Insight Into Gods Pattern

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This Congregation meets at Sunday Bible Class
at 1000 am. Sunday Worship Service at 1100
am. Sunday Night Worship service at 600
pm. Wednesday Night Bible Class at 700 pm.
Please be so kind to turn off your cell phone.
Lets be reverent. We are worshipping God.
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The Reading
1 Samuel 11
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1 Corinthians 1124
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March 18 2007 Lesson 28
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We already studied

• Adam 7. Isaac. 13.Joseph
  22. Phinehas
• 2. Cain 8. Jacob. 14. Aaron
  23. Barak
• 3. Abel 9. Esau. 15. Nadab and
  24. Balaam
• 4. Enoch 10. Reuben. 16. Moses
  25. Achan
• 5. Noah 11. Simeon. 17. Joshua
  26. Samuel
• 6. Abraham 12. Judah 18. Caleb
  27. Eli
• 19.
  Gideon 28. ??
• 20.
  Samson
• 21.
  Jephthah

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Lets Talk about
Saul
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In his early years he was humble and practiced
self control.
1 Samuel 1022 22 Therefore they inquired of
the Lord further, "Has the man come here yet?"
And the Lord answered, "There he is, hidden among
the equipment. 1 Samuel 1027 27 But some
rebels said, "How can this man save us?" So they
despised him, and brought him no presents. But he
held his peace.
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Profile Saul, King of Israel

• The Son of Cis from Tribe of Benjamin
• The meaning of His name Asked for or Demanded.
• From a good family
• Tall Handsome
• His Reign Began Well
• King of Israel
• Key word Disobedient

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Was Saul a man of faith?
1 Samuel 116,13 6 Then the Spirit of God came
upon Saul when he heard this news, and his anger
was greatly aroused. 13 But Saul said, "Not a man
shall be put to death this day, for today the
Lord has accomplished salvation in Israel."
Only a believer of God could speak in this way
and Saul was a believer of the true God.
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Problems Arise 1 Samuel 135 14

• 5 Then the Philistines gathered together to fight
  with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six
  thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which
  is on the seashore in multitude. And they came up
  and encamped in Michmash, to the east of Beth
  Aven. 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were
  in danger (for the people were distressed), then
  the people hid in caves, in thickets, in rocks,
  in holes, and in pits. 7 And some of the Hebrews
  crossed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and
  Gilead. As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and
  all the people followed him trembling. 8 Then he
  waited seven days, according to the time set by
  Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal and
  the people were scattered from him. 9 So Saul
  said, "Bring a burnt offering and peace offerings
  here to me." And he offered the burnt offering.
  10 Now it happened, as soon as he had finished
  presenting the burnt offering, that Samuel came
  and Saul went out to meet him, that he might
  greet him.

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• 11 And Samuel said, "What have you done?" And
  Saul said, "When I saw that the people were
  scattered from me, and that you did not come
  within the days appointed, and that the
  Philistines gathered together at Michmash,
  12 then I said, 'The Philistines will now come
  down on me at Gilgal, and I have not made
  supplication to the Lord.' Therefore I felt
  compelled, and offered a burnt offering." 13 And
  Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly.
  You have not kept the commandment of the Lord
  your God, which He commanded you. For now the
  Lord would have established your kingdom over
  Israel forever. 14 But now your kingdom shall not
  continue. The Lord has sought for Himself a man
  after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded
  him to be commander over His people, because you
  have not kept what the Lord commanded you."

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The Problem

• Only priests could offer sacrifices, but Saul
  chose to overlook this in an emergency.
• He assumed disobedience to God was justified by
  circumstances.
• The real reason he chose to disobey Fear
• Consequence Your kingdom shall not endure.

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Sauls Specific Mission 1 Samuel 151 3

• 1 Samuel also said to Saul, "The Lord sent me to
  anoint you king over His people, over Israel. Now
  therefore, heed the voice of the words of the
  Lord. 2 Thus says the Lord of hosts 'I will
  punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he
  ambushed him on the way when he came up from
  Egypt. 3 Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly
  destroy all that they have, and do not spare
  them. But kill both man and woman, infant and
  nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.' "

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Sauls Obedience (?) 1 Samuel 157 9

• 7 And Saul attacked the Amalekites, from Havilah
  all the way to Shur, which is east of Egypt. 8 He
  also took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and
  utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of
  the sword. 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag
  and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the
  fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and
  were unwilling to utterly destroy them. But
  everything despised and worthless, that they
  utterly destroyed.

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Sauls Specific Mission 1 Samuel 151 3

• 3 Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy
  all that they have, and do not spare them. But
  kill both man and woman, infant and nursing
  child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.' "

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Gods View of Incomplete Obedience 1 Samuel
1510

• 10 Now the word of the Lord came to Samuel,
  saying, 11 "I greatly regret that I have set up
  Saul as king, for he has turned back from
  following Me, and has not performed My
  commandments." And it grieved Samuel, and he
  cried out to the Lord all night.

The Lord said I REGRET. Christians lets be
careful no to disobey God, He might say the same
about you and I
God said I regret to feel sorrow or remorse, a
sense of loss, disappointment, dissatisfaction,
etc.
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Confrontation 1 Samuel 1513 15

• 13 Then Samuel went to Saul, and Saul said to
  him, "Blessed are you of the Lord! I have
  performed the commandment of the Lord." 14 But
  Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of the
  sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen
  which I hear?" 15 And Saul said, "They have
  brought them from the Amalekites for the people
  spared the best of the sheep and the oxen, to
  sacrifice to the Lord your God and the rest we
  have utterly destroyed."

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Confrontation 1 Samuel 1522 25

• 22 So Samuel said "Has the Lord as great delight
  in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying
  the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better
  than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.
  23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And
  stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because
  you have rejected the word of the Lord, He also
  has rejected you from being king." 24 Then Saul
  said to Samuel, "I have sinned, for I have
  transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your
  words, because I feared the people and obeyed
  their voice. 25 Now therefore, please pardon my
  sin, and return with me, that I may worship the
  Lord."

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Next time we offer something to God but that
something is only half done, think in the words
of Samuel "Has the Lord as great delight in
burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the
voice of the Lord? God is not pleased when we
do, make or work in his kingdom but only half
way.
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Punishment 1 Samuel 1526 28

• 26 But Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return
  with you, for you have rejected the word of the
  Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being
  king over Israel." 27 And as Samuel turned around
  to go away, Saul seized the edge of his robe, and
  it tore. 28 So Samuel said to him, "The Lord has
  torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and
  has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is
  better than you.

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I hope that we can all see the lesson that I am
trying to draw from this story. If we do not love
God, God will then give his kingdom to other
people that are worth it. He will give it to
those who will love and take care of it. God will
give his kingdom to better people if we are not
in the position of following in his
commands. Christians, we have been warned by the
men of the Bible. This evening, do not follow
Saul, Saul is not worthy of being imitated. He is
the example of the rebels who do not heed the
Word of the Lord.
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The Problem

• Saul had clear instructions but rationalized his
  disobedience by saying that it resulted in a
  better situation many great sacrifices to God!
• The Lord Obeying is better than sacrifice.
• Saul then gave the real reason for his
  disobedience Fear of the people
• Saul took counsel of his fear, rather than of his
  faith, and suffered lasting consequences.

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Lessons For Us

• In the Lords Kingdom, the end does not justify
  the means.
• Fear is Satans weapon against Faith. Do not take
  counsel of your fears!
• Effective Faith overcomes fear, putting in Gods
  hands the things I cannot control.
• Fear is a weakness of Faith Faith teaches us to
  wait for the salvation of the Lord.

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Isaiah 4031

• 31 But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew
  their strength They shall mount up with wings
  like eagles, They shall run and not be weary,
  They shall walk and not faint.