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1 Samuel 28:3-25
Samuel was dead, and all Israel are mourned
for him and buried his own town of Ramah. Saul had expelled the mediums and
spiritists from the land.
The Philistines assembled and came and set
up camp at Shunem. Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid; terror filled
his heart. Saul inquired of the Lord but the Lord did not answer him, then said
to his attendants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I may go and inquire of
her.”
Then Saul knew it was Samuel, and he bowed
down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground.
Because you did not obey the Lord or carry
out his fierce wrath against the Amalekites, the Lord has done this to you
today. The Lord will deliver both Israel and you into the hands of the
Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me.
Saul can get no reply from God. In
desperation, he does what has always been forbidden in Israel and seeks out a
fortune-teller, though he had once driven them from his land. He sets out at
night and in disguise on a dangerous journey, close to the enemy camp at
Shunem, to consult the medium at Endor. However, he finds Samuel no more
reassuring in death than he had been in life. Saul’s fate is sealed.
Why?
We confess that there are spirits in the
world.
Saul had no other way to go and had not any
idea to face the Philistine army. So he was afraid and did anything he can
catch.
Saul was humble before he is a king, but the authority may make a man proud and arrogant. It is not the Lord leave Saul, but
Saul has left the Lord.
Saul knew the Lord and God’s word, but he
could not obey God’s word. He forbidden mediums but he asked mediums.
Saul did not pray to the Lord. Saul and David
like Heliu and Jesus, God is the Lord, God is not a consultant.
The only way to Saul is to repent and give up his
king position.
Saul struggled for his own, David is
struggled for his family.
David has some faulty, but not always
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