Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries
Doctrine of Enemyship, Part 13. God is the Enemy of the Reversionistic Believer.
Friday, December 29, 2000
Point 8. God is the Enemy of the Reversionistic Believer, 1SA 28:16.
Because David had not waited upon the Lord, he has now compromised his doctrine and is on the side of Israels enemy.
Saul is in reversionism and is about to die the sin unto death, 1CH 10:13-14.
People are going to tell you one thing and mean something entirely different, PRO 23:7.
JER 30:14 “For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the punishment of a cruel one, because your iniquity is great and your sins are numerous.”
Turn to PSA 55:12
The promotions of the world are often contrived to take the believer away from the plan of God.
HEB 11:24-25 “By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaohs daughter; choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin;”
HEB 11:26 “considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.”
The priests would communicate the written word and Samuel and the prophets would communicate the spoken word through revelation.
The death of Samuel and the absence of David leaves the people without reliable leadership.
Nathan and Gad finished out the parts of Samuel that Samuel did not finish; 1CH 29:29.
ECC 7:1b “the day of ones death is better than the day of ones birth.”
There were two High Priests to take his place, plus two prophets and two political rulers to replace him, Saul and David.
Apostasy and backsliding during the reign of Saul did not destroy Israel.
Ramah was known as a doctrinal center and it was a place Saul passed by many times.