1 Samuel Foreword

Sermon on 1 Samuel 1:15

"POURING OUT YOUR SOUL TO GOD" I. "I AM A WOMAN OF SORROWFUL SPIRIT." A. She had come to the place of weeping all the time. 1. She had stopped eating. 2. Her husband didn't understand her. a. He took her on a vacation and she cried the whole time. B. Why was she so sorrowful? 1. She was in a polygamous marriage. a. Any man is a fool who thinks he can meet all the needs of tw...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 1:17-19

"WHEN GOD DELAYS TO ANSWER OUR PRAYERS" Intro. In the Bible we see examples of prayers that were not answered immediately, it is interesting to study these situations to find out why God delayed the answers to these prayers. I. THE FIRST PRAYER IS THAT OF MOSES. PERHAPS ONE OF THE GREATEST MEN IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. GOD GAVE TO HIM THE LAW WHICH IS THE BASIS FOR ALL OF THE L...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 2:9-10

HANNAH BARREN, PRAYS, VOWS, ANSWERED, FULFILLED I. "HE WILL KEEP THE FEET OF HIS SAINTS." A. From what will He keep the feet of His saints? 1. Straying - Ps. 37:23 "The steps of a good man." 2. Falling - "Now unto Him who is able to keep..." B. How does He keep? 1. Through His Word "...lamp unto my feet." "And you shall hear a voice behind you saying..." Is. 30:21. 2. Throug...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 4:3

"THE FOLLY OF RELIGION" Intro: Mistake - they wanted the Lord in there midst. They thought that the symbol of His presence was enough to insure victory. Man is a spirit, he inhabits a body possessing a soul. Integrated-interrelated. True religion is spiritual, the forms and symbols are the body. They help us understand. Doctrine of atonement taught in Jewish religion to help unders...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 4:21

"ICHABOD" I. THE BACKGROUND. A. Israel was in a horrible spiritual state, and when they went went out to fight against the Philistines, they were defeated. The elders asked "Why has the Lord smitten us before our enemies?" Someone got the bright idea that if they would bring the Ark of the Covenant to the battlefield, it would somehow force God to help them. 1. They had been smi...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 7:12

"THE EBENEZER STONE" Intro. The Philistines were bitter and implacable foes of Israel. There was constant conflict between them, and Israel usually got the worst of it. The Philistines had already entered into the Iron Age, and Israel had not, thus the Philistines had superior weapons. The Philistines had been oppressing them so they cried unto the Lord. I. SAMUEL TOLD THEM THE PA...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 7:12

"FACING THE NEW YEAR" I. "HITHERTO HATH THE LORD HELPED US -- LOOKING BACK." A. The Bible states that the final world governing empire will be a federation of 10 European countries. 1. This past month, it was announced officially that Greece has been accepted as the 10th nation Jan. 1, 1981. B. The Bible says that Iran will be allied with Russia in the attack against Israel alo...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 7:12

"THE EBENEZER STONE" I. LIVING IS A TRIAL. A. No one is immune. "Beloved, think it not strange..." B. The children of Israel were living beside the Philistines who were always hostile. 1. Always seeking opportunities to attack. 2. Aggressive, hostile neighbors can be a trial. C. The lords of the Philistines had gathered their armies against Israel at Mizpeh. 1. The children o...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 10:6-7 "THE SPIRIT FILLED LIFE" Intro: Israel's clamor for a king. Saul's appointment. Natural qualfications - great physique, courageous, wealthy family, modest person. These all from natural side. Samuel speaks to him of the divine qualifications "The Spirit of the Lord will come upon you." Three fold purpose. I. "THOU SHALT PROPHESY" (BENEFIT OUTWARD). A. Gift of prophecy not always ...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 10:26

"HEARTS TOUCHED BY GOD" Intro. I do not know of any scripture that is more fraught with potential than our present passage. "A band of men whose heart's God had touched." I used to sing in a Men's Cantata when I was in High School. One of the songs we sang had lyrics that went, "Give me some men who are stouthearted men, who will fight for the right they adore, start me with ten wh...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 12:13

"THOU ART THE MAN" Intro: David, though called "a man after God's own heart" was far from perfect. Sin with Bathsheba. Thought he had covered his guilt. I. THE PARABLE OF NATHAN. A. David's anger kindled. 1. How evil our sins look when somebody else is committing them. 2. "The man shall surely die." a. David was pronouncing judgment upon himself. B. "Thou art the man." II. D...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 12:22-23

"THE SIN OF PRAYERLESSNESS" Intro: This had been a day of national failure, the nation through the insistence of the people degraded from a theocracy to monarchy. Insisting on second best, they had just seen the signs of God's displeasure and cried out to Samuel to pray for them. Samuel exhorted them then he said: "God forbid..." I. WHY IS PRAYERLESSNESS A SIN AGAINST THE LORD? A...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 12:23

"THE SIN OF NOT PRAYING" Intro. The nation of Israel has rejected God from being king over them and have demanded that they be given a king like the other nations. God chose for them a king who was the most qualified in all the land. Samuel is now rebuking the people for demanding a king, and tells them of God's displeasure, saying that it would be manifested by a downpour of rain ...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 13:14

"GOD'S SEARCH" Intro: God could accomplish His work on this earth apart from man, but He has chosen not to. I. GOD'S QUEST FOR A MAN. A. God seeks to work in the world today. 1. The world desperately needs God's help. a. Sin has run its course for 6,000 years. b. We see the bitter fruit. 1. Sick minds. 2. Sick bodies. 3. Sick air and water. 4. Sick governments. 5. Sick mo...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 13:14

"THE MAN GOD SEEKS" Intro: God seeks for men to accomplish His purposes in the earth. Ezekiel speaks of a time of national apostasy when "God sought for a Man." I. SAUL, THE MAN GOD REJECTED. A. Saul was a disappointment. 1. He possessed many excellent natural qualities for leadership. a. He came from a good family. b. He was humble. c. He was tall and good looking. 2. He co...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 15:1-3

"UTTERLY DESTROY" 1SA 15:1 Samuel said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over his people Israel: now therefore listen unto the word of the LORD. 1SA 15:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he sought to ambush him when he came up from Egypt. 1SA 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 17:36-37

"THE GIANT KILLER" Intro: Much said about David's conquest of giant. David's word battle with brothers and king more trying ordeal than fighting giant. More trouble with depressing influence of friends. Eliab chided, David answered with few choice words and turned away. David restrained himself from provocation thus greater than men who tax a city. Saul "thou art a youth" - David "...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 17:45-47

"GOD'S SALVATION" I. DAVID'S CONFIDENCE IN THE LORD'S DELIVERANCE. "THIS DAY WILL THE LORD DELIVER THEE INTO MY HANDS." A. Where did he get such confidence? 1. He knew it was the Lord's, "the battle is the Lord's." a. The giant had not defiled David's name. b. He had defiled the name of Jehovah. c. David knew the Lord would defend His name 2. There is a vast difference betwee...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 20:3

"ONE STEP FROM ETERNITY" Intro. Saul is obsessed with an ungodly jealousy of David which has prompted him to try twice to kill David with a javelin. In the next several chapters we will find him chasing David all over the countryside trying to catch him to kill him. I. JONATHAN THE SON OF SAUL HAS BECOME A VERY CLOSE ALLY TO DAVID. THERE WAS A BEAUTIFUL BOND BETWEEN THEM. A. In t...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 20:6-7

"TURNED INTO ANOTHER MAN" I. "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD WILL COME UPON THEE." A. What a belssed priviledge! 1. Think of it - God's Spirit upon man. 2. "Your body the temple of the Holy Spirit." B. What a rare priviledge. 1. In O.T. times very few knew this blessing. 2. Moses desired it for the whole camp one 70 out of 2,000,000. 3. Joel prophesied of a coming day. 4. Peter bor...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 21:10-12

"TRAPPED BY FEAR" Intro. We are living in a time of fear. The Islam terrorists are at war against the Jews and the whole Western culture. We have finally awakened to the reality of this war. And finally realized that Israel is not the only target. It has been going on for many years but we have for the most part ignored it. The downing of the Pan Am flight over Scotland was an act ...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 26:21

"THEN SAID SAUL, I HAVE SINNED: RETURN, MY SON DAVID: FOR I WILL NO MORE DO THEE HARM, BECAUSE MY SOUL WAS PRECIOUS IN THINE EYES THIS DAY: BEHOLD, I HAVE PLAYED THE FOOL, AND HAVE ERRED EXCEEDINGLY." Intro. Wrong to think that a man does not know the truth about himself. We spend most of our lives trying to hide the truth from others, but often if caught in an unguarded moment we ...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 26:21

"PLAYING THE FOOL" I. A LOOK AT THE MAN. A. 9:2 - A choice young man and goodly. 1. Tremendous physique. 2. Looks aren't everything. B. Good family life - 9:5. C. Humble - 9:21. II. OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAME TO HIM. A. Opportunity to reign over God's people - 10:2. B. Spirit of God will come upon you - 10:6. C. Surrounded by band of men whose hearts God had touched - 10:26....

Sermon on 1 Samuel 26:21

"I HAVE PLAYED THE FOOL" Intro: Autobiography. A man knows the truth about himself, though he seeks to hide it from others. I. THE MAN SAUL. A. His natural qualities. 1. He was tall and good looking. "A choice young man and goodly." a. Looks and physique isn't everything. 2. Good home life. Caring, loving. a. "My father will be worried about me." 3. Humble. a. My tribe is t...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 26:21

"I HAVE PLAYED THE FOOL" Intro: Autobiography. A man knows the truth about himself, though he seeks to hide it from others. I. THE MAN SAUL. A. His natural qualities. 1. He was tall and good looking. "A choice young man and goodly." a. Looks and physique isn't everything. 2. Good home life. Caring, loving. a. "My father will be worried about me." 3. Humble. a. My tribe is t...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 26:21

"I HAVE PLAYED THE FOOL" Intro: That is Saul's autobiography, pure, simple, concise, complete. It is wrong to assume that a man does not know the truth about himself. Saul was caught by surprise. I. A LOOK AT THE MAN WHO UTTERED THESE WORDS. A. "A choice young man and goodly" or handsome. 1. He had a tremendous physical physique. 2. "From his shoulders and upwards, he was highe...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 26:21

Intro: Wrong to think a man doesn't know truth about himself. I. THE MAN WHO MADE THIS STATEMENT. A. "A choice young man and goodly." 1. Handsome & phsique. 2. Issac Watts. B. Good family background "Mighty man of power." 1. First introduced to him searching for lost donkey's of his father. C. Humble - when first told by Samuel that he was to be king. D. Splendid courage - N...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 26:21

"PLAYING THE FOOL" Intro: Autobiography in six words; he sums up his life story. The occasion - man knows the truth about himself. I. THE MAN WHO SPOKE. A. Came from good family. 1. Kish his father a Benjamite "a mighty man of victory." 2. Secure in love of home. "Father cease worrying." B. Man of splendid physique. C. Man of simple life on farm. D. Man of modest disposition...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 28:6

"WHEN GOD STOPS SPEAKING" 1SA 28:6 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. 1SA 28:15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophe...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 30:6

"DAVID ENCOURAGED HIMSELF IN THE LORD" Intro. It was a very discouraging day for David, for when he returned from the battlefield with his men, they discovered that in their absence the city had been sacked by a group of terrorists, their families were missing, and the city had been looted and burned. The men in some sort of convoluted way held David responsible for what had happen...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 30:6

"ENCOURAGE YOURSELF IN THE LORD" Intro: David and his men had gone to help king Achish in battle. When they returned to Ziglag they found the city burned and families gone. David's men turned on him and spoke of stoning. I. THE NEED OF ENCOURAGEMENT. A. In times of discouragement. 1. Trying to do the right thing can often be discouraging. a. People will turn on you, call you st...

Sermon on 1 Samuel 30:20

"DAVID'S SPOIL" Intro: David's men in despair, thought of stoning him. David type of Christ. I. ALL THE SPOIL WAS DAVID'S, ALL THE GOOD WE ENJOY COMES TO US THROUGH CHRIST. A. Without Him we can do nothing. B. The spoiler had brought us to nothing. C. For David's sake, God gave success to his band. 1. For Jesus' sake. D. Their victory came because of David's victory. E. By n...