#228 - 1 Samuel 3 - The Calling of Samuel

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 15 September 2011

⏱️ 13 minutes

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This is the episode is part 3 of a study on 1 Samuel. This episode deals with the calling of the prophet Samuel while he still a young boy.

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0:00.0	The Bible Study Podcast, episode 228. Today, the Bible Study podcast continues the study of First Samuel with chapter 3.
0:11.5	Welcome to the Bible study podcast. I'm your host, Chris Christensen.
0:20.1	This episode deals with probably the best known
0:23.7	story about Samuel, or one of the best known stories about Samuel, and that's the calling of
0:28.8	Samuel, and it's probably one of the better stories in the Bible, just for sheer storytelling.
0:34.8	And it goes like this. The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those
0:40.2	days, the word of the Lord was rare. There were not many visions. One night, Eli, whose eyes were
0:46.0	becoming so weak he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. The lamp of God had not
0:51.8	yet gone out, and Saniel was lying down in the house of the Lord where the ark of God was.
0:57.1	Then the Lord called Samuel. Samuel answered, Here I am, and he ran to Eli and said,
1:01.3	Here I am, you called me. But Eli said, I did not call. Go back and lie down. So we went and lay it down.
1:09.1	Again, the Lord called Samuel, and Samuel got up and went to Eli and said,
1:12.5	Here I am. You called me. My son, Eli, said, I did not call. Go back and lie down. Now, Samuel did not
1:18.9	yet know the Lord. The word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. The third time, the Lord
1:24.2	called Samuel, and Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, here I am, you called me.
1:29.7	Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy. So Eli told Samuel, go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, speak Lord, for your servant is listening.
1:40.6	So Samuel went and lay down in his place. The Lord came and stood there, calling as the other times, Samuel, Samuel.
1:48.4	Then Samuel said, speak for your servant is listening.
1:51.9	And the Lord said to Samuel, see, I'm about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle.
1:59.9	At that time, I will carry out against Eli
2:02.9	everything I spoke against his family from beginning to end. For I told him I would judge his family
2:09.2	forever because of the sin he knew about. His son's blasphemed God, and he failed to restrain them.
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