1 Samuel Part 6

Intro

last week- the induction of Saul as first king of Israel

following pretty people chasing donkeys

this week- the beginning of the kingship

who is really significant in all of this?

Saul Proclaimed King

what we saw last week- a cowardly king

men of valor go with him after he is chosen

not everyone is content with this king- maybe they are even justified in feeling that way

regardless of who Saul is, God has a point to make

Saul and the Ammonites

the threat of Nahash

the message of the oxen

three companies attack

the fate of the dissenters

Samuel’s Farewell

Samuel’s confirmation of character

The LORD who did all of these things

you should see what you have really done here

both you and the king follow

the thunder and rain

the LORD will not forsake and I will not stop praying for you

Application

its often extremely easy to do what seems like the right thing and have good reasoning to get you there

whats not easy is realizing that your motivation or the motivation of those you are with is not so just after all

Samuel calls the people to realize who is really behind their success before they do something rash and stupid and before they fall into the same failures as all of those who came before them

Like all of those before you, if you don’t stop and realize what your motivation really is, what all that you are doing is really moving toward, you’ll just be spiraling further away from God