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King Saul – The King of Excuses
INTRODUCTION
Have you ever made an excuse for not doing something that you know you should have done?
Have you ever made an excuse for doing something that you know you shouldn’t have done?
Why do we make excuses?
(discuss)
(PASS OUT CARDS)
I.
BACKGROUND
a.
People demand a king (1 Samuel 8.5)
b. Samuel warns the people about what a king will mean (8.10-18)
c.
People refuse to listen (8:19) \\ \\
II.
GOD APPOINTS SAUL AS FIRST KING
a. God chooses Saul as king (9:15-17)
i.
The Lord anoints Saul as king (through Samuel) – (10:1)
1. /“Has not the Lord anointed you a ruler over His inheritance?"/
ii.
Saul publicly chosen king (10.17-27)
1. /“whom the Lord has chosen”/ – (10:24)
b. Samuel commands Saul (10.8)
i. to wait in Gilgal 7 days until he comes
ii.
Samuel will
1.
Offer burnt offerings and peace offerings
2. Show Saul what he is to do
c.
Saul wins his first battle with against the Ammonites (11:1ff)
d. Samuel’s farewell speech (12:1ff)
i.
Closes the age of the Judges
ii.
Samuel emphasizes the role of the LORD (31x)
III.
SAUL’S FIRST OFFENSE (1 Samuel 13)
a. Saul becomes impatient (13.8)
i.
Saul makes the offering (13.9)
1. Against the God’s Law – only a priest (Levite)
ii.
Samuel wasn’t that late – “as soon as he finished offering” (10.10)
b. Saul’s excuses (13.10-12)
i.
Saw the people were scattering from me (v10)
ii.
Samuel did not come WITHIN the appointed days
iii.
The Philistines were assembling
iv.
He had not asked the favor of the Lord (v12)
c. Samuel places the blame on Saul (13.11)
i.
YOU acted foolishly
ii.
YOU have not kept the commandment of the Lord – that HE commanded YOU
iii.
YOU have not kept what the Lord commanded YOU (13.12)
IV.
SAUL’S SECOND OFFENSE
a.
The disobedience regarding the Amalekites
i.
Saul commanded to “utterly destroy ALL” (15.3) – BY WHO?
1. Saul and the people spared Agag and the best (15.9)
2. they “*/were not willing/*” to destroy them
3.
Only destroyed “everything utterly despised and worthless”
ii.
Saul builds a monument to himself (15.12)
b. Samuel confronts Saul (15.14)
i.
Saul give more excuses (15.15)
1.
They have brought them…
2. the people spared the best to sacrifice
ii.
Samuel shows where the blame falls (15.17-18)
1. YOU were made head of the tribes
2. The Lord anointed YOU king
3. the Lord sent YOU on a mission
4. Why did YOU not obey the voice of the Lord
5. (YOU) rushed on the spoils
6. (YOU) did what is evil in the sight of the Lord
a. Disobedience is seen by God as EVIL
7. YOU rejected the word of the Lord (v23)
iii.
Saul asks for forgiveness (kind of) (15:24)
1.
He admits sin
2. Blames the people for it
3. Wants Samuel to honor him before the people (v30)
c. Samuel returns with Saul and kills Agag (Saul’s trophy)
V.
OUR RELATIONSHIP AND OUR ACCOUNTABILITY TO GOD IS PERSONAL
a. WE, individually are responsible to Him
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/*/Romans 14:12/*/ - "12So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God."/
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/*/Ezekiel 18:20/**/ - /*/"20“The person who sins will die.
The son will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself."/
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