TOPIC : PRIDE, A DESTINY KILLER
TEXT : 1 SAMUEL 15:16-20,22-30
[16]Then Samuel said to Saul, Stop! I will tell you what the Lord said to me tonight. Saul said to him, Say on.
[17]Samuel said, When you were small in your own sight, were you not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed you king over Israel?
[18]And the Lord sent you on a mission and said, Go, utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites; and fight against them until they are consumed.
[19]Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord, but swooped down upon the plunder and did evil in the Lord's sight?
[20]Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag king of Amalek and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
[22]Samuel said, Has the Lord as great a delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
[23]For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim (household good luck images). Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, He also has rejected you from being king.
[24]And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
[25]Now, I pray you, pardon my sin and go back with me, that I may worship the Lord.
[30]Saul said, I have sinned; yet honor me now, I pray you, before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship the Lord your God.
Beloved, whenever I study the fall of Saul, I weep over and over again.
His fall was occasioned by pride and stubbornness.
He was only bordered about people opinion of him.
Even when Samuel had told him that God had rejected him, all he wanted was for people to see him with Samuel.
I believe that pride made king Saul mad.
David would have fallen down and asked God for forgiveness.
He would have wept and fasted.
He would have obtained forgiveness upon the platform of repentance.
Pride blinded Saul and he ended up like one who was never anointed.
Reject pride with all your strength in Jesus mighty name.
God bless you.
With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.
Your case is not bigger than God.
May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Your Victory is already guaranteed
It is well, do not give up, with God all things are possible
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For further reading, Deuteronomy 22,23.
Ephesians 5,6 .
Pastor Obi Ejikeme
Senior Pastor
House of faith, Nigeria
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