This sermon will wrap up our study of [esvignore]1 Samuel 15[/esvignore]. We will visit several verses in the chapter, and will look at God’s regret and Saul’s repentance. God’s regret is not as we might guess, and Saul’s repentance is not as it seems. In the first half, we study some doctrinal goodies, like “anthropomorphism” and “impassibility.” We see how these are…
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Sermons on 1 Samuel (Page 3)
Here we examine [esvignore]1 Samuel 15:1-23[/esvignore]. We get to investigate three related topics that Saul’s failure as King highlight. They are: 1.) God uses imperfect people for Kingdom work; 2.) God desires obedience to his actual commands; and 3.) which is really a sub section of number 2, the deadly deceitfulness of sin. Sin will destroy, and the deceiver will gladly ambush…
Our sermon is entitled “God’s Glory in Judgment” and is taken from [esvignore]1 Samuel 15:1-3[/esvignore]. As we look at the story of Saul’s battle with the Amalekites, we will see a sad failure once again, and the ultimate rejection of Saul. But we can’t simply pass by passages in the Bible that shock us. When the Lord says “destroy them all, men,…
In our second part of the chapter, we examine [esvignore]1 Samuel 14:24-52[/esvignore] and find that Saul continues his descent into irrationality as a result of sin. His mind is going the way of the lost, and he is the chief trouble in Israel. We draw from this chapter a lesson on idolatry, and examine Saul as a warning to God’s people to…
This message from [esvignore]1 Samuel 14:1-23[/esvignore] compares the faithless Saul to the bold faith of his son Jonathan. What does it mean to know God is Sovereign? What actions must necessarily flow from such knowledge? How does theology translate to action? Here Jonathan demonstrates what true faith looks like by remaining steadfast against insane odds (from the world’s perspective). This military engagement…
Our lesson for the tenth of July is entitled True Faith Obeys and is taken from [esvignore]1 Samuel 13:14[/esvignore] (only one verse!), with references to the past chapters regarding Saul’s life and work, and references to a number of other passages throughout the Bible. We will make four discoveries about obedience and then a discovery about ‘attending upon God,’ each of which…
Our lesson comes from [esvignore]1 Samuel 13:1-15[/esvignore] and is entitled Marks of a Pretend Faith. We will examine what made King Saul’s faith no faith at all, and relate it to our own walk with God, as the Bible desires us to do. That means we will call for self-examination, a practice that is rare in Christianity today, judging by how weak…
Our Samuel series continues as we cover [esvignore]1 Samuel 12[/esvignore]. Here we discover a more deep and detailed account of the events that happened at the end of [esvignore]1 Samuel 11[/esvignore]. We find some good principles here. The chief question we’ll ask is “what do we do when we’ve really messed up badly and we can’t go back and turn things around?”…
In this story , [esvignore]1 Samuel 11[/esvignore], we discover Saul farming in obscurity while a wicked and cruel enemy arrives in Israel. In this message we discover the importance of the frank language of the Old Testament, the purpose of the gore and violence of the Bible, and the power of the Lord to use the average, unprepared, ill-equipped person to work…
Our text this week is [esvignore]1 Samuel 10:17-27[/esvignore]. Before we jump into the era of monarchy, we partly review the state of Israel’s heart as we witness the selection of Saul as king. We will investigate how the heart of the people is very much a warning for us to examine our own hearts. The warning Samuel gave Israel regarding their abandonment…