1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,100 I invite your attention to the Old Testament to the book of 1st 2 00:00:03,100 --> 00:00:06,600 Samuel, the 8th chapter, and I want to begin reading their 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:10,500 beginning in verse 1, as we left off after chapter seven last 4 00:00:10,500 --> 00:00:13,100 Lord's day. And as I told you, we were going 5 00:00:13,100 --> 00:00:17,800 to talk about a time when the people demanded, a king, we're 6 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,900 going to talk about the narrative, that covers the next 7 00:00:20,900 --> 00:00:23,600 five chapters of the book of 1st Samuel. 8 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:27,300 And we'll begin there in chapter 8, reading for our text 9 00:00:27,300 --> 00:00:32,000 beginning, in verse 1. And it came to pass when Samuel 10 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,100 was old that he made his sons judges over Israel. 11 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,200 Now, the name of the firstborn was Joel the name of the second 12 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,500 Abaya. There were judges in Beersheba 13 00:00:43,100 --> 00:00:45,600 and his sons. Walk not in the ways but turned 14 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:50,000 aside after lucre and took bribes and perverted judgment. 15 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:54,400 Then all the it Elders of Israel gathered themselves together and 16 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:59,300 came to Samuel in Ramah and said unto him behold Thou Art old and 17 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:04,800 My son's walk not in thy ways. Now make us a king to judge us, 18 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:09,100 like all the nations. You know, really that says a 19 00:01:09,107 --> 00:01:14,400 mouthful as they came. On that day, 2 Samuel with the 20 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:19,000 pretext of the fact that his sons were not walking in the 21 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,600 ways that they should walk. But really, when they said that 22 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,900 they wanted a king, they wanted to King. 23 00:01:24,900 --> 00:01:30,700 And the reason was we want a king like all the nations. 24 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:35,100 I'll just say very briefly this, you remember when God had always 25 00:01:35,100 --> 00:01:38,100 been there for his people, in fact, never in the scriptures is 26 00:01:38,100 --> 00:01:42,200 it ever found when man is trying to do that which is right? 27 00:01:42,300 --> 00:01:45,500 He was not without God, God was always there. 28 00:01:45,500 --> 00:01:50,700 And God still is, today always there when man has not departed 29 00:01:50,700 --> 00:01:53,100 from God. But what's the problem, what 30 00:01:53,100 --> 00:01:57,600 happens, what happens is as it happened over time and over 31 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:01,400 history, we find that God's people began to think for 32 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,200 themselves. God's people began to use their 33 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:08,000 own wisdom, their own, might their own understanding, and 34 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:13,400 because of that, they leave or transgress the Hands of God 35 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,700 thinking that they can do it on their own, and they actually 36 00:02:16,700 --> 00:02:22,700 rebelled by action against God. And when that happens, man fails 37 00:02:22,700 --> 00:02:28,700 every time All of all the things that God had done for man, all 38 00:02:28,700 --> 00:02:31,600 the things historically that God had done and then all of a 39 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:33,900 sudden you know God's been there all the time. 40 00:02:33,900 --> 00:02:37,200 In fact, you remember a chapter 7, what did the people do? 41 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,000 They said we've learned our lesson and the Bible says that 42 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,600 the Ark of God was there for 20 years and the people lamented 43 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,300 the entire time. But what happened? 44 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:54,000 All of a sudden a hash, the ammonite is a tremendous threat 45 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,300 to God's people. They don't trust in God. 46 00:02:57,300 --> 00:02:58,600 This time, you know what they say? 47 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,400 They say, give us a king. Give us a king that we might 48 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:07,000 fight and he might fight our battles that he might lead his 49 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,200 people. And so we have in the year 50 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,800 10:43, the first king and we have on the board. 51 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,200 And I wanted to put this here because this started the period 52 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,800 of the kings. First of all, from 10:43 BC 53 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:25,500 2931, we have a single Kingdom under God. 54 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,600 Then in 9 31 BC, we have the divided Kingdom where the 55 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:31,600 kingdom splits and we have in this is face. 56 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,600 Two of the Kingdom. This is Israel, the northern 57 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:40,000 kingdom and Judah of the Southern until 722 BC, where the 58 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,900 surviving Kingdom, the Judy, and period, the third phase of the 59 00:03:43,900 --> 00:03:50,000 Kingdom Goes Forth until about the year 586 unbelief BC. 60 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:52,700 But for a little while this morning, I want to talk to you 61 00:03:52,700 --> 00:03:55,200 about something. That's so important in learning 62 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:59,800 lessons today. When you trust in yourself, when 63 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:05,100 you trust in man, When you trust in the understanding of men and 64 00:04:05,100 --> 00:04:09,500 all of their wisdom and you don't trust in God, you are 65 00:04:09,500 --> 00:04:13,200 bound and destined for great failure in your life, you want 66 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,399 to be successful, living the Christian life, regardless of 67 00:04:16,399 --> 00:04:20,000 the calamities that are about you you trust in the Lord 68 00:04:20,300 --> 00:04:25,500 because he's always been there, the misbah Revival and 69 00:04:25,500 --> 00:04:28,400 subsequent victory over. The Philistines in first, Samuel 70 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,200 chapter 7 that we talked about last Lord's Day. 71 00:04:31,700 --> 00:04:34,700 Were the highlights of Samuel's long, judgeship. 72 00:04:35,100 --> 00:04:40,000 These events occurred about 1085 BC and the anointing of King 73 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:45,200 Saul took place about 10 43 BC. What we find historically, 74 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:49,700 speaking on this timeline is some for decades are now passed 75 00:04:49,700 --> 00:04:53,000 over in silence in the scriptures and in the text that 76 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,400 is before us. In first Samuel chapter 8, the 77 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:00,900 great prophet appears advanced in years and in his old age, 78 00:05:00,900 --> 00:05:02,900 Samuel made it. Tragic mistake. 79 00:05:03,300 --> 00:05:06,800 He appointed his two sons, Joel and Abaya to judge. 80 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:12,200 It judgeships in Beersheba, some 50 miles Southwest of Jerusalem. 81 00:05:12,700 --> 00:05:15,800 Apparently, he was trying to make the office of Judge 82 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,700 hereditary Samuels. Sons, however, did not walk in 83 00:05:19,700 --> 00:05:22,900 the righteous path of their father, out of out. 84 00:05:22,900 --> 00:05:25,800 From under his watchful eye, they turned aside after 85 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,500 dishonest gain and took bribes to pervert. 86 00:05:29,500 --> 00:05:34,200 Judgments, the Elders of Real use Samuels Sons as a pretext 87 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,600 for demanding a king. They came to Rhema to request 88 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:42,400 that Samuel, appoint for them, a king, like, all the nations. 89 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,600 You remember, though, that God had promised to give his people 90 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:51,100 Kings Genesis chapter 17 and also Genesis chapter 35, the law 91 00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:54,800 of Moses anticipated. The day when Israel would have a 92 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:59,400 king, Deuteronomy chapter 17, nevertheless the request 93 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:03,600 defended the prophet. He Parted it as a rejection of 94 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:09,100 his life, his ministry and all that he stood for so Samuel did 95 00:06:09,100 --> 00:06:11,900 what. All wounded Soul should do he 96 00:06:11,900 --> 00:06:16,000 went to the Lord in an attitude of prayer? 97 00:06:16,700 --> 00:06:19,500 You know what I think about this, I think about how can this 98 00:06:19,500 --> 00:06:22,700 apply, or how does this apply to examples today? 99 00:06:22,700 --> 00:06:26,200 First of all, the people you remember, came and on the 100 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:30,300 surface, they appear to be protesting against a decision 101 00:06:30,500 --> 00:06:35,000 that Samuel who Judge had made that you remember, Samuel was a 102 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,000 good man. An upright man. 103 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,000 Samuel was the one. You remember who had a mother 104 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,600 named Hannah? And Hannah said that if you give 105 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:46,400 me a son, as she prayed to the great God Of Heaven, he says I 106 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,400 will give him back to you and he will serve you all the days of 107 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,200 his life. It will be bound with a Nazarite 108 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:56,500 vow and he will have a Nazarite vow, no, razor, whatever, go to 109 00:06:56,500 --> 00:06:59,400 his head, all the days of his life. 110 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:03,000 Therefore, the Bible says, even in the house Us of Eli, that 111 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:08,200 Samuel began to grow, not only in stature, but in favor, in the 112 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:12,600 eyes of the Lord. So Samuel was an upright, man. 113 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:18,000 Samuel was a God-fearing man. Samuel was a Godly Man. 114 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,600 But, you know, Samuel became old at some point in time. 115 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:27,100 And years have now passed from chapter 7 to chapter 8. 116 00:07:27,100 --> 00:07:29,800 And as I mentioned, just a moment ago, some most Scholars 117 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,700 agree that it was about four decades worth of time had 118 00:07:33,700 --> 00:07:37,800 passed, we could picture as it were on this occasion, Samuel 119 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:42,000 standing there grey-headed and getting older, maybe feeble and 120 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,400 his steps. I don't know how old he was, but 121 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:48,000 he's getting older in years. And the next five chapters is 122 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,800 going to point that very thing out and the people look to him 123 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:55,800 as a grey-headed old As it were and they look to the problems 124 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,900 that were surrounding bam. They look to the persecutions 125 00:07:58,900 --> 00:08:01,600 that we're going to come upon God's people. 126 00:08:01,700 --> 00:08:04,600 They never trusted in the great God Of Heaven in this. 127 00:08:04,700 --> 00:08:08,100 They didn't learn their lesson, they were not grateful for all 128 00:08:08,100 --> 00:08:10,700 that God had done. What do they do? 129 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,200 They look to Samuel and a poor choice? 130 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:17,700 That Samuel made. He appointed Joel and Abaya to 131 00:08:17,700 --> 00:08:21,900 be judges. The Bible says over Israel The 132 00:08:21,907 --> 00:08:27,800 Bible says that they were placed judges by Samuel in bursts in 133 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,200 Beersheba. Interestingly nowhere in the 134 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,799 scriptures. Does it say or does it record 135 00:08:33,799 --> 00:08:36,600 when the Bible talks about the judges of God? 136 00:08:36,799 --> 00:08:40,200 No where are these men listed there? 137 00:08:40,299 --> 00:08:43,100 This is obvious that it came from Samuel. 138 00:08:43,100 --> 00:08:46,700 Trying to pass down the judgeship as it were to his 139 00:08:46,700 --> 00:08:50,000 son's in a hereditary sort of fashion. 140 00:08:51,100 --> 00:08:55,000 Well, the people come to Samuel one day, and the people say, 141 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,200 give us a king. And first of all, they said, 142 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:02,100 give us a king because your son's, first of all, you're an 143 00:09:02,100 --> 00:09:04,800 old man, you got gray hair, you're getting older. 144 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:09,400 Now, we've got to make changes around us, so your sons are not 145 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,500 the ones to look for. Your sons are not the ones to 146 00:09:12,500 --> 00:09:13,700 lead. God's people. 147 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:17,900 Your sons are not the ones to be the judge over God's people 148 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,300 because they are wicked. In fact, you know what they were 149 00:09:20,300 --> 00:09:23,200 doing. They were taking bribes from the 150 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:27,700 people and perverting judgments because of that very thing. 151 00:09:28,700 --> 00:09:30,700 You know, one scholar said, one time. 152 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,300 It was kind of like a modern politician today. 153 00:09:36,300 --> 00:09:38,600 They were taking bribes, they were corrupt. 154 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:42,500 They were not interested in what was the greater good among the 155 00:09:42,500 --> 00:09:45,200 people, they were not interested in the greater. 156 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,300 Good concerning serving God either. 157 00:09:47,300 --> 00:09:52,300 No, they took it upon themselves to take money to take Lucker. 158 00:09:52,300 --> 00:09:57,200 The Bible says, and to pervert their judgments because of the 159 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,800 bribes that they would come toward them. 160 00:10:00,500 --> 00:10:03,100 You know, that's a picture of anyone that says that they're 161 00:10:03,100 --> 00:10:07,200 serving God for personal gain, we don't serve God for personal 162 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,600 gain. We don't do that at all, we 163 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:12,600 serve God, for the purpose of serving him. 164 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:15,800 Do you remember when the Bible talks about the ark being a 165 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,100 child low? And, and we talked about this 166 00:10:18,100 --> 00:10:20,700 last Lord's day, you remember what the people did. 167 00:10:20,700 --> 00:10:24,100 The people look to a massacre That Came Upon God's people and 168 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:27,500 they said, oh, what we've done is, we've made a mistake, we got 169 00:10:27,500 --> 00:10:30,600 to go get the Ark of God and bring it into camp and Bring it 170 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:34,500 to us and get it out of Shiloh and I'll protect us. 171 00:10:35,700 --> 00:10:41,100 Taking a form of service and putting it down as a reason for 172 00:10:41,100 --> 00:10:44,500 protection or what they could get out of it physically. 173 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:49,900 No, that's not why we serve God. We don't serve God because we 174 00:10:49,900 --> 00:10:54,300 like the people we don't serve God because we like forms of 175 00:10:54,300 --> 00:10:57,800 entertainment. We don't serve God because we 176 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:01,300 like the fellowship of Brothers and Sisters in Christ. 177 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:05,900 We don't serve God because we are getting something I'm from 178 00:11:05,900 --> 00:11:06,300 it. You know what? 179 00:11:06,300 --> 00:11:09,500 Take the stink to me is in the religious world, you can talk to 180 00:11:09,508 --> 00:11:11,600 people. I talk to many people as have 181 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:13,800 you. I know that and you talk to 182 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,400 folks about the church that they're currently going to. 183 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,400 And they're either one of two things, they're either very 184 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:24,500 happy and content with what they're enjoying religiously or 185 00:11:24,500 --> 00:11:28,000 they are completely discontinued by the things that are 186 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,900 surrounding them religiously. And you know what the judge is, 187 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,400 you know, what the barometer is? You know what the test is. 188 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:39,000 The test is what they're getting from it. 189 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:46,900 I'm having a good time. We got a great softball team, we 190 00:11:46,900 --> 00:11:50,600 got a great youth program. In fact, you can get anything 191 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:55,700 you want at the church that I attend, or I don't like what 192 00:11:55,700 --> 00:11:58,800 they're teaching over there. I don't like what's going on 193 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,500 over there. I don't like the people there. 194 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:04,700 I don't like this there. I don't like the way the music 195 00:12:04,700 --> 00:12:06,800 is. I don't like the way this thing 196 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:11,600 is or that thing is and the idea is this that it is true that in 197 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,900 the religious World, there are practices that are not 198 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:16,700 Scriptural, that's true. And we need to stand against 199 00:12:16,700 --> 00:12:18,900 practices that are not scriptural. 200 00:12:18,900 --> 00:12:22,500 That is all true. But there's a difference between 201 00:12:22,500 --> 00:12:25,600 someone who's standing for that, which is right and standing 202 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,900 against the things that are wrong and somebody that is just 203 00:12:28,900 --> 00:12:30,900 out to get something for themselves. 204 00:12:32,700 --> 00:12:39,100 Never let it be that we serve God for personal gain these sons 205 00:12:39,100 --> 00:12:43,100 of Samuel were doing just that perverting their judgments based 206 00:12:43,100 --> 00:12:47,300 upon the lucre that they received in bribes coming their 207 00:12:47,300 --> 00:12:50,000 way. So on this occasion here, come 208 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,900 the people. And they say Samuel, your sons 209 00:12:52,900 --> 00:12:56,100 are not standing up your sons are not doing that, which is 210 00:12:56,100 --> 00:13:00,500 right, give us a king but then look at the phrase that said 211 00:13:00,500 --> 00:13:06,800 next. Like all the nations. you know, 212 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:11,300 some of you were in You know, I told you I was going to talk on 213 00:13:11,300 --> 00:13:15,100 this last Sunday. So last Sunday night in Turlock, 214 00:13:15,500 --> 00:13:18,200 Ronnie Wade, taught on this. So I didn't copy this from him. 215 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,300 I didn't plan on teaching this today, but I will tell you the 216 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:24,400 point that he made that I would bet that I would have made Also 217 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:29,100 regarding this very thing. What happens sometimes is God's 218 00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:33,100 people look to whatever it is that they're looking at and they 219 00:13:33,100 --> 00:13:36,800 compared it to the things that are in the religious world. 220 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:39,700 And they wonder why can't we be more? 221 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:42,800 Or like them. Now what happens is they look to 222 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:46,000 the smaller Assemblies of God's people in the Lord's church, 223 00:13:46,100 --> 00:13:49,500 then they look to the Grand assemblies that are found in the 224 00:13:49,500 --> 00:13:52,800 religious world, and they try to figure out a way. 225 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:57,600 How is it that we can be similar to all the other religions and 226 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:59,700 all the other churches in the world? 227 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:02,600 How can we do that? Now, we may not compromise 228 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:05,900 Doctrine, we would never do that, we would never compromise 229 00:14:05,900 --> 00:14:09,000 those things, and I think that's obvious we would never bring in 230 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,100 instruments of Music. We would never do the things 231 00:14:12,100 --> 00:14:14,900 that are absolutely transgressing, the commands of 232 00:14:14,900 --> 00:14:17,900 God regarding our worship and regarding Doctrine. 233 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,000 But I'm going to tell you something, folks, you may think 234 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,400 that it's not coming, but it is in the religious world, it's 235 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:30,400 having a greater effect on us. That you may think Is 236 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:35,100 congregation in town. They are congregation that 237 00:14:35,100 --> 00:14:37,400 where's that name of the Church of Christ? 238 00:14:38,500 --> 00:14:41,700 They worship incorrectly with more than one cup and more than 239 00:14:41,700 --> 00:14:45,500 one loaf on the Lord's table. But they still wear the name 240 00:14:45,500 --> 00:14:49,500 Church of Christ. And over time, they have 241 00:14:49,500 --> 00:14:52,700 transgressed to the point that they don't even resemble the 242 00:14:52,700 --> 00:14:54,800 Lord's Church. You know, there was a time and I 243 00:14:54,808 --> 00:14:56,500 can say this because this is where I came from. 244 00:14:56,500 --> 00:15:01,100 You know, there was a time many years ago when those that had 245 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:03,200 transgressed the commands about the communion. 246 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:07,300 That was the only difference. I remember that I remember that 247 00:15:07,300 --> 00:15:10,300 in 1973. My folks were baptized into 248 00:15:10,300 --> 00:15:13,100 Christ and me shortly thereafter at some point about three years 249 00:15:13,100 --> 00:15:15,700 later. And the only difference was 250 00:15:15,700 --> 00:15:21,300 classes, And the communion was perverted with individual cups. 251 00:15:21,300 --> 00:15:25,700 That was the only difference, Regarding worship regarding 252 00:15:25,700 --> 00:15:28,000 Doctrine and regarding salvation. 253 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,000 I'm gonna tell you something, folks. 254 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,200 It doesn't even resemble that now, you know, why? 255 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:37,100 When you transgress even this much, you are on a path that you 256 00:15:37,100 --> 00:15:39,800 are on a road that leads to apostasy. 257 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:41,700 And I tell you something else folks. 258 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,400 There's some wonderful people that are being misguided by 259 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,200 church leaders today. In this very town that have 260 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,900 stood up and said these church leaders, you give us one more 261 00:15:49,900 --> 00:15:51,800 generation and we won't even preached. 262 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:54,500 The baptism is necessary for salvation. 263 00:15:55,900 --> 00:16:00,000 That's what happens when you transgress it, all the commands 264 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,900 of God. Well, the people come to Samuel 265 00:16:03,300 --> 00:16:06,100 and they demand a king. They demanded King, and they 266 00:16:06,100 --> 00:16:09,900 want to be like, all other nations, but you know, the Bible 267 00:16:09,900 --> 00:16:13,400 says that Samuel is just heartsick about that. 268 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,300 He absolutely is overcome with that. 269 00:16:16,300 --> 00:16:19,700 So he begins to pray. But God is going to speak to 270 00:16:19,700 --> 00:16:23,200 him, like this, God is going to say, listen, don't think for a 271 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:25,200 minute that they're rejecting you. 272 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:30,200 They're rejecting me. Have you ever converted somebody 273 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,300 to Christ? I have. 274 00:16:35,300 --> 00:16:37,000 And they stay with us for a while. 275 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:40,300 And then they leave and you take it personal. 276 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:42,900 That's just kind of being in the flesh. 277 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:47,100 It's hard not to it is times like those folks. 278 00:16:47,100 --> 00:16:51,100 When you got to remind yourself, they're not rejecting you, 279 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,800 they're rejecting God. That's what God Said. 280 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,000 You know, of all the things that God had done, have you ever have 281 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,400 a situation where you've done a whole lot for people? 282 00:17:01,900 --> 00:17:04,900 I mean you've just done so much for people that were not 283 00:17:04,900 --> 00:17:08,200 deserving, they were not worthy of your goodness and all the 284 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:09,700 things that you've done for them. 285 00:17:10,900 --> 00:17:14,900 But over and over and over and over, you do something for them 286 00:17:14,900 --> 00:17:16,599 to help them. I would imagine you're going to 287 00:17:16,608 --> 00:17:19,700 get to the point where you've exhausted your goodness and your 288 00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:22,200 done. I'm finished with you. 289 00:17:22,300 --> 00:17:26,000 Maybe we say words like that. I'm not saying that's right, 290 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:26,900 wrong or indifferent. I'm just saying. 291 00:17:26,900 --> 00:17:28,700 That's the way it is. Get to the point where finally 292 00:17:28,700 --> 00:17:30,600 we just say. That's it, I'm done. 293 00:17:32,300 --> 00:17:35,700 I think God might have been at that point but you know what God 294 00:17:35,700 --> 00:17:39,900 says his Mercy shines through and he says this he says Samuel 295 00:17:39,900 --> 00:17:43,300 give them what they ask for but listen he said you tell them 296 00:17:43,300 --> 00:17:45,900 what kind of King they're going to get you. 297 00:17:45,900 --> 00:17:48,600 Tell him what's going to happen when they get a king, all they 298 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:52,000 can have what they wish for but you tell them and God's. 299 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,300 Mercy, shown forth at that point in time. 300 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:57,700 To tell the people what was coming. 301 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:01,900 Samuel said when you get a king, he will take your sons and 302 00:18:02,100 --> 00:18:05,700 Appoint them for himself, he'll appoint himself Captain's over 303 00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:08,100 thousands here. Take your daughters to be 304 00:18:08,100 --> 00:18:11,400 confectionaries and be cooks and Bakers here. 305 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,800 Take your fields and your Vineyards and you're all of 306 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:15,800 yards. You'll do all of that. 307 00:18:15,900 --> 00:18:19,000 He'll take a tenth of your seed of your Vineyards and give to 308 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,500 his officers and do a servants here to take your men, servants 309 00:18:22,500 --> 00:18:26,000 and your maidservant servants, and your goodliest young man and 310 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,600 your asses and put them to his work. 311 00:18:28,700 --> 00:18:31,900 He's going to take a tenth of your sheep and ye shall be his 312 00:18:32,100 --> 00:18:35,900 servant. And then there's going to come a 313 00:18:35,900 --> 00:18:38,600 time when you're going to cry out to God because of all of 314 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,700 that. And you're going to say like 315 00:18:41,700 --> 00:18:44,500 you've done and all the times before you going to cry out to 316 00:18:44,500 --> 00:18:51,800 God and say help us. Samuel said, God will not hear I 317 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:53,000 don't know about you but wouldn't you? 318 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,000 If you were sitting there listening to what saying go 319 00:18:55,008 --> 00:19:00,400 ahead said, a judge of God. And this was a man that was had 320 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:03,300 the reputation that Samuel had truly a man of God and 321 00:19:03,300 --> 00:19:05,000 recognized her being all of that. 322 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,300 And he says this, God is going to Grant you a king. 323 00:19:07,300 --> 00:19:10,900 But listen, before you go through with this, let me tell 324 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:15,300 you what's coming your way. Just in case you misunderstood, 325 00:19:15,300 --> 00:19:18,300 when you asked for a king, like all the nations, let me just 326 00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:20,400 explain what you're really going to get. 327 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:23,600 I think I'll just head back and said, man. 328 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:29,900 Let me take back my request. You know what they said? 329 00:19:31,100 --> 00:19:34,200 They said, no. Give us a king. 330 00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:38,700 You know, what's interesting to me? 331 00:19:40,300 --> 00:19:46,900 Is so many times God. Lets us have what we really 332 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,100 want. You know in second Thessalonians 333 00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:52,700 2, such an amazing passage of scripture, you know those at 334 00:19:52,700 --> 00:19:55,300 thessalonica and misunderstood when the Lord was going to come 335 00:19:55,300 --> 00:19:58,600 back, there were many there that were actually not even working. 336 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:01,000 They weren't, they weren't performing their work and their 337 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,500 jobs. They were not taking care of 338 00:20:02,508 --> 00:20:06,700 their families and the reason for that is they said that the 339 00:20:06,708 --> 00:20:09,300 Lord was coming back so soon that. 340 00:20:09,300 --> 00:20:12,300 What's the use, would you sit back and wait, what happens when 341 00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:16,000 your item bad things happen? When you sit around, idle, you 342 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,400 start gossiping, you start talking about each other. 343 00:20:18,500 --> 00:20:20,600 Either you start doing all manner of things. 344 00:20:20,700 --> 00:20:24,800 You start mooching off of others, you become a busybody in 345 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:28,000 other men's Affairs. And that's exactly what happens, 346 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,100 folks. When we are sitting around doing 347 00:20:30,100 --> 00:20:33,900 nothing productive, and that's what the people of thessalonica 348 00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:36,500 were doing. Therefore, the second letter to 349 00:20:36,500 --> 00:20:41,100 them, by the great Apostle, Paul was to correct those ideas and 350 00:20:41,100 --> 00:20:43,900 tell them to get busy and get on with it. 351 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:49,300 And they do, but listen. He says that there's going to 352 00:20:49,308 --> 00:20:52,100 come A Falling Away. First, we all know the story, 353 00:20:52,900 --> 00:20:56,400 the falling away. First before the Lord comes 354 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,700 back, the Son of Perdition man of Perdition will be revealed 355 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:04,200 and so long. But then he says this he says 356 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:09,300 there are some people, there are some people who love not the 357 00:21:09,300 --> 00:21:14,200 truth that they might be saved and for this cause Paul says, 358 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:18,200 God shall send them strong delusion that they should 359 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:22,100 believe a lie that they all might be damned who believed not 360 00:21:22,100 --> 00:21:25,800 the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 361 00:21:25,900 --> 00:21:28,400 What does that mean? I'll tell you this, I used to 362 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,400 think when I was younger, that that meant is that God would 363 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:33,900 accept. Actually send you a delusion 364 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:39,200 that would make you not accept the truth or make you to believe 365 00:21:39,300 --> 00:21:42,800 the lie. I don't think he does that. 366 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:49,600 I think he allows it. When your heart goes there, when 367 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,700 you reject the truth, he's going to send you a strong delusion 368 00:21:53,700 --> 00:21:56,200 that allows you to believe the lie. 369 00:21:57,700 --> 00:22:00,300 You know why? I think that the other way 370 00:22:00,300 --> 00:22:04,700 doesn't make any sense because the other way, saying this God 371 00:22:04,700 --> 00:22:08,100 whose long-suffering is the Salvation of man, he's 372 00:22:08,100 --> 00:22:11,600 patiently, waiting for all to repent and all of that. 373 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:15,000 And yet on the very other hand, he's going to make you sin and 374 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,200 then condemn you in a devil's hell because of it. 375 00:22:18,900 --> 00:22:20,300 I don't believe. God does that at all? 376 00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:21,600 I'm gonna tell you something folks. 377 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,800 If I drift, it's my fault. If I love not the truth that I 378 00:22:24,808 --> 00:22:28,800 might be saying, it's my fault. When I My heart against the word 379 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:31,200 of God, the truth. It is my fault. 380 00:22:31,300 --> 00:22:33,700 And when I turn from this because I don't love this 381 00:22:33,700 --> 00:22:36,800 anymore and I turned to other things that are in the world. 382 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,600 What happens is God's going to allow me? 383 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:43,700 He's going to give me a strong delusion allowing me to believe. 384 00:22:43,700 --> 00:22:48,300 If those things were even true, be careful what you wish for. 385 00:22:49,700 --> 00:22:53,400 You remember also and Numbers Chapter 14 when the people were 386 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,800 saying oh oh let us just die in the wilderness. 387 00:22:57,100 --> 00:23:01,900 Let's just die here. Be careful what you wish for God 388 00:23:02,300 --> 00:23:06,500 allowed that too. Well, the Bible says that on was 389 00:23:06,500 --> 00:23:09,900 the search for this King and there was a man that was a 390 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:14,400 Benjamin whose name was Kish and he had a son in his name. 391 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:18,700 Obviously, we know who he is the first king, his name was solved. 392 00:23:18,900 --> 00:23:22,200 And the Bible says that Saul is going out to search. 393 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,200 After his father's ass has his father's donkeys. 394 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:29,300 And the Bible says that Saul takes with him a servant and 395 00:23:29,300 --> 00:23:31,800 they go looking, and they go to many different places and 396 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,000 there's a record of that in the next chapter. 397 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:38,800 Chapter 9 of the places that they went and they didn't find 398 00:23:38,900 --> 00:23:43,000 those donkeys. He's all of a sudden Saul says 399 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,700 listen. It's getting late if we don't 400 00:23:45,700 --> 00:23:48,900 head back and we don't turn back from this search. 401 00:23:48,900 --> 00:23:52,800 He says my father back at home is going to forget about the 402 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:55,600 donkeys, he's not going to worry about the donkey's anymore. 403 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:58,400 What he's going to worry about it is he's going to worry about 404 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,800 his son and the servant he's not going to worry about those 405 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:03,500 donkeys. We better go back. 406 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:08,700 But the servant says, no, let's let's go talk to this man of God 407 00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:13,500 and he'll tell us our way. And Saul says, wait a minute. 408 00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:16,200 I don't have we don't have a gift to give to the man of God 409 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:20,000 for the information. You know, it was customary that 410 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,500 they gave a gift for someone giving information, regarding 411 00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:26,000 certain things in the man of God so forth. 412 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,200 And the servant was on to tell him, he says, no. 413 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,100 Wait a minute. He says he says, let's go see 414 00:24:30,100 --> 00:24:32,300 the Seer. Let's go see the prophet. 415 00:24:32,300 --> 00:24:36,600 He'll tell us, Bible says, when they got to the edge of town, 416 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:41,100 they saw some women and they says, where's the Seer? 417 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:46,300 The women said, go into town, you'll run into him and lo and 418 00:24:46,300 --> 00:24:50,400 behold, they came to Samuel. You know what's interesting is 419 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,500 is the way that they meet, they're out searching for their 420 00:24:53,500 --> 00:24:59,000 father's assets. Saw a searching out that And all 421 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,300 of a sudden this meeting happens like this. 422 00:25:01,300 --> 00:25:03,400 You're wondering why God did it this way. 423 00:25:03,500 --> 00:25:06,200 This was not by chance. He didn't, by chance run into 424 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,000 sandal. This was all set up by God. 425 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,100 How do we know that? Because the Bible says that 426 00:25:10,100 --> 00:25:14,500 Samuel, the day before, received from the Lord, the word that he 427 00:25:14,500 --> 00:25:16,900 would meet. He would meet the one who would 428 00:25:16,900 --> 00:25:20,200 be the king? That's kind of different. 429 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:24,200 Do you remember when Samuel is looking for the successor of 430 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,500 Saul? God sends him to the house of 431 00:25:26,500 --> 00:25:30,500 Jesse and he picks David directly. 432 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:34,100 Specifically. Send him to the house, but here, 433 00:25:34,100 --> 00:25:35,600 the meeting is a little different. 434 00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:37,900 Interesting. That's a good example of how the 435 00:25:37,900 --> 00:25:42,100 thoughts of man are not the same as the thoughts of the almighty 436 00:25:42,100 --> 00:25:46,100 god. Well, the Bible says that in 437 00:25:46,100 --> 00:25:51,300 verse 16 of chapter 9, Tomorrow about this time is what God Said 438 00:25:51,300 --> 00:25:54,000 to Samuel. I will send the Amman out of the 439 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,700 land of Benjamin and thou shalt anoint him to be Captain Over. 440 00:25:56,700 --> 00:26:00,200 My People, Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand 441 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,500 of the Philistines for, I have looked upon my people because 442 00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:07,800 their cry is come against me. And the Bible says, all of a 443 00:26:07,808 --> 00:26:12,800 sudden when when Saul is there. Now in verse 20, Samuel says, 444 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:16,700 and as for thy NASA's that were lost three days ago, said not 445 00:26:16,700 --> 00:26:20,500 thy mind, all them for they are found And on whom is all the 446 00:26:20,500 --> 00:26:25,200 desire of Israel is it not on thee and on thy father's house 447 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:28,900 and Saul answered and said, am I not a benjamite of the smallest 448 00:26:28,900 --> 00:26:32,400 tribes of Israel and my family the least of the families of The 449 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,600 Tribe of Benjamin. You know what's interesting to 450 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:40,200 me is right then their saw begins to speak with humility in 451 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,400 his heart. Now, we've already talked about 452 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,400 the end of Saul's life. Wouldn't have been great if salt 453 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:49,000 would have kept that same heart, that same Spirit, that's a Same 454 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,100 attitude. He doesn't know. 455 00:26:51,100 --> 00:26:53,700 Does he? We all know the story tries to 456 00:26:53,700 --> 00:26:58,200 kill David, his heart was hardened, his heart was turned, 457 00:26:58,900 --> 00:27:02,600 but when Samuel says you're the one You're the one that's going 458 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,800 to be the king. He says, I'm from the smallest 459 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:11,200 tribe, The Tribe of Benjamin. My family is of no significance. 460 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,700 Why me saying, no said no, it's you. 461 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,000 The Bible says, they were brought into the feast, the 462 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,900 feast is Samuel was going to go and offer the blessing and 30 463 00:27:20,900 --> 00:27:23,500 guests were there. And the Bible says that they 464 00:27:23,500 --> 00:27:26,000 were given the cheapest seats. They were given the places of 465 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,000 honor, and the thing that was given to them to eat was set 466 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,800 apart for them, not to scraps of the leftovers, but the very best 467 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:37,700 the shoulder and above it says, and was given to him After they 468 00:27:37,700 --> 00:27:40,200 had conversed on the rooftop on the housetop. 469 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,300 The very next chapter says, the Bible says that the servant is 470 00:27:44,300 --> 00:27:50,900 set on and Samuel, anoints Saul and kisses him and anointed him 471 00:27:50,900 --> 00:27:55,200 with oil or he would be the one and there was going to come a 472 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:59,400 time when Saul was going to be called back, you know, whence 473 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:04,200 all goes back, he still, he still is humble, this can be, in 474 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:07,400 fact, when he goes to Bible says to the high place, his own Uncle 475 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:11,300 comes to him and some Scholars say that was Abner and his uncle 476 00:28:11,300 --> 00:28:13,100 comes to him and says, what took you so long? 477 00:28:13,100 --> 00:28:15,500 He said we were looking for the asses he said then what happens 478 00:28:15,500 --> 00:28:19,100 that we ran into this angle 1 Samuel, say get this. 479 00:28:19,700 --> 00:28:23,800 He could have said, Samuel said. I'm the man, I'm the king. 480 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:26,900 I'm the annoying one, I'm the chosen one. 481 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,300 You don't solve says, he says, the asses are found. 482 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,300 That's what he said. That's what he told me. 483 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:37,900 Oh, The Humble spirit that should have stayed that way when 484 00:28:37,900 --> 00:28:41,600 he was just a farm boy. Even though he was a great 485 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:44,900 stature, beautiful handsome, man. 486 00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:49,400 Humble man and his heart. Well, Sango calls the people 487 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,900 together and says, you want it. You got it. 488 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,300 He says call all the people together and bring them together 489 00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:58,600 by way of trial. He says, the one that's chosen 490 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:03,200 is from The Tribe of Benjamin. He is fry, he is a son of Kish. 491 00:29:03,300 --> 00:29:05,500 He is Saul, you know what Saul still does? 492 00:29:05,500 --> 00:29:09,200 That's humility. He highs. 493 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:14,200 You know, it says he hid among the stuff that's kind of like 494 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,600 the luggage. The baggage, he hid among the 495 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,700 baggage, he is embarrassed by all this. 496 00:29:21,500 --> 00:29:26,500 And then, they bring him out. And the people look at him, he's 497 00:29:26,500 --> 00:29:28,400 Head and Shoulders taller than the wrist. 498 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,300 You know, there's four men as I've mentioned before that are 499 00:29:31,300 --> 00:29:35,100 considered handsome and well built in the Old Testament. 500 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:47,000 Joseph King, Saul Absalom and David on for man, this one was 501 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,900 good lie. This one was beautiful. 502 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:53,600 This one was powerful and straight and strong, and stood 503 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,300 Head, and Shoulders Above the Rest. 504 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,900 And the people look at him as he's being brought out. 505 00:29:57,900 --> 00:30:00,500 And the people say, oh, bless the king. 506 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,800 But you know, some people didn't feel that way. 507 00:30:04,100 --> 00:30:07,500 Some people said, wait a minute, this is solved. 508 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:11,900 Is he among the prophets to, you know, Jesus said that remember 509 00:30:11,900 --> 00:30:15,800 that when Jesus said, when Jesus came to his own they said is not 510 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:19,300 this, The Carpenter's son. Remember what Jesus said? 511 00:30:19,300 --> 00:30:22,600 Also, one time he said a prophet is not without honor except 512 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:26,700 among his own countrymen? Sometimes that's the way it is 513 00:30:26,700 --> 00:30:30,000 with us. Sometimes we have honor outside 514 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,100 the bows at know, what's the most of the closest to us? 515 00:30:33,100 --> 00:30:35,700 Don't do that. Don't give us such honor. 516 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,800 They didn't give him the honor. Either with chapter 11 begins, 517 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:44,600 like this chapter 11, begins at the Bible says that nahash of 518 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:48,600 the ammonites. He's coming in now and he is 519 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,900 threatening the people of J bash Gilead. 520 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:55,900 The Bible says that those people are so afraid. 521 00:30:56,500 --> 00:30:59,100 Now it would be wrong for them to have a covenant with the 522 00:30:59,100 --> 00:31:01,000 enemy of God but they're so afraid. 523 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,300 They don't know what else to do. They feel defenseless and 524 00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:05,600 helpless. So they come to nahash and they 525 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:09,600 said make a covenant with us and they have says get this. 526 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,000 All right I'll make a covenant with you. 527 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,400 But this is what's going to happen. 528 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:18,400 Let me Thrust out your right eye and when I do that you will be 529 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:22,400 ashamed and you will be in shame and therefore I will have a 530 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,300 covenant with you and I will leave you alone. 531 00:31:27,500 --> 00:31:30,600 You know, there's more to it than just pluck it out your 532 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,500 right eye, you know, back then they fought with bows and 533 00:31:33,500 --> 00:31:36,500 arrows, you needed the dead on, right? 534 00:31:36,500 --> 00:31:40,800 I to do that very thing. This was a huge Victory to the 535 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:45,300 ammonites if they would have agreed to this a war Victory. 536 00:31:46,300 --> 00:31:49,900 The Bible says that they asked for seven days, we'll send out 537 00:31:49,900 --> 00:31:52,300 Messengers and if we can't get anybody to help us, then we'll 538 00:31:52,300 --> 00:31:54,100 come. And you can do with us, whatever 539 00:31:54,100 --> 00:31:57,100 it is that you want to, but the messengers were sent out. 540 00:31:57,300 --> 00:32:00,100 Out and they find King Saul and Saul is there. 541 00:32:00,300 --> 00:32:06,200 And so says he cuts up a yoke of oxen and he cuts it into pieces 542 00:32:06,300 --> 00:32:10,200 and he gives the pieces of meat to the servant and the servant 543 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,900 went out as a messenger and went all throughout the land saying 544 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:18,000 that if anyone doesn't come right now and join the forces 545 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:23,100 and fight alongside of King Saul and Samuel, this is what's going 546 00:32:23,100 --> 00:32:27,000 to happen to your oxen. You know, the Bible says that 547 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:30,300 and I think it's interesting that it's separated because the 548 00:32:30,700 --> 00:32:34,200 the the kingdom was not divided yet. 549 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:40,500 If the Bible says that 300,000 from Israel, came and 30,000 550 00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:45,400 from Judah, divided Kingdom, not yet and yet they are separated 551 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,500 like that. Well here comes the big trick 552 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,500 Bible says they were placed in the three companies in here 553 00:32:51,500 --> 00:32:53,900 comes the surprise attack starting early in the morning 554 00:32:53,900 --> 00:32:56,600 about 2 a.m. I'm going to tell you something, 555 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:57,800 folks. You want to talk about a whip, 556 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,600 it there was a whip and that took place that day. 557 00:33:01,500 --> 00:33:05,800 The Bible says that they whip those ammonites on that occasion 558 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:09,900 to the son of the day, they whipped them as no one had ever 559 00:33:09,900 --> 00:33:14,000 received a weapon before now. All the people, you know, people 560 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:18,500 love a winner, don't they? If you don't believe me, you 561 00:33:18,500 --> 00:33:20,600 just watch and see it football team. 562 00:33:20,900 --> 00:33:23,600 That's losing all their games, all of a sudden they win the 563 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:26,200 Super Bowl. You can't even buy the 564 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,300 paraphernalia in the store. Everybody's got it. 565 00:33:29,100 --> 00:33:32,800 People love a winner. They want to jump on the 566 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:36,200 bandwagon of a winner. People are fickle and that's 567 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,400 exactly what the people did. The people jumped on and says, 568 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:42,000 you know, all those people out there that were against Saul in 569 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:46,200 the beginning, let's kill them. All Said that the same for the 570 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:50,300 Saul said no because God had given us this Victory today's a 571 00:33:50,300 --> 00:33:53,700 day of Celebration and that's how it's going to be. 572 00:33:54,100 --> 00:33:57,600 The Bible says that the people appointed Saul King in the 573 00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:01,600 presence of the almighty. God, final chapter chapter 12, 574 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:04,500 you know, this is kind of sad words that are found in this 575 00:34:04,500 --> 00:34:09,900 chapter really Because now the people are happy now, the people 576 00:34:09,900 --> 00:34:13,100 are content. Now the people got what they 577 00:34:13,100 --> 00:34:17,199 wanted, they got the king. They just came off a decisive 578 00:34:17,199 --> 00:34:18,800 battle. Where there with those people 579 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:20,699 that were the enemies of God's people. 580 00:34:22,199 --> 00:34:27,100 But notice chapter 12, Samuel says I'm old and I'm 581 00:34:27,100 --> 00:34:31,600 grey-headed, my sons are with you and I have walked before you 582 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:33,400 from my childhood until this day. 583 00:34:34,500 --> 00:34:37,500 He says, behold. Here, I am witness against me 584 00:34:37,500 --> 00:34:39,500 before the Lord, before his anointed. 585 00:34:39,699 --> 00:34:44,400 Whose Ox had I taken, have I wronged anyone have I de frauded 586 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,400 anyone? He says, I'm asking you right 587 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:51,900 now, I'm an old man, you look back across my whole life since 588 00:34:51,900 --> 00:34:53,900 childhood. If I've defrauded anyone, you 589 00:34:53,900 --> 00:34:59,500 speak up right now and I restored you Bible says they 590 00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:04,100 said you have never defrauded us, you have never done anything 591 00:35:04,300 --> 00:35:08,000 against us. Samuel says, well now that I've 592 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:13,200 got your ear, I want you to be stilled, I want you to stand 593 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:18,000 still and I want to talk to you about the righteous acts of God. 594 00:35:19,100 --> 00:35:23,700 Oh how beautiful these words are and yet causing their Shannon. 595 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,800 He says when Jacob was come out of Egypt and your father's cried 596 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:31,600 out in the Lord, the Lord sent Moses and Aaron and brought 597 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:35,000 forth your father's out of Egypt and made them dwell in this 598 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:38,000 place. But when they forgot the Lord, 599 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:42,500 their God, he sold them into the hands of cetera, Captain up a 600 00:35:42,508 --> 00:35:46,100 host of Hazel, or, and into the hand of the Philistines and into 601 00:35:46,100 --> 00:35:50,000 the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought Constanta and 602 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,200 they cried out into the Lord. And they said we've sinned 603 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,200 because we forsaken the Lord and have served Balaam and 604 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:57,600 ashtaroth. But now Deliver us out of the 605 00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:00,000 hand of the enemies and we will serve thee. 606 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:05,800 And the Lord sent jerub-baal and be Dan and jephthah and Samuel 607 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:07,700 and delivered. You out of the hand of your 608 00:36:07,700 --> 00:36:12,500 enemies on every side, get this now and you dwelled safe. 609 00:36:13,100 --> 00:36:16,700 But when they hash the king of the children of Ammon came 610 00:36:16,700 --> 00:36:21,600 against you, you said, no. Give us a king to Reign Over us 611 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:26,200 when the Lord your God was your king. 612 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:30,500 A picture of what sometimes people do. 613 00:36:31,700 --> 00:36:34,700 I've preached this all over the country, priest at the 614 00:36:34,707 --> 00:36:39,200 Philippines, the idea That will understand why people would look 615 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:43,400 to the tragedies of life. And leave the only one that can 616 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:46,600 help. Leave the only one that can do 617 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:48,000 anything about it. It's gone. 618 00:36:49,300 --> 00:36:53,200 Punish God, because of things going wrong in our life. 619 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:55,900 You know, that's kind of what these people did. 620 00:36:56,700 --> 00:36:58,800 You've always been their God, but we're going to reject you. 621 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:01,100 Now, we're going to thank for ourself. 622 00:37:01,100 --> 00:37:05,300 Give us a king. God was the king and they 623 00:37:05,300 --> 00:37:08,400 rejected him. Samuel says this. 624 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:09,800 He says, I'm going to give you a sign. 625 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:13,400 It's now summertime as it were, it's not the time of RAM and 626 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:14,900 make it rain. And thunder is going to come 627 00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:18,200 down to show to you that you've made a horrible mistake, but 628 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:20,400 you've done wrong. You've sinned against God and 629 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:23,500 requesting a king and going against the great God Of Heaven. 630 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:27,000 When that sign happens, the people were scared to death and 631 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,500 the people said what are we going to do? 632 00:37:29,500 --> 00:37:33,700 Save us, save us, Samuel, save us. 633 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:37,400 I think what Samuel says is beautiful. 634 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:42,400 He says, don't be afraid and fear not the things that you 635 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,100 have done in the past because that was yesterday. 636 00:37:46,100 --> 00:37:51,100 Now, move forward from this day and serve the god of Heaven, all 637 00:37:51,100 --> 00:37:54,300 the days of your life. He says if you serve the god of 638 00:37:54,300 --> 00:37:56,800 Heaven, if you're King does to than God's with them, but if you 639 00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:00,900 reject him, if you go against him, then God is rejecting you 640 00:38:00,900 --> 00:38:05,700 too. Remember my sermon on the 641 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:10,600 character of Samson with Bible says and he Wist not that the 642 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:14,900 Lord was departed from him. Where was God on that day? 643 00:38:15,100 --> 00:38:17,900 When those words were spoken, where was God? 644 00:38:17,900 --> 00:38:21,600 And when those words were spoken in the narrative, God was in the 645 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:23,600 same place that he's always been. 646 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:25,800 He's in the same place he is today. 647 00:38:26,300 --> 00:38:29,800 He has never left his place. God is the great God Of Heaven. 648 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,600 He is in heaven. Now, we are his children. 649 00:38:34,300 --> 00:38:37,900 And yet the Bible says, and he knew not that the Lord was 650 00:38:37,900 --> 00:38:40,800 departed from him. The point is this God, departs 651 00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:45,600 from us only when we depart from him. 652 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,900 Serve the great, God Of Heaven, all the days of your life. 653 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:52,300 Trust, not in your own understanding. 654 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:54,700 Lean on the Lord, he's always been there. 655 00:38:55,300 --> 00:38:59,200 He always will be as long as you never leave his side. 656 00:39:01,900 --> 00:39:04,700 We thank you for listening to our podcast, put on by the 657 00:39:04,700 --> 00:39:10,100 Church of Christ at 22:15 plans. Road in Bakersfield, if you 658 00:39:10,107 --> 00:39:12,800 would like any additional information or you would like to 659 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:15,800 receive a free Bible correspondence, course by mail, 660 00:39:16,500 --> 00:39:21,300 please email us at info at TH of Christ, Bakersfield.com. 661 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:27,500 Our service times are Sundays at 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. and 662 00:39:27,500 --> 00:39:32,200 Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. please make plans to join us. 663 00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:34,800 We would love for you to be our honored.