Seize the Moment – Day 770

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Apr '22

Seize the Moment – Day 770

Posted on Apr 26, 2022 by Jerry Ingalls in Devotions, General |

26
Apr '22
 

Samuel’s Last Words to Saul!

1 Samuel 28

 

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Tuesday, April 26.

 

The prophet Samuel was dead. We first learned of this in 1 Samuel 25:1, and now again 1 Samuel 28:3. The fate of Samuel was crystal clear – he was dead! I’ve now said it twice, just like God’s Word, but there is more to this story because even though he was dead, we hadn’t heard the last of him.

 

King Saul was desperate. He feared the Philistines and God wasn’t communicating with him (5-6). Since there was no David around to win the day for him, Saul took matters into his own hands and looked for a medium who could contact Samuel. Did I mention that he was dead? Saul wanted to use a medium to get in touch with Samuel so that he would inquire of God for him. Did I say Saul was desperate?

 

Desperate people more often than naught find themselves in bad situations and Saul was no exception. He received a message from God through Samuel through a medium in verses 16-19:

 

Why then do you ask me, since the Lord has departed from you and has become your adversary? The Lord has done accordingly as He spoke through me; for the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, to David. As you did not obey the Lord and did not execute His fierce wrath on Amalek, so the Lord has done this thing to you this day. Moreover the Lord will also give over Israel along with you into the hands of the Philistines, therefore tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. Indeed the Lord will give over the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines!

 

Such contact with the dead was forbidden by God (Deuteronomy 18:9-14). Yet God authorized Samuel to communicate His judgment on Saul. This was an exceptional case because God reserves the exclusive right to have the last word with the dead. Hebrews 9:27 states,
 
“it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment.”

 

Seize the moment and put your trust in Jesus’ last words, “It is finished” (John 19:30).

God bless you!
 
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