Samuel said, “What have you done?” And Saul said, “When I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines had mustered at Michmash, I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought theContinue reading “1 Samuel 13: 11-14….Disobedience has consequences.”
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1 Samuel 13: 6-10… Whoops, what have I done!
When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were hard pressed), the people hid themselves in caves and in holes and in rocks and in tombs and in cisterns, and some Hebrews crossed the fords of the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul was still atContinue reading “1 Samuel 13: 6-10… Whoops, what have I done!”
1 Samuel 13: 1-5…..Kings and Princes go to war.
Saul lived for one year and then became king, and when he had reigned for two years over Israel, Saul chose three thousand men of Israel. Two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people heContinue reading “1 Samuel 13: 1-5…..Kings and Princes go to war.”
1 Samuel 12: 19-25…. Agreements between two parties.
And all the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.” And Samuel said to the people, “Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet doContinue reading “1 Samuel 12: 19-25…. Agreements between two parties.”
1 Samuel 12: 12-18….’I’m still not happy!’
And when you saw that Nahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when the LORD your God was your king. And now behold the king whom you have chosen, for whom you have asked; behold, the LORD has set a kingContinue reading “1 Samuel 12: 12-18….’I’m still not happy!’”
1 Samuel 12: 6-11…. God’s past faithfulness.
And Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is witness, who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. Now therefore stand still that I may plead with you before the LORD concerning all the righteous deeds of the LORD that he performed for you and for yourContinue reading “1 Samuel 12: 6-11…. God’s past faithfulness.”
1 Samuel 12: 1-5…. Samuel is still the priest but no longer in charge.
And Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have obeyed your voice in all that you have said to me and have made a king over you. And now, behold, the king walks before you, and I am old and grey; and behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from myContinue reading “1 Samuel 12: 1-5…. Samuel is still the priest but no longer in charge.”
1 Peter 3: 1-7….Whom do we obey?
Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of goldContinue reading “1 Peter 3: 1-7….Whom do we obey?”
1 Peter 2: 22-25….The Easter Event – fact and purpose.
He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin andContinue reading “1 Peter 2: 22-25….The Easter Event – fact and purpose.”
1 Peter 2: 13-21….Hard talking.
Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. Comment: This is very good advice. The author Peter did not always accept his own instruction fully.Continue reading “1 Peter 2: 13-21….Hard talking.”
As I read it! 