YOUR SERVANT IS LISTENING
1 Samuel 3-7

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1 Samuel 3

• Samuel listens to God
  – Samuel = “God has heard”
• Time of crisis – No word from God
• Eli’s house will not endure
• Samuel becomes a prophet

Shifts in Succession

The Lost Ark – chapters 4, 5, 6

1. The loss of the Ark means that God is not with Israel
2. It also suggests that there is a power greater than Israel
3. Who can rescue God? God.
4. This is similar to the Exodus (gold tribute) – Philistines learned Pharaoh’s lesson.
5. Cows who would not be separated from calves
6. 70 Israelites killed – Israel is not God’s keeper.
7. This is the gospel also – Christ descended and ascended

1 Samuel 7

• Restoration of Israel
  – Spiritual Revival (fasting, sacrifice)
  – Get rid of false gods
  – Overcome Philistia (political threat)
  – Time of peace
• Samuel becomes a judge

Chris Benjamin

West-Ark Church of Christ, Fort Smith, AR
Evening Sermon, 19 April 2009

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