Bible Question: What was Saul’s greatest contribution? |
Bible Answer: Hi Malisa, If you are asking about King Saul, Saul was the first of the kings, after Samuel, who was the last of the Prophets. This is related to us in the Book of 1Samuel. I know of an excellent picture of Saul that is drawn by the late Ray Stedman, a former pastor of Peninsula Bible Church in Palo Alto, California; which I have brought here for you in answer to your question: "First Samuel sets forth the eternal conflict between the proud heart which finds confidence in itself and its ability to do things, and the humble spirit which looks to God in utter dependence, receiving all the fullness of divine blessing. We have here the story of two men, Saul and David. In this book these two men illustrate for us the two principles in the heart of every Christian believer seeking to walk before God. They are the principle of flesh and the principle of faith. Saul is the man of the flesh, and David is the man of faith We see in Saul the ruin caused by the will that is set on the flesh. In David you see beautifully illustrated the blessing which is brought by the mind that is set on the Spirit. (The moral of the story is that:) No man can walk in the authority and the freedom that God has intended for his children when he rejects the authority of the Spirit of God in his life. That is primarily the story of Saul. -So a wonderful story follows, You can read Stedman's viewpoints on 1Samuel at: http://www.raystedman.org/adventure/pdf/0209.pdf Lord's blessings to you, John |
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