Wednesday, November 07, 2012

God gave them what they asked for...

And The People said, we want a King and God gave them what they asked for..... 
 
AND HOW DID THAT TURN OUT?
 
(1 Samuel 8:4 KJV)  Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
 
(1 Samuel 8:5 KJV)  And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
 
(1 Samuel 8:6 KJV)  But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
 
(1 Samuel 8:7 KJV)  And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
 
(1 Samuel 8:8 KJV)  According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
 
(1 Samuel 8:9 KJV)  Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
 
(1 Samuel 8:10 KJV)  And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
 
(1 Samuel 8:11 KJV)  And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
 
(1 Samuel 8:12 KJV)  And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
 
(1 Samuel 8:13 KJV)  And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
 
(1 Samuel 8:14 KJV)  And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
 
(1 Samuel 8:15 KJV)  And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
 
(1 Samuel 8:16 KJV)  And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
 
(1 Samuel 8:17 KJV)  He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
 
(1 Samuel 8:18 KJV)  And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
 
(1 Samuel 8:19 KJV)  Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
 
(1 Samuel 8:20 KJV)  That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
 
(1 Samuel 8:21 KJV)  And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
 
(1 Samuel 8:22 KJV)  And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
 
(Revelation 22:20-21 KJV) He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
 
 
Love In Christ Jesus,
Roger D. Reed (pastor)
(Psalms 27:1)"The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?"

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