Title: Saul Sins Again (1 Samuel 15:1-35)
Description Although Saul ascended to the throne, everything he did was dangerous and unsettling. In this chapter, Saul also sinned again.
1. Saul conquered Amalek 1-8 Amalek was a descendant of Esau (Gen. 36:12), and Israel suffered many invasions during the course of Canaan (Ex. 17:8, Judges 3:13). Therefore, God had already said that He would destroy Amalek (Ex 17:14, Deuteronomy 25:17-19), but now that the time of annihilation has come, God has Saul to carry out that mission.
At this opportunity, he was commanded to destroy everything, without leaving anything behind. Doing kindness to the Gen people was repaying the generosity.
2. Saul's disobedience 9-22 Saul's transgression was to leave behind the good things of cattle, which is marked disobedience and a terrible sin.
God said that he regretted having made Saul king, but this expression is not a regret of ignorance like humans do, but a kind of lamentation of righteous wrath.
There are two errors of Saul here: 1) He built a monument for himself in Carmel (he took the glory of victory) 2) It is hypocrisy that claims to have done the Lord's command (verse 13).
Saul, who was rebuked by Samuel, made the excuse that the good and fertile sheep were left for the people to sacrifice to God. Two other errors can be pointed out here: 1) the irresponsible and unscrupulous sin of imputing one's own faults to others, and 2) the ceremonial sins that associate it with a holy sacrifice to justify one's own faults.
Samuel told him to stop making excuses for Saul, and he said that the Lord had spoken to me last night. This revelation was received by Samuel while he was praying all night.
“Does the Lord take delight in burnt offerings and other sacrifices, as his voice does to obedience?
He rebuked them fiercely, saying, "A rebellious person is like the sin of chains, and stubbornness is like the sin of bowing down to an idol.
3. Samuel's dreadful prophecy 23-35 After rebuking Saul, Samuel finally made a terrifying prophecy, declaring, "Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord has also rejected you from being king."
Saul finally confessed, “I have sinned,” but if you look at the contents, it is not the deep repentance that hates and contrites for sin, but a confession from the horror of the sentence to abolish the king.
Samuel delivered the will of the LORD to the end, saying, "The LORD has separated the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you." This is because no matter how difficult it is to say, you cannot add or subtract from God's Word.
Conclusion: When I led Agag the king of Amalek, I realized what the agony of death was, and I executed Aghar in Yahweh's pain. This is God's will.
Samuel said that he did not see Saul again until the day of his death, because he mourned for Saul, and the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel. As I said before, this is a kind of righteousness as God.