I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”therefore I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven’t entreated the favor of Yahweh.’ I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering.”Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the Lord: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.therefore said I, Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Gilgal, and I have not entreated the favor of Jehovah: I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt-offering.
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… And so he takes matters into his own hand. Worship team, come join me. Watch what it says here, 1 Samuel chapter 13, verse 12. I said, now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the Lord. So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering. man that those words hit me like because I don't know how many times I've forced things in my own strength in my life have you I'm gonna force this it's gonna make it's gonna work how I want and I'm gonna force it and I'm gonna some of you know how to force friendships and force favor and force deals but when you follow Jesus you stop forcing and you start faithing I'm not because by the way whatever you force, you've got to sustain. But whatever you faith, God will pay the bill for everything he's a part of. so when we follow Jesus it's not by force it is by faith by faith I serve the Lord by faith I worship him by faith I wait on God by faith I serve by faith I tithe by faith I take a Sabbath day of rest by faith I wait for the right person by everything we do is not by force it is now by faith. So my question to you is, are you walking by sight or are you walking by faith? Do you know how much faith it takes for us to launch the South Bay right now? And I'm so grateful for our team …
… Sometimes we can't trust our thoughts. He says, I thought, now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the Lord's favor. So I felt compelled. I thought and I felt. Two kind of scary things to trust sometimes. So I felt and I thought. I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering. And he justifies his actions by saying he felt compelled to act. Because of this, God began the process of removing Saul as king. And preparing to raise David to be king of Israel. But because he thought and because he felt. And deception or desensitization to ourselves is just not the right way to walk in the will of God. it says that when we walk with God, that he's Emmanuel, God, with us. And I don't know about you, but the last time I walk with someone, I don't want to just sit there on my own journey and listen to my own thoughts and to my own words. …
That step was as follows: since Samuel had not come, he determined to offer the burnt sacrifice instead of him; he determined to do what he could not do without a great sin; viz. intrude into a sacred office to which he was not called; nay, to do what he really could not do at all; for he might call it a sacrifice, but it would not be really such, unless a priest or prophet offered it. You know how great a crime it is for persons now to become teachers and preachers, or to baptize or administer the Lord's Supper without authority; this was Saul's crime, he determined on sacrificing, without being an appointed minister of God. This is a crime often denounced in Scripture, as in the case of Korah, and Jeroboam, and Uzziah. Korah was swallowed up by the earth on account of it; Jeroboam had his hand withered, and was punished in his family; and Uzziah was smitten with leprosy. Yet this was Saul's sin. "And Saul said," in the words of the text, "Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings; and he offered the burnt offering." Now observe what happened immediately afterwards. "And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came, and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him." You see, if he had waited but one hour more, he would have been saved this sin; in other words, he would have succeeded in his trial instead of failing. But he failed, and the consequence was, he lost God's favour, and forfeited his kingdom. …