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How many of you enjoyed these when you were younger?
SLIDE: *Where’s Waldo
I used to love these - still do - and enjoy doing these sorts of things with my kids now.
What’s the point?
To find - Waldo
When we would TRY to find Waldo - we went into it KNOWING a couple of things...
We KNEW he was in there somewhere!
We knew NO MATTER what page we turned to - HE WAS THERE...
And he ALWAYS looked - the same!
THEREFORE - we knew WHAT to look for!
Was it the striped shirt?
- OR the hat?
OR - the wide-eyes with glasses?
TODAY - we’re going to take a break from our trek through the Samuels...
And focus today on - FINDING Christ in 1 Samuel.
Last week - we finished up the book of 1 Samuel...
a Book that records the establishment of Israel’s monarchy...
ABOUT 1050 B.C.
So - 1000 years BEFORE Christ....
YET - IN this book - if we KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR - we will see Jesus Christ in its pages.
If you have any experience with biblical hermeneutics / Interpretation...
You more than likely have heard of - Biblical Typology.
Typology is basically - the study of - OR - analysis of TYPES or Categories.
And so - when applying this concept to - JESUS...
You’ll hear it spoken of as - Christological Typology
A more formal definition would be this...
SLIDE:
Christological Typology is primarily concerned with identifying and interpreting the parabolic representations of the person and work of Jesus Christ that are found in the people, things, and events of the Old Testament.
And so today - we’ll see some TYPES of Christ.
We’re going to look at CONTRASTS and COMPARISONS to Christ...
And we’ll START with the Constrasts.
And so - I guess to START - we’ll look at an ANTI-TYPE of Christ.
To DO that - we’ll look at Saul.
The first contrast - -
SLIDE:
A Contrast in Kingship:
Where Saul shrunk back from the role of King, Christ stepped forward and fulfilled it.
Where I want us to go is to Saul’s anointing!
I hope we REMEMBER this section of text...
It tells us that when Saul was first PROCLAIMED KING before all the people of Israel...
He couldn’t be FOUND...
And it says he couldn’t BE FOUND - BECAUSE - what does this verse say?
“he hid HIMSELF among the baggage”
Saul had CHOSEN to HIDE himself...
and LOOKING BACK NOW at what ended up playing out - OH WHAT a foreshadowing that was - TO WHAT WOULD COME!!
Saul - AS WE KNOW - fell SHORT of ALL that was expected of him...
SURE - he had some good moments...
Had some good victories...
BUT - when a KING was NEEDED - he was often - absent...
hiding in the caves - AWAY from the battle.
Choosing NOT to step forward and fight the Philistines...
Choosing NOT to step forward and fight Goliath…!
Here we had - a KING - choosing cowardice - over conviction
THAT’s SAUL.... How about Christ?
Did Christ ALSO - hide amongst the baggage?
Let’s see...
Think through the CONTRAST...
SAUL - NOT KNOWING how life would play out - KNOWING he would be king...
HIDES himself - in the baggage...
When it was TIME to SHOW the PEOPLE who would LEAD THEM...
Who would lead them economically...
Who would lead them INTO BATTLE...
he takes the opportunity - and HIDES!
BUT JESUS - What does the song say?
Oh, let me tell ya bout my Jesus!
Read it again - VERSE 4!
“Then Jesus, KNOWING ALL THAT WOULD HAPPEN TO HIM…
(knowing all the BETRAYAL)
Knowing ALL the humiliation
knowing ALL the PAIN
What did he do?
He.CAME.FORWARD!
Man!
I want to be MORE like this....don’t YOU?
You mean - there’s a chance to speak about Jesus with my longtime friend?
He.CAME.FORWARD!
- Can I?
You mean - there’s a chance to show MERCY to that person who WRONGED me greatly?
He.CAME.FORWARD!
- Can I?
You mean - there’s a chance to give money to the poor / to the downtrodden / to the hurting / to the church?
He.CAME.FORWARD!
- Can I?
Not ONLY did Jesus NOT shrink back from His Kingship - but He EPITOMIZED what it MEANS - to RULE AS KING!
To STEP FORWARD - for the sake of HIS PEOPLE!
SAUL - Shrunk back...
CHRIST - Stepped Forward!
The next CONTRAST…?
SLIDE:
A Contrast in Obedience
Where Saul disobeyed God at will, Christ did only the will of God.
We’ve walked thru this AT LENGTH...
Saul was known for disobedience...
In Chapter 13 we read of Saul’s UNLAWFUL sacrifice...
He was told to wait 7 days for Samuel…And Samuel would come and perform the sacrifice!
He didn’t wait long enough - and decides to do it himself
In Chapter 15 Saul was told to destroy the Amalekites…to wipe them out...
INSTEAD - he keeps the best of the livestock…and brings back their king…alive.
Later on - as we read a couple weeks ago - Saul seeks to hear from God but God doesn’t respond...
What does he do?
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