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Intro

Have you ever been anointed?…

What does it mean to be anointed?…

What does that look like?

As a religious act, anointing was meant to endow the anointed one with the quality of the deity involved.

From ancient times the Hebrews inaugurated officers of their national community by pouring special oil on the head of the person designated for office.

The same practice was used to set objects apart for special divine use.

The Hebrew word for anoint first appears in Genesis 31:13, where it refers to Jacob pouring oil on the stone of Bethel (Gn 28:18, 19).

Scripture supplies few details of the ceremonial anointings of official things and persons.

Jacob simply poured oil on a rock with an accompanying pronouncement, following some immemorial custom of the Near East.

When anointing Israel’s first king, the prophet-judge Samuel took Saul aside for instruction (1 Sm 9:25–27), then “took a vial of oil and poured it on his head, and kissed him and said ‘Has not the Lord appointed you to be prince over his people Israel’ ” (1 Sm 10:1).

For anointing the tabernacle and its priests, a special oil was compounded and used only for that sacred purpose.

Skilled perfume makers blended the choicest spices (myrrh, cinnamon, sweet cane, cassia) in olive oil (Ex 30:22–25).

The Lord specified that everything set apart for God—the tabernacle, the ark, the table and its instruments, the lampstand and utensils, the incense altar and main altar, the washbasin—was to be anointed.

Aaron the high priest and his sons the priests were also to be anointed (Ex 30:26–32).

The result was a holy place with holy furnishings, holy implements of worship, and holy ministers.

Have you ever been anointed?

Prayer

God our Father as we prepare to look to your Word this morning in 1 Samuel we ask that you would prepare our hearts and minds.

We ask that like David your Spirit would rush upon us that we might be attentive to your words.

Encourage those who need it today Lord, correct us as a loving father does, guide us as our high shepherd.

God we come to you now giving ourselves to you that you might have your way with us.

Speak to us we pray!

Message

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& = Davids Anointing & Saul’s Suffering

Look to Samuel the man who grieved over the wicked.

Look to God who will direct us to be effective in Ministry.

1 Sam 16.1

Look to Jesus the King God has provided for Himself!!

How? = Saul - kill me!

How far has Saul fallen from God’s graces?

= to kill a man of God = Do you also kick against the goads of God?

Take and Make a Sacrifice… problem solved

trembling they came = elders = peace?

Look to the World to see how it would choose its leaders.

Look to God to judge the hearts of men.

Look to Christ who changes the hearts of men!!

Jesse = Son1 / Son2 / Son3 / Son4…

Dad = not see Davids worth…

youngest / little / insignificant …

Look at the world and how it ascribes identity and worth

Look to God at how He ascribes identity and worth

Look to Christ the anointed one who became that which is foolish to destroy the wisdom of the wise...

1 Sam 16.

Turning Point in Samuel !!!

Be you little in the eyes of man, in Christ you will be raised up in their midst

Be you poor in spirit, Then you are blessed because yours is the kingdom of heaven

Be you downtrodden and tormented this day, do not blame God

Have fear beloved, healthy fear, cling to the cross of Christ by which none are cast aside or lost

Now an explanation…

How can a good God send out a harmful spirit to torment someone?

Other spirits besides God

Spirits who desire to destroy

Saul’s condition = All’s condition !!

Other times

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21 Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, saying, ‘I will entice him.’

22 And the LORD said to him, ‘By what means?’

And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’

And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’

23 Now therefore behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the LORD has declared disaster for you.”

1 Sam 16.13-14

God may allow for a purpose

You may never know the purpose

In Christ there is deliverance & protection…

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Jesus and Beelzebul

14 Now he was casting out a demon that was mute.

When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the people marveled.

15 But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of demons,”

16 while others, to test him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven.

17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls.

18 And if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand?

For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

19 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out?

Therefore they will be your judges.

20 But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are safe;

22 but when one stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted and divides his spoil.

23 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

Return of an Unclean Spirit

24 “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’

25 And when it comes, it finds the house swept and put in order.

26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there.

And the last state of that person is worse than the first.”

Back to 1 Sam…

Saul’s Servant = they noticed...

music tames the savage beast

Snake charmer

Scientific studies

Look to the servants description, how might one describe you?

Look to Saul who is willing to heed wise counsel.

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Look to Jesus who does more than play mere music to sooth us, but rather was murdered to save us!

1 Sam 16.20-

Look to David who was faithful to do as he was asked

Look to God who prepared David for such a time as this.

Look to Jesus who does more than play mere music to sooth us, but rather was murdered to save us!

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David = Type of Christ = prefigure