Let's read this chapter and come
back and make a few comments on it. And the Ziphites came
unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in
the hill of Hekilah, which is before Jessamon? Then Saul arose
and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand
chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness
of Ziph. And Saul pitched in the hill of Hekilah, which is
before Jessamon by the way. And David abode in the wilderness,
and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. David
therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come
and very deep. And David arose and came to the
place where Saul had pitched, and David beheld the place where
Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host.
And Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about
him. Then answered David, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite,
and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who
will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said,
I will go down with thee. So David and Abishai came to
the people by night, and behold Saul lay sleeping within the
trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster, that's
his pillow. And Abner and the people lay round about him. Then
said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine
hand this Now, therefore, let me smite him, I pray thee, with
the spear, even to the earth at once, when I am not smiting
the second time." David said to Abishai, this is his nephew,
he told Abishai, he said, destroy him not, for who could stretch
forth his hand against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless? David
said, furthermore, as the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite
him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall descend into
battle and perish. The Lord forbid that I should
stretch forth my hand against the Lord's anointed. But I pray
thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster in the
cruse of water, and let us go.' So David took the spear and the
cruse of water from Saul's bolster, and they got them away. And no
man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaited, for they were all asleep,
because a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them. Then
David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of
a hill afar off. a great space being between them.
And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner,
saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? And Abner answered and said,
Who art thou that cries to the king? David said to Abner, Art
thou not a valiant man? Art thou not known to be a valiant
man? And who is like to thee in Israel? Wherefore then hast
thou not kept thy lord the king? For there came one out of the
people in to destroy the king thy lord. This thing is not good
that thou hast done. As the Lord liveth, ye are worthy
to die, because ye have not kept your master, the Lord's anointed.
And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water
that was at his bolster. And Saul knew David's voice,
and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? David said, It
is my voice, my lord, O king. And he said, Wherefore doth my
lord thus pursue after his servant? For what have I done, or what
evil is in mine hand? Now, therefore, I pray thee,
let my Lord the King hear the words of his servant. If the
Lord hath stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering.
But if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the
Lord. For they have driven me out this
day from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go serve
other gods. Now, therefore, let not my blood
fall to the earth before the face of the Lord. For the King
of Israel is come out to seek a flee. as when one doth hunt
a partridge in the mountains. 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. And David answered and said,
Behold the king's spear. Let one of the young men come
over and fetch it. The Lord rendered to every man
his righteousness and his faithfulness. For the Lord delivered thee into
my hand today, but I would not stretch forth my hand against
the Lord's anointed. And behold, as thy life was much
set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by
in the eyes of the Lord." You notice he didn't say, let my
life be much set in your eyes. Let my life be much set by in
the eyes of the Lord and let him deliver me out of all Then
Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David. Thou shalt
both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David
went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. And as far as we
know, these two men never saw one another again. This is the
last time they saw one another. Now there seems like there's
a theme running through this book as we've studied it. And
that theme is weight on the Lord. Would you just wait on the Lord?
Have we learned that lesson? We don't have to take matters
into our own hands because we know this. The Lord will accomplish
his purpose and he'll do it in his time and in his way. We've
seen that through our study back at the beginning of the book,
the birth of Samuel. The Lord sent that blessing to
Hannah and to all of Israel in his time. Hannah would tell you
she waited a long time. But that boy finally came, didn't
he? He came in God's time. Then we saw how the Lord revealed
himself to Samuel at a very young age. He told Samuel what would
happen. Samuel had to go tell Eli what's
going to happen to Israel and to Eli's two sons. And everything
happened just like the Lord said would happen, didn't it? Eli's
sons died and the Philistines, they took the Ark of the Covenant
back with them. When our boys, we better raise us an army. and
go back and take that covenant, the Ark of the Covenant, back
from the Philistines, shouldn't we? Why not just wait a minute? The
Lord smote the Philistines. Remember, He smote them with
all kinds of horrible ailments, and they brought the Ark back
and made the Israelites take it back. The Lord accomplished
His will and His time and His way. We read where the Lord way
back there promised Israel a king. Time went on, and they would
not wait on the Lord. to raise up the king. If they
just waited, the Lord would have raised up David, but they couldn't
wait. They had to have a king and they chose Saul. They chose
Saul because he was taller than everyone else. Head and shoulders
above everyone else. He was stronger than everyone
else. He's tall, dark, and handsome. He just looks like a king, doesn't
he? The problem was he may have looked like a king, but Saul
was not a king. And Israel suffered because they chose this one to
be their king. And this is very sobering. The
Lord gave Israel their way. Instead of his way, he gave them
their way. And they suffered for it. You
remember, we read where Saul, he was getting ready to go into
the battle against the Philistines. But Samuel wasn't there. And
he would not wait on Samuel to get there to offer the sacrifice.
So Saul acted as his own high priest and offered a sacrifice.
And God took the kingdom from Saul because he violated the
sacrifice. He violated the picture of the
sacrifice of God's Son when he acted as his own high priest.
We can't come to God as our own high priest. We've got to come
through the high priest that God's appointed. And Saul lost
the kingdom because of it. He didn't wait on the Lord. Then
we read where David was hiding in a cave. In the very cave that
Saul just happened to come into to lay down and take a nap. David
could have killed him, but he didn't do it. All his men were
encouraging David to kill him, just like here in this story.
But David would not put forth his hand against God's anointing.
And they cut off the skirt of Saul's robe so he could tell
Saul, I could have killed you, but I didn't. I didn't kill you
because I'm waiting on the Lord to accomplish his purpose and
his time. Then we read where David ended up finding himself
surrounded by Saul's army in this very area where David is
hiding in this chapter. They had David completely surrounded. They were doomed. And suddenly
out of nowhere come these messengers telling Saul the Philistines
have invaded the land. And Saul had to leave David and
take his army and go defend Israel. Now those Philistines didn't
just invade the land at that particular moment by accident.
They did that at God's appointed time. So we see God delivered
David. David didn't deliver himself
because he had some brilliant military plan. No, he is surrounded. God delivered him and made the
enemy to just leave him alone and go away. Then we saw in the
last chapter, Abigail found David and she showed him some wisdom
and convinced him, now David, don't avenge yourself here. Don't
avenge yourself against my husband, Napal. Just wait on the Lord.
And David waited and sure enough, the Lord struck Napal and he
died. And here in this chapter, David could have killed Saul
while he slept. A deep sleep had fallen upon
him. He wouldn't have woke up as David crept up to him. A deep
sleep had fallen upon him from the Lord. And David could kill
him, take the throne. But he didn't do it. Because
he would not put forth his hand against God's anointed. Now Saul,
you remember I told you this before, is the Lord's anointed.
Many times Saul is called the Lord's anointed. And he's the
Lord's anointed in a political way. He's not the Lord's anointed
in a spiritual way, in a political way. To be the king of Israel
at this time. Saul is not king by accident.
He's not king because this is man's will. He's king by God's
sovereign will. And David's going to wait on
the Lord till he removes Saul and lets David ascend to the
throne. David's not going to ascend to the throne when he
wills. When he comes up with a way to get rid of Saul, he
knows he'll ascend to the throne when God wills. And he's content
to wait on the Lord. Now, have we learned that lesson?
How many times do we have to be told, wait on the Lord? David
said, wait, I say, upon the Lord. He will accomplish his purpose.
In whatever situation it is that we're in, I promise you this,
we're in this situation at this particular moment by God's express
will and purpose. No event in our life, however
minor, is an accident. It's not an accident. We just
didn't happen to have bad luck. This came to us by God's sovereign
will and purpose. So if it's a time of blessing,
give thanks. Give thanks to God who gave it.
Because He's the one who gave it. And if it's a time of trial
and heartache, call to God who sent it. Call to Him. Ask God
to teach us the lesson that He has for us to learn. If it's
a time of trouble and heartache, Call unto God. He's able to comfort. If it's a time of trial, call
unto God. David said, He's able to deliver
me from all tribulation. So call to Him. Wait on Him. Now, I have read this chapter
a hundred times this week. I have struggled with this lesson
more than any in many years. And Brother Dale told me Wednesday
night he's reading a book by Octavius Winslow. Is that his
name? Octavius Winslow. who uses this phrase, looking
for Christ in the shadows. And that's why I've looked and
looked and looked at this chapter, looking for Christ in the shadows.
Because if we're going to get a blessing from this chapter
or any portion of scripture, that's what we have to do. We
have to find Christ in the scripture. With the Lord's blessing, I believe
I can show you something here that'll help you. In this chapter,
there are two kings. These two kings, David and Saul,
two kings, and they represent Two religions. The two religions
that are on this earth. Whatever name you want to call
them, they're two religions. You can call it grace and works.
You can call it salvation by God's grace and him giving life. Or it's salvation by you coming
to knowledge of doctrine. Whatever it is you want to call
it. These men represent these two religions. Saul represents
man's way. He is man's way of salvation.
He is the king that men chose for themselves. And David represents
God's way of salvation. Salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ,
David's son. In verse 13, when David cried
to the king, he made sure there was a great space between them,
didn't he, before he called to him. Well, there is a great space. There is a great difference between
these two kings and these two ways of salvation, two religions. Now, if the Lord's given you
eyes to see, There's no choice. It's so obvious to you. There's
no choice about which one of these two ways to follow. There
is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are
the ways of death. And that's all. He looked good
to men. It looked like the way to follow the men, but the end
thereof is the ways of death. If the Lord's given you eyes
to see, you're not going to follow that way, even though almost
everyone else does. Most people will follow that
broad way. Just like most people followed
Saul, most of Israel followed Saul. The Ziphites here in verse
1, they had hitched their political wagon to Saul. They were determined
to have him as king. It looked to them like he is
the best solution. So they betrayed David. And these
3,000 men, Saul had his pick of all the men in Israel. He
hand-chose these 3,000 men, the best. to go after David, but
he could have taken 30,000 if he wanted to, because all of
Israel followed after Saul. Just 600 of them were with David.
They just had 600 men. Very few. And these Ziphites
were of the tribe of Judah. They're of David's tribe. They're
his family. And they betrayed David, just
like Judas, who spent three years with our Lord in his close inner
circle, betrayed our Lord for 30 pieces of silver. And these
Jews, their descendants never changed. All those years later,
when Christ came to this earth, what did they say? I'll not have
this man to reign over me. We have no king but Caesar, they
said. Crucify him. Just like their fathers of old.
Who will not have God's way, but will have their way. And you wonder why. Why is it
that so many oppose themselves? and refuse the Lord Jesus Christ. If you refuse Christ, you're
not opposing God. You're opposing yourself. You're
opposing your own best interest. Why is it that men do this? They're
dead. They are spiritually dead. No goodness in them. They're
sound asleep. And they'll stay that way unless
God gives them life. Look over John chapter 3. If we're ever going to see Christ
and come to Him, God's got to give life. John 3, verse 3, Jesus
answered and said unto him, unto Nicodemus, Verily, verily, I
say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How
can a man be born when he's old? How can he enter the second time
into his mother's womb and be born? Jesus answered, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of
the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which
is born of the flesh is flesh. It wouldn't do you any good to
enter the second time into your mother's womb and be born again,
because you'd be born the same way. Flesh. That which is born
of the flesh is flesh. And that which is born of the
Spirit is spirit. So marvel not that I said unto
thee, ye must be born again." Men who are dead can't do anything. They can't do anything but stink. That's what dead men can do.
Now, it's not that men aren't religious. Men are very religious.
This flesh is very religious. But men are spiritually dead.
So they will not come to Christ. Look over a few pages, John 5.
John 5, verse 39. Search the scriptures. For in them ye think ye have
eternal life. See, these are religious men. It's not that
they're not religious. These are religious men. He says
to them, you do search the scriptures. For in them ye think ye have
eternal life. And those very scriptures are
they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me that
ye might have life. How can you read the scriptures
which testify of Christ and never come to him? You're dead. That's why you're dead. And so
you will not come to me. And after a while, men who will
not come to Christ cannot come to Christ. You will not. You
will not. You will not. And ultimately,
you cannot come to Christ. After a while, God sends judicial
blindness. He sends this deep sleep that
came upon Saul and his men. He sends judicial blindness upon
them so that they cannot come. Look over page of chapter six,
verse 42, John. And they said, Is not this Jesus,
the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it
then that he say, If I came down from heaven? Jesus therefore
answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves,
No man can come to me." Now hold your place there. No man can
come to me. Hold your place there so we'll
come back to it and turn over to John chapter 12. This is this
judicial blindness. In verse 34, the people answered
him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth forever.
How sayest thou that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who
is this Son of Man? Then Jesus said unto them, Yet
a little while is light with you. Walk while ye have the light,
lest darkness come upon you. For he that walketh in darkness
knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe
in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These
things spake Jesus and departed, and look what he did. He did
hide himself from them. They couldn't find him. But though
he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed
not on him, that the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled,
which he spake, Lord, who hath believed, I'll report, and to
whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? Therefore they
could not believe. Because as Isaiah said again,
he had blinded their eyes and hardened their heart that they
should not see with their eyes nor understand with their heart
and should be converted and I should heal them. They could not come
to him because God had sent judicial blindness upon them and blinded
their eyes. In 2 Corinthians chapter 3, we
read of Pharaoh hardening his heart. Pharaoh hardened his heart.
Pharaoh hardened his heart. And one day God hardened Pharaoh's
heart. And what happened to Pharaoh? He drowned in the Red Sea. God
hardened his heart. In 2 Corinthians 3 verse 12,
seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness
of speech, and not as Moses, which put a veil over his face,
that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to, to the
end of that which is abolished. But their minds were blinded.
For until this day remaineth the same veil untaken away in
the reading of the Old Testament, which veil is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when
Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart." That's judicial
blindness. God's put that veil upon their
heart. No man can come to me. They cannot because they would
not. Now, turn back to John 6 there. No man can come to me except
There is hope in God's sovereign mercy and grace. No man can come
to me except the Father which has sent me draw him, and I will
raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets,
and they shall be all taught of God." How do you know someone's
been taught of God? Well, he tells us here in verse
45. Every man, therefore, that hath heard and learned of the
Father does what? Thank God for His softened mercy
and grace, that He does in mercy and grace reveal Himself to His
people. Bob was talking Friday after
the funeral, how I just wish we could shake men out of their
sleep and tell them, wake up! Wake up! This life is not all
there is! Wake up! Look to Christ! Come
to Christ! And we would like to shake men,
wouldn't we? But we can't do it. But God can. We preach the
gospel and God gives life. We preach one man water, one
man sows, another man waters, but God gives the increase. He'll
wake his people up. He'll give them life. Now, are
you awake this morning? Are you? Do you have life this
morning so you hear and you understand God's Word? Do you give thanks? Oh, be thankful. Be a thankful
people. This is the gift of God. It doesn't
come from the flesh. It's a gift of God. Now, back
in our text, Saul was asleep. It wasn't just Saul's men that
were asleep. It wasn't just his sentries that
were supposed to be protecting the camp that were asleep. Saul
was asleep, too. And that's the God of man's religion.
He's not very powerful, is he? He sleeps. He sleeps. He's just
like the people that invented him. He's got weaknesses. He
gets tired. He sleeps. He doesn't pay attention.
He's just like the people that invented him. You remember 1
Kings 18 when Elijah was mocking those false prophets. And he
said, cry loud. They've been crying all day.
He said, cry loud. Cry louder. He's a God. Maybe
he's pursuing or he's on a journey. Maybe he's gone somewhere. Perventure,
he's sleeping. And you've got to wake him up.
That's the God of this world. He sleeps. That's Saul. That's
not our God. What did David say about our
God? He that keepeth Israel shall
neither slumber nor sleep. Now God's in control. God is
sovereign and in control of everything that happens in his creation.
And you can rest assured of this. God's not asleep at the wheel.
This thing's not going to crash because he's asleep at the wheel.
He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. And
Saul lay sleeping in the trench. Now what that means is he was
surrounded by the chariots and the wagons. And all the people
were surrounding. And I understand why they did
that. They're protecting the king and, you know, it's what
I'd do if I was them, too. But there's a good picture here
about the man's religion, a man's God. Man's God has to be protected. He's always got to be propped
up, just like Saul had to be protected. Not our God. Look at Psalm 34. This is not
the way it works with our king and his people. We don't camp
around him and protect him. We don't defend him. He defends
us. Psalm 34, verse 7. The angel
of the Lord, that's Christ is the angel of the Lord. What does
he do? He encampeth round about them
that fear him and deliver them. We don't camp around him. He
camps around us to protect and defend his people. But now if
you look back in our text, Chapter 26 at 1 Samuel. Here's the key
to this chapter. I'm out of time, but let me give
you this, because I believe this is the key to the whole chapter.
Verse 11. David says, The Lord forbid that
I should stretch forth mine hand against the Lord's anointed.
But I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster,
and the crews of water, and let us go. So David took the spear
and the crews of water from Saul's bolster, and they got them away.
Now it seems like David didn't trust his nephew to go there
and take that spear and not kill Saul. So David went and took
the spear and the cruise of water. And that's a picture of our Savior. Men cannot be entrusted with
their salvation. We can't earn it and we can't
keep it. Christ accomplished all of the
salvation of his people by himself. And the first thing David took
from Saul was his spear. Now, that's what Eastern kings
in that day used as their scepter, his spear. David took Saul's
weapon. He took his strength. He took
his defense. And more importantly, he took
his symbol of royal authority. He took his scepter. And that's
the God of this world. He has no royal authority at
all. If you don't believe me, listen
to the people who preach. What do they say? Well, he's
got no hands, but your hands. He's got no mouth but your mouth.
He's got no hands or feet but your... He's got no royal authority. And worse yet, He cannot save
you unless you let Him. No royal authority. The authority
is yours. If that's God, the authority is yours, not His.
No royal authority. The God of this book is King
of Kings. the Lord of Lords, and he reigns
in absolute royal authority. David said, the Lord reigneth.
Let the earth rejoice. Look in Numbers 24. You know
when our king, he has a scepter. When Jacob was dying, he prophesied
of Judah. He said, the scepter shall not
depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet till Shiloh
come. Well, who is that scepter? What's
he talking about? Numbers 24, verse 16. He has
said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of
the Most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty falling
into a trance, but having his eyes open, I shall see him, but
not now. I shall behold him, but not nigh. There shall come a star out of
Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel and shall smite
the corners of Moab and destroy all the children of Seth." That
word scepter is capitalized on a person. A scepter shall rise
out of Judah. That's the Lord Jesus Christ.
The scepter is so much His. All the royal authority is so
much His. His very name is scepter. It's not just that He has a scepter.
He is the scepter. If you look in Psalm 45, Psalm 45, verse 6. His rule is absolute
and it's eternal. Thy throne, O God, is forever
and ever. The scepter of thy kingdom is
a right scepter. It's a righteous scepter. Christ
our King uses his royal authority to bring in righteousness to
his people. He uses his royal authority to
impute righteousness to his people. David took Saul's royal authority.
He also took Saul's cruise of water. He took his life. Water
is where you have life. Especially in this desert country,
you can't live without water. David took his life. He took
his water. And that's man's religion. There's
no life given in man's religion. There's no power. So there's
no power to give life either. They offer you a form of life,
but now you can lose it. You can have it one day and lose
it the next day. There's no power. There's no
life given. And Saul frequently changes his
way. He frequently repents. He frequently
reforms. All the time he's saying, well,
David, I made a mistake. I'll never do that again. He said, David,
I'll never hunt you to kill you again. And the next chapter,
what's he doing? Hunting David to kill him again.
There's no life. Our Lord Jesus Christ gives eternal
life that can never be lost. Look over in John chapter 4.
This is when our Lord was talking to that woman at the well. You remember the day our Lord
stood up on that last great day of the feast. Remember he cried?
If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink. They went
through all that religious ceremony and they were still dry and thirsty
and lifeless. And what our Lord said, come
to me and drink. He's the water of life. And that's
the same thing he tells this woman here at the well in John
chapter four, verse 10. Jesus answered and said unto
her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith
to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldst have asked of him, and
he would have given thee living water. The woman saith unto him,
Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. For
whence then hast thou that living water? Art thou greater than
our father Jacob?" Are you greater than Jacob? I'd say so. Which
gave us this well, and drank thereof himself, and his children,
and his cattle. Jesus answered and said unto
her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again. But
whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never
thirst. But the water that I shall give
him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting
life." And that conversation continued. And look over in verse
28. At the end of that conversation, what did that woman do? She left
her water pot and went her way into the city and saith to the
men, come see a which told me all things that ever I did. Is
not this the Christ? Why'd she leave her water pot?
She didn't need it anymore. She had Christ, the living water. She left her water pot. Once you see Christ, that other
king, that other religion, you have nothing to do with it anymore.
You put it down and leave it and go to him. David took Saul's
royal authority, the symbol of royal authority. He took his
life. But when he took that cruise of water, tell you the other
thing he took, he took what Saul would have used to wash in, didn't
he? And that's man's religion. Man's religion does not give
any cleansing from sin. They talk about a God who will
overlook your sin, who will accept you if your good outweighs the
bad. What if the good doesn't outweigh the bad? Which it doesn't,
but in their scenario and their hypothesis, what if the good
doesn't outweigh the bad? If you've got any good news for
a sinner like me, how is my sin going to be cleansed? They offer
no cleansing. They talk about it, just accept
the best you can do. They know nothing about cleansing
from sin. In our Lord Jesus Christ, we
have cleansing. What can wash away my sin? Nothing. but the blood of Jesus. What
can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
The blood of Jesus Christ God's Son cleanseth us from all sin. All sin. That's why our Lord
told Peter, you're washed. He that is washed need not save
to wash his feet. But he's clean every whip. Cleansed from all sin. Well, I've got a lot more. Let
me keep this one thing before I close. Saul, he was so changeable. He just constantly is changing
and trying to change. He's so changeable. That's man's
religion. That's the God of man's religion.
He's changeable. You accept him one day, you can
leave him the next. He'll just let you go. He'll
love you one day and hate you the next. That's Saul. That's the God of man's religion. Loves you one day and hates you
the next. Now I can show you that. What do they tell you about
their God? God loves you, and so do I. He
loves you. They're constantly begging you
to come to Him, begging you to accept Him. He loves you, He
loves you, He loves you, He loves you. And you die, and what does
He do? He sends you to hell. What kind of love is that? It's
changeable. Our God is the same. Yesterday,
today, and forever. I am the Lord, Jehovah. I change
not. Therefore, ye sons of Jacob are
not consented." Aren't you thankful? Oh, so thankful for God who does
not change in everlasting love and mercy. Saul and David, after
this chapter, never saw one another again. We never know when we'll
be the last time we hear the gospel. We never know. God help
us. God cause us to be awake. to
hear with the ear of faith, to see Him with the eye of faith,
to cling to Him. God give us life to cling to
Him. He's all. He is all. Alright,
the Lord bless you.