 Best of your own mute Thank you Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today's session on the book of first and second Samuel And it is a very important chapter book to start with So before we could start can I request one of us to please lead us in prayer? Lima Laila ma. Would you like to lead us in prayer? Johnson Inoila Johnson, I'm looking at for the students who have never prayed before Inoila Johnson you there? Okay Divya, can I request you to pray? Sure. Thank you Thank you. Love. Thank you Lord For this wonderful time that you've given his father To draw near your father to know more of you Lord to Lord Understand from your word Father how you dealt a lot with your people in the Old Testament times for the Lord and Lord understand for the Lord How we should be coming to you Lord with that reverence for the Lord with that Surrender humility obedience for the Lord we pray that fill each one of us Lord with your Holy Spirit Fill our pastor Lord with your Holy Spirit that she would speak the words that you Give her father Lord you anoint her father you a cup and empower her father Lord I pray for each and each and every one of us here Lord help us that we may discern Father Lord help us that we may a Lord have this in our hearts Lord that We may produce fruit for your glory Lord may you be exalted may you be lifted high in everything and Jesus precious name I pray Amen. Amen. Thank you, Divya. I'll just present the notes So today we are starting on the book of Samuel the first and second Samuel But then today we will only take up the first part of this book the first and second Samuel form one book in the Ancient Hebrew manuscript and they were divided into two books later when they were Translating the whole testament into the Greeks We don't know who wrote this book exactly, but then the author of this book. We see that the author says because Samuel may have written the first 24 chapters because in 25th chapter we see The death of Samuel so the later part of the book the later chapters along with the second Samuel Possibly Nathan and Gad was trained under Samuel would have returned this Return these chapters Because the author has been unknown or compiled and put all together so we We the scholars suggest that you know Nathan and Gad were trained under Samuel would have written and put them together and this book was written approximately in 1100 BC to 971 BC the first part and the second part may be in 931 BC the location of this book was apparently Had a school of prophets at Ramah in the central part of Israel and initially it records about You know, there are three character studies. We study in this book about Samuel Saul and David So initially it records about Saul and David would have been Kept there and once Jerusalem was established by David as the capital Court records began to would have kept it there and there are book compiled The very purpose of this book was along with numbers deuteronomy Judges the book of Samuel sought to promote the prophetic view obedience to God brings reward and disobedience brings punishment very From the very beginning from the time God led the Israelites out of Egypt We see that God Continuously instilling this very particular is very particular about this character of obedience Obedience to God and whoever disobeyed God. We see God severely punishing them Just to bring that fear of God into everyone's heart And first Samuel shows the dangers of making demands on God Specifically like Israel desired to have a king when it was before in time and you know And what happened the consequence that led after that and we also see First Samuel records the fulfillment. Sorry First Samuel records the fulfillment of the ancient prophecy that Israel's king would come from the tribe of Judah so we see that for everything there was a time and God brings the right king from the tribe of Judah in his time The purpose can be stated in three ways The record of history of Israel from judges to the death of Saul especially to mark the great revival under Samuel's You know under Samuel's leadership and also after the dark ages of Israel's Israel's history and the second is to record the origin of Hebrew monarchy and The third is to rise of the two additional offices that is the prophet and the kingship So the three reason Israel demanded for a king that is they wanted a leader to direct them in the war Second the old age of Samuel and the character of his sons Third to be like other nation other nations were ruled by a king so even the Israel wanted to have a king so that they have a good leadership and God's displeasure over Israel's asking for a king You see that chapter 8 to 7 does not mean that God did not intend Israel to have a king But he wanted them to wait for a time for everything there is a time and there is a season Most Moses anticipated that people will have a king Someday the prophecy of Moses will be fulfilled in this chapter by raising Saul as a king and God's intention for a king was they would a man after God's own heart not Saul We will see that much later when we do a chapter study People were pre-mature to ask for a king. They did not wait until God gave them a king So we need to learn to wait on God And we see Samuel as a man I mean, what are the characteristics that Samuel had? It was a priest. It was a prophet He was a judge and he was a kingmaker the three You know role that Samuel played played was priest prophet and a judge Three roles and he was a Nazarite from his birth and he he was the one who anointed the king As he was led by the Lord We see the additional Informations that I would request the class to go through in their notes the book can be divided upon the key Characters Samuel Saul and David We can do a character study Individually also and that will be part of your assignment. So next week, I will be giving each one the assignment We have some major events like the life of Samuel the annoying how Samuel anointed Saul as a king and Saul becomes the first king of Israel and how Saul sins and the anointing of David when God Annoyance how exactly anoints we will study about that David and Goliath David and Jonathan David the fugitive and the death of Saul and Jonathan portrayal of Jesus Christ is our king The rays of King shows us that Jesus is a true King beginning of Israel's monarchy the whole book can be themed that way and Yeah, there's unique features and comparison of book of Samuel with the other books And then we have the outline This is a portrayal of shadow of Christ in this book Samuel is a type of Christ that he was a prophet priest and a judge and They are highly revered by the people and he brings a new age David is one of the primary Old Testament portrayal of the person of Christ is born in Bethlehem works as a shepherd and Rules as a king of Israel and he's anointed King who becomes the forerunner of the Messianic King We also See his typical Messianic Psalms are born of his years of rejection and danger As we read in Psalms 22 and God enables David a man after his own heart To becomes Israel's greatest King the New Testament Specifically calls Christ the descendants of David. We see the genealogy in the book of Matthew They descendant of David according to the flesh and the root and the offspring of David now and then Jesus been addressed the line edge of David because God honored David and he kept that honor throughout his life This is how God also seeks to honor us when we obey him So with this we will move on to our chapter study Have to study with the reference So though You know Samuel was not there though Samuel did not write the whole book But this book was named as the book of Samuel because it's because it describes about his great ministry in Israel and and and the legacy of it. I Just had some of our students So after Israel was rescued from slavery So we look at the background even before we could move to this book So after Israel was rescued from slavery in Egypt and they made a covenant with God at Mount Sinai And eventually they came into the promised land and there Israel was supposed to be faithful to God and obey the covenant obey the covenant but before the Before the book of judges You know before the book of Samuel and judges Judges Israel failed at many tasks and it was a period of moral kiosk And it showed Israel needs a faithful leader. So we we see in this book of Samuel how Lord raises Samuel in the three areas You know as a prophet as a judge and as a leader as a priest and then as a As a judge a leader so in all these three areas how Samuel exiles we see and This book of Samuel as 31 chapters and it has a very Fascinating stories of these three key people or key leaders that the Samuel Saul and David we see that in Trump chapter one to chapter seven we see that Samuel as a key leader priest and a prophet and then later we see from chapter 8 to chapter 31 the story of Saul how Saul was appointed as a king and how Saul reigned and And then also shows us downfall and this tragic death and in this story. We see Saul's Demesis matched by David's exciting rise to the power the third part We see how David raised David was raised as a king from chapter 21 you know, we see how David was raised as a king and And how from a very simple shepherd boy to the king and how he had a heart For God and for the people and how we reigned and ruled them So in chapter one in chapter one we see it starts the book starts You know with the With the family of Elkhana Elkhana, he was a certain descendant of Zub and this family line shows he was a Levite if when we read later in one chronicles chapter 6 16 to 30 we see that He is called as Iframite Iframite here because his family lived in the Levitical city on the boundaries of Ephraim Not because of the tribe of Ephraim, but he's from a Levite tribe So Elkhana had two wives two wives Yes, those days polygamy was practiced. So he had two wives one was Pineha who had children Benihar and Hannah who had no children and we see how how Pineha Badly treated Hannah for being barren and Anna was in grief and We we read that she goes to the temple Every year they had a practice of going to the temple on a particular feast to offer the sacrifice and Here when Elkhana goes with this family the you know, Peneha and Hannah and Peneha's children to offer a sacrifice We see that in verse chapter 1 verse 5. Can one of us please read chapter 1 verse 5 But to Hannah he would give a double portion for he loved Hannah although the Lord had closed her womb So in chapter 4 we see that when the time came Elkhana to make an offering He would give portion to Peneha's wife and to all our sons and daughters But to Hannah double a portion. Why because he loved her He never looked down upon her weakness. He never looked down that she's not able to give him a son But then he loved and he gave her double the portion of the meal Although the Lord is close to him for a revival at provoked and we see the later part Elkhana You know Hannah was grieving with the nerve and you know, she goes inside the temple and praise this way can we read Can we read from 11 onwards? Sorry 10 onwards verse 10 and She was in bitterness of soul and prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish Then she made a vow and said oh Lord of hosts If you will indeed look on the affliction of your maid servant and remember me and not forget your maid servant But give but will give your maid servant a male child Then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life and no razor shall come upon his head Thank you So we see he is praying and asking God to bless her with a male child and also we see a Vav there. What is that Vav called? Nazarite Vav Yes, the Nazarite Vav, which we studied in the last book Okay, the Nazarite Vav no razor shall come upon his head and it happened as she continued praying before the Lord Eli Was the priest in the temple in those days. He watched her He watched her Pray and now can one of us read from verse 13 onwards Class be active. Please take turns and read Now Hannah spoke in her heart only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard Therefore Eli thought she was drunk So Eli said to her how long will you be drunk? Put your wine away from you But Anna Go ahead go ahead But Hannah answered and said no my Lord. I am a woman of sorrowful spirit I have drunk neither wine nor intoxicating drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord Okay, thank you So we see here Hannah goes into the temple and she prays she prays, you know how she prays Only a lips moved, but her voice was not heard Therefore Eli thought she was drunk. So when she prayed she prayed from her heart She just whispered she just whispered. You see there was an earnest and fervent prayer God or she never screamed she never You know, she never screamed out of her voice But then even the whisper God hears every whisper that we make Every earnest and fervent prayer is powerful. It has the power to bring the miracle It has power to bring the heaven down Your God heard a prayer And answered exactly how she wanted. She asked for a male child And God blesses her with a male child and even Eli before she could leave the temple Eli blesses her in verse 17 says Go in peace and the God of Israel grant your petition which you have asked of him And as she went, you know Later part verse 20 we see Hannah been conceived and bore a son and she names him Samuel Because I have asked for him from the Lord You know, God blessed Hannah exactly the way she prayed. And what happens here we see just like How she prayed and made a vow she is prepared within her heart to offer the child back to God Okay, and but she waits till the child has been weaned She prepares and once the child is weaned out, you know, they go as they used to visit the temple once a year. So when that feast came Along with the family Elkhana takes his wife Anna and Pinnah. They go with the child to the temple and they offer Samuel back to God As per the vow And then Samuel stays back there and you know, uh, Anna Yes, it is a first born, but she kept the word what she promised. She kept the vow With God And rejoicingly she's offering the child not within much not with much pain, but she rejoicingly we see how how she offers The child back to God And Yoshi sings Hannah's prayer. There's a poem. Uh, you're in the middle of it. There's a poem here in chapter two Chapter two it's all about God opposes the proud and exalts the humble about how Despite tragedy human are evil, but God is working out his purpose in history and all sorts about how God will one day Raise up an anointed king for his people And Hannah's poem here in chapter two placed here at the beginning of the book to introduce these key themes that were That we are going to see throughout the whole story And then chapter two verse 20 Chapter two verse 20 Chapter two verses 20 before sorry, sorry, you can read from verse 18 onwards But Okay, but Samuel was ministering before the Lord a boy wearing a linen effort Each year his mother made him a little rope and took it to him when she went up with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice Eli would bless Elkhana and his wife saying may the Lord give your children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed for And give to the Lord then they would go home 21 And the Lord was gracious to Hannah she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters Meanwhile the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord Yeah, so we see how the child was with in the temple with Eli and the child grew And the mother used to visit the child every year during the feast and used to get him a robe You know some used to wear a robe as a young child and you know used to serve in the temple And by the very act of Anna keeping up a wow, you know Eli blesses that you know Eli praise and ask God to bless And we see God's abundance, you know whenever we offer the first fruit Or anything that God wanted expects us to offer with whole our heart You know God always blesses us abundantly exceedingly above and beyond that we could ask think or imagine We see that in verse 21 when Anna offered one child but here God blesses her with three sons and two daughters So that she is not left without any children after Samuel God wipes away the name of Baron from the whole You know a family and he wipes away he takes away the shame that she had to face with the people and especially with Phinea But here God blesses on abundance he blesses her with three sons and two daughters And we also see the rise of Samuel in verse 26 we see how Samuel grew He grew in you know he grew in a stature and in favor both with the Lord and the men That's how God was there with Samuel and later part we see how Samuel encounters God in the temple Chapter 3 we see how Samuel encountered God as he continued to serve under the leadership of Eli We see in this chapter chapter 3 Eli is getting old and his eyes were getting dim And Samuel was sleeping and in the night God called Samuel three times And each time Samuel thinks Eli is calling and he goes to Eli and he asked did you call me and Eli gets to know it was the Lord And Eli advises Samuel saying next time when the Lord calls in verse 9 we see Eli tells Samuel When you hear God calls you again you say speak Lord for your servant hears and when the Lord called him again Samuel responds in the same way and Lord starts speaking to him so this was the first prophecy that Samuel receives from God And he reveals and he shares it with Eli as well about his own sons And in verse 19 we see how Samuel grew and the Lord was with Samuel and let none of his words fall to the ground When Lord speaks to Samuel the words that he that he declared to the people of Israel as prophecy not one failed As said in Isaiah 55 11 you know every word that comes out of our mouth shall not return void but it shall accomplish the purpose what it was sent for So every word every prophecy that Samuel shared was fulfilled We see in chapter four in chapter four we see Samuel grows up and becomes a great prophet and the leader for people of Israel And at the same time that the Philistines rise to power as Israel's arch adversary and in this crucial battle the Israelites get arrogant And instead of praying and asking God for help they you know they try to carry the Ark of the Covenant as a kind of you know a magic trophy They think if I carry the Ark of the Covenant before us we will win the battle Yes they did that before when the sea was separated and you know they also they went round around the city of Jericho Okay all that was as per the instruction of God and under the leadership of Moses and Joshua But here people on their own thought on their own imagination they just carry the Ark of the Covenant into the battlefield But then they lost the battle and Philistines captured the Ark of the Covenant and they took it back And in this chapter we also see their death of Eli So now when the Philistines took the Ark of the Covenant and they placed it inside their temple inside their temple of their God Dagon And then the God of Israel defeats the Philistines and their God Dagon without any army He sends a plague on the people and the Philistines And the God of Dagon also falls down and he breaks in pieces front of the Ark of the Covenant So with this Philistines gets scared and they send back the Ark of the Covenant to Israel And at this point God is and at this point Israel is able to understand that God is not the Ark of the Covenant is just not a trophy But it is you know we need to honor the Ark of the Covenant And also we see that God of Israel you know opposes the pride of the Philistines And at the same time even his own people Israel needs to correct themselves and come to the point of obedience So that they will be blessed Again God is teaching their lesson to Israel saying when you obey this blessing and when you disobey there is the consequence of those disobedience And later part we see in chapter 8 to 10 Once Samuel chapter 8 to 10 it opens up with the large section of Israel Sorry Israel come to Samuel and they ask for a king because now Israel is seeing all the other nations around them have king So they ask and they demand for a king before time God is all knowing God knows what we need what we need they should have waited for God's time But instead of that they you know they hurry up the process and they go and demand for a king with Samuel And we see Samuel is upset with these people's demand But then you know being a judge being the priest being the prophet of this people Samuel just goes friend of God And he consults God and says and asks God what is next what we could do And God instructs you know God sees a motive of Israelites They very motive is all wrong But God says to Samuel if they need a king and if the king is all they want let's go raise a king And your God you know raises Saul as a king And so and Samuel goes and anoint Saul as a king And then chapter 13 onwards we see In chapter 9 we see Saul has been chosen as a king And in chapter 10 we see how Samuel anoints the first king He poured the flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said it is not because the Lord has anointed you commander over his inheritance And when you have departed from me today you will find two men You know Samuel prophesies to Saul what he needs to do and he appoints him as a king And then in chapter 11 Saul goes for battle and he fights for battle in events and also at the same time he loses certain battle And then chapter 17 sorry chapter 16 we will move on with this to chapter 16 I would encourage each one of you to please go through each and every chapter so that we will understand how Saul reigned and how he won the battle And why he lost few battles and the character of Saul we will get to know when we study these chapters We will move on to chapter 16 what happens in chapter 16 Can one of us please read chapter 16 verse 1 to 13 Chapter 16 verses 1 the Lord said to Samuel how long will you mourn for Saul since I have rejected him as king over Israel Fill your horn with oil and be on your way I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem I have chosen one of his sons to be king But Samuel said how can I go Saul will hear about it and will kill me The Lord said take a heifer with you and say I have come to sacrifice to the Lord Invite Jesse to the sacrifice and I will show you what to do you are to anoint for me one I indicate Samuel did what the Lord said when he arrived at Bethlehem the elders of the town trembled when they met him They asked do you come in peace Samuel replied yes in peace I have come to sacrifice to the Lord concentrate yourself and come to me and come to sacrifice with me Then he concentrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to sacrifice when they arrived Samuel saw Elias and thought Surely the Lord anointed stand here before the Lord but the Lord said to Samuel do not consider his appearance or his height For I have rejected him the Lord does not look at the things man looks man looks at the outward appearance but the Lord look at the heart Then Jesse called every now every nabad and had him passed in front of Samuel but Samuel Okay, okay. Thank you. Thank you So we see that Before we could start with the story of David we see the end of Samuel so you know Samuel sorry end of Saul So Samuel confront Saul of Israel and he had warned the people that they they would only we see that sorry We see that the spirit of the Lord is moved the anointing has been moved from Saul and you know God says he is not the king And Saul has been grieving in the worst one we see that Saul has been Samuel has been grieving because there's no king for Israel and God says how long will you mourn for Saul Come let's raise a king and your Lord is leading Samuel to go to Jesse's house to appoint a king and here when he goes to Jesse's Jesse's house and Samuel is asking introduce me all your sons and your Jesse's introducing each son and the first son The first son Eliab when he was introduced Samuel thought he is the one surely the Lord's anointed is before him But then the Lord said to Samuel do not look at the appearance as God does not see the appearance but he sees the heart Okay, so he refuses him and then Jesse introduced many other sons one after the other but then again and again Lord says the Lord says this is not the one and we see in verse 11 Samuel said to Jesse are all the young men here and he said they remains the youngest and there he is keeping the sheep and Samuel said to Jesse go and bring him so he sent and brought David He was a Rudy with the bright eyes and good looking and the Lord said to Samuel arise anoint him for this is the one Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers and the spirit of the Lord came upon David and that day forward you know Samuel okay from that day forward the spirit of the Lord was upon David So we see how David was taken into the later part we see how David was taken into the kingdom to serve Saul and as he was as a skillful musician he was introduced to Saul and whenever Saul was distressed with the evil spirit he was asked for David to play the harp and whenever David played the harp Saul was delivered from that distressed spirit and later part we also see later part we see when there was a battle between the Philistines and the Israelites the armies were gathered and there we see a giant Goliath who came against the Israelites and we see that we see that in verse 26 chapter 17 verse 26 when David was bringing the food for his brothers at the battlefield at the army and he sees they were gathered and then David asks a man who's by him saying what shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel for who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God David knows his identity is in God with this boldness he asks and then David later part we see in verse 32 David said to Saul let no man's heart fail because of him your servant will go and fight with this Philistine whereas the Israelite army was so fearful to face to face this mighty giant and Philistines but then David been a young shepherd boy with full of courage and strength he goes to King Saul and asks if he could go against him and Saul said to David you are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him for you are a youth and he a man of war from his youth verse 34 we see that but David said to Saul your servant used to keep his father's sheep and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock I went out after it and struck it and deliver the lamb from its mouth and when it rose against me I caught it by its bear and struck and killed and your servant has also killed the lion and bear so I have been courageous in handling these animals the wild beast in the forest to safeguard the sheep and this man is nothing I can go ahead and so Saul we see the later part verse yeah verse 38 we see that how David with his armor Saul clothed David with his armor and he put a bronze helmet on his head and he clothed him with a coat of mail and David fastened his sword to his armor and tried to walk for he had not tested them and David said to Saul I cannot walk with these and I have not tested them so David took them off David took them off and then he took a staff in his hand and he chose for himself five smoked stones from the brook and put them in a shepherd's bag in a pouch which he had and his sling was in his hand and he drew near to the Philistines though Saul gave him the armor to fight against the Philistines but David trusts on the God of Israel he trust on the God of Israel and he took just his stuff with which he had fought his previous battles and he took a slingshot with five pebbles stones and he comes to the Philistines and here you know when the Philistines looked David you know they said you're only a youth a ruby and a good looking so the Philistines said to David am I a dog that you come to me with stick and the Philistines cursed David by his gods and the Philistines said to David come to me and I will give your flesh to the birds of the hair and the beast of the field but then David said to the Philistines you come to me with a sword with a spear and with a javelin but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts the God of the armies of Israel whom you have defiled and this day the Lord will deliver you into my hand and I will strike you and take your head from you and this day I will give the car cases of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the hair and the wild beast of the earth that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear for the battle is the Lord and he will give you into our hands we see the boldness in David we see the trust that he had was not in the sword and you know in the Yama but then he trusted on God the Lord God of Israel who was with him he knew his identity and he also did a very bold declaration you know in verse 46 we see the bold declaration it's not like he heard and he said something but he knew his identity is in God the God who gave him the strength and courage to fight against the bear and the lion and this uncircumcised Philistine is nothing for him with the boldness he faces the Goliath and he takes you know he takes the first pebble with the slingshot he hits and he you know the stone sunk into the forehead of this giant who was standing in front of him and David been a young boy runs and what happens the power of God was present there that made the Goliath the giant to fall on his face down and we see the victory that God gave Israel today so David been young boy immediately he runs and he takes the knife of Goliath and cuts his head has what he said and when the Philistines saw this very act and they knew that they lost this battle the very act of courage of David brought fear to the whole army of Philistines though they were large in number they were prepared for the battle they had the weapon with them but the fear made them to run in front of one courageous young boy today God is looking at us no matter how big giant we are facing today no matter how big mountain we have in front of us but God is asking look at the God who is much bigger much greater when we trust on that God that greater power gets operated in and through us the Lord who operated his power in David through that small pebble with what he had with what he was killed we don't have to be worried of you know the skill and the talent do we have equally to the job that we are handling today the people whom we may face or the trouble or the circumstance that we are heading but God is asking us to trust on him who is much greater than anyone he is omniscient he is all knowing he is all powerful we need to trust on him to win our battle David trusted on God more than anyone on anything he was not pleased with the king's support nor he was not pleased with the army that was backing him up nor he was not pleased with the boldness but he knew his victory is from God he trusted on God he put his life on risk but then he knew the Lord was with David and the Lord gave him the victory today you and I need to trust on this powerful God knowing that the Lord is with me and the Lord will give me the victory despite of my weakness David was not prepared for the battle he was not wearing the you know the soldiers armor but then he went in the name of the Lord with the skill that he had he went with the stick and with the slingshot with five pebbles but the victory was from God he fought the battle but the God gave him the victory he could kill the giant and carry his head and come as he declared to God God gave him the victory today God is asking us can we trust God like David even before God could anoint him David you know God saw David a man after his own heart can God see that in us can God be pleased in us like how he was pleased with David can he call us you are the son after my own heart you are the daughter after my own heart can we be God's delight like how David was his delight the later part of the book we see the friendship of Jonathan and David and we see how Saul saw the spirit of the Lord was on David and we also knew within him that David would be the next king but then Saul desired his generation to be raised as the king but then we need to know God raises king and he brings them down it's his choice but we need to obey God and all the area for life and we see how Saul sought to kill David and how David ran into the wilderness to save his life from the king Saul and we also see there were two instances where David could kill Saul but then David fears God and leaves because he says even you have been anointed by God how can I how can I place my hand on the anointed one though Saul has been acting cruel very cruel to David but then David spares his life and leaves the vengeance belong to God he leaves him to God's hand and we see his own sin you know leads to the consequence of his death again and again we see the scripture been fulfilled the wages of sin is death so we need to watch our life when God blesses us we need to be more conscious cautious on our life the way we lead we need to lead our life with the obedience to God and humble ourselves under his hand even when he exalts us we need to carry and this should be our prayer Lord help me to be humble front of you and the people whom you have placed us never boast about the position because position is not permanent it can be changed it can be changed but who we are in Christ who we are in God is our identity David delighted in his identity not in his kinship not in the position but David delights in the Lord that's why you know we see that it is more blessed for me to be in your presence than to be anywhere else and God is pleased with David because he worshipped God truly from his heart in the coming book we will study more in detail about David and how he handles the you know how he conducts himself under the obedience of God and even though David fails how he you know goes up with a repented heart but God we will study in detail from David's life so I would recommend each of us to please study on these three characters from this book about Prophet Samuel King Saul and King David what made Saul to rise as a king and what made him to lose the same kinship and what made David to raise as a king what made God to appoint David as a king and what made God to say that David is after my own heart we need to do a study on this so that we understand with what God is pleased so that when we study on all these three characters we can you know have a watch over our self over our self so that we can be warned in every area of our life and we can conduct our self you know which pleases God so with this we will end today's class and can I request one of us to please lead us in today Dear Heavenly Father we thank you for the privilege you have given us to learn from your word as we learn today God help us to keep you in mind in every circumstances and help us to be humble even when you lift us up in our circumstances of God we pray to God that we will be able to live a life which is pleasing in your eyes of God we thank you for Pasadena to share your word with us and help us to grow more in you and let your word we thank you Lord in Jesus name you free Amen thank you so much for joining in today's session see you all tomorrow in continuation of the book of Samuel thank you God bless ok madam thank you thank you God bless