looking for leaders in all the wrong places
TRANSCRIPT
“Rule over us, you and your son and your
grandson also, for you have saved us from the hand of
Midian.”
Judges 8:22-23
men of Israel
Gideon
Judges 8:22-23
“I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you;
Jehovah will rule over you.”Gideon
“Rule over us, you and your son and your
grandson also, for you have saved us from the hand of
Midian.”
men of Israel
Abimelech
“Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one rule over you?
Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.”
Judges 9:2
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Judges 17:6 Judges 21:25
“Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
1 Samuel 8:5
And Samuel prayed to Jehovah 1 Samuel 8:6
“Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
1 Samuel 8:5
Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.
1 Samuel 8:7
And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.
1 Samuel 9:2
Here is the man of whom I spoke to you! He it is who shall restrain my people.
1 Samuel 9:17
And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.
1 Samuel 9:2
Who is better than you 1 Samuel 15:28
Jehovah has sought out a man after his own heart
1 Samuel 13:14
Jehovah looks on the heart 1 Samuel 16:7
And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you.
1 Samuel 16:3
Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you…
Acts 6:3
the Holy Spirit has made you overseers Acts 20:28
HOW?
HOW?you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you
Titus 1:5
the Holy Spirit has made you overseers Acts 20:28
Shepherds
#09
Looking For Leaders in All the Wrong Places1 Samuel 8:6
Compiled and Presented by:Dave Stewart
26 February 2017www.1corinthians1614.com
Synopsis: The history of Israel demonstrates the folly of choosing leaders that differ from Jehovah’s wisdom and word teach us. Samuel points us in the right direction… we must pray.
“Let all that you do be done with love.”
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