God Rejects a King

Daniel Norman

TGP A Kingdom Provided • Sermon • Submitted 5 years ago • Presented 5 years ago

1 Samuel 8–15

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[Video: King of Kings] 3 minutes

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Good Morning Church,

We are continuing in our series of the Gospel Project and specifically the unit entitled “A Kingdom Provided”. And this morning we are going to meet the very first in the long line of earthly kings appointed by God to rule over the nation of Israel.

Some of us love the old romanticized stories of the mighty kings and queens of old. I think of the times that we have read to our children the stories of C.S. Lewis in the land of Narnia, where four children from Great Britain are magically transported to a fantastical world where they grow up to rule as Kings and Queens. I love these stories, and many like it, but even as I read them they do feel so very far away. I can wrap my head around the story of a King in a far off land like Narnia, but I have a much harder time wrapping my head around a King ruling over my life today.

But the truth is that everyone of us has a King who sits on the throne of our lives. One who rules over our perspectives, our inclinations, our decisions and actions. We are either ruled by the inclinations of our sinful selves, or we have given that role and rule to another.

So as we dive deeply into the age of the Kings of Israel, remember that this is not just a distant story of Kings and kingdoms, but opportunities for us to understand what living under the rule of a King truly looks like. What does it mean for a people to choose to submit to a King. What does it mean for a King to execute sovereign rule over a peraon. Is having a King to rule over us a good thing or a bad thing?

So as we dive deeply into the age of the Kings of Israel, remember that this is not just a distant story of Kings and kingdoms, but opportunities for us to understand what living under the rule of a King truly looks like. What does it mean for a King to execute sovereign rule over us. Is having a King to rule over us a good thing or a bad thing?

Depends on the King.

So far we have looked intently into this character named Samuel, who became the spiritual guide to all the 12 tribes of Israel. It is

Tension

Over the past several weeks we have looked intently into this character named Samuel, who became the spiritual guide to all 12 tribes of Israel. It is Samuel’s name that we know these books of the Bible by today, but this was not always the case. In the original Hebrew these two books were just one book called the book of “Samuel”, but when translators went to translate the original Hebrew text into Greek or Latin they found that the book was way to long to include on one scroll. This is because ancient Hebrew did not have any vowels, only consonant letters. That is why we are so uncertain how to pronounce words in Hebrew because we don’t know if the word should have an “a,e,i, o, u or sometimes y” sound. That saved a lot of room on the scroll, but made it really long when translating to another language.

My point in leading you down this historical narative of Bible translation is that for many years these two books of Samuel were actually called 1st and 2nd Kings, and the books that we know by that name were titled 3rd and 4th Kings. The idea being that the establishment and role of a King in these stories is central to their meaning.

So what is a King? And how did the Israelite people go this long without one? or did they? And most important to us today, what does it mean when we say that Jesus is our King?

That is what we are going to take a look at in our text for today, so if you would open up your Bibles to , pg 230 in the Bibles in the chairs, Ill’ pray and we will learn of King together.

It is What is a King? vs. a judged

get this far as a people before they had one?

Well It is What is a King? vs. a judged

God requires that a king be humble and patient waiting on Him, trusting in Him, in order for that King to be a blessing to his people.

They were tribes at the beginning of 1 Samuel, but they will become a nation by the end of 2 Samuel.

Truth

The people reject God as their true King ()

1 Samuel 8:1–3 ESV

1 When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel. 2 The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba. 3 Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after gain. They took bribes and perverted justice.

1 Samuel 8:1-3

This is such a sad reoccurring theme, the sons of the servants of God reject the ways of God. We saw it in Eli the priest, and now it comes back at us again in the life of Samuel. The truth is that it will be a reoccurring theme throughout the stories of the Kings of Israel. Apparently, parenting well is difficult, even when children are brought up in a life of privilege. There are lessons here for each one of us parents. We might be working hard to give our children every advantage this world has to offer, but have we gone after their hearts?

The prophet Samuel missed this...

1 Samuel 8:4–5 ESV

The idea of a King was not new to the Israelites, they went up against Kings of other nations all the time, but now they wanted a King just like everyone else around them. Do you see how they are completely missing the big picture here? The people of God are to be “holy” or set apart from every other nations of the World. Their relationship with the LORD was to be such a radically different and radiantly better way to be human that the nations of the world would desire to change and be like them, instead they are asking to change and be like the nations of the world. They wanted to trade in their relationship with God as their King for a broken earthly version like everyone else had.

Theme #1: The people reject God as their true King ()

1 Samuel 8:

1 Samuel 8:4–9 ESV

4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah 5 and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.” 6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord. 7 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them. 8 According to all the deeds that they have done, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are also doing to you. 9 Now then, obey their voice; only you shall solemnly warn them and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.”

1 Samuel 8:6–9 ESV

6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord. 7 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them. 8 According to all the deeds that they have done, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are also doing to you. 9 Now then, obey their voice; only you shall solemnly warn them and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.”

1 Samuel 8:4-

Samuel was their judge, the prophet of the LORD so their call for a King was a rejection of his guidance. He took this rather personally, but the LORD was clear with him that it was much worse than that. This was a rejection of the LORD as their true King. They were rejecting the role that God had given them to be His subjects and instead wanting to be the subjects of some earthly King. As we look back on it, it seems crazy, but if we were honest, how many times have we traded in the good that God has given for a counterfeit earthly version that it seems everyone else has?

So Samuel follows the LORD’s instructions and he “solemnly warns them” about what will happen if they have an earthly King, and the key word found throughout this direct warning is the word “take”

An earthly King will take your sons to be his charioteers, horseman and foot soldiers.

He will take your sons to be

He will take you

He will honor some as Generals, or captains but others He will take to plow his fields and work as his blacksmiths

He will take your daughters to cook and bake and make perfumes for him

He will take the best of your fields, vineyards and olive groves

He will take your servants, your harvest, your cattle, your donkeys, and your flocks

And you will become his slaves, you will cry out to God on that dayand he will not answer you

And you know what the people said to Samuel, the prophet of God: Na, that won’t happen. Look at everyone else who has a King. They seem like it works for them, we want to be like them. So the LORD agreed to give them what they were begging him for.

Some of the most difficult lessons in life come when God finally agrees to give us something that we begged him for. Because sometimes God’s “yes” is not given with his approval, but for our discipline. An opportuntiy for us to see how sinful and selfish our will can be. That is why Scripture talks so often about seeking first the will of the LORD.

In the same prayer whereJesus taught us to pray, “give us this day our daily bread” and “deliver from evil” he also taught us to pray “You Kingdom come your will be done”. We ask God for things as a loving child would approach their loving Father, but we do it in full submission of the fact that His will is best. As the speaker told us last night at Man Camp, we don’t always get our questions answered, but we hold tightly to that truth that God’s will is best.

And Jesus didn’t just teach us this in words, he showed us what this looked like. Because this is exactly what he prayed before he experienced the most evil thing that has ever happened here on earth. Before he went to the cross Jesus prayed:

Mark 14:36 ESV

36 And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

We are free to come to the Father with the desires of our hearts, but it must always be bathed in our submission to the will of the Father.

James 4:13–15 ESV

13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”

James 4:13 ESV

13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—

Mark 14:36 ESV

36 And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

So the LORD gave them what they begged for and provided them a King just like the area nations had. From the Biblical description he had everything that we would look for in a King, when looking at the outside. He stood head and shoulders above other men, a ruggedly handsome guy named Saul.

Still God did give them a King, and from the Biblical description he had everything that we would look for in a King, when looking at the outside. He stood head and shoulders above other men, a ruggedly handsome guy named Saul. But when God told Israel He would give them a King, he gave them a king inside and out. Saul had everything that he needed to be a good King. This is something that seemed to just jump off the page to me this past week as I prepared for this message. In the past, I wrote Saul off as someone who looked like a King only on the outside. As if he was doomed from the start because He never had the heart of a King. But don’t forget, God gave Israel this man for their first King. He was not deceived by the good looks he gave him, He knew Saul’s heart and he changed Saul’s heart.

But when God told Israel He would provide a King for them, he was not just talking about someone who looked like a King. The LORD gave them a king inside and out.

This is something that seemed to just jump off the page to me this past week as I prepared for this message. Because I know the end of the story, I wrote Saul off as someone who looked like a King only on the outside. As if he was doomed from the start because He never had the heart of a King. But don’t forget, the LORD gave Israel this man for their first King, and our God is never deceived by outward appearances.

You might have heard something like this before, but God does not call the equipped, He equips the called. In other words, God doesn’t look around to see who is ready to do what he asks, He calls them to follow Him first and then when they answer the call He gives them what they need to accomplish what He has called them to do.

Do you see the significance of the difference? You see if God called people who already had everything that they needed to accomplish a particular task then they will depend on themselves, but when they say “yes” before they even have what they need to accomplish what God has called them to do then they have nothing to do but to depend on Him.

The LORD’s practice to equip the called is something that creates the dependency in Him that everyone of his followers needs. He did this very thing in Israels first King Saul.

I don’t have time this morning to go over it in great detail, but Saul just “happened” to be out searching for some of his families donkeys when he ran into the prophet Samuel. Obviously the LORD had orchestrated this meeting and had already told Samuel what he should do when it happened. So Samuel told Saul all that he LORD was going to do in and through Him. Then he anointed him, blessed him, and told him what would happen over the next several days as signs that these things were from the LORD. And then it says in 10:9

1 Samuel 10:9 ESV

9 When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart. And all these signs came to pass that day.

1 samuel 10:9ose things happened, but even before they happened the text says:

The LORD did not give his people a defective King. He was not a lost cause from the beginning. The LORD gave him exactly what he needed to be a good King, but at the end of the day he was still an earthly king. He was still subject to the very same things that every child of God is subject to.

1 Samuel 12:13–14 ESV

Samuel makes sure that the people understand that having a King does change who He is and how He will relate to His people.

1 Samuel 12:, and for a season he did do well, until the pressures of being King began to take their toll. People who at one point were his biggest supporters, had now started to desert him. As the King, the sovereign, the one everyone was looking to he figured he had to do something. He couldn’t wait and to do things God’s way, he had to take action now, people were looking to him for leadership…but whose leadership was he looking to?

1 Samuel 12:13–15 ESV

13 And now behold the king whom you have chosen, for whom you have asked; behold, the Lord has set a king over you. 14 If you will fear the Lord and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, and if both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the Lord your God, it will be well. 15 But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord will be against you and your king.

For a season, Saul did do well. He did fear the LORD, serve him and obey his voice until.. he didn’t. The children of Israel were quick to turn against the LORD when He was their King, and it didn’t take long for them to turn against this earthly one. People who at one point were his biggest supporters, had now started to desert him. As the newly established King, the sovereign, the one everyone was looking to, he figured he had to do something. He couldn’t wait any longer to do things God’s way, he had to take action now, people were looking to him for leadership…but whose leadership was he looking to?

, and for a season he did do well, until the pressures of being King began to take their toll. People who at one point were his biggest supporters, had now started to desert him. As the King, the sovereign, the one everyone was looking to he figured he had to do something. He couldn’t wait and to do things God’s way, he had to take action now, people were looking to him for leadership…but whose leadership was he looking to?

and for a season he did do well, and then he didn’t. What was it that changed? the pressures of being King began to take their toll. People who at one point were his biggest supporters, had now started to desert him. As the King, the sovereign, the one everyone was looking to he figured he had to do something. He couldn’t wait and do things God’s way, he had to take action now, people were looking to him for leadership…but whose leadership was he looking to?

rebellious when the the LORD was their King. It didn’t take long for them to turn aginst Remember that the Children of God were horribly rebellious when they had the perfect King. The pressures of being King over the began to take their toll. People who at one point were his biggest supporters, had now started to desert him. As the King, the sovereign, the one everyone was looking to he figured he had to do something. He couldn’t wait and do things God’s way, he had to take action now, people were looking to him for leadership…but whose leadership was he looking to?

and for a season he did do well, until the pressures of being King began to take their toll. People who at one point were his biggest supporters, had now started to desert him. As the King, the sovereign, the one everyone was looking to he figured he had to do something. He couldn’t wait and do things God’s way, he had to take action now, people were looking to him for leadership…but whose leadership was he looking to?

The people rejected God as their King

. You can read about them in Chapter 10 this next week. prophesied over him and annointed him

1 Samuel 12:13–15 ESV

Samuel warned them what a King would bring, but they said they wanted one anyway

Samuel warns them again that if they and their new King do no trust and obey the LORD then His hand will be against them. And it wasn’t long before...

prophesied over him and annointed him

The people’s king fails to trust God

Theme #2: The people’s king fails to trust God ()

This is how the story went...

1 Samuel 13:6–8 ESV

1 Samuel 13:6-

Welcome to leadership Saul. This is par for the course when it comes to leading any group of people, and history should have taught him that God’s people were no different. When things are going well we are quick to celebrate, but when things get rough we scatter easily. That is why when it comes to leading God’s people, we don’t look to gather a consensus among the people, we follow the instructions of the LORD!

1 Samuel 13:9

Understand that this is a very bleak and serious situation! The people of the land are in hiding, the army is deserting and it’s not like Samuel called ahead to say he is going to be a little late. From every angle it appears that if someone doesn’t do something soon, all will be lost…so Saul decided to take matters into his own hands, and it cost him dearly.

1 Samuel 13:6–14 ESV

6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were hard pressed), the people hid themselves in caves and in holes and in rocks and in tombs and in cisterns, 7 and some Hebrews crossed the fords of the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul was still at Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. 8 He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him. 9 So Saul said, “Bring the burnt offering here to me, and the peace offerings.” And he offered the burnt offering. 10 As soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came. And Saul went out to meet him and greet him. 11 Samuel said, “What have you done?” And Saul said, “When I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines had mustered at Michmash, 12 I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the Lord.’ So I forced myself, and offered the burnt offering.” 13 And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you. For then the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. 14 But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

1 Samuel 13:9–14 ESV

9 So Saul said, “Bring the burnt offering here to me, and the peace offerings.” And he offered the burnt offering. 10 As soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came. And Saul went out to meet him and greet him. 11 Samuel said, “What have you done?” And Saul said, “When I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines had mustered at Michmash, 12 I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the Lord.’ So I forced myself, and offered the burnt offering.” 13 And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you. For then the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. 14 But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

This encounter presents for us this huge foreshadowing of the rest of the book of 1 Samuel. Typically, the role, responsibility and honor of being King is passed on to his first born son, his heir, the prince. However, God doesn’t need to do what is typical. He has chosen a new prince, a man after his own heart, and the rest of the book of Samuel will be about how Saul and his family are removed and that prince comes to be King.

Remember Samuel’s warning,

...if both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the Lord your God, it will be well. But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord, ...then the hand of the Lord will be against you and your king.

God gave him the tools that he needed, a new heart a confirmation of his giftings, but he failed to trust God

This is the consequence of Saul’s failure to trust God, but along with that we find that he also fail’s to obey him.

In line with Samuel's warning, this is the consequence of Saul’s failure to trust God, but along with that we find that he also fail’s to obey him.

The people rejected God as their true King, he provided for them an earthly King and equips him to be a good king if he trusts and obeys the LORD. But he did not, and our last story gives a perfect example of that as...

The people rejected God as their true King

the people’s king failed to trust God and so God promises to remove him as King, still the LORD gives him another opportunity to show his faithfulness. That is where we find our final theme where:

Theme #2: The people’s king fails to trust God

Theme #3: The people’s king fails to obey God ()

So this story is difficult to understand without context, and if I am honest it is a bit difficult to accept with the context. Basically when the Children of Israel left Egypt and took their long journey to the land that God had promised them they had interactions with many different nations along the way. Some good, some bad…ok mostly bad but one of the worst was with the king of Amalekites. This was the battle where the Children of Israel prevailed as long as Moses held up his staff, but when his arms got too heavy to hold it up they began to lose. So two guys stood with Moses and held up his arms as he held up the staff and Israel won the victory.

I don’t exactly know what it was about the Amalekites that made them so much worse than the other pagan nations, but the LORD promised to wipe them off the face of the earth. And as we have said before, the LORD always keeps his promises. So now that the Children of Israel are all united under one earthly King, the LORD deciedes to give Saul another chance. He gives him the mission to follow through on his promise and wipe these people, their belongings, their cattle and everything off the map.

Somehow they had so violated the created form that God gave them that He was not going to allow them to continue in it.

So the LORD sends Saul on this sacred mission to accomplish his declared promise that He will utterly destroy this people group. And Saul was victorious in the battle, but not in the mission. Instead of devoting everything to destruction as he was commanded by the LORD, the people saved some of the best things. This clear disobedience was the last straw for Saul.

1 Samuel 15:10-

1 Samuel 15:10–11 ESV

1 Samuel 15:10–14 ESV

The commandment of the LORD was to “devote to destruction all that they have” and Saul in his arrogance declares it to be done, even as the air if filled with sounds that prove that he did not.

1 Samuel 15:15 ESV

15 Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice to the Lord your God, and the rest we have devoted to destruction.”

1 Samuel 15:15-

Reminds me of the story a father told of his 15 month old child who had made their way into the kitchen to get out the box of cookies they were told they could not have. The father said he had an advantage in this situation because 15 month olds don’t understand that sound travels. So when he heard the wrapping from the box being crinkled he got up and caught the child with a cookie in his hand.

And the Dad said, “What do you think you are doing?”

And the child said, “I was getting a cookie for you”

The Dad replied, “I don’t want the cookie”

To which the child responded, “Then can I have it?”

I realize that is a bit of a jump to compare the response of a one year old to the King of a nation like Israel, but in this moment his actions were just about as immature. Why were the best things not devoted to destruction as God commanded? They wanted to give him these things as a gift. “I was getting a cookie for you”. Samuel knows what is really going on here and he stops him before he goes any further and asks

1 Samuel 15:19 ESV

19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you pounce on the spoil and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord?”

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And Saul kept making his excuses, insisting that it was the people’s decision to keep the spoils to sacrifice it to the LORD.

1 Samuel 15:22 ESV

22 And Samuel said, “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

1 Samuel 15:

1 Samuel 15:16–23 ESV

16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop! I will tell you what the Lord said to me this night.” And he said to him, “Speak.” 17 And Samuel said, “Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel. 18 And the Lord sent you on a mission and said, ‘Go, devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’ 19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you pounce on the spoil and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord?” 20 And Saul said to Samuel, “I have obeyed the voice of the Lord. I have gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me. I have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I have devoted the Amalekites to destruction. 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.” 22 And Samuel said, “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.”

1 Samuel 15:

1 Samuel 15:10–23 ESV

10 The word of the Lord came to Samuel: 11 “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments.” And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the Lord all night. 12 And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning. And it was told Samuel, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself and turned and passed on and went down to Gilgal.” 13 And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed be you to the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord.” 14 And Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears and the lowing of the oxen that I hear?” 15 Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice to the Lord your God, and the rest we have devoted to destruction.” 16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop! I will tell you what the Lord said to me this night.” And he said to him, “Speak.” 17 And Samuel said, “Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel. 18 And the Lord sent you on a mission and said, ‘Go, devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’ 19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you pounce on the spoil and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord?” 20 And Saul said to Samuel, “I have obeyed the voice of the Lord. I have gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me. I have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I have devoted the Amalekites to destruction. 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.” 22 And Samuel said, “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.”

And Saul and Samuel continue in this long and passionate discussion that ends with this sad and final description:

1 Samuel 15:34–35 ESV

34 Then Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah of Saul. 35 And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul. And the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

1 Samuel 12:13–15 ESV

The people reject God as their true King.

but God still provided for them a King who would have done well, but

The people’s king fails to trust God.

The people’s king fails to obey God.

but God is still not finished with his people.

Gospel Application

Is is good or bad to have a King? Depends on the King.

As I close, I want to leave you with this video and as you watch it, let me encourage you to ask yourself this one question: Who is sitting on the throne of your life.

Earthly Kings take, Jesus Gives

Earthly Kings disobey, Jesus obeyed the Father

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