The Impulse to Vengeance Restrained: Who's the Fool?

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The Impulse to Vengeance Restrained: Who's the Fool?

1 Samuel 25:1-17

September 8, 2024 • Pastor Paul Edwards • 1 Samuel 25:1–17

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David and his men have been providing protection for Nabal and his possessions. When David sends his men to Nabal to request payment for services rendered, Nabal insults David. David's response reveals a surprising flaw in David's character which to this point in our studies of 1 Samuel we have never seen.

There are lessons to be learned here about the restraining providence of God which kept David from becoming a bigger fool than Nabal.

Going Home...And There is No Home

November 17, 2024 • Pastor Paul Edwards • 1 Samuel 30:1–10

How can it cany any worse? All of us have asked this question when circumstances have overwhelmed us. Almost since our first meeting David in 1 Samuel 16, he has lived his life as a fugitive from Saul and the unrelenting object of Saul's wrath. And just when you think it can't get any worse, he loses everything.

Questions Raised When Raising Samuel

October 28, 2024 • Pastor Paul Edwards • 1 Samuel 28:7–14

When the Lord does not answer Saul's inquiry, Saul seeks out a woman with a familiar spirit to conjure Samuel from the dead. This episode in our Bibles raises some questions about the legitimacy of the occult, the ability of this woman to bring up Samuel from the dead, and whether it is actual Samuel who appears or a demonic apparition.

The Sound of Silence

October 27, 2024 • Pastor Paul Edwards • 1 Samuel 28:3–25

The running theme of 1 Samuel 28 is the silence of God. Saul is distressed to the point of a mental breakdown. The Lord is not responding to his inquiry about a coming battle with the Philistines. He has used every legitimate means in an attempt to get God's attention to no avail, so he turns to a woman who practices divination to conjure the prophet Samuel from the dead.