Welcome to Truth for Life where today we are continuing our study in First Samuel,

and we are seeing how Saul, the rejected King, and David, the anointed King are about to collide.

Only one kingdom can survive, so what is the deciding factor?

Alistair Begg shows us today on Truth for Life as he teaches from the opening verses of

First Samuel chapter 18.

If we were to summarize what we have in the chapter, we might say that here in this chapter,

we are given the encounter between the rejected King, namely Saul, and the anointed King, namely

David.

And the collision, if you like, of these two kingdoms is going to be part and parcel of our

discovery as we proceed through the book.

We have already discovered that the Lord has rejected Saul as King, and the Spirit has departed

from him.

And at the same time, and in contrast, we have learned that David has been anointed, and

the Spirit of God has rushed upon him.

The Son, if you like, his setting has set on Saul's endeavors, and the Son now has risen

on the back, if you like, of this shepherd boy, the Son of an effrified of Bethlehem in

Judah.

And what we are told about him, and we are told, and it is emphasized by way of repetition,

is that people loved David.

Actually, we are told at the very beginning that Saul loved him greatly, that is back in

chapter 16.

However, his love didn't last very long, as we see.

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