When the leaders of Israel told Samuel… “We want a king like all the other gentile nations”… You know what they were really saying? They were saying they didn’t want to be a “Chosen People” anymore. That’s really what it came down to if you think about it. They no longer wanted to be a […]
1S8-34: How A Godly King’s Perspective Towards Money Differs From An Earthly Ruler
“He will take the ten-percent tax of your flocks, and you will become his servants. When that happens, you will cry out on account of your king, whom you yourselves chose. But when that happens, Adonai will not answer you!”-1 Samuel 8:17-18 One thing I forgot to mention yesterday… Verse 17 talks about about how […]
1S8-33: Beware Of What You Request From God…Because You Just May Get It
“He said, ‘Here is the kind of rulings your king will make: he will draft your sons and assign them to take care of his chariots, be his horsemen and be bodyguards running ahead of his chariots. He will appoint them to serve him as officers in charge of a thousand or of fifty, plowing […]
1S8-32: The Hidden Meaning Behind The Name Of Israel’s First King
“They are doing to you exactly what they have been doing to me, from the day I brought them out of Egypt until today, by abandoning me and serving other gods. So do what they say, but give them a sober warning, telling them what kinds of rulings their king will make.”1 Samuel 8:8-9 We’re […]
1S8-31: If People Reject You For Doing The Lord’s Will, It Is God Who They’re Rejecting
Let’s examine a bit deeper what God really meant when He told Samuel… ‘Listen to the people, to everything they say to you; for it is not you they are rejecting; they are rejecting me; they don’t want me to be king over them.” So here’s the thing. Samuel was a God-appointed SHOPHET or Judge. […]
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