Public Defender (1 Samuel 15:1-3) | 6/30/24

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Public Defender
(1 Samuel 15:1-3)

Main Idea:
Real sin demands real consequences.

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Context Matters.

  1. CULTURAL Context: Nature of War.

  2. HISTORICAL Context: Establishing a Kingdom.

  3. THEOLOGICAL Context: True Justice

 
 

Reflection Questions

  • At first read, how does this passage hit you?

    >> What thoughts / feelings / anxiety / comfort / names come to mind?

  • What is difficult about God’s command to Saul?

    >> What is comforting about the same command?

    >> You can ask the same questions about the flood (Noah’s ark) in Gen. 6.

  • Zooming out, how does this account in 1 Samuel paint a picture of the much bigger story of God, humanity, justice, and comfort?

    >> Where do those considerations land with you?

  • Having wrestled with the perfect justice of God, what hope comes from the same realities when looking at our own sin, and Christ’s death on the cross?

 
 
Scott O'Donohoe