Löydetty 7081 Tulokset: Word Of The Lord
And the Lord’s word came to Samuel, (1 Samuel 15, 10)
I repent, now, of having made Saul king of Israel; he has played me false, and left my command unfulfilled. At this, Samuel was greatly moved, and all night long he pleaded with the Lord. (1 Samuel 15, 11)
At early dawn he rose up, resolved to find Saul that same morning; Saul, he was told, upon reaching the town of Carmel,✻ had set up a monument there in his own honour, but had passed on now and made his way to Galgala. When Samuel reached it, he found Saul offering the Lord burnt-sacrifice, out of the first-fruits of the plunder taken from Amalec. (1 Samuel 15, 12)
The Lord’s blessing on thee, was Saul’s greeting to him; I have fulfilled the divine command. (1 Samuel 15, 13)
Why, answered Saul, these are what they brought back from Amalec; my men saved the best out of flock and herd, to be offered in sacrifice to the Lord; all the rest we have destroyed. (1 Samuel 15, 15)
May I tell thee, asked Samuel, the message the Lord has given me in the night? and when Saul bade him speak out, (1 Samuel 15, 16)
he went on, It was little conceit thou hadst of thyself, when the tribes of Israel were committed to thy leadership. And the Lord anointed thee king of Israel, (1 Samuel 15, 17)
How is it thou didst not obey the Lord’s command? Why didst thou fall to plundering, in defiance of the Lord’s will? (1 Samuel 15, 19)
Nay, protested Saul, obey the Lord I did; I went where the Lord’s errand took me, and brought back Agag, king of Amalec, in chains, and destroyed Amalec utterly. (1 Samuel 15, 20)
If my men carried off sheep and oxen, these were but first-fruits that were saved from the slaughter of all the rest, to be offered up to the Lord their God here in Galgala. (1 Samuel 15, 21)
What, said Samuel, thinkest thou the Lord’s favour can be won by offering him sacrifice and victim, instead of obeying his divine will? The Lord loves obedience better than any sacrifice, the attentive ear better than the fat of rams. (1 Samuel 15, 22)
Rebellion is sin as witchcraft is sin, all one with idolatry is the unsubmissive heart. Thou hast revoked thy loyalty to the Lord, and he thy kingship. (1 Samuel 15, 23)
