How Real Repentance Works | Historical Books | 1 Samuel 7:3-17

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🗓️ 9 April 2025

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How do you fight idolatry? What is true repentance? Is your life focused? In today's episode, Jensen shares how 1 Samuel 7:3-17 encourages us to assess our current path in life. If you're listening on Spotify, comment below one takeaway from today's episode! Read the Bible with us in 2025! This year, we’re exploring the Historical Books—Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings. Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: 1 Samuel 7:3-17

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.9	I'm Jensen Holt McNair.
0:13.2	We have been on quite the journey the past few days in the book of 1st Samuel.
0:18.6	The Ark of the Covenant is finally back with Israel. It's been 20 years
0:23.1	since we've seen Samuel, no longer a boy, and we meet him once again in Chapter 7. Now, it's clear
0:28.8	that over the past 20 years, Samuel has gained notoriety. Like we read all the way back in Chapter 3 last
0:35.7	week, he was a prophet of God. All that God told him and
0:39.2	shared with the people came true. And so he grew in fame and influence. He was respected. And in this
0:45.8	chapter, we'll see how that plays out in his role as a judge over Israel, as their leader. Now, if you
0:52.1	remember in the book before First Samuel and judges, we saw as each
0:56.7	leader fell further and further from the ideal. By the time we got to Samson, things were dire. He was not
1:04.1	a hero. He was not faithful. He's honestly, he was a rack, one that God does use for his good,
1:10.5	but the book of judges leaves
1:12.6	us wondering, what's next for God's people? They're in spiritual darkness. And if chapter three,
1:20.4	where we learned of Samuel's call to ministry gave us hope that God might raise a new kind of leader,
1:25.7	chapter seven is going to solidify that hope.
1:29.5	We've heard from Samuel before, as a boy, when his obedience to God's word and his calling
1:34.3	gave us hope. Now let's read his words as a man, speaking to a nation in spiritual darkness
1:40.1	and desperation. Verse three, and Samuel said to all the house of Israel, if you are returning to the
1:48.8	Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Astoroth from among you and direct
1:55.6	your heart to the Lord and serve him only. And he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. So the people of Israel
2:04.2	put away the bales and the Astoroth, and they served the Lord only. Now remember, over the past
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