SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 24, 2022
TEXT:
1 Chronicles 10:1-14
1.
The Philistines fought against Israel, and Israel’s men fled from them and were
killed on Mount Gilboa.
2.
The Philistines pursued Saul and his sons and killed Saul’s sons Jonathan,
Abinadab, and Malchishua.
3.
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers found him and severely
wounded him.
4.
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with
it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer
wouldn’t do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on
it.
5.
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and
died.
6.
So Saul and his three sons died-his whole house died together.
7.
When all the men of Israel in the valley saw that the army had run away and
that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. So the
Philistines came and settled in them.
8.
The next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and
his sons dead on Mount Gilboa.
9.
They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers
throughout the land of the Philistines to spread the good news to their idols
and their people.
10.
Then they put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his skull in the
temple of Dagon.
11.
When all Jabesh-gilead heard of everything the Philistines had done to Saul,
12.
all their brave men set out and retrieved the body of Saul and the bodies of
his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their bones under the oak in
Jabesh and fasted seven days.
13.
Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD because he did not keep the LORD’s
word. He even consulted a medium for guidance,
14.
but he did not inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the
kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
(Holmans
CS Holy Bible)
TOPIC:
SAUL AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF TRANSGRESSION
Saul was the first king
of Israel by the permissive will of God because the people requested a human
king to lead them just as other surrounding nations.
Prior to that, God had
been leading His people through Prophet Samuel. Saul became great and powerful
but out of impatience and arrogance, he took the role of a prophet without
regards to God’s word (1 Samuel 13:9-14) and offered sinful offerings.
We must be careful not
to take God’s Word and servants for granted. “The greater dignity men are
advanced to, the greater disgrace they are in danger of falling into and if we
give not to God the glory of our successes, even the Philistines will rise up
against us in judgment” says Matthew Henry in his commentary.
Saul committed suicide
while his sons died in battle (vs. 4-6, 13, 14).
QUESTION:
Do you make light of God’s grace by transgressing His Words?
PRAYER:
Lord Jesus, let not the fear of the enemy’s attack drive me to transgress Your
clear injunctions, Amen.
Remain
Blessed
ECWA
Food For The Day, 2022.
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