Graduation Speech : The Lord Of Israel And Judah

When Saul is torn away from his family and heritage, he begins to subconsciously seclude himself. To begin, when Saul is first put into a residential school, he knows that his previous life is gone, and hope for him continues to diminish quickly

Good morning Principle Boyd, proud parents, faculty, and fellow graduates, to this extraordinary celebration breakfast, in honor of Our Lady of Grace Catholic School Class of 2017. Yes, I am graduating 8th grade, but I still have to make my bed, be nice to my siblings, do my chores, I cannot drive a car, I must continue putting my Iphone into my locker every night, so that I will not be grounded!  Nevertheless, I am graduating from Our Lady of Grace Catholic School, and I feel like I found a pot-of-gold at the end of the rainbow.

He has fought, wrestled long and hard to get to this place as his last few days of his life are now coming to an end. Tired of wrestling with in his self as sleepless nights take their toll on him, on the run he has to end of this madness. General’s today, one can look at various battles and from a battle plan. They know what it takes to end them, who to send where men, targets to bomb, etc. So it was with Saul he finally came to the point that he has to talk to God. He knows the battle plan for this pending battle this quickly approaching. The armies were all ready there waiting to go and destroy Saul and his armies. When all else falls go back to square one and Saul square on like so many today is to go here from God.

He shows he is weak and not ready to lead. (1 Samuel 9:21). Saul even hides when he is supposed to show himself to the Israelites as the chosen King (1 Samuel 11: 22). Although Saul knows that he cannot lead, he has no choice, he has to follow the Lord’s order. At last, God realizes that Saul was indeed not a leader-type person and chooses another person. God must have known that people are not forced to be leaders, but they themselves should be aware of the ability to be leaders.

The rise and fall of this desired king is one that is unique with a lot to look at and learn from. Saul was a man who won many battles on the field as he defeated the Philistines and others who came against the Jewish

In Acts 9, after the stoning of Stephen, Saul was on his way to Damascus to persecute more Christians because the followers of Christ, even after the stoning of Stephen, went everywhere to preach the word of God such as the city Damascus; therefore, Saul went to Damascus to persecute more Christians. On his way there, a very intensified light that almost blinded him from heaven was shining on him and Jesus spoke to Saul asking him why he persecuted him and would soon Saul that he is Jesus, the promised Messiah who came down to this Earth for one reason and one reason: To save the entire world. Those words would eventually open up his heart and he would eventually realize that what he was previously doing was the work of the devil and that Stephen, the man he stoned, wasn’t speaking blasphemy and that he was spreading the word of God. After his conversation with Jesus, he had become blinded for three days and in those three days he did not eat nor drink; however, he began to get closer to God through prayer and reflection. After those three days passed, a disciple named Ananias was sent by God to Saul to heal him of his blindness and to baptize him. Saul had received both of those gifts and soon after

Of great significance is the fact that Saul’s conversion experience is recounted three times in Acts. Scholars note this as being an important fact regarding the writings. The imagery of blindness is brought to the forefront. Saul was so blinded with his zeal to persecute something he felt so grievously wronged God that he tried to eliminate all who practiced this newfound religion. God blinded him to show him how much he had failed to see. When his sight is restored,

In conclusion, not only Saul was a good military leader, but he also showed the qualities that a good king had. He had the strength to win against many battles, his people looked up to him and they saw all the good things in him and believed in him. He fulfilled their needs, when it comes to protecting the land and its people. He followed god’s command and did what he was ordered to do. Saul improved the land of Israel. He brought a lot of victories to its people. He improved the education system. And did many more. Saul symbolized what a great leader is. He had a strong personality. He was loved among his

In 1 Samuel 28: 1-25 Yahweh guides Saul to his death because he has outright deceived and disobeyed God. This passage sets an example to obey Yahweh; otherwise he will inflict punishment

Saul was tall, good looking and a warrior, however, as Hindson and Yates put it, “The people seemed to focus on Saul’s outward appearance (9:2) rather than his heart (16:7)” (Hindson and Yates 2012, 164). Despite his early successes as king, Saul’s arrogance and pride caused him to start disobeying God. Samuel warned Saul repeatedly about his covenant disobedience. So when he offered priestly

King Saul dreaded the thought of falling into the hands of his heathen enemies (King Saul’s pride). So instead of dying by his enemies he calls his armor-bearer to slay him. However, the armor-bearer is to terrified and will not obey King Saul. Therefore, King Saul kills himself by falling upon his sword. Since, the armor-bearer saw that King Saul was dead. The armor-bearer also fell upon his sword and died along with his King.

“There is much that can be learned about leadership from Scripture” (Smith, 1992, p. 39). The Bible provides us with what God not only desires His man of God to be, but requires His under shepherd to meet His character traits.

Saul was a murderous, evil man whom wanted nothing more than to see all Christians rot away and perish. He wanted nothing to do with the faith because he thought it was a lie. Saul was there when Stephen was stoned to give approval of his death. Saul was on his way to take prisoners back to Jerusalem from Damascus, when the presence of God came upon him. Saul could not see once the Lord had spoken to him. He had his men take him to Damascus, and Saul fasted for 3 days. The 3 days is important because God was working in him, making his eyes right. Making the lamp to the soul clean. God had to do this, so that Saul could be made clean and be prepared for the Holy Spirit to enter his body. A disciple named Ananias to come and meet Saul in the

Furthermore, before God tore the kingdom from Saul, Saul revealed a lack of repentance and humility. Saul disobeyed God’s command to obliterate the Amalekites, then tried to justify his disobedience in saying that “the people spared the best of the sheep and the cattle, to sacrifice to the Lord your God” (1 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 15:15) Not only did Saul fail to repent, but he also failed to honor the Lord in claiming that his sacrifice was for “your”, or Samuel’s, God. He didn’t acknowledge God as his own, making it appear that all of Israel’s successes were by his own strength. It is only after Samuel tells Saul that the Lord has rejected him that he admits that he was in sin the entire time and saved the animals because he “feared the people and obeyed their voice” (1 Samuel 15:14).

In The Bible there are multiple ideal societies which are presented, each denoted by the God's approval of that society and its leader. One of these societies is that portrayed in the story of Saul. In this story Samuel, a prophet of God, is given the task of revealing Saul, the ruler who is specified