Message Notes

AM BETHANY 28 April 2018
Text: 1 Samuel 8

Theme: The LORD as King

1. Asking for a king (1 Samuel 8:4-5)

a) Samuel was old

b) His sons did not walk in the ways of Samuel

c) They asked Samuel to give them a king

i) Just like the other nations

ii) To judge them

2. The displeasure of Samuel (1 Samuel 8:6)

a) He was upset

b) He prayed to the Lord

i) For guidance

ii) For His word to be given

3. God’s answer to Samuel (1 Samuel 8:7-9)

a) The people had not rejected Samuel

b) They had rejected the Lord as their Ruler (though not expressly spoken)

c) This had been Israel’s way all this while

i) From the time He had brought them out of Egypt

ii) Right up to the days of Samuel

iii) They had forsaken the LORD

iv) They had served other gods

d) The request of the people to be acceded to
“Heed their voice” 1 Samuel 8:9, 22

e) Give solemn instruction and warning about earthly kings

4. The behavior of the king they insisted on having (forewarning 1 Samuel 8:10-22)

a) He will take your sons for his army

i) Charioteers

ii) Horsemen

iii) Foot soldiers

iv) Captains

v) Weapon makers

vi) Farmers

b) He will take your daughters

i) Perfumers

ii) Cooks

iii) Bakers

c) He will take

i) The best of your fields

ii) Vineyards

iii) Olive groves

d) Taxes
He will take ten percent and give that to his people supporting him

e) He will also take others to serve him

i) Male servants

ii) Female servants

iii) Finest young men

iv) Donkeys

v) Sheep

f) You will be his servants

5. Regret (1 Samuel 8:18)

a) You will cry out

b) But God will not hear

6. Stubbornness of the people (1 Samuel 8:19-20)

a) They refused to obey Samuel

b) They insisted on having a king

c) To be like other nations

i) As their judge

ii) As their defender