SS 2 CRS
2nd Term
Consequences
of disobedience
Saul’s disobedience
Samuel the prophet commanded Saul the king to go
and completely destroy the Amalekites and their properties. King Saul went but
instead of completely destroying everything, he spared some of the best sheep
and oxen and also brought their king, Agag alive. When Samuel came to Saul,
Saul claimed that he had brought all these to be used as sacrifice unto God.
Samuel rebuked him saying “to obey is better than to sacrifice.”
Saul’s rejection as king (I Sam 15:20-26) Saul
disobeyed God’s commandment to him through Samuel, and the consequence of that
disobedience was that he lost the throne. This teaches us that incomplete
obedience is tantamount to disobedience.
The spirit of God left Saul (I Sam 16:14-23) The
spirit of God left Saul and the evil spirit entered him to torment him since
God has rejected him from being king. Saul’s servants suggested they get him a
harp player to make him calm whenever the evil spirit attacks. Thus, they
brought him David. King Saul liked David because he was handsome and talented.
Saul and his sons died on the same day (I Sam
31:1-13) Along with the spirit of god, the protection of God left Saul
vulnerable to enemy attack. So, when he went to fight against the philistines,
both he and his three sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malchishua got killed at the
battle field on the same day.
Others who suffer for their disobedience:
The young
prophet (I Kings 13:11-24): In order to prevent the people of Israel from
going back to Jerusalem in Judah for worship, Jeroboam built two alters one in
Bethel and the other in Dan. Angry about this, God sent a prophet from Judah to
prophesy against Jeroboam and the alters. The prophet did. God had instructed
him not to eat or drink there, and not to return taking the same road. But as
he was on his way home, a false prophet invited him to his house to eat,
claiming that God told him to tell the good prophet that he should eat, drink and
return through the same road. He obeyed the false prophet, and God punished him
by making him to be killed by a lion.
The sons of
Eli (I Sam 2:22-25; 4:10-11): another violation of the 5th
commandment is seen in the case of Eli’s sons. Their father was unable to have
them obey God’s commands. They were disobedient to their father. The
consequences of their disobedience were (a) their family lost the opportunity
of continuing priesthood (b) they were killed in the battle field.
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