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PLAYING THE FOOL Then Saul confessed, “I have sinned.
Come back home, my son, and I will no longer try to harm you, for you valued my life today.
I have been a fool and very, very wrong.”
TEXT: “Then said Saul, … Then Saul confessed, “I have sinned.
Come back home, my son, and I will no longer try to harm you, for you valued my life today.
I have been a fool and very, very wrong.”
21Then Saul confessed, “I have sinned.
Come back home, my son, and I will no longer try to harm you, for you valued my life today.
I have been a fool and very, very wrong.”
INTRODUCTION: Someone has said, “There’s no fool like an old fool.”
King Saul was nearing seventy years of age when he spoke these words to David.
Forty years before, Samuel had anointed Saul Israel’s first king.
He was a physical giant, a real leader of men, a man with great potential for outstanding success.
How King Saul played the fool.
A. He failed to await God’s appointed time .
8 Saul waited there seven days for Samuel, as Samuel had instructed him earlier, but Samuel still didn’t come.
Saul realized that his troops were rapidly slipping away.
9 So he demanded, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings!”
And Saul sacrificed the burnt offering himself.
10 Just as Saul was finishing with the burnt offering, Samuel arrived.
Saul went out to meet and welcome him, Samuel said, “Thou hast done foolishly”
9So he demanded, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings!”
And Saul sacrificed the burnt offering himself.
10Just as Saul was finishing with the burnt offering, Samuel arrived.
Saul went out to meet and welcome him, Samuel said, “Thou hast done foolishly” (v. 13 ASV).
B. He disobeyed the Lord’s command to destroy Amalek.
3 Now go and completely destroy the entire Amalekite nation—men, women, children, babies, cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and donkeys.” 4 So Saul mobilized his army at Telaim.
There were 200,000 soldiers from Israel and 10,000 men from Judah.
He substituted sacrifice for obedience.
Now pay attention here: Saul and his men spared Agag’s life and kept the best of the sheep and goats, the cattle, the fat calves, and the lambs—everything, in fact, that appealed to them.
They destroyed only what was worthless or of poor quality.
Now pay attention here: Saul and his men spared Agag’s life and kept the best of the sheep and goats, the cattle, the fat calves, and the lambs—everything, in fact, that appealed to them.
They destroyed only what was worthless or of poor quality.
Now pay attention here: Saul and his men spared Agag’s life and kept the best of the sheep and goats, the cattle, the fat calves, and the lambs—everything, in fact, that appealed to them.
They destroyed only what was worthless or of poor quality.
3Now go and completely destroy the entire Amalekite nation—men, women, children, babies, cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and donkeys.”
Was King Saul obedient?
Did he do “exactly” what God had commanded him to through Samuel?
NO!!!!!
Now pay attention here: Saul and his men spared Agag’s life and kept the best of the sheep and goats, the cattle, the fat calves, and the lambs—everything, in fact, that appealed to them.
They destroyed only what was worthless or of poor quality.
Now pay attention here: Saul and his men spared Agag’s life and kept the best of the sheep and goats, the cattle, the fat calves, and the lambs—everything, in fact, that appealed to them.
They destroyed only what was worthless or of poor quality.
Saul and his men spared Agag’s life and kept the best of the sheep and goats, the cattle, the fat calves, and the lambs—everything, in fact, that appealed to them.
They destroyed only what was worthless or of poor quality.
4So Saul mobilized his army at Telaim.
There were 200,000 soldiers from Israel and 10,000 men from Judah.
He substituted sacrifice for obedience.
9Saul and his men spared Agag’s life and kept the best of the sheep and goats, the cattle, the fat calves, and the lambs—everything, in fact, that appealed to them.
They destroyed only what was worthless or of poor quality.
C.
He became exceedingly jealous.
He made enemies of both Samuel and David.
Meanwhile, Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him.
He was buried in Ramah, his hometown.
And Saul had banned from the land of Israel all mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead.
3Meanwhile, Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him.
He was buried in Ramah, his hometown.
And Saul had banned from the land of Israel all mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead.
So, Saul had asked God for guidance now, I think he was “Pouting” and God refused to answer Saul.
How often do we ask God something, get impatient and then go to other sources?
Saul then said to his advisers, “Find a woman who is a medium, so I can go and ask her what to do.”
His advisers replied, “There is a medium at Endor.”
7Saul then said to his advisers, “Find a woman who is a medium, so I can go and ask her what to do.”
His advisers replied, “There is a medium at Endor.”
D. He sought counsel from a witch ().
He refused to go to the Lord in repentance.
This whole story when Saul searched out a “medium” was that of selfishness, jealously and greed.
He was rejected by God then he decided to search out Samuel.
“WHICH WAS DEAD.!”
E. He committed suicide in battle.
So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord.
He failed to obey the Lord’s command, and he even consulted a medium 14 instead of asking the Lord for guidance.
So the Lord killed him and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
13 So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord.
He failed to obey the Lord’s command, and he even consulted a medium 14 instead of asking the Lord for guidance.
So the Lord killed him and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
14 instead of asking the Lord for guidance.
So the Lord killed him and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
How we play the fool.
13So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord.
He failed to obey the Lord’s command, and he even consulted a medium
14instead of asking the Lord for guidance.
So the Lord killed him and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
A. We say, “There is no God” (NLT).
The atheist is a fool.
Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; not one of them does good!
B. We “make fun at times at sin,” we giggle at sin, we “belittle” sin... Fools make fun of guilt, but the godly acknowledge it and seek reconciliation, (they repent).
One who considers sin lightly—as the natural fruit of evolution, etc.—is a fool.
C. We trust in our own minds our own judgement.
When we do, we are fools.
Fools make fun of guilt, but the godly acknowledge it and seek reconciliation, again (they repent).
E. We substitute excuses for faith in Christ.
Anyone in here this morning make any excuses this past week, Why we either did or did not do something according to God’s Holy Word?
E. We substitute excuses for faith in Christ.
F. We Christians do not “walk with the Lord in the light of His Word.”
When we trust in our “own mind” or other men—“broken staffs”—we are fools.
Saul’s life started out pleasing to God.
God appointed Saul King through Samuel.
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