SAMUEL 7-8
2Timothy
4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke,
exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.2Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
2Timothy 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/7-10-16-samuel-7-8-2nd-tim-4.zip
https://youtu.be/IY2fcI8-Ovo Samuel 7-8
ON VIDEO-
.Water offering?
.Repent from sex- and
war
.The other Ebenezer
.Samuel as Apostle too
.Itinerant ministry
.Frances Asbury
.Stone Pony? [Asbury park- N.J.]
.Preach- rebuke- teach doctrine- preachers- do it all.
.Tabernacle of David- type of the New Covenant
.Like father- like son
.If you depend on a man- God will not help you
.Accountability is not co- dependence
.Church government
.Tithe
[verses- links below]
NEW STUFF- The ark is brought to another town of the people
of God- and placed at Abinidab's house. It sits there for 20 years- and God
blesses him.
Now- the people of God are told to repent from their worship
of Ashtaroth and Baalim -
Ashtaroth was the goddess of love [sex], fertility- and war.
War?
Yes.
We often think God just wanted them [us] to repent of the
sex part- but he wanted them to repent of the ‘war goddess’ too.
War should always be a last resort- because it takes human
life- and all humans- even Muslims- are created in the image of God. We as a
nation pride ourselves in the high tech weapons we have- we have good men and
women train- prepare- we have the strongest military on the planet- bar none.
Yet- we should resist the temptation to think we can solve
the world’s problems thru ‘shock and awe’.
Because in the end- it creates more problems – ISIS being
the most recent example.
Ok- Samuel does a strange- unique- thing.
He pours out water unto God as a sort of offering- this is the
only place in the Old Testament where this happens- water offering.
I think it’s a picture of the New Covenant to come- which is
identified by Water Baptism-
Like circumcision was the sign of the Old Covenant- water Baptism
is the sign of the new.
The people tell Samuel they want a king [a man to rule over
them] like the other nations.
Samuel rebukes them for this request- but he asks God about
it.
God tells him ‘they rejected me by doing this’- but God honors
the request and will give them a king [Saul- we read about later].
But God tells Samuel to warn the people- because they chose
man’s rule- not Gods- there will be consequences.
Basically they are-
The king will take a tithe from you- and use it to build his
own ‘kingdom’ [image].
He will see you [the people] as a means to his own end- sort
of like everything will about this great kingdom [ministry] and he will view
the people as being the supporters- funders- of this ‘calling’.
And a day will come- when the people will cry out to God-
but he will not hear them because they became co-dependent on a man.
And when you run to a man- any man- when you feel like you
are In need of help [sponsor- AA- etc.] that itself becomes an addiction- an addiction
of co-dependence.
And there is coming a day- when that man will no longer be
able to help you- and you will have to go to God for that help.
https://youtu.be/Sh2X2RIUuss Update- cop shooting [I started Samuel 7-8 on this video]
MY LINKS- PAST POSTS
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/galatians-johns-gospel/ I mention Galatians on today’s video- here’s
my complete commentary
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/christian-recovery-from-addiction-long-version/ I talk a little bit about recovery- here’s my
teaching
(594)
. Let me cover some church history. I have had
someone argue with me about the history of Islam. Not a Muslim, but a Christian
who was saying ‘why do you say Islam started in the 7th century, it
started around the 11th’. My answer was ‘Muhammad lived in the 7th
century’. Not to hard to see this. So I thought I should cover some history.
During the time of the rise of Islam, the Christian church was already dividing
from east and west. After Constantine [4th century Roman emperor]
consolidated the Roman Empire in the 4th century he set up the
capital city of the eastern empire, Constantinople [named after him]. As time
progressed the western church would take on the form of Roman Catholicism, the
eastern [Constantinople area. Modern day Turkey-Istanbul] would be known as
‘Orthodox’. Though the official split of eastern and western [Catholic-Rome!]
churches occurred in 1054 AD, yet the division started years before. The
official split is called ‘the great schism’ of the 11th century; it
would not be until 500 years later that the church would have her
‘reformation’. The official reason for this split was over a rather silly
thing. For centuries the Catholic church had an expression that said ‘the Holy
Spirit proceeds from the Father’ than they included ‘he proceeds from the
father and the Son’. Well the eastern brothers didn’t like Rome telling them
what to believe and used this as the official reason to ‘have the schism’. To
be honest the divisions were coming for years. After the Roman Empire
consolidated under Constantine, he tried to strengthen the eastern territories
of his empire and for centuries you had the struggle for which region would be
the most influential. At first you had 5 major areas that were divided under 5
main Bishops. As time went on the argument would be ‘which bishop has the most
say so’ and it was really a power struggle. Finally Rome said ‘the bishop of
Rome is the FIRST AMONG EQUALS [a term that many in the Protestant strain of
the discipling movement would later embrace] he holds Peters seat’ and this is
really where the divisions started. Eventually Muhammad would rise and Islam
would take control of the eastern capital. This later became the reason for the
crusades. The Catholic church wanted to regain the territories that she lost in
the east. The eastern churches are very much Catholic in many ways. They also
hold to a view of Christianity that sees man being ‘joined’ with God and
becoming pleasing to God thru Christ’s grace uniting with us and making us like
him. A perfectly scriptural view, but a different emphasis from the strong
intellectual power that you read about from the western fathers of the church.
The Catholic church is noted for her social action in ways that the eastern
church is not. So both of these communions have good things to bring to the
table. The Orthodox [eastern] churches would not be affected by the major
social and political upheavals that took place in the west. The Renaissance,
the Reformation and the Enlightenment had major impacts on western
Christianity, while not affecting the eastern church in the same way. During
the 13th- 15th centuries you would have ‘pre reformers’ rise up in
the western church. John Wycliffe, the great Catholic Priest who was at the
center of learning in France would become known for his translating the
scriptures into the common language. Then you have John Huss and John Knox [3
Johns, scripture says 3 fold cords are not easily broken!] who would have their
own influence in western Christianity. At this time you had whole movements of
believers who would be seen as neither ‘western or eastern’ but restorationist
[the restoring of the early practices and beliefs of the church] Peter Waldo
would be the Father of the Waldensians and in the 12th century you
would have the Albigenses in the south of France. These groups would be looked
upon as ‘cults’ [though the term was not used yet] by the traditional church.
So you can see how the church has been growing and reforming ever since the
first century. Even though we see many divisions that exist till this day,
there are strides being made for unity. The eastern and western church are very
close to‘re uniting’ once again. While I do not personally hold to the doctrine
of the Pope being the occupier of Peter’s seat, I also see him as a Christian
man who is striving for unity in Christ’s church. Some believe the whole
attempt for outward unity is futile. The more ardent Protestants see it as ‘the
one world church of the anti christ’ I reject that language out of hand. Well I
hope you got something out of this short overview of world history [real
short!].
[parts]
Part of the achievements of
Constantine was his development of the eastern half of the Roman empire- whose
capitol was named after him- Constantinople.
Over a period of years the early
Roman church fought over whose bishop would have more influence- the bishop of
Rome [Pope] or the bishop in the east.
Many bishops in the Catholic
Church have disagreed over the influence of one bishop being greater than the
others [the idea that all the bishops should have an equal voice at the church
councils is called Collegiality].
This has caused splits within the
Catholic Church thru the centuries [the last big one in the 19th
century].
Eventually the early church
split- and the Eastern Church separated from Rome.
The eastern empire [called
Byzantium- the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church] officially split in the
year 1054.
Now- in church history we call
this the Great Schism- even though the Protestant split which took place in the
16th century was greater in effect.
Okay- the Protestant reformers
split over various issues- I have an entire study on the blog about this.
But the main issue became what we
call justification by faith.
Over the centuries many good men-
and average church goers- lost the main message of the New Testament- which was
a message of being saved by the grace of God.
Many well meaning Christians were
struggling to do penance in a way that sort of earned them their salvation thru
works.
[parts]
ELI’S BOOK
ON VIDEO-
.Why did Paul work to support himself and others?
.Did I relapse?
.Will you pray for me?
.Baptist- Catholic- Orthodox
.House church?
.Should we tithe?
.Law or Christ?
.Bishops
.Church history
.Russia goes Orthodox
.Moscow the new Rome?
.The Papacy
.John of Damascus
.Icons
NOTE- It just so happened that I mentioned Istanbul Turkey-
and Moscow on this teaching- a day or 2 before the recent events. I posted a
short video yesterday about the downing of the Russian plane by Turkey. https://youtu.be/LLmMWnq8uQY
Brief overview- we [U.S.] are ‘in’ Syria because we are
supposed to be fighting terrorists- and nations that support them. Russia is
also in Syria to fight terrorists.
Russia is fighting all of them [including the ones that Turkey
supports- and backs- also called ‘rebels’- some of these groups we too support-
because even though they are similar to ISIS- yet we overlook it- because they
are fighting Assad [strange- I know].
Now- Turkey is also a member of NATO- meaning we will ‘back
them up- like one of our own’.
So- in our war against terror- we will also theoretically ‘go
to war’ against any nation that threatens nations in the NATO alliance [meaning
we will defend nations that support terrorism].
Ok- Turkey shoots down a Russian plane [in Syrian airspace-
an act of war- which president Obama defended] because the Russians are also
bombing the terrorists that Turkey supports.
They shot down a Russian plane because the Russians are
killing terrorists [though the ones Turkey backs don’t have the title of ISIS].
Now- after the plane was shot down- the Russians sent in a
rescue helicopter- which too was shot at- by ‘rebels’ on the ground [who were
the terrorists Russia was bombing].
These so called rebels- shot at the helicopter- using U.S.
weapons- provided to them- wit U.S. backing [in theory- we supplied the
terrorists that killed the Russian rescue team].
Now- Russia is mad- and we are supposed to support Turkey-
even if it means war- because Turkey shot down a Russian plane- who were
targeting terrorists.
Utterly amazing to me.
PAST POSTS [verses below]
I told him ‘did you know that
Muhammad- the founder of Islam in the 7th century- had many of the
same protests that other Christian groups would later voice too’.
I explained that Muhammad’s rise
in defense of the poor and down cast [by the way- that’s actually a biblical
characteristic of prophets- in the bible] were similar to Christian movements
that would rise later on- like the Salvation Army.
[parts]
. HEBREWS 10-13
There’s more on the video- Kant, John Mill- Moral Theory-
Utilitarianism, Kantianism. Dead Sea Scroll-s ‘Lost Books’ of the bible-
Septuagint- Jerome- Alexander the Great- Ptolemy- Seleucids- Essenes- Qumran
community- Ecclesiology- Local Church
etc.
[parts] (890)SAMUEL 7- The Ark arrives at
Abinadab's house in Kirjath Jearim, it will remain there until David retrieves
it [it was there for around 100 years in total-1100 BC- 1004 BC]. Samuel calls
the people to repentance and makes intercession for them at the same time. This
leads to great victory over the enemy. Jesus ‘lives forever to make continual
intercession for us’. We need to combine repentance and dependence upon
Christ’s mediation in order to gain victory. This chapter also has the famous
name ‘Ebenezer’ that makes it into the history of the church. Both songs and
churches will use it in their names. Martin Luther King preached at Ebenezer
Baptist church. This stone was simply a rock of remembrance for the victory of
God. It spoke of Gods help for man. Jesus is the ultimate ‘stone/rock of
defense’ for man. Scripture says ‘there is no rock like the Lord’ ‘Jesus is the
precious stone, all who believe will be delivered’. The imagery of Jesus/God as
a rock of defense is all throughout scripture. We see Samuel as the key leader
of Israel
and scripture says he judged them at this time. He lived in Ramah and ‘rode a
circuit’ between the various cities on a rotating basis. He was the first
‘circuit rider’! The circuit riders were the famous American evangelists during
the 19th century. As the Puritan east coast churches were becoming
well established in the original colonies, there was a need to reach out to the
West [and south] with the gospel. The circuit riders were the evangelists who
traveled to various areas preaching the gospel and establishing churches [The
great Methodist Frances Asbury became famous for his circuit riding and church
planting]. During this time you had the famous ‘camp meetings’ where many
believers from all over would gather at these outdoor ‘brush arbors’ and hear
the gospel preached and commit their lives to the Lord. Over time the more
staid Reformed churches of the east coast would view the ‘camp meeting’
brothers as a little ‘un hinged’. You would also have some of the ‘Spirit led’
groups condemn the old time reformed brothers as ‘unconverted’. There was a
tendency to lean towards one side or the other. The various Quaker [shaker]
type groups would emphasize the Spirit being premiere in all Christian
understanding. While this is of course true, this in no way means believers do
not learn thru the normal means of study and reading. Some of the more ‘Spirit
minded’ believers would come to view the more ‘head knowledge’ brothers as
‘unconverted’. One of the worst cases was the Ann Hutchison controversy. She was
a believer who began teaching under the ‘Spirits guidance’ and would give the
impression that the more refined ministers were not of God. She would
ultimately pay with her life for her beliefs.
NOTE- The terminology of ‘New lights’ versus ‘Old lights’ was often used
to describe the different emphasis between these 2 camps. There was a brother
by the name of Davenport
who would travel around and accuse all of the old time preachers as being
unconverted. While it is possible for a minister to have never truly made a
strong commitment to Christ, to paint them all with this broad brush was very
unbalanced.
VERSES-
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Hebrews 12:22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living
God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Hebrews 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn,
which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of
just men made perfect,
Hebrews 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and
to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things that that of Abel.
[parts]
(820) ROMANS
6- Lets talk about baptism. To start off I believe that the baptism spoken
about in this chapter is primarily referring to ‘the baptism of the Spirit’,
that is the work of the Holy Spirit placing a believer in the Body of Christ.
The Catholic and Orthodox [and Reformed!] brothers believe that Paul is
speaking about water baptism. The MAJORITY VIEW of Christians today believe
this chapter is referring to water baptism. Why? First, the text itself does
not indicate either way. You could take this baptism and see it either way! You
are not a heretic if you believe in it referring to Spirit or water. You are
not a heretic if you believe in Paedo baptism [infant baptism]. ‘What are you
saying? Now you lost me.’ Infant baptism developed as a Christian rite over the
course of church history. The church struggled with how to ‘dedicate’ new
babies to Christ. Though the scriptures give no examples of infant baptism,
some felt that the reason was because the scriptures primarily show us the
conversion of the first century believers. There really aren’t a whole lot of
stories of ‘generations’ of believers passing on the faith to other generations.
So some felt that the idea of dedicating babies to the Lord through infant
baptism was all right. The examples they used were the circumcision of babies
in the Old Testament. Infants were circumcised [a rite that placed you under
the terms of the Old Covenant] though they weren’t old enough to really
understand what they were doing! This example was carried over into the
Christian church and applied to infant baptism. Now, I do not believe in infant
baptism. But I can certainly understand this line of reasoning. As Christian
theology developed thru the early centuries, particularly thru the patristic
period, you had very intellectual scholars grapple with many different themes
and ideas. Some that we just studied in chapter 5. Some theologians came to see
infant baptism as dealing with original sin. They applied the concept of infant
baptism as a rite that washes away original sin. The church did not teach that
this meant you did not have to later believe and follow Christ. They simply
developed a way of seeing baptism as ‘sanctifying’ the new members of Christian
households. This basic belief made it all the way to the Reformation. The
Reformers themselves still practiced infant baptism. It was the Anabaptists
[re-baptizers] who saw the truth of adult baptism and suffered for it, at the
hands of the reformers! Ulrich Zwingli, the Swiss reformer, would have them
drowned for their belief. Some Protestants stuck with the infant rite, while
others [the Restorationists] would reject it. Today most Evangelicals do not
practice infant baptism, the majority of Christians world wide do. Now, the
reason I did a little history is because Evangelicals [of which I am one] have
a tendency to simply look at other believers who practice this rite as
‘deceived’. Many are unaware of the history I just showed you. The reasons the
historic church developed this doctrine are not heretical! They used scripture
and tradition to pass it down to future generations. I do not believe or
practice infant baptism, many good believers do.
(821) ROMANS
6: 1-11 ‘shall we continue to sin, so grace may abound? God forbid! How shall
we, who are dead to sin, live any longer therein?’ Now begins the ‘actual part’
the result, if you will, of being ‘made righteous by faith’. One of the main
accusations against Paul, by the Jewish believers, was that he taught ‘sin a
lot, because you are no longer under the law’. Paul spends time defending
himself against this accusation thru out the New Testament. Here Paul teaches
that the believer has been joined unto Christ [baptized, immersed into him] and
this ‘joining’ identifies him with Christ’s death. So how can ‘we, who are dead
to sin, live any longer in sin’? Paul’s argument for righteous living comes
from the fact that we have died with Christ unto sin. ‘We have died with him,
and we have also been raised with him to new life’. In Ephesians chapter 2,
Paul says we who were dead in sins have been made alive in Christ. Now, we live
a new life, free from sin [practically speaking- not absolute sinless-ness!]
because we are identified with Jesus in his new life, we are ‘alive with and in
him’. ‘Since we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we
shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection’! Jesus died once, and now he
lives forever unto God ‘likewise count yourselves dead indeed unto sin, but
alive unto God thru Jesus Christ our Lord’. Paul’s basis for the transformed
life is Grace and being ‘in him’. Paul does not appeal to the law to try and
effect holiness in the believer, he appeals to Christ ‘in him you have died to
legalistic practices, trying to earn salvation and acceptance; and now because
of this new position [placement] you too have died to the old man [lifestyle]
and are alive unto God’. Paul obviously did not teach ‘sin hardily’ to the
contrary he taught ‘live unto God’.
(834)Romans 6:12-23 ‘Let not sin therefore rule in your mortal
body’ if we have died with Jesus, we are ‘dead with him to sin’. If we are
risen with Jesus ‘we are alive unto God thru him’ for this reason don’t sin!
Paul makes sure his readers understand him, he in no way was teaching a sinful
gospel. He encourages the believers to renew their minds to this truth. ‘For
sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under the law, but under
grace’ Paul clearly saw the dangers of legalism [living under strict ‘do this,
don’t do this’ guidelines] he saw that the law actually quickens the fleshly
nature and brings to the surface mans sin. Now, because we are under grace,
does this mean we get to keep on sinning? ‘God forbid!’ Paul launches into the
explanation of sin and bondage. Remember, sin was in the world before the law.
Men were dying ever since Adam sinned. So for Paul, this means even though we
are not under the restraints of law, yet the reality of sin, bondage and
punishment still exist. Paul says ‘if you yield to sin and allow it to rule
you, you will become its slave’. There will be a penalty and price to pay ‘the
wages of sin is death’. But because you are identified with Jesus ‘sin shall not
have dominion over you… you have been made free from sin’. Paul teaches the
victorious Christian life. He does not deny the struggle [next chapter!] but he
shows the reality of redemption. He obviously never taught the concept of ‘sin
more, so grace can abound’. He understood the dangers of preaching ‘we are not
under the law’ but he also understood the reality of ‘being under grace’ he
figured it was worth the risk of being misunderstood if he could truly imbed
the gospel into the believing community.
Romans 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that
grace may abound?
Romans 6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live
any longer therein?
Romans 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into
Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death:
that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father,
even so we also should walk in newness of life.
[complete
Romans study is on my blog]
Now- I think Francis might become
my favorite in recent history.
Why?
Francis [the name he took- from
Francis of Assisi- also speaks about his character. St. Francis forsook family
wealth to work in Gods field- he believed God called him to help restore the church
to her original design].
So- Pope Francis lived the same
type of calling.
He’s the first Pope from America
[albeit Latin America].
He’s the first from the Jesuit
order to hold the office- the Jesuits are my favorite Catholic order.
If you remember my church history
section- I covered the Jesuits- and complimented them a lot.
The Jesuits are the intellectuals
of the church- now- the Catholic Church as a whole is of course very
intellectual.
But the Jesuits were very
influential in the development of the scientific method.
As a percentage- there were more
Jesuit leaders in science than any other group.
They also were missionary minded.
When I covered them in the past I
showed how after the 16th century Protestant Reformation the Jesuits
did a sort of Counter Reformation and evangelized Asia- an area where the
Protestants fell short.
So- as you can see- I’m a fan of
the Jesuits.
Francis- from Buenos Aires
Argentina- lived among the poor- he cooked his own meals and rejected the perks
that Cardinals/Arch Bishops get.
Yet- he was a ‘conservative’ in
doctrine.
Huh?
How could he be a sort of
Liberation theologian- and yet hold to conservative views?
Here’s where our modern news
shows mess stuff up.
As an avid news watcher- the last
few years one of the critiques I gave was the mistake of men like Glenn beck
and others- who associated Liberation Theology with heresy.
Now- Beck and others meant well-
they just made the mistake of demonizing people they don’t understand [remember
the rampage against Van Jones?]
But that’s why we need to get our
info from better informed folk.
Anyway- Liberation Theology is a
form of Christian teaching that associates the ministry of Jesus to the poor-
and seeks to impellent that- sometimes too far- with government programs.
So- in Latin America- you have
had Catholic champions of the poor and down trodden- who advocated for the
poor- and at the same time believed in the historic positions of the doctrines of
the church.
For instance- some ‘liberal’
scholars reject the resurrection of Jesus- and other key teachings of the
church.
These men [both Catholic and
Protestant] are referred to as Liberal scholars.
Francis is not one of them- he’s
‘conservative’ when it comes to the historic faith.
Yet- in his actions [Orthopraxy]
he is ‘liberal’ [that is if you think identifying with the poor is liberal].
So- Francis is a lot like me in
my belief [I too am conservative in doctrine] and practice- I have lived with
the poor and down and out for years.
So- he just might be my favorite.
Let’s wait and see.
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read/like the posts- re-post them on other sites as well as the site you read
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ROMANS 8-10
VIDEO- [I cover stuff on the
videos that are not in the post- here are a few]
VERSES-
1Samuel 7:1 And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the
ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and
sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
1Samuel 7:2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in
Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the
house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
1Samuel 7:3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying,
If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange
gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and
serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
1Samuel 7:4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and
Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
1Samuel 7:5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I
will pray for you unto the LORD.
1Samuel 7:6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water,
and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We
have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in
Mizpeh.
1Samuel 7:7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of
Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up
against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of
the Philistines.
1Samuel 7:8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not
to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of
the Philistines.
1Samuel 7:9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a
burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel;
and the LORD heard him.
1Samuel 7:10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the
Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a
great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they
were smitten before Israel.
1Samuel 7:11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued
the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar.
1Samuel 7:12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh
and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD
helped us.
1Samuel 7:13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no
more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the
Philistines all the days of Samuel.
1Samuel 7:14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from
Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts
thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was
peace between Israel and the Amorites.
1Samuel 7:15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
1Samuel 7:16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel,
and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
1Samuel 7:17 And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house;
and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
1Samuel 8:1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made
his sons judges over Israel.
1Samuel 8:2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name
of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.
1Samuel 8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside
after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
1Samuel 8:4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves
together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
1Samuel 8:5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons
walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
1Samuel 8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give
us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
1Samuel 8:7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice
of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee,
but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
1Samuel 8:8 According to all the works which they have done since
the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they
have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
1Samuel 8:9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet
protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall
reign over them.
1Samuel 8:10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the
people that asked of him a king.
1Samuel 8:11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that
shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for
his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
1Samuel 8:12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and
captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his
harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
1Samuel 8:13 And he will take your daughters to be
confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
1Samuel 8:14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and
your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
1Samuel 8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your
vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
1Samuel 8:16 And he will take your menservants, and your
maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his
work.
1Samuel 8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be
his servants.
1Samuel 8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king
which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
1Samuel 8:19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of
Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
1Samuel 8:20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that
our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
1Samuel 8:21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he
rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
1Samuel 8:22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their
voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye
every man unto his city.
2Timothy
4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall
judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;2Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
2Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
2Timothy 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
2Timothy 4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
2Timothy 4:6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
2Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
2Timothy 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
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