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! Introduction:
We enter now into a study of the life of David, “the man after God’s own heart.”
As Saul is a picture of the carnal life, so David is a picture of the spiritual life of the believer who walks by faith in the Lord.
It is true that David sinned.
Unlike Saul, however, David confessed his sins and sought to restore his fellowship with God.
Picture a king sitting upon his throne, ruling over a nation and people he had governed for years.
But unknown to him, some distance away, a young boy is about to be secretly anointed to replace him, a young boy who was to become the future king of the nation.
And not only is a secret anointing taking place, but this young boy would soon be serving in the royal court at the very feet of the king he would someday replace.
And the king would be totally unaware that the young boy was the future anointed king.
This is a picture of the shift of power, the highest power of a nation being secretly transferred from a ruling king over to a young boy who was destined to become king.
This is the story unfolded in this present chapter of God's Holy Word.
Because of disobedience, King Saul was destined to be removed as king of Israel by the hand of God's judgment.
But the work of God among the Israelites and upon this earth was to go on.
And to carry on the work of God, God had chosen a young boy who had a heart "after God's own heart" (13:14).
This young boy was to become the future king of God's people.
From the day of David's secret anointing to the end of Saul's life, David would be a threat to Saul's claim to the throne.
And Saul would seek to kill David time and again.
This is played out in the remaining chapters of this great book.
!! A.                 The mission of Samuel to anoint a new king: Conquering grief and sorrow (v.1-5).
Remember that the Lord had rejected Saul and promised to raise up another king, “a man after God’s own heart” (13:14), and who was better than Saul (15:28).
This was a specific reference to David, and now it was time to anoint him as king.
As mentioned, Saul was still king and would continue ruling for many more years.
But here the Lord commissions Samuel to secretly anoint a young boy who was to be the future king of the nation.
From this point on, the story focuses upon the jealousy of Saul toward David and his many attempts to kill the future king of Israel.
!!! 1.
The LORD'S rebuke of Samuel (v.1).
!!!! a)                  He had grieved over His rejection of Saul far too long.
!!!!! (1)                 Because of Saul’s disobedience the kingdom had been torn from him, and it was Samuel’s duty to inform Saul of this (15:22-23, 26, and 28).
!!!!! (2)                 From the beginning Saul had appeared to have all that he needed to be a successful king:
!!!!!! (a)                 He had humility, was respectful, bold and courageous (9:1-27; 10:1-27; 11:1-15)
!!!!!! (b)                He had been chosen by the Lord Himself, giving him a new and changed heart (9:15-17; 10:9-15).
!!!!!! (c)                 Outwardly—from all appearances—no man had more to offer than Saul.
!!!!! (3)                 It Was Time For Samuel To Snap Out Of His Mourning Over Saul.
!!!!!! (a)                 Surely, Satan wanted Samuel to remain trapped in mourning over the tragedies of the past.
He wanted Samuel stuck there, unable to move on with the LORD.
But there are times when God tells us to simply move on.
*This is what God told Moses at the shores of the Red Sea:* Why do you cry to Me?  Tell the children of Israel to go forward (Exodus 14:15).
It was time for Samuel to go forward.
*When Israel lost the battle to Ai because of sin in the camp, Joshua mourned with his face to the earth, *"So the Lord said to Joshua: “Get up!
Why do you lie thus on your face?
Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them.
For they have even taken some of the accursed things, and have both stolen and deceived; and they have also put it among their own stuff.
Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they have become doomed to destruction.
Neither will I be with you anymore, unless you destroy the accursed from among you.
Get up, sanctify the people, and say, ‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, because thus says the Lord God of Israel: “There is an accursed thing in your midst, O Israel; you cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the accursed thing from among you.”"
(Joshua 7:10-13, NKJV)
!!!!!! (b)                Many times we may be down and not really feel like doing anything.
There comes a time when the Lord says, “get up and go.” 
!!!!!! (c)                 We need to be like Daniel, even though he was sick for days from the visions that God had given him, “he arose and went about the king’s business” (Daniel 8.27) 
 
!!!! b)                  “Fill your horn with oil and go.” 
!!!!! (1)                 Oil is a metaphor for the Holy Spirit.
Before we get up and go, the Lord wants us filled: 
*The Lord Jesus Himself was filled with the Spirit: *“Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness," (Luke 4:1, NKJV)
*Joy is described as the oil of joy *“To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.
" (Isaiah 61:3, NKJV)
*Joy is also describes as the oil of gladness *"You love righteousness and hate wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your companions.” (Psalm 45:7, NKJV)
 
!!! 2.                  The protest of Samuel (v.2a).
!!!! a)                  He feared that if he went to Bethlehem Saul would kill him (v.2a)
!!!!! (1)                 When God leads there is no reason to fear.
!!! 3.                  The LORD's solution (v.2b-3).
!!!! a)                  He was to go for the purpose of offering a sacrifice to prevent Saul from being suspicious.
!!!!! (1)                 Traveling to Bethlehem to offer sacrifice would prevent the arousal of suspicion.
As a levitical judge, it was the common practice of Samuel to travel from place to place for the purpose of holding court to deal with legal matters and to offer sacrifice to atone for unsolved murder cases (Deuteronomy 21:1-9).
!!!!! (2)                 When Saul was chosen (9:2) in the eyes of the Hebrews he looked like a king (outward appearance).
However, he lacked faith, character & everything he needed to be a successful king.
!!!!! (3)                 As Saul was beautiful in the beginning, but in the end all his ugliness came out.
!!!! b)                  To invite Jesse and his sons to the sacrifice (v.3a).
!!!!! (1)                 In the present situation, the Lord instructed Samuel to invite Jesse and his sons to the sacrifice (1 Samuel 16:3).
At some point during the sacrifice, the Lord would indicate which son was to be anointed as the king.
!!!! c)                  To anoint the son indicated by God (v.3b).
!!!!! (1)                 Davids first anointing symbolized God’s recognition & ordination (2:10)
!!!!! (2)                 The following two anointings (2 Sam.
2:7; 5:3) were to establish David as king publicly for the benefit of Judah and Israel respectively.
!!! 4.                  The obedience of Samuel (v.4a)
!!!! a)                  Samuel obeyed, did exactly what the Lord commanded.
!!! 5.                  The fear of Bethlehem's officials (v.4b-5)
!!!! a)                  They feared Samuel had come to execute judgment (v.4b).
!!!!! (1)                 When Samuel arrived in Bethlehem, the officials feared that he had come to hold court and to execute some judgment.
And they were apparently unaware of any criminal action that required his presence (7:15-16; Deuteronomy 21:1-9).
*We read back in chapter 7 saying that* "Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
He used to go annually on circuit to Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpah, and he judged Israel in all these places.
“(1 Samuel 7:15-16; see Deut.21:1-9)
!!!!! (2)                 I am sure that the Elders heard of Samuel’s execution of King Agag (15:33).
Samuel assured them he had come to offer sacrifice.
!!!! b)                  Samuel charged them to consecrate themselves (v.5a).
!!!!! (1)                 The word /consecrate/ means /“to sanctify”/ to set one apart spiritually and ceremonially or ritually.
!!!!! (2)                 The cleansing or washing, both of the /outward garments /and the /inner man /always preceded the worship of God:
*The Outward:* "Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes…” "So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes."
(Exodus 19:10, 14, NKJV)
*The Inward:* "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
(1 John 1:9, NKJV)
 
!!!!! (3)                 A person sanctified or consecrated himself by taking a bath, putting on clean clothes, abstaining from sex, and avoiding contact with any dead body (Exodus 19:10, 14; Leviticus 7:19-21; 15:2-33; Numbers 19:1-22; Deuteronomy 23:10-11)
!!!!! (4)                 However, more important than the outward rituals of cleansing oneself, a person was to seek the Lord for spiritual cleansing, confessing and repenting of his sins.
!!!!! (5)                 The /outward /acts of sanctification or cleansing were merely symbols of /inner /cleansing.
!!!!!! (a)                 John the Baptist warned the Pharisees and Sadducees of this (Matt.3:1-12).
!!!!!! (b)                Jesus Himself warned the Pharisees as well (Matt 23:25-28).
!!!!!! (c)                 /Parable of the Two Sons/ (Matthew 21:28-32)
!!!!!! (d)                /Parable of the Fig Tree /(Luke 13:6-9).
*The Psalmist writes,* “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither.
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