Read the passage: 1 Samuel 8
v.5-7 1. Trades God’s leadership for man’s.
results in rejecting God.
v.5-7 2. Trades integrity for prestige.
integrity of God’s standards for being like nations.
v.11, 3. Trades freedom for bondage or service for enslavement.
12 the result of compromise is encumbrance--which leads to bondage or
enslavement.
v.13, 4. Trades certain reality for uncertain hope.
14 what God says is--what man thinks is isn’t
v.15 5. Trades satisfying God’s commands for satisfying man’s pleasure.
reward of giving tithe sacrificed
won’t have resources for obedience--enemy gets them
v.10 6. Trades having God’s ear for gaining man’s ear.
(And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a
king.)
v.19 7. Trades future promises for present pleasures.
future opportunities protected by obedience are sacrificed
v.19, 8. Trades separated living for conformity to godlessness.
20 testimony of Godly living is sacrificed; motives were ungodly
v.20 9. Trades God’s able defense for man’s attempt to defend.
Strong defense is sacrificed;
God defends what is His, man must defend the rest.
v.22 10. Trades what God wanted to give for what man asks for.
(And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make the a king.
And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.)
need to rediscover what God wants to give (first half of all 10 points)
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