The Spirit, Descending and Departing (Part 1 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
4.8 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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The Bible gives many examples of God using unlikely people and unlikely means to accomplish His purposes. Find out what’s absolutely necessary to make their efforts effective. On Truth For Life, Alistair Begg examines a defining moment in Israel’s kingdom.
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| 0:00.0 | There are many examples in the Bible of God using unlike |
| 0:29.9 | people to accomplish unlikely tasks by unlikely means. Today on Truth For Life we'll |
| 0:36.3 | examine what is absolutely necessary for someone's service to God to be |
| 0:42.1 | effective. |
| 0:43.7 | Alistair Begg takes us to a defining moment in the Kingdom of Israel. |
| 0:50.5 | I invite you to turn with me to 1 Samuel and to chapter 16 and we'll read from |
| 1:00.4 | the 13th verse through to the end of the chapter. 1 Samuel 16 and reading from |
| 1:07.2 | verse 13. Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him that is David in the |
| 1:15.5 | midst of his brothers and the spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that |
| 1:20.4 | day forward and Samuel rose up and went to Rama. Now the spirit of the Lord |
| 1:27.0 | departed from Saul and a harmful spirit from the Lord tormented him and Saul |
| 1:33.3 | servant said to him, Behold now a harmful spirit from God is |
| 1:37.3 | tormenting you. Let our Lord now command your servants who are before you to seek |
| 1:43.3 | out a man who is skillful in playing the liar and when the harmful spirit from |
| 1:48.3 | God is upon you he will play it and you will be well. So Saul said to his |
| 1:53.3 | servants, provide for me a man who can play well and bring him to me. One of the |
| 1:58.0 | young men answered, Behold I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is |
| 2:03.3 | skillful in playing a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech and a man of |
| 2:09.7 | good presence and the Lord is with him. Therefore Saul sent messengers to |
| 2:14.5 | Jesse and said, Send me David your son who is with the sheep and Jesse took a |
| 2:19.7 | donkey laden with bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them by |
| 2:24.6 | David his son to Saul and David came to Saul and entered his service and Saul |
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