1 Samuel 11-12 Audio file includes communion Empowered by the Holy Spirit, Saul raises an army and delivers the people of Jabesh Gilead from the Ammonites, thus cementing the loyalty of the nation. Samuel renews Saul’s kingship with a coronation ceremony at Gilgal with the entire nation in attendance. In his address to the people on this occasion, Samuel reminds them of…
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"Saul" Tagged Sermons (Page 4)
Samuel privately anoints Saul and then calls all the tribes and clans of Israel to him at Mizpah, where he prepares to reveal God’s choice of Saul as their new king. When Saul cannot be found, God tells Samuel where he is hiding, and Saul presents him to the people. “So all the people shouted and said, ‘Long live the king’” (1 Samuel…
God tells Samuel to obey the peoples’ demand for a king, but instructs him to “solemnly forewarn them, and show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them” (1 Samuel 8:9 NKJV). The people respond, “No, but we will have a king over us” (1 Samuel 8:19 NKJV)! God leads Samuel to His choice, and Samuel anoints Saul as Israel’s first king.…
In Acts 13, Saul, re-named Paul, is deputized by the leaders of the church in Antioch to begin his formal ministry. In company with Barnabas and John Mark, Paul begins the first of his four missionary journeys, traveling first to the island of Cyprus where they encounter the “proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man…who sought to hear the word of God (Acts 13:7 NKJV). As…
Today’s study starts a new division in the Book of Acts, which chronicles the spread of the gospel beyond Jerusalem and Judea. Pastor Kevin begins with a brief recap of prior divisions, tracing the history of the early church and how God used the early Christians – even through persecution and martyrdom – to begin spreading the gospel to peoples beyond Jerusalem. …