1 Samuel 15:1-33 ASV

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:1-35

1 Samuel 15:0 (with 1 Timothy 1:19 ) The story of Saul is among the saddest which Scripture anywhere contains. I. Notice first the singular elements of nobleness which are to be traced in his natural character, so that his moral stature did not altogether belie the stateliness of his outward frame. There is nothing which so often oversets the whole balance of a mind, which brings out faults unsuspected before, as a sudden and abrupt elevation from a very low to a very high position. But Saul... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:11

1 Samuel 15:11 I. Saul's character is marked by much that is considered to be of the highest moral excellence generosity, magnanimity, calmness, energy, and decision. He is introduced to us as a "choice young man and a goodly," and as possessed of a striking personal presence, and as a member of a wealthy and powerful family. It is probable from the sequel of Saul's history that the apparent nobleness of his first actions was connected with some wrong principles and feelings, which then existed... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:20-21

1 Samuel 15:20-21 It will appear somewhat startling to any one who first notices it how very little is said in the Bible about truthfulness. The reason is that truthfulness is not a strictly religious duty; it is a duty which is entirely independent of faith in God or Christ, a duty which is so absolutely necessary to the very existence of society, that without reverence for it no community could last for a day. The word of God passes by those things which men can find out for themselves, and... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:22

1 Samuel 15:22 We can hardly read the history of Saul without some feeling of pity. He was no tyrant, who made himself king and ruled the people against their will. On the contrary, he was chosen by God Himself, was anointed by God's prophet, and became king at the express desire of the people. He was a brave and noble man, too; he led the Israelites against their enemies, and, by God's help, was victorious over them. There were, indeed, terrible blots on his character; his persecution of David... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:23

1 Samuel 15:23 I. At the end of 1 Samuel 8:0 , we find all arranged by the Divine command for a king being appointed over Israel, and at the beginning of chapter ix. we first read of Saul. His bodily stature and personal beauty prepossess us in his favour, and as the story goes on his good sense and modesty increase the prepossession. When chosen to the kingdom, we find him with a band of men whose hearts God had touched; and when the children of Belial said, "How shall this man save us?" he... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:24

1 Samuel 15:24 , 1 Samuel 15:30 We have here the confession of a backsliding man, going down the slope of sin at the same time that these godly words were on his lips. Saul was on the incline, and these words, spiritless and untrue, only precipitated him further. It was one of those strange reactions of which the experience of every man is full that he who began in shyness committed his first great recorded sin in presumption. Saul's confession had not reality. There was no religion in it. It... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:30

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Samuel 15:11

DISCOURSE: 297MOURNING FOR THE SINS OF OTHERS1 Samuel 15:11. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.NEVER can we be weary of contemplating the scripture history; so diversified are its incidents, and so instructive the examples it sets before us. The whole life of Samuel, from his first dedication to God by his mother to the very hour of his death, was one uniform course of piety. That particular part of it which I propose at present to consider, is his conduct in reference... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Samuel 15:13-16

DISCOURSE: 298SAUL’S SELF-DECEIT1 Samuel 15:13-16. And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord. And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. Then Samuel... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Samuel 15:22-23

DISCOURSE: 299SAUL’S DISOBEDIENCE AND PUNISHMENT1 Samuel 15:22-23. And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.THE sins of God’s enemies, and especially of those... read more

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:1-35

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:11

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:20-21

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:22

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:23

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:24

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 15:30

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Samuel 15:11

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Samuel 15:13-16

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Samuel 15:22-23

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