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Saul should've looked after his character looked after his character, but his reputation was more important to solace how he looked to other people on the outside rather than who he really is. Reputation is important character should have been important that indeed I have play indeed you didn't have to but you did. And this is how you ended up. It's been said that your reputation is what people think you are. Your character is who you really are and King Saul only cared about appearances today on connect with skip-Skip shares about the lessons you can learn from King Saul's life so grow in your walk with God first Bible study a trip to Israel is a life changer. Bible study will never be the same Skip has lived in Israel, and lead tours. Many many times.

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That's inspiration cruises.com/see ABQ first Samuel chapter 26 as we guided tour study. Saul built himself a monument monument to himself in Carmel, so he thought he was so cool that he needed a statues of people to check it out as a going back-and-forth on the road. Pride is the only disease known to man that makes everyone sick except the person who has this boy was sick he was running red lights. He was playing the fool by arrogance, not only by arrogance. Maybe a second redline. Saul played the fool by indifference, indifference to explain that I need to now to look at chapter 14 first Samuel. Before you jump into it. Let me tell you what is happening in chapter 14 Jonathan, Saul's son takes action. The enemies of the Philistines. Listen to what Jonathan does. He had a thousand man, but he's looking at his armor bearer just to do.

He looks at one got his armor bearer.

You know what, how about we do some crazy let's you and I go against the garrison of the Philistines, just you and I because maybe the Lord will give us the victory. Listen to his rationale for what restrains the Lord from saving by many or by few minutes, the Lord, he can use a thousand or two, or 5000 man, but he could also just use you and me armor bears I'm game they went in and God miraculously gave them victory. What Jonathan didn't know is that his dad Saul had given in order to his men saying no. One can eat anything until after the war is over and I've gained the victory on my enemies and anyone who eats anything will be killed. Now how stupid is that how indifferent to the needs of a soldier is that soldiers need fuel before the battle main you can't eat anything until after the ballots like me tell my staff. Nobody gets paid to receive 25 celebrations. That's the quota. While Jonathan had not heard this person's father put on.

Look at chapter 14 verse 24, and the men of Israel were distressed that day for Saul had placed the people under oath, saying, cursed is the man who eats any food until evening before. I have taken bended vengeance on my enemies.

So none of the people tasted food know all the people of Israel came to a forest and there was hunting on the ground when the people are coming to the woods. There was the honey dripping but no one put his hand to his mouth for the people feared the oath, but Jonathan had not heard his father's charge. The people with the. Therefore, he stretched out the end of his rod. It was in his hand dipped it into the honeycomb and put his hand to his mouth and his countenance brightened sugar will always do that. Then one of the people said your father strictly charge the people with a note saying cursed is the man who eats food this day and the people were faint. See what indifference does.

It makes the Army faint, but Jonathan said my father is trouble the land now look how my countenance is bright and because I tasted a little of this, honey.

How much better if the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found. For now, there would not of been with her not of been a much greater slaughter among the Philistines. Not only does this happen when Saul finds out that his son Jonathan has eaten something notices what we have to kill my son again.

Jonathan wasn't there to hear the order. It was a lame order.

Anyway, because this guy is so stubborn and indifferent to the needs of his soldiers. He was all even though my son brought us the victory we got a killing because I said it. That's what is man stepped in and said not can happen and they started losing respect. At that point for him. Loyalty began to wane right then. Now here's here's what he could've done rather than intimidating his men he could've inspired his men you inspire people by things like Nehemiah, Nehemiah was building a wall and it says for the people had a mind to work. Love that phrase. The people at a mind to work. They got a mind to work because their leader Nehemiah fostered that courage that exemplified that Saul just intimidated them and this is why Saul never really developed loyalty among Israel because he was indifferent a fool will be indifferent oblivious to the needs of others around him or her. So he plays the fool by arrogance by indifference. There's 1/3 red light that he ran.

He played the fool by disobedience. Now, after chapter 14 is chapter 15. Thank you. Hope you there.

Chapter 15. Again, I'm sort of telling you the broad story and have you look at snippets of in chapter 15. There's a whole new enemy called the Amalekites bad doomsday surface once again and the King. King Saul was told by the prophet Samuel to eliminate them. He didn't do that now. His arrogance that has birthed his indifference now leads to disobedience.

Disobedience is always the fruit of pride.

Disobedience is always the fruit of pride when a person begins to inflate and think that there really important. They start making their own rules up to start writing their own rulebook so this King King Saul spares the enemy king, a gag and spare some of the animals that were taken.

Keep some for himself and when he does that he even uses spiritual words to cover up his disobedience.

God talk priest of our brother, but he doesn't really mean I want you to see if is chapter 15 verse 13 then Samuel went to Saul, and Saul said to him, this is Saul, fresh off the battlefield. Blessed are you of the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord and that sound good. Praise God. Sam good to see the guy says, praise the Lord by putting the knife in your back this cover-up talk talk. Samuel said, what then is this bleating of the sheep in my years in the lowing of the oxen which I hear. If you obey God. Why do I hear animals still Saul said, they pointed the people they brought them from the Amalekites for the people spared the best of the sheep and the oxen to sacrifice to the Lord your God, and the rest we have utterly destroyed or you can make a lot of excuses when you pull up spiritual reasons to do so. Samuel said to Saul, be quiet like this guy. Be quiet. I will tell you what the Lord said to me last night goes on to say God is taking the kingdom away from now you got a king flatly disobeying and making excuses while he's doing Billy Sunday. The evangelist said an excuse. Listen to this. An excuse is the skin of a reason stuffed with ally that a great description to the skin of a reason stuffed with ally Paul Eldridge wrote. We hate the hypocrite more keenly than the mere liar because hypocrites add to the lie with the lacquer of flattery. This is a lacquer of spirituality and he likes to blame lots of other people. In chapter 13.

After he made that sacrifice edition the main key blame Samuel for being late in chapter 14 that oath that he made against his men. He blames Jonathan and now he blames the people he's blame shifting never takes personal response was always somebody else's fault played the full by disobedience. Michelle, your fourth and final way he did it.

He played the full by preeminence by preeminence. He always wanted to be the guy the people looked up to as the best that's where his pride leads out of preeminence. He can't stand it if somebody gets the attention okay now look at chapter 18 for just a moment, and as you're turning there.

Let me tell you what you are skipping in between what we just read in chapter 15 in chapter 18 is a notable battle a little shepherd boy named David against the big dude named Goliath that happens. Chapter 17 David and Goliath.

This little shepherd kid has guts faint goes up against Goliath beats him. Now let's look at chapter 18 verse five.

So David went out wherever Saul sent him and behave wisely and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

Now it happened, as they were coming home when David was returning from the slaughter of the Philistines that the women had come out of all the cities of Israel singing and dancing to meet King Saul with tambourines, with joy and with musical instruments and you gotta know that Saul was super stoked when the checks were coming out and singing about him. What he didn't count on were the lyrics to the song they were sitting. It was a popular song was on the top 40 list. It was number one in the event in that country, says verse seven, the women sang as they danced and said Saul has slain his thousand and David is 10,000s didn't like the lyrics of that song.

David is now been launched because he defeated Goliath's luncheon to celebrity status higher than Saul the second's reaction than Saul was very angry and the scene displeased him and he said they prescribed David 10,000 to me they prescribed only thousands I have to do that pouty voice quizzes like pouty boy came. Now, what more can he have, but the kingdom so Saul I David from that day forward. Now you have a king who is jealous of a shepherd boy and jealousy always blows everything out of proportion and will create irrational behavior when you're jealous of the person you always look at the Instagram pose store that twitter feed and you read stuff into it in your angry with what you see, that's what jealousy does.

It blows things out of proportion and it creates irrational behavior. Saul will ask for David. Later on, to come and play his music before because he so distressed, so depressed and he needs David because David is skillful and he needs his personal iPod there to kinda give him a concert so David place trim and soon Saul and he feels better than he looks up at David and that jealousy monster starts creeping up and he decides I'm in a place in the spirit of the musician grabbed the spear throws it at David irrational behavior. Did you know that fishermen who fish for crabs will tell you that they never need a top to their crab basket go down the get a whole basketful of crabs and crabs can crawl out of things but crab fishermen say I never need to put a lid on it. You know why they say whenever one crab starts to crawl out of the basket and other credible grab and then amazing. So there's a crabs and I gotta get outta here.

The other guy but I don't many because I gotta get out. I know you don't always pull each other down. Some people are a lot like crabs, crabby people jealous of others. Let me pull you down to my low level because I always have to have the preeminent that is foolish.

He played the fool that way. So those are the areas he did it in. That's how we began. That's what went wrong, let me and on this note. What should've changed. Is there anything that Saul could have done to stop from ending up by saying I have played the fool and aired exceedingly yes there is.

Let me suggest a few things. Number one he should've lived before his God… Just got tock. Listen to that he should've lived before his God. Saul mentions God.

He acknowledges God he even praises God, but there is never evidence in his life that he allowed God to rule in his life. He never lived in the conscious awareness of the presence of God. There's a phrase in the Bible. He is 27 times is called the fear of the Lord. I wish he was brought back in the more churches and talked about and more settings these days, the fear of the Lord is good phrase it as a means I'm I'm think God's goodness sat me the idea that I'm living in the ongoing reality that God is always listening, always looking always seeing what I am doing in hearing what I'm doing and thinking and it's important to me and I fear that I might somehow displease God. That's a healthy reference or fear of the Lord saw that happen. The biggest blasphemy is not a person is shakes his fist at God and says I don't believe in God. The biggest blasphemy as a person is, as I believe in God but in lives as though God didn't exist. That's called being a practical atheist worse than a philosophical atheist. Some people is our believe in God. They look like that. People say I believe in God, he's important to me but they live their lives to the week, as though God didn't exist.

Saul should've lived before his God.

Second, then you should have done. Saul should've learned from his past twice in this book he utters the sentence. I have sinned, but never does he do anything about it never is there a change in his behavior is never a real self-assessment that would enable him by God's grace to make it turn a change you can change your past, but you can learn from it. He should have done 1/3 thing you should have done. He should've leaned on his friends. I mention this, I think last week with Sampson. It's a it's a pattern we see with people who crash and burn. They neglect good friends.

He should have leaned on his friends ever thought about who is available to be his friend Samuel that would've been a good start. Sammy was a prophet who got in his grill and be honest with him. He was a man of God who pursued God. It would've been a great benefit for Samuel to be a friend of Saul would have it, anything to do with. He could have cultivated a friendship with David. I know David was a shepherd boy musician, maybe a little flighty but man after God's own heart and a great one to have as a close friend J.

Oswald Sanders said you can tell the stature of a leader by the quality of his friend, though he should've done those things that we give you 1/4 and final thing he should've done.

Saul should've looked after his character notes all looked after his character, but his reputation was more important to Saul, is how he looked to other people on the outside rather than who he really was on the inside reputation is important character should have been important so said indeed I have play the fool.

Indeed, you have didn't have to but you did. And this is how you ended up I played the fool and aired exceedingly. Once upon a time there was a king who love to laugh and while being entertained by his court one day.

Adjuster was coming through town and decided to join the festivities and he put on a show for the king to best show the king ever saw the king never laughed so hard in his life, and afterwards he said to the adjuster. I want you to be my personal court jester. You make me laugh. You are the funniest guy in the world and then the king just laughing like a giddy child picked up a little stick and gave it to the adjuster and said I'm giving you this debt because you're the biggest fool I ever met.

This ticket is that now never meet a fool bigger than yourself. Given this deck for years went by and at the end of the king's life. He was on his deathbed and he called for the Chester one last time needed one final laugh adjuster came put on a wonderful show for on the king laughed and laughed and the jester leaned in and said king where you going. King said on a far journey and how you get there. King said I don't really know. I'll get there and what will you do when you get this.

I don't know the jester pulled out of his pocket. The little stick and handed it back to the king is that I'm giving you this deck is you are the biggest fool I've ever met for king.

You see, I have only trifled with the things of this life, but you have trifled with the things of eternity.

You see, the biggest fool is someone who provides for this life, but makes no preparation for the next, and if you are somebody who has provided only for this life that have made no preparations for the next, then your lien is indeed I have played and aired exceedingly but it doesn't have to. It should be different and it can be different, that concludes Skip this message from the series crash and burn. Right now we want to share about a great resource that will help you live victoriously through the power of the Holy Spirit. Counselor comforter can't help her.

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