SAMUEL 27-28
Matthew
4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.https://youtu.be/5t9I0jtz6yU Samuel 27-28
https://ccoutreach87.com/11-24-16-samuel-27-28/
NEW-
ON VIDEO [new stuff below]
.Saul n the witch [see new stuff below]
.He would not ‘touch’ God’s anointed
.But it was time to move on
.Dreams n prophecy
.What about horoscopes?
.Saul talks to a ‘dead man’
.The change has come
.’You’ll be dead tomorrow’.
.See the quad
NEW STUFF-
‘SAUL AND THE WITCH’- [links- verses below]
David has one more
encounter where he had a chance to kill Saul- yet he ‘proves’ himself faithful
again- and does not kill him [last chapter- here’s the link- https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/11/24/samuel-26-eastern-star-2/
]
Yet- at this stage- he realizes Saul will not let it go- and
will continue to seek him until he gets him.
1Samuel
27:1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of
Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into
the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more
in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
So- David makes an alliance with Achish- king of the Philistines.
Now- he tells the king that ‘he is not worthy’ to dwell with
him in the royal city- but he will live out in the country.
1Samuel
27:5 And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let
them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for
why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
David did this because he was secretly fighting the enemies
of his people- Israel.
But made it look like he was really fighting for the
philistines.
This is important to see- because tomorrow a big battle is
coming up- and Achish tells him ‘surely you have gained my trust- and will
fight with me tomorrow against Saul and Israel’.
David’s response ‘then you will see what I will do’.
1Samuel
28:1 And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their
armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David,
Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy
men.1Samuel 28:2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.
I believe David was going to turn against the philistine
king- in the midst of battle- and once again do another attempt to prove to
Saul ‘see- I’m still faithful’.
But at this stage- if David did that- he would simply be
putting off what God had already decreed.
That the kingdom was already taken from Saul- and given to
David.
Why is this important to see?
Often times we- in ministry- hold to a sort of ‘loyalty’
that is not in keeping with God’s will.
In some expressions of church- there is a sense of ‘be loyal
to this pastor- or this apostle- and don’t walk away’.
In many of these scenarios- all the people are good people-
the pastors- those who ‘stay’ and prove themselves loyal.
But in many cases this type of ‘showing myself loyal to the
leader’ type thing- is actually going against the will of God- in the sense
that we in the Christian life are supposed to ‘move on’ from a loyalty to men
[though still honoring them for their service] and show our loyalty to God and
the directions he has already given.
In David’s case- God had already spoken.
Now Saul knows there’s a big battle coming up tomorrow- and
he seeks God- but God is silent.
1Samuel
28:6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by
dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
So Saul does a strange
thing- he consults a witch!
Yes- he tells his men to go find a medium- which was in violation
of the law of God and a violation of his own decree.
9 When
thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn
to do after the abominations of those nations.
10 There
shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to
pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an
enchanter, or a witch.
11 Or a
charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Dt. 18
He formerly told the mediums to flee the land- or else he
would kill them.
1Samuel
28:9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how
he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the
land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
But because heaven is silent- God will not speak to him thru
dreams or visions- he decides to get a witch.
Now- there are a few interpretations of what happened here
[among scholars] I talk about them on the video- But here I want to simply show
you what happened.
The medium [witch] asks Saul who he wants to 'bring up from
the dead’.
1Samuel
28:11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring
me up Samuel.
He wants to speak to Samuel- the prophet who died.
Sure enough- Samuel appears!
He asks Saul-
‘Why did you disturb me from my rest’?
Saul tells him a big battle is coming up- and God has stopped
speaking to him.
Then Samuel tells him ‘look- the decree has already been
made- the kingdom has departed from you- and been given to David- in the big
battle tomorrow- you and your sons will die- and be with me’.
1Samuel
28:16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is
departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?1Samuel 28:17 And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David:
1Samuel 28:18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.
1Samuel 28:19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
Wow- not what he was looking for at all.
Now- we will get to why I think David was actually wrong
about his continued faithfulness to Saul- but that’s the next chapter.
But here we see that God has already determined that Saul
would die in the battle- and if David attempts to ‘prove himself loyal’ to Saul
in the upcoming battle- that loyalty- at this stage of the game- would have
been disloyalty to God himself.
Just a hint- David will never make it into the battle- and Samuels’s
words to Saul- and his sons- will indeed come to pass.
PAST POSTS [verses below]
Here’s a short book I wrote years ago- it deals with the
dynamic I talked about today-
Here’s the Samuel study-
1st- 2nd Samuel- [video links
included]
https://ccoutreach87.wordpress.com/1st-2nd-samuel/ [Old commentary I wrote years ago]
VIDEO/POST LINKS-
https://youtu.be/iImxoD3cRfQ Samuel preview
NOTE- In time I’ll try and cover
how we ‘got our bibles’ [called the Canon- meaning Rule/ Measurement].
Frankly- there is a lot of
confusion in the general public about conspiracies [like the Catholic Church
had some type of plot to keep certain books out].
Or stories about how the Church taught
Mary Magdalene was a prostitute so they could discredit her.
Actually- we read in the gospels
that Jesus cast out ‘spirits’ from a woman who was probably living this type of
life-
And Jesus had a ministry to the
down and out- it is indeed possible that Mary was one of these women-
And if true- it would not demean
her in any way-
That’s how this tradition more
than likely developed- But- we don’t know for sure.
So a few years back the Church
officially said ‘we don’t know’.
Ok- Plot?
[parts]
But man could
not know all the truths about God and his nature without ‘special revelation’
[the bible and church tradition]. All Christians did not agree with Aquinas new
approach to Christian truth, the very influential bishop Bernard would
initially condemn Aquinas over this. Bernard said ‘the faith that believes unto
righteousness, believes! It does not doubt’. The Scholastic school taught that
the way you arrive at knowledge was thru the continuous questioning and
doubting of things until you come to some basic conclusions. These issues would
be debated for centuries, and even in the present hour many argue over the
issue of Divine revelation versus natural logical reasoning. Tertullian, an
early North Afrcian church father, said ‘I believe because it is preposterous,
illogical’ he became famous for his saying ‘what does Jerusalem
have to do with Athens ’
meaning he did not believe that Greek philosophy should have any part with
Christian truth. Origen, his contemporary, believed the other way. So the
debate rages on. Why talk about this here? Some believers ‘believe’ in a type
of knowledge called ‘revelation knowledge’ they mean something different than
the historic use of the term. Historically ‘revelation’ meant that which God
revealed to us THRU THE BIBLE, not something outside of the bible. For
instance, the first canon of scripture put together was by a man called
Marcion. His ‘bible’ contained the letters of Paul and parts of :Luke. He
believed the revelation God gave Paul was for us today, not the Old Testament
or the historical gospels. He was condemned by the church as a heretic. The
point being some took Paul’s writings about receiving knowledge from God as an
indicator that what God showed Paul was different than what the church got thru
the other apostles. In point of fact the things that God revealed to Paul, or
to you or me; all truth is consistent, it will not contradict any other part of
Gods truth. Paul’s letters are consistent with the gospels, not in
contradiction. When believers cling to an idea that their teachers are sharing
‘special revelation’ or a Rhema word that is somehow above the scrutiny of
scripture, then they are in dangerous territory. Paul did appeal to his
experience with God as a defense of his gospel, but he backed up everything he
said with Old Testament scripture. God wasn’t ‘revealing’ things to Paul that
were outside of the realm of true knowable ‘truth’. You could examine and test
the things Paul was saying, he wasn’t saying ‘because God showed it to me,
that’s why I’m correct’. So in today’s church world, we want all the things we
learn and believe to be consistent with what the church has believed thru out
the centuries. Sure there are always things that are going to be questioned and
true reform entails this, but beware of teachers who come to you with
‘revelation knowledge’ or a ‘Rhema word’ that goes against the already revealed
word of truth.
[parts]
THE CROSS- 1
On video-
.Alone in a crowd
.Marcion
.Tertullian
.Uncle Joe
.Did we chase God into a book?
.Law v Grace
.What was the leaven?
[parts]
This fits in
with the theme of a harsher punishment for those who reject the covenant of
grace as opposed to those who rejected the covenant of law. I know these themes
are not popular, but this is clearly the way Paul is presenting them. I also am
not saying the ‘God’ of the Old Testament is different from the ‘God’ of the
new [this is the heresy of Marcion! I think that was his name. He was an early
Christian heretic who comprised the first canon of scripture for a ‘new
testament’ it included basically Paul’s letters, and he taught that The God of
the new testament was different from the God in the old] but Paul is presenting
the new covenant in a way that says ‘don’t neglect this new way of salvation,
those who do will receive a harsher judgment than those who rejected the law’.
END NOTES-
A HEAVENLY CITY.
DON’T BE SAD,
HE’S TREATING YOU LIKE A SON.
NO REPENTANCE-
OUTSIDE OF CHRIST THAT IS.
CULTURE SHOCK IS
HARD ON US ALL.
Once again we see the contrast between ‘he that spoke from earth’ [Moses- the
law]- and he that ‘speaks from heaven’ [Jesus covenant is more strict- to those
outside of it and reject it- because he has heavenly authority- Moses had
earthly].
Hebrews 12:25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not
who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn
away from him that speaketh from heaven:
Hebrews 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth
every son whom he receiveth.
Hebrews 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with
sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Hebrews 12:8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are
partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Remember this-
though the message of grace and Jesus as the Messiah is wonderful- especially
to us Gentile believers-
Yet- it was
indeed a cultural shock to the 1st century Jew-
Why?
Even though
Jesus was the fulfillment of the prophets- yet in order for the Jewish person to
accept this [Like the apostle Paul]
He had to accept
a real cultural change in the religion he practiced from his youth-
He was being
asked to stop the animal sacrifices- to ‘move on’ from the Law covenant- and to
embrace Christ.
Now- in reality-
it would be the fulfillment of all that was contained in the law- but it’s
often hard for anyone to ‘move on’ from former religious practices that are
embedded in his culture.
So- in context
‘Don’t be sad- God is disciplining you- showing you new stuff- and it’s tough
for sure- but he does this with all the sons he receives’.
We also see the promise of the heavenly city- As
opposed to the earthly one.
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,
The writer is speaking about the church- and how both Jew
and Gentile are part of this spiritual
[parts]
2ND CORINTHIANS-
[parts]
VERSES-
1Samuel 27:1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one
day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should
speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me,
to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
1Samuel 27:2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six
hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
1Samuel 27:3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men,
every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the
Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
1Samuel 27:4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and
he sought no more again for him.
1Samuel 27:5 And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace
in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may
dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
1Samuel 27:6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore
Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
1Samuel 27:7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the
Philistines was a full year and four months.
1Samuel 27:8 And David and his men went up, and invaded the
Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old
the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of
Egypt.
1Samuel 27:9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor
woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the
camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
1Samuel 27:10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day?
And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the
Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
1Samuel 27:11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to
bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did
David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of
the Philistines.
1Samuel 27:12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his
people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
1Samuel 28:1 And it came to pass in those days, that the
Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel.
And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me
to battle, thou and thy men.
1Samuel 28:2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what
thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper
of mine head for ever.
1Samuel 28:3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him,
and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that
had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
1Samuel 28:4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and
came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they
pitched in Gilboa.
1Samuel 28:5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was
afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
1Samuel 28:6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered
him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
1Samuel 28:7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman
that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his
servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at
Endor.
1Samuel 28:8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment,
and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he
said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up,
whom I shall name unto thee.
1Samuel 28:9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest
what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and
the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life,
to cause me to die?
1Samuel 28:10 And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the
LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
1Samuel 28:11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto
thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
1Samuel 28:12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud
voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou
art Saul.
1Samuel 28:13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what
sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the
earth.
1Samuel 28:14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she
said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived
that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed
himself.
1Samuel 28:15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted
me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the
Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me
no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that
thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
1Samuel 28:16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of
me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
1Samuel 28:17 And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me:
for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy
neighbour, even to David:
1Samuel 28:18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor
executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this
thing unto thee this day.
1Samuel 28:19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee
into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with
me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the
Philistines.
1Samuel 28:20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth,
and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength
in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
1Samuel 28:21 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was
sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice,
and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou
spakest unto me.
1Samuel 28:22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto
the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and
eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
1Samuel 28:23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his
servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their
voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
1Samuel 28:24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she
hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened
bread thereof:
1Samuel 28:25 And she brought it before Saul, and before his
servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.
John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the
world.
John 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that
confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is
come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof
ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
Matthew 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the spirit
into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Matthew
4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an
hungred.Matthew 4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
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