1. Happy
O’neal church of Christ, Athens, Alabama

2. 2016
O’neal Christians ..
Let us never forget

4. How will we be Remembered?
I Sam. 15

5. Paul. Faithful to the End. 2 Tim.4:7-8
Rich Young Ruler Matt. 19:16-22

6. King Saul. I Sam. 15

7. I Sam.15:22,23
22 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.
23 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.

8. He was chosen as First King of Israel Won a lot of battles!
Saul started out good:
He was chosen as First King of Israel
Won a lot of battles!

9. Ended up bad: Rejecting the Word of the Lord
I Sam.15:22,23
Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

10. 1) Don’t Blame others for your sin.
You were the one who chose to sin, not others. 2 Sam. 12:13
There is no doubt that the actions of others can put us in a place of weakness so that we are more prone to sin. I Cor. 15:33
But that does not mean that we had no choice but to sin.
Too often we act like we couldn’t help it.
We excuse ourselves as if the forces were irresistible and we had to sin.
But we know that this is not true.
The choice is ours and the choice was Saul’s. He did not have to listen to the people who wanted to keep the things that were not detestable or worthless. It is not other people’s fault. You can change who you are to be more like Jesus. You can do what you want to do. It is your choice.

11. 2) Don’t presume to know what would please God.
This is an enormous mistake that is repeatedly made.
Everyone thinks they know what God wants but are not reading the scriptures to find out what God wants.

12. 2 Tim. 2:15
2 Tim.3:16-17
John 5:39
Acts 17:11

13. 3) Obeying some of God’s commands is not obedience. Matt. 7:21-23
Today: Believe in God but not in Jesus as the Christ, the Son of
God. Heb. 11:6 cf. Mtt. 17:1-5
Heb. 11:1
John 8:24
John 14:1
Rom.15:4

14. Saul will be remembered as one
Who started out good, but ended up bad!

15. 1. Don’t Blame Others for your sin!
2. Don’t presume to know what would please God!
3. Don’t do some of the things God says, and not all of them!