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Background: In Chapter 26 we see that David once again has an opportunity to ascend to the throne by taking Saul’s life.
David again refuses to advance the will of God by compromising the word of God.
Saul is a fool and with little regard for the things of God Saul seeks to maintain his kingdom.
Chapter 27 David is again forced to live on the boundaries.
He has to move to Philistine territory and make a home.
This looks like a terseness act but David never lifts his hand agains the people of God.
David is constantly attaching the enemy but never the people of God.
Chapter 27 shows us a very dark side of David these are some of the darkest moments of Davids life.
Because Saul refused to listen to the voice of God to Saul’s great horror he finds that God no longer speaks to him!
God judges sin through His silence.
1 sam 28:1-
Fear is a symptom of a relational disconnect from God.
Afraid = 5,13
Fear = 20
Terrified = 21
Psalm
J.D. Greear stated,
Fear is one of the defining characteristics of anyone living apart from God.
It literally drives everything in Saul’s life.
RC.
Sproul stated:
The prohibition uttered more frequently than any other by our Lord is the command, “Fear not …” He said this so often to His disciples and others He encountered that it almost came to sound like a greeting.
Where most people greet others by saying “Hi” or “Hello,” the first words of Jesus very often were “Fear not.”
Peace with God brings the Peace of God!
The reason Saul is personally uncomfortable because there is such a distance between himself and His God.
Sin’s tragic trajectory leads to an unimaginable horror.
Sin will take you to places you never thought you would go!
Unrepentant sin will cause you to compromise your own convictions.
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In the present instance, the Hebrew word for “medium” is lit.
“ghostwife” or perhaps “ghostmistress.”
In Mesopotamia, the necromancer would rub salve on his or her face in an effort to contact or perhaps embody the spirit of the dead,
Craig S. Keener and John H. Walton, eds., NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2016), 507.
1 sam 28:8-
Unrepentant sin means God is not a friend but a foe.
1 sam 28 16
Unrepentant sin ultimately brings God’s hand of judgment.
Our sin always effects others.
Your sin effects your family.
Your sin effects your faith family.
You are powerless to mitigate the effects of your sin.
1 sam 28
There is no salvation when there is no repentance.
When you turn from the light you ultimately end up in darkness.
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