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And this one I was going to start with. Oh my soul, worship his holy name.
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Sing like never before. Oh my soul,
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I'll worship your holy name. The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning.
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It's time to sing a song again. Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me.
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Let me be singing when the evening comes. Bless the
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Lord, oh my soul. Oh my soul, worship his holy name.
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Sing like never before. Oh my soul,
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I'll worship your holy name. You're rich in love and you're slow to leave.
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Your name is great and your heart is kind.
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For all your goodness I will keep on singing. Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find.
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Bless the Lord, oh my soul. Oh my soul, worship his holy name.
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Sing like never before. Oh my soul,
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I'll worship your holy name. And on that day when my strength is failing.
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The end draws near and my time is gone. Still my soul will sing your praise unending.
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Ten thousand years and then forever more.
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Bless the Lord, oh my soul. Oh my soul, worship his holy name.
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Sing like never before. Oh my soul,
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I'll worship your holy name. Bless the
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Lord, oh my soul. Oh my soul, worship his holy name.
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Sing like never before. Oh my soul,
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I'll worship your holy name. I'll worship your holy name.
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So anything else that you guys feel like you need to go through? That is exactly correct.
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And I was also, remember, I was going to read a short passage of scripture. When we come back up after the break.
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And you're going to play a little All Hail King Jesus while I read it. And then whenever I'm done reading we'll figure out a place to get started.
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I'm comfortable with that. And then I'd rather have Jesus, nothing really out of the ordinary.
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I'll start Jesus Messiah acapella. And then we'll listen to a message and then we'll come up and do
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You Are My All In All. You guys all good with your vocals?
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Everything you're comfortable with? Are you good?
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Yeah. I'm good. I'm good if you think we're good. I'm good if you think we're good. I'm comfortable with it. I'm comfortable with it.
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I'm going to make a mistake if I just do it once. Okay.
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We're going to get started in Sunday school. If you would be seated we'll begin.
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This morning we're going to be once again in the book of 1 Samuel.
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And it will be in chapter 12. So if you would turn there.
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We'll read the text first. I'm going to do verses 1 through 11 in chapter 12 of 1
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Samuel. Then Samuel said to all
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Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice and all that you said to me, and I have appointed a king over you.
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Now here is the king walking before you, but I am old and gray.
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And behold, my sons are with you, and I have walked before you from my youth even to this day.
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Here I am, bear witness against me before the Lord and his anointed.
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Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have
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I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have
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I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? I will restore it to you.
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They said, You have not defrauded or oppressed us or taken anything from any man's hand.
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He said to them, The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have found nothing in my hand.
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And they said, He is witness. Then Samuel said to the people,
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It is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron and who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt.
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So now take your stand, and I may plead with you before the
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Lord concerning all the righteous acts of the Lord which he did for you and your fathers.
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When Jacob went to Egypt, and your fathers cried out to the
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Lord, then the Lord sent Moses and Aaron who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
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But they forgot the Lord their God. So he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazar, and into the hand of the
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Philistines, and into the hand of King Moab. And they fought against them.
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They cried out to the Lord and said, We have sinned because we have forsaken the
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Lord and have served Baals and the Asteroth. But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.
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Then the Lord sent Jeroboam and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel and delivered you so that you lived in security.
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Father, as we begin this morning, we just pray that you will be honored and glorified through the teaching and preaching of your word.
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We thank you, Father, what you have provided us with. We thank you for your
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Son who provided the way of salvation through his perfect sacrifice. We ask now,
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Lord, that you would guide us, illuminate your word to us, and grant us understanding that we may not only know these precepts, but that we would practice them by your grace.
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We just pray this in Jesus' precious name. Amen. Well, it's not hard to follow
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Phil Johnson. I don't feel a bit intimidated. So as we begin this morning, we're thankful for all the teaching that we've had through the past conference, and we look forward to the next one.
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In the Old Testament, God made covenants with Israel at Sinai and prepared and provided leaders who would carry out its terms and stipulations.
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For several hundred years, Israel was led and ruled by prophets and judges.
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These prophets and judges ruled in accordance with God's law. These leaders would oversee and shepherd
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Israel as Jehovah led them until Israel turned away and became apostates.
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They no longer sought or sought or obeyed their true king,
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Jehovah. But now they've demanded that Samuel appoint a king like other nations.
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Remember in chapter 10, Samuel being a prophet and a judge and a lifelong servant of Jehovah had anointed
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Saul, who God had chosen to be king over Israel. They had also publicly approved
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Saul as their king and leader, and the Israelites chose him and approved
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Saul by casting lots. In chapter 11, Jehovah gives victory over Nahash and the
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Ammonites as their newly elected king Saul led them. Now in chapter 12,
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Samuel addresses all of Israel at Gilgal, which some theologians consider one of Samuel's longest discourses.
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There are 205 Hebrew words in this discourse. His address divides itself in three parts.
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First, the testimony to Samuel's integrity as judge in verses 1 -5.
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Second, the reproof of the people for their disobedience and ingratitude, verses 6 -17.
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And then finally, the divine testimony to Samuel's uprightness and teachings, verses 18 -25.
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There's actually three literary devices interwoven in this passage.
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Some theologians and commentators say that what appears first to be a farewell speech quickly moves into a prophetic oracle as Samuel issued stern warnings and challenged
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Israel to reject the sins of the past. At the same time, underneath the speech in the prophetic oracle is a renewal ceremony emphasizing
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Israel's accountability to the covenant. It is important to remember that though Israel had now become a monarchy led by Saul as their first appointed king,
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Samuel still remains as judge over Israel.
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Though Samuel was overshadowed by the king and his military, Samuel would remain as judge until his death, which occurs in chapter 25, verse 1.
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Chapter 12, let's begin there in verse 1. Then Samuel said to all
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Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have appointed a king over you.
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So as we look back in chapter 8, in verse 7, we read that Jehovah instructs
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Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all they say to you.
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For they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.
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Then again, in verse 9 of chapter 8, Now then listen to their voice.
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However, you shall solemnly warn them and tell them of the procedure of the king who will reign over them.
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He was going to give them warning. You want a king? You turn it away from your king,
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Jehovah. And now you want a man to rule over Israel? Okay, this is what's going to happen.
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So he gives them the warning of all the things that would happen with a monarchy.
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And then in verse 22 of chapter 8, The Lord said to Samuel, Listen to their voice and appoint a king.
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So Samuel said to the men of Israel, Go every man to his city.
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He dispersed Israel after he told them, or God told them that he was to appoint a king.
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Samuel had a lot of reservations and deep concerns that the people of Israel had rejected
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Jehovah as their king. And rather, they wanted a king like other nations.
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They had become, at this point, complete apostates. They've turned from trusting in God and following his law to following and pursuing idols and now wanting a man to rule them rather than Jehovah.
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This demand of the Israelites for Samuel to appoint a king like other nations grieved him.
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However, he did as God instructed him and appointed a king to rule over Israel.
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Their rejection of God again reflects their sinful condition.
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Chapter 12, verse 2. We look at now, Here is the king walking before you, but I am old and gray.
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And behold, my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my youth, even to this day.
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So, as he begins, Samuel points out to the people that they now have their king who would protect them and lead the nation.
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Samuel's role, however, is to elevate the religious and moral life of the
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Israelites. He was still their judge as well as their prophet. But he would be the last of the judges and prophets to rule.
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The metaphor used of shepherding, the king would be like shepherding the flock or guiding and guarding them.
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Jehovah had been their shepherd and their leader as well as their protector. And on numerous occasions when
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God would raise up enemies against Israel to attack them, this resulted, was the result of Israel's stubbornness and sinful practices.
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God used the enemies of Israel and their aggressive attacks to turn the
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Israelites away from their practices of sinful practice and draw them back to himself.
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That was the consistent pattern of the Israelites, which we'll look at in the book of Judges in a bit.
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They no longer were willing to worship and serve their true king and obey his law, but rather they worshiped idols and served other gods.
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Think about that. They have Jehovah leading them through judges and prophets and then because of the sons of Samuel, Babija and Joel, which were perverted and also cheated the people as they ruled, they raised up against Samuel.
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They demanded a king. They required the elders to go to Samuel and to ask him to appoint a king.
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They no longer wanted him to serve in that way. Second portion of 1
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Samuel 12 .2 But I am old and gray and my sons are with you.
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This isn't a farewell address since we know Samuel continued to serve as judge.
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What Samuel is pointing out now is he has served Israel as their judge and even though he's old and his sons
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Joel and Abijah are known and even though they had turned aside to dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice,
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Samuel maintained his integrity as judge over Israel.
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Samuel doesn't deny that he didn't profess to be ignorant of the charges that had been made or brought against him.
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He knew what they said. He now declares and I have walked before you from my youth even to this day.
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So now he's going to defend his integrity as God's servant as judge.
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Samuel knew that the people resent and distrust anyone given great authority for the simple reason that often leaders misuse their power.
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There was a man in the 19th century by the name of Lord Acton who was considered one of the greatest historians of the 19th century in England.
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He made this statement regarding powerful leaders. Quote, Power corrupts but absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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End quote. We can find vivid example of the corruption and absolute corruption that power has been given to leadership in this country.
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And yet we know that God is sovereign over us. His people.
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Samuel could stand before all Israel and declare that he had walked before Israel from his youth even to this day.
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He wasn't corrupt. He wasn't dishonest as he judged over Israel.
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So now he continues this discourse and defends his integrity. In verse 3 we read,
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Here I am, bear witness against me before the Lord, His anointed. Whose ox have
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I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded?
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Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it?
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I will restore it to you. So now he's getting very specific.
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He says, Here I am, and in the following verses he said, they're witnessing,
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God is witnessing this testimony and His anointed, King Saul as well is viewing and listening to his testimony.
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So he starts out in the literal translation in the original infers answer as against me.
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It's a literal legal term. In other words, he's he's using the terminology they would use when someone was becoming before a legal court and being judged.
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And he says, witness against me. The literal translation from the original refers answer as in the court of justice to be found to the questions of the judge.
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Now Samuel addresses the people of Israel. He wants to testify before the
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Lord and His anointed, King Saul. But Samuel is saying and if there is any charges against my honesty and integrity as judge over Israel I stand before you that I may bear witness not only before all
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Israel but before Jehovah and His anointed. Remember they refer to Saul as anointed because going back to chapter 10 verse 1 we read, then
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Samuel took a flask of oil poured it on his head kissed him and said,
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Has not the Lord anointed you a ruler over His inheritance? Again Samuel is referred to as the
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Lord's anointed in 1st Samuel 24 verse 6.
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We would read this So he said to his men, this is David speaking, Far be it from me because of the
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Lord that I should do this thing to my Lord and the Lord's anointed to stretch out my hand against Him since He is the
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Lord's anointed. So in this text David is referring to King Saul, the
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Lord's anointed when he fused to stretch out his hand against Him remember
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David had fled Saul as we'll see as we get into that but he had fled
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Saul and Saul was trying to kill him he was jealous of David David not only loved
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God but he was he was lifted up as a hero amongst the people of Israel so Saul became jealous and he tried to send people out to kill
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David so now Saul wants to testify before all
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Israel being completely transparent if there were any charges of impropriety or dishonest gain or perverting of justice let the people of Israel testify openly before the
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Lord as well as King Saul. This is what he's saying to Israel if you find anything in me where I have perverted justice or have taken from anyone's hand then
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I will restore it to you the great judge of Israel now placed himself on trial he challenged anyone amongst the
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Israelites to testify against him that he had stolen that he had cheated or oppressed or taken a bribe far from assuming that he would be instantly vindicated
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Samuel declared that if it turned out he had done any of these things he would make it right when he uses the term bribe it should be rendered ransom literally this signifies a covering and money used to by the guilty person to influence a judge so that's what he was inferring did
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I ever take a bribe to influence anything against me no such persons that do that are generally powerful men who have oppressed and wronged others and the knowledge that they can cover their offenses by using their own illicit gain in other words using the money that they've extorted from somebody else to pay off a judge so that he would not render a verdict against him this practice continues today not only in the
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Middle East but in our country as well as other countries verse 4 they said you have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man's hand and he said to them verse 5 the
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Lord is witness against you and his anointed is witness this day that you have found nothing in my hand and they said he is witness speaking of the
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Lord Jehovah there's a passage in Leviticus in chapter 6 which
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I'll read verse 2 through 5 when a person sins and acts unfaithfully against the
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Lord and deceives his companion in regard to a deposit or a security entrusted to him or a robbery or if he is extorted from his companion or has found what was lost and lied about it and sworn falsely so that he sins in regard to any one of the things man may do then it shall be when he sins and becomes guilty that he shall restore what he took by robbery or what he got by extortion or the deposit which was a lost thing which he found or anything about which he swore falsely he shall make restitution in full and add one fifth more he shall give it to the one to whom it belongs on the day he presents his guilt offering that gives the premise for what
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Samuel was calling these people to listen to he was not guilty of any of these things otherwise he would have been guilty of disobeying
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God's law as well as defrauding the people as he continues in verse 5 he said to them the
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Lord is witness against you and his anointed is witness this day that you have found nothing in my hand and then they said he is witness in verses 6 and 7 then
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Samuel said to the people it is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt so now take your stand that I may plead with you before the
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Lord concerning all the righteous acts of the Lord which he did for you and for your fathers so now he's going to give them a history lesson they needed to be reminded of just how much
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God had done for his chosen people Israel they had neglected that they had forgotten that and now he's going to remind them so take your stand that I may plead with you before the
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Lord concerning all the righteous acts of the Lord which he did for you and your fathers having already exonerated himself as a judge
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Samuel next turns to address Israel as a prophet one of the longest single quotations quoted in Samuel and in the
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Hebrew Bible this is in the Hebrew Bible which begins here and runs through actually runs through verse 17 and this quotation may be divided in three parts first a historical introduction six through twelve second
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Samuel gives a warning in chapter 12 verse 13 through 15 third
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Samuel calls upon the Lord to perform a miracle as a judge
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God gave Samuel the power to perform miracles and Samuel chose to do so at this time which was the beginning of the wheat harvest he did this so that all
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Israel would realize the great sin of rejecting Jehovah as their king and demanding a king to lead them
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Samuel reminded in verse 6 Israel that the Lord had established Moses and Aaron as their leaders to bring them up from the land of Egypt they were in Egypt they were being oppressed by Pharaoh and all the
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Egyptians they were enslaved they were tortured they became slaves with being fully oppressed every day and then
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Moses and Aaron delivered them so too it was time for Israel to stand and be confronted with the evidence for all the righteous acts of the
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Lord which he did on their behalf in verse 7 the trial mode of verse 3 is maintained but this time the people are the defendants when
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Samuel begins in verse 7 he addresses Israel in a formal manner so now take your stand that I may plead with you before the
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Lord concerning all the righteous acts of the Lord which he did for you and your fathers now take your stand and the original means station yourselves take your places stand forth in the
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United States military I can't speak for all branches but in the Marine Corps when a senior officer or even a senior enlisted man addressed somebody in their unit all the members were called to attention that is they would stand straight put their arms at their side look straight and listen there wasn't to be any words spoken they were to remain silent and stand in attention until the commander completed what he was addressing them with so this word is giving that picture he wanted their full attention no distractions no talking he wanted to address them and reprove them and point them back to the
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Lord so he addressed them in a formal way he chose leaders over them now
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Samuel reminds them how Jehovah had appointed Moses and Aaron who had brought their fathers up from the land of Egypt God did so through faithful men and delivered them from their enemies
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God used mighty miracles that he worked through them for Israel's deliverance so as we consider the work that God did through his prophets and his judges he would give them the ability to perform a miracle he would perform it for them it's interesting the pattern can be seen at work in Samuel's brief history lesson during a period of crisis whether because of enslavement in Egypt or because of sin and idolatry
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Israel would repent and cry for help then the Lord would hear their cry and send a covenant leader to them the threat of Nahash the
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Ammonite of which Samuel points back in verse 12 was no different than before Israel was threatened by this wicked king of the
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Ammonites but this time Israel once again had lost faith in their true king
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Jehovah and his divine pattern of deliverance instead of trusting in Jehovah they demanded a king now at this time
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God used the king to deliver them from the Ammonites Samuel held
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Israel accountable to the covenant pattern of deliverance yet they were found wanting they didn't remember the things that God had done for them and instead they had reverted to idolatry can you imagine that Jehovah God provided for them everything they needed the condition was this that they obey his law when they didn't he would rise up an enemy and they would attack
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Israel, Israel would cry out to the Lord, repent turn back to him, God would deliver him this pattern was continuous we read the book of Judges, we see it throughout the entire book verse 8, when
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Jacob went into Egypt and your fathers cried out to the Lord then the Lord sent
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Moses and Aaron who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place now
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Samuel addresses the Israelites as a judge and prophet he points out to Israel that Jehovah has acted judgly by you and that you have dealt unjustly with him, speaking of God, Jehovah Samuel vindicates
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God's dealing with them against the charge of having failed to protect them and their subsequent demand for a king
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Jehovah had not brought their fathers out of Egypt had not only brought their fathers out of Egypt but he also settled them in this place where they are near the
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Jordan but they forgot verse 9 and 10 the
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Lord their God so he sold them into the hands of the army of Hazar and into the hand of the
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Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab and they fought against them they cried out to the
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Lord and said we have sinned because we have forsaken the Lord and served
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Baals and the Astaroth but now deliver us from the hands of our enemies and we will serve you look at that conditional promise of Israel they're bargaining and yet God in his mercy did deliver them but they will pay a consequence they forgot
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Jehovah their God the theocracy as we have seen in chapter 10 and previous was a moral government under which the idolatry continued they continued in sinful practices and all that Israel had done was punished by Jehovah when he would withdraw his protection from them and allow an enemy to attack them in the judges chapter 3 and verse 30 we read this or 31 after him came
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Shamgar the son of Anath who struck down 600 Philistines with an ox code and Sisera in judges 4 chapter 4 verses 1 and 2 then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the
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Lord after Ehud died and the Lord sold him into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan who reigned in Hazar and the commander of his army was
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Sisera who lived in Herosha Hieragium these examples pointed out by Samuel were well known amongst the
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Israelites they were all these three earlier oppressors to Israel had been reversed in order that they found
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God and turn back to him because God then delivered them once they repented back in chapter 12 verse 10 they cried out to the
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Lord and said we have sinned because we have forsaken the Lord and served the
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Baals and Ashtoreth but now deliver us from the hands of our enemies and we will serve you this continual pattern continued all the way through the
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Old Testament and as we see here they worshipped what they called
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Baals and Ashtoreth Baal was the Canaanite idol which is one of their chief male deities the inhabitants of Canaan were addicted to Baal worship, they had that idol that they worshipped which is now being adopted by the
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Israelites the idol of Baals was their farm god which was to produce extra crops so they would worship this idol and it would serve them in bringing extra crops this is what they were thinking this idol would provide the
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Ashtoreth was also one of the Canaanite idols it was a goddess an idol identified with the planet
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Venus the name is cognate with the Babylonian Ishtar and the goddess of fertility these pagan deities were also adopted and these sinful
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Israelites adopted them now they acknowledge before Samuel by confessing outwardly of their forsaking the
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Lord that they had served these pagan deities having now shown signs of repentance the
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Israelites have now called out to Jehovah to deliver them from the enemy's hands this cycle of sin continued and yet they had brought them to the place of trusting in a man rather than their
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Lord God Jehovah verse 11 then the Lord sent Jeroboam and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel and delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around so that you lived in security the
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Lord would deliver Israel from their enemies when they had repented and turned back to him a merciful
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God even though they had turned from him, disobeyed his law and served idols and now yet when they repent
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God forgives them and delivers them from their enemy Samuel now points out the history of those numerous times that the
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Lord had delivered them from the hands of their enemies and he points back to those that God had delivered his people through the judges he had appointed these judges to guide the people to victory their deliverance only came to the
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Israelites when they repented and turned back to God and asked for his forgiveness and deliverance
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God never gave deliverance until they put out the idols and repented we find similar patterns of Israel's continual sinning and the
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Lord bringing judgment and punishment upon his chosen people Israel when they were unfaithful to him in Judges chapter 2 and verses 11 through 14 we read this then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the
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Lord and served Baals and they forsook the Lord the God of their fathers who had brought them out of the land of Egypt and followed other gods from among the gods of the peoples who were around them and bowed themselves down to them thus they provoked the
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Lord to anger so they forsook the Lord and served Baal and Ashtaroth the anger of the
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Lord burned against Israel and he gave them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them and he sold them into the hands of their enemies around them so they could no longer stand before their enemies so God had decimated them because of their disobedience and that continual disobedience but he used that to lead them back to himself in repentance when we get to Judges 2 .11
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we read this then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the
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Lord and served Baal so those who did not know God following the time of Joshua began doing evil in the sight of the
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Lord so Joshua under Joshua the people of Israel did not sin they followed the
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Lord in obedience when Joshua died when God took him then they reverted back to following and worshiping idols the
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Lord raised up judges beginning with Othiniel the son of Canaas which were
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Caleb's younger brother in Judges 3 verses 9 and 10 we read this when the sons of Israel cried out to the
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Lord the Lord raised up a deliverer for the sons of Israel to deliver them
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Othiniel the son of Canaas Caleb's younger brother the spirit of the
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Lord came upon him and he judged Israel remember when
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God worked through these judges he would pour his spirit upon them during the time that he that they served him to empower them service when he went out when the judges went out to war the
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Lord gave Cushan and Rishonim king of Mesopotamia into his hands so that he prevailed over Cush Rishonim throughout the
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Old Testament when Israel would turn from the king from their king Jehovah the
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Lord would continually bring judgment upon them when they repented once again he would turn back to them we find similarly in the
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New Testament when Christians continually turn from God he brings discipline we read in Proverbs chapter 3
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Old Testament 11 through 12 my son do not reject the discipline of the
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Lord nor loathe his reproof for whom the Lord loves he reproves even as a father corrects the son in whom he when you are reproved by him for those whom the
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Lord loves he disciplines and he scourges every son whom he receives what a great promise though when we sin and turn against God he brings it back brings us back to himself and he forgives us but he uses discipline and sometimes scourging when a person doesn't but that also shows that they are sons of God sons and daughters of God we serve a loving
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God who loves his elect so much that when we turn away or sin against him by disobeying his word he disciplines us for our own sake and for his
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God has given his word the scriptures in order to bring us to salvation and to honor and serve him through obedience to his word we read in Hebrews also 12 1 and 2 therefore since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us let us also lay aside every encumbrance in the sin which so easily entangles us and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us fixing our eyes on Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith who for the joys set before him endured the cross despising the shame and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God God provided his perfect sacrifice through his son the author of Hebrews refers back to chapter 11 those who were the great cloud of witnesses demonstrating those whom
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God views to display faith even when they never saw the promises in chapter 11 verse 39 we read and all these having gained approval through their faith did not receive what was promised so even though they were looking forward to the promised
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Messiah they never saw him and yet faithfully served him and were brutally martyred for his sake so as we look at this and recognize not only in the
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Old Testament what God has done for his people but in the New Testament what
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God has provided which is brings us to the place of worshiping more we love our
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God and we want to serve him Father we thank you for your word we thank you for what you've provided through your word to us and for granting us the empowerment of the
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Holy Spirit and Father we pray that you would be glorified through the teaching and preaching of your word and we pray that as we gather together collectively as your children that we bring honor to you in praise in songs and hymns and through the not only revelation and preaching of your word but the empowerment to obey we give you praise in Jesus precious name