1 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:03,000 I want to invite your attention to the book of 1st Samuel. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,700 The the first chapter, and I want to begin reading there in 3 00:00:06,700 --> 00:00:11,300 verse 19, first, Samuel chapter 1 and beginning there in verse 4 00:00:11,300 --> 00:00:15,400 19. And they rose up in the morning 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,500 early and worship before the Lord and returned and came to 6 00:00:19,500 --> 00:00:23,500 their house in Rhema. And elkanah knew Hannah, his 7 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:27,500 wife and the Lord remembered her, where Ford came to pass 8 00:00:27,500 --> 00:00:30,300 when the time was come about after. 9 00:00:30,300 --> 00:00:33,000 Hannah had conceived that she bare a son and called. 10 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:38,000 His name Samuel saying, because I have asked him of the Lord, 11 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:42,000 and the man elkanah and all his house, went up to offer unto the 12 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,900 Lord, the yearly sack. Sacrifice and his vow. 13 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:48,700 But Hannah went not up for. She said, unto her husband, I 14 00:00:48,700 --> 00:00:52,800 will not go until the child be weaned, and then I will bring 15 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:56,900 him that he may appear before the Lord and there abide 16 00:00:56,900 --> 00:00:59,500 forever. And elkanah her husband said 17 00:00:59,500 --> 00:01:03,500 unto her, do what seemeth the good Terry until thou Hast 18 00:01:03,500 --> 00:01:06,600 weaned him only the Lord establishes word. 19 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,600 So the woman of bowed and gave her son suck until she weaned 20 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:15,200 him and when she had weaned him, she Hook him up with her and 21 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:20,400 with three, Bullocks and one, ephah of flour, and a bottle of 22 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,800 wine and brought him into the house of the Lord in Shiloh and 23 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:28,300 the child was young and they slew a Bullock and brought the 24 00:01:28,300 --> 00:01:31,700 child to Eli. And she said, oh my Lord, as thy 25 00:01:31,700 --> 00:01:34,400 soul. Liveth my Lord, I am the woman 26 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:39,100 that stood by the here, praying unto the Lord for this child, I 27 00:01:39,100 --> 00:01:42,600 prayed and the Lord hath give me that petition that I asked of 28 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,600 him. Therefore also I have led him to 29 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:50,800 the Lord as long as he liveth, he shall be lent to the Lord and 30 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,200 He worshipped the Lord there. Correctly. 31 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,600 Read and barring any mistakes on my part reads, the passage that 32 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:01,200 I wanted to read for our introductory portion tonight for 33 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,800 a little while. Do you remember this morning 34 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,300 that I mentioned rather briefly that there was a difference? 35 00:02:06,300 --> 00:02:10,100 And a distinction between the example that we find regarding 36 00:02:10,100 --> 00:02:15,500 Hannah and the example that we find regarding Eli and as we 37 00:02:15,500 --> 00:02:18,200 mentioned, and we'll get into greater detail in just a moment. 38 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,700 But when Hannah prayed to the Lord, she says, this, if you, 39 00:02:21,700 --> 00:02:26,000 but grant me a child, if you'll go At me as son then I will give 40 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,600 him to you. And he shall have a vow a vow 41 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,800 that a last his entire life, and he'll serve you all the days of 42 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,600 his life. And I said that the difference 43 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:41,700 between Hannah and Eli, was that Hannah put the Lord, before the 44 00:02:41,700 --> 00:02:47,300 child and Eli, put his children or his boys before the Lord. 45 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,400 I just want to make one point here before we go to prayer. 46 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:54,600 And that's this, it was a fact and we read And we read in the 47 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,600 biblical account of History, how that Eli certainly did not 48 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:02,600 support by way of how he felt with this desires, and with his 49 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,500 heart and so forth. He didn't support their evil 50 00:03:05,500 --> 00:03:08,000 actions. In fact, he even spoke against 51 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,600 them, he even set them down as it were, and we can only picture 52 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:16,700 as it was the setting, as these rebellious Wicked and vile, Sons 53 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:19,200 were sitting before Eli their father. 54 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:23,400 The high priest and Eli's going to speak to them concerning 55 00:03:23,500 --> 00:03:27,200 Earning their office in concerning their awful fate and 56 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:31,700 all of that. And yet the Bible says that he 57 00:03:31,700 --> 00:03:35,000 was condemned because he restrained them. 58 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:39,900 Not what does that mean? Isn't it enough just to speak 59 00:03:39,900 --> 00:03:44,200 our mind, or is there other things that are more required of 60 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:49,700 us as we have the power to do? So, even before Sampson began 61 00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:53,100 waging his personal Warfare against the Philistines. 62 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:56,900 Another kind of Judge was ruling in Shiloh. 63 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,600 Eli was the high priest of the The nation as well as a judge. 64 00:04:01,900 --> 00:04:04,600 In fact, he judged Israel for forty years. 65 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:10,600 That went through the time of 11:45 to 1105 BC. 66 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,200 He was followed in his judgeship by the prophet Samuel that we're 67 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,600 going to discuss for a little while this evening and his long 68 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,500 judgeship over the 40 years. Paved the way for the 69 00:04:20,500 --> 00:04:24,900 establishment of the monarchy. In terms of natural hist 70 00:04:24,900 --> 00:04:29,800 National History, the first seven chapters of 1st Samuel, Of 71 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,600 around two major events. The people of God reach their 72 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:37,500 all-time low point when the Ark of God was captured in battle. 73 00:04:37,700 --> 00:04:42,500 Chapter 4 begins that narrative and a dying mother made the most 74 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:45,200 telling come and honored on this disaster. 75 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:49,200 When she whispered to her dying with her dying breath, the name 76 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:53,200 of her new son. That being Ichabod which means 77 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:57,700 the glory has departed. First, Samuel chapter 4 and 78 00:04:57,700 --> 00:05:00,700 verse 20. Twenty years later The Grateful 79 00:05:00,700 --> 00:05:03,600 profit shouted. The named Ebenezer, which meant 80 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:07,600 Stone of help as he erected a monument to God's grace, after 81 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:11,700 Israel's smashed. The Philistines, Samuel assumed 82 00:05:11,700 --> 00:05:15,500 leadership, when Israel was in the pits of degradation, by 83 00:05:15,500 --> 00:05:20,000 bringing the people back to God He restored their national pride 84 00:05:20,100 --> 00:05:24,000 power and purpose. Well, while the conditions of 85 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:28,100 this period of the judges continued to deteriorate, God 86 00:05:28,100 --> 00:05:31,400 Was preparing to The next chapter in the thrilling story 87 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:35,000 of redemption in the sinful darkness of those days. 88 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:39,000 God found a Godly woman through whom, he would bring a great 89 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:43,700 reformer into the world. The Bible says, As We Begin our 90 00:05:43,700 --> 00:05:47,500 narrative, but there was a man, and there was a man, in his name 91 00:05:47,500 --> 00:05:50,100 was elkanah. You know, there's nothing that 92 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:54,500 says that this man was anything, but a man that was upright in 93 00:05:54,500 --> 00:05:57,300 the eyes of God. No, where do we find an 94 00:05:57,300 --> 00:05:59,000 indictment against his character? 95 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:03,000 And certainly we don't find an indictment against his spiritual 96 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:09,600 service by way of sacrifice or living in days gone by according 97 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:14,200 to the requirements that those people lived back then so no 98 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:17,600 doubt we find that this was a good man, a godly man. 99 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:22,700 A man that was upright and the Bible says that he had two 100 00:06:22,700 --> 00:06:25,200 wives. You know, it was said by many 101 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,100 scholars that he had Hannah first and Hannah would have been 102 00:06:28,100 --> 00:06:31,700 necessarily the On that he dearly loved in fact the Bible 103 00:06:31,700 --> 00:06:35,800 does talk about how he would give special favor to her 104 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:39,000 because he loved her. Now, there was two reasons why 105 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:43,500 he did that number one, he had the natural affection for his 106 00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:47,500 wife, that we all ought to have when we have that feeling inside 107 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:51,800 of love for our spouse. In fact, when we get married 108 00:06:51,900 --> 00:06:53,500 Shah, he's going to be married soon. 109 00:06:53,500 --> 00:06:56,100 And, and Lizzie my niece is going to be married soon. 110 00:06:56,300 --> 00:07:00,300 Ryan, Rebecca got married, not long ago and and I got married a 111 00:07:00,308 --> 00:07:07,000 long time ago, but the point is this, When you marry someone, 112 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:10,100 you marry someone that's going to be closer to you than 113 00:07:10,100 --> 00:07:12,300 anybody. In the whole world. 114 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,100 You're going to have someone that your dearest friend someone 115 00:07:16,100 --> 00:07:19,900 that your Confidant, someone that is so close to you. 116 00:07:19,900 --> 00:07:24,100 That there's no one in the world that will ever have a closer 117 00:07:24,100 --> 00:07:27,200 relationship to you than your spouse. 118 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:32,700 But notice this, the Bible says that God had closed her womb, 119 00:07:32,700 --> 00:07:36,200 God had had caused her to be Barren, and I could not have 120 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,500 children. You remember back in those days? 121 00:07:39,700 --> 00:07:43,300 They were, they had multiple wives on many occasions. 122 00:07:43,300 --> 00:07:48,900 And this woman here, Pnina was also married to elkanah, and the 123 00:07:48,900 --> 00:07:53,300 Bible says that they had sons. And they had daughters, she was 124 00:07:53,300 --> 00:07:56,200 fertile and she was able to have many children. 125 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,600 And so the Bible says that they did just that. 126 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,800 But, you know, the Bible also talks about how there was a 127 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:07,000 rival between these two women. I can only imagine how it would 128 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,000 be in the same house having two wives. 129 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:14,000 I can just imagine how that would be under the very best of 130 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,200 circumstances. Hey listen. 131 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:17,700 It's hard enough to make one happy. 132 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:24,500 This man had two and one of them couldn't have children, and one 133 00:08:24,500 --> 00:08:27,300 of them desperately wanted children though, she could not 134 00:08:27,300 --> 00:08:30,200 have it. And you've got this woman here 135 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:34,100 who obviously wants the greater affection or the greater feel 136 00:08:34,100 --> 00:08:38,400 from her husband as it were that he would show favour unto her 137 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:43,200 too. And so you can just imagine as 138 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:47,000 they talked about in the common vernacular, a place. 139 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,300 Having no fury like a woman scorned. 140 00:08:51,300 --> 00:08:54,300 The Bible says, when they came for the yearly sacrifice to give 141 00:08:54,300 --> 00:08:57,500 sacrifices in Shiloh, you know, they came to the Feast of the 142 00:08:57,500 --> 00:09:00,800 Tabernacles and they came to this place and it was an annual 143 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,100 Feast, it was an annual thing. And, you know, the men were the 144 00:09:04,100 --> 00:09:08,400 only ones that were required to go to Shiloh, the place where 145 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:13,000 the Tabernacle was and Form such sacrifices and so on. 146 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:17,100 But just because it was only the men that were required didn't 147 00:09:17,100 --> 00:09:20,800 mean that the women were not allowed to go and hence many of 148 00:09:20,808 --> 00:09:24,200 the women and families and children made the journey which 149 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,600 I'm told from this place from where this man lived. 150 00:09:27,700 --> 00:09:32,900 Incidentally, he lived in a place called rain, Maffei M sof. 151 00:09:32,900 --> 00:09:41,000 Mm, which is also known as Rhema or Rama. 18-mile journey to 152 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,700 Shiloh to the place of the Tabernacle there. 153 00:09:45,100 --> 00:09:49,100 The Bible says, when they made that Journey, they did so and 154 00:09:49,100 --> 00:09:51,400 you know, they made a journey. This journey must have been 155 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,700 something that was a whole lot more difficult than anything 156 00:09:54,700 --> 00:09:57,100 that you and I can possibly fathom. 157 00:09:57,100 --> 00:10:00,300 They had primitive primitive means of transportation. 158 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:04,900 Not like us, 18 miles, it's probably over half that to my 159 00:10:04,900 --> 00:10:07,700 house from here in an automobile, and we make it 160 00:10:07,700 --> 00:10:10,600 really quickly and it's an easy. Drive and there's nothing 161 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:12,500 difficult. We turn on the air-condition, 162 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:16,500 turn on the music and the car, we have Comforts all around us, 163 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:20,600 and that's an easy thing to do. But to travel 18 miles back, 164 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,900 been on the rough and Rocky terrain and all that would 165 00:10:23,900 --> 00:10:28,200 possibly come their way, was a whole lot more difficult and, 166 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,600 you know, this too. Wouldn't you think that if it 167 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,900 was a time when they went to give sacrifices unto the Lord 168 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:36,900 and to be grateful for the things that they had been given, 169 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,400 especially the children that they've been Blessed with. 170 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,900 Don't you think that it was especially hard for Hannah when 171 00:10:43,900 --> 00:10:45,400 she would go there to that place? 172 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,900 Knowing that the Bible says that the Lord had closed her womb and 173 00:10:48,900 --> 00:10:51,900 therefore could not have children and was barren. 174 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:59,900 Well, elkanah noticed that too. When they came down to giving 175 00:10:59,900 --> 00:11:04,600 portions to the family, the Bible says that he didn't 176 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:07,600 withhold anything, but when he gave Provisions or he gave 177 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:11,500 portions to Pnina and thus, and sons and daughters and so on he 178 00:11:11,500 --> 00:11:16,000 gave what was acceptable or unacceptable amount, gave him a 179 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,600 rightful portion. But then the Bible says, he gave 180 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:25,000 more to Hannah because he loved her and not only that. 181 00:11:25,300 --> 00:11:28,900 But Hannah was grieved in her heart, Because she couldn't have 182 00:11:28,900 --> 00:11:32,700 children. Have you ever met someone that 183 00:11:32,700 --> 00:11:37,700 could not have a child? Now listen, I don't know of 184 00:11:37,700 --> 00:11:41,900 anyone right now here, but let's just say that there was someone 185 00:11:41,900 --> 00:11:45,200 here under the sound of my voice tonight, that could not have 186 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,100 children. You know, that that's something 187 00:11:48,100 --> 00:11:51,500 that we all feel compassion. For somebody could not have a 188 00:11:51,508 --> 00:11:55,800 child, we all feel like that we would never dream of rubbing it 189 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:58,900 in their face that we have children and certainly we would 190 00:11:58,900 --> 00:12:03,500 not do anything that would sound hateful to them in that regard. 191 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:08,500 But this woman, this woman is about to get hers. 192 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:13,200 And she lets Hannah haven't the Bible says on this occasion. 193 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:17,600 That Hannah was so grieved that she began to cry And the Bible 194 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:21,800 says that she wouldn't even eat. You know, I like what one 195 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:25,400 scholar said there, he said she wasn't sitting back pouting, she 196 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,900 wasn't protesting against the other wife. 197 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:35,200 No, she was just grieved so much and she was hurting so bad and 198 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:39,100 she was so desperate in her heart that she was grieved to 199 00:12:39,100 --> 00:12:40,800 the point that she lost her appetite. 200 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:43,700 Now I can understand that because I guarantee you this if 201 00:12:43,700 --> 00:12:48,300 you have something in your life that is so awful that's cause 202 00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:50,300 you to be grieved in that way, you know. 203 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:52,700 Know what I'm talking about. The last thing you want to do is 204 00:12:52,700 --> 00:12:55,700 sit and eat a big meal. You completely lose your 205 00:12:55,700 --> 00:12:58,100 appetite. You know I've known some people 206 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,100 that were absolutely just the best eaters that you ever saw in 207 00:13:01,100 --> 00:13:03,100 your life. They could eat Anytime Anyplace 208 00:13:03,100 --> 00:13:06,700 anywhere and he anything, but something like this happens 209 00:13:06,700 --> 00:13:09,600 where they're grieved and they don't eat it all. 210 00:13:09,700 --> 00:13:15,900 And I remember a man lost 50 pounds. £50 because he was 211 00:13:15,900 --> 00:13:21,700 heartsick over the loss of a woman that was to be his wife. 212 00:13:22,700 --> 00:13:26,100 You know, that's sad, but that's kind of what's going on here. 213 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,600 She's so grieved, she can't even eat. 214 00:13:30,300 --> 00:13:33,200 And she goes over where Eli was and Eli. 215 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:36,400 Was at the door of the, of the, of the temple there, he was at 216 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:40,300 the door, he was listening on and he notices that Hannah 217 00:13:40,300 --> 00:13:45,000 comes, and Hannah is sobbing. She is weeping and she's praying 218 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,500 to God. But the only thing that Eli 219 00:13:47,500 --> 00:13:51,700 could see is her mouth was moving and no sound was coming 220 00:13:51,700 --> 00:13:54,900 out. You know, that's interesting. 221 00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:58,500 The first thing he thinks of incidentally backing up just a 222 00:13:58,500 --> 00:14:02,600 little bit in our story when the Bible that talks about these 223 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:05,700 characters here. It also says that at the very 224 00:14:05,700 --> 00:14:11,600 same place, these characters were there, too, Eli looks over 225 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:15,400 and sees Hannah and Hannah. Wherever she was, she was 226 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,700 sobbing, she was heartsick and she was praying. 227 00:14:18,700 --> 00:14:22,300 But all these seizes our mouths moving and no sound coming out. 228 00:14:22,300 --> 00:14:24,600 You know what he said, she She's drunk. 229 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:31,600 She's drunk. And he says, put up your wine, 230 00:14:32,300 --> 00:14:36,900 put it aside, you know it is said that wine or alcoholic 231 00:14:36,900 --> 00:14:40,200 beverages is a slow and toxicant considered there are things that 232 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,500 people can take by way of other, intoxicants that can make them 233 00:14:43,500 --> 00:14:47,500 intoxicated rather quickly. This is a slow and toxicant 234 00:14:47,500 --> 00:14:54,500 hence the phrase, when Eli says put up thy wine from you, For 235 00:14:54,500 --> 00:14:57,800 you're drunk. You know, I like what she says, 236 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,800 because what she says is in response she says, do you look 237 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:05,500 to me as a daughter of Belial, you know, in the New Testament? 238 00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:09,700 Belial is, is sometimes described as the devil, but in 239 00:15:09,700 --> 00:15:12,000 the Old Testament, there is no proper noun here. 240 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,600 That would describe a person place or thing. 241 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:17,000 Hence, not specifically being the devil. 242 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,700 But we're talking about someone that is not righteous. 243 00:15:19,900 --> 00:15:24,200 We're talking about someone that is worthless in the eyes of God. 244 00:15:24,500 --> 00:15:27,100 And she said this, Don't look at me. 245 00:15:27,100 --> 00:15:30,900 Like I am a daughter of Belial. I would not only, and I like 246 00:15:30,900 --> 00:15:35,700 this, I wouldn't have any wine, and I wouldn't have any strong 247 00:15:35,700 --> 00:15:41,000 drink. I wouldn't have either one. you 248 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:44,100 know, I think that she is in a words there, she's admitting 249 00:15:44,100 --> 00:15:48,600 it's wrong to have either one It's wrong to have those 250 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:53,400 intoxicants she says, don't look to me as a daughter of Belial. 251 00:15:53,900 --> 00:15:59,200 That would participate and use such things as that. 252 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:03,300 But let's just back up, let's back up to the things that she 253 00:16:03,300 --> 00:16:07,500 was praying to God about, you know, when she prayed to God, 254 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:13,000 you know, I can't fathom this. She wants a child so bad, she 255 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,800 wants a son so bad, no doubt, she wanted to pass. 256 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,400 Jean, the Bloodlines of her husband through her and not the 257 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,100 other woman, the other wife, no doubt. 258 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:27,500 But the Bible says that her prayer was like this, she prayed 259 00:16:27,500 --> 00:16:31,800 to God and she said, if you'll just give me a son, I will give 260 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,900 him back to you and he will serve you all the days of his 261 00:16:34,900 --> 00:16:37,500 life. And he which is going to be 262 00:16:37,500 --> 00:16:42,100 Samuel will be a measure right, his entire life, he is going to 263 00:16:42,100 --> 00:16:46,700 give the vowel. You know what valve? 264 00:16:47,700 --> 00:16:50,300 Under the Old Testament was for a time period. 265 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:56,700 Inez right valve, also, but in many cases, it was for life and 266 00:16:56,700 --> 00:17:01,900 in his case she is making the valve for Samuel that her 267 00:17:01,900 --> 00:17:05,900 husband is going to support. Therefore, it was due and 268 00:17:05,900 --> 00:17:10,500 payable in the eyes of God and Samuel was going to be just that 269 00:17:10,599 --> 00:17:15,099 he would not cut his hair for his entire life to show that he 270 00:17:15,099 --> 00:17:22,200 was a, he fulfilled his Nazarite vow unto God, she said Said, if 271 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,800 you give me a son, I'm going to give him back and he's going to 272 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,500 serve you all the days of his life. 273 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:35,400 Wow. You know what I thought of? 274 00:17:36,500 --> 00:17:39,700 I thought of something that Tina and I said when we lost Tyler 275 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,000 and and some of the other family members in our family said to, 276 00:17:43,300 --> 00:17:46,600 you know what we said, you know what's awful, losing child, it 277 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:49,400 really is, in fact, it's an unnatural thing to have to bury 278 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:55,000 your own children, really nice. But I want to tell you this. in 279 00:17:55,300 --> 00:17:57,900 in looking back on those days, you know, one of the things that 280 00:17:57,900 --> 00:18:05,900 we said was, we said Every parent, every parent strives to 281 00:18:05,900 --> 00:18:10,100 get their children to heaven. And now we're one for one. 282 00:18:12,100 --> 00:18:17,200 I said, I said that to say this that was very consoling and it 283 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:22,100 felt better, but I just wonder how I would have felt in advance 284 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:26,900 if I was willing to give him up and giving back to the Lord. 285 00:18:26,900 --> 00:18:29,900 Listen, I prayed every day for a child, I did. 286 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:34,000 And when we lost Tyler, I prayed every single day for a healthy 287 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,900 baby. So when Taylor comes out, 288 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:41,400 eyeball for one solid week useless as can be I got my 289 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,300 little girl. And she's healthy. 290 00:18:46,100 --> 00:18:47,800 What if I would have had to give her up? 291 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:53,300 For the Lord. This is a great picture to me. 292 00:18:54,900 --> 00:19:01,800 That Hannah looked to the child that she loved no doubt and 293 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:05,800 incidentally you know when she nursed the baby you know it's 294 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:07,600 going to come. There's there's several years 295 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:09,700 now. Going to pass they're going back 296 00:19:09,700 --> 00:19:13,600 to Shiloh on this once a year once a year event and when 297 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:15,800 they're going to go back to Shiloh and they're going to go 298 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,900 and and perform the sacrifices that they've done before several 299 00:19:19,900 --> 00:19:21,600 years. I don't know how many, but this 300 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,500 is what I do know, in reading some history about the time. 301 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:30,200 It was customary that a mother would nurse her child for three 302 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:35,600 years and at three years old, and might sound rather odd. 303 00:19:36,700 --> 00:19:41,300 But for three years, they would nurse the child and then the 304 00:19:41,300 --> 00:19:45,900 child would be weaned. So at some point in time when 305 00:19:45,900 --> 00:19:50,300 they went back after this man was born after Samuel was born 306 00:19:50,300 --> 00:19:52,900 and incidentally, let's just back up so we don't get ahead of 307 00:19:52,900 --> 00:19:56,900 ourself. When Eli is talking to Hannah 308 00:19:57,100 --> 00:19:59,900 and Hannah is saying I'm not the daughter of Belial. 309 00:19:59,900 --> 00:20:02,600 I wouldn't have any strong drink and I wouldn't have anyone. 310 00:20:02,700 --> 00:20:04,400 I wouldn't do anything like that. 311 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:06,900 I am praying to God. God. 312 00:20:06,900 --> 00:20:08,300 And this is what I'm praying for. 313 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:12,100 I am praying that he'll grant me a child and I'll give him back 314 00:20:12,100 --> 00:20:15,300 to God. And Eli says, as the high priest 315 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:18,500 granting such a blessing, he says, may it be that the Lord 316 00:20:18,500 --> 00:20:22,700 would bless you in that way. She no longer is sad. 317 00:20:22,700 --> 00:20:27,100 And in fact, the Bible says, that her countenance changes her 318 00:20:27,100 --> 00:20:29,900 facial features and enter expressions. 319 00:20:29,900 --> 00:20:33,700 And all of that they change. She no longer is heavy-hearted. 320 00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:37,800 She no longer is saddened. She knows something's good is 321 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:40,900 going to happen. Bible says they go back. 322 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:45,000 There's another sacrifice they eat and they go home. 323 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:50,700 And her, and her husband knew one another and she conceived. 324 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:57,500 And Samuel was born. And Samuel was the product of 325 00:20:57,500 --> 00:21:02,600 the prayer that she prayed. A period of time had gone by and 326 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:07,000 it was time to go to Shiloh. She says, I'm not going to go 327 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,600 with you, and that was incidentally, that was all right 328 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:11,300 to do. Because like I said, it was only 329 00:21:11,300 --> 00:21:13,700 the men that were required to go. 330 00:21:14,300 --> 00:21:17,400 So he sent. No, she says to elkanah her 331 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,700 husband, she says, I'm going to stay here, and I'm going to 332 00:21:20,700 --> 00:21:25,500 continue to nurse him until he is weaned, and then I will bring 333 00:21:25,500 --> 00:21:27,800 it. And he said, okay. 334 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,900 But there came a period of time and that whatever I just said 335 00:21:31,900 --> 00:21:36,200 three years went by or wherever it was when it was time and they 336 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:42,000 were going to bring the child to Eli and she was going to fulfill 337 00:21:42,700 --> 00:21:46,300 what she had said. And we go to our reading that we 338 00:21:46,300 --> 00:21:53,900 have just a just a few minutes ago, beginning in verse 21. 339 00:21:55,300 --> 00:21:59,300 And the man elkanah and all his house went up to offering to the 340 00:21:59,300 --> 00:22:02,200 Lord, the yearly sacrifice and his vow. 341 00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:06,400 But Hannah went not up for. She said, unto her husband, I 342 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:10,300 will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring 343 00:22:10,300 --> 00:22:14,200 him and he may appear before the Lord, and thereby forever and 344 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,400 elkanah. Her husband said under her do 345 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,700 what seemeth be good. Terry until you have weaned him 346 00:22:19,700 --> 00:22:21,700 only the Lord established his word. 347 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,800 So the woman of bowed and gave her some sucking tissue is Wayne 348 00:22:25,100 --> 00:22:29,000 And then verse 24 when she was weaned, they took him up and 349 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,600 brought him also with three bullets. 350 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:35,900 In other words, they were not only going to bring the child to 351 00:22:35,900 --> 00:22:41,500 Eli to give the child, Samuel over fulfilling a vow and over 352 00:22:41,500 --> 00:22:45,000 to the Lord to start serving the lord, all the days of his life. 353 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,600 But they also brought fangs of sacrifice that they might make 354 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:54,700 sacrifice in Thanksgiving and praise to God, also, You know, 355 00:22:54,700 --> 00:22:58,200 I've wondered what, Eli, what he must have thought when he or she 356 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,200 comes. And she says it was me member 357 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,700 me. Remember when you thought I was 358 00:23:03,700 --> 00:23:08,800 drunk, you thought I was intoxicated and I said, no, I'm 359 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,700 not intoxicated. I'm not the daughter of Belial. 360 00:23:11,700 --> 00:23:16,200 I'm not all that. She says, I'm the one that was 361 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:20,400 praying, I'm the one that was heartsick and I'm the one that 362 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,900 said that I would give my child back to the Lord. 363 00:23:22,900 --> 00:23:26,600 If he'll, but blessed me with the Son and now I'm here to do 364 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,600 it. The Bible says from that point 365 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,000 forward. Now she left him there. 366 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,600 You know, I don't know what that's like, but do you take a 367 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,500 child picture? A child, that is yours. 368 00:23:39,900 --> 00:23:42,300 And you've spent, and you've bonded with the child. 369 00:23:42,300 --> 00:23:45,200 I'm not talking about, I'm not talking about a woman that gives 370 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,600 her child up for adoption, right birth. 371 00:23:47,700 --> 00:23:51,500 I'm talking about you have that baby, take care of that baby and 372 00:23:51,500 --> 00:23:54,400 nurse that baby for three years time. 373 00:23:54,700 --> 00:23:57,700 And then all of a sudden do, like you said, you were going to 374 00:23:57,700 --> 00:24:01,200 do travel, 18 miles think in the entire time, what you're going 375 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,100 to have to do, and how it was going to be? 376 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,200 Be to separate yourself from that child. 377 00:24:07,100 --> 00:24:10,200 Only to leave them there because that's what you promised the 378 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,200 Lord. You know, the Bible says that 379 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,700 she was blessed with sons and daughters too. 380 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:23,800 But she did the right thing. She chose the Lord over her 381 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:27,000 child. That's not easy to do. 382 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:32,000 But if there's a picture there, it certainly is this. 383 00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:35,500 If there is nothing in the world, that is more important 384 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:39,200 than serving the lord. There's no one in the world 385 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,200 that's more important than the Lord. 386 00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:43,300 You know, Jesus, dealt with that very thing. 387 00:24:43,300 --> 00:24:46,600 You remember, when Jesus would speak about that very thing, he 388 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:50,200 would say that a man must hate his father and hate his mother 389 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:54,200 and so on, and so forth. But the word hate just means 390 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,800 love less, you know, the Lord was saying, Lord was saying you 391 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:58,300 love him. Like you've always loved him, 392 00:24:58,300 --> 00:25:01,000 you love him with all your heart, you love them and in a 393 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:05,800 great abundance. But you love the Lord more. 394 00:25:06,300 --> 00:25:10,200 Because if you love anything or anyone in this life greater than 395 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,000 you love me, Jesus said you're not worthy of me. 396 00:25:14,100 --> 00:25:19,100 What an example? This woman was able to show us a 397 00:25:19,108 --> 00:25:24,100 long long time ago. Well, the Bible says that she 398 00:25:24,100 --> 00:25:30,200 began to pray chapter 2. She does just that and she prays 399 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:34,300 a prayer that sounds like a like a poem, it's a beautiful poem, 400 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,700 she speaks of things that were predictions and stuff. 401 00:25:37,700 --> 00:25:40,400 But At first she praises the great God Of Heaven. 402 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,500 She says about the about the Lord, his horn. 403 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,400 That means his power. You know what? 404 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:49,100 He/she I was saying she was saying, it's not by my strength, 405 00:25:49,100 --> 00:25:53,100 it's not by his strength, it's not by man's doing it is by 406 00:25:53,100 --> 00:25:57,700 God's doing and his power. And his might to be able to look 407 00:25:57,700 --> 00:26:00,800 down upon a woman that has bowed before him. 408 00:26:00,900 --> 00:26:04,500 And incidentally she was humble, you know, I know three times in 409 00:26:04,500 --> 00:26:09,800 her prayer, she calls herself thy handmaid The Lord's, 410 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:15,500 handmade humbling herself. Who was the one that was to have 411 00:26:15,500 --> 00:26:18,100 power? It was the Lord and she said, 412 00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:23,100 it's because of his power that she had a child. 413 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:28,200 Well, you know, the Bible says that He liked or excuse me, 414 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:32,900 Samuel began to continue to grow, and he grew in favor, in 415 00:26:32,900 --> 00:26:37,500 the eyes of the Lord, and he grew in favor, in the eyes of 416 00:26:37,500 --> 00:26:40,800 men, you know, there's a contrast there because right 417 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,900 before the statement that I just made a verse in chapter 2 just 418 00:26:44,900 --> 00:26:48,000 before that, it talks about two other Sons. 419 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,600 Two other songs that were not in favor, in the eyes of the Lord, 420 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:56,200 and they were so wicked and so vile they were not in favor. 421 00:26:56,300 --> 00:26:58,500 Over with the people of the land either. 422 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:00,900 I'ma tell you something right now. 423 00:27:02,300 --> 00:27:06,700 You can leave the church, you can quit the church, you can go 424 00:27:06,700 --> 00:27:10,000 into a bar somewhere, you can drink an intoxicant. 425 00:27:10,100 --> 00:27:12,600 You can talk to people that knew you used to go to church, and 426 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,000 you know what they'll do for the most part in the world. 427 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,100 They'll support you in all the way. 428 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,100 You know why? Because it supports their 429 00:27:19,100 --> 00:27:22,800 decision to. Usually when we do things that 430 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:27,300 are not good, in the eyes of the Lord, they are good in the eyes 431 00:27:27,300 --> 00:27:30,700 of man. When we go out into the world 432 00:27:30,700 --> 00:27:34,100 and we do things that the world says is a great idea. 433 00:27:35,500 --> 00:27:40,200 Usually God is not pleased, usually more on that in just a 434 00:27:40,208 --> 00:27:41,400 minute. I want to share with you. 435 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,400 An example happened just the other day. 436 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:48,300 We kind of joked about it. Taylor playing in a softball 437 00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:53,600 league at the playoffs, we had told them that that if there's a 438 00:27:53,608 --> 00:27:56,000 Wednesday conflict, we would we would miss the game. 439 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,700 We would, we've told them that from the sign up all the way 440 00:27:58,700 --> 00:28:00,500 through. They knew that fact, Taylor 441 00:28:00,500 --> 00:28:03,700 missed two games in the course of the season, because they were 442 00:28:03,700 --> 00:28:07,000 at 7:30 on Wednesday evening, we've made a commitment to 443 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:11,200 worship the, the great God of heaven and be with you and do so 444 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:15,400 together. Interestingly if they the one on 445 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:20,300 Tuesday, they had to play on Wednesday at 7:30. 446 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,700 And before the Tuesday night game, I was talking to the head 447 00:28:23,700 --> 00:28:27,000 coach, I was the assistant and I said, no, we're not going to be 448 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,300 able to be there and he said, listen to me. 449 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:35,700 He said the Lord wants her here. He said the Lord wants her here, 450 00:28:36,300 --> 00:28:38,300 trying to recruit a good ball player. 451 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,400 The Lord wants you to play baseball. 452 00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:46,900 Lord and care about baseball. Lord don't care about any of 453 00:28:46,900 --> 00:28:50,000 that. The Lord cares about our service 454 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,800 to him. So usually when we do things in 455 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,700 the eyes of the world that seemed good in the eyes of the 456 00:28:56,700 --> 00:29:00,400 world, they are not necessarily good in the eyes of God. 457 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:05,100 But Samuel was a young man that was growing and he was coming up 458 00:29:05,100 --> 00:29:08,000 the ranks and he was doing things that were pleasing in the 459 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:13,400 eyes of God and he increased in favor in the eyes of man. 460 00:29:14,500 --> 00:29:18,800 What an example that was. but you see these two boys right 461 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:25,100 here, they were so wicked and they were so vile and they were 462 00:29:25,100 --> 00:29:27,600 doing. So, under the idea or under the 463 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:31,500 idea or guideline, or the name of sacrifice and religion to 464 00:29:31,500 --> 00:29:34,400 God. They were so corrupt, and so 465 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:38,000 vile that people actually abhorred. 466 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:43,400 The sacrifice Could that ever be said of a child of God? 467 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:49,600 That we lived in such a way that people would look to the Lord's 468 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,900 church with disdain because of our example. 469 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,300 Wouldn't that be awful? You know, we're supposed to go 470 00:29:57,300 --> 00:30:01,000 out to the world, Darryl prayed about God, giving the increase 471 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,200 and God certainly has done that, God's given the increase here at 472 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,900 this place. He's given the increase all over 473 00:30:07,900 --> 00:30:10,000 the world. We give him the praise, the 474 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:14,100 glory, and the honor we do. We give him all the praise for 475 00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:17,900 566 baptisms in the Philippines at the start of the year. 476 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,900 We give him the praise for that too. 477 00:30:21,100 --> 00:30:25,000 But you know though God gets the praise and God gets the glory, 478 00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:30,000 it doesn't remove our service. And one of the things that we do 479 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,500 when we serve God, not just worship him. 480 00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:36,800 One of the things that we do is we go take this gospel story. 481 00:30:36,900 --> 00:30:40,300 The Greatest Story Ever Told and we take it to those that are in 482 00:30:40,300 --> 00:30:43,700 the world and listen, folks you may not know a whole lot about 483 00:30:43,700 --> 00:30:46,700 the Bible, you may not know a whole lot about the book. 484 00:30:46,700 --> 00:30:50,000 You may be a babe in Christ but I guarantee you the greatest 485 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,100 sermon ever. East is your life. 486 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:58,900 And you can be doing good with your actions, your example and 487 00:30:58,900 --> 00:31:02,700 your life. So people would look to you and 488 00:31:02,700 --> 00:31:06,600 see good things about the Lord's church and not bad things. 489 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,600 But when we don't behave ourselves and we do things, and 490 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,400 act hateful of do and say things, we shouldn't, there are 491 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,200 talk about that this morning, about loving one, another 492 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,300 demonstrating, our faith, and all of that. 493 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:23,400 When we do that, people look to us in a negative Of way when we 494 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,900 don't show that kind of proper Spirit. 495 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,900 They'll say things like, I thought you said you were a 496 00:31:28,908 --> 00:31:35,000 Christian I thought you said that you were a child of God. 497 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,700 Whole World's watching. These vile men. 498 00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:45,600 Were not only not in favor in the eyes of the Lord. 499 00:31:46,700 --> 00:31:50,000 But they were vile even in the sight of man. 500 00:31:50,100 --> 00:31:53,700 Now Eli's going to have a conversation with both of them 501 00:31:54,700 --> 00:31:57,600 and Eli sits down. And as I mentioned just a moment 502 00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,400 ago, I've tried to picture the city. 503 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:02,100 No doubt. This is a man. 504 00:32:02,100 --> 00:32:05,600 Listen, Eli was a God-fearing man. 505 00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:12,600 He was a God-fearing man. Eli was a man that was a high 506 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:16,600 priest and it was also a judge. Incidentally you know the period 507 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:20,400 of the judges we just finished it by looking at 1st Samuel, the 508 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:24,400 first chapter, we're beginning, another book of History under 509 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,400 the Old Testament. But prior to this we talk about 510 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,800 just the Book of Judges we and we find out that Samson was a 511 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:34,200 man that that judged Israel for 20 years in the days of the 512 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,500 Philistines and all that, when we talk about this, we're 513 00:32:37,500 --> 00:32:41,800 talking about two men that were Judges, there's an overlap here 514 00:32:41,900 --> 00:32:45,400 before we get to the first king and that's King Saul in a few 515 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,700 more chapters down the line. When the people wanted a king 516 00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:53,100 more on that, on a later date. But Eli was not only a high 517 00:32:53,100 --> 00:32:57,300 priest, but he also was a judge just like Samuel. 518 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:03,200 Samuel was a judge to and King Saul was the very first king. 519 00:33:03,500 --> 00:33:05,800 This was a man that was a high priest. 520 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,800 This was a man that had to administer for the people 521 00:33:09,100 --> 00:33:11,500 according adding to the needs of the people. 522 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:16,100 No doubt a good man. And a judge too. 523 00:33:18,500 --> 00:33:24,200 But when he sat down his boys, He said these words. 524 00:33:25,500 --> 00:33:31,100 First of all, it says, Eli was very old and heard all that his 525 00:33:31,100 --> 00:33:36,400 sons did unto Israel. And how they get this, how they 526 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,900 lay with the women that assembled at the door of the 527 00:33:39,900 --> 00:33:44,900 Tabernacle of the congregation, not only were they making the 528 00:33:44,900 --> 00:33:48,700 sacrifices vile, but they also had laid with the women. 529 00:33:48,900 --> 00:33:51,800 The Bible says, who had assembled at the door of the 530 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:57,300 Tabernacle of the congregation. Eli says this he says under 531 00:33:57,300 --> 00:33:59,500 them. Why do you do such things for? 532 00:33:59,500 --> 00:34:04,500 I hear of your evil dealings, by all this people. 533 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,600 That sounds like he's saying, I don't agree with what you're 534 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:11,900 doing, doesn't it? That sounds to me like he's 535 00:34:11,900 --> 00:34:16,400 saying what you're doing is absolutely wrong. 536 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,900 In the eyes of God, is it enough? 537 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:25,400 He keeps going, he says nay my son's for it is no good report 538 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:29,199 that I hear you make the Lord's people to transgress more. 539 00:34:29,199 --> 00:34:33,199 He goes on if one man sin against another, the judge shall 540 00:34:33,199 --> 00:34:35,600 judge him. But if a man sends against the 541 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:39,900 Lord who shall entreat for him, notwithstanding they hearkened 542 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:44,300 And not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would 543 00:34:44,300 --> 00:34:48,100 slay them. Now, listen, If I do something 544 00:34:48,100 --> 00:34:50,900 and have a problem, and I do something with Ryan, I do 545 00:34:50,900 --> 00:34:53,400 something to Ryan. I sinned against Ryan. 546 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:57,500 There's always someone above me that I couldn't treat. 547 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,700 There's always someone to ask forgiveness. 548 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:05,700 There's always someone he likes. There's a judge that can stand 549 00:35:05,700 --> 00:35:14,100 in the way as it were, And offer you Mercy. he says, but when you 550 00:35:14,100 --> 00:35:20,500 sin against the Lord, who you going to retreat, Who you going 551 00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:24,800 to go to? There's no greater judge than 552 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:32,300 the Lord. now, these sound like heartfelt things to say to these 553 00:35:32,300 --> 00:35:38,800 young men But they didn't repent and the child Samuel grew on and 554 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:45,700 was in favor, both with the Lord and also with man as we get to 555 00:35:45,700 --> 00:35:50,600 the third chapter though. You remember that there was a 556 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,000 time when Eli was getting very old. 557 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:57,400 In fact he was 98 years old, he was getting to the very end in 558 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,400 his eyes. The King James version says his 559 00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:04,100 eyes were dim. He was going blind. 560 00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:08,200 He had lost his eyesight. Like old people can obviously do 561 00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:12,900 and one night he and Sammy and I remember Samuel had been with 562 00:36:12,900 --> 00:36:17,800 Eli this whole time over all these years and he was growing 563 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:19,900 in favor. Growing up and all of that 564 00:36:19,900 --> 00:36:24,100 growing in stature. And all of a sudden, one night, 565 00:36:24,100 --> 00:36:27,800 they go to bed. And the only thing that was 566 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:32,800 Delight was the faint distance of a light in the Holy place. 567 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,700 And it was almost out and it was very late. 568 00:36:39,100 --> 00:36:45,500 And a voice came to Samuel and said, Samuel and Samuel arose. 569 00:36:45,500 --> 00:36:48,200 And he comes to leave out. It comes to Eli and he says to 570 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,000 Eli. He says, here I am. 571 00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:55,100 You've called me. And Eli says, I didn't call you. 572 00:36:56,300 --> 00:37:00,000 Go back to bed and he goes back to bed the second time. 573 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:03,300 And again, he hears the voice. And he hears the name, he says 574 00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:08,100 Samuel and he rose up again. He comes to Eli. 575 00:37:08,700 --> 00:37:11,600 He doesn't sound aggravated. He just simply says, you called 576 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:12,500 me here? I am. 577 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,100 You called me again? I'm right here. 578 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:19,100 He said, no, I didn't call you go back to bed. 579 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:23,500 He goes back a third time and he's laying there a third time 580 00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:26,000 in the voice cries out again, the boy says Sam. 581 00:37:27,500 --> 00:37:31,100 He rises up and he comes to Eli stands before Eli. 582 00:37:31,100 --> 00:37:35,600 He says, here I am again. You called me and now he'll I 583 00:37:35,607 --> 00:37:38,200 knew exactly what it was all about. 584 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,400 And Eli says, it's the word of the Lord. 585 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,500 He said, you go back. And if you hear the words again, 586 00:37:44,700 --> 00:37:49,000 you rise up and say, say, on Lord, for I am listening for, I 587 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:52,700 am here. You know, there was going to be 588 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:57,600 a vision that was given to Samuel and it was not going to 589 00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:00,500 be a happy one. It was going to be a sad 590 00:38:00,500 --> 00:38:03,500 occasion. I want you to hear these words. 591 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:08,500 Beginning in verse 11 of chapter 3, the Lord said to Samuel 592 00:38:08,500 --> 00:38:13,700 behold, I will do a thing in Israel at which both the ears of 593 00:38:13,700 --> 00:38:16,200 every one that heareth in shall tingle. 594 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,100 In other words, they're not nobody's going to be able to 595 00:38:19,100 --> 00:38:21,500 believe what I'm going to. To do. 596 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:27,500 He says on in that day I will perform against Eli all things 597 00:38:27,500 --> 00:38:30,900 which I have spoken concerning his house when I begin. 598 00:38:30,900 --> 00:38:34,600 I will also make an End look at verse 13 for. 599 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:38,200 I have told him that I would judges house forever for the 600 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:42,100 iniquity, which he knoweth because get this his sons made 601 00:38:42,100 --> 00:38:45,900 themselves bile and he restrained them. 602 00:38:45,900 --> 00:38:50,100 Not Didn't we just read a chapter before that? 603 00:38:50,100 --> 00:38:52,200 He told them that what they were doing was awful. 604 00:38:52,500 --> 00:38:54,200 Didn't they? Heave and say to them? 605 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:57,000 Your sin is so great. That there's no one that you can 606 00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:01,300 even in treat You've offended the Lord and there's nowhere to 607 00:39:01,300 --> 00:39:05,900 go. But it would be taken from the 608 00:39:05,900 --> 00:39:12,000 house of Eli sacrifices forever. Other things were going to 609 00:39:12,008 --> 00:39:16,300 happen to anyone of the of that lineage, you know, the promise 610 00:39:16,300 --> 00:39:19,400 given to Aaron before. And continuing on in that in 611 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:22,900 that lineage. The Lord said the angel lord 612 00:39:22,900 --> 00:39:26,500 said before chapter, before he said what's going to happen is 613 00:39:26,500 --> 00:39:28,500 they're not even going to be able to grow to old age. 614 00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:32,400 You're going to die young. I'm gonna wipe you out. 615 00:39:33,300 --> 00:39:37,300 Why? Because your sons were vile and 616 00:39:37,300 --> 00:39:41,100 you restrained them. Not Folks, if that's not a 617 00:39:41,107 --> 00:39:47,000 picture. Of the active role that we must 618 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:51,900 have against wrongdoing. Especially in our own house. 619 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:57,300 I don't know what is see speaking to them was not enough, 620 00:39:57,300 --> 00:40:00,500 he could have taken them away from the responsibilities as 621 00:40:00,500 --> 00:40:03,400 priests and sacrifices and all the things that they would do 622 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:08,100 working as a common priest. But he didn't do it. 623 00:40:09,900 --> 00:40:13,400 In essence. He chose them. 624 00:40:14,700 --> 00:40:19,200 Over the Lord. Somebody asked me one time. 625 00:40:21,300 --> 00:40:25,900 Well, they said it rather curtly They said, what are you going to 626 00:40:25,908 --> 00:40:28,300 do, fright? You got little kids. 627 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:33,600 What are you going to do? Christian said this to me. 628 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,600 What are you going to do? when one day Taylor care decide 629 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:41,800 that they're no longer going to serve the Lord, If all of a 630 00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:44,100 sudden one day they go and say, you know what, I'm just done 631 00:40:44,100 --> 00:40:47,200 with it all. What are you going to do? 632 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:53,300 I only have one answer. I want you to know that my 633 00:40:53,300 --> 00:40:56,800 answer is not any kind of arrogance whatsoever. 634 00:40:57,500 --> 00:41:00,100 I do think I got the greatest kids in the world but I 635 00:41:00,100 --> 00:41:04,300 guarantee it and I tell you this to prayerfully, it'll never 636 00:41:04,300 --> 00:41:05,900 happen. But if I lose him to the devil 637 00:41:05,900 --> 00:41:07,600 one day you won't be before the fight. 638 00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,700 I do know that for a fact. I know that for a fact. 639 00:41:13,100 --> 00:41:16,700 But somebody says, what are you going to do if they choose the 640 00:41:16,700 --> 00:41:21,300 world and quit? I answered him like this, it's 641 00:41:21,300 --> 00:41:26,900 the only answer I know. I hope and pray that I will love 642 00:41:26,900 --> 00:41:30,700 them as much as my father. Loved me. 643 00:41:32,300 --> 00:41:33,600 No more. Take some folks. 644 00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:37,300 There's a time when you make choices because you don't want 645 00:41:37,300 --> 00:41:42,500 to lose what you love. sometimes people say, Well, they're doing 646 00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:48,900 it for all the wrong reasons, maybe maybe, I stand before you 647 00:41:48,900 --> 00:41:52,000 today for that one reason. Guarantee. 648 00:41:53,900 --> 00:41:56,300 See, we make the decisions for them. 649 00:41:57,700 --> 00:42:02,700 And if they choose another path, we long for their return, but we 650 00:42:02,700 --> 00:42:05,500 don't support him in sin, or we give them no reason to ever come 651 00:42:05,500 --> 00:42:09,300 back. You know, one by one. 652 00:42:11,100 --> 00:42:13,100 I've had some family members that have departed, you know, 653 00:42:13,100 --> 00:42:18,500 they all came back. My sister came back recently, my 654 00:42:18,500 --> 00:42:21,900 dad never got to see it but he'll see that one day if she's 655 00:42:21,900 --> 00:42:27,000 faithful to the end. If you don't stand for 656 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:31,700 something, like the song says, You'll fall for anything. 657 00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:35,500 He could have done something about it. 658 00:42:37,100 --> 00:42:41,200 But he didn't. Don't ever let it be that the 659 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:43,200 child of God says to their children. 660 00:42:43,300 --> 00:42:48,200 Their loved ones their family. Hope you make the right choices 661 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,700 but nothing's going to change in our relationship. 662 00:42:51,100 --> 00:42:52,300 I'm a love you all the way to heaven. 663 00:42:52,300 --> 00:42:58,700 I'm a love you all the way back. We thank you for listening to 664 00:42:58,700 --> 00:43:03,300 our podcast, put on by the Church of Christ at 22:15 plans. 665 00:43:03,300 --> 00:43:06,800 Road in Bakersfield, if you would like any additional 666 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:09,600 information or you would like to receive a free Bible 667 00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:14,600 correspondence, course by mail. 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