Samuel 13: 13-17

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.

Thank you for sharing your opinion, “In my opinion, self-interest is the ability to fully become the person God created us to become. Psalms 139:13-18 illustrates the importance of self-interest. According to verse 13, we are all created with certain skills, abilities and traits.” I like to add some of my insights about Psalm 139:13-18. I personally believe that we are a person of destiny. God chose us to be here before the foundation of the world God knew us before we were ever formed in our mother’s womb. He actually knitted us together in our mother’s womb. God made us with a unique purpose, and we are a vital part of His divine plan.

Here with Saul, he has failed to do what God wanted and off he goes, “If Samuel cannot find me for a few days, maybe this will go away”, maybe this is what Saul thought as he went from place to place. We see what guilt did for Adam, Eva and Saul in this; it pushed them to hide from God and Samuel, guilt from their own disobedience.

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

Romans 8:16 tells us that “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.” This is a doctrine that receives strong emphasis in the LDS church. From the time they enter Primary they sing the hymn “I am a Child of God.” In Young Women’s they recite “We are daughters of our Heavenly Father, who loves us and we love him.” As LDS members, they live their lives knowing that they have a loving Father in Heaven. Though other Christian churches share the belief that God is the Father, their understanding of this fact is different than the LDS view. Other churches interpret the scripture block Romans 8:14-17 to mean that we are adopted children of God, whose adoption is conditional on our good behavior

Brendan Sweetman describes religion as the following, “Belief in God (or a Supreme Reality) and the afterlife is generally a major part of the religious worldview…”, mostly everyone that are educated believe in a God. In Exodus chapter three verse 14 of The Holy Bible states the following, “And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.” (Holy Bible 224), the real is question …. Who is this God and which one are they talking discussing?

It is important to note that it did not take Saul long to form his theological ideas after the Damascus Road Incident. There was no massive change in beliefs that Saul had to go through. What changed in him was an additional piece added into what he already knew to be true. The Hebrew Scriptures that formed Saul’s beliefs had not been re-written. They were simply fulfilled, as Mathew 5:17 states, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.[5]”

Saul persecuted many Christians, taking them prisoner and even murdering them simply because of their faith. In fact, the purpose of his trip in this passage was to imprison Christians in Damascus and bring them back to Jerusalem. Luckily, Saul’s mission was interrupted when God confronted Saul and eventually converts him. This portion of the chapter stood out to me because of the irony I saw in God’s way of converting Saul. Why would God choose to blind Saul so that Saul can see God? Personally I tend to equate sight with clarity, but in this situation, God does the complete opposite and blinds Saul in order to give him the clarity he needs to see God. After thinking about it a little but harder I came up with a couple possible explanations.

In Acts13:1-4, While a couple of the prophets and teachers gat together to fast and worship the Lord. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them” (Paul, 2007, Acts 13:2). Every one had prayed for them and then Saul and Barnabas went on their way to Seleucia and then sailed to Cyprus. “When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. “John was with them as their helper” (Paul, 2007, Acts 13:5). Paul and Barnabas had left the church in Syria in answering God’s calling to proclaim Christ. The Plain that Paul and Barnabas had was to go to synagogues to evangelize and preach the gospel there. But many of the Jews rejected Christ. Later on the missionaries had come to recognize that God called them to witness to the Gentiles.

In Acts 7:22, it is said that “Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians…”. Yet, it can be pointed out that Moses did not incorporate the pagan medical practices of the Egyptians (or of any other nation) into the Pentateuch. Instead, the Israelites were a unique nation, and were light years ahead of other civilizations of that time and even many years to follow in regard to their public health and personal hygiene knowledge. Here are a few examples of their health laws: Leviticus 11:9-12 – Could only eat fish those water animals that had fins and scales. Leviticus 13:11, 31 – Quarantine for leprosy.

The “big idea” will be coming from three different texts in the Bible. The first text reading will come from Psalm 1 and its “big idea” concerns “Choice”. Secondly, Philippians 4:1-2 should draw a person attention to “The Fruit of Unity.” Thirdly, the text John 13:31-35 is a reflection of God’s nature and purpose for his ministry. Each text has its own individual story or illustration, but with a common purpose, that is, a person’s service to God. The entire book of Psalm is a tally of life choice written by the Psalmist David and other writers. The Bible records, as an illustration, several Bible characters that made a choice, beginning with Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve had a choice to listen and obey or disobey God. Jonah made a choice to obey

As written in the passage we were told to read we are told that we are the livings stones chosen by God. Since we were young we were being built into a spiritual house by God. As a spiritual house we will be able to offer up spiritual sacrifices to God through Jesus Christ. It also shows how we were chosen by God in passage 9. We are a chosen race, a holy nation, god's own possession. All of us are here today because we have a special duty to accomplish so we can make God happy. As shown in the passage we all start as a cornerstone after the day of our baptism. Then we reform with the help of God and turn into a spiritual house. As a house we are able to worship God more and offer up spiritual sacrifices to him. We are precious to God and he

. In this passage there is a conjunction “consequently” at the beginning of verse 19 goes back to what Paul wrote in the previous verse about Gentiles having access to God. From this access, Gentiles are now no longer “foreigners and aliens”. Paul is taking the readers back to Ephesians 2:12 where he referred to the time when Gentiles were excluded from Israel and foreigners to the Covenant. In the old time, Gentiles could live in Israel but they had no rights of citizenship and no share in its privileges or blessings. Paul highlights that a reversal has now taken place, and Gentiles can now enjoy complete equal privileges as the Jews in the spiritual kingdom of God. Paul uses a metaphor of a building to describe the church. In this building,

In 1 Corinthians 15:35-58, St. Paul compares the resurrection of the dead to the growth and death of the crops that man sows into the ground. He explains that there is no life without death, just like the crop is not useful to man until it is dead. We collect the product of crops such as wheat and corn once it has lived the entirety of its life. That death supplies man with life, just like the death of the body provides life for the resurrection of the soul. This is similar to the animals in the world that man has dominion over, their death provides us the nourishment for continued life.