I Samuel 15
The lesson in 1 Sam. 15 is a very important one for us as believers in Christ to learn, for we are constituted with the flesh, and whenever we speak and do things apart from the Lord, we are in the flesh.
By our natural birth, by being a human beings, we are in the flesh; by default, we live in the flesh, and the flesh can be good or ugly, having positive and negative aspects.
In Saul’s case, he seemed to be a good king until the Lord tested him with the destroying of the Amalekites; because God wanted to test him, He charged Saul to utterly destroy the Amalekites and all that is theirs.
Saul, however, did not destroy everything but rather, he spared the life of the king of the Amalekites, and he also spared the best of the sheep, oxen, and cattle, under the pretext of having them offered to God.
Humanly and outwardly speaking, Saul did obey God, but intrinsically speaking, Saul rebelled against God, for he did not absolutely obey God’s charge.
Amalek is a type of the flesh; the flesh frustrates us and attacks us, always seeking to hinder us from fulfilling God’s purpose. -agodman
By our natural birth, by being a human beings, we are in the flesh; by default, we live in the flesh, and the flesh can be good or ugly, having positive and negative aspects.
In Saul’s case, he seemed to be a good king until the Lord tested him with the destroying of the Amalekites; because God wanted to test him, He charged Saul to utterly destroy the Amalekites and all that is theirs.
Saul, however, did not destroy everything but rather, he spared the life of the king of the Amalekites, and he also spared the best of the sheep, oxen, and cattle, under the pretext of having them offered to God.
Humanly and outwardly speaking, Saul did obey God, but intrinsically speaking, Saul rebelled against God, for he did not absolutely obey God’s charge.
Amalek is a type of the flesh; the flesh frustrates us and attacks us, always seeking to hinder us from fulfilling God’s purpose. -agodman
