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撒母耳记上［第15章］
Book of 1 Samuel 15

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撒母耳记上［第15章］|Book of 1st Samuel 15

【悖逆人的行事和结局】

主讲: 林国晶传道

27/07/2023


引言：当一个人不断的悖逆及不听时，他将要面对悖逆的后果

一、不听恩膏人的神（v1-3，9）

耶和华的吩咐，是要扫罗击打和灭尽亚玛利人所有的。灭绝净尽的意思是「完全地奉献、完全地毁坏」，表示百姓应当把得胜完全奉献给神。因此，所有的战利品都必须分别为圣归于神，人和物都不能留下。然而，扫罗再次的违命，没有完全执行耶和华要他灭尽亚玛力人的吩咐（v9），导致他的王位也就被剥夺了。

二、顺服肉体过于神（v4-13）

神要扫罗把所有亚玛力人的男女、孩童、吃奶的，并牛羊骆驼，和驴尽行杀死。但扫罗却怜惜亚玛力王亚甲，也爱惜上好的牛、羊、牛犊、羊羔，并一切美物。

扫罗就自称「耶和华的命令我已遵守了」（13节），但是他没发现当他选择性的行神的吩咐，其实还是代表没有遵守神的命令。我们要常常反省，我们对神的顺服是否也是完全顺服，还是选择性的顺服。

三、一再狡辩不认错（v14-23）

扫罗不以耶和华为王，不愿意顺服祂，违背了上帝的吩咐却仍振振有词地以宗教术语和仪式去掩饰自己的行为，只为取得别人，甚至是神的认同。 他这种利用宗教手段去满足一己私欲的做法，撒母耳直接指出他的行为与拜偶像无异。

神给予扫罗好几次悔改向神的机会，但扫罗并没有把握，以致为自己迎来被神厌弃的后果。

四、惧怕人不惧怕神（v24-31）

当人不敬畏神，就会惧怕人。虽然扫罗得罪的是神，但他所关心的却不是神的赦免，而是担心如果撒母耳不和他一起献祭，就会失去百姓的拥戴，所以才说「求你赦免我的罪」。我们看见扫罗只是追求表面的关系，不追求跟神有实质的关系。

我们跟神的关系如何？

五、不愿跟随被神弃（v32-35）

扫罗是一个属肉体的人，始终不肯脱离肉体。因为有始至终，我们都没有看见扫罗为他所行的恶悔改。而神因为立不顺服的扫罗作王而遗憾，并厌弃他做王。

神不会轻易厌弃任何一个人，反而是人先厌弃了神。我们要来反省，到底我们的心在跟从什么？ 要的是什么？盼望我们的心是要紧紧跟随神。

总结：

弟兄姐妹，我们不要陷入扫罗那种虚假和自私的境况里，并真诚地面对自己在信仰上的挣扎和不足，时刻仰望大能的主。在跌倒时要学习坦然到上帝面前悔过求宽恕，不去掩饰或推卸自己的责任。求主带领我们过得胜和得力的生活！

1 Samuel 15 The Actions and Ending of Disobedient People
GK611 Morning Devotion
27/7/2023
The Morning Devotion Speaker: Ps Stella Ling

Introduction：When a person is continually rebellious and disobedient, he will face the consequences of his rebellion.

1. God who did not listen to the anointed man (v1-3, 9)

The Lord's command was for Saul to smite and destroy all the Amalekites. Exterminate and purify means "to offer completely and to destroy completely," indicating that the people should give their victory completely to God. Therefore, all of the spoils of war must be set apart and sanctified to God, and neither people nor things must be left behind. However, Saul's disobedience once again, not fully carrying out the Lord's command to destroy the Amalekites (v9), resulted in him being stripped of his throne.

2. Obeying the flesh over God (v4-13)

God told Saul to kill all the Amalekites, men and women, children and sucklings, oxen, sheep, camels, and donkeys. But Saul had compassion on Agag, king of the Amalekites, and he loved good cattle, sheep, calves, lambs, and all good things.

Saul then claimed, "I have performed the commandment of the Lord." (v. 13), but he didn't realise that when he selectively did what God commanded, it still actually meant that he didn't keep God's commands. We should always reflect on whether our obedience to God is also total obedience or selective obedience.

3. Repeatedly quibbling and denying wrongdoing (v14-23)

Saul did not take God as his king, was unwilling to obey Him, and disobeyed God's commands yet still plausibly used religious terms and rituals to cover up his behaviour just to gain the approval of others, even God. Samuel pointed out directly that his behaviour was no different from idolatry, as he used religious means to satisfy his own selfish desires.

God gave Saul several opportunities to repent and turn to God, but Saul did not take them, so that he ushered in the consequences of being rejected by God.

4. Fearing men but not God (v24-31)

When men do not fear God, they will fear men. Though Saul had sinned against God, his concern was not for God's forgiveness, but for the fear that if Samuel did not join him in offering sacrifices, he would lose the adoration of the people, and so he said, "Please forgive me my sins". We see that Saul was only pursuing a superficial relationship, not a real relationship with God.

How is our relationship with God?

5. Unwillingness to Follow and Abandon by God (v32-35)

Saul was a man of the flesh and refused to be separated from it. For from the beginning to the end, we do not see Saul repenting of the evil he had done. And God regretted and rejected the disobedient Saul as king.

God does not easily reject any man, but man rejects God first. We need to reflect on what our hearts are following. What do we want? Hopefully, our hearts are to follow God closely.

Conclusion:

Brothers and sisters, let us not fall into Saul's kind of falsehood and selfishness, and sincerely face our own struggles and shortcomings in faith, always looking to the mighty Lord. When we fall, we should learn to go to God openly to repent and ask for forgiveness, and not to cover up or shift our responsibilities. Pray that the Lord will lead us to live victorious and powerful lives!