Parting Shots

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Parting Shots

1 Samuel 20:35-42

March 24, 2024 • Pastor Paul Edwards • 1 Samuel 20:35–42

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Chapter 20 closes with the bitter scene of the parting of Jonathan and David. David will remain a fugitive from Saul, yet Jonathan's final words to him are "Go in peace."

How can Jonathan wish David peace when he knows full well his father's intentions to kill David if he ever finds him?

How can we have peace in circumstances that cause us anxiety and fear?

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.