Under God’s instructions, Samuel travels to Bethlehem and to anoint a new king, a son of Jesse, in place of Saul. After rejecting Jesse’s first seven sons, God chooses the youngest, David the shepherd. “For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart… Then Samuel took the horn of oil and…
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Audio file includes communion message at the end As God had commanded through the prophet Samuel, Saul musters an army and attacks the Amalekites. However, he spares King Agag and the best of the livestock, disobeying God’s command to completely destroy all the people and everything that belongs to them. Confronted by Samuel after the battle, Saul makes excuses for his incomplete…
1 Samuel 11-12 Audio file includes communion Empowered by the Holy Spirit, Saul raises an army and delivers the people of Jabesh Gilead from the Ammonites, thus cementing the loyalty of the nation. Samuel renews Saul’s kingship with a coronation ceremony at Gilgal with the entire nation in attendance. In his address to the people on this occasion, Samuel reminds them of…
Samuel privately anoints Saul and then calls all the tribes and clans of Israel to him at Mizpah, where he prepares to reveal God’s choice of Saul as their new king. When Saul cannot be found, God tells Samuel where he is hiding, and Saul presents him to the people. “So all the people shouted and said, ‘Long live the king’” (1 Samuel…
God tells Samuel to obey the peoples’ demand for a king, but instructs him to “solemnly forewarn them, and show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them” (1 Samuel 8:9 NKJV). The people respond, “No, but we will have a king over us” (1 Samuel 8:19 NKJV)! God leads Samuel to His choice, and Samuel anoints Saul as Israel’s first king.…