Hello there! Happy Sabbath!
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Come on in, we're
about to meet with the King!
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Hello everyone! Hello Aunty Nat!
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Hello Aunty Cecily,
are you excited about
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our worship time today?
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I am and I know
the boys and girls here
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are excited about all
the children joining us
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from home - aren't you? YES!
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It's so wonderful that you've
been joining us each week.
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And if you're joining in
our worship from different
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parts of the world or
even here in our own backyard
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of Australia, we'd love to
hear about where you're from.
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Our address is on the screen
on how you can contact us.
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Hello Teddy! It's
lovely to have you here too
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as always, isn't it?
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Anna, could you
please say a prayer before
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we commence our
worship time? Yes.
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Dear Lord... Thank You
for keeping us safe this week.
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We thank and praise
You for the Sabbath.
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We thank You for the
children that have joined us.
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In Jesus name...
Amen, Amen. Thank you Anna.
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So boys and
girls, how was your week?
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Anything special happen?
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I've just been on a holiday
and saw my new baby cousin.
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Oh, that's wonderful!
What a blessing that must be!
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And speaking of blessings, let's
have a look at our blessing box.
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Caleb, would you like
to open the blessing box
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and read us
about how we can bless
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somebody else this Sabbath? Yes.
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"Deliver a DVD of a
sermon or an encouraging message
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to someone who is
unable to get to church."
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That would be a nice
thing to do. Thanks Caleb.
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DVDs are a great way to
share about Jesus, isn't it?
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Can you think of some
people who don't know anything
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about Jesus, and giving
them a DVD to watch a message
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about how much Jesus loves them,
that could change their lives.
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What do you think Aunty Nat?
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Oh, I think it's a great idea,
I used to have a DVD ministry,
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and I know many
people were blessed!
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Caleb, can you
think of what type of DVD
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you might like
to give to a friend?
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A program like ours.
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That sound like
such a great idea, Caleb.
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Sharing our program with others
I'm sure would be a blessing
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because it tells
people about Jesus.
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Aunt Cecily, you have a message
to share with us as well.
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Yes, for many weeks now,
we've been talking about the
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second coming of Jesus and
how we can trust and believe
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in God's promises in the Bible.
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Later in our Bible study,
we'll learn what can happen
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to our lives if we do
not repent of our sins.
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When Adam and Eve
sinned, it changed everything.
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God didn't want sin to
last forever, that's why
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Adam and Eve were permanently
shut out of the Garden of Eden
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where the Tree of Life was.
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It was the Tree of Life that
could give them eternal life
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when they ate the fruit, so
God barred their access to it.
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Also, before Adam and
Eve sinned, they could talk
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to God
face-to-face, but after sin,
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they could no longer do this.
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Sin caused a barrier
between God and man and then
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God gave His Son
Jesus to die on the cross
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to break down
that barrier for us.
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When Jesus takes us to heaven,
the Tree of Life that was in the
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Garden of Eden
will be restored to us.
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We'll have free
access to it again
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and live forever with Jesus.
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We'll also commune once
again with God the Father,
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and Jesus the Son face-to-face
with no barriers in-between.
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God misses us so much
and wants us home with Him.
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Listen to this verse
found in Revelation 22:14...
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It says, "Blessed are
those that do His commandments
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that they may have
right to the Tree of Life,
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and may enter through
the gates into the city."
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God is so good, let's
believe in His promises.
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Amen! Thanks Aunty
Cecily for sharing that with us.
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Jesus really wants us
back in heaven with Him.
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And I can see that
Pastor Rick has joined us again.
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Thank you so much, Pastor Rick.
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Now Pastor Rick, I know you'd
like to say hello to someone
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who has been watching
"A Day With the King."
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Indeed I do have special
friends and family who live in
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Queensland who watch "A
Day With the King" regularly.
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"Hello to the Kelly family!
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Thanks for being a part
of our journey down here,"
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and children, I have a song
called, "I Shall See the King."
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Now can we sing
this one together? Yes!
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Okay, let's do it.
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Pastor Rick, may we
sing "Jesus Loves Me?"
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I think we should sing that song
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cause it's a beautiful song.
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Pastor Rick, can we
please sing, "I'm So Happy?"
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Okay Amber, I'm just thinking,
we can sing it if we are happy.
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Are we happy? Yes!
Okay, we'll sing it then.
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Thanks Pastor Rick, I
can't help but feel happy
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when we sing songs about all
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the things
Jesus has done for us.
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Now let's join Dr. John
in his study and find out
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what surprise he
has for us this week!
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Hello boys and girls,
I'm Dr. John and welcome
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to story time!
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And the boys and girls watching,
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it is really
good to have you too!
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I want to tell you a story
about a boy - I don't even know
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his name, how could I
sit here and tell you a story
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about someone with no name?
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He did have a name and
this story was told to me
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by a missionary
called "Pastor Harry Watts,"
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who lived in the Solomon
Islands and he saw the little
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boy and he knows the story.
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The little boy had his prized
possession, it was a canoe.
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He loved to
paddle in that canoe.
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You know, if you and
I go into that canoe,
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we'd probably tip it
over, but he would paddle a long
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way and his mother
would say, "Don't go too far."
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But he actually paddled it one
day from one country to another.
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He didn't realize he had
crossed an invisible line.
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And he paddled for hours
and he saw an island coming up,
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and he thought, "I'm a
bit thirsty and a bit hungry,
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I can hear people over there."
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So he paddled and
his canoe scrunched up on
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the beach and when he
got there, he could see
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the noises weren't very happy.
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He could hear crying and
wailing, so he walked closer
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and he had
walked into a funeral.
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And a young mother had
died and just as she was dying,
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she gave birth to
a little baby boy.
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And you know what
they were going to do?
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This sounds terrible to
us, but they took that baby
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and they were putting it in
the grave (it was still alive)
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with its mother.
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And the little boy
said, "Hey, hey, hey, hey...
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you can't do that."
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They said,
"Sorry, it's our custom,
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we can't look after the baby."
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"Oh no, no, no."
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"Well do you want the baby?"
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"Oh, I'm only 11, I'm
too young to be a daddy."
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Have we got any
11-year-old boys here?
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Hey, how would you
like to have a baby?
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Would mum be surprised
when you got home? Laughter.
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I know your mum, she
would be very surprised!
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Well, he took the baby
and he put it in the canoe,
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and the sun was beating down,
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and they were saying,
"Bye, bye, off you go."
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Oh, he said, "Just a
minute," and he went and got
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a banana leaf and he
laid it across so the sun
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wouldn't hurt the little
baby, and he started to paddle.
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Hours, heading home and
when he got home and the canoe
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scrunched up there, his mommy
said, "Where have you been?
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What have you
been...? What's that noise?"
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"Hello mommy, I've
got a surprise for you."
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"This is my son." "What?"
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"And he was given to me today."
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"They were going
to bury him alive."
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"You don't know how
to look after a baby,
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he's hungry, he's crying!"
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"He hasn't been fed for hours."
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The baby was screaming!
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Quickly, she took the baby
and she ran around the village
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and she found all the mothers
with young babies because
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they were feeding them and she
said, "This baby wants a drink."
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"Oh, give it here," and gave
the baby a little drink of milk.
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Went to the next
mother, had a bit more.
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Went to the next mother,
and round and round the village
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it went and he started to grow.
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And mother said, "I've
got a a surprise for you,
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go and plant a garden
because he's your baby
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and you're his daddy and
you're going to feed him."
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"He won't drink milk for long."
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He went out and he dug a
garden and watched it grow.
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And the little boy
started to eat and he called his
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11-year-old father "daddy."
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And then the holidays were
finished and it was time to
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go to school and he said,
"Bye, bye mom, I'm off to..."
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"Where do you
think you're going?"
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You're going to
take your son to school.
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And so the little baby went to
school and all the way through
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school, he had his son -
the little baby with him,
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and the son grew up and
finally he became a strong man
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and he became a
Christian and his father
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was only 11
years older than him.
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But without that, if that boy
hadn't have been a Christian,
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in a Christian village
where a Christian missionary
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had come and taught
them how to live properly,
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he would have died
at the age of one day.
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He would have been buried
alive, instead, he had a loving
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father and you know, we
have a loving Heavenly Father.
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And He must look at
us as though the devil is
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burying us alive and the
devil laughs but our Heavenly
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Father and this one was
only 11, but our Heavenly Father
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has saved us from the devil.
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And that is a wonderful
story of the 11-year-old daddy!
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Thank you boys and girls.
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Welcome boys and
girls, I'm so glad
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you came back
to our Bible study.
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If you haven't got
your Bibles ready yet,
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go get them now so you
can follow along with us.
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J. J., would you like
to say a prayer for us
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to open our study
today? Yep! Thank you.
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Dear Father...
Thank You for our Bibles.
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Help us to understand
what we read and to take it
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to our heart.
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Be with the
children watching at home.
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In Jesus name... Amen, Amen!
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Now Kate, we studied
about something interesting last
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week, what was that about?
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The Israelites demanded a king.
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Yes they did and who ended up
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being the first
king of Israel? Saul.
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Yes it was, wasn't it.
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And today, we're going
to study about what happened
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to King Saul.
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So in Saul's second year
of his reign, his son Jonathan
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decided to go up and attack
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the Philistine garrison
at Geba and was successful.
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War was declared and Saul
calls all the men to fight.
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Matthew, can you
please read 1 Samuel 13:5-7...
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"Then the Philistines gathered
together to fight with Israel,
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30,000 chariots and
6,000 horsemen, and people
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as the sand which is on
the seashore in multitude.
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And they came up and
encamped in Michmash,
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to the east of Beth Aven.
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When the men of Israel
saw that they were in danger
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(for the people
were distressed),
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then the people hid in the
caves, in thickets, in rocks,
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in holes and in pits.
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And some of the Hebrews
crossed over the Jordan to the
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land of Gad and Gilead. As for
Saul, he was still in Gilgal,
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and all the people
followed him trembling."
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Wow, so when the
Israelites saw how vast the
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Philistine army was,
they ran and they hid
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and deserted as
they were So scared.
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Let's see what happens next.
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Bethany, can you
please read 1 Samuel 13:8...
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"Then he waited seven
days, according to the time
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set by Samuel, but
Samuel did not come to Gilgal;
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and the people were
scattered from him."
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So Samuel had previously
instructed Saul that he was
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to wait seven days at
Gilgal before war, so Samuel
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could come and offer
a sacrifice to God for
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protection and victory
for the Israelite army.
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Okay Kate, can you please
read 1 Samuel 13:9-12, please.
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"So Saul said, "Bring a burnt
offering and peace offerings
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here to me." And he
offered the burnt offering.
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Now it happened, as soon
as he had finished presenting
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the burnt offering, that
Samuel came and Saul went out
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to meet him, that
he might greet him.
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And Samuel said,
"What have you done?"
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Saul said, "When I saw
that the people were scattered
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from me, and that you did not
come within the days appointed,
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and that the Philistines
gathered together at Michmash,
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"then I said, The Philistines
will now come down on me
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at Gilgal, and I have not made
the supplication to the Lord."
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"Therefore, I felt compelled
and offered a burnt offering."
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Hmm, so Saul made the offering
because he was impatient.
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Was he supposed to
do the offering? No.
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No. Samuel, the
priest was supposed to.
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But Saul told Samuel
that because the army had
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deserted him, he felt he
had to offer the sacrifice
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to try and bring
his men together.
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Saul, instead, should
have been encouraging his men
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during those seven days
and leading them to seek their
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hearts in repentance
to God, preparing them
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for the arrival of Samuel.
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Let's see what
Samuel says to Saul.
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Caleb, can you please
read 1 Samuel 13:13-14...
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"And Samuel said to
Saul, "You have done foolishly,
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you have not kept the
commandment of the Lord
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your God which He commanded you.
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For now the Lord
would have established your
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kingdom over Israel forever.
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But now your
kingdom shall not continue.
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The Lord has sought for Himself
a man after His own heart,
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and the Lord has commanded him
to be commander over His people
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because you have not kept
what the Lord commanded you."
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Hmm, thanks Caleb.
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So Samuel is prophesying
that because of what Saul did,
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another king is
going to take his place.
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Saul did not want
to repent of his sin,
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but just offered
excuses to Samuel.
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Because of Saul's sin
and unrepentant heart,
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God was going to
use someone else to have
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the honor of
defeating the Philistines.
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J. J., let's see who that is.
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Can you read 1 Samuel 14:6-7...
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"Then Jonathan said to the
young man who bore his armor,
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"Come, let us go over
to the garrison of these
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uncircumcised; it may be
that the Lord will work for us.
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for nothing restrains the Lord
from saving by many or by few.
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So his armor bearer said
to him, "Do all that is in
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your heart. Go
then; here I am with you,
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according to your
heart." Thanks J. J.
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So Jonathan was a
great man of faith and he was
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Saul's son, and he was
moved by the Holy Spirit.
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He believed that
God could deliver them.
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Chapter 14:1 tells us that
Jonathan left the Israelite
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encampment without
his father knowing.
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So Jonathan and his
servant were successful!
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We are told that the earth
quaking was angels from heaven
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fighting for them.
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Meanwhile, a watchman comes up
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to Saul in the Israelite
encampment and tells them
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there is something
strange happening over in the
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Philistine encampment.
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So in the confusion of Jonathan
and his servant attacking
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the garrison of the
Philistines, they started
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attacking one another.
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Do you know what?
God can cause the enemy
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to destroy itself,
we don't need to fear.
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Bethany, can you
please read 1 Samuel 15:1-3.
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"Samuel also said to Saul,
"The Lord sent me to anoint
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you king over His
people, over Israel.
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Now therefore, heed the
voice of the words of the Lord.
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"Thus says the Lord of hosts:
"I will punish Amalek for what
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he did to Israel, how
he ambushed him on the way
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when he came up from Egypt.
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Now go and attack
Amalek, and utterly destroy all
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that they have
and do not spare them.
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But kill both man and
woman, infant and nursing child,
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ox and sheep, camel and donkey."
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Hmm, what a command.
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You know, God was
giving Saul one more
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chance of being
faithful and obedient.
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Four hundred years before,
when the children of Israel
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had left Egypt, the Amalekites
had attacked the Israelites.
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These people were a fierce,
warlike tribe and they had
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committed terrible idolatry.
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God had given them 400
years to repent and turn from
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their sin, but they
hadn't and God had been very
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longsuffering with them.
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So Saul assembled
his army and off he went.
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Kate, can you please
read 1 Samuel 15:5-7.
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"And Saul came down
to the city of Amalek,
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and lay in wait in the valley.
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Then Saul said to the Kenites,
"Go, depart, get down from
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the Amalekites, lest
I destroy you with them.
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For you showed kindness
to all the children of Israel
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when they came up out of Egypt."
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So the Kenites departed
from among the Amalekites.
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And Saul
attacked the Amalekites,
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from Havilah all the way to
Shur, which is east of Egypt."
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Well done Kate, there are some
tricky words there isn't it?
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Even Aunty Nat
gets caught on those.
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Okay, Caleb can you
please read 1 Samuel 15:9.
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"But Saul and the people who
spared Agag and the best of the
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sheep, the oxen, the fatlings,
the lambs and all that was good,
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and were unwilling
to utterly destroy them.
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But everything
despised and worthless,
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that they utterly destroyed."
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Did Saul do what God
had asked him to do? No.
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No, Saul's prideful heart
wanted to parade the evil king
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in their victorious return,
so Saul could be honored.
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This was a custom of
the surrounding nations.
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But all honor was
to go to who? God.
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To God. They kept the
Amalekites' animals so they
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didn't have to give up their own
animals as a sacrifice to God.
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J. J. can you please
read 1 Samuel 15:10-11.
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"Now the word of the
Lord came to Samuel, saying,
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"I greatly regret that I have
set up Saul as king, for he has
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turned back from following
Me, and has not performed
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My commandments."
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And it grieved Samuel,
and he cried out to the Lord
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all night. Thanks J. J.
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So Samuel, you know what,
he loved Saul as his own son.
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He had taken him under his
wing and tried to teach him
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to obey and love God.
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But God allows us to
have free choice because God
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does not force us to love Him.
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Saul had exercised his
free choice and had chosen
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not to obey God.
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For this, Samuel was very sad.
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Aunt Cecily, can you
please read 1 Samuel 15:13-14.
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"Then Samuel went to
Saul, and Saul said to him,
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"Blessed are you of the Lord,
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I have performed the
commandment of the Lord."
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But Samuel said, "What then
is this bleating of the sheep
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in my ears, and the lowing
of the oxen which I hear?"
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And Saul said, "They
have brought them from the
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Amalekites; for the people
spared the best of the sheep
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and the oxen, to
sacrifice to the Lord your God;
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and the rest we
have utterly destroyed."
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Hmm, so Saul had lied to Samuel
because he said he had done
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everything that God
had asked him to do.
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But what could Samuel
hear in the background?
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The lowing of
oxen. Yes, he could hear
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the animals, couldn't he?
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Let's have a look at
our torch light, Anna,
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and see what that
shines on those verses for us.
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"When called to the throne,
Saul had a humble opinion
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of his own capabilities and
was willing to be instructed.
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Had he remained humble,
seeking constantly to be
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guided by divine wisdom,
he would have been enabled
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to discharge the duties of
his high position with success
00:24:15.42\00:24:19.29
and honor. Thanks Anna.
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So Saul
basically got a big head!
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He lost his humbleness
before God and he neglected
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to confess his
errors and sins before God,
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and he became very prideful.
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Let's have a look at our memory
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verse found in
Proverbs 16:18-19.
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And let's read that together.
00:24:37.47\00:24:39.94
"Pride goes before
destruction and a haughty spirit
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before a fall. Better
to be of a humble spirit
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with the lowly, than to divide
the spoil with the proud."
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So boys and girls,
we've learned today that
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being prideful and unrepentant
only leads to trouble.
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God wants us to
totally depend on Him.
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Thank you boys and girls
for reading along with us.
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00:25:08.27\00:25:11.27
on what we studied.
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Aunty Nat, can you tell us what
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we're going to be
studying next week?
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Sure, yes next Sabbath
we're gonna study about a giant!
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We have something
special to show you,
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so you make sure
you come back next week.
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Aunty Cecily, should we go over
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our memory verse
that we learnt today?
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Yes, are you ready children?
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Let's read this
together, Proverbs 16:18-19...
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Guess what Aunty Nat?
00:26:25.28\00:26:27.45
Another worship
time is almost over!
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Ohh, I can't
believe it just zooms by.
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Matthew, what did you
learn about the King today?
00:26:32.65\00:26:35.86
That Jesus died
on the cross for us,
00:26:35.89\00:26:37.89
so that we could live
forever in heaven with Him.
00:26:37.93\00:26:40.60
Oh yes, Jesus did an
amazing thing for us.
00:26:40.63\00:26:45.63
He loves us so
much, He wants us back
00:26:45.67\00:26:47.97
in heaven with Him.
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Kids, are you ready to
sing the blessing song? Yes!
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So turn around and let's do
that to the children at home.
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May God bless you and keep you,
00:27:01.02\00:27:05.79
and fill your heart with love.
00:27:05.82\00:27:11.09
May God guide and protect you,
00:27:11.13\00:27:15.93
and watch you from above.
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As Sabbath after Sabbath,
00:27:21.40\00:27:26.51
we greet the day of rest.
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The day the King of Glory
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has sanctified and blessed.
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Goodbye my friend,
till we meet again,
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for another day with the King.
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Goodbye! See you next Sabbath!
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I can't wait to get to heaven
00:28:05.48\00:28:07.52
because I can be
there with Jesus.
00:28:07.55\00:28:09.85
I can't wait to get to heaven
00:28:14.49\00:28:16.66
so I can see
God's wonderful nature.
00:28:16.69\00:28:20.43
I'm looking
forward to going to heaven
00:28:23.97\00:28:25.97
because there I can
play with the animals.
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