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Introduction

Good morning, everyone. Let's delve into 1 Samuel, chapter 15. What is the main theme of chapter 15? Actually, there are several themes, but they all converge on one point. I would title it: I regret making Saul king, and this is God Himself saying it! I regret making Saul king, it's quite intriguing. At the beginning of the year, we had a dear couple among us who deeply loved their previous pastor. During the New Year, we had a card-drawing activity. They came to us, still concerned about their pastor. They drew a card with a sermon title I had preached: I regret making Saul king. Well, it seems quite accurate!

We all need to understand that in this life, if you serve as a pastor and God says He regrets making you a pastor, wouldn't that be a tragedy? As for how accurate the card-drawing is, only those involved would know. But how do you send such a card to him? Wouldn't you offend him? Better not send it. Actually, God is quite miraculous! I've noticed many instances of drawing lots in the Bible, and they often draw Saul and Jonathan, things of that nature. I especially admire our God. Our cards were drawn by computer. Does God oversee the cards drawn by the computer? I tell you, at least up until now, the ones I've drawn have been very accurate!

For instance, we have a brother among us who doesn't quite grasp the essence of things, so I gave him a card for the New Year: Grasp the essence of things! This was also a sermon I preached. You should know that whether you listen to my sermons or Bible studies, the topics I cover are quite broad, including those who please God and those who incur His wrath. Both I regret making Saul king, and God seeking a faithful priest. The spectrum of my Bible study is quite wide, with all sorts of topics, so it's particularly useful for drawing cards. Later, I stopped drawing because after drawing, I knew what it was! I just serve well and do what I'm supposed to do.

Let's return to the theme, I regret making Saul king. God has placed me in this generation to serve Him as a pastor, shepherding God's flock. I contemplate in my heart, Oh God, please don't regret it, because if You do, I'm in trouble! What am I busy with my whole life? It's all in vain. So I'm very concerned about these things!

In the past years, sometimes I envied you all for having pastors. In those past years, I really had no one to guide me. I was a very good member, never missed a gathering, never missed a small group Bible study, went to all the prayer meetings, never slacked on giving, but it was like being free-range, like a little bird, eating whatever worm it could catch. I must thank God for personally feeding me until today.

I have a shadow in my heart, which later became an encouragement to me, to say to God: God, I want to be a good shepherd. I want to give food to God's people at the proper time, have mercy on me! That's how I've been walking. Sometimes when serving some stubborn people, I want to solve their problems, but they explain it one way, then another, making me feel very uncomfortable. How foolish is that, why do they do that? Look, I'm telling you for your benefit, yet you argue with me, I feel quite uncomfortable in my heart.

Some time ago, I occasionally flipped through the Tao Te Ching, a total of more than 5,000 words. I found that Lao Tzu saw things even more clearly than I did, and I must learn from him. So in this life, I hope to learn from others, hoping to have guidance from experts. I really thank God that, until today, God is still faithful, leading me until today.

Need to See Clearly What God Is Doing

God made Saul king, so why did He regret it? It still comes back to one thing, what is God's will after all? If we don't know God's will, we do a lot of things, busy here and there, busy with what? In the end, God says He doesn't like what you're doing, and regrets making you this pastor. Wouldn't that be a tragedy? If you want to know what God's will is, then you must listen carefully. God has chosen you from among all nations to be His people, don't let God say, Oh, I regret choosing him. Sometimes I regret it after serving, God is the same, don't let it come to that.

You need to recognize who Saul is, you need to recognize who Esau is, and you need to recognize who the Amalekites are, who are the descendants of Esau. Don't underestimate this, it's all connected. We must see clearly what God is doing. You think making Saul king is the end of the matter? That was just a trial period. Do you know what a trial period is? If you go to work, you're just in the trial period, you know? Like me, my trial period hasn't passed yet. God has chosen me to shepherd God's flock. My trial period hasn't passed until now. If it fails the first time, try again, isn't that an extension? If it doesn't pass in the first few months, then it's extended again? I know very well what God is doing. God often tests people.

Samuel said to Saul: Go to Gilgal and wait for me, don't offer sacrifices, I will offer sacrifices. Is offering sacrifices really that important? Not important, but this matter could examine what is in a person's bones. Saul saw that almost all of the Israelites were leaving, how could they fight this battle? If people leave, how can I fight this battle? He forgot that victory in battle depends on God. We, brothers and sisters, must be clear that God is testing a person. As a result, Saul saw people leaving, he actually only needed to think: As long as God doesn't leave, it's fine!

If people are all there, but God leaves, wouldn't that be a tragedy? As a result, as soon as people left, he panicked, so they quickly offered sacrifices. He thought that offering the sacrifice would solve many problems, but obeying God's words solves the problem! Brothers and sisters, do you know that? Don't do that praying thing, Oh, pastor, quickly pray for me! Is prayer better than him listening to God's words? I finished speaking and struck a blow to your faith, that's normal. Why? Because sometimes your faith is false! It's just a religious act!

True faith is built on the word of God! You live in a curse all day long, today I pray for you to receive grace, tomorrow you continue to disobey God's words, and the day after tomorrow you come back to me, and I pray for you again, and you receive God's grace again, and then the day after that you disobey God's words again... I often sigh, let's not build our things on prayer or sacrifice, what is better than listening to God's words? Saul's last examination was over, and God gave him a comment, that is, he failed the exam. Saul's exam in 1 Samuel chapter 13 failed. This time God said to give him a make-up exam! If he fails the make-up exam again, wouldn't that be a tragedy? So how to make up the exam? Samuel said to Saul:

Samuel said to Saul, “The Lord sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message of the Lord.” (1 Samuel 15:1)

Listening to God's words, you haven't passed this subject! If you don't pass, I will be like Samuel, mourning for Saul all the days of my life, because the Lord regrets making Saul king! In this life, this subject must be passed. I know the pastor mentioned earlier, God regrets making Saul king, to be honest, this card is really suitable for him, it's too accurate! He listens to his wife, listens to his son, but doesn't listen to God. And then he added: I have indeed carefully obeyed the words of the Lord God. How is this so much like Saul? He doesn't know what God is doing, he doesn't know he's taking an exam, do you think he can pass the exam?

I remembered when I was a child, when I was just in the first grade of elementary school, I didn't know what an exam was. The teacher said in class it was an exam, gave me a piece of paper, and I saw that I couldn't write the words, so I went to flip through the textbook. The teacher asked me why I was flipping through the textbook, and I said I could flip through it usually! Why can't I flip through it today? The teacher said this is an exam. I said what is an exam? I stumped the teacher, no one had ever asked. Of course, from then on, I knew what an exam was. So this Saul doesn't know this exam, don't you think that's a tragedy? Can't find the scoring point!

Brothers and sisters need to know that when you do things, you must have a very clear goal, where is that scoring point after all. The scoring point is: You must listen to the words of the Lord. Now the words of the Lord have come.

This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they were coming up from Egypt. Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’” (1 Samuel 15:2-3)

You say this exam question is given, but he must step into the pit. Does everyone know that people who set the exam questions often create a pit, so that you accidentally answer incorrectly. You know when we take the driver's license exam, for subject one, you must see the title clearly when you go up. If the question is asked in reverse when taking the test, for example: When can't you do this and that... and then you don't see can't, you think it's can. Wouldn't you answer wrong? There are pits in the exam.

After listening to this, Saul didn't grasp the key word destroy completely. God said that you can't spare them, you must destroy and kill completely. This question is very simple! To be honest, I have some interactions with some people, some are still pastors, I found that they have a problem, that is, they didn't understand the reading comprehension in the six years of elementary school. I think Saul needs to make up the lesson. After listening to this question, Saul stepped into where there were pits. Then it's really evil! Do you think he can pass the exam?

If a question is given, this question is worth 6 points, with 2 points for each test point. You have to find three points, you have to tick three key points, one point gets 2 points, three points get 6 points. Do you understand? So, with this exam, you have to know where to get the points. Isn't the question given? In the previous question, God gave Saul a pit, but he had to step into the pit, and perfectly avoided the scoring points.

So, brothers and sisters, do you know? I was thinking about one thing, is it possible to supplement everyone with elementary school lessons? After supplementing them, at least read and understand. Some time ago, I listened to someone preaching, it was very interesting, he created a question himself, but didn't mention that question from beginning to end, and talked about other places. I said: This is quite interesting, he created his own question, and fell into his own pit. I said is this necessary to supplement lessons! Sometimes I think, use the Bible to supplement lessons for them! Maybe they will all praise them. Don't use the Bible! I think it's better to use Selected Works of Mao Zedong, this is my joke.

Actually, you will find that if people don't grasp the main point of living in this life, and don't know that God is testing every day, if you don't pass the exam, you will continue to test in that first grade, and stay in the first grade for a lifetime. Do you think God won't regret it? Who doesn't feel bothered when they see their child reading first grade all the way to the age of the child's father? The school will send you to a psychological doctor, and then give you a certificate, Intellectual Disability. Don't you think that's a tragedy? If you don't want this certificate, you have to study hard and make progress every day.

Did Saul see it clearly? Didn't see it clearly. Today you and I have to see it clearly, I remind myself every day, God! Please don't let me fail the exam. It's normal for me to lose some points, we still have some problems on our bodies, and we don't want to answer a perfect score, we don't have that level. As long as we come before God, God says: I don't regret choosing you. Then that's pretty good.

Saul's Character and Saul's Cognition

After this exam, God issued a certificate to Saul, a certificate of regret. God is very compassionate to him, God also regrets it, but if He gave him an intellectual disability certificate, that would really be a terrible loss of face. Actually, it really is a bit of an intellectual disability. You say Saul was afraid of the people last time, and Samuel explained it to him for a while, but this time he is afraid of the people again. Why is he afraid of the people? The question God gave him was to kill completely. But he was just thinking about how to reward my generals, that is, those who were led by Saul, and then how these generals would reward his subordinates, and he forgot about the matter of God's exam.

However, this is not the time for rewards. At this time, the exam paper is written clearly, how should we answer? As a result, Saul feared the people, everyone now knows that my character is the opposite of Saul's. Where did I learn it from? I learned it from Saul. You ask me, am I afraid of our colleagues leaving? If I am afraid, I will become Saul. I'm not afraid, I'm just afraid of God leaving. So, sometimes, the words I say to my colleagues are a bit rude, if you want to work well with me, then we will work well; if you don't want to work well with me, then get out of the way.

There is a flaw in this Saul's character. From drawing lots to make Saul king, he hid in the basket. All along, in his whole character, there is a very strange thing. Later, the spirit of God came upon Saul, hoping that Saul would begin to have courage. As a result, he tidied up and the spirit of God was gone, it was still himself. Brothers and sisters, later I interpreted it this way, see if everyone agrees? God can help you, but after helping you, it's still yourself inside, then that's troublesome. God can help you, but you must be willing to change yourself.

Why is he afraid of the people? He thinks fighting depends on people. Last time he was afraid of the people leaving, and this time he is afraid of the people again. After we finish this battle, I will reward everyone well. It is said that this Agag is a biologist, and he raises his cattle, sheep, and camels very well, like our ancestor Jacob, he is very powerful. This person can be accepted among us, and can help us do scientific research, how to manage these cattle and sheep. Then wouldn't we become rich? With this Agag, doing this biologist, breeding, etc., is not a problem. This is what I'm saying off the top of my head.

So this Saul and the people forgot about the exam paper, and successfully dodged the scoring points all at once. They saw that the best calves and sheep, as well as Agag, all looked very good. What kind of brain is this? There are flaws in this character, if people are ignorant, it won't work no matter what you do; if people are ignorant, it's ignorant to the bone. This Saul cherishes these finances, and the team he leads is also a team that cherishes finances. You see this person is very interesting, everyone think about what I'm talking about. Many of us have it, don't just look at others, you better look at yourself. You see this Saul met Samuel and said: May the Lord bless you, I have obeyed the Lord's command.

When Samuel reached him, Saul said, “The Lord bless you! I have carried out the Lord’s instructions.” (1 Samuel 15:13)

What nonsense? You say before submitting the paper, we don't look at the questions, do we need to check again. But also wish the Lord bless you. Just forget it! Don't do this again with your small appearance, what I hate the most is this kind of religious taste. What's the use of this religious taste? May the Lord bless you, may you have peace. And what I saw Jesus standing beside you. I tell you this thing, it's still necessary to return to the fundamental point. This is the first grade exam, still you must listen to the Lord your God.

Men are busy counting their cattle and sheep, forgetting to count the things of God. If you have cattle and sheep but no God, what are you going to do? We build glorious churches of God, bringing in cattle and sheep, but removing God. What kind of thinking is that? God told me to catch men like catching fish, but when you look around, are those people? Later, I discovered that in many churches, looking around, they were pastoring a group of weasels with strong religious flavour, still saying that I indeed kept God's word.

Then Samuel said, What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear? And Saul said, “The people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to the Lord your God; but the rest we have utterly destroyed. Does our God need these cattle and sheep? Doesn't that sound interesting? The rest I have utterly destroyed. I just think this is blatant nonsense. Samuel said, Hold your peace! Enough! Do you all know? If you've been in church, you often see wolves in sheep's clothing, and weasels in sheep's clothing.

Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear?” Saul said, “The people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to the Lord your God; but the rest we have utterly destroyed.” Then Samuel said to Saul, “Hold your peace! and I will tell you what the Lord has said to me this night.” And he said to him, “Speak on.” (1 Samuel 15:14-16)

Samuel said, Why did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you swoop on the spoil and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord? Saul said to Samuel, “I have obeyed the voice of the Lord. I just think, what kind of thinking is this? Frankly, why should I learn to be Lao Tzu? You all know Lao Tzu, governing by doing nothing. I used to be upset because my level wasn't high enough, so I saw things like this. If someone did this to me, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, my temper would flare up immediately. Now the fire is gone.

Samuel said, “Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the Lord anointed you king over Israel. The Lord sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are exterminated.’ Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you swoop on the spoil and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord?” Saul said to Samuel, “I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, I have gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me, I have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. (1 Samuel 15:17-20)

Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. Now therefore, please pardon my sin and return with me that I may worship the Lord.” (1 Samuel 15:24-25)

Saul's words are contradictory, pure nonsense! How thick-skinned can you be, a dead duck refusing to admit defeat. When he couldn't argue anymore, he said, I have sinned; please pray for me. What kind of thinking is that! Because he feared the people and obeyed their voice, he transgressed the commandment of the Lord and Samuel's words. Where was he earlier? He was the king, why was he afraid of the people? Who was bigger than him? Why wasn't he afraid of Samuel? Samuel was the only one bigger than him. There was something very fatal in Saul's character.

Then Saul said, Please turn back with me and honour me before the elders of my people. Does a king need to be honoured? There are worms in his brain. You all know the Chinese character for stupid, which is spring with two worms underneath. If there are worms in the brain, he becomes stupid; if there are bugs in the written program, the program can't run. Tragedy! This weakness in a person's bones must be changed.

Brothers and sisters, if your husband scares you, should you stop believing in the Lord properly? If your wife threatens you, should you stop serving God properly? If your son troubles you, should you be afraid? Brothers and sisters, I must tell everyone, greed and love of money are definitely a tragedy. If you have to choose between money and carefully obeying God's word, which one do you choose? If people threaten you and obeying God's word, which one do you choose? I can tell everyone, that doesn't work with me. I may not have anything else, but I have character. What kind of character? It's that I have to pass the test, I don't want God to tell me one day that He regrets it. Where would I go to regret it if God regrets it? Money, people, cattle, sheep, none of them can compare to God.

Some people say, Christians need to be balanced! Have you heard of this? Family and church need to be balanced! What balance? Are they worthy to be put on a scale to be balanced? Can the Kingdom of God and your family be balanced! Forget it! A person's family and the Kingdom of God are not on the same scale. Brothers and sisters, you must constantly cultivate yourselves in character and knowledge! If your children are still young, listen to my advice, shape the child's character, shape the knowledge of being a person inside him, the character of being a person, these are not learned in school! Think about it slowly! I can say that I have studied the growth of children very deeply.

How Saul Viewed Himself

My lessons are all learned from Saul! Saul did this, I did that; Saul did that, I did this, that's how I do it. How did Saul view himself? I tell you, never fix your eyes on other people. Although I often talk about this and that when I preach, you must know in your hearts that I look at myself every day! I just hope that what I say, you can listen to it! How did Saul view himself?

Samuel said, “Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the Lord anointed you king over Israel. (1 Samuel 15:17)

You were made king when you were little in your own eyes, was that your credit? That was not your credit. But God made you king when you thought you were not good enough. Now you think you are a king, then there is trouble. In the end, it depends on whether you obey the word of the Lord your God. Now everyone must know that man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Saul just has this one key point, he can't get over this hurdle.

I tell you, how does a person view himself? If you take yourself too seriously, you are in trouble. If you take your position too seriously, I am the pastor of this church, as if I am very important, important for what! Wasn't that appointed by God? If God appoints you and then regrets it, isn't that a tragedy? Chinese Mingding Destiny never controls people. If you want to grow well here, then grow well. If you want to leave, I won't call you back. We don't coerce people, we don't morally kidnap people, after you are healed here, you can do whatever you want. Even among our co-workers, I once said, if you want to set up a small mountain top, if you want to do it yourself, then do it yourself! Then good luck to you! I sincerely say: Good luck!

There is no bondage here, no moral kidnapping here, no so-called control here, I don't have that stuff here. What do I need that for! Because I have a recognition inside, what I need most is not you, what I need most is God. Did everyone feel a chill in their hearts after hearing this? Don't feel cold, that is indeed the case. I am just telling the truth, we build a church with you, but without God, that is trouble. It's good to have you in building a church, but the most important thing is that God must be here!

I lead everyone to listen to the word of the Lord God, according to His word, build His temple, build His church, and let the Spirit of God dwell among us. We see ourselves as small, God chooses us; after being chosen, we become big? Isn't that something wrong with our heads? After being chosen, we still have to see ourselves as small. Sometimes, someone retorts at me, I basically don't argue for myself, why do you talk to me like that? Isn't it normal for people to talk to me like that? I am nothing. You are nothing, you are just a dog, thank you for thinking highly of me! I am just dog poop. As a result, a brother said to me, ah! You are dog poop, I am the maggot in the dog poop. Then another brother added, you are the maggot in the dog poop, I am the poop in the maggot in the dog poop. Ah! What are you comparing? Don't compare like that.

That is to say: Don't take yourself so seriously. Don't think of yourself as if you are God, and I am second! After going to work in a company, the boss gives you a salary, but you can't do much work. The boss gives you a little guidance, and then your temper flares up, you say this brain is similar to Saul's. Saul's view of himself, as soon as you look at it, he sees it wrong. It's okay if you are not good enough, know that since God has chosen you, He will surely make you good. You can think little of yourself, God does not think little of you. God can choose you among all people, according to the flesh:

For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong. (1 Corinthians 1:26-27)

What great grace! Saul saw himself wrong. Forgot as soon as he became king? Brothers and sisters must know that, except for pleasing God, it is still pleasing God; that is to be a person after God's own heart. Know how God sees, know what God's word says, that's how Chinese Mingding Destiny is built.

Knowing God's Will

Knowing God's will! Saul has passed, we must know God's will! I read it to you all.

Samuel said, “Has the Lord as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, He has also rejected you from being king.” (1 Samuel 15:22-23)

Do we know God's will? Brothers and sisters must know that, your prayer is like a sacrifice. Ah, pray for me! I have an exam tomorrow, pray for my business, pray for my money. You really have to change! Thinking that prayer can solve problems, can prayer solve the problem of not listening to God's word? If you don't listen to God's word, what's the use of you praying there! This is not God's will. Can sacrifice compare to obedience? Know that obedience is better than sacrifice.

Can brothers and sisters grasp a key point? This key point is, listen to the word of the Lord your God, know that rebellion is like divination. Don't think that this is divination, that is divination, when a person rebels, it is actually like divination. Insubordination is like worshipping false gods. Don't just throw away this idol, throw away that thing to be destroyed, I think it is to throw you away. Can you be gentle and humble in your heart? I tell you, I have changed a lot recently, I couldn't stand this before. Ah! As soon as I say something, they explain it to me again and again. Explain what? Explain that they have not rebelled, explain that they are not stubborn, explain that they have not made a mistake, explain that they carefully obey God's word, explain why they are ignorant.

I want to learn from Lao Tzu! Just like Huawei learning from the United States. Everyone must know this, what is our core thing? I have now also learned to be gentle and humble in my heart. If you argue with me, you will hit cotton with a punch. I don't argue, I surrender. Our brothers and sisters must begin to know, what this reason and that reason, just speak plainly, because I have sinned, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice, I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words.

What? After explaining, what do you want to do? After explaining, you are right! Ah! This is Saul's tragedy! Brothers and sisters are beginning to know, prayer and listening to God's word, sacrifice and obedience, fat and submission, divination and rebellion, false gods and stubbornness, we must know God's will. If you value wealth very much, then do it! Work hard, and run on that road.

Regret and No Regret

This place says that God regretted making Saul king. Later it said:

Also the Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man, that He should change His mind. (1 Samuel 15:29)

I ask you, did He regret it or not? Everyone must know that, don't think that this regret and no regret are talking about the same thing, does will not change His mind and the preceding regret mean the same thing, or two different things? I tell everyone, God regretted making Saul king, but God will never regret removing him from the throne. God will never regret destroying the Israelites in the wilderness. What do you think it is for God to kill a person? It's nothing, God doesn't care that much, God will never regret it.

God will never regret sending disasters on the earth; God will ruin Saul, God will never regret it. Later, God sent an evil spirit from the Lord to come upon Saul, and Saul became mentally ill. Painful for a lifetime! He contracted a strange disease. Does God regret it? God made Saul king, God will send disasters on Saul, God will never regret it.

He is not a man that he should repent. Take God's enemies as enemies, and take God's kingdom as the kingdom. Don't have a heart of compassion for those who are enemies of God. You can clearly know that God burned Sodom and Gomorrah, never regretted it; God once destroyed Noah's era with a flood, did not regret it; God once killed 600,000 Israelites in the wilderness, did not regret it; God once destroyed Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, never regretted it; later burned 250 elders to death, later destroyed 14,000 Israelites, killing them with plagues, God never regretted it.

Summary

How can we not be like Saul? I tell you, the logical system in your heart must be right! The logical system in your heart cannot be based on the flesh, that is, not based on what we are born with; it must be based on what comes from theology, what God's word says, that's what you do. If you cannot build a Godly logical system, then I can only say: Good luck! What is a person's core interest? I ask you, what is your core interest? If your core interests are all in the world, you cannot be a person after God's own heart; if your core interests are just in this little thing of living, then you just keep going!

Brothers and sisters, no longer value these things of the world, understand this little thing of our lives, see through it. Completely destroy the worldly dreams inside us. Let us begin to fear God alone, and obey His word alone, even if threatened with death, we will not disobey God's word. This is called character, this is called backbone. This backbone will become the evidence of pleasing God, of passing the test! Never be such a person! Why? Because the world and its desires are passing away, but the kingdom of God endures forever; you and your family will pass away, but the kingdom of God endures forever. If you can see this clearly, your burden will fall off immediately, this is the lesson learned from Saul.

May God bless everyone.

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Isabelle
Hello teacher. This sermon is really well said. I used to perfectly avoid the scoring points. That's all evil, knowing it and doing it. Digging your own pit and jumping into it, the wicked fall into their own net. Really, I don't know that God teaches and helps me grow every day. But I am extremely stupid. Lazy, self-righteous, unwilling to calm down and follow God, really stubborn and rebellious and unwilling to wholeheartedly love God and offer myself. I really don't know what to say about myself. How can God be so loving, so merciful, and so gracious? I am unworthy, really unworthy.