His Words Are Life

1 Samuel 7:20 - 1 Samuel 10:7

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Participants: Kelly Mowrer

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00:16 Hello, and welcome to His Words are Life.
00:18 I'm Kelly Mowrer and we're reading the book of 1st Samuel
00:22 today about the ark of God being returned out of the country of
00:26 the Philistines. Before we continue the story,
00:28 lets pray together. Dear God please come and be with us
00:33 now in a special way as we read this word of yours that you have
00:38 brought to us at this time. Show us what you would
00:41 have us to learn from here to put into our own lives
00:45 and to our service to you and to each other. We love you so much
00:49 and thank you for loving us. Amen.
00:51 We're reading in 1st Samuel, chapter 6. We're picking up in
00:56 verse 20. - And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able
01:01 to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall
01:05 he go up from us? And they sent messengers
01:08 to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying,
01:12 The Philistines have brought again the ark of the Lord;
01:15 come ye down, and fetch it up to you.
01:17 Continuing on in 1st Samuel, chapter 7.
01:21 And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark
01:25 of the Lord and brought it into the house of Abinadab
01:28 in the hill and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark
01:31 of the Lord. And it came to pass while the ark abode
01:35 in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was 20 years:
01:39 and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.
01:44 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye
01:48 do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away
01:53 the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your
01:57 hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only and he will deliver you
02:01 out of the hand of the Philistines.
02:03 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth,
02:08 and served the Lord only. And Samuel said, Gather all Israel
02:12 to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the Lord.
02:14 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water
02:17 and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day,
02:20 and said there, We have sinned against the Lord.
02:23 And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
02:27 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel
02:30 were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the
02:32 Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children
02:35 of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
02:39 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry
02:42 unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of
02:45 the hand of the Philistines. And Samuel took a sucking lamb,
02:49 and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the Lord:
02:53 and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel; and the Lord heard
02:57 him. And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering,
03:01 the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel:
03:04 but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day
03:08 upon the Philistines, and discomfited them;
03:11 and they were smitten before Israel. And the men of Israel
03:15 went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them,
03:18 until they came under Bethcar. Then Samuel took a stone,
03:23 and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it
03:27 Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.
03:31 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the
03:35 coast of Israel: and the hand of the Lord was against
03:37 the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
03:39 And the cities which the Philistines had taken
03:42 from Israel, from Ekron were restored to Israel,
03:44 from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel
03:48 deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace
03:52 between Israel and the Amorites. And Samuel judged Israel
03:55 all the days of his life. And he went from year to year
04:00 in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal and Mizpeh,
04:03 and judged Israel in all those places. And his return was
04:08 to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged
04:11 Israel; and there he built an altar unto the Lord.
04:15 Continuing in 1st Samuel, chapter 8.
04:19 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons
04:25 judges over Israel. Now the name of his firstborn was Joel;
04:29 and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges
04:32 in Beersheba. And his sons walked not in his ways,
04:37 but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted
04:42 judgment. Then all the Elders of Israel gathered themselves
04:46 together and came to Samuel unto Samuel in Ramah, and said unto
04:49 him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways:
04:54 now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
04:59 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, Give us a king
05:03 to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord. And the Lord said
05:07 unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that
05:10 they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they
05:15 have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
05:18 According to all the works which they have done since the day I
05:22 brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith
05:26 they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they
05:30 also unto thee. Now therefore, hearken unto their voice:
05:34 howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them,
05:38 and shew them the manner of the king that shall
05:41 reign over them. And Samuel told all the words of the Lord
05:45 unto the people that asked of him a king. And he said,
05:49 This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you:
05:52 He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself,
05:56 for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run
06:01 before his chariots. And he will appoint him captains over
06:04 thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them
06:06 to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his
06:09 instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
06:12 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be
06:16 cooks, and to bakers. And he will take your fields, and your
06:21 vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give
06:24 them to his servants. And he will take the tenth of your seed
06:28 and of your vineyards, and give them to his officers, and to his
06:31 servants. And he will take your menservants,
06:33 and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your
06:37 asses, and put them to his work. He will take the tenth of your
06:42 sheep, and ye shall be his servants. And ye shall cry out
06:46 in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen
06:49 you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day. Nevertheless
06:56 the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said,
06:59 Nay; but we will have a king over us; that we also may be
07:04 like all the nations; and that our king may judge us,
07:07 and go out before us, and fight our battles.
07:10 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed
07:15 them in the ears of the Lord. And the Lord said to Samuel,
07:18 Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king.
07:22 And Samuel said unto the men of Israel,
07:24 Go ye every man unto his city.
07:28 Continuing the story of 1st Samuel, chapter 9,
07:32 This is the King James Version.
07:33 Now there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of
07:39 Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of
07:43 Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. And he had a son,
07:48 whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly:
07:52 And there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier
07:56 person than he: from his shoulders and upward
07:59 he was higher than any of the people. And the asses of Kish,
08:04 Saul's father, were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son,
08:10 Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek
08:13 the asses. And he passed through mount Ephraim and
08:17 passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found
08:21 them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and
08:25 there they were not: and he passed through the land of the
08:29 Benjamites, but they found them not. And when they were come
08:33 to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him
08:37 Come and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the
08:41 asses, and take thought for us. And he said unto him, Behold
08:45 now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable
08:49 man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go
08:54 thither; peradventure he can shew us our way
08:56 that we should go. Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold
09:01 if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent
09:05 in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man
09:08 of God: what have we? And the servant answered Saul again,
09:12 and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel
09:16 of silver that will I give to the man of God,
09:19 to tell us our way. - Beforetime in Israel, when a man
09:23 went to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to
09:27 the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime
09:31 called a seer. - Then said Saul to his servant,
09:35 Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where
09:40 the man of God was. And as they went up the hill to the city,
09:44 they found young maidens coming out to draw water,
09:47 and said unto them, Is the seer here? And they answered
09:51 them and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now
09:55 for he came today to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the
09:59 people today in the high place: As soon as ye be come into
10:02 the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up
10:05 to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until
10:09 he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards
10:11 they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up;
10:15 for about this time ye shall find him. And they went up
10:19 into the city: and when they were come into the city,
10:21 behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high
10:25 place. Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day before
10:29 Saul came, saying, Tomorrow about this time I will send thee
10:33 a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt
10:36 anoint him to be a captain over my people Israel, that he may
10:41 save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have
10:44 looked upon my people, because their cry is come upon me.
10:47 And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said unto him, Behold,
10:53 the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my
10:58 people. Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said,
11:03 Tell, me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is. And Samuel
11:07 answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me
11:12 unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me today,
11:14 and tomorrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is
11:18 in thine heart. And as for thine asses that were lost 3 days ago,
11:23 set not thy mind on them; for they are found.
11:27 And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee,
11:31 and on all thy father's house? And Saul answered and said,
11:36 Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel
11:41 and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of
11:44 Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
11:48 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them
11:52 into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place
11:55 among them that were bidden, which were about 30 persons.
11:58 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave
12:03 thee, of which I said unto thee, of which I said unto thee,
12:05 Set it by thee. And the cook took up the shoulder,
12:08 and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul.
12:11 And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before
12:17 thee and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee
12:21 since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with
12:26 Samuel that day. And when they were come down from the high
12:29 place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul
12:32 upon the top of the house. And they arose early:
12:35 and it came to pass about the spring of the day,
12:38 that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying,
12:41 Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went
12:46 out both of them, he and Samuel abroad.
12:49 And as they were going down to the end of the city,
12:52 Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us,
12:56 and he passed on, but stand thou still awhile,
13:01 that I may shew thee the word of God.
13:03 Continuing 1st Samuel, chapter 10.
13:06 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head,
13:11 and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord
13:14 hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
13:17 When thou art departed from me today, then thou shalt find
13:21 two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin
13:24 at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou
13:28 wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left
13:32 the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying,
13:34 What shall I do for my son? Then shalt thou go on forward
13:39 from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor,
13:41 and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel,
13:46 one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves
13:49 of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: And they will
13:54 salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou
13:57 shalt receive of their hands. After that thou shalt come
14:01 to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines:
14:03 and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither
14:06 to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets
14:10 coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret,
14:13 and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophecy:
14:17 And the spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shalt
14:21 prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
14:24 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou
14:28 do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
14:32 Goodbye.


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