and
Speaker 1: disobedience brings trouble. This chapter reminds us to seek God's
Speaker 1: guidance in our decisions and heed his commandments. Amen to that,
Speaker 1: and we'll go ahead in fourteen seven. Okay, cool, not
Speaker 1: missing anything there? All right, let's go ahead and dig in.
Speaker 1: I don't believe I have anything in my notes that
Speaker 1: I missed. Let me just make sure my other notes
Speaker 1: Saul did wrong and come up with this causes why
Speaker 1: he did it. Yes, God gives you victy, but you
Speaker 1: still have to fight. Yep, that's chapter fourteen. Okay, let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and check out chapter fourteen. First Samuel fourteen,
Speaker 1: Jonathan defeats the Philistines. This is First Samuel fourteen, verse one.
Speaker 1: Now it happened one day that Jonathan, the son of Saul,
Speaker 1: said to a young man who bore his armor, come
Speaker 1: let us go over to the Philippines garrison that is
Speaker 1: on the other side. Garrison is like or they're all
Speaker 1: lined up, and it's where they're eating and they're doing everything.
Speaker 1: That's that's where garrison is in our army too. It's
Speaker 1: like where you're it's a place where you're kind of
Speaker 1: stationed until you go to battle. Right, So garrison is
Speaker 1: on the other side, but we do not tell. But
Speaker 1: he did not tell his father, so Jonathan didn't tell Saul.
Speaker 1: And Saul was sitting on the outskirts of Gebee under
Speaker 1: a pomegranate tree, which is in the migron. The people
Speaker 1: who were with him were about six hundred men, Aijah
Speaker 1: the son of atub Ichabod's brother, the son of Phineas,
Speaker 1: the son of Eli, the lord's priest, and Shiloh was
Speaker 1: wearing an ephod. But the people did not know that
Speaker 1: Jonathan had gone Between the passes by which Jonathan sought
Speaker 1: to go over to the Philisties garrison. There was a
Speaker 1: sharp rock on one side and a sharp rock on
Speaker 1: the other side, and the name of one was Boses,
Speaker 1: and the name of the other was Shannai. The front
Speaker 1: of the one faced northward opposite of mismatched, and the
Speaker 1: other southward opposite of Gaville. Don't tell me why that's important,
Speaker 1: but everything in the Bible is important. I don't know
Speaker 1: why they wanted us to know the names of those rocks.
Speaker 1: Then Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor,
Speaker 1: come let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised.
Speaker 1: It may be that the Lord will work for us.
Speaker 1: For nothing restrains the Lord from saving by many or
Speaker 1: by few. So what is Jonathan doing. He is going
Speaker 1: to trust the Lord, and he's going to walk by faith.
Speaker 1: And he's also knowing that the Lord restraints from saving
Speaker 1: by many or by few. So let's see what I have.
Speaker 1: Excuse you, guys, don't mean to Young Jonathan did not
Speaker 1: wait for a command from his father, King Saul, but
Speaker 1: took the initiative, saying, come, let us cross over to
Speaker 1: the outposts of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will
Speaker 1: work with us. His faith in God's power was unwavering,
Speaker 1: so Jonathan's initiative and faith. Yes, let me see if
Speaker 1: there's a so. One of the most notable demonstrations of
Speaker 1: Jonathan's faith is found in First Samuel fourteen. At that time,
Speaker 1: the Israelite army was demoralized and outnumbered by the Philistines.
Speaker 1: Jonathan took a bold step without informing his father. He
Speaker 1: decided to attack the Philistine garrison at Michmash, accompanied only
Speaker 1: by his armor bearer. This act of bravery is recorded
Speaker 1: in the First Samuel fourteen, verse six. Jonathan's words reveal
Speaker 1: his deep faith in God's power and sovereignty. He recognizes
Speaker 1: that victory did not depend on him on human strength
Speaker 1: or numbers, but by the Lord's will and intervention. His
Speaker 1: initiative was not born out of recklessness, but from a
Speaker 1: profound trust in God's ability to deliver his people. And
Speaker 1: we'll see what the reward of his faith is. First
Speaker 1: Samuel fourteen, verse one. So his armor bearer said to him,
Speaker 1: do all that is in your heart go, Then here
Speaker 1: I am with you according to your heart. Then Jonathan said,
Speaker 1: very well, let us cross over to these men, and
Speaker 1: we will show ourselves to them. If they save thus
Speaker 1: to us, wait until we come to you. Then we
Speaker 1: will stand in our place and not give up on them.
Speaker 1: But if they say, thus, come to us, then we
Speaker 1: will go up, for the Lord has delivered them in
Speaker 1: our hand, and this will be the sign to us.
Speaker 1: So both of them showed themselves to the garrison of
Speaker 1: the Philistines, and the Philisines said, look, the Hebrews are
Speaker 1: coming out of the holes where they were hidden. Then
Speaker 1: the men of the garrison called the Jonathan his arm
Speaker 1: bearer and said, come to us, and we will show
Speaker 1: you something. Jonathan said to the armor bearer, come up
Speaker 1: after me, for the Lord has delivered them into the
Speaker 1: hand of Israel. And Jonathan climbed up on the hands
Speaker 1: and knees, climbed up on his hands and knees from
Speaker 1: his arm bearer and after him. And they fell before Jonathan.
Speaker 1: And as he came after him, the armor bearer killed them.
Speaker 1: That first slaughter was Jonathan and his arm bearer. Made
Speaker 1: was about twenty men within about a half of an
Speaker 1: acre of land. And there was a trembling in the camp,
Speaker 1: in the field, and among all the people. The garrison
Speaker 1: and the raiders were trembled, and the earth quaked, so
Speaker 1: that the very great trembling. Now the watchmen of Saul
Speaker 1: and gebee A. Benjamin looked, sorry, looked, and there was
Speaker 1: a mo altitude melting away, and they went here and there.
Speaker 1: Then Saul said to the people who are with them,
Speaker 1: now call the role and see who was gone from us.
Speaker 1: And when they had called the role, surprisingly, Jonathan and
Speaker 1: his armor bearer was not there. So they did a
Speaker 1: roll call. Right so they were, and Saul said to Ahijah,
Speaker 1: bring the Ark of God here, for at that time
Speaker 1: the Ark of God was with the children of Israel.
Speaker 1: Now what happened? Why Saul talked to the priest that
Speaker 1: the noise which was in the camp of the Philistine
Speaker 1: continued to increase. So Saul said to the priest, would
Speaker 1: draw your hand. Then Saul and all the people who
Speaker 1: were with him assembled and they went to battle. And
Speaker 1: indeed every man's sword was against his neighbor, and there
Speaker 1: was a great confusion. There was very great confusion. More
Speaker 1: of a the Hebrews who were with the Philistines before
Speaker 1: that time, who went up into the camp for the
Speaker 1: surrounding country, they also joined the Israelites who were here.
Speaker 1: It was Saul and Jonathan. Likewise, all the men of
Speaker 1: Israel who had hidden in the Mountains of Ephrium. When
Speaker 1: they heard that the Philistines fled, they followed hard after
Speaker 1: them in battle. So the Lord saved Israel that day,
Speaker 1: and the battle shifted to beth Avan. So you see
Speaker 1: what's going on that the Lord calls an earthquake, and
Speaker 1: he knew that the Lord delivered him in his hands
Speaker 1: because of that. So the role of the armor bearer,
Speaker 1: Jonathan's armor bearer demonstrated loyalty and faith is in my
Speaker 1: notes responding, do all that is in your heart, go ahead,
Speaker 1: and I am with you. I am with you heart
Speaker 1: and soul. This highlights the importance of supportive relationships in
Speaker 1: our faith journey. God's intervention as Jonathan and his armor
Speaker 1: bearer attacked the Lord caused panicum on the Philistines, leading
Speaker 1: to a great victory for Israel. This underscores that God
Speaker 1: can use our small acts of faith to accomplish his purpose.
Speaker 1: Small acts of faith was Jonathan and his armor bearer.
Speaker 1: Both of them had faith right right perfect. That was
Speaker 1: good right there, And we'll continue. Let me see how
Speaker 1: long is this chapter. It's gonna be pretty quick, so
Speaker 1: we'll probably get through a lot tonight. We'll cover a
Speaker 1: lot of ground Saul's rash oath. This is in First
Speaker 1: Samuel fourteen, verse twenty four. And the men of Israel
Speaker 1: were distressed that day, for Saul had placed the people
Speaker 1: under oath, saying, cursed is the man who eats any
Speaker 1: food until evening before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.
Speaker 1: So none of the people tasted food. Now, all the
Speaker 1: people of the land came to a forest, and there
Speaker 1: was honey on the ground. And when the people had
Speaker 1: come into the woods, there was the honey dripping. But
Speaker 1: no one put his hand to his mouth, for the
Speaker 1: people fear of the oath. But Jonathan had not heard
Speaker 1: his father charge the people with the oath. Therefore he
Speaker 1: stretched out the end of his rod, which was in
Speaker 1: his and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his
Speaker 1: hand to his mouth, and his countenance brightened. The one
Speaker 1: of the people said, your father strictly charged the people
Speaker 1: on oath, saying curses the man who eats this food
Speaker 1: this day. And the people were faint. Wow, okay, and
Speaker 1: it said, But Jonathan said, my father has troubled the land.
Speaker 1: Look now, how my continence has brightened because I tasted
Speaker 1: a little of this honey. How much better if the
Speaker 1: people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their
Speaker 1: enemies which they found. For now, they're not have been
Speaker 1: a much greater slaughder among the Philistines. So let me
Speaker 1: just go ahead and look at my notes. We're gonna
Speaker 1: stop at thirty one. Sauls rash Oath. King Saul's impulsive
Speaker 1: oath forbidding his troops to eat until evening led to
Speaker 1: an unnecessary hardship and sin among the people. This served
Speaker 1: as a caution against making hasty decisions without seeking God's guidance,
Speaker 1: So probably out of frustration and impulse, he ended up
Speaker 1: putting that oath. Let's see what it. The context is.
Speaker 1: The account of Saul's rash Oath occurs during a critical
Speaker 1: moment in Israel's battle against the Philistines. King Saul, the
Speaker 1: first King of Israel, is leading his troops in a
Speaker 1: campaign to secure victory over their enemies. The narrative is
Speaker 1: set in an early days of Saul's reign, a period
Speaker 1: marked by both military success and spiritual failures the oath.
Speaker 1: As battle unfolds, Saul makes a hasty and ill considered
Speaker 1: vow Cursey the man who eats food before evening comes
Speaker 1: before I ad avenged myself by enemies. This oath is
Speaker 1: made without consulting God or considering the physical needs of
Speaker 1: the soldiers who are already weary from the fight. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I would not want that. As a soldier in the
Speaker 1: United States Army, I would be not happy if I
Speaker 1: got back from battle and they told me you can't
Speaker 1: eat until evening. That's not cool. There's something in that
Speaker 1: that you need to have in the in the military,
Speaker 1: it's called morale. You need to have the morale up.
Speaker 1: As a sergeant, I knew that, you know, I wanted
Speaker 1: to keep the morale of the soldiers up. Morals, They're
Speaker 1: not gonna want to listen to you. They're not gonna
Speaker 1: be happy. They're gonna they're gonna move slowly. They're gonna
Speaker 1: be dragging because they're gonna be unhappy. You gotta make
Speaker 1: sure the morale is up. And obviously, if you tell
Speaker 1: them they can't eat, that's something that makes a human happy.
Speaker 1: Saul is not being a good leader here, and he's
Speaker 1: taking away the morale of his soldiers. The consequences for
Speaker 1: the troops. Sauls oath placed the heavy burden on the
Speaker 1: Israelite army. The men are faint with hunger, which hampers
Speaker 1: the ability to fight effectively. The text describes how the
Speaker 1: troops are distressed and weaken, highlighting the detrimental impact of
Speaker 1: Saul's decision on their morale and strength, and then Jonathan's
Speaker 1: unwinning transgression. Unaware of his father's command, Jonathan's Saul's son
Speaker 1: eats some honey and he finds the us. His eyes
Speaker 1: are brightened and his strength is renewed, demonstrating the immediate
Speaker 1: benefit of nourishment. When informed of the oath, Johnathan criticizes
Speaker 1: his father's decision by saying, my father has brought trouble
Speaker 1: to the land. See how my eyes were brightened because
Speaker 1: I tasted a little bit of honey the people's sin.
Speaker 1: As evening falls, the oath is lifted. The famish soldiers
Speaker 1: slaughter livestock and eat the meat with the blood, violating
Speaker 1: God's law. Saul realize the gravity. Let me see, maybe
Speaker 1: maybe we got to continue reading. I'm sorry I might
Speaker 1: have spoiled something for you guys, So let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and continue reading. It's going to be first Samuel fourteen,
Speaker 1: and then we can maybe come back to these notes
Speaker 1: now when they had driven back the Philistines that day
Speaker 1: from Mishmash to Ajan. So the people were very faint,
Speaker 1: and the people rush to the spoil, rushed on the
Speaker 1: spoil and took the sheep oxen calves and slaughtered them
Speaker 1: on the ground, and the people ate them with the blood.
Speaker 1: Then they told Saul, saying, look, the people are sinning
Speaker 1: against the Lord by eating with the blood. So he said,
Speaker 1: you have not dealt treacherously. Roll a large stone to
Speaker 1: me this day. Then Saul said, disperse yourselves among the
Speaker 1: people and say to them, bring me here every man's
Speaker 1: ox and every man's sheep. Slaughter them here and eat,
Speaker 1: and do not sin against the Lord by eating with
Speaker 1: the blood. So every one of the people brought his
Speaker 1: ox with them, and that night they slaughtered it there.
Speaker 1: Then Saul built an altar to the Lord. This is
Speaker 1: the first altar that he built to the Lord. And
Speaker 1: then Saul said, let us go down after the Philistines
Speaker 1: by night and plunder them until the morning night, and
Speaker 1: let us not leave a man with them. And they said,
Speaker 1: do whatever seems good to you. And the priest said,
Speaker 1: let us draw near to God here. So yeah, let
Speaker 1: me just continue reading in my notes. We're gonna stop
Speaker 1: at thirty seven. It says the people's sin as evening falls,
Speaker 1: an oath is lifted. The famished soldiers slaughtered livestock and
Speaker 1: ate the mate with the blood. So you're supposed to
Speaker 1: cut the you know, obviously cut the head off or whatever,
Speaker 1: and then you're supposed to drain the blood and then
Speaker 1: eat it, which takes time. But they're so starving they
Speaker 1: probably cut it, and there was probably still blood, and
Speaker 1: then they ended up eating, which Saul, realizing the gravity
Speaker 1: of the situation, instructs the people to properly slaughter the animals,
Speaker 1: thus attempting to rectify the sin. And then we're gonna
Speaker 1: go ahad and continue. So in verse thirty seven is
Speaker 1: so Saul asked the counsel of God, shall I go
Speaker 1: after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand
Speaker 1: of visual But he did not answer. But he did
Speaker 1: not answer that day. And Saul said, come over here,
Speaker 1: all of you, chiefs of the people, and know and
Speaker 1: see what this sin was today. For the Lord lives,
Speaker 1: who saves Israel. Though it be in Jonathan my son,
Speaker 1: he shall surely die. But not a man among all
Speaker 1: the people answered him. And he said to all Israel,
Speaker 1: you will be on you be on my be on
Speaker 1: one side, and my son Jonathan, I will be on
Speaker 1: the other, and I will be on the other side.
Speaker 1: And the people said to Saul, do what seems good
Speaker 1: to you. We'll stop there. So, seeking further guidance from God,
Speaker 1: Saul inquirers to the Lord, but receives no answer. Perceiving
Speaker 1: the silence as a sign of sin within the camp,
Speaker 1: Saul seeks to identify the transgressor, even declaring that the
Speaker 1: guilty party must die, even if it is my son Jonathan.
Speaker 1: And then how are they going to determine this well
Speaker 1: casting of lots which we talked about before. It says
Speaker 1: therefore Saul said to God, the Lord God of Israel,
Speaker 1: give me a perfect lot. So Saul and Jonathan were
Speaker 1: taken to the people, but the people escaped, and Saul said,
Speaker 1: cast lots between my son Jonathan and me. So Jonathan
Speaker 1: was taken. Then Saul said to Jonathan, tell me what
Speaker 1: you have done. And Jonathan told him I only tasted
Speaker 1: a little honey with the end of the rod that
Speaker 1: was in my hand, So now I must die. And
Speaker 1: he says this in like an exclamation point, and now
Speaker 1: I must die, So Saul answered, God, do so more also,
Speaker 1: for you shall surely die Jonathan. Oh wow. And the
Speaker 1: people said to Saul, shall Jonathan die, who has accompanied
Speaker 1: this great deliverance in Israel? Certainly not, as the Lord lives.
Speaker 1: Not one hair on his head shall fall to the ground,
Speaker 1: and for his work with God this day. So the
Speaker 1: people rescued Jonathan and he did not die. Then Saul
Speaker 1: returned from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to
Speaker 1: their own place. So we'll stop there. So there was
Speaker 1: the casting of lots to determine the source of sin.
Speaker 1: Saul employs the casting of lots, which fails. What falls
Speaker 1: on Jonathan? When Jonathan was confronted amidst that to tasting
Speaker 1: the honey, acknowledging his action, but are unaware of the
Speaker 1: oath at the time. And then in verse forty five,
Speaker 1: despite Saul's declaration, the people intervened to save Jonathan, recognizing
Speaker 1: his role in securing the victory of the Philistines. They argue,
Speaker 1: should Jonathan die. The people successfully ransom Jonathan and he
Speaker 1: is spared from death. What is the theological implication sauls
Speaker 1: rash oath illustrates the dangers of impulsive leadership and the
Speaker 1: consequences of decision without seeking divine guidance. It underscores the
Speaker 1: importance of wisdom, discernment, and the need for leaders to
Speaker 1: prioritize well being of their people. The narrative also highlights
Speaker 1: the tension between human authority and divine will, as well
Speaker 1: as the as well as the role of community and
Speaker 1: upholding justice and mercy. What are lessons to us as believers? Well?
Speaker 1: This account serves as a cautionary tale about the pearls
Speaker 1: of legalism and the importance of aligning one's actions with
Speaker 1: God's purpose. It encourages believers to seek God's wisdom and
Speaker 1: decision making and to be mindful of the impact of
Speaker 1: their words and actions on others. Okay, it's very important.
Speaker 1: So and then in on Samuel fourteen twenty seven through
Speaker 1: thirty it actually emphasizes the importance of obedience and discernment.
Speaker 1: Jonathan knowing the violated saul Zoe by eating honey, yet
Speaker 1: his actions were not condemned by God, illustrating the need
Speaker 1: for this discernment and understanding God's heart over lealistic legalistic adherents.
Speaker 1: Perfect Let's go in and continue. We're going to be in.
Speaker 1: On Samuel fourteen, verse forty seven, it says, sauls continuing
Speaker 1: war words, sauls continuing wars. So Saul established his sovereignty
Speaker 1: over Israel, and fought against all of his enemies on
Speaker 1: every side, against Moab, against the people of Amin, against Edom,
Speaker 1: against the kings of Zoa, and against the Philistines. Wherever
Speaker 1: he turned, he wherever he turned, he harassed them. And
Speaker 1: he gathered an army and attacked the Amalekites and delivered
Speaker 1: Israel from the hands of those who plundered them. The
Speaker 1: sons of Saul were Jonathan, Jeshui, and mal Chesua, and
Speaker 1: the names of his two daughters. The name of the
Speaker 1: firstborn was Marat Morab and the younger Michael. The name
Speaker 1: of his Saul's wife was Echinoum, the daughter of Ahemas.
Speaker 1: The name of the commander of his army was Abner,
Speaker 1: and the son of Nur. Saul's uncle Kish was the
Speaker 1: father of Saul and Nr. The father of Abner and
Speaker 1: the son of a Bil. Now there was a fierce
Speaker 1: war with the Philistines all the days of Saul. When
Speaker 1: Saul saw any strong man of any valiant men. He
Speaker 1: took him for himself. So you see that there's a
Speaker 1: lot more wars happening. I don't know if you guys
Speaker 1: saw The House of David, but I saw that show.
Speaker 1: It's pretty good, you know, Is it one hundred percent
Speaker 1: biblica accurate? I think sub parts, well, we're going to
Speaker 1: fight out sob parts to a little obviously dramatized and
Speaker 1: probably not one hundred percent biblical. But it's a pretty
Speaker 1: cool show. At least it's getting people to maybe dig
Speaker 1: into you know, Samuel, first Samuel or second Samuel. Definitely,
Speaker 1: So all right, very awesome. We're already done with chapter fourteen,
Speaker 1: so we're moving right along here. But let me just
Speaker 1: go ahead and go over some practical applications for this chapter.
Speaker 1: Step out in faith, Like Jonathan, we should be willing
Speaker 1: to take bold steps of faith, trusting that God can
Speaker 1: work through us regardless of the odds, no matter how
Speaker 1: the odds are stacked up against us. If you have
Speaker 1: if you have God with you, no one could be
Speaker 1: against you. We could do all things through Christ, who
Speaker 1: strengthens us. Right value supportive relationships. Surround yourself to people
Speaker 1: who encourage and support your faith. Journey, just as Jonathan's
Speaker 1: armor bearer did. Seek God's seek God's guidance, avoid making
Speaker 1: impulsive decisions, especially in leadership, and seek God's wisdom and
Speaker 1: guidance in all situations. Discern God's will. Strive to understand
Speaker 1: God's heart and will rather than merely following rules or traditions.
Speaker 1: We definitely need to strive to understand God's heart and will.
Speaker 1: We need to know God's will. We need to be
Speaker 1: doing God's will. So important, I agree, And then let's
Speaker 1: look up so connect you to additional scriptures. We have
Speaker 1: faith and courage Hebrews eleven, verse one. Now faith is
Speaker 1: the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty
Speaker 1: of what we do not see. Faith is so important, right,
Speaker 1: and courage is so important. God's power and weakness two
Speaker 1: Christians twelve, verse nine. But he said to me, my
Speaker 1: grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected
Speaker 1: in weakness. And then the importance of wise counsel and
Speaker 1: Proverbs fifteen, verse twenty two. Plans fail for lack of counsel,
Speaker 1: but with many advisors they succeed. All right, Sorry, my
Speaker 1: AD's itch in here, All right? Headphones back on? Perfect,
Speaker 1: All right, so we are complete with for Samuel fourteen,
Speaker 1: let me just go to fifteen. We're gonna go ahead
Speaker 1: and go to first Samuel fifteen, and we'll go ahead
Speaker 1: and read the intro. First Samuel fifteen serves as a
Speaker 1: poignant reminder of the vital importance of total obedience to
Speaker 1: God's instructions, no matter how difficult they may seem. It
Speaker 1: reveals that disobedience has severe consequences, even for those in
Speaker 1: positions of authority. It reminds us that God's values. God
Speaker 1: values our obedience over our sacrifices, and that repentance should
Speaker 1: be genuine and not merely a means to avoid punishment.
Speaker 3: Yes, that's very true, Yeah, very true. So all right, old,
Speaker 3: let me take a drink, all right, Saul Spaar's king
Speaker 3: A gag.
Speaker 1: This is first Samuel fifteen. Verse one. Samuel said to Saul,
Speaker 1: the Lord sent me to annoint you king over his
Speaker 1: people over Israel. Now therefore he'd the voice of the
Speaker 1: words of the Lord. Thus says the Lord of Host,
Speaker 1: I will punish Amlak for what he did to Israel,
Speaker 1: how he ambushed him on the way when he came
Speaker 1: up from Egypt. Now go and attack a Malak and
Speaker 1: utterly destroy all they have and do not spare them,
Speaker 1: but kill both men, women, infant, child, ox, sheep, camel,
Speaker 1: and donkey. So let's go ahead and stop there real quick.
Speaker 1: When you read that, you're like, whoa. So what they
Speaker 1: were doing is when they were let's say they had
Speaker 1: their people. What they had is they had the weakest
Speaker 1: people in the back. They had the pregnant women, they
Speaker 1: had the children, they had the infant, they had the
Speaker 1: people that were like handicap. They had the weakest people
Speaker 1: were in the back and the strongest people were in
Speaker 1: the front. So what what happened is that the Amalekites
Speaker 1: would come from behind and start killing the men, women,
Speaker 1: and children of the Israelites. Okay, and then that's that's
Speaker 1: the way they would do it. And that's why God
Speaker 1: says that he says, I will punish Amelak for what
Speaker 1: he did to Israel. Now he ambushed him on the way,
Speaker 1: then he came. Then he came up from Israel, now
Speaker 1: going to attack Amalekites. So I would have to see,
Speaker 1: let me see, are the Malekites. So according to the Bible,
Speaker 1: the Amalekites are descendants of Esau, specifically the a Malek,
Speaker 1: the namesake of the Amalekites, were a grandson of Esau,
Speaker 1: born to Elfaz and tim neum tim Na. Elfaz was
Speaker 1: one of Esau's sons. While the Amalekites are descends of Esau,
Speaker 1: they're considered distinct from the Edomites, another group descended from Esal,
Speaker 1: and their relationship with the Iselites are marked by intense
Speaker 1: conflict and animosity. The Bible depicts the Amalekites as the
Speaker 1: first nation to attack the Iselites after the exodus from Israel. Okay,
Speaker 1: so are the Amalekites. The Bible does not state the
Speaker 1: Amalekites were a giant tribe. While some interpretations of traditions
Speaker 1: associate the Amalekites with giants, Biblical texts generally describe them
Speaker 1: as a nomadic people descended from Esaul, son of Alfaz,
Speaker 1: not as giants. Other tribes in the Biblical narratives, such
Speaker 1: as Anakin and Amorites, are explicitly identified as giants. Just
Speaker 1: want to let you guys know that. So, yeah, that's
Speaker 1: quite a it says, Now go and attack this verse three,
Speaker 1: Amlak could utterly destroy all of them, Do not spare them. Wow,
Speaker 1: that's their infant nursing child, ox, sheep, camel, donkey. That's
Speaker 1: just wipe them all out. So God's command to Saul,
Speaker 1: God through the prophet Samuel, commands Saul to comprehensive destroy
Speaker 1: the Amalekites and all they possess as an act of
Speaker 1: divine judgment. This command underscores the seriousness of God's justice
Speaker 1: and the importance of following his instructions fully. Let's see
Speaker 1: what Saul does. So Saul gathered the people together and
Speaker 1: numbered them, and telling him two hundred thousand foot soldiers
Speaker 1: and ten thousand men of Judah and Saul came to
Speaker 1: the city of Amlek, and they lay in wait in
Speaker 1: the valley. Then Saul said to the Keynites, go depart,
Speaker 1: get down from among the Amlakites, less I destroy you
Speaker 1: with them, for you show kindness to all the children
Speaker 1: of Isel when they came up out of Egypt. So
Speaker 1: the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. Then Saul attacked
Speaker 1: the Amalekites with have a law in all the way
Speaker 1: to sure which is east of Egypt. He also took
Speaker 1: a gag king of the Amalekites alive and utterly destroyed
Speaker 1: all the people at the edge of the sword. But
Speaker 1: Saul and the people spared a gag and the best
Speaker 1: of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, which
Speaker 1: were which was good and were unwilling to destroy them.
Speaker 1: But everything despised and worthless they utterly destroyed. Okay, So Saul,
Speaker 1: instead of going and killing all the men, women, infant,
Speaker 1: nursing child, ox sheep, camel, and donkey, what do they do?
Speaker 1: He allows the king to live and the best of
Speaker 1: the sheep, the oxen, which they said to kill, the oxen,
Speaker 1: the fattenings, the lambs, and all that was good and
Speaker 1: unwilling to utterly destroy them. So he is being disobedient
Speaker 1: once again. Okay, And so Saul spares King Agag as
Speaker 1: the best of the livestock, rationalizing his disobedience by claimants
Speaker 1: the animal, claiming the animals were kept for sacrifice to
Speaker 1: the Lord. This highlights the danger of rationalizing sin and
Speaker 1: temptation to prioritize personal judgment over God's clear commands. Okay, definitely,
Speaker 1: you could tell his disobedience there. And now in verse ten,
Speaker 1: we're gonna see Saul rejected as king. In verse ten,
Speaker 1: it says, now the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying,
Speaker 1: I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as
Speaker 1: a king. For excuse me, for he has turned back
Speaker 1: from following me and has not performed by commandments. And
Speaker 1: it grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the Lord
Speaker 1: all night. So when Samuel rose early in the morning
Speaker 1: to meat Saul, it was told Samuel saying Saul, Saul
Speaker 1: went to Carmel, and indeed he set up a monument
Speaker 1: for himself, and he has gone around past, passed by,
Speaker 1: and gone to Gilgal. Then Samuel went to Saul, and
Speaker 1: Saul said to him, blessed are you? Blessed are you
Speaker 1: of the Lord? I have performed the commandments of the Lord.
Speaker 1: But Samuel said, what then is the bleeding of the
Speaker 1: sheep in my ears? And the allowing of oxen which
Speaker 1: I hear wow? And Saul said, they have brought They
Speaker 1: have brought them from the Malakites. For the people spared
Speaker 1: the best of the sheep and oxen to sacrifice to
Speaker 1: the Lord, your God, and rest we utterly the rest
Speaker 1: we have utterly destroyed. Then Samuel said to Saul, be quiet,
Speaker 1: and I will tell you what the Lord said to
Speaker 1: me last night. So we said to him, speak on,
Speaker 1: And Samuel said, when you were little in your own
Speaker 1: eyes you were, were you not head of the tribes
Speaker 1: of Israel? And did not the Lord anoint you king
Speaker 1: over Israel? Now the Lord sent you on a mission
Speaker 1: and said, go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites,
Speaker 1: and fight against them until they are consumed. Why then,
Speaker 1: did you not obey the voice of the Lord. Why
Speaker 1: did you swoop down on the spoil and do evil
Speaker 1: in the side of the Lord. And Saul said to Samuel,
Speaker 1: but I have obeyed the voice of the Lord and
Speaker 1: gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me,
Speaker 1: and brought back a gag king of Amelek. And I
Speaker 1: have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. But the people took the
Speaker 1: plunder of sheep and ox and the best of the
Speaker 1: things which they have utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the Lord,
Speaker 1: your God in Gilgal, So Samuel said, has the Lord
Speaker 1: as has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings
Speaker 1: and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord,
Speaker 1: It says, has the Lord like does the Lord have
Speaker 1: as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifice as in
Speaker 1: obeying the voice of the Lord. Behold to obey is
Speaker 1: better than sacrifice, and the heed with the fat of rams.
Speaker 1: For rebellion is a sin, is as sin is as sin,
Speaker 1: the sin of witchcraft, it says, I'm sorry, for rebellion
Speaker 1: is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is the
Speaker 1: iniquity of idolatry because you have rejected the word of
Speaker 1: the Lord, and he has also rejected you from being king.
Speaker 1: So rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, which obviously
Speaker 1: the witchcraft is an abomination to the Lord. It's using us,
Speaker 1: you know, Satan's power to change the will of people, right,
Speaker 1: So man, rebellion is man. We don't understand that, like nowadays,
Speaker 1: I'm telling you guys, I'm gonna stop at twenty four, Okay,
Speaker 1: we don't understand that rebellion against God and obedience is
Speaker 1: so important, like it's so vastly important. We don't understand.
Speaker 1: That's because it's so I mean, I have to say it. It's
Speaker 1: in the day and age, we just forget about being
Speaker 1: obedient to the Lord. Time flies. We got so much
Speaker 1: going on. A lot of people are still drinking, partying
Speaker 1: and smoking and joking with their friends and doing their thing,
Speaker 1: and we forget how important obedience is to the Lord.
Speaker 1: This should send fear up and down our spine when
Speaker 1: we see that God says to go and attack a
Speaker 1: malik and utterly destroy them. You know they're sinners, right,
Speaker 1: They sinned, So we're all sinners. Yeah, we sin. But
Speaker 1: we can't just transgress against God all the time. We
Speaker 1: need to obey the Lord and try to be in
Speaker 1: God's will. And I understand that it's hard. It's very
Speaker 1: hard at this moment because we have so much going
Speaker 1: on and so much sin is available at our very fingertips.
Speaker 1: But we have to make sure that we prioritize the Lord.
Speaker 1: And anything that's stopping you from prioritizing the Lord, you
Speaker 1: need to get away from that, okay. And there's things
Speaker 1: that can definitely cause that. And there's good idols and
Speaker 1: bad idols. Some good idols like your wife, your kids,
Speaker 1: your dog, those are like good things, but they're they
Speaker 1: become idols and they make it so that you you know,
Speaker 1: you're not worshiping the Lord, so not saying that you
Speaker 1: should not take care of your kids and just read
Speaker 1: the Bible all day. What God wants you to take
Speaker 1: care of your kids. But what I am saying is
Speaker 1: we can't use that as an excuse to not read
Speaker 1: the Word of God and to not study and to
Speaker 1: not get to know the Lord. We need to prioritize
Speaker 1: the Lord in our lives because we see it. You know,
Speaker 1: we see so many people falling off the te backsliding
Speaker 1: and things that things that come into your life. It's
Speaker 1: not as hard for you to say no to the
Speaker 1: sin because you're not in the word, right, and faith
Speaker 1: comes by hearing, hearing by the word of God. Like
Speaker 1: I told you, guys, we need to build that shield.
Speaker 1: And right now you're listening to the Word of God,
Speaker 1: you're listening to me read it. We're building that shield
Speaker 1: of faith. And we're also learning that obedience is more
Speaker 1: important than sacrifice. Right, that's so important. Right, So we
Speaker 1: need to make sure that we are obedient to the Lord.
Speaker 1: This is the same God that we worship right now. No,
Speaker 1: just because some people feel, well, Jesus is different than
Speaker 1: the Old Testament God, No, no, no, this is the
Speaker 1: same God. Okay, everything we're reading in the New Testament,
Speaker 1: this is the same God. This is the foundation laid.
Speaker 1: So everything we're reading in the New Testament and the
Speaker 1: Old Testament. We need to make sure. That's why we're
Speaker 1: doing both Sunday service Wednesday service, so we learn Old Testament,
Speaker 1: New Testament. But we need to understand we're dealing with
Speaker 1: the same character, the same God. Like I'm talking about
Speaker 1: God's character, right, We're dealing with this God's character has
Speaker 1: not changed. We need to understand that God still has grace.
Speaker 1: Of course, yes, we're say by grace through faith, by
Speaker 1: what the grace of God through the faith, and what
Speaker 1: to the faith in Jesus right and what he did
Speaker 1: on the cross. But we need to understand that obedience
Speaker 1: is so important, my goodness. Now, mind you, we don't
Speaker 1: have Samuel, a prophet coming to us telling us this
Speaker 1: is the word from the Lord, you need to do this,
Speaker 1: But we do have the Bible which is telling us
Speaker 1: exactly what to do. And that's very important. And that's
Speaker 1: why we need to read the Bible to get to
Speaker 1: know what we need to do, what we need to do,
Speaker 1: what we need to do. So all right, I don't
Speaker 1: want to get off on a tangent, but I just
Speaker 1: I think it's very important for us to understand. So
Speaker 1: in Samuel's rebuke. Let's look at that Samuel confronts Saul
Speaker 1: declaring to obey. This is in my notes, okay, Samuel
Speaker 1: confronts Saul declaring to obey. To obey is better than sacrifice,
Speaker 1: and the heat is better than the fat of rams.
Speaker 1: This emphasizes that God's values obedience over ritualistic offerings and
Speaker 1: that true worship involves aligning your hearts and actions with
Speaker 1: His will. Samuel's rebuke is a significant event in the
Speaker 1: Bible narrative, highlighting the prophet Samuel's role as a divine
Speaker 1: messenger and the consequences of disobedience to God's commands. This
Speaker 1: event is primarily recorded in One Samuel thirteen and for
Speaker 1: Samuel fifteen, or Samuel confronts King Saul for his failure
Speaker 1: to adhere to God's instruction. The first rebuke is in
Speaker 1: Fir Samuel. The first significant rebuke occurs when Saul's unlawful
Speaker 1: sacrifice as the Philissines gathered to fight against Israel, which
Speaker 1: we talked about earlier, where Paul was being impatient not
Speaker 1: waiting on Samuel and he ended up doing the sacrifice
Speaker 1: instead of waiting on Samuel. And the second rebuke is
Speaker 1: the more severe rebuke came after Saul's failure to completely
Speaker 1: destroy the Amalekites as commanded by God. Saul spared King
Speaker 1: Agag and the best of the livestock, rationalizing that the
Speaker 1: animals were kept for sacrifices to the Lord. Samuel confronted Saul,
Speaker 1: emphasizing that obedience to God's command is more valuable than sacrifice.
Speaker 1: Samuel declared that because Saul had rejected the word of
Speaker 1: the Lord, God had rejected him as king. That's what
Speaker 1: it says right there in First Samuel fifteen, verse twenty three,
Speaker 1: where it says he has also rejected you from being king.
Speaker 1: What is the theological implication? Samuel's rebuke duke of sauls
Speaker 1: serves as a profound lesson on the nature of obedience
Speaker 1: and the consequences of disobedience. It highlights the principle that
Speaker 1: God desires a heart on line with his will rather
Speaker 1: than ritualistic observance. Saul's actions demonstrated a lack of faith
Speaker 1: and understanding of God's sovereignty, leading to his rejection as king,
Speaker 1: and then the legacy and significance. The rebuke of Saul
Speaker 1: by Samuel set the stage for the rise of King David,
Speaker 1: the man after God's own heart, who would become Israel's
Speaker 1: greatest king. Samuel's role as a prophet was crucial in
Speaker 1: maintaining the covenantial relationship between God and his people, emphasizing
Speaker 1: the need for leaders who would faithfully execute God's commands.
Speaker 1: Samuel's rebuke remains a powerful reminder of the importance of obedience,
Speaker 1: the dangers of self reliance, and the necessity of seeking
Speaker 1: God's guidance in all aspects of life. So that's a
Speaker 1: lot of lessons there for us to all learn from.
Speaker 1: We need to understand, all right, So let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and go back, and then we'll read, Okay, the consequence
Speaker 1: of disobedience. Saul's disobedience leads to his rejection as king
Speaker 1: Illustry and the severe consequences of failing to fully obey God.
Speaker 1: This serves as a sobering reminder of the cost of
Speaker 1: disobedience and the importance of integrity in our walk with God.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and continue with first Samuel fifteen. We're
Speaker 1: back to the Bible now, verse twenty four. Then Samuel said,
Speaker 1: Then Samuel said. Then Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned,
Speaker 1: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and
Speaker 1: the words because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. Now, therefore,
Speaker 1: please pardon my sin and return with me that I
Speaker 1: may worship the Lord. But Samuel said to Saul, I
Speaker 1: will not return with you, for you have rejected the
Speaker 1: word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you
Speaker 1: from being being king over Israel. You see how Saul
Speaker 1: just thought like, hey, I can just continue sinning and
Speaker 1: God's gonna forgive me. I'm good. All I gotta do
Speaker 1: is just, you know, make make up with Samuel and
Speaker 1: we're good. Let's just carry on with this. But he
Speaker 1: didn't take what he said to heart where he said
Speaker 1: he has also rejected you from being king. It's almost
Speaker 1: like maybe it just went from one year out the other,
Speaker 1: and that's that's what I'm kind of seeing from this verse.
Speaker 1: But Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you. You'll
Speaker 1: rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has
Speaker 1: rejected you from being king over Israel. Imagine being a
Speaker 1: prophet and having to speak to a king who can
Speaker 1: have your head cut off, you know, any moment, and
Speaker 1: talking to him right there, even though God is gonna
Speaker 1: protect Samuel imagine having to say that let's continue. And
Speaker 1: as Samuel turned away to go a Saul seized the
Speaker 1: edge of his robe and tore, and it tore. So
Speaker 1: Samuel said to him, the Lord has torn the king
Speaker 1: them a visual from you today and has given it
Speaker 1: to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.
Speaker 1: And also the strength of visual will not lie nor relent,
Speaker 1: for he is not a man. He should relent. I
Speaker 1: think he's talking about God where he says, for he
Speaker 1: is not a man that he should. Yeah, that's why
Speaker 1: it's capitalized. And he said, I have sinned, yet honor
Speaker 1: me now, please before the elders of my people, and
Speaker 1: before Israel return with me, that I may worship the Lord,
Speaker 1: your god. So Samuel turned back after Saul, and Saul
Speaker 1: worship the Lord. Then Samuel said, bring Agag, king of
Speaker 1: the Amalachites, here to me, so a good king to
Speaker 1: him cautiously, and Agag said, surely the bitterness of death
Speaker 1: is passed. But Samuel said, as your sword has made
Speaker 1: women child childless, so shall your mother be childless among women?
Speaker 1: And Saul hacked Agog in pieces before the Lord in Gilgel.
Speaker 1: So Samuel took care of it instead of Saul. He
Speaker 1: did what Saul was supposed to do. Then Samuel went
Speaker 1: to Rama, and Saul went up to his house and
Speaker 1: Gilga of our Ghibbah of Saul, and Samuel went no
Speaker 1: more to see Saul until the day of his death. Nevertheless,
Speaker 1: Samuel mourned for Saul, and the Lord regretted that he
Speaker 1: had made Saul king over Israel. Some very interesting stuff here,
Speaker 1: you know, and I'm not don't take it as if
Speaker 1: I'm saying anything about God's omnipotence or omnipresence, but it's
Speaker 1: kind of interesting. You know, we have free will, so
Speaker 1: God still gets disappointed when it says that God, it
Speaker 1: says the Lord right here, it says it in the Bible, okay,
Speaker 1: that that he regretted that he had made Saul king
Speaker 1: over Israel. Now, if you know that Saul's gonna fail,
Speaker 1: then why would you even be filled with regret? Wouldn't
Speaker 1: you just be like, hey, whatever, I already knew it
Speaker 1: was gonna happen. But you see what it says where
Speaker 1: it says Samuel went no more. Nevertheless, Saul mourned for Saul,
Speaker 1: or Samuel mourned for Saul, meaning that Samuel did feel
Speaker 1: bad for Saul, which is awesome because he's just a
Speaker 1: you know, he has a great heart. And the Lord
Speaker 1: regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel. That's
Speaker 1: kind of it to me. It's kind of like, wow,
Speaker 1: like very interesting that he would regret that portion, even
Speaker 1: though he knows what's gonna happen. Anyways, you know, we
Speaker 1: do have free will. So there's some people out there
Speaker 1: that believe that God gives us free will and that
Speaker 1: he doesn't know exactly what we're gonna do. And even
Speaker 1: though he he's omnipresent and he knows everything that's going on,
Speaker 1: that maybe he doesn't know the future. Some people believe that.
Speaker 1: So this would be somewhere, you know, a portion where
Speaker 1: you know where that would kind of seem like they're right.
Speaker 1: But I'm not saying that they are. But it's just
Speaker 1: it's really interesting. I'm not trying to take away any
Speaker 1: power from God either, but why would he regret it
Speaker 1: if he already knows what's gonna happen? Right, Why would
Speaker 1: he even place him there if you already knew was
Speaker 1: gonna happen. So but I'm not saying anything, but you know,
Speaker 1: even though maybe he does know the future, he maybe
Speaker 1: he still feels you know, he still feels like regret
Speaker 1: and feels bad. So anyways, yeah, that is chapter fifteen. Uh,
Speaker 1: that's complete, and what an awesome portion right there. Let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and go to what I'm an awesome portion.
Speaker 1: What a crazy portion? Right We got Samuel taking the
Speaker 1: king and cutting him to pieces. That's that's crazy, you know,
Speaker 1: but if if you like that kind of stuff, that
Speaker 1: Game of Thrones type stuff, I mean, there's stuff in
Speaker 1: the Bible that is just really really you know, entertaining,
Speaker 1: and it's almost like a movie. It's it's crazy. But
Speaker 1: this stuff really happened. We didn't unders that all this
Speaker 1: stuff is real and it really happened. So Samuel ended
Speaker 1: up taking it into his own hands, finishing what Saul
Speaker 1: couldn't do. And we don't know what the Amalakites did.
Speaker 1: We don't know how bad they were, how much they
Speaker 1: sind It doesn't give you that much detail. But what
Speaker 1: he says right here to the guy, as your sword
Speaker 1: has made women childless, so saw your mother be childless
Speaker 1: among you? And Samuel hacked Agag in pieces before the lord. Wow,
Speaker 1: that's crazy. So all right, Let's check out some practical applications.
Speaker 1: Evaluate your obedience regularly. Assess areas in your life where
Speaker 1: you may be practicing partial obedience. We've talked about this before, guys,
Speaker 1: partial obedience. That's what Saul did and sometimes we do
Speaker 1: that too. Are there commands of gods that are rationalizing
Speaker 1: or neglecting that you are neglecting? Okay? And then next
Speaker 1: we have prior tise God's commands. Make a conscious effort
Speaker 1: to prioritize God's instruction over personal desires or social norms.
Speaker 1: Seek to understand his will through prayer and study of scripture.
Speaker 1: That's what I'm talking about. How do we know God's character?
Speaker 1: How do we get to know the Lord? Reading scripture? Okay?
Speaker 1: And also through prayer, we get to know God because
Speaker 1: we're speaking to the Lord through prayer, and also scripture
Speaker 1: is just it's gonna come out at you and it's
Speaker 1: going to show you what God's character is and what
Speaker 1: God's will is. It's going to do a lot for us.
Speaker 1: So hopefully that's happening as we're reading Repentance and Restoration.
Speaker 1: If you recognize areas of disobedience, seek God's forgiveness and
Speaker 1: commit to aligning your actions with his commands. Remember that
Speaker 1: God is gracious and willing to restore those who will
Speaker 1: turn back to him. Okay, now let's look at some Oh,
Speaker 1: hold on, there's a thing right here about a Gag.
Speaker 2: Let me just see what's up of that.
Speaker 1: The Lord a Gag is the king of the Amalekites,
Speaker 1: whom Saw spares despite God's command to destroy all the Amalekites.
Speaker 1: His sparing a significant act of disobedience and Saul. The
Speaker 1: name Agag is uncertain origin, but it used to denote
Speaker 1: the Amalekite kings, similar to how Pharaoh is used for
Speaker 1: Egyptian rulers. Okay, okay, let's continue. Yeah, and then at
Speaker 1: the end there we see that Samuel and Saw part ways,
Speaker 1: and then Samuel doesn't see Saul again until the day
Speaker 1: of his death. Connections to additional scriptures we have James one,
Speaker 1: verse twenty two. Let's check that out. James one, verse
Speaker 1: twenty two. James twenty two. It says, but he'd be
Speaker 1: doers of the word and not hears, only deceiving yourselves.
Speaker 1: For if anyone is a hero of the word and
Speaker 1: not a doer, he is like a man observing his
Speaker 1: natural face in the mirror, for he observes himself and
Speaker 1: goes away and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
Speaker 1: Strong words right there. Okay, that's actually James one, verse
Speaker 1: twenty two and twenty three. And then let's go we'll
Speaker 1: check out another one, which is John fourteen, verse fifteen.
Speaker 1: John fourteen, verse fifteen. Let's check that out. Jesus promises
Speaker 1: another helper, it says, It says, if you love me,
Speaker 1: keep my commandments, and I will pray the Father and
Speaker 1: he will give you another helper that he may abide
Speaker 1: with you forever, the Spirit of truth, whom the world
Speaker 1: cannot receive because it neither sees him or knows him.
Speaker 1: But you know him, for he dwells with you and
Speaker 1: will be in you. Speaking of the Holy Spirit. I
Speaker 1: will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.
Speaker 1: So if you love me, speaking, Jesus is saying, keep
Speaker 1: my commandments. Very important. If you love me, you will
Speaker 1: keep my commandments. Jesus emphasizes that love for him is
Speaker 1: demonstrating demonstrated through what obedience. What I've been talking about
Speaker 1: this whole entire sermon that we're talking about here obedience,
Speaker 1: And we we got to make sure we don't have
Speaker 1: partial obedience either. That's not good, not good, okay. Proverbs
Speaker 1: twenty one, verse three, to do righteousness and justice is
Speaker 1: more desirable to the Lord than sacrifice. This echoes the
Speaker 1: message that God values righteous liv over ritualistic offerings. You
Speaker 1: see that throughout the Old Testament, the Pharisees, the Sadducees,
Speaker 1: and the scribes. You see that what they were doing
Speaker 1: with Jesus, they were all about ritualistic. We got to
Speaker 1: make sure that we keep this going. What are you
Speaker 1: doing on the sabbath? You're healing people? You're doing this
Speaker 1: all about ritualistic instead of being obedient to God.
Speaker 2: All right, So.
Speaker 1: Righteous living over ritualistic offerings. Amen to that. So all right,
Speaker 1: we went ahead and finished chapter fifteen. Like I said,
Speaker 1: we're kind of moving along pretty quickly here. A lot
Speaker 1: of storylines here, though not as much commentary needed. Right,
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and go. And I want to try
Speaker 1: to not stop in the middle of the story either
Speaker 1: and leave like a little cliffhanger while I'm going to
Speaker 1: the notes, I want to try to finish the little part.
Speaker 1: So kind of what we're doing here, But let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and now we're about to get to the portion
Speaker 1: if you remember the House of David, the show where
Speaker 1: Samuel comes and anoints David. Let's check that out. Samuel
Speaker 1: annoys David. The narrative of First Samuel sixteen reminds us
Speaker 1: this is going to be the introduction to Samuel sixteen
Speaker 1: remind us that God's ways are not our ways. He
Speaker 1: chooses to work through the least expected, most overlooked people
Speaker 1: to bring about his divine purposes. David, a simple shepherd boy,
Speaker 1: becomes God's chosen king, highlighting the importance of heart condition
Speaker 1: over external appearances. Additionally, the account illustrates God's sovereignty and
Speaker 1: the spiritual implications of obedience and disobedience to hims. All right,
Speaker 1: now we're in Fir Samuel sixteen, Verse one. Now the
Speaker 1: Lord said to Samuel, how long will you mourn for Saul,
Speaker 1: seeing I rejected him from reigning over Israel. Fill your
Speaker 1: horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse,
Speaker 1: the beth of Mite, for I have provided myself a
Speaker 1: king among his sons. And Samuel said, how can I go?
Speaker 1: If Saul here's it, he will kill me. But the
Speaker 1: Lord said, take a heffer with you and say, I
Speaker 1: have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Then invite Jesse
Speaker 1: to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you
Speaker 1: shall do. You shall annoy for me the one I
Speaker 1: name to you. Okay, God's rejection of Saul. So in
Speaker 1: one Samuel sixteen one, the Lord said to Samuel, how
Speaker 1: long will you mourn for Saul? Since I have rejected
Speaker 1: him as king? God had rejected Saul due to his disobedience.
Speaker 1: Highlight and the amhortance of obedience to God's commands. And
Speaker 1: then God's sovereign choice for God's choice of David, the
Speaker 1: youngest son of Jesse, underscores his sovereignty and his ability
Speaker 1: to see beyond human appearances. Let's go in and continue
Speaker 1: first Samuel sixteen, verse four. So Samuel did what the
Speaker 1: Lord said and went to Bethlehem. And the elders of
Speaker 1: the town troubled at his coming and said, do you
Speaker 1: come peacefully? Peaceably? And he said, peaceably, I have come
Speaker 1: to sacrifice to the Lord. Sanctify yourselves and come with
Speaker 1: me to the sacrifice. Then he consecrated Jesse and his
Speaker 1: sons and invited them to the sacrifice. So it was
Speaker 1: that they came, and he looked at Iliab and said,
Speaker 1: surely the Lord's anoyed it is before him, But yeah,
Speaker 1: because Iliab probably was big, buff, strong, you know. But
Speaker 1: the Lord said to Samuel, do not look at his
Speaker 1: appearance or the physical stature, because I have refused him.
Speaker 1: For the Lord does not see as man sees. For
Speaker 1: man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks
Speaker 1: at the hearts. So let's go ahead and dig into
Speaker 1: that just a little bit before we continue. But the
Speaker 1: Lord said to Samuel, do not consider his appearance or
Speaker 1: his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does
Speaker 1: not see the man but his heart. This verse emphasizes
Speaker 1: that God values the heart over the external attributes. All right,
Speaker 1: so we'll go ahead and continue. So it's going to
Speaker 1: be for Samuel sixteen verse eight. So Jesse called Abinadab
Speaker 1: and made him pass before Samuel, and he said, neither
Speaker 1: has the Lord chosen this one. Then Jesse made Shamah
Speaker 1: passed by, and he said, neither has the Lord chosen
Speaker 1: this one. Thus Jesse made seven of his son's pass
Speaker 1: before Samuel, and Samuel said to Jesse, the Lord has
Speaker 1: not chosen these. And Samuel said to Jesse, are all
Speaker 1: the young men here. Then he said, there remains yet
Speaker 1: the youngest, and there he is keeping the sheep. And
Speaker 1: Samuel said to Jesse, send him and bring him for
Speaker 1: a week. We will not sit down till he comes here.
Speaker 1: So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy,
Speaker 1: with bright eyes and good looking. And the Lord said, arise,
Speaker 1: annoyed him, for he is the one. Then Samuel took
Speaker 1: the horn of oil and anointing him in the midst
Speaker 1: of his brothers. And the spirit of the Lord came
Speaker 1: upon David from the day from that day forward. So
Speaker 1: Samuel arose and went to Rama. So when the spirit
Speaker 1: of the Lord comes upon you, like I told you, guys,
Speaker 1: then you get the power of the Holy Spirit. Okay,
Speaker 1: he didn't say that he put the Holy Spirit in him.
Speaker 1: He said the Holy Spirit came upon him. And I've
Speaker 1: kind of explained that in the past episodes like Jesus
Speaker 1: and John said, you will now have the Holy Spirit
Speaker 1: in you, and then when you go to ax it says,
Speaker 1: now the Holy Spirit is upon you. You understand. So
Speaker 1: it's two different things. The Holy Spirit being in you.
Speaker 1: When you're saved and born again, the Holy Spirit is
Speaker 1: your compass your moral compass, and it helps you convix
Speaker 1: you if you're gonna do sin all this stuff, right,
Speaker 1: But the Holy Spirit coming upon you means that you
Speaker 1: have the power of the Holy Spirit. Same thing happened
Speaker 1: with same thing happened with Samson and all these different people. Okay,
Speaker 1: So I just want to point that out. And let's
Speaker 1: see the anoying of David. So so anoying of David. So,
Speaker 1: Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in
Speaker 1: the presence of his brothers, and the spirit of the
Speaker 1: Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. Yeah. So
Speaker 1: it says that Samuel took the horn of oil and
Speaker 1: anointed him in the middle of his brothers, in the
Speaker 1: spirit of the Lord came upon David. Okay, So that's
Speaker 1: what that is. The anointing signifies God's empowerment and presence
Speaker 1: with David. Distressing spirit troubles Saul. But the spirit of
Speaker 1: the Lord departed from Saul. So and a distressing spirit
Speaker 1: from the Lord trouble him. Wow, let's go hold on
Speaker 1: real quick, We're going to stop there, and let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and look real fast and see what that What
Speaker 1: is a distressing spirit. Let's see a distressing spirit from God.
Speaker 1: God has seen in the biblical account of King Saul,
Speaker 1: and first Samuel refers to a harmful evil, a troubling
Speaker 1: spirit that God allows to torment someone as the form
Speaker 1: of judgment or discipline for disobedience. This spirit isn't an
Speaker 1: evil entity created by God, but rather a negative influence
Speaker 1: like demonic spirit that God permits to act after withdrawing
Speaker 1: from his protective presence, a consequence of Saul's rebellion and
Speaker 1: rejection of God's will. Wow, So let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: look up what the strongest concordance says about a distressing spirit.
Speaker 1: I want to see because that's it's really fascinating to me,
Speaker 1: because if God does this with Saul, like, does this
Speaker 1: happen with us sometimes? Is this why sometimes when you're
Speaker 1: you know, when you're getting deep into sin, is there
Speaker 1: a distressing spirit that gets put upon you because of
Speaker 1: your disobedience? I mean, I don't know. I'm just kind
Speaker 1: of looking into it. Maybe too deep, but let me see. Okay,
Speaker 1: we're going to go first Samuel sixteen. I want to
Speaker 1: see what distressing means. We're in verse fourteen, but the
Speaker 1: spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil
Speaker 1: spirit from the Lord troubled him. That's what it says.
Speaker 1: It says an evil spirit. Wow. And the King Janus
Speaker 1: says an evil spirit, bad, disagreeable, malignant, unpleasant in general
Speaker 1: person's deeds, evil misery, distress. Wow. Let me see what
Speaker 1: I want to see if this is ever used again
Speaker 1: for an evil spirit, it says, so wickedness is another word. Okay,
Speaker 1: so that's probably what they say. Distressing spirit from the Lord.
Speaker 1: I don't see. Not pleased with Isaacah's father. I don't
Speaker 1: see where this is used for an evil spirit anywhere else.
Speaker 1: Wicked in the side of the Lord. Wickedness, Sinnigan's God.
Speaker 1: All right, I just was trying to look ill favored. Well, yeah,
Speaker 1: I was just trying to see if there was any
Speaker 1: other spot, maybe in a maybe in kings. No, Nope,
Speaker 1: that's a lying spirit, not a distressed spirit. Okay, Sorry, guys.
Speaker 1: I'd just like to kind of kind of look at
Speaker 1: that and see, But let's go ahead and continue. It
Speaker 1: says we're going to be in First Samuel sixteen, verse fifteen,
Speaker 1: and Saul's servants said to him, surely a distressing spirit
Speaker 1: from God is troubling you. Let our master now command
Speaker 1: your servants, your servants who are before you, to seek
Speaker 1: out a man who is a skillful player on the harp,
Speaker 1: and it shall be that he will play with his
Speaker 1: hand when the distressing spirit from God is upon you,
Speaker 1: and you shall be well. So Saul said to his servants,
Speaker 1: provide me a man who can play well, and bring
Speaker 1: him to me. The one of the servants answered and said, look,
Speaker 1: I have seen a son of Jesse, the Bethamite, who
Speaker 1: was skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a
Speaker 1: man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person.
Speaker 1: And the Lord is with him. Therefore Saul sent messengers
Speaker 1: to Jesse and said, send me your son David, who
Speaker 1: was with the sheep. And Jesse took a donkey, little
Speaker 1: with bread, a skin of wine, and a young goat
Speaker 1: and sent them by his son David to Saul. So
Speaker 1: David came to Saul and stood before him, and he
Speaker 1: loved him greatly, and he became his armor bearer. Then
Speaker 1: Saul sent to Jesse, saying, please let David stand before me,
Speaker 1: for he has found favor in my sight. And so
Speaker 1: it was whenever the spirit of God was upon Saul.
Speaker 1: So it was whenever the spirit of God was upon Saul,
Speaker 1: then David would take a harp and play it with
Speaker 1: his hand. Then Saul would become refreshed and well, and
Speaker 1: the distressing spirit would depart from him. Wow, that's so amazing.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and look into that. Whenever the spirit
Speaker 1: from God came upon Saul, the distressing spirit, David would
Speaker 1: take his harp and play. Then relief would come to Saul.
Speaker 1: Then he would feel better, and the evil spirit would
Speaker 1: leave him. For Samuel sixteen, verse twenty three, David's service
Speaker 1: to Saul demonstrates humility and the beginning of his preparation
Speaker 1: for future leadership. Kind of interesting. The distressing spirit would
Speaker 1: be attacking Saul, and then David would come and play
Speaker 1: the harp, you know, play the music, and you know
Speaker 1: that the Holy Spirit was upon David, so that distressing
Speaker 1: spirit when David would come into the room, would leave Saul.
Speaker 1: Now was it the music he was playing. No, what
Speaker 1: it is is the Holy Spirit is upon David, and
Speaker 1: there's not room for the Holy Spirit and an evil
Speaker 1: spirit to be in that in the same area. It
Speaker 1: seems like right, because we would think that David the
Speaker 1: reason why the distressing spirit would leave is just because
Speaker 1: of the music. But you know that the Holy Spirit
Speaker 1: is upon David, right, so it seems like the Holy
Speaker 1: the distressing spirit would would depart from him whenever David
Speaker 1: would be in the room. So very interesting stuff. Uh,
Speaker 1: probably do some deeper studies on that. I just I
Speaker 1: think it's just really interesting how that, how that's happening there,
Speaker 1: and it's it is really interesting how God put a
Speaker 1: distressing spirit to trouble Saul. And just there's always stuff
Speaker 1: in the Bible that you could seek and find, and
Speaker 1: and uh, it's very it's very interesting. So in the
Speaker 1: King James it would actually say the evil spirit departed
Speaker 1: from him. So it must have been beautiful music too, man,
Speaker 1: because it looks like Saul would feel refreshed, right, So
Speaker 1: he did like the music portion. But the but the
Speaker 1: spiritual aspect of it is what's interesting to me. The
Speaker 1: Holy Spirit comes in the room with, you know, because
Speaker 1: it's coming upon David, and the distressed evil spirit leaves. Okay,
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and go to for Samuel seventeen and
Speaker 1: all right, we're gonna go over some practical applications for
Speaker 1: chapter sixteen. Seek God's perspective and decision making. Prioritize seeking
Speaker 1: God's perspective over human judgment. Ask God to help you
Speaker 1: see beyond appearances and discern the heart. As humans, it's
Speaker 1: very hard for us to do that. We have to
Speaker 1: make sure that we do that.
Speaker 3: Though.
Speaker 1: Value obedience. Reflect on areas in your life where you
Speaker 1: may need to align more closely with God's commands, understanding
Speaker 1: that obedience is crucial for fulfilling God's purpose. If you're
Speaker 1: not being obedient to God, then how is God going
Speaker 1: to use you for his purpose. You're not even gonna
Speaker 1: be able to give one hundred percent because you're going
Speaker 1: to start feeling like some You're going to feel some
Speaker 1: type of way because you're you know that you have
Speaker 1: that sin sitting there in your heart. Embrace humility like David.
Speaker 1: Be willing to serve in humble positions, trusting that God
Speaker 1: is preparing you for greater responsibilities. Amen, Trust in God's timing.
Speaker 1: Recognize that God's plans unfold and is perfect timing. Be
Speaker 1: patient and faithful in your current circumstances, knowing that God
Speaker 1: is at work. I think I've said this a lot.
Speaker 1: Sometimes God is doing things in your life that you
Speaker 1: you don't see because when things are happening in the spiritual,
Speaker 1: you're not understanding what's going on in the physical. Right,
Speaker 1: God could be doing some things in the spiritual for
Speaker 1: you that you don't understand. Right, So that's why it
Speaker 1: says knowing that God is at work. Right, Let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and see some connecting scriptures.
Speaker 2: We have.
Speaker 1: Psalm seventy eight seventy through seventy two. Let's go there
Speaker 1: real quick. Psalms seventy eight, seventy through seventy two do
Speaker 1: all the way to the bottom. It says He also
Speaker 1: chose David his servant and took him for the sheep
Speaker 1: folds from following the Ewes that had young. He brought
Speaker 1: him to shepherd Jacob his people in Israel his inheritance.
Speaker 1: So we shepherd them according to the integrity of his
Speaker 1: heart and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
Speaker 1: Acts thirteen twenty two highlights David as a man after
Speaker 1: God's own heart, and then Proverbs sixteen seven emphasizes that
Speaker 1: when a man's ways pleased the Lord, he makes even
Speaker 1: his enemies to be at peace with him. Okay, so
Speaker 1: we are finishing. We finished chapter sixteen. Now we're going
Speaker 1: to be going to First Samuel seventeen. So if you
Speaker 1: watch House of David, you would kind of see that
Speaker 1: what I just read biblically, Obviously there's things that they're
Speaker 1: adding to House of David that are not biblical, because
Speaker 1: reading that whole portion right there myself, I see that
Speaker 1: there's things that are added for sure. And also we
Speaker 1: need to understand the importance of David being a king
Speaker 1: because Jesus comes through the line of David.
Speaker 3: Right.
Speaker 1: Everything the whole Old Testament is basically a foundation for
Speaker 1: bringing Jesus forth as the Messiah. Okay, so Jesus is
Speaker 1: on every page. You're going to notice that right here,
Speaker 1: David is going to be a line to become king.
Speaker 1: And what happens the kingship. You know, Jesus comes through
Speaker 1: the line of David right, So important to know that.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and go into chapter seventeen's introduction. First
Speaker 1: Samuel seventeen demonstrates the power of faith and the might
Speaker 1: of God working through those who trust him. The seemingly
Speaker 1: impossible is made possible not by human strength, but by
Speaker 1: faith in God. It is an enduring reminder that God
Speaker 1: often uses the least expected to carry out his purposes,
Speaker 1: and the Goliath in our lives can be overcome through
Speaker 1: our faith in God. Also, we need to recognize that
Speaker 1: God can use evil for good. The evil that was
Speaker 1: done in Genesis sixty four, which you've gone over, guys,
Speaker 1: where the nepheline came and all this stuff is going
Speaker 1: to be used right now for David slays Goliath and
Speaker 1: it makes David the king, which puts Jesus's line in
Speaker 1: the lineage for king. So God could use the evil.
Speaker 1: It's like a cosmic chess match between you know, God
Speaker 1: and the devil. Even though the devil has no chance,
Speaker 1: but there's still you see moves that are made by
Speaker 1: the devil, moves that are made by God. And this
Speaker 1: is one of those moves. The devil brings the Goliath
Speaker 1: because of the Nephelem and Raphaim and all this stuff.
Speaker 1: He has Goliath and he's stronger than all the men.
Speaker 1: And then we see what happens as we'll continue. I
Speaker 1: don't want to spoil it for you, just in case
Speaker 1: there's anybody that hasn't heard about David and Goliath. If
Speaker 1: there is, then that's very surprising. Most everybody, even if
Speaker 1: they're not Christians, know about David and Goliath.
Speaker 2: But.
Speaker 1: We'll go ahead and start for Samuel seventeen, verse one.
Speaker 1: Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle, and
Speaker 1: they gathered at Silk shaw Wait Souk, All which belongs
Speaker 1: to Judah. They encamped between Ceka and Azekah and Effi's
Speaker 1: Dememe and Saul, and the men of Israel were gathered together,
Speaker 1: and they encamped in the valley of Allah and drew
Speaker 1: up in the battle array against the Philistines. The Philistines
Speaker 1: stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood
Speaker 1: on the mountain on the other side, with a valley
Speaker 1: between them, and a champion went out from the camp
Speaker 1: of the Philistines named Goliath from Gath, whose height was
Speaker 1: six cubits and a span, so six cubits. How tall
Speaker 1: is that? It depends on if you're talking about a
Speaker 1: cubit or a royal cubit. How tall it's usually between
Speaker 1: nine and thirteen feet. How tall is Goliath? The biblical
Speaker 1: Goliath height is debated. Most Biblical suggests he was six
Speaker 1: foot nine inches tall, while the Masoretic text indicates nine
Speaker 1: foot nine inches tall. According to Wikipedia, Yeah, I don't
Speaker 1: even want to do the Wikipedia thing. I'm sorry. Let's
Speaker 1: find out how big a cubit is and see what
Speaker 1: the Bible says.
Speaker 2: How big is a cubit?
Speaker 1: A cubit has an ancient unit of length equal to
Speaker 1: the length of the forearm, varying from seventeen to twenty
Speaker 1: point six inches. So we'll do an eighteen inch cubit,
Speaker 1: being a common estimate of a standard measurement.
Speaker 2: So let's check it out.
Speaker 1: What's eighteen times six? That's one o eight divided by twelve.
Speaker 1: That's nine feet. So I don't know why they're trying
Speaker 1: to say six foot seven like it says here six
Speaker 1: cubits and a span. What is the span? I don't
Speaker 1: know what the span is. Let's see nine inches, so
Speaker 1: that'd be nine feet nine inches. That's how big a
Speaker 1: span was according to uh look, just googling it right,
Speaker 1: a span is approximately nine inches is about half a cubit.
Speaker 1: For example, the biblical giant Gliath is described as being
Speaker 1: six cubits and a span tall, representing an extraordinary height.
Speaker 1: So it's so a span is half a cubit. So
Speaker 1: it says that he's six cubits and a span, which
Speaker 1: would be nine feet nine inches. I don't know why that.
Speaker 1: I don't know why that. I'm so glad. I'm glad
Speaker 1: I don't Google everything whenever I talk to you guys,
Speaker 1: because Google. All I was just trying to find out
Speaker 1: was how big is a cubit was? And it pulled
Speaker 1: up this this this part right here where it says
Speaker 1: Goliath was nine foot nine inches six foot nine inches,
Speaker 1: But you know, the Masoretic text indicates, uh, nine foot
Speaker 1: nine right, So anyways, we kind of see that. Let's
Speaker 1: see what the descrepancy arises from different manuscript and interpretations
Speaker 1: of the text. Six foot in the span and the
Speaker 1: Massoretic text is often seen as a later scribbral addition
Speaker 1: or air. Oh really anyways, Yeah, he's tall, Okay, he's
Speaker 1: a giant. He's a rapaim Okay. That says he had
Speaker 1: a bronze helmet on his head, and he was armed
Speaker 1: with a coat of mail, and the weight of the
Speaker 1: coat was five thousand shekels of bronze, and he had
Speaker 1: bronze armor on his legs and bronze javelin between his shoulders. Now,
Speaker 1: the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam,
Speaker 1: and the iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels. Let's see
Speaker 1: what the.
Speaker 2: How much weight is six hundred shekels, so.
Speaker 1: It looks like his It says fifteen pounds. So is
Speaker 1: what it says if you just google it right, weigh
Speaker 1: approximately fifteen pounds, so it says. Now, the staff of
Speaker 1: his spear was like a weaver's beam and iron. The
Speaker 1: staff of his spear weighed six hundred shekels, So his
Speaker 1: spear weighed about fifteen pounds, which is that's kind of
Speaker 1: that's pretty. That's a good amount. And a shield beard
Speaker 1: before him. Then he stood and cried out to the
Speaker 1: armors of Israel and said to them, why have you
Speaker 1: come out to line up for battle? Am I not
Speaker 1: a philistine? And use servants of Saul, who's a man
Speaker 1: for yourselves, And let him come and down to me.
Speaker 1: If he is able to fight with me and kill me,
Speaker 1: then he will be servants. Then we will be your servants.
Speaker 1: But if I prevail against him and kill him, then
Speaker 1: you shall be our servants and serve us. And the
Speaker 1: Philistines said, and the Philistines said, I defy the armies
Speaker 1: of Israel this day. Give me a man that he
Speaker 1: may fight together. When Saul and all Israel heard these
Speaker 1: words of the Philistines. They were dismayed and greatly afraid.
Speaker 1: Then David was the son then now David, the son
Speaker 1: of Ephriite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse, and
Speaker 1: who had eight sons, And the man was old advanced
Speaker 1: in years. In the days of Saul, the three oldest
Speaker 1: sons of Jesse had had gone to follow Salt to battle.
Speaker 1: The names of his three sons who went to battle
Speaker 1: was Iliab, the firstborn Abinadab, and the third of Shamah.
Speaker 1: David was the youngest and the three old This followed Saul,
Speaker 1: but David occasionally went and returned to Saul to feed
Speaker 1: his father's sheep at Bethahem. And the Philistines drew near
Speaker 1: and presented himself forty days morning and evening. I don't
Speaker 1: want to get too far ahead before Actually my notes
Speaker 1: only go the Philistines Israites are at war. Okay, we
Speaker 1: see that I don't have anything notes until first Samuel
Speaker 1: seventeen thirty seven, so we'll continue. And the Philistines drew near,
Speaker 1: presented himself forty days morning and evening. Then Jesse said
Speaker 1: to his son David, take now for your brothers of
Speaker 1: Ephah of his dried grain and those ten loaves, and
Speaker 1: run to your brothers at the camp, and carry these
Speaker 1: ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see
Speaker 1: how your brother's fare, and bring back news to them.
Speaker 1: Now Saul and they all the men of Israel were
Speaker 1: in the valley of a law fighting with the Philistines.
Speaker 1: So David arose early in the morning, left the sheep
Speaker 1: with the keeper, and took the things and went as
Speaker 1: Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the camp
Speaker 1: of the armies and was going out to fight and
Speaker 1: shouting for the battle for Israel. And the Philistines had
Speaker 1: drawn up a battle array army against army, and David
Speaker 1: left his supplies in the land of the supply keeper,
Speaker 1: ran to the army and came and greeted his brothers
Speaker 1: as they Then as he talked with them, there was
Speaker 1: a champion, the Philistine of the of the Gath, Goliath
Speaker 1: by name, coming out from the armies of the Philistines.
Speaker 1: And he spoke according to the same words. So David
Speaker 1: heard him, and all the men of Israel, when they
Speaker 1: saw the men, fled from him and were dreadfully afraid.
Speaker 1: So the men of Israel said, have you seen this
Speaker 1: man who has come up? Surely he has come up
Speaker 1: to defy Israel. And it shall be that the man
Speaker 1: who kills him, the king will enrich with great riches,
Speaker 1: will give his daughter, and give his father's house exemption
Speaker 1: from the taxes of Israel. Now keep in mind, okay, guys,
Speaker 1: keep in mind that David is filled with the Holy Spirit. Right,
Speaker 1: so the Holy Spirit has come upon him, So know
Speaker 1: that he has the power of the Holy Spirit. Let's continue. Then,
Speaker 1: David spoke to the man who stood by him, saying,
Speaker 1: what shall be done for the man who kills the
Speaker 1: Philistine and takes away from the reapproach from Israel? For
Speaker 1: he for who is this uncircumcised philistine? That he should
Speaker 1: defy the armies of the living God. And the people
Speaker 1: answered him in this manner, saying, sho shall it be
Speaker 1: done for the man who kills him. Now Ilieb, his
Speaker 1: oldest brother, had heard that he spoke to the men,
Speaker 1: and Ilieb's anger was aroused against David, and he said,
Speaker 1: why do you come down here? And with whom have
Speaker 1: you left those sheep in the wilderness. I know your
Speaker 1: pride and insolence of your heart, and you have come
Speaker 1: down to see the battle. And David said, what I
Speaker 1: have done, now, is there not a cause? That he
Speaker 1: turned from him toward another and said to the thing
Speaker 1: that these people had answered answered him as the first
Speaker 1: ones did. Now, when the words which David had spoke
Speaker 1: were heard, they reported them to Saul, and he sent
Speaker 1: for him. Then David said to Saul, let no man's
Speaker 1: heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and
Speaker 1: fight this philistine. And Saul said to David, you are
Speaker 1: not able to go against his philistine to fight with him,
Speaker 1: for you are a youth. He is a man of war,
Speaker 1: and he a man of war from his youth. But
Speaker 1: David said to Saul, your servant used to keep his
Speaker 1: father's sheep, and with the lion or a bear would
Speaker 1: come to the lamb of the flock. I went out
Speaker 1: after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from
Speaker 1: his mouth. When it arose against me, I caught it
Speaker 1: by its beard and struck and killed it. Your servant
Speaker 1: has killed both lion and bear and uncircumcised. And this
Speaker 1: uncircumcised philistine will be like one of them, seeing that
Speaker 1: he has defied the armies of the Living God. Moreover,
Speaker 1: David said, the Lord who delivered me from the paul
Speaker 1: of the lion, from the paw of the bear, he
Speaker 1: will deliver me from the hand of the philistine. And
Speaker 1: Saul said to David, go and the Lord be with you. Oh,
Speaker 1: David is just like man. He has got so much faith.
Speaker 1: You see how he's walking by faith. Right here. What
Speaker 1: he says right there, if he delivered the Paul the lion,
Speaker 1: the Paul the bear, who will deliver me from the
Speaker 1: hand of this philistine man, David's faith is unlike any other.
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and check this out. So in
Speaker 1: my notes it says, unlike the Israelite soldiers, David, a
Speaker 1: young shepherd, is not intimidated by Goliath. His confidence is
Speaker 1: rooted in his faith in God, as he declares, the
Speaker 1: Lord who delivered me from the Paul of the lion
Speaker 1: and the Paul of the bear will deliver me from
Speaker 1: the hands of the Philistines. Let's look a little deeper
Speaker 1: into David's faith. David, the second King of Israel, is
Speaker 1: renowned not only for his military proudness but leadership, but
Speaker 1: also for his profound faith in God. His life is
Speaker 1: chronicled in the books of First and Second Samuel, First
Speaker 1: Kings and First Chronicles, provides a rich tapestry of faith
Speaker 1: in action, marked by both trumpet triumphs and trials. So
Speaker 1: he's annoyted by God. For Samuel sixteen, verse seven, the
Speaker 1: Lord instruct Samuel, do not consider the appearance of his height.
Speaker 1: We already saw that faith in battle. We have that
Speaker 1: in one of the most iconic battles where he demonstrates
Speaker 1: his faith in his accounter with Goliath. And then let's
Speaker 1: check out the legacy of faith. David's faith left an
Speaker 1: incredible mark on Israel and the biblical narrative. His life
Speaker 1: serves as a model of heart devoted to God, characterized
Speaker 1: by trust, repentance, and worship. Despite his imperfection, David is
Speaker 1: remembered as a man after God's own heart. For Samuel thirteen,
Speaker 1: for a testament to the enduring power of faith in
Speaker 1: the life of a believer. Amen, So let me just
Speaker 1: I don't want to ruin anything. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: stuff in my notes right there where it'd be spoiler
Speaker 1: alerts for what happens later, So we won't do that.
Speaker 1: So now we're in First Samuel seventeen, verse thirty eight.
Speaker 1: So Saul clothed David with his armor. So Saul put
Speaker 1: his armor on David, and he put a bronze helmet
Speaker 1: on his head, and he also closed them with the
Speaker 1: coat of mail. David fastened his sword to his armor
Speaker 1: and tried to walk, for he did not test He
Speaker 1: had not tested them. And David said to Saul, I
Speaker 1: cannot walk with these. I'm only laughing because A I'm
Speaker 1: not like really huge either. So Saul is tall. He's
Speaker 1: a big guy, okay, because it said that he was
Speaker 1: taller than all the rest of the people. Right, So Saul,
Speaker 1: I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them.
Speaker 1: So David took them off. The armor is too big
Speaker 1: for him. He's trying to walk. Click click. You can
Speaker 1: imagine you know something that doesn't fit you. You know
Speaker 1: you're not gonna be able to move in it anyways.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 1: So in verse forty, it says then he took off
Speaker 1: his staff in his hand, and he chose for himself
Speaker 1: five smooth stones from the brook, and he put them
Speaker 1: in a shepherd's bag, in a pouch which he had
Speaker 1: in his sling in his hand, and he drew near
Speaker 1: to the Philistine. So what a lot of people say
Speaker 1: is people say that that Goliath had five brothers or
Speaker 1: four brothers or whatever. Let me see how many brothers
Speaker 1: did Goliath have. Let's see how many brothers did Goliath have.
Speaker 1: Goliath had three brothers, and they are named in the
Speaker 1: Bible as staff Lami and unnamed giant with six fingers
Speaker 1: on each hand, on six toes on each foot. According
Speaker 1: to the Bible commentaries and related sources, another giant, ish Banab,
Speaker 1: is also mentioned in connection with goliaths family, but is
Speaker 1: not explicitly stated. He was also a brother soft killed
Speaker 1: by Sabaki. What are David's warriors? Let me okay, I
Speaker 1: don't want to kill that because we'll see it later.
Speaker 1: But they people say, obviously it's probably a speculation, because
Speaker 1: it doesn't say in the Bible here that he grabbed
Speaker 1: five smooth stones from the brook to put one in
Speaker 1: Goliath to kill Goliath right, or to knock Goliath out,
Speaker 1: and then he kills him with the stone or with
Speaker 1: the sword. But he want but it looks like he
Speaker 1: he looks like he has three brothers for sure, so
Speaker 1: that would be four stones. And then people are naming
Speaker 1: that there was an unnamed giant that they connect with
Speaker 1: Goliath that could be his fourth brother. So these giants,
Speaker 1: including Goliath, are described as descendants of the Raphaim and Gath,
Speaker 1: says the religious commentary site. Okay, so I've heard Chuck
Speaker 1: Chuck Missler say that why did he grab five stones
Speaker 1: because to kill four of his brothers. I've heard a
Speaker 1: lot of people say that. Obviously, as we're seeing here,
Speaker 1: the Bible doesn't state that explicitly. But the Bible does
Speaker 1: talk about three of his brothers for sure, and then
Speaker 1: one that's unnamed that could be his brother. So you know,
Speaker 1: commentary says that it was his first four brothers, but
Speaker 1: the actual Bible, I'm not seeing that here. All I'm
Speaker 1: seeing is it's saying that he'd got five smooth stones
Speaker 1: from the brook, put them in a shepherd's bag, put
Speaker 1: him to sling his hand, and drew near to the Philistine.
Speaker 1: So the Philistine came, it began drawing near to David,
Speaker 1: and the man who bore the shield went before him.
Speaker 1: And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him,
Speaker 1: for he was only a youth, ruddy and good looking.
Speaker 1: So the Philistine said to David, am I a dog,
Speaker 1: that you come with me with sticks? And Philistine cursed
Speaker 1: David by his gods. And the Philistines said to David,
Speaker 1: come to me, and I will give your flesh to
Speaker 1: the birds for the air, and the bread and the
Speaker 1: beast of the field. That David said to the Philistine,
Speaker 1: you come with me. You come to me with a sword,
Speaker 1: with a spear and the javelin. But I come to
Speaker 1: you in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the
Speaker 1: God of the armors of Israel, whom you have defied.
Speaker 1: This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand,
Speaker 1: and I will strike you and take your head from you.
Speaker 1: And this day I will give the carcasses of the
Speaker 1: camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air
Speaker 1: and the wild beast of the earth. And all the
Speaker 1: earth may know that this is the God, that there
Speaker 1: is God in Israel, and that this assembly shall know
Speaker 1: that the Lord does not save with the sword, does
Speaker 1: not save with sword and spear, for the battle is
Speaker 1: the lords. And he will give you into our hands
Speaker 1: walking by faith. And now he's speaking man prophetically, letting
Speaker 1: him know he's going to cut his head off. So
Speaker 1: we'll go to my notes. Okay. David confronts Goliath with boldness, proclaiming,
Speaker 1: you come against me with sword and spirit javelin, But
Speaker 1: I come to you against you in the name of
Speaker 1: the Lord, with a single stone. Yeah. I don't want
Speaker 1: to talk about that yet. Let's continue, all right. First
Speaker 1: Samuel seventeen, verse forty eight. So it was when the
Speaker 1: Philistines arose, came and drew near to meet David, that
Speaker 1: David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
Speaker 1: Then David put his hands in the bag and took
Speaker 1: out a stone, and he slung it and struck the
Speaker 1: Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into
Speaker 1: his forehead and he felt on his face to the earth.
Speaker 1: So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and
Speaker 1: a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. And
Speaker 1: there was no sword in the hand of David. Therefore
Speaker 1: David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword
Speaker 1: and drew it out of his sheath and killed him
Speaker 1: and cut off his head with it. Wow, So we
Speaker 1: all know a lot of us know this story. But basically,
Speaker 1: he's running, he's got the sling, hit him so hard
Speaker 1: on the forehead it's stuck in his forehead, so it
Speaker 1: must have been a perfect shot. Bam.
Speaker 3: Right.
Speaker 1: And Uh, another thing that's kind of that people say
Speaker 1: of Rapayeim. If you look up that word raphi means
Speaker 1: to heal and em, you know. So the tribe is
Speaker 1: the Rafayem is a tribe and they're a tribe of giants.
Speaker 1: So what some people feel is maybe they were able
Speaker 1: to heal quicker. So this could be the reason why
Speaker 1: David came and cut his head off, because if he
Speaker 1: does hit him with the in the head and maybe
Speaker 1: maybe he has the ability to heal, could be a
Speaker 1: reason why he cut his head off. But he prophesies
Speaker 1: it and he went and did it. And when he
Speaker 1: and when you cut somebody's head off like that, and
Speaker 1: when you take out a giant, not only does the
Speaker 1: people the Israelites believe in you now, but the Philistines
Speaker 1: are also gonna go, who is this sky dude? He
Speaker 1: just came with a sling and killed the killed us giant,
Speaker 1: you know. And uh, the one that everybody was fearing
Speaker 1: and so scared of and so afraid of, he came
Speaker 1: and just and also they're gonna say, who is this
Speaker 1: God that he that he's saying that that he wants
Speaker 1: to make sure we all know of Wow, he must
Speaker 1: God must have helped him, you know. So it's it's
Speaker 1: it's a lot, a lot of things happening in one
Speaker 1: so uh, it says here the battle and victory. So
Speaker 1: with a single stone, David debeats Goliath, demonstrating the battle
Speaker 1: that belongs to the Lord. And let's see if no,
Speaker 1: I don't want to read into that in my notes.
Speaker 1: We're good, We're good, We're good. Okay, let's continue. And
Speaker 1: when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
Speaker 1: Now the men of Israel and Judah arose in, shouted
Speaker 1: and persuaded the Philistines as or pursued the Philistines as
Speaker 1: far as the entrance of the valley of the Gates
Speaker 1: of Ekron, and the wounded, and the wounded of the
Speaker 1: Philistines fell among the road in Sharim, then as far
Speaker 1: as Gath and Ekron and the children of Israel returned
Speaker 1: from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their tents, and
Speaker 1: David took the head of the Philistine and brought it
Speaker 1: to Jerusalem and put his armor in his tent. And
Speaker 1: he put his armor in his tent. Then Saul saw
Speaker 1: David going out against the Philistines, and he said to Abner,
Speaker 1: the commander of the army, Adnir, who is the son
Speaker 1: is this youth? And Abner said, as your soul lives, O, King,
Speaker 1: I do not know. So the king said, inquire whose
Speaker 1: son the young man is. Then as David returned from
Speaker 1: the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought
Speaker 1: him before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in
Speaker 1: his hand. And Saul said to him, whose son are you,
Speaker 1: young man? And David answered, I am the son of
Speaker 1: this of your servant, Jesse the Bethamite. So wow, obviously
Speaker 1: we're gonna stop there because this is two hours. But man,
Speaker 1: he's still holding the head of the giant. When he
Speaker 1: goes to see Saul, Saul's probably like, also, like, who
Speaker 1: is this guy? Right? He wants to know who's the
Speaker 1: son of because he's probably getting a little like, hmm,
Speaker 1: I wonder if this is the guy that's gonna try
Speaker 1: and take over my kingship, right, So what an interesting
Speaker 1: part there. We finished chapter seventeen next week we'll pick
Speaker 1: up at chapter eighteen. It's getting real intense now, and
Speaker 1: it's getting interesting. Right. We went over the story of
Speaker 1: David and Goliath, which a lot of people love that story,
Speaker 1: but it's great to read it for yourself because there's
Speaker 1: all these different things that people kind of throw in
Speaker 1: there that might not be biblical, you know, so it's
Speaker 1: good to kind of read it for yourself. Also, the
Speaker 1: House of David that show. I don't know if you
Speaker 1: guys watched it, but you know, you watch it and
Speaker 1: you're like, Okay, now you kind of know what's biblical
Speaker 1: and what's not. Obviously they add some drama to it. Also,
Speaker 1: they if you notice on how sad David, the leader
Speaker 1: of the Philistines of the king or prince or king
Speaker 1: ended up going to meet with that woman, and then
Speaker 1: Goliath had five brothers or four brothers there, and that
Speaker 1: woman was kind of like the giant, like I don't know,
Speaker 1: I guess she raised them or something. And there was
Speaker 1: a lot to that that they put in there that
Speaker 1: is not biblical. So that's why it's good to read
Speaker 1: the story for yourself. Right, So let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: stop sharing, and we'll go over some practical applications before
Speaker 1: we end for chapter seventeen. Trust in God's power. Like David,
Speaker 1: we should place our trust in God's power rather than
Speaker 1: our own abilities when facing challenges. Obviously God is all powerful, right,
Speaker 1: and David had so much faith. He just walked by faith,
Speaker 1: and I think that was amazing. Kurads in the face
Speaker 1: of fear. David's courage teaches us to confront our fears
Speaker 1: with faith, knowing that God is with us. And then
Speaker 1: preparation and faithfulness. David's preparation with his sling and stones
Speaker 1: reminds us to be faithful in the small things, trusting
Speaker 1: that God will use them for his purposes, and then
Speaker 1: also proclaim God's name in our battles. We should boldly
Speaker 1: proclaim the name of the Lord, recognizing that he is
Speaker 1: our ultimate source of victory. So let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: go down to connecting additional scriptures. So we have Joshua one,
Speaker 1: verse nine. Have I not commanded you be strong and courageous,
Speaker 1: Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged, For the
Speaker 1: Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Speaker 1: And then we have Psalms twenty three, verse four. Even
Speaker 1: though I walk through the Valley of the shadow of Death.
Speaker 1: I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
Speaker 1: You're Rod and your staff they comfort me. Psalms twenty
Speaker 1: three obviously is written by David, and then we have
Speaker 1: a Phesian six ten through eleven. Finally, be strong in
Speaker 1: the Lord and his mighty power. Put the full armor
Speaker 1: of God, so that you can withstand the walls of
Speaker 1: the devils, or the devil the devil's schemes is what
Speaker 1: this says here, but it actually says the walls of
Speaker 1: the devil in the New King James. So all right,
Speaker 1: very interesting. So we went and finished chapter seventeen. Like
Speaker 1: I said, we'll pick up a chapter eighteen and then
Speaker 1: for Wednesday service we're actually in the Book of Romans,
Speaker 1: so that's gonna be Romans chapter one. We're going to
Speaker 1: do a little intro and we're gonna go over that
Speaker 1: for Wednesday service. To look forward to that. And my eyes, guys, yeah,
Speaker 1: they feel a lot better. I don't know if you
Speaker 1: who was listening, you know what happened is I was
Speaker 1: I went out to a well site at twelve thirty
Speaker 1: at night by myself, and this chlorine had sprayed out
Speaker 1: and it ended up getting in my eyes, sprayed me
Speaker 1: in the eyes. So last show I was wiping my
Speaker 1: eyes so much. But you know what, God is great.
Speaker 1: My eyes are feeling a lot better and that's amazing.
Speaker 1: So all right, so that's the end of Sunday service
Speaker 1: this week. So let's go ahead and end this in prayer. So,
Speaker 1: Father God, in the name of Jesus, thank you so
Speaker 1: much for blessing us with this beautiful time, giving us
Speaker 1: a clear connection. And Lord, thank you so much for
Speaker 1: letting us go through your word and providing us with
Speaker 1: your word, giving us the ability to read your word.
Speaker 1: I know that a lot of people in the past
Speaker 1: they weren't able to read, so they had to depend
Speaker 1: on other people reading the Bible to them. Thank you
Speaker 1: for giving us this ability. And there's lot of Goliath
Speaker 1: and some people's lives Lord that they feel like they
Speaker 1: just can't conquer. So please give us the strength to
Speaker 1: deal with whatever we have in our life spiritually, physically, mentally. Lord,
Speaker 1: give us the power and help us to depend on
Speaker 1: You to fight our battles, and not us to try
Speaker 1: to lean on our own understanding. Help us to lean
Speaker 1: on your understanding, Lord, and help us to do your will.
Speaker 1: Because sometimes we get carried away in life and we
Speaker 1: have a lot of things going on, and we might
Speaker 1: not know your will because we're so lost in the
Speaker 1: sauce of life, Lord, and so many things come at
Speaker 1: us at once. Sometimes there's a lot of people asking
Speaker 1: us and depending on us, and sometimes we forget that
Speaker 1: we need to go to you and find out your
Speaker 1: will instead of doing all these other people's will. You know,
Speaker 1: I see that life moves at a rapid pace, and
Speaker 1: sometimes it's hard for us to understand what the true
Speaker 1: meaning of life is because we get so wrapped up
Speaker 1: in life. So help us to be aligned with your will.
Speaker 1: Help me be aligned with your will. And anybody that's listening,
Speaker 1: we appreciate everything you do. Lord, like always, we love
Speaker 1: you so much and we appreciate you in Jesus' name. Amen.
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