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1. What does it mean to fear God
1. What does it mean to fear God
Were going to take a look at another video from the Bible project and it’s going to talk about the book of Proverbs but this idea of the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom comes from Proverbs.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
Show the video
Now there’s Lots of Great Insight And that Video And you could spend Sermon after sermon unpack it but there’s one really key thing I want to focus in on
That if we really want to find our identity in Christ if we really want to be true in Ambassadors of Christ If you really want to eat from the tree of life We must Care more about what Christ thinks that what humans.
In the Old Testament there is a great example There’s two of the first kings that Israel had.
One cared a lot about what people thought of him and he operated his life in fear instead of in the confidence of God.
And the other made some mistakes also But ultimately he cared more about what God thought He did About what people thought
So last week I talked about how the people of Israel had rejected God They did not fear God they cared more about what Everyone around them thought They did about what God’s desire was for them as a people.
So God gives them a king
2. The king that feared people
2. The king that feared people
Never times a company do a lot of paraphrasing Going to give you the chapters Able Two Go and read the story in its entirety for yourself.
God does this miracle With Saul Elaborate story of them looking for is donkeys And when he Meets Samuel Samuel tells him He is God’s chosen guy. And then Samuel Tells him to do this very specific task.
8 Then go down to Gilgal ahead of me. I will join you there to sacrifice burnt offerings and peace offerings. You must wait for seven days until I arrive and give you further instructions.”
Samuel called the people together And he reminds them In verses 17-19 That what he’s about to do Goes in contrast With the Will of God.
I believe God has two willsHis desired willIn his permissive will.
God will That they would make him kingBut they Chose to go a different direction Yeah permissive will He allowed it But it brought a deadness to their soul the Psalm says.
15 And he gave them their request;
But sent leanness into their soul.
This is talking about when they lusted in the wilderness but the wording is the same here God is giving them their request But because of their wickedness Their souls become Hardened.
Some translated it Plague and There’s nothing More Plague like to the soul than a hard heart towards God.
God tells the people Here’s your king.
22 So they asked the Lord, “Where is he?”
And the Lord replied, “He is hiding among the baggage.” 23 So they found him and brought him out, and he stood head and shoulders above anyone else.
24 Then Samuel said to all the people, “This is the man the Lord has chosen as your king. No one in all Israel is like him!”
And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
Samuel’s a coward He’s hiding from the people He’s afraid Of the leadership is about to come his way.
Samuel is going to complete the task that Saul had already told him to do Which was to make sacrifices to the Lord Before they fight the Philistines
5 The Philistines mustered a mighty army of 3,000 chariots, 6,000 charioteers, and as many warriors as the grains of sand on the seashore! They camped at Micmash east of Beth-aven. 6 The men of Israel saw what a tight spot they were in; and because they were hard pressed by the enemy, they tried to hide in caves, thickets, rocks, holes, and cisterns. 7 Some of them crossed the Jordan River and escaped into the land of Gad and Gilead.
Meanwhile, Saul stayed at Gilgal, and his men were trembling with fear. 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, 11 but Samuel said, “What is this you have done?”
Saul replied, “I saw my men scattering from me, and you didn’t arrive when you said you would, and the Philistines are at Micmash ready for battle. 12 So I said, ‘The Philistines are ready to march against us at Gilgal, and I haven’t even asked for the Lord’s help!’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering myself before you came.”
13 “How foolish!” Samuel exclaimed. “You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you. Had you kept it, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. 14 But now your kingdom must end, for the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart. The Lord has already appointed him to be the leader of his people, because you have not kept the Lord’s command.”
15 Samuel then left Gilgal and went on his way, but the rest of the troops went with Saul to meet the army. They went up from Gilgal to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin. When Saul counted the men who were still with him, he found only 600 were left!
Saul was afraid That the people were going to leave him And he would be stuck fighting The Philistines with a small army Instead of trusting the timing of God.
In first Samuel 14 God gives them victory
God Give Saw another Task he wants to do He wants him to settle the accounts of the Amalekites A nation of people that tried to destroy Israel when they were in their infancy.
God told them that if they did that that there would come a day where they would be punished now God Orders Saul to go and completely destroyed all these people.
Maybe thinking this is harsh But the reality is I gotta give these people plenty of time to repent To make better choices chose To continue to deny And believe that God serious.
The thing that Samuel tells Saul to do Do not touch anything All of it is to be destroyed.
16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop! Listen to what the Lord told me last night!”
“What did he tell you?” Saul asked.
17 And Samuel told him, “Although you may think little of yourself, are you not the leader of the tribes of Israel? The Lord has anointed you king of Israel. 18 And the Lord sent you on a mission and told you, ‘Go and completely destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, until they are all dead.’ 19 Why haven’t you obeyed the Lord? Why did you rush for the plunder and do what was evil in the Lord’s sight?”
20 “But I did obey the Lord,” Saul insisted. “I carried out the mission he gave me. I brought back King Agag, but I destroyed everyone else. 21 Then my troops brought in the best of the sheep, goats, cattle, and plunder to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”
22 But Samuel replied,
“What is more pleasing to the Lord:
your burnt offerings and sacrifices
or your obedience to his voice?
Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice,
and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.
23 Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft,
and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols.
So because you have rejected the command of the Lord,
he has rejected you as king.”
Saul Tells Samuel Why he did it he did it because he was afraid of the people But he is the king He’s the one who is over the people and God is over him But he fears the people more than he fears God
24 Then Saul admitted to Samuel, “Yes, I have sinned. I have disobeyed your instructions and the Lord’s command, for I was afraid of the people and did what they demanded. 25 But now, please forgive my sin and come back with me so that I may worship the Lord.”
26 But Samuel replied, “I will not go back with you! Since you have rejected the Lord’s command, he has rejected you as king of Israel.”
27 As Samuel turned to go, Saul tried to hold him back and tore the hem of his robe. 28 And Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to someone else—one who is better than you. 29 And he who is the Glory of Israel will not lie, nor will he change his mind, for he is not human that he should change his mind!”
30 Then Saul pleaded again, “I know I have sinned. But please, at least honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel by coming back with me so that I may worship the Lord your God.” 31 So Samuel finally agreed and went back with him, and Saul worshiped the Lord.
32 Then Samuel said, “Bring King Agag to me.” Agag arrived full of hope, for he thought, “Surely the worst is over, and I have been spared!” 33 But Samuel said, “As your sword has killed the sons of many mothers, now your mother will be childless.” And Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.
34 Then Samuel went home to Ramah, and Saul returned to his house at Gibeah of Saul. 35 Samuel never went to meet with Saul again, but he mourned constantly for him. And the Lord was sorry he had ever made Saul king of Israel.
3. The man that fears God
3. The man that fears God
David is not a perfect Character in the Bible But the thing that I noticed about David And what makes him a man after God’s own heart Is the fact that David is not afraid Of the people but God
24 As soon as the Israelite army saw him, they began to run away in fright. 25 “Have you seen the giant?” the men asked. “He comes out each day to defy Israel. The king has offered a huge reward to anyone who kills him. He will give that man one of his daughters for a wife, and the man’s entire family will be exempted from paying taxes!”
26 David asked the soldiers standing nearby, “What will a man get for killing this Philistine and ending his defiance of Israel? Who is this pagan Philistine anyway, that he is allowed to defy the armies of the living God?”
27 And these men gave David the same reply. They said, “Yes, that is the reward for killing him.”
28 But when David’s oldest brother, Eliab, heard David talking to the men, he was angry. “What are you doing around here anyway?” he demanded. “What about those few sheep you’re supposed to be taking care of? I know about your pride and deceit. You just want to see the battle!”
29 “What have I done now?” David replied. “I was only asking a question!” 30 He walked over to some others and asked them the same thing and received the same answer. 31 Then David’s question was reported to King Saul, and the king sent for him.
32 “Don’t worry about this Philistine,” David told Saul. “I’ll go fight him!”
33 “Don’t be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “There’s no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly win! You’re only a boy, and he’s been a man of war since his youth.”
34 But David persisted. “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep and goats,” he said. “When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock, 35 I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death. 36 I have done this to both lions and bears, and I’ll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God! 37 The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!”
Saul finally consented. “All right, go ahead,” he said. “And may the Lord be with you!”
David reminds Saul of all that God has saved him when he fought the lion and the bear And that God is with him Because he knows he is against this Philistine who is mocking the name of God.
David is very zealous for the name of God.
We live in different times how we Fight for the name of God Is how we live In our private lives With our families in our public lives in the workplace in around us.
David does not care what his brothers think David does not care what the people think David cares only what God thinks.