Lessons from King Saul's Life
by JRP Ministry Staff on 02/21/20
•Saul
was called and anointed of the Lord.
•His life
was changed and
he experienced the power of the Holy Spirit.
•He was given a father
in the Lord who was a powerful
prophet with wise counsel.
•He would not hearken diligently to the Lord’s commands.
•He
feared people more than the Lord.
•He built a monument to himself and his accomplishments.
•His sin of presumption
in attempting to act as a priest, ultimately led to his downfall.
•He was habitually disobedient
which resulted in opening himself up to an evil spirit and wickedness taking over
his life.
•He fought against the Lord’s anointed
and His will.
•He was guilty of
conspiracy to commit
murder, attempted murder, murdered 85 priests, exterminated the inhabitants of
Nob, consulted a medium and then committed suicide.
What can we learn from this?
•We would do well not to follow “leaders” who are bent on
living a life of presumption and disobedience; it is impossible for the Lord to
protect those who do. In the end he was overrun by his and the Lord's enemies.
1 Samuel 31:6 (NASB95)
6 Thus Saul died with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men on that day together.
1 Samuel 31:8–10 (NASB95)
8 It came about on the next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. 9 They cut off his head and stripped off his weapons, and sent them throughout the land of the Philistines, to carry the good news to the house of their idols and to the people. 10 They put his weapons in the temple of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
Mark Biteler
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