THE DRIP - WEEK ONE
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The Anointing
The Anointing
I. Series introduction
I. Series introduction
A. What is the anointing?
Definition: the power of God through the Holy Spirit to destroy yokes and remove burdens
Contextual definition: to smear or rub something with; ceremonially confer divine or holy office upon
B. What is the purpose of this series?
We need to recognize the power of God through the Holy Spirit to change impossible to possible exists on the inside of us and activate it for use in our lives.
Matthew 19:26 (ESV)
26 But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
C. The anointing must be discovered
(identified and defined), developed (nurtured and cultivated), and deployed (activated and used).
II. A Contrast of Kings - Saul (or “What Not to Do with the Anointing”)
II. A Contrast of Kings - Saul (or “What Not to Do with the Anointing”)
It started the right way...
1 Samuel 9:1–2 (ESV)
1 There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth. 2 And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.
b. . And then insecurity reared its ugly head...
1 Samuel 9:21 (ESV)
21 Saul answered, “Am I not a Benjaminite, from the least of the tribes of Israel? And is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?”
1 Samuel 10:1 (ESV)
1 Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, “Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
c. The Heart Transplant
1 Samuel 10:6–7 (ESV)
6 Then the Spirit of the Lord will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man. 7 Now when these signs meet you, do what your hand finds to do, for God is with you.
1 Samuel 10:9 (ESV)
9 When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart. And all these signs came to pass that day.
d. And Then Came the Haters...
1 Samuel 10:11 (ESV)
11 And when all who knew him previously saw how he prophesied with the prophets, the people said to one another, “What has come over the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
III. The Downfall
III. The Downfall
a. Interpreting the Lord for Yourself
“go and smite” heḥĕrîm
1 Samuel 15:13 (ESV)
13 And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed be you to the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord.”
b. Priority Displacement
Saul prioritized the people over God
Popular opinion was too important
1 Samuel 15:15 (ESV)
15 Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice to the Lord your God, and the rest we have devoted to destruction.”
1 Samuel 15:21 (ESV)
21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”
c. Obedience > Sacrifice
1 Samuel 15:22–23 (ESV)
22 And Samuel said,
“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.”
1 and 2 Samuel: An Introduction and Commentary (v. Samuel’s Final Confrontation with Saul (15:1–35))
At last Saul admits that he is in the wrong, but he does not take with full seriousness the condemnation pronounced by Samuel. Surely in the circumstances he can be forgiven and continue in office? In his admission, I have transgressed (Heb. ʿābartî) the commandment, ‘transgressed’ renders an ordinary word which means literally ‘to pass over’ (we should say, ‘I overlooked’), though put in this way the contradiction in terms becomes obvious. Saul had felt the need of popular support, and had not been able to resist the temptation to curry favour by permitting some material gain from the victory. Samuel repeats his statement of Saul’s rejection, which cannot be repealed. Saul must live with the results of his own decisions.27–31. By this time Saul was thoroughly awake to the implications of his rejection, and when Samuel turned to leave him Saul grabbed and tore the prophet’s robe in an attempt to salvage some shred of his reputation. Samuel’s torn garment provided a vivid picture of the kingdom torn from Saul, and to be given to a neighbour more worthy of it. Though Saul continued to be king, this day became the decisive one in the history of his reign, because, in the words of Balaam, who tried to reverse the Lord’s blessing on Israel, ‘God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should repent’ (Num. 23:19). Indeed not. But neither could the Lord overlook persistent, deliberate rejection of his will, for that would negate his sovereignty. Honour me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, pleads Saul, who is unwilling to lose face and wants Samuel’s presence in order to make it appear as if nothing has happened. Samuel relents and accompanies Saul as he worships.32–33. Samuel has not quite fulfilled his prophetic tasks. Though he is old (1 Sam. 8:1) and so far as we know has never killed anyone in his life, he needs to complete what Saul has left undone, and devote Agag, the Amalekite king, to the Lord by putting him to death. (Hewed … in pieces follows the Vulgate; the Hebrew verb occurs only here and its meaning is uncertain.) Thus Samuel fulfils the orders he himself had given (v. 3), shows that he is willing and able to perform what he tells others to do, and above all that he obeys the commands of the Lord.
IV. Lessons from the Life of Saul
IV. Lessons from the Life of Saul
a. You may be anointed, but you’re not above the Lord. Don’t go into business for yourself interpreting the Word of the Lord alone!
b. God’s opinion is more important than popular opinion
c. Obey God at all costs; Saul presumed that God would want the spoils and not justice. Obedience to God was found better than the religious ritual Saul assumed was priority.
d. Don’t treat as common that which is holy. Saul didn’t esteem the anointing highly, which caused him to slip into deadly patterns that cost him his anointing and eventually, his life. Though the anointing had transformed him into another man, his pride and lack of commitment to developing it in his life squandered it.