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The Test To Trust God’s Word pt 2
I. Introduction
1. Prayers
2. Catch- Can someone do a heinous enough sin that the church kicks them out?
NO way
i.
Sadly, I knew a pastor who preached so strongly against sexualy immorality… even dating he went against
ii.
He got up one Sunday to preach about Gideon and the book of Judges, how the people of Isreal could be not be blessed because they were worshipping idols while trying to call out for God’s help
1.
He powerfully condemned our double mindedness and called us to repent of idolatry and fully serve Jesus
iii.
And then the next day it was discovered he had been seeing prostitutes for years…
he even used missions trips to other countries to see prostitues
iv.
Was the church going to kick this man out and condemn him?
To Church discipline him?
1. No! why?
Because he was repentant.
2.
He willingly stepped down from his position
he sought his wife with all his heart, changed his profession to avoid the sinful connections
3. The man was willing to change everything about his life
v.
The discipline process only comes about when someone refuses to repent, no matter the sin
But today we see how Saul refused to repent
3. Review of last week
i.
Remember, the whole book of Samuel is about setting up the king that Israel needs.
They thought they needed a king like all the other nations and they got Saul
1.
He looks pretty good at first
2. Ch 11 has the spirit empowering him to save the Israelites
3.
But very quickly we see the dispaointment… he is not the man
ii.
Background: we can trust the bible (v1-2)
we talked about the textual issue there, but how we can trust the bible
iii.
Beginning problem: (V3-5)
As a confrontation with the Philistines brews when Jonathan attacks
iv.
The problem gets worse (V6-7)
Because there is a huge army
II.
Body of Lesson: A test of faith requires trust in God’s word… which Saul fails.
1. Saul’s climatic decision:
i. Saul offered a forbidden sacrifice (V8-9)
1. Saul waits 7 days, the appointed time
2. Saul then sinfully offers the sacrifices
a.
What are they for?
i. Burnt offering was to pay the punishment the people deserved for their sins
Turn to - “If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish.
He shall bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord.
He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
ii.
Notice it is accepted as atonement
1.
To atone = to pay for something
2. So the burnt sacrifice was an act of giving the whoile animal to the Lord
3.
This was to propriate or pay the debt to God
iii.
It was a recognition of sin of the one offering
1. Dr Martin Lloyd-Jones wrote
the tax-collector ‘would not lift up so much as his eyes’, but said, ‘God be merciful to me a sinner.’
Now what he really said was, ‘God be propitiated to me a sinner’ ().
The object of the sacrifices was that God should look upon sinful people in a benign manner, in a manner that was ready to receive them.
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The peace offering showed the people were now good with God
1. Thus in we see the mosasic covenant is ratified or signed with this offering
2. This shows that there is righte relation with between God and men
3.
And afterwards there is a feast where everyone can rejoice at God’s goodness to them
b.
Why was Saul not supposed to offer them?
i.
This was a job only for the priest
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But David and Solomon offered the same sacrifices
- And David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
So the Lord responded to the plea for the land, and the plague was averted from Israel.
- And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place.
Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
- And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream.
Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
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In these circumstances they are offering sacrifices for sin
a.
What is saul doing?
b.
V12- He is trying to get the lord’s favor
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Thus he is using the sacrifice incorrectly
2. And secondly, these men always had priests around them
- and Ira the Jairite was also David’s priest.
a. Saul does this sacrifice himself as he offeres it when in ch 14 we see He has priests who could do it
3. So, I would argue This is pride
a.
It is self-worship, saying I am the accomplisher, I will make this work
i.
Signs of pride
1. Being consumed with what others think (- For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God?
Or am I trying to please man?
If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.)
2. Being unteachable (- Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.; )
3. Being defensive or blame-shifting (- The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”
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