1st Samuel 15



 Good morning, if you are a regular reader of this blog, you have heard me preach about context a lot! It is so important as we read 1st Samuel 15 this morning. So, to go through how to keep things in context, we ask, who is the author, when was it written, and to whom is it written!

   1) Who was the Author of the books of Samuel? Samuel, and compiled by prophets of the day, from his writings.

   2) When? 931 BC, just after Israel’s division into two kingdoms.

   3) To whom was it written? The Jewish people, not the Gentiles (us). It was written well before Christ came and gave us Salvation.

 This is important because in verse 15:22, we are told that God values obedience over sacrifice. But obedience to the law had a purpose in God’s plan for mankind, and that was to point to the need for a Savior! The Levitical law and the much simpler Ten Commandments showed us that, on our own, we could not keep/obey all the laws and needed deliverance from our sinful nature.


 So, as we read/listen to 1st Samuel 15 for Today's Daily Bible Challenge, keep in mind that Saul lived in a time when he should have done exactly what God told him to do! Like most humans, Saul let fear of man keep him from doing what God commanded him to do!


 In context, here means we do not have to follow every Levitical law as Christians; we follow the ten commandments and Jesus’ new commandment, as we do each morning here on The Daily Bible Challenge, by spreading God’s word around the world via social media and then through personal contact when people ask questions via PM/DMs. Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice, so now we should keep doing what Jesus commanded of us! Read your Bible not to become a scholar, but to become a lover of Christ’s plan for us! Then go act on that plan by sharing love (the gospel) with others!

 Talk with you soon!



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