{"id":2313,"date":"2022-05-16T08:43:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T08:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/temtube.com\/?p=2313"},"modified":"2022-05-16T08:43:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T08:43:58","slug":"1-samuel-15-chapter-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/temtube.com\/?p=2313","title":{"rendered":"1 Samuel 15 chapter of the day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-subscribe-bar-container\"><div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1 Samuel 15 chapter of the day\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VujEzGSk9n0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VujEzGSk9n0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VujEzGSk9n0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"youtube-subscribe-bar\" style=\"color: #ffffff;background-color: #1b1b1b;\">\n\t\t\t<div>Please consider subscribing to my YouTube Channel<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t<iframe\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscribe_embed?usegapi=1&amp;channelid=UCAxkC8h9g4fhxldTECUgIsg&amp;layout=default&amp;theme=default&amp;count=default&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftemtube.com%2F\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1-2a Samuel said to Saul, \u201cGod sent me to anoint you king over his people, Israel. Now, listen again to what God says. This is the God-of-the-Angel-Armies speaking: 2b-3 \u201c\u2018I\u2019m about to get even with Amalek for ambushing Israel when Israel came up out of Egypt. Here\u2019s what you are to do: Go to war against Amalek. Put everything connected with Amalek under a holy ban. And no exceptions! This is to be total destruction\u2014men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys\u2014the works.\u2019\u201d 4-5Saul called the army together at Telaim and prepared them to go to war\u2014two hundred companies of infantry from Israel and another ten companies from Judah. Saul marched to Amalek City and hid in the canyon. 6Then Saul got word to the Kenites: \u201cGet out of here while you can. Evacuate the city right now or you\u2019ll get lumped in with the Amalekites. I\u2019m warning you because you showed real kindness to the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt.\u201d And they did. The Kenites evacuated the place. 7-9Then Saul went after Amalek, from the canyon all the way to Shur near the Egyptian border. He captured Agag, king of Amalek, alive. Everyone else was killed under the terms of the holy ban. Saul and the army made an exception for Agag, and for the choice sheep and cattle. They didn\u2019t include them under the terms of the holy ban. But all the rest, which nobody wanted anyway, they destroyed as decreed by the holy ban. 10-11a Then God spoke to Samuel: \u201cI\u2019m sorry I ever made Saul king. He\u2019s turned his back on me. He refuses to do what I tell him.\u201d 11b-12 Samuel was angry when he heard this. He prayed his anger and disappointment all through the night. He got up early in the morning to confront Saul but was told, \u201cSaul\u2019s gone. He went to Carmel to set up a victory monument in his own honor, and then was headed for Gilgal.\u201d By the time Samuel caught up with him, Saul had just finished an act of worship, having used Amalekite plunder for the burnt offerings sacrificed to God. 13As Samuel came close, Saul called out, \u201cGod\u2019s blessings on you! I accomplished God\u2019s plan to the letter!\u201d 14Samuel said, \u201cSo what\u2019s this I\u2019m hearing\u2014this bleating of sheep, this mooing of cattle?\u201d 15\u201cOnly some Amalekite loot,\u201d said Saul. \u201cThe soldiers saved back a few of the choice cattle and sheep to offer up in sacrifice to God. But everything else we destroyed under the holy ban.\u201d 16\u201cEnough!\u201d interrupted Samuel. \u201cLet me tell you what God told me last night.\u201d Saul said, \u201cGo ahead. Tell me.\u201d 17-19And Samuel told him. \u201cWhen you started out in this, you were nothing\u2014and you knew it. Then God put you at the head of Israel\u2014made you king over Israel. Then God sent you off to do a job for him, ordering you, \u2018Go and put those sinners, the Amalekites, under a holy ban. Go to war against them until you have totally wiped them out.\u2019 So why did you not obey God? Why did you grab all this loot? Why, with God\u2019s eyes on you all the time, did you brazenly carry out this evil?\u201d 20-21Saul defended himself. \u201cWhat are you talking about? I did obey God. I did the job God set for me. I brought in King Agag and destroyed the Amalekites under the terms of the holy ban. So the soldiers saved back a few choice sheep and cattle from the holy ban for sacrifice to God at Gilgal\u2014what\u2019s wrong with that?\u201d 22-23Then Samuel said, Do you think all God wants are sacrifices\u2014 empty rituals just for show? He wants you to listen to him! Plain listening is the thing, not staging a lavish religious production. Not doing what God tells you is far worse than fooling around in the occult. Getting self-important around God is far worse than making deals with your dead ancestors. Because you said No to God\u2019s command, he says No to your kingship. 24-25Saul gave in and confessed, \u201cI\u2019ve sinned. I\u2019ve trampled roughshod over God\u2019s Word and your instructions. I cared more about pleasing the people. I let them tell me what to do. Oh, absolve me of my sin! Take my hand and lead me to the altar so I can worship God!\u201d 26But Samuel refused: \u201cNo, I can\u2019t come alongside you in this. You rejected God\u2019s command. Now God has rejected you as king over Israel.\u201d 27-29As Samuel turned to leave, Saul grabbed at his priestly robe and a piece tore off. Samuel said, \u201cGod has just now torn the kingdom from you, and handed it over to your neighbor, a better man than you are. Israel\u2019s God-of-Glory doesn\u2019t deceive and he doesn\u2019t dither. He says what he means and means what he says.\u201d 30Saul tried again, \u201cI have sinned. But don\u2019t abandon me! Support me with your presence before the leaders and the people. Come alongside me as I go back to worship God.\u201d 31Samuel did. He went back with him. 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