Tag: saul
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Israel’s First King – 3
And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty. – 1 Samuel 12:21 Good advice for an aspiring politician (prospective leader of the people), is it not? A young Saul is anointed King of Israel and the heavy mantle of leadership soon burdens Saul’s shoulders. 1…
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Israel’s First King – 2
1 Samuel 8: When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel… 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah 5 and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us…
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Israel’s First King
Israel. Let us first recall that Israel is a person, a people and a place. A nation with the promise of God bears that name and witness of the LORD’s covenant with Abraham and the generations. Israel is the LORD’s name for Jacob, son of Issac, son of Abraham; not any other of the forefathers…
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Running from God – 5 – God pursues
Are you running from God? Here we have Elijah sulking in victory and awaiting defeat under the shade of a broom tree. We have heard the same Peter who would glorify Jesus and Moses and Elijah with a shrine, deny knowing Jesus when he risked imprisonment or execution for his confession of Christ. We have…
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Saints & Martyrs; Bishops & Pawns – 2
1 Samuel 2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. Yet as the Lord lives, evil reigns in the dark places of the lands. No man: rich or poor, Arab or Jew, Westerner or Easterner, religious or godless – no…
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What Must I Do?
So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?” Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.” – Acts 9:6 NKJV Have you had a personal encounter with the Living God? Saul, an enemy of Christ, religious zealot and persecutor of…
