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The Downfall of King Saul
the charge that Samuel had made to Saul was that he was to wait for the prophet of God for further instructions.
so Saul prophesied as Samuel had said with the other prophets....
so Samuel said after Saul prophesied with the other prophets that he would be turned into another man.
so after he had prophesied God gave him another heart......
so at this point the spirit of God was with Saul and his appointment to be king of Israel.
though it was not originally the plan of God for Saul to be king…he used him for the sake of the people.
but this came with a warning to the people by Samuel......
so despite the direction that things where going…the prophet said that God would bless them and their king if they continued to serve and follow God...
Samuel had told the people that they had sinned against God in asking for a king to rule over them.
and prophesied that God would show a sign to the people in the form of thunder and rain.
after this, Saul slew a garrison of Philistines in Geba and the Philistines came down against Israel in retaliation.
30,000 chariots and 6,000 horseman and soldiers innumerable as the sands in the sea.
so the people where so afraid of the Philistines that they hid themselves in caves and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits...
the armies of the philistines pushed israel all the way back to Gilgal.
Saul was yet in Gilgal and the people that followed him trembled.
at this time Saul is afraid that they may not have the blessings of the Lord to protect them from the philistines.
so Saul decided to take matters into his own hands despite the direction and words of the prophet.
this came about in part because Saul slew a garrison of the philistines without finding out the directions that God had for them.
when sin takes a foot hold in our lives it brings fear and robs us of our faith and strength for fear of the enemies coming against us.
we no longer feel the hope and protection of God in our lives
condemnation begins to cause fear and doubt to take over.
the bible says that when sin is finished it bringeth for death.......
so, no matter what the situation in our lives..if we obey the word of God and serve him and wait upon his direction....God will take care of us....he will give us direction, guidance and he will sustain us.
we run into problems when we take matters into our own hands as Saul did.
Saul appears here a very silly prince.
1. Infatuated in his counsels (v.
1–3).
2. Invaded by his neighbours (v. 4, 5). 3. Deserted by his soldiers (v.
6, 7). 4. Disordered in his own spirit, and sacrificing in confusion (v.
8–10). 5. Chidden by Samuel (v. 11–13).
6. Rejected of God from being king (v.
14).
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The people appear hear a very miserable people.
1. Disheartened and dispersed (v.
6, 7). 2. Diminished (v. 15, 16).
3. Plundered (v.
17, 18). 4. Disarmed (v.
19–23).
This they got by casting off God’s government, and making themselves like the nations: all their glory departed from them.
God allowed them to reap the repercussions of their actions..to be as all other peoples, relying on their own strength without the strength of God.
so Saul, in his fear and impatience, proceeded to offer the sacrifices to God himself
Saul took it upon himself to offer the sacrifices himself though he was neither priest nor prophet.
but simply because he was king.
sin often causes us to make rash decisions and not according to the will of God
we see in the bible that man always gets himself in trouble by not being patient or not waiting upon the lord.....
this scripture is referring to people that get tired of waiting and begin to return to their own ways and soon forget about their God.
the bible says that they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength....
meaning to be in an active service to our God according to his direction and purpose.
TO SEEK HIM FIRST.
to wait upon his will and direction....to trust in the power of our God.
so Saul had made an oath that neither him or any man shall eat anything until the evening
but Jonathan his son ate honey because he had not heard of the oath by his father.
after the battle, the men with him ate of the spoils of the Philistines…but ate it raw or without proper draining of the blood....God had commanded that his people should not eat anything with the blood in it.
Saul attempted to cover up their sin by intermingling the people and feeding them cooked food.
he built an alter but was a little to late.
Samuel again told Saul to go and smite Amalek.......he was to utterly destroy all of them and all of their animals....including king Agag
Saul again did not obey Samuel......
so Samuel’s continuously did his own thing and obeyed not God.
Saul actually told Samuel that he had performed the commandment of the Lord????
Saul apparently still did not think he disobeyed God.....he tried defending himself despite being told what to do??
so Saul was being accused of being.
Rebellious
stubborn
Saul had disobeyed God in that he feared the people and obeyed their voice.
this is in essence the moral of the story......Obedience to God is more important than any kind of sacrifices we can make
we must obey God and his word rather than how we think it should be.
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