BONUS: 1 SAMUEL OVERVIEW

Join The Journey

Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Bible, Devotional

5 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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What do we do with our greatest insecurities? In this episode, Emma Dotter gives a brief overview of 1 Samuel. She describes to us the differences between Saul and David, and what we can take away from both of their lives.

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0:00.0	Reading our Bibles regularly can be a challenge, but we're all on this journey together.
0:06.0	We're praying that this podcast inspires you, helps you better understand God's Word, and builds your faith.
0:12.0	This is Join the Journey with your host, Emma Daughter.
0:16.0	Thanks for joining. Today, we're doing a quick overview of the book of First Samuel.
0:21.2	The key word for First Samuel is a monarchy, because in this book we see Israel transition from being ruled by judges, the last one being Samuel, to being ruled by kings, the first one being David.
0:32.3	The monarchy is established in Israel in the book of First Samuel. However, in the original manuscripts,
0:39.5	first and second Samuel were one book, or rather one scroll. But now, in our modern
0:45.1	Bibles, there are two separate books, and in this first one, a lot of change happens for Israel.
0:52.0	So, how does all this change play out? Let's remember that Israel was supposed to
0:57.5	come into the promised land and live out God's commandments, but they failed and failed and failed
1:03.8	all throughout the era of the judges. Israel was in great need of solid leadership, which is a great segue into our three main characters.
1:13.2	And really, the outline for the book, Samuel, the last judge, saw the first king, and David,
1:20.4	arguably the best king, apart from Jesus, of course.
1:23.8	These three men led Israel throughout the book of First Samuel, or really throughout Israel's time that is recorded in First Samuel.
1:31.3	The God Questions website summarizes the Book of First Samuel like this.
1:36.3	The book of first Samuel can be neatly divided into, they'd say, two sections, the life of Samuel, chapters 1 through 12, and the life of Saul, chapter 13 through 31.
1:46.3	Now, I would argue for three sections, Samuel, Saul, and David.
1:50.1	Nonetheless, neither viewpoint is necessarily incorrect.
1:53.1	And as the article continues, the book starts with the miraculous birth of Samuel, in answer to his mother's earnest prayer.
1:59.9	As a child, Samuel lived and served in the
2:02.1	temple. God singled him out as a prophet, chapter 3, and the child's first prophecy was one of
2:08.0	judgment on the corrupt priests in Israel. The Israelites go to war with their perennial enemies,
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