1. God’s rule is rejected
1 Samuel 8-9

2. You are my son but I am not your father. Who am I?
God’s Rule is Rejected
Your mother

3. Say my name and I disappear.
Who am I?
God’s Rule is Rejected
Silence

4. I killed a quarter of humankind. Who am I?
God’s Rule is Rejected
Cain

5. God’s Rule is Rejected

6. God’s Rule is Rejected

7. God’s Rule is Rejected

8. God’s Rule is Rejected

9. God’s Rule is Rejected

10. IDENTITY
SECURITY
God’s Rule is Rejected

11. God’s Rule is Rejected

12. When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges for Israel.
God’s Rule is Rejected
1 Samuel 8:1

13. But his sons did not walk in his ways
But his sons did not walk in his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice.
God’s Rule is Rejected
1 Samuel 8:3

14. They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have.”
God’s Rule is Rejected
1 Samuel 8:5

15. “I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near
“I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a sceptre will rise out of Israel.”
God’s Rule is Rejected
Numbers 24:17

16. God’s Rule is Rejected

17. “I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near
“I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a sceptre will rise out of Israel.”
God’s Rule is Rejected
Numbers 24:17

18. But when they said, "Give us a king to lead us," this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
God’s Rule is Rejected
1 Samuel 8:6

19. And the LORD told him: "Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king."
God’s Rule is Rejected
1 Samuel 8:7

20. "As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you."
God’s Rule is Rejected
1 Samuel 8:8

21. God’s Rule is Rejected

22. God’s Rule is Rejected

23. God’s Rule is Rejected

24. "You will be for me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation."
God’s Rule is Rejected
Exodus 19:6

25. ETS
TARPA
God’s Rule is Rejected

26. SET
APART
God’s Rule is Rejected

27. "You will be for me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation."
God’s Rule is Rejected
Exodus 19:6

28. “You are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have.”
God’s Rule is Rejected
1 Samuel 8:5

29. You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
God’s Rule is Rejected
1 Peter 2:9

30. God’s Rule is Rejected

31. SECURITY
God’s Rule is Rejected

32. "No! We want a king over us. Then we shall be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles."
God’s Rule is Rejected
1 Samuel 8:19-20

33. INTERREGNUM
God’s Rule is Rejected

34. You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
God’s Rule is Rejected
1 Peter 2:9

35. "No! We want a king over us. Then we shall be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles."
God’s Rule is Rejected
1 Samuel 8:19-20

36. “I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near
“I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a sceptre will rise out of Israel.”
God’s Rule is Rejected
Numbers 24:17

37. “My kingdom is not of this world.”
God’s Rule is Rejected
John 18:36

38. “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
God’s Rule is Rejected
Mark 10:45

39. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
God’s Rule is Rejected
1 Peter 1:8-9