The importance of thеsе chapterс is that they explain why Yahweh and the prophet Samuel rejected Saul. It is a frequent human error to think that God will overlook and forgive all one’s sins so long as one is careful to attend church. Several OT prophets had to attack this false reasoning; Amos
Тhis chapter is a great text that would help us take a look at ourselves in the Lord. As someone put it, each one of us is three persons: the person who you think you are, the person who others think you are and the person who you really are before the Lord. The Big Picture of Your Life (1
How will Samuel go about finding and making a king? Naturally every reader must have known that Saul had been Israel’s first king, so the introduction of his name causes no surprise. The story goes on to explain the circumstances in which Samuel and Saul met. Sermon by J.J. McCreight
Сега сцената се измества на запад, от хълмовете към крайбрежната равнина, която филистимците са завладели век по-рано. Тази малка, но мощна нация беше започнала да доминира в части от Израел по времето на Самсон и тяхната добре обучена армия сега представляваше нова заплаха. Следователно не