THE HIGH COST OF DISOBEDIENCE
1Samuel 15;1-35
Obedience brings Gods blessing, while disobedience leads to defeat and destruction.
Salvation provides the dynamic for obedience to the will of God.
1. Anointed to serve.
Saul was selected of God to be anointed as king.
Samuel was sent of God to anoint Saul.
Gods orders smite Amalek destroy all young and old.
Destroy all they have spare none slay men women infant and animals
2. The word of the Lord.
It repenteth me that I set up Saul to be king.
He did not obey my commandments.
He has failed to follow Gods commands.
Samuel wept all night.
3. Evil was done in the eyes of the Lord
Saul said I have obeyed the Lord.
I have their king Agag and destroyed all they had.
The people took sheep and oxen to Gilgal
God has rejected you as king because of your sin.
4. Four things you did .
Rebellion against our Lord.
Sin of witchcraft
Stubbornness
Iniquity
Idolatry
5.Disobedience means rejection
False obedience
Blaming others
We are the one who was wrong
We are the one to blame
6. It leads to
Spiritual decline
Moral decay
Loss of blessings
Loss of leader ship
Loss of joy
Loss of contact.
