WINNING THE WAR WHILE LOSING THE KINGDOM
1 Samuel 14.47-15.35
Saul: When Man Takes The Lead – Part 6
c. 14.47 “… he fought against all his enemies on every side … Wherever he turned he routed them.” (esv)
v. 26 “The LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.” (esv)
Romans 1.5 “… the obedience of faith …” (esv)
1 Corinthians 6.9 “… the unrighteous will not inherit God’s kingdom …” (csb)
TRUE FAITH IS ABLE TO …
SENSE THE Fearsomeness of God
v. 3 “… strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have.” (esv)
Hebrews 10.31 “It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
v. 9 “Saul and the troops spared … the best of the … choice animals … and the best of everything else.” (csb)
GRASP THE Seriousness of Sin
v. 15 “… the people spared the best …” (esv)
v. 21 “… to sacrifice to the LORD your God …” (esv)
v. 20 “I have obeyed the voice of the LORD. I have gone on the mission … brought Agag … and I have devoted the Amalekites to destruction.” (esv)
vv. 24-5 & 30 “I have sinned … please pardon my sin and return with me … honor me now before the elders of my people …” (esv)
v. 22 “Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice …” (esv)
v. 24 “I have sinned … because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.”
v. 29 “The Glory of Israel will not lie or have regret, for he is not a man, that he should have regret.”
v. 35 “The LORD regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.” (esv)
Matthew 23.37 “How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.” (niv)
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