WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.720 --> 00:00:07.360 Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Sunday Service, Episode fifty. I'm 2 00:00:07.400 --> 00:00:09.039 your host, Josh Monday. If you don't know me, I'm 3 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:11.800 a Christian rapper, voter, husband, farther and on me veteran. 4 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:16.079 I almost said cultic Conspiracy because I I was gonna say, 5 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:19.519 welcome to cultic Conspiracy. Sorry, this is a Sunday Service 6 00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:22.239 brought to you by cultic Conspiracy. Sorry I totally butchered that. 7 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:25.039 But anyways, it's all good. So yeah, we're gonna be 8 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:29.399 going over first, Samuel thirteen is we're gonna be at 9 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:31.559 But first I would like to give some shout outs 10 00:00:31.719 --> 00:00:35.079 to some people that commented last week. 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Who's doing. 32 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:02.760 I like to shout you guys out. I really appreciate 33 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:08.919 you and yeah, so yeah, very awesome. Interesting. Hope you 34 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:11.639 guys are doing well. I hope you had a blessed week, 35 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:15.840 and I hope you enjoyed Wednesday Service. And now I'm 36 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:20.319 gonna go ahead and jump into first Samuel thirteen's intro. 37 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:22.919 But first I'd like to share the screen for those 38 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:29.960 that could see on Patreon and YouTube. Later when this 39 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:33.240 goes up. So that way we have the versus on 40 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:35.560 the screen, and we're going to be in the new 41 00:02:35.639 --> 00:02:37.680 King James version for those that are new that are 42 00:02:37.719 --> 00:02:40.120 listening that way, you know where I'm going. And let 43 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:43.199 me go ahead and go over the First Samuel thirteen 44 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:48.039 intro It says Saul story and First Samuel thirteen offers 45 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:52.680 a powerful lesson in obedience, patience, and trust in God. 46 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:56.919 In times of fear and desperation, Saul chose to lean 47 00:02:56.960 --> 00:03:02.360 on his own understanding, leading to his downfall. This chapter 48 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:05.120 serves as a reminder that the true faith involves trust 49 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:09.400 in God's timing, obedience to his commands, and the wisdom 50 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:14.159 to acknowledge his authority. So keep all that in mind 51 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:23.199 as we're reading. Excuse me, and perfect so I'll hop 52 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:26.759 to my other notes here. So just to let you 53 00:03:26.759 --> 00:03:35.199 guys know, the first verse and First Samuel thirteen is incomplete, okay, 54 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:41.039 in the original manuscript. So the first verse in Hebrew 55 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:44.680 and the original manuscript is actually missing some parts. So 56 00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:46.520 I'll read about that real quick, just so you guys 57 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:48.400 are no that way, you know, when I find little 58 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:49.879 things like that, I like to let you guys know. 59 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:54.360 First Samuel thirteen one is incomplete in the Hebrew text. 60 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:57.840 It lacks specific details about Saul's age, when he became 61 00:03:57.960 --> 00:04:02.560 king and the length of his reign. Some translations attempt 62 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:05.400 to fill in the gaps with estimations, while others leave 63 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:10.560 it as is. The Greek Subtusian version omits the verse entirely. 64 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:15.120 Here's more detailed information. The original Hebrew text has blanks 65 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:18.279 for Saul's age and the length of his reign, leaving 66 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:23.160 the verse in an incomplete state. Translation variations, some like 67 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:28.160 the NRSV, reproduce the gaps with ellipses and provide footnotes 68 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:31.720 explaining the problem. Others, like the KGV, don't acknowledge the 69 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:35.560 issue and provide numbers as if they were accurate. Many 70 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:39.160 modern translations, such as the NIV, the NASB, the NALT, 71 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:42.079 and the NLT fill in the gaps with thirty for 72 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:45.639 Saul's age and forty two for his reign length, based 73 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:51.600 on internal biblical ch chronology from other sources like Josephus 74 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:55.920 and Acts thirteen twenty one. Possible reasons for the textual 75 00:04:56.000 --> 00:05:01.560 problem scribal errors. Ancient scribes copying the text by hand 76 00:05:01.639 --> 00:05:04.560 may have made errors in numbers. Either by dropping them 77 00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:09.800 or misinterpreting abbreviations lost original numbers. It's possible that the 78 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:13.160 original numbers were lost or damaged in the transmission of 79 00:05:13.199 --> 00:05:17.560 the text symbolic meaning. Some scholars suggest that the numbers 80 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:20.839 in the verse may have been symbolic rather than literal 81 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:24.560 importance to the verse. Despite the textual issue, the verse 82 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:27.199 is still important because it sets the stage for the 83 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:31.160 following narrative about Saul's reign and his relationship with the Philistines. 84 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:34.040 So just want to let you guys know that we're 85 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:36.240 gonna go ahead and read the new King James version. 86 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:39.199 So as I'm reading, just keep in mind that the 87 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:41.680 numbers could be inaccurate. I just want to be up 88 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:43.639 front and honest and let you guys know that when 89 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:45.800 I find little things like that, I know it's probably 90 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:49.000 maybe not so important to some of you, but to me. 91 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:51.399 You know, I'm like a kind of a Bible nerd, 92 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:54.439 so kind of like stuff like that. So let's go 93 00:05:54.439 --> 00:06:00.519 ahead and start reading. So Saul's unlawful sacrifice, this is 94 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:05.120 gonna be first Samuel thirteen, Verse one. Saul's reign. Saul 95 00:06:05.160 --> 00:06:07.720 reigned one year, and when he had reigned two years, 96 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:13.199 for Israel. Saul chose for himself. Three thousand men of Israel. 97 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:17.399 Two thousand were with Saul and mike Mash and the 98 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:21.399 mountains of Bethel, and two thousand were with Jonathan and 99 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:24.199 gabee A Benjamin. The rest of the people. He sent 100 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:28.639 away every man to his tent, and Jonathan attacked the 101 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:32.959 garrison of the Philistines that was in Giba, and the 102 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:36.240 Philistines heard of it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout 103 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:39.319 all the lands, saying, let the Hebrews hear. Now all 104 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:42.879 Israel heard it said that Saul had attacked a garrison 105 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:46.120 of the Philistines, and that Israel had also became an 106 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:49.480 abomination to the Philistines. And the people were called together 107 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:53.879 to Saul and Gilgol. Then the Philistines gathered together to 108 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:57.639 fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen 109 00:06:57.959 --> 00:07:02.079 and people as the sand, which is a metaphor for 110 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:05.079 when there's a lot of people gathered, they'll say like 111 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:07.800 the sand of the sea, which is on the seashore 112 00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:11.480 in the multitude. And they came up and encamped in 113 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:15.759 Mishmash on the east of beth Avon. When the men 114 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:17.879 of Israel saw that they were in danger, for the 115 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:20.800 people were distressed. Then the people hid in caves, in 116 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:24.199 thickets and rocks, in holes and in pits, and some 117 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:26.920 of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to the land 118 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:30.759 of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was in 119 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:34.959 Gilgall and all of the people followed him trembling. Then 120 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:38.399 he waited seven days according to the time set by Samuel. 121 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:40.839 But Samuel did not come to Gilgall, and the people 122 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:46.639 were scattered from him. So Saul. So Saul said, bring 123 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:49.480 a burnt offering and peace offering here to me, and 124 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:51.920 he offered the burno offering. Now what happened as soon 125 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:54.240 as he had finished presenting the burn offering that Samuel 126 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:56.879 came and Saul went out to meet him, that he 127 00:07:57.199 --> 00:08:02.680 may greet him. And Samuel said, but what have you done. 128 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:07.199 We're gonna stop there very important part, you know what. 129 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:09.000 We're not going to stop there. We're going to continue 130 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:11.720 until the end of that little portion on verse twelve, 131 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:14.120 and then we'll stop that way, you know what Saul said. 132 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:16.759 Saul said, when I saw the people were scattered from me, 133 00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:19.199 and they did not come within the days of appointed, 134 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:22.240 and that the Philistines gathered together at Missmash. Then I said, 135 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:25.680 the Philistines will not come down to come down on 136 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:28.319 me at Guilgall, and I have not made supplication to 137 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:32.320 the Lord. Therefore I felt compelled and offered a burnt offering. 138 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:36.799 As you guys probably know, to God, that's very offensive, right, 139 00:08:36.840 --> 00:08:39.879 He's not a priest. You're not supposed to do that, right. 140 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:45.679 So Saul's initial success and impatience, so that was definitely 141 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:48.840 some impatience. Let me just read my notes. Saul begins 142 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:51.840 his reign with the military success, but his impatience leads 143 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:55.480 him to act foolishly. He waited seven days, the time 144 00:08:55.559 --> 00:08:58.159 set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgall, 145 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:03.240 and the troops began to deser him. Saul's impatience and 146 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:06.080 waiting for Samuel to offer the burn offering reveals a 147 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:09.720 lack of trust in God's timing. Samuel told him to 148 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:12.399 wait seven days, and Samuel was on his way. He 149 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:16.720 was coming to come do the sacrifice. Paul got impatient 150 00:09:17.440 --> 00:09:20.440 and he went ahead and did the sacrifice. So what 151 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:24.960 did he do? This is complete disobedience. And he's supposed 152 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:28.480 to be the king and he's supposed to follow what 153 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:31.679 God says. The only way he's gonna win the battle 154 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:35.000 against the Philistines is if he obeys the Lord and 155 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:41.279 allows Samuel to come and do this offering. So let 156 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:53.080 me just we'll read a little deeper into that. That's 157 00:09:53.120 --> 00:09:58.879 initial success. Okay, yes, so here we go. Despite his 158 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:01.879 promising start, sauls his reign is married by impatience and 159 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:05.360 disobedience to God's commands. A pivotal moment occurs during the 160 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:08.360 conflict with the Philistines. As the Philistines gathered to fight Israel, 161 00:10:08.399 --> 00:10:11.799 Saul waits for Samuel to come and offer sacrifices. However, 162 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:15.360 when Samuel delays, Saul takes matters into his own hands 163 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:19.039 and offers that burnt offerings himself. This act of impatience 164 00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:23.679 is recorded in First Samuel thirteen, verse nine. So he said, 165 00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:26.279 bring me the burn offering in peace, and offered up 166 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:32.799 the burn offering. Saul's impatient leads to rebuke from Samuel, 167 00:10:32.799 --> 00:10:35.799 who arrives to Samuel and finishes the offering, which is 168 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:39.840 in Yeah. So we're gonna go ahead and continue reading, 169 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:45.399 and we'll get back to this portion. So and Samuel 170 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:48.039 said to Saul, this is gonna be First Samuel thirteen, 171 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:50.799 verse thirteen in the Bible. Okay, I'm off of the 172 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:55.200 nose fortune. And Samuel said to Saul that he had 173 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:58.120 done foolishly. You had not kept the commandment of the Lord, 174 00:10:58.159 --> 00:11:00.799 your God, which he commanded you. Now the Lord would 175 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:04.159 have established your kingdom over Israel forever. But now your 176 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:07.399 kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought for himself 177 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:09.720 a man after his own heart, and the Lord has 178 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:14.480 commanded him to be a commander over his people. Because 179 00:11:14.559 --> 00:11:17.799 you have not kept what the Lord commanded you. Then 180 00:11:17.879 --> 00:11:20.480 Samuel l rose and went up to Gilgal and Gibbee 181 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:23.759 and Benjamin, and Saul numbered the people present with him 182 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:28.320 about six hundred men. So you see what's going on here. Okay, 183 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:31.759 that disobedience caused that, So we'll go ahead and continue. 184 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:36.600 In my notes, it says Saul's impatient Lisa rebuke from Samuel, 185 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:39.440 who arrived just as Saul finish as the offering. Samuel 186 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:42.759 declares in First Samuel thirteen, verses thirteen through fourteen, you 187 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:45.840 acted foolishly, Samuel declared. You have not kept the command 188 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:48.519 of your Lord, your God. If you had, he would 189 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:51.600 have established your kingdom over Israel for all time. But 190 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:54.799 now your kingdom will not endure. The Lord has sought 191 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:57.440 out a man after his own heart and appointed him 192 00:11:57.519 --> 00:11:59.639 ruler over his people. Because you have not kept the 193 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:04.360 Lord's command. This incident marks the beginning of Saul's decline. 194 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:07.600 His failure to wait for Samuel and his subsequent disobedience 195 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:11.120 demonstrate to lack of faith and trusting God's timing. Saul's 196 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:15.960 impatience ultimately cost him enduring dynasty that could have been his. 197 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:19.759 Him the enduring dynasty that could have been his. You know, 198 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:24.200 he could have passed down the throne to his son Jonathan. 199 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:29.360 But because he made this mistake, which is huge. I 200 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:31.000 know it might not seem huge to us, but it's 201 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:35.240 huge back then then he obviously he is getting the 202 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:38.600 throne taken away from him. And in conclusion, it says 203 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:43.559 Saul's account serves as a contrary cautionary tale about the 204 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:47.159 dangers of impatience and the importance of obedience to God. 205 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:51.159 His initial success as king is overshadowed by his failure 206 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:54.799 to adhere to divine instructions, leading to his eventual rejection 207 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:58.480 by God. Saul's life underscores the biblical principle that true 208 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:01.519 leadership is rooted in faithfulness and submission to God's will. 209 00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:05.200 Amen to that. And then Jesus also says, if I can't, 210 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:08.919 if I can't trust you with the small things, how 211 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:11.399 we're we gonna trust you with the big things. You see. 212 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:16.639 So this is kind of similar to what Samuel or 213 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:21.679 what Saul just did. Right, He couldn't handle the small things. 214 00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:23.720 You can't even handle waiting on the Lord, a small 215 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:26.159 thing of waiting on the Lord and waiting on Samuel. 216 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:29.480 Samuel delayed, he went ahead and just got impatient, and 217 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:32.360 he just did the offering himself. So we'll go ahead 218 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:38.360 and go back to the word I mean, just oh, okay, 219 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:41.120 there's a little more steff on my note. Sorry, We'll 220 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:44.360 start at sixteen. In one moment disobedience, it's consequence of 221 00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:47.440 saul decision offered their offering. So the act of disobedience 222 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:51.480 leads to the pronounce to the pronouncement of his kingdom 223 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:53.480 that will endure. We can already went over that, so 224 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:54.879 maybe I don't need to go too much into that. 225 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:58.320 The importance of obedience. All story underscores the importance of 226 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:01.159 obedience to God's commands. But now your kingdom will not endure. 227 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:03.159 The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart. 228 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:07.120 God values obedience over sacrifice and seeks leaders who are 229 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:11.960 aligned with his heart. So he's showing you that he 230 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:17.120 values obedience over sacrifice. Right. So that's the very important 231 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:22.840 part for us to understand obedience over sacrifice. So what 232 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:29.279 do we learn from that? Guys? To God, obedience is 233 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:32.679 so important, and it's something that we kind of lack 234 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:36.960 if we forget. Sometimes sometimes we just think, well, we're 235 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:40.159 saved by grace through faith, so you know, you know, 236 00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:42.519 we're saved. We're good. We're good. We don't need to 237 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:46.679 be obedient. But we got to understand that obedience, that 238 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:51.639 disobedience separates us from God, which we don't want. There's 239 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:54.320 a verse in the Bible where Jesus says that he 240 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:59.720 never knew you, right, you prophesied in my name. Hold 241 00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:01.240 on the let me just look that up. I don't 242 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:04.240 want to butcher the verse because I'm not even thinking 243 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:06.639 about that portion of the Bible right now. I'm kind 244 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:21.360 of digging into Samuel. So I never knew you verse. Okay, 245 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:24.639 this is going to be Matthew seven twenty one through 246 00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:30.720 through twenty three. And I'm not in any way saying 247 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:35.799 that you have to work for your salvation. But what 248 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:39.159 I am saying is sin separates you from God. Right, 249 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:44.360 So we just needed to be aware of certain verses 250 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:47.639 in the Bible. I never knew you, not any not 251 00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:50.519 everyone who says to me, Lord Lord, shall enter the 252 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:52.919 Kingdom of heaven. But he who does the will of 253 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:58.120 my Father in heaven. So what is he saying? Like 254 00:15:58.440 --> 00:16:00.679 he's saying that the people that do the Willab's father 255 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:04.559 in heaven, they know him. Many will say to me 256 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:07.200 in that day, Lord Lord, have we not prophesized in 257 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:09.159 your name, cast out demons in your name, and done 258 00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:11.919 many wonders in your name? And I will declare to them, 259 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:17.519 I never knew you. Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness? 260 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:21.720 What does that even mean? Lawlessness? Let's look it up, 261 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:26.279 Matthew seven twenty three. 262 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:28.039 Let me look it up in. 263 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:38.279 I'll give you a hint. It definitely has to do 264 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:44.039 with not being obedient. Okay, that definitely has to do 265 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:53.840 with that, right, seven verse twenty three. So what it 266 00:16:53.879 --> 00:17:03.559 says in the King James, is you workers of iniquity. Iniquity? Right, 267 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:12.119 let me see, sorry, click that Okay, here we go. 268 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:18.119 It says they're the condition of without law because ignorant 269 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:21.359 of it, because of violating at it, contempt and violation 270 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:27.039 of law, iniquity or wickedness. That's what it says. So 271 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:32.160 we got to understand that we God wants obedience. That 272 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:34.799 verse is very good for you guys to understand, all right, 273 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:37.559 So we'll go ahead and continue reading. That says no 274 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:40.839 weapons for the army. So we're in First Samuel thirteen, 275 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:45.480 verse sixteen saw Jonathan, his son and the people present 276 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:51.400 them present with them remained in Giebaw, and Benjamin present 277 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:55.279 with them remained in Gibaw. Benjamin, but the Philistines in 278 00:17:55.440 --> 00:18:00.920 camp and Missmash. Then raiders came out to the camp 279 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:04.960 of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned onto 280 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:09.759 the road to Oprah, to the land of Shoal or Schul, 281 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:13.759 another company turned to the road to beth Huron, and 282 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:16.599 another company turned to the road of the border that 283 00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:22.319 overlooks the valley of Zebium toward the wilderness. So there 284 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:25.079 was no blacksmith to be found throughout the land of Israel. 285 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:28.799 Let me just tell you why. Oh well, I might 286 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:30.720 tell you right here. For the Philistines said, lest the 287 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:33.240 Hebrews make soldi or spears, but all the age lights 288 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:35.759 who go down to the Philistines to sharpen each man's plow, 289 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:40.559 his mattic, his axe, and a sickle. And the charge 290 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:43.279 for the sharpening was a pim for the for the 291 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:46.000 plow shares and the pittocks and forks, and the axis 292 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:48.960 to set the points of the goads. So basically they 293 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:53.039 didn't allow any blacksmith to be in Israel. And what 294 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:54.440 they did is they had that you had to go 295 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:58.039 to the Philistines and pay it's called the pim, which 296 00:18:58.119 --> 00:19:01.440 is money for them to up in their their forks, 297 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:07.240 their axes, for the plow, all that stuff. So they're 298 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:10.279 actually charging them for that. So that way they couldn't 299 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:13.960 have any weapons in the land, which is which is terrible. 300 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:16.640 So it came about on the day of battle that 301 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:19.200 there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand 302 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:21.519 of any people who were with Saul and Jonathan. But 303 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:24.440 they were found with Saul and Jonathan his son. So 304 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:26.839 the only people that actually had a sword and a 305 00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:31.039 spear is Jonathan and Saul. At this point, and the 306 00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:35.480 garrison of the Philistines went out to pass and mishmash. 307 00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:40.200 So that's terrible, right, So we went in and finished 308 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:42.880 chapter thirteen. But it's it's terrible that they don't allow 309 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:47.400 them to defend themselves and to have any weapons. Kind 310 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:49.319 of similar to what's going on over there right now 311 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:53.720 in Israel. Right, all right, don't want to go into that, 312 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:58.759 but anyways, but it's opposite, right there are not allowing 313 00:19:58.759 --> 00:20:03.839 the other people to have weapon. So all right, let's 314 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:06.960 go over some practical applications for this chapter. One of 315 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:08.920 them is very important for all of us to know 316 00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:13.000 and do. We need to trust in God's timing in 317 00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:16.480 moments of uncertainty. Trust that God's timing is perfect. Avoid 318 00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:21.279 the temptation to rush ahead of his plans. All right. 319 00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:28.559 Obedience over expedience is another one. Prioritize obedience to God's commands, 320 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:32.519 even when it seems inconvenient or when others are pressuring 321 00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:39.480 you to act otherwise. Obedience, Amen. We need to prioritize obedience. 322 00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:43.920 We definitely have to because you feel that way for 323 00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:48.279 a reason. When you feel convicted and you feel like, oh, 324 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:50.400 I shouldn't do this and you end up doing it 325 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:55.200 and you feel bad, there's a reason because you're separating 326 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:58.240 yourself from the Lord. Not for life, but for a 327 00:20:58.240 --> 00:21:01.640 little bit, just for a little, a little time. Okay, 328 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:06.880 seek God's heart. Does another one, strive to be a 329 00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:10.599 person after God's own heart by aligning your desires and 330 00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:17.240 actions with his will. That's why Jesus says that he 331 00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:19.359 wants you know. It says it right there. I mean, 332 00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:23.119 I'm not trying to scare anybody, but it definitely says 333 00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:31.839 it right there. Not everyone will say it then to 334 00:21:31.880 --> 00:21:34.720 be Lord Lord shall enter the Kingdom of heaven. But 335 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:37.359 he that doeth the will of my Father, which is 336 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:40.720 in heaven. So that's why it says this, see God's 337 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:42.480 own heart. Try to be a person after God's own 338 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:46.359 heart and aligning your desires and actions with his will. 339 00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:48.759 That's what it says here. Very important to kind of 340 00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:52.119 line up with that versus perfectly. All right, let's go 341 00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:57.400 ahead and look at some connecting scriptures. We have a 342 00:21:57.880 --> 00:22:00.920 one that has been popping up very a lot in 343 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:04.079 a lot of episodes, Proverbs three five through six, which 344 00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:06.720 is trust in the Lord with your heart and lean 345 00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:09.400 out on your own understanding in all your ways. Acknowledge Him, 346 00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:12.640 and he will make your path straight. This passage reinforces 347 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:18.519 the importance of trusting God's guidance. Obviously Saul didn't do that, 348 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:23.880 but David wrote, I'm sorry. Solomon wrote Proverbs, so obviously 349 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:27.400 he had wisdom, so he knew that trust in. He 350 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:29.160 knew trust in the Lord with all your heart, and 351 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:31.880 lean out on your own understanding. Right. And then we 352 00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:36.160 have Psalms thirty seven, verse seven, be still before the 353 00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:40.759 Lord and wait patiently for him. Now who wrote the Psalms? David? 354 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:43.799 Who's David? Well, David's about to take over the throne 355 00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:48.680 from Saul, So obviously David has some patience, but not 356 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:52.279 fret with men prosper in their ways when they carry 357 00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:55.440 out wicked schemes. This first encourages patience to trust in 358 00:22:55.559 --> 00:23:00.359 God's justice. And then we also have Acts thirteen, verse 359 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:05.000 twenty two. After removing Saul, he raises up David, as 360 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:08.720 their king had testified about him. I fl David said 361 00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:11.640 of Jesse, a man after my own heart, and he 362 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:15.799 will do my will. This highlights the contrast between Saul 363 00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:24.599 and David, emphasizing the importance of a heart aligned with God. Amen. 364 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:34.680 So all right, let's go ahead and go up to 365 00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:42.759 next chapter. Now we're in First Samuel fourteen. Let me 366 00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:46.359 just go over the intro. First Samuel fourteen teaches us 367 00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:51.880 about the importance of complete hold on. Let me just 368 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:55.200 switch this so you guys can have that up there. Okay. 369 00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:59.160 First Samuel fourteen teaches us about the importance of complete 370 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:02.960 trust in God as shown by Jonathan, and the disastrous 371 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:06.759 consequences of acting impulsively as demonstrated by Saul. We learned 372 00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:10.519 that faith coupled with wisdom brings victory, while rashness and 373 00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:14.640 disobedience brings trouble. This chapter reminds us to seek God's 374 00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:21.079 guidance in our decisions and heed his commandments. Amen to that, 375 00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:27.839 and we'll go ahead in fourteen seven. Okay, cool, not 376 00:24:27.880 --> 00:24:35.119 missing anything there? All right, let's go ahead and dig in. 377 00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:39.640 I don't believe I have anything in my notes that 378 00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:42.000 I missed. Let me just make sure my other notes 379 00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:47.759 Saul did wrong and come up with this causes why 380 00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:50.359 he did it. Yes, God gives you victy, but you 381 00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:53.720 still have to fight. Yep, that's chapter fourteen. Okay, let's 382 00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:56.880 go ahead and check out chapter fourteen. First Samuel fourteen, 383 00:24:57.079 --> 00:25:02.559 Jonathan defeats the Philistines. This is First Samuel fourteen, verse one. 384 00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:05.119 Now it happened one day that Jonathan, the son of Saul, 385 00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:08.440 said to a young man who bore his armor, come 386 00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:11.519 let us go over to the Philippines garrison that is 387 00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:19.400 on the other side. Garrison is like or they're all 388 00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:22.279 lined up, and it's where they're eating and they're doing everything. 389 00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:25.640 That's that's where garrison is in our army too. It's 390 00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:28.440 like where you're it's a place where you're kind of 391 00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:34.359 stationed until you go to battle. Right, So garrison is 392 00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:39.799 on the other side, but we do not tell. But 393 00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:43.039 he did not tell his father, so Jonathan didn't tell Saul. 394 00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:46.359 And Saul was sitting on the outskirts of Gebee under 395 00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:50.000 a pomegranate tree, which is in the migron. The people 396 00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:54.160 who were with him were about six hundred men, Aijah 397 00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:58.839 the son of atub Ichabod's brother, the son of Phineas, 398 00:25:58.960 --> 00:26:02.200 the son of Eli, the lord's priest, and Shiloh was 399 00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:06.000 wearing an ephod. But the people did not know that 400 00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:10.279 Jonathan had gone Between the passes by which Jonathan sought 401 00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:12.880