Children of the Promise - 1 Samuel 28-31

Homiletics                                             Study - Children of the Promise

Lesson     15                                          Passage: 1 Samuel 28-31

Content (List of Topics or Events)

Saul and Philistine prepare for battle (1 Samuel 28-29) a. Saul in fear seek advice from medium (28:1-7) b. Saul consults medium to talk to Samuel (28:8-14) c. Saul ask Samuel for direction (28:15) d. Samuel’s words indict Saul of not obeying Lord telling of his defeat (28:16-19) e. Saul falls to ground in fear (28:20) f. Woman (medium) prepares food and feeds Saul and his men (28:21-25) g. Philistine question Achish about David’s battle loyalties (29:1-5) h. David is sent back to land of Philistines (29:6-11)

David and Amalekites raiders (1 Samuel 30) a. Amalekites raid and take women, children and plunder (1-2) b. David and men in distress over situation (3-6a) d. David Inquires of the Lord for what to do (6b-8) e. David with 600 men pursue raiders and find Egyptian left behind (9-14). f.  Egyptian leads David and retrieves all that was taken (15-20) g. David splits plunder with all including those who stayed behind (21-31)

Saul & family dead in battle with Philistine (1 Samuel 31) a. Saul wounded in fierce battle with Philistines (1-3) b. Saul requests armor-bearer to run through with his sword (4a) c. Saul and armor-bearer fall on swords and die; Saul’s sons also die (4b-6) d. Israelites flee and Philistines occupy (7) e. Philistine take Saul’s head and armor and display it (8-10) f. People of Jabesh Gilead after learning of Saul take and sons bodies and they are buried in Jabesh (11-13)

Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)

Division
Saul and Philistine prepare for battle – Without God	1 Samuel 28-29
David and Amalekites raiders – Consulting God	1 Samuel 30
Saul & family dead in battle with Philistines – God’s Judgment	1 Samuel 31

Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)

Saul dies Philistine battle and God consulted in righteous rescue

Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)

CTATL that God should be consulted and our resource in life’s adversities.

Specific Application Questions

1.	How do you prepare for things that frighten you?  Does God have an important role?
2.	In grief, where do you place your trust and what ways are you relying on God for direction?
3.	How are you honoring others with respect?

Principles to Remember

1.	Our resource in need is God
2.	God is our companion in victory
3.	In everything we can show respect

Characteristic of God

Resource

Theme

God is in control in all the details

God’s Word  - What’s happening?

God’s Heart – What does God care about?

Today’s World – How does this connect to what is happening in my world today