1 Samuel 11-13Gouged out eyes; Have it your way!; A Sin of

Omission or Commission; It’s A Sin to Not Pray; Jonathan; Partial Obedience is

Disobedience; No Blacksmiths

• Conway Summit, in Mono County, California, by U.S. Highway 395, Photo by Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Management - California, U.S. Department of the Interior

Let's read 1 Samuel 11:1-7

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1 Samuel 11:2“gouge out the right eye”

• NAU 1 Samuel 11:2 But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, "I will make it with you on this condition, that I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you, thus I will make it a reproach on all Israel.”

• This would seriously limit their fighting ability, both peripheral vision and depth perception. But the Scriptural reason is;

• “I will make it a reproach on all Israel.”

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1 Samuel 11:2, gouged out eyes

• Do you remember Samson back in Judges 16:21 “Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison.”

• They foolishly thought that he would no longer be a problem.

• NAU 2 Kings 25:7 They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon.

• Jeremiah 32:5 and he will take Zedekiah to Babylon…

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1 Samuel 11:6, Samuel is Born again into another man

• NAU 1 Samuel 11:6 Then the Spirit of God came upon Saul mightily when he heard these words, and he became very angry.

• NAU 1 Samuel 10:6 "Then the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you mightily, and you shall prophesy with them and be changed into another man.

• NAU 1 Samuel 10:22 Therefore they inquired further of the LORD, "Has the man come here yet?" So the LORD said, "Behold, he is hiding himself by the baggage." 6

1 Samuel 10:6“changed into another man”

• NAU 1 Samuel 10:6 … be changed into another man.

• NAU John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

• NAU 1 Peter 1:23 for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable…

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1 Samuel 11:7Judges 19

Seems Like A Replay Of

Genesis 19

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Another Replay?http://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-conquest-timeline-chronology-judges-othniel-ehud-ruth-1350-1204bc.htm

1 Samuel 12

Sin to not pray, A sin of omission

Let's read 1 Samuel 12:1-5

• Finishing Well

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1 Samuel 12:1Fine, Have it your way!

• NAU 1 Samuel 12:1 Then Samuel said to all Israel, "Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me and I have appointed a king over you.

• 1Sam 8:7 And the LORD said to Samuel…they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me… 9 …listen to their voice; however, you shall solemnly warn them … 18 …you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you in that day." 19 …the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel,… 20 that we also may be like all the nations… 22 And the LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to their voice, and appoint them a king…

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1 Samuel 12:6-13

• Recounting Israel's history

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1 Samuel 12:14-15, if/then’s

• NAU 1 Samuel 12:14 "If you will fear the LORD and serve Him, and listen to His voice… 15 "If you will not listen to the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the command of the LORD, then the hand of the LORD will be against you, as it was against your fathers… 24 "Only fear the LORD and serve Him in truth… 25 "But if you still do wickedly, both you and your king will be swept away."

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1 Samuel 12:17, Stormy Prayer

• NAU 1 Samuel 12:17 "Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call to the LORD, that He may send thunder and rain. Then you will know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the LORD by asking for yourselves a king."

• Job 37:4 …He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain the lightnings when His voice is heard.

• Heidi Mittiga says, “I have never liked thunderstorms. A few weeks ago, as I sat at my kitchen table during a particularly noisy storm, I started to pray in an effort to comfort myself. As lightning and thunder split the night sky on all sides, my prayer unwittingly began,

• "Dear LOUD Jesus …”

1 Samuel 12:17 , rain during harvest

• NAU 1 Samuel 12:17 "Is it not the wheat harvest today? …the LORD… send thunder and rain…

• The Nelson Study Bible, Page 470, says, “The land of Israel receives its rainfall during the winter season. For rain to fall during the wheat harvest would be most unusual. The miracle was intended to convince the people of their great wickedness in demanding a king. The miracle also served to enhance Israel's respect for both the Lord and Samuel.”

• I am not a wheat farmer but I would bet that rain during harvest causes financial harm.

1 Samuel 12:20, Serve The Lord • NAU 1 Samuel 12:20 Samuel said to the people, "Do

not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

• NAU Deuteronomy 10:12 "Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, [Deuteronomy 11:13, 1 Sam 12:24]

• NAU Deuteronomy 4:29 "But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.

1 Samuel 12:23A sin of omission

• NAU 1 Samuel 12:23 "Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way.

• NAU James 4:17 Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.

• George Muller, “I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk about, when I lie down, and when I rise up. And the answers are always coming.”

1 Samuel 12:23, Question: "What is a sin of omission?” gotquestions.org

• “Answer: James 4:17 declares, "Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins." A sin of omission is a sin that is the result of not doing something God’s Word teaches that we should do. It is generally used in contrast with the corresponding phrase “the sin of commission,” or sins that a person actively commits. Paul juxtaposes the two concepts in Romans 7:14-20. He decries his tendency toward both types of sin. He does what he doesn’t want to do and knows is wrong—the sin of commission—and he doesn’t do what he knows he should do and really wants to do—the sin of omission. Here is a

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1 Samuel 12:23, Question: "What is a sin of omission?” gotquestions.org

• picture of the new nature in conflict with the flesh in which it dwells.

• In the New Testament, the classic example given by Jesus is the account of the Good Samaritan. After a man had been beaten and left in need of help, the first two men to pass by—a priest and a Levite, both of whom knew better—failed to act. The third man, a Samaritan, stopped to show compassion to the man in need (Luke 10:30-37). Jesus used this example to teach that we are to likewise help those in need. By doing so, he clearly communicated that it is sinful to avoid doing good, just as it is sinful to pursue what is evil…”

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1 Samuel 12:23, Seriously, Pray!

• 1 Thessalonians 5:17 pray without ceasing;

• Jody Capehart says, “I frequently use (1 Thessalonians 5:17) to encourage the children I teach to "pray without ceasing." One day after chapel, a young boy said, "Mrs. Capehart, I am sorry I sneezed during your prayer today." I assured him sneezing was no problem but I appreciated his apology. He responded,

• "Well, I know you like us to pray without sneezing."

1 Samuel 12:23, Sin to Not Pray

• Isaac the Syrian said, “When the Spirit has come to reside in someone, that person cannot stop praying; for the Spirit prays without ceasing in him. No matter if he is asleep or awake, prayer is going in his his heart all the time. He may be eating or drinking, he may be resting or working- the incense of prayer will ascend spontaneously from his heart. The slightest stirring of his heart is like a voice which sings in silence and in secret to the Invisible.”

1 Samuel 13

• Saul’s 1st. Big Failure

1 Samuel 13:1

• NAU 1 Samuel 13:1 Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty two years over Israel.

• The MacArthur Study Bible, Page 394, says, “the original numbers have not been preserved in this text. It literally reads,"Saul was one year old when he became king and ruled two years over Israel.” Acts 13:21 states that Saul ruled Israel 40 years. His age at his ascension is recorded nowhere else in Scripture…”

• NAU Acts 13:21 "Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

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1 Samuel 13:2-3, Jonathan• NAU 1 Samuel 13:2 Now Saul chose for

himself 3,000 men of Israel, of which 2,000 were with Saul in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, while 1,000 were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. But he sent away the rest of the people, each to his tent. 3 Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear.”

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1 Samuel 13:2-3, Jonathan

• NAU 1 Samuel 13:2 …2,000 were with Saul… 1,000 were with Jonathan… 3 Jonathan smote the… Philistines…

• Jonathan proves himself to be a mighty warrior.

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Michmash, 7 Mi. NE of Jerusalem

• 1 Samuel 13:2 …Saul in Michmash…

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Let's read 1 Samuel 13:4-7

• 30,000 vs. 3000

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1 Samuel 13:8Partial Obedience is disobedience

• NAU 1 Samuel 13:8 Now he waited seven days, according to the appointed time set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering from him.

• NAU 1 Samuel 10:8 "And you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice peace offerings. You shall wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you should do."

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1 Samuel 13:10Partial Obedience is disobedience

• NAU 1 Samuel 13:10 As soon as he finishedoffering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him and to greet him.

• NAU 1 Samuel 10:8 "And you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice peace offerings. You shall wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you should do." 3

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1 Samuel 13:10Partial Obedience is disobedience

• NAU 1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said, "Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. 23 "For rebellion is as the sin of divination, And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king."

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1 Samuel 13:10Partial Obedience is disobedience

• NAU James 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.

• NAU Revelation 21:8 …and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

• NAU 1 Chronicles 13:9 …Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, because the oxen nearly upset it.

• Numbers 3:4 …offered strange fire… ; 15:33-36 …gathering wood…32

• NAU 1 Samuel 13:19 Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, "Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears.“20 So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe.

• I was surprised to find some otherwise good Bible teachers who thought this had to do with Israel not having entered into the Iron Age.

1 Samuel 13:19No Blacksmith To Sharpen Iron

• NAU 1 Samuel 13:19 …the Philistines said, "Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears.

• But, the Philistines would surely not have allowed their slaves to have weapons.

• NAU 1 Samuel 4:9 "Take courage and be men, O Philistines, or you will become slaves to the Hebrews, as they have been slaves to you; therefore, be men and fight.”

1 Samuel 13:19No Blacksmith To Sharpen Iron

• Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2014, page 40

• "The Other Philistines" page 40 Philistine tools of iron, iron sword

1 Samuel 13:19No Blacksmith To Sharpen Iron

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• In Closing

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Judges 19:28-29, Was She Dead?

• NAU Judges 19:28 He said to her, "Get up and let us go," but there was no answer. Then he placed her on the donkey; and the man arose and went to his home. 29 When he entered his house, he took a knife and laid hold of his concubine and cut her in twelve pieces, limb by limb, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.

• Some try to accuse him of murder, but;• NAU Judges 20:5 …They intended to kill me;

instead, they ravished my concubine so that she died.

1 Samuel 12:23 James 4:17, Question: "What is a sin of omission?” gotquestions.org

• Answer: James 4:17 declares, "Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins." A sin of omission is a sin that is the result of not doing something God’s Word teaches that we should do. It is generally used in contrast with the corresponding phrase “the sin of commission,” or sins that a person actively commits. Paul juxtaposes the two concepts in Romans 7:14-20. He decries his tendency toward both types of sin. He does what he doesn’t want to do and knows is wrong—the sin of commission—and he doesn’t do what he knows he should do and really wants to do—the sin of omission. Here is a picture of the new nature in conflict with the flesh in which it dwells.

• In the New Testament, the classic example given by Jesus is the account of the Good Samaritan. After a man had been beaten and left in need of help, the first two men to pass by—a priest and a Levite, both of whom knew better—failed to act. The third man, a Samaritan, stopped to show compassion to the man in need (Luke 10:30-37). Jesus used this example to teach that we are to likewise help those in need. By doing so, he clearly communicated that it is sinful to avoid doing good, just as it is sinful to pursue what is evil.

• Jesus further describes the sins of omission in the parable of the sheep and the goats in Matthew 25:31-46. The goats, those who are sent away by Christ, are those who saw others hungry and thirsty, but did not provide food and water. They are those who saw others in need of clothing, who were sick or in jail but did nothing to clothe or comfort them. These are all examples of sins of omission. There was no sin committed against these needy people—they were not intentionally starved or deprived of their clothing. But the sin of omission was committed when those who could have provided for them chose not to.

• Finally, the apostle Paul provides a summary statement that explains why we should do what is right and refrain from sins of omission: “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up” (Galatians 6:9). When we do the will of our heavenly Father (Matthew 12:50), we avoid sins of omission and live productive, fruitful lives pleasing to God (Romans 12:1-2).

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