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Verse 1 Samuel 12:23. _GOD FORBID THAT I SHOULD SIN_] They had
earnestly begged him, 1 Samuel 12:19, to pray to God for them, that
they might not die; and he tells them that he should consider himself...
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5. SAMUEL'S WITNESS AND WARNING
CHAPTER 12
_ 1. His witness to his own integrity (1 Samuel 12:1)_
2. His warning (1 Samuel 12:6)
3. Heaven's answer (1 Samuel 12:16)
4. His words of co
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1 SAMUEL 12. SAMUEL'S FAREWELL. From the Deuteronomic document, where
it separated the two clauses of 1 Samuel 10:25, which see.
1 SAMUEL 12:1_ A_ (to witness). In response to a solemn adjuration
fr...
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DISCOURSE: 294
DEVOTION TO GOD URGED FROM A SENSE OF GRATITUDE
1 Samuel 12:23. _I will teach you the good and the right way: only
fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for
consid...
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DISCOURSE: 293
THE ISRAELITES’ REJECTION OF SAMUEL REPROVED
1 Samuel 12:16. Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which
the Lord will do before your eyes. Is it not wheat harvest to-day? I
wil...
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_Samuel Rebukes the People._ 1 Samuel 12:16-25
16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will
do before your eyes.
17 _Is it_ not wheat harvest today? I will call unto the Lord,...
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SAMUEL RESIGNS HIS JUDGESHIP
This chapter is a continuation of 1 Samuel 10:17, and the scene of the
events recorded is the great national assembly at Mizpeh. Notice,
however, the reference to Nahash ...
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 12
SAMUEL SPEAKS TO ALL THE *ISRAELITES FOR THE LAST TIME
V1 Samuel said to all the *Israelites, ‘I have done everything that
you wanted me t...
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MOREOVER, AS FOR ME. — “In this he sets a glorious example to all
rulers, showing them that they should not be led astray by the
ingratitude of their subordinates or subjects; and give up on that
acco...
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גַּ֣ם אָנֹכִ֗י חָלִ֤ילָה לִּי֙ מֵ
חֲטֹ֣א לַֽ
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CHAPTER XVII.
_ SAMUEL'S DEALINGS WITH THE PEOPLE._
1 Samuel 12:6.
2. HAVING vindicated himself (in the first five verses of this
chapter, 1 Samuel 12:1), Samuel now proceeds to his second point, an...
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HIS WARNING CONFIRMED FROM HEAVEN
1 Samuel 12:14
Having handed his office over to Saul, who henceforth was to shepherd
and lead the Chosen People, Samuel assured them that the Lord would
not forsake...
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At the confirmation of the king appointed by God by the consent of the
nation, Samuel delivered what was practically his last address to
them.
It was of the nature of a farewell message, in which was...
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_The Lord. For a pastor to neglect instruction, is not only
detrimental to the people, but injurious to God. (Haydock) --- Way.
None contributed more than Samuel to keep the people within due
bounds,...
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(20) And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this
wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the
LORD with all your heart; (21) And turn ye not aside: for th...
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We have already seen that the desire and deliberate decision of the
people for a king was a direct blow at the government of God in
Israel; but the time was come to permit the will of the people to ha...
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Samuel (chap. 12) receives the people's testimony to his fidelity. He
sets before them the ways of God towards them, their ingratitude and
foolishness in having asked for a king and rejected God. Neve...
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MOREOVER, AS FOR ME,.... As he had given them reason to believe that
God would forgive their sin, by which they had offended him, rejecting
him as their King, so he likewise forgave their offence agai...
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Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in
ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right
way:
Ver. 23. In ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach yo...
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1 Samuel testifieth his integritie.
6 Hee reprooueth the people of ingratitude.
16 He terrifieth them with thunder in haruest time.
20 He comforteth them in Gods mercy.
1 AND Samuel saide vnto all...
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Moreover, as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in
ceasing to pray for you; but I will teach you the good and the right
way. There was no personal resentment on the part of Samuel,...
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SAMUEL ADMONISHES THE PEOPLE TO STEADFASTNESS...
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This chapter intervenes in the history as a solemn reproof to Israel
and a warning of the dangers to which they had exposed themselves by
asking for a king The voice of the prophet is not to be put in...
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IN CEASING:
_ Heb._ from ceasing...
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16-25 At Samuel's word, God sent thunder and rain, at a season of the
year when, in that country, the like was not seen. This was to
convince them they had done wickedly in asking a king; not only by...
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Think not that because you have so highly disobliged and rejected me,
that I will revenge myself by neglecting to pray for you, or by
praying against you, as I have now done for your conviction and
hu...
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1 Samuel 12:23
Notice: (1) Some of the reasons for intercessory prayer, and (2) some
of its encouragements.
I. Why is intercessory prayer a great thing? (1) St. Paul lays it down
as a positive comman...
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CONTENTS: Samuel's proclamation of the kingdom. Deliverances of God
rehearsed. The sign of thunder and rain.
CHARACTERS: God, Samuel.
CONCLUSION: Religion has reason on its side (1 Samuel 12:7) whic...
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1 Samuel 12:2. _I am old and grey-headed._ Some think Samuel was now
seventy three or eighty years of age; others think he was but sixty
three. Usher's chronology is much embarrassed here.
1 Samuel 12...
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_God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for
you._
SAMUEL: AN EXAMPLE OF INTERCESSION
It is a very great privilege to be permitted to pray for our fellow
men Such prayers are...
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_Now, therefore, behold the king whom ye have chosen._
SAMUEL’S FAREWELL ADDRESS
I. One could hardly fail to note what is here taught respecting the
condition of true prosperity. Samuel plainly tells...
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_And Samuel maid unto the people._
SAMUEL’S DEALINGS WITH THE PEOPLE
Having vindicated himself (in the first five verses of this chapter),
Samuel now proceeds to his second point, and takes the peopl...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 12:1 The setting of this address is not
clear, though it was probably a different occasion than ch. 1 Samuel
11:1. From now on, Samuel will no longer be the judge of all Is
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 12:23 Praying and instruction are two of
Samuel’s major roles as prophet, even now that Israel has its king.
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—
1 Samuel 12:1. “AND SAMUEL SAID,” etc. “The time and place of
the following address are not given, but it is evident from the
connection with the preceding chapter, and...
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EXPOSITION
SAMUEL'S EXHORTATION TO THE PEOPLE AT GILGAL. This speech of Samuel is
not to be regarded as a farewell address made upon his resignation of
his office; for though a new power had been intr...
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Now in the twelfth chapter Samuel is now sort of stepping down because
they have now proclaimed the king. So his career as the judge over
Israel has pretty much come to an end, as the reigns of govern...
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1 Kings 8:36; 1 Thessalonians 3:10; 2 Chronicles 6:27; 2 Timothy 1:3;...