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🗓️ 7 September 2023
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
0:13.3 | Remember way back in 1 Samuel 8, when God had appointed Samuel as a prophet to lead Israel |
0:18.2 | and they were like, but all the other nations have a king. |
0:21.1 | We want a king. |
0:22.6 | God said, okay, but be careful what you wish for because it's not going to go well for |
0:26.3 | you. |
0:27.3 | And as we've seen in the 500 years since then, it hasn't. |
0:31.0 | Their kings have mostly been terrible. |
0:33.6 | Today God calls those wicked kings to account. |
0:36.7 | He compares them to shepherds who have not looked over their flock. |
0:40.0 | They've been selfish shepherds, using the wool and the meat of the sheep and surely |
0:44.0 | the cheese too because who doesn't love a good pecorino romano, but they haven't taken |
0:48.2 | care of the sheep at all. |
0:50.5 | In his explanation of what the shepherds have done wrong, it becomes clear what God expects |
0:54.7 | shepherds to do well. |
0:56.7 | Strengthen the weak sheep, heal the sick ones, bind up the injured ones, bring back the |
1:00.7 | strays, seek the lost ones, make sure they're all fed, protect them from attack, and rule |
1:06.0 | over them with gentleness and grace. |
1:09.4 | God says these shepherds not only ruled selfishly, but verse 4 says, with force and harshness |
1:15.0 | you have ruled them. |
1:16.7 | They made life unnecessarily hard for the sheep. |
1:19.6 | When God had actually provided Israel with more than enough for its kings to care for |
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