S3 E11: Saul, the first celebrity pastor

1 Samuel 9-31.

Here comes the King! So far in the narrative, God has been the good and wonderful King of his people. But his people did not want God as their King, but rather wanted "a King like the rest of the nations." So God gives the best humanity has to offer, Saul. And where Saul looked good on the outside, he is ungodly on the inside. His life was not marked by faith in God, but fear in man. It is easy to look at the "Sauls" around us, but this passage forces us to face the "Saul" within us. We are all guilty of elevating ourselves or others above God. But it is only when God comes down that we actually see the King our hearts were made for.

 

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