DAVID A MAN AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART: PART 2 - David Jon Hill - June 1978

David Jon Hill

Saul, the people's choice for king, failed with God in the execution of his office. Self-centered, unrepentant and egotistic, though handsome and head-and-shoulders taller than his subjects, Saul was not God's choice. Instead, God chose an insignificant shepherd boy, David, while Saul yet reigned. Then God arranged David's training for his future kingship by bringing him into Saul's court. This remarkable story sets the theme for David's triumphs and his failures. Successful Saul, impatient in seeking favor and pressed by the threat of foreign invasion, lost the possibility of having his dynasty rule Israel forever by rebelling against Samuel and God in assuming to himself the priestly duty of sacrificing (I Sam. 13:12-14). But he was yet to commit a greater blunder and lose the very kingship itself. "One day Samuel said to Saul, 'I crowned you king of Israel because God told me to. Now be sure that you obey him. Here is his commandment to you: - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library