1 SAMUEL 8 THROUGH 11 NOTES=for MVF CHERYL=and BOBBY BOY

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 SAMUEL 8 THROUGH 11 NOTES=

FOR MVF CHERYL and Bobby Boy=5-4-2026

 

1 SAMUEL 8=ISRAEL DEMANDS A KING

 

=As SAMUEL grows old=His sons=BECOME CORRUPT JUDGES

 

=The ELDERS=ask for a KING=To rule them=LIKE

“ALL THE NATIONS”

 

=GOD tells Samuel=That the people=Are REJECTING HIM=

As their King=Not just Samuel

 

=SAMUEL warns them=That a King will take their sons=

Their daughters=land and RESOURCES

 

=The people INSIST=and God ALLOWS IT

 

 

1 SAMUEL 9=Saul is CHOSEN

 

=A man named Saul=From the TRIBE OF BENJAMIN=Is introduced=

TALL AND IMPRESSIVE

 

=Saul is SEARCHING=for his Father’s LOST DONKEYS

 

=HE MEETS SAMUEL=Who has been told BY GOD=That Saul

Will BE=THE FUTURE KING

 

=Samuel INVITES Saul=To a SPECIAL MEAL=and begins

To REVEAL GOD’S PLAN

 

 

1 SAMUEL 10=SAUL ANOINTED KING

 

=Samuel ANOINTS Saul PRIVATELY as King

 

=He gives Saul SIGNS=To confirm GOD’s CHOICE=

Including prophetic experiences

 

=Saul is PUBLICLY CHOSEN=by lot before ISRAEL

 

=Some people DOUBT HIM=But others SUPPORT HIM

 

=Saul SHOWS HIMILITY INITIALLY=By hiding=When

CALLED FORWARD

 

 

1 SAMUEL 11=SAUL PROVES HIMSELF

 

=The Ammonite King Nahash=THREATENS the city of Jabesh-Gilead

 

=Saul=EMPOWERED BY GOD’S SPIRIT=Rallies Israel

 

=He LEADS a successful attack=and DEFEATS the AMMONITES

 

=The people FULLY ACCEPT=Saul as KING

 

=Saul=RENEWS THE KINGDOM=Publicly at Gilgal=

CELEBRATING WITH SACRIFICES

 

BIG THEMES=of these CHAPTERS

 

=GOD versus human leadership=ISRAEL

Wants a human King=Instead of GOD

 

=WARNING ABOUT POWER

(LEADERSHIP can come=WITH SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES)

 

=GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY=Even when  people=MAKE FLAWED CHOICES=

God CAN STILL=work through them

 

=SAUL’S BEGINNINGS=Saul starts HUMBLY=EMPOWERED BY GOD=

And shows EARLY PROMISE

 

 

RPW 5-04-2026=5:40 PM=for MVF CHERYL AND BOBBY BOY