As i study and prepare to be taught my Sunday School lesson,and then share it with the awesome class that sits before me,The Lords hand (HOLY SPIRIT) leads me immediately to the book of 1st Samuel. In chapter 15 i learn how the Lord picks a man to be King over Israel. The Lord sends the prophet Samuel to anoint SAUL king and He is told to hearken unto the voice of the words of the Lord.The Lord sends Saul to a city of Amelak to destroy everyone,and all that they have.Saul did not do as he was instructed. Only partly.
He saved the King,he spared some friendly people(the KENITES)sent them away before he did battle.Saul's army numbered 210,000 thousand men.Saul spared the best of the sheep,and oxen,and lambs....all that was good.This caused the Lord to actually to say,it repenteth me that i have set up Saul to be King.Samuel went to Saul,and Saul told him that he had done as the Lord had commanded.Samuel told Saul to wait,and he(Samuel) would listen for what the Lord had to say.Samuel returned and said "When thou wast little in thine own sight,wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel,and the Lord anointed thee King of Israel? Saul still insisted that he had obeyed the Lord,and as scripture tells us,Saul admitted he had sinned by fearing the people,and obeyed their voice.Then Saul worshiped the Lord,and yet the Lord did not change His mind about replacing Saul as King.Samuel actually hewed(cut) the enemy King in pieces.Then Samuel left and never came back to see Saul.Samuel had finished the job that Saul was ordered to do.'Peaceably i come' begins here.
2 things i must say.What a friend Samuel was! He cried all night upon learning that God had repented for setting up Saul to be king.
And now just before going to find the new King,the Lord said,"How long Samuel are you going to mourn for Saul? seeing that i have rejected him from reigning over Israel?
In my next blog i will continue to write the rest of the story,and how it fits into the Sunday School lesson.{All this writing was taken from the 1st book of Samuel chapter 15.A must read,as The Almighty...worthy to be praised Holy God,speaks to my heart.My prayer:Father who art in Heaven,hallowed be thy name.AMEN.
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