Title Service Theory/1 Samuel 30:1-6
Content The road to deeper faith Lecture 14
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- 1 Samuel 30:1-6 -
After David killed Goliath, he became popular with the people. Saul was jealous of this and tried to kill him, so he ran away and eventually went to the enemy country, the Philistines. Among the princes in Philistia, a man named Achish protected David and arranged for him to become a naturalized Philistine. Achish believed that David was a naturalized man because he was a man hated by Saul, and protected him, but the other Philistines did not believe in David. Meanwhile, a fight broke out between the Philistines and Israel. Achish then saw this as a good opportunity to give evidence that David had become a Philistine.
At this time, David followed along in a situation where he had to fight or not fight. When Achish goes to war, all the other princes have doubts about David. At this time, Agis stands the guarantee. But it is not accepted and David goes back. From David's point of view, he escaped a great crisis. When David returned to the city of Ziklag where he had been living, it was after the Amalekites had taken away all of his men and his family. All cattle were taken and all property was plundered. So, in verse 4 of the text, David and the people who were with him stated, “We lifted up our voices and wept so that they had no strength to weep” This is God's process of training David.
David fights Goliath in his lifetime and when he wins, he flashes once, and then goes through harsh training. God never taught David the royal road or how to fight. David always runs away, runs away, weeps and weeps, and spends only sighs. Later, he can't even be in the Philistines, so when he escapes, he acts like a madman and comes out with filth and saliva on his beard. Psalm 34 is a psalm written after being cast out after pretending to be mad. In the midst of this, David is praising the Lord. “Taste and see that the Lord is good.” From this perspective, what does God require when he wants to use human beings as God's people? We can see that it is very different from what we usually think.
“We do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our tribulation in Asia.
Noni suffers so much that it is too hard for us to live, our hope to live is cut off, and our hearts live
We thought we were sentenced to death, for we should not trust in ourselves, but the dead
to trust only in God who raises them up” (2 Corinthians 1:8-9).
In 2 Corinthians 11, Paul says, “Forty was beaten five times minus one, and three times with rods, and shipwrecked many times, in danger from rivers, dangers from our own people, dangers from strangers, and we were hungry, cold, and naked.”
“Are they Christ’s servants? They speak frantically, and I am even more so.
I've been toiling more, being imprisoned more and being beaten countless times.
He nearly died, so he was beaten five times by the Jews, forty-one less.
Three times I was beaten with a rod, I was stoned once, I was shipwrecked three times, and I spent a day and a half in the depths.
And on many trips, dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from our own people, dangers from strangers,
perils, perils in brooks, perils in the wilderness, perils at sea, perils among false brethren
and toil and toil many times, unable to sleep many times, hungry and thirsty, many times starving
cold and naked (2 Corinthians 11:23-27)”
When we ‘do God’s work’, of course, trials must come first, and what God requires of us is that we ‘must die.’ In a sense, not zeal, not loyalty, but to die. So, in 2 Corinthians 12, Paul said, “Put this thorn out of me,” but God answered otherwise.
“I have received many revelations of the utmost importance, so that my flesh
He gave me a thorn, an angel of Satan, to strike me down so that I don't sleep too much.
This is what I pleaded with the Lord three times to depart from me, and I
Saying, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.
For this reason, on the contrary, I rejoiced greatly in regard to my many weaknesses.
I will boast, that the power of Christ may abide in me” (2 Corinthians 12:7-9).
“Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
This is it (Matthew 16:16)”
Jesus begins to teach his disciples that they must go up to Jerusalem, be mocked by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed on the third day. Then Peter stopped him. ‘Lord, don’t do that. This will never come to you.' What does that mean? ‘If something happens to the Lord, I will never stand by. I'll stop it. Even with my death, I will stop that.” What did the Lord say at this time? “Get behind me, Satan, for you are a stumbling block for me. You do not think about the things of God, but the things of men.” Jesus said to his disciples, “If no one will come after me now, he must deny himself and take up his cross. and will follow me.”
We must, of course, be servants of God. There are many people around us who say that they would even give their lives for the Lord. However, there are many misunderstandings in this area. In the extreme, we think that God makes up for what we lack. But never. What God always needs is loyalty completely entrusted to God, and there is nothing else to write about. If God humbles us, we should be content with using it lowly, and if we lift it up, we should be content with that. God must lead God's work to victory no matter what. But we have a bad habit of believing that our victory is the Lord's victory, and that our success is the Lord's success.
“I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that
He has entrusted me with his ministry; I was once a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a murderer.
On the contrary, I received mercy, because I acted ignorantly in unbelief.
May the grace of our Lord abound with the faith and love that is in Christ Jesus.
This is a good and faithful saying, acceptable to all, that Christ Jesus was a sinner.
It is said that He came into the world to save
I have found mercy because Jesus Christ was patient with me first.
and that he might set an example for those who later believe in the Lord and have eternal life.
Honor and spirit to the King of the incorruptible, invisible, the only God
Light be for ever and ever. Amen (1 Timothy 1:12-17)”
In other words, the purpose of being an official is to reveal how glorious God is and how gracious God is through his use. So, in the end, the things that all officials, or all those in charge of the service in God's Church, have to pay attention to are 'I can't do it without me', 'God has entrusted this work to me. So, not ‘I have to have this ability’ but ‘God writes something like me. What should I prove by writing me?’ is the part that should be given special attention. By seeing the use of 'I', the ugliest me, not 'I can't do this without me,' we need to know that God's grace and glory to appear forever and ever is the ultimate goal of our use. It should be borne in mind that it is the right direct command of the