12:13
So Samuel presents Saul to them again as their king. He is the one they asked for, and the one the Lord had set over them. So even though they have disobeyed the Lord is still involved in the nation. We cannot get rid of the Lord so easily! Conversely, just because the Lord is involved in what we are doing, does not mean He is for what we are doing.
12:14,15
Despite their rebellion the rules remained the same. If they wanted things to go well then they had to “fear the Lord and serve and obey Him and not to rebel against His commands”. Both the people and the king had to follow the Lord. If they did not obey, but rebelled, then God’s hand would be against them. There was no escaping the truth. Today man tries to escape from God’s commands, but as we do so we find that things don’t work in society and chaos ensues. We see this all around us today. We need to return to the Lord.
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