1 Samuel 8

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‘But the people refused to listen to Samuel’s warning. “Even so, we still want a king,” they said. “We want to be like the nations around us”‘ (1 Samuel 8:19-20 NLT).

May 10, 2022

BEWARE VIEWING HUMAN GOVERNMENT AS THE ANSWER When Samuel was getting old, the people of Israel came to him, asking for a king. The request displeased Samuel, so he went to the Lord with it. The Lord told him to give them what they want, for they had not rejected Samuel, but they had rejected

“No, but we will have a king over us, that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.” (1 Samuel 8:19-20 NKJV).

May 10, 2020

BEWARE WANTING A GOVERNMENT THAT FIGHTS YOUR BATTLES When Samuel was getting old, the people of Israel came to him, asking for a king. The request displeased Samuel, so he went to the Lord with it. The Lord told him to give them what they want, for they had not rejected Samuel, but they had

Worshiping the True King

March 1, 2020 | 1 Samuel 7:2-8:22 | exposition

Sometimes we try to put ourselves in the throne that belongs to God, but often we put someone or something else there.

Samuel is old and it’s election year. But they want a new kind of government. They want one like the other nations. They want a human king instead of God. In 1 Samuel 7-8, even though the LORD had established Samuel as His prophet and judge over Israel, they still continued to fail at worshiping God as their true King. In the same way, we often fail to worship God as our true King.

‘“Do everything they say to you,” the Lord replied, “for they are rejecting me, not you. They don’t want me to be their king any longer.”‘ (1 Samuel 8:7 NLT).

May 10, 2019

SUFFERING OFTEN COMES FROM GETTING WHAT WE ASK FOR Samuel had led Israel well his whole life, but now he was old and his sons weren’t men of integrity like him. So, the Israelites went to Samuel asking him to give them a king like the other nations had. Of course, he felt rejected. He