1 Samuel 15:21-22 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal. 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.

You cannot honor God thru rebellion. My question at the last was, did King Saul accepted his punishment for disobedience? It did not take long to see the answer was no.

1 Samuel 16:1-2 And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.

Samuel knew Saul’s heart and that Saul would kill anyone that tried to replace him.

At this time many of you will say to me, “But I am no king?” Yes, that is true but the principal still applies. A rebellious heart cannot be trusted. The issues of service don’t have to have titles like pastor, elder, deacon or any title within the hierarchy of a church. We are called to serve God to glorify God in many ways.

Over the years we have seen many fall from grace because of their rebellious hearts. Most do it very publicly but do not fool yourselves into thinking they are the only ones.

We will never know what could have been done for King Saul if he had repented of his sin. Forgiveness and restoration is only possible if the rebellion is broken.

1 Sam. 10:6  And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

1 Sam. 10:9 And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

The first verse reads like being born again. The second verse reads like being given a heart after God. This is the very thing that every born again believer strives for as we accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Notice also the presence of the Spirit of the Lord. The three elemental understandings of every Christian that has received the gospel with understanding.

So why have I titled with breaking faith?

It has to do with the King Saul’s breaking faith with God. If biblical figures represent examples for our lives and the dangers in the choices we make, then we should look to see what happened to King Saul as a warning.

1 Samuel 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

1 Samuel 15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

1 Samuel 15:23 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.

From this moment forward Samuel sought to find the Lord appointed to replace Saul as King. The finding of David son of Jesse came next.

Did Saul accept rejection of position?