Bible Questions Answered:
“Saul was God's King, and he visited
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Susan/ Winston Salem, North Carolina
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Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Bible history tells us that King Saul,
was a disobedient King, before The Lord. He once usurped the office
of priest by sacrificing for Israel, because Samuel was absent. He
was told to totally defeat all enemy Amalekites, and their goods, but
disobedient King Saul, saved the choice spoils while sparing the life
of King Agag.
The Prophet Samuel replied:
I Samuel 15:22,23 NLT
22 But Samuel replied, “What is
more pleasing to The Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or
your obedience to His voice? Listen! Obedience is better than
sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.
23 Rebellion is as sinful as
witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So
because you have rejected the command of The Lord, He has rejected
you as king.”
A young giant killer was in King Saul's
employ, but he only grew jealous of him. For many years Saul despised
David, and with what result?
I Samuel 16:14 KJV
But The Spirit Of The Lord departed
from Saul, and an evil spirit from The Lord troubled him.
I Samuel 18:12 KJV
And Saul was afraid of David,
because The Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul.
This was the man
who disobediently visited the witch of Endor, because The Spirit Of
The Lord had left him.
What had God
warned?
Deuteronomy
18:9-14 NLT
9 “When you enter the land The
Lord your God is giving you, be very careful not to imitate the
detestable customs of the nations living there.
10 For example, never sacrifice your
son or daughter as a burnt offering. And do not let your people
practice fortune-telling, or use sorcery, or interpret omens, or
engage in witchcraft,
11 or cast spells, or function as
mediums or psychics, or call forth the spirits of the dead.
12 Anyone who does these things is
detestable to The Lord. It is because the other nations have done
these detestable things that The Lord your God will drive them out
ahead of you.
13 But you must be blameless before
The Lord your God.
14 The nations you are about to
displace consult sorcerers and fortune-tellers, but The Lord your God
forbids you to do such things.”
In a matter of
hours, King Saul's sons would lay slain, and himself wounded in
Philistine battle. Saul eventually would fall upon his own sword,
ending his life.
When Almighty God,
says beware, do “not,” attempt to communicate with lying
spirits from thee other side, through any measure, He means what He
says.
II Corinthians
11:13-15 KJV
13 For such are false apostles,
deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of
Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan
himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing if
his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness;
whose end shall be according to their works.
I Timothy 4:1
NLT
Now The Holy Spirit tells us clearly
that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they
will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons.
