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Alright, 1 Samuel 28 verse 1,
In those days the Philistines gathered their forces to war
to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, Understand
that you and your men are to go out with me in the army. David said to Achish, Very well,
you shall know what your servant can do. And Achish said to David,
Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life. Let's pray.
Our Heavenly Father, as we come before You, we ask that You bless
our time in 1 Samuel 28, that You would take it and teach us
and help us to apply it to our lives. It's in Your name we pray.
Amen. Alright, so this is kind of a
prelude to the chapter. Most of the chapter doesn't really
include this, but we have Achish and David right here. In 1 Samuel
27, which we looked at two weeks ago, right there at the end of
the chapter, we see that Achish trusts David, and he's like,
oh man, for sure David has just made himself of ill repute to
the Israelites because of what he's been doing. David probably
hasn't, though. Okay, we kind of know that because
of what happens. And therefore, in chapter 28, Achish is like,
oh yeah, you're going to be my friend forever. That's why I
put up the you got a friend in me thing. Because they're clearly
kind of enemies, but enemy of my enemy is my friend, and they're
just going to kind of hang out for a little bit. So that's the first
couple verses. of chapter 28, and Akish, he
just kind of seems like, oh cool, yeah, we'll take this. He assumes
his loyalty over the fact that David has made these vague statements
in the past, because David, when he would go out and he would
fight these enemies, David would be very selective on who he's
fighting, but when he went back and told Akish, he was like,
oh yeah, well I was fighting these people, and I was fighting
in this kind of area, and I was fighting in this kind of area,
and so it was like, oh, okay. Well, that's good, David. You
probably ruined your reputation in Israel, so you'll be my friend.
Alright, that's the first few verses. Let's get to verse 3. Now Samuel had died, and all
Israel had mourned for him, and buried him in Ramah, Samuel's
hometown, his own city. And Saul had put the mediums
and the necromancers out of the land. The Philistines assembled
and came and encamped at Shunem, and Saul gathered all Israel,
and they encamped at Gilboa. When Saul saw the army of the
Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly. And
when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him,
either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets. Then Saul said
to his servants, Seek out for me a woman who is a medium, that
I may go to her and inquire of her. And his servants said to
him, Behold, there is a medium at Endor. is facing some dark
times. We're reminded in the chapter,
Samuel's dead. Now Samuel's been dead for a
while, three chapters in fact. He died in chapter 25. The mourning
period is over, and if you know anything about these ancient
cultures, mourning wasn't just the day of the funeral and then
it was done. It was a very lengthy process, so quite a bit of time
has passed since Samuel is gone. And now Saul's on his own, and
Saul has already kicked out all of the mediums and the necromancers
or magicians or spiritists, whatever word you want to use for them,
people that would work with the undead or the spirit world. He's already kind of cast them
out. Now, when it happened, we don't necessarily know. Scripture
doesn't tell us. Only that it's past tense when we get to chapter
28. So it's probably very early on in Saul's reign while he's
doing some good things. And the support for that comes
from Leviticus chapter 20 verse 6, which says that if a person
turns to a medium or to a necromancer, whoring after them, that God
will set his face against that person and cut him off from among
his people. Well, if you're an Israelite,
I don't want to be cut off. This is my heritage. And so it
was kind of their incentive of, well, you probably shouldn't
be dealing with these mediums or necromancers or witches, you
know, Wiccans, whatever you want to, whatever word you want to
use. So God is already in the law, way back with Moses, thrown
out the judgment. If you mess with this, I'm going
to cut you off from the people and you're going to be done.
So it's a good thing that Saul has done this, okay? But it's
going to kind of come, well I won't say it comes back to bite him,
because it's really unfortunate for Saul with what he does. But
just giving us some setting of, well that's why no one's around.
Samuel's dead, the prophet is gone, and Saul's dealing with
this. Then we're introduced in verse
4 to some military movement. It says that the Philistines
assembled and they came to Shunam. Saul gathered and they went to
Gilboa. Okay, and then there's another city mentioned here later
on in verse 7 called Endor. Alright, got a picture up here
for you to get your bearings on where all this is taking place.
Alright, Gath is way down about the center of the picture. That's
where Goliath is from. All those areas, the Negev, that
David has been conquering is even further south. You see in
the bottom right-hand corner to the right of the word Judah,
that's the Dead Sea. Alright? The little body of water
up in the top right-hand is the Sea of Galilee. That's where
Jesus spends all of His ministry. And then obviously you have the
Jordan. So this is in northwest Israel. This is rather north.
It's up in the Jezreel Valley. The reason they go up there,
even the Philistines go that far north, is because if you
look at the lay of the land from Israel, this is a valuable trade
route from all of the northern countries, north of Israel, to
come down through this valley. You can see that there are two
rivers that kind of flow there. The idea is it's a valuable trade
route. So if the Philistines can overtake
this area and it becomes their hometown and their territory,
well then they get to collect all the taxes from all the tradesmen
that come through. And that's why they want it.
But it's Israel's territory, so Israel's supposed to be on
the defensive here. So you kind of get an idea on where those
three cities are. So Saul's first move, when he hears about the
Philistines moving, it's a good move. He inquires from God. The only problem is Saul gets
no answer in a dream or a vision. He gets no answer from Urim.
He gets no answer from a prophet. Well, that kind of stinks, doesn't
it? So why doesn't he get answers from those? Is it not a good
idea that Saul goes and asks God, God, what's going on? What do you want? What should
I do? And God doesn't answer. Cody? I'll explain it in a minute. It is a priestly thing, though.
So, it seems like he's taking these biblical methods of asking
God for advice, and God is not answering. Why? Michael? Because Saul, in the beginning
of his reign, God said to kill everyone, and he didn't, so God
separated Saul from him, so God won't answer because he's already
been separated. Okay? Yeah, absolutely. The three
different things that he uses here are the dreams and visions. Well, Saul doesn't get an answer
there because God's spirit has already departed from him in
chapter 16. The urim, which is used by priests, maybe you guys
will remember this. One of the priests that runs out of Nob
and goes to flee with David, he runs off with an ephod. The
urim, it's that white side, black side stone or a white and a black
stone that was kept in a pouch. And basically it was a yes or
a no kind of thing. And when the priest would reach in with
God's guidance, he would pull out the stone of what God wanted
them to say, whether it was yes or no. So the Urim doesn't work.
Do you understand what a Urim is now? It's basically a method
of drawing straws of sorts, but it was directed by God and only
the priests use it. Well the reason you don't get
an answer from the Urim if you're Saul right now is at the city
of Nob, he already wiped out a ton of the priests. If you're
a priest, do you really think you want to go help Saul? No,
he's kind of, you know, estranged himself from all priests. None
of them want to be around him because you never know when Saul's
going to get angry and want to kill you. And he's estranged himself
from the prophets. Samuel's dead. And then in chapter
19, when Samuel kind of splits off from Saul, there's kind of
a, I'll say a school of prophets that Saul kind of gets, it's
the prophets where he goes in and we're looking at this freshman
Bible today. This is where Saul is actually sending people after
to try to go chase after David. And every group of people that
runs across these prophets ends up prophesying instead. And then
Saul even ends up getting there and he ends up prophesying instead.
So it's kind of like he was sent in there for bad reasons, but
God's like, no, you're not going to do this. And he changes the
scenario for him. So none of these ways in which
Saul is supposed to be getting wisdom from God are working.
So then what should Saul have done since he doesn't get an
answer from God? Samuel? Keep praying or keep asking?
Okay, definitely a good answer. What else? What should Saul have
done? I'm not being told in a vision
or a dream. I'm not being told from the spiritual
authority from the Urim. I'm not being told from a priest.
I'm not being told from a prophet. Samuel? Repent? Okay, read scripture. Alright,
what scripture would he have had? Yeah, he would have had the Torah
or the law. Okay, what else? Jacob? Trusting God. Natalie? Well, he's kind of separated
himself that they're not really friends with him at this time.
Cody? Allow David back in? Yeah, I would kind of agree with
you guys when Angel and Tyler said the law. The idea of, okay,
go back to the last thing you knew was from God. It's always
a good idea when you're not getting guidance from God, well, go back
to the last time God actually spoke to you. and then see where
you're supposed to go from there. Because whatever you've done
has probably estranged yourself or separated you from God, and
so now you need to backtrack and repent, as was said. I don't
have an answer for you. I just want to see what you guys
thought. Because Saul doesn't get an answer, and he doesn't
do anything to fix it. But the fact of the matter is, as far
as application goes for you and I, Saul tried to live his life
as a king the way he wanted. He did things his way, and now,
when he's at the end of the line, he's like, oh snap, we're not
going to be able to beat the Philistines this time. God, please
help me. And God's like, yep, sorry, not answering. But here's what you need to realize,
young people. You cannot spend your entire life doing the things
you want to do, wait till you have no other options, and then
turn to God and expect Him to be there. He does not promise
you that. There's this idea of quenching
the Spirit. The idea of when you harden your
heart like Pharaoh did, eventually there's no going back from that.
Paul in the New Testament talks about vessels fitted for destruction.
You don't know to what degree you're hardening yourself to
be someone that God cannot and will not use. We're told in Matthew
6 that no one can serve two masters. He will either love the one and
hate the other, or he will love the other and despise the other. but you can't serve too. But
we have this mentality as young people that, well, we can do
both. We can have our church life and
our normal life. We can do both things. No, you
can't. You might think you can, but
what will end up happening is you're going to get yourself
to a point and say, oh wait, I really need God, and He's not
going to be around to answer you. Not because He's not present,
but because you have distanced yourself so much that He doesn't
know you. and you don't know Him, but you've
been so consumed with what you want that you didn't realize
that the Spirit of the Lord departed from you like it did from Saul.
So you should be taking steps back now to make sure you're
in the right place. So Saul moves on to the next best thing, right?
No. So after Saul hears nothing from
God, he's like, alright, can someone find me a witch? I need
to talk to Samuel. Like, that escalated quickly, didn't it,
Saul? You know you're the one that called those people and
said to get them out of the nation, right? And now Saul is at the
bottom of the barrel. He's trying to find a way to
get a hold of Samuel. He's like, well, I know Samuel
will say something. Maybe I can find someone who
will let me talk to Samuel. And how long does it take Saul's
men to find someone? Let's go back and look at the
passage. Verse 7, And Saul says to his servants, Seek out for
me a woman who is a medium that I may go to her and inquire of
her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a medium
at Endor. Scripture doesn't say, And his servants went out and
sought through all the land and found a medium at Endor. They
already knew one. So the question you kind of want
to ask yourself is then, What were these servants doing? that
they knew exactly where a witch was at one point in time. Were
they partially obedient servants to begin with, and when they
were sent to go and remove all the mediums from the land, that
she's like, oh, well, I'm not really a medium anymore. Or maybe
she paid them off. Like, shh, you didn't see me.
Here's some money. Or maybe it was like, hey, you
know, free tarot card reading with every purchase. We don't
necessarily know. Scripture doesn't tell us. But
for sure, these men, they didn't even have to think twice about
where it was. Which I find kind of interesting. Somehow, within
the heart of humans, we're always real quick to be able to find
ways to sin. These men knew exactly where a witch was, even though
it was illegal. If they had been found out that
they knew where a witch was and did not push her out of the country
or kill her as is commanded in the Torah, their jobs or their
heads would have been on the line. But they're okay with that. And I think sometimes we as humans,
especially when you guys are as teenagers, It doesn't take
much for someone to say something and say, oh, I know what we can
do. And then you throw out something that is either completely ungodly
or completely against the rules or, you know, half the time it's
in the name of fun. It's okay. I was there. I understand. You're
not doing things that no one has done before. But it's important for us to
understand the humanity and the sinful nature that's within us.
These men, they didn't even bat an eye about it. So I was like,
go find me a witch. And they just went indoor. So the question
you kind of have to ask yourself is, what is it in your life that
if we came to you and said, hey, could you show us this, that
you could get us a shortcut to it? Could you, would it be that if
someone asked for a pornographic website that you would have one
that you could get to them, that would be extremely quick for
them to access? Could it be that if someone came to you and said,
hey, you know what, my parents are monitoring my social media accounts, is
there a way for you to get by on this? Oh yeah, here's a real
quick way, just do this. Or it's, hey, I have files on
my phone that I don't want my parents to see. Okay, well there's
this app you can download that portrays itself as a calculator
but really just hides all of your apps. Andy, how do I know this? No. No, he just knows my automatic
answer. Because I'm Mr. Howe. No. No, Andy's about to have
a heart attack. No, he's got the benefit of the
doubt I can't read anything on his phone. It's like I can't
even, how do I answer the phone? It's all in Korean. There's a blonde in every room.
But see, hang with me. So, I want you guys to connect
the dots here. I don't know what it is in your
life that you struggle with, but either in yours or in someone
that you have contact with, you know the shortcuts to sin. But
we're not willing to acknowledge it as sin, or we're not willing
to let God have control of that and purge it from our lives,
and so we keep it there. I'm trying to show you from Scripture,
you're not the first person, and it ends up being devastating
for the people that are involved. So let's move on. Verse 8. So Saul disguised himself and
put on other garments and went. He and two men with him, and
they came to the woman by night, and he said, Divine for me by
a spirit, and bring up the one, bring for me whoever I shall
name to you. And the woman said to him, Surely
you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off the mediums
and the necromancers from the land. Why then are you laying
a trap for me? for my life to bring about my
death. But Saul swore to her by the
Lord, as the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this
thing." So to give you an idea of what's going on, and the first
map I showed you doesn't do it justice. So this is a modern
day map of where these locations are. Kind of difficult to see,
but the bottom left side is a green arrow that says Gilboa. Just
below that arrow, you can see a little bit of the detail that
this is a mountain range. It is Mount Gilboa. Then it drops
into a valley as you move over towards the next arrow, which
is Shunem. That is the Jezreel Valley. Shunem is also up on
a mountain range, or on mountains. So you have Saul on Gilboa. He sees Philistine movement over
on Shunem. And so he's watching, and this
scares him. Endor is northeast of Shunem. When these men come back and
say, there's a witch at Endor, what is it that Saul's so scared
of to begin with? The Philistines. The Philistines
who were on Shunamm. Okay, don't miss this. Saul is
over here in this mountain range willing to try to sneak past
this mountain range where the Philistines are to get over to
Endor to find this witch. Well, he has to go either to
the left or to the right. He's going to have to pass the
Philistine camp at some level to get to Endor. He's scared
to death of the Philistines, but he's so desperate, he's willing
to try to sneak. They're trying to take over the
region. Do you think they're only in one location? They probably
have scouts all throughout the area. So Saul doesn't really
understand what Isaiah is talking about, because there are multiple
locations in Scripture that talk about this medium necromancer
idea. Because Isaiah says, when they say to you, inquire of the
mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter, should
not a people inquire of their God, should they inquire of the
dead on behalf of the living? Well, Saul inquired of his God,
right? So he's kind of off the hook,
isn't he? No. See, because Saul is so hard-hearted,
he is willing to get this woman to break the law, his law that
he made, that he's the first king of Israel. He's the first
person that has had political power to shove all of the witches
out of the countryside. So he can get what he wants.
Because he's insecure, because he's lost the Spirit of God,
and he just doesn't care. Which means we have to ask ourselves,
what is it that you're encouraging the unbelievers in your life
to do? Maybe it's at a workplace, maybe it's unbelievers you go
to school with. But Saul goes to this woman and says, I want
you to bring a spirit up for me. And her first response isn't,
okay, well let's, you know, here's how much it costs. It's, no,
this is illegal. See, here's the idea, and if
you've ever come across one of these situations, you know it's
true. When we who claim to be, claim to be believers, tried
to sin publicly in front of unbelievers, unbelievers are willing to call
us on it. Like, this is sin. Aren't you supposed to be a Christian?
You're not supposed to act like this. And the hypocrisy of the believer,
of Saul the Israelite, is being called out by this witch. It
would be wonderful if Saul was like, oh yeah, you're right.
You know what? I shouldn't be here. Please excuse me. We'll
be on our way. But he doesn't say that. Instead,
he continues on. So in order for Saul to get all
the way to Endor, to gain an audience with this witch, what's
the very first thing he does? Look at verses 8-10. He disguises himself. He takes
off his kingly garments and puts on common clothes. You know,
I find it interesting that that's what Saul does because every
time when I was growing up, when I was around people, you all
probably know I worked at Bob Evans, okay? Bob Evans was not
a Christian company and I did not work with many Christians.
And so it was very convenient for me to want to set aside my
Christianity, my going to church three times a week and going
to a Christian school and just be human while I was inside the
doors of Bob Evans. And I tried to set aside the
fact that I was a Christian at times. or that I didn't work
on Sundays, which was one of the busiest days of the week.
And trying to do those things, to go unnoticed and blend in,
doesn't do anything for you spiritually. We think others are going to
be concerned about it, but who was it that had called Saul to
be king? God did. The people wanted one,
but God's the one that ordained him. So think about this for
a moment. Saul is saying, God, I know what
you called me to do, but I want to do what I want to do, and
I want to do it this way. He could care less about what
God wants right now. which obviously we've seen in
all these different steps of disobedience and worldliness
that Saul is performing. He's saying, you know what? I
know I'm supposed to be the king. I know I'm supposed to be a Christian
or an Israelite, but I don't want to look like one right now.
I don't want to act like one right now because I need something
more important. And we're guilty of the same
thing. So Saul gets there and this witch is like, yeah, this
is a trap. Why are you, you're coming in
here trying to get me to call someone up from the dead, and
I'm going to die because of what you're asking. Because the law
didn't necessarily say, and Saul, when he made the law to get rid
of the witches, he didn't say, and anyone who goes and asking
for a witch will be put to death, it's just the witches themselves.
Alright, we had a problem with this in early America. You could
accuse anyone of being a witch, and it was just like, oh yeah,
well burn them at the stake. Alright? Just for being accused. And you could remain completely
anonymous, so it's like, hey, I don't like Jack. He's a witch.
Well, how do you know he's a witch? He looks like one. That's a movie quote for anyone.
Mike, you get that one, right? OK, great. Thank you. All right.
Monty Python. All right. So what is the promise
that Mr. Incognito Saul makes to the witch
in order to convince her to call Samuel? That's not the promise, because
she doesn't know he's Saul yet. What is it, Shelby? Yeah, for as long as the Lord
lives, don't worry, nothing's going to happen to you. Isn't
it ironic that the very God that refuses to speak to Saul is now
being sworn by to protect the witch, which God said is against
His law. And you're not supposed to have
anything to do with it. Huh. You're a little twisted,
aren't you, Saul? God doesn't even talk to you,
and now you're telling this lady, well, I swear by the Lord that
nothing will happen. Really? Because last time I checked,
God really wants nothing to do with you. He's rejected you.
So not only in this situation is Saul breaking his own law,
because he threw out witches, not only is he breaking God's
law, but he is performing blasphemy by saying God will do this when
it's not rightly attributed to God. Which is what blaspheme
is. It is assigning God's attributes
or God's authority to something that His name is not on. So Saul
is really digging himself a hole. But God doesn't allow Saul's
sin to go unpunished. Because we'll see this in 1 Chronicles
10. So Saul died for his breach of
faith. He broke faith with the Lord
that he did not keep the command of the Lord and also consulted
a medium seeking guidance. And he did not seek guidance
from the Lord, therefore the Lord put him to death and turned
the kingdom over to his son Jesse." So we know that Saul loses the
kingdom for Jonathan because of performing a sacrifice. He
loses the kingdom from himself by disobeying and not killing
Agag, but now he shortens his life by going to this medium. So at three different levels,
Saul is just taking time off of his life because he is being
selfish. Verses 11-14, Then the woman
said, Who shall I bring up? And he said, Bring Samuel for
me. When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice.
And the woman said to Saul, Why have you deceived me? You are
Saul. The king said to her, Do not
be afraid. What do you see? And the woman
said, I see a God coming up out of the earth. And he said to
her, What is his appearance? And she said, an old man is coming
up and he is wrapped in a robe. And Saul knew that it was Samuel
and he bowed with his face to the ground and paid homage."
So this woman calls for Samuel. Most scholars say she probably
would have had a pit or something like that in her tent or in her
home where she would have called these spirits up out. It's like
her crystal ball of sorts. If y'all know who Miss Cleo is,
it's been a while. But I had to throw her in here when we're
talking about calling spirits up. And so this witch calls Samuel
up, and then she screams out. So the question is, why the sudden
outburst by the witch? She figures out he's the king.
She figures out he's the king? Why do you think? Why is she
all of a sudden like, ah! Elise? She didn't expect a real person.
What do you think she was expecting? Jonathan? Shocked that it was Samuel. Okay.
Cole? Shocked that it was anything at all. Yeah. Um, actually you
guys got all three of the things that I have. Um, that she doesn't
realize it would even work because she's a con artist. Maybe she
realizes that it's Samuel, and Samuel was the mouth of God on
earth at the time. Or that she realizes the man
in front of her is Saul. All three would be valid reasons
for her to cry out. I really think it's number one.
She cries out because it worked. especially to this degree. So,
she says, it's Samuel, and Saul's like, well, what do you see?
Is it really, who is it? And the witch is like, well,
I see a God, or the word Elohim, coming out of the earth, a spirit.
And Saul immediately bows himself when he's like, oh, it's an old
man wearing a robe. How does that make you know it's
Samuel? Yeah, so he's wearing a robe,
okay. Well, in the English word robe,
that's a great question. But in the Hebrew word, which
is mehil, that word is typically used and used up to this point
only referring to the garments that priests wore. And this exact
word is the word that Samuel's mother made him when he was a
little boy living in Eli's house. And it's the exact same word
for the garment that Saul rips as Samuel walks away from him
when he loses the kingdom. So in the context of the passage,
the only people who wear robes are priests or prophets. So there
probably is something, and other uses for this word that we see
as robe, it's only for people of high rank. So it's someone
special, whoever it is that's wearing this robe, based upon
the Hebrew word that is used there. So, a few other things
that we kind of see here. The dialogue that comes after
it what we see here, it kind of proves us that it really is
Samuel. It's not just a hoax, okay? It's not just generic vague
descriptions of things. And then the role of the spirit,
which is Samuel, okay, in his relationship to Saul is identical
to what the real prophet would have said. But realistically,
here's what you have to understand. It's not the skill of the witch
that calls Samuel up. It's an act of God that says,
alright, here's what's going to happen, and we're going to
teach Saul a lesson with this. Verses 15-19. Then Samuel said to Saul... That
was great timing for a transition. It was really good. I'll let
you know when I have another one coming up. Then Samuel said
to Saul, Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up? And Saul
answered and said, I'm in great distress, for the Philistines
are warring against me, and God has turned away from me and answers
me no more, either by prophets or by dreams. Therefore I have
summoned you to tell me what I shall do. And Samuel said,
Why then do you ask me, since the Lord has turned from you
and become your enemy? The Lord has done to you as He
spoke by Me, for the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your
hand and given it to your neighbor David." Verse 18, "'Because you
did not obey the voice of the Lord and did not carry out His
fierce wrath against Amalek, therefore the Lord has done this
thing to you this day. Moreover, the Lord will give
Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines, and
tomorrow you and your sons shall be with me, and the Lord will
give the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines."
So what's Saul's excuse for bothering Samuel? Hell. Yeah, hell. I'm in distress. I didn't know
what to do. And what's Samuel's response
to that? Cody? You're going to die. Yeah. Some
of the best news I'm sure he's ever heard. Do you have something
to add, Angel? So here's what Samuel says. Saul
comes and says, I didn't know what to do. God wasn't answering
my phone calls, and so I had to come and wake you up. And
Samuel's like, yeah, because God left you. And David gets
the kingdom, and you failed as a king, and you and your sons
are going to die, and the army's defeated. Have a nice day. and Samuel drops the mic and
goes back to the spirit world. We'll talk about it in a little
bit, as in like two weeks. But the idea of heaven and paradise
changes with the death and resurrection of Christ. So where Samuel was,
the Hebrew word is Sheol, which is the place of the grave. In
Luke 16, which we'll end up looking at, it's called Abraham's bosom.
And it's actually more of a place of the dead where there is a
paradise side and a torment side, and that transitions and changes
with the resurrection of Christ. So every time David, yeah, the
King James renders throughout Scripture the word hell, the
word shale, which is just the grave or the pit. So it kind
of transitions with where the dead people are. Lots of discussion
on that though. No, it is just the place of the
dead. Yeah, it's the grave. It's where dead people go. In
the Old Testament. It's S-H-E-O-L. As far as the
Hebrew word. Shale is how I pronounce it,
but... Shale... No, that's S-H-A-L-E. Yeah, sure,
why not? Alright, so he gets bad news.
But here's the bottom line, and I know we'll wrap up real quick.
Sometimes, like Saul, the only advice you need is the advice
you've already been given. Saul didn't need some new revelation. He was like, no, here's what's
happening because you violated God's commands. And Saul, additionally, needs
to understand that because he's in a leadership position, His
rebellion or disobedience affects others, whether he likes it or
not. See, Saul's the one who lost everything, right? But then
Samuel comes and says, the army's going to lose because of you.
The basketball team's attitude is affected by you, captain.
The class's perspective on authority is led by you, student who talks
the most, or is the most popular. The attitude of the employees
in the workplace is dictated by you, shift leader. When you're
in a position of authority, other people get affected by you. And
you can't decide whether they do or not. Alright, so we're
going to stop here. Here's what I want you guys to
do for me. We're going to come back and revisit the last few
verses of chapter 28, and then we're going to get into a discussion
about this whole witch, undead, afterlife kind of thing. So,
yeah, we'll talk about Sheol. So, if that's something that
interests you, do a little research, bring your questions, and we'll
be more than happy to talk about it. Let's pray.
The Witch Hunt
Series Earthly Kings: 1 Samuel
| Sermon ID | 28171529121 |
| Duration | 36:15 |
| Date | |
| Category | Youth |
| Bible Text | 1 Samuel 28 |
| Language | English |
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