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1 Samuel 24:16\u201321 (also 26:25),<\/strong> Here King Saul prophesies that David will succeed him as king over Israel, and that he will do great things and prevail. There were other instances of Saul coming under a spirit of prophecy (also 10:10\u201311; 19:23\u201324).<\/p>\n

Saul was capable of hearing the voice of Elohim, but because of unrestrained carnality, a spirit of rebellion (15:23), and his inability to submit to the will of Elohim, he was spiritually conflicted. Clearly, YHVH was not in his heart (15:15, 21, 30). Within Saul was a constant struggle between doing the will of Elohim and his own will. The latter usually won out, because he had not unconditionally surrendered his will to YHVH (15:23, 26). Saul was swayed more by popular opinion than by the Word of Elohim (15:24, 30). Saul was able to worship Elohim (15:31), but was spiritually weak and not able to obey the Word of Elohim (15:23, 26). Is it possible to love and worship Elohim without obeying his Word?<\/p>\n

Yeshua declared that those who love him will obey his commandments or his Word (John 14:15). James wrote that the demons even tremble before Elohim (Jas 2:19), even though they are in rebellion against the Word of Elohim.<\/p>\n

Faith, works and obedience must accompany the worship and fear of Elohim (Jas 2:14\u201326). Though Saul paid lip service to YHVH, his heart was far from him. He obeyed when it was convenient and expedient to him.<\/p>\n

Isaiah similarly spoke of the rebellious Israelites who drew near to YHVH with their lips, but in reality, their hearts were far from him (Isa 29:13). Yeshua quoted and applied this verse to the hypocritical and rebellious religious leaders of his day (Matt 15:6\u20137).<\/p>\n

Have you ever thought that Saul may be a spiritual type of the church, which teaches and obeys the Torah-Word of Elohim only<\/em> in part, but otherwise follows a Torahless (at times, even anti-Torah) belief system?<\/p>\n

But let’s not be arrogant against our Christian brothers! How much of the Saul-mentality do we still have in us\u2014even among those who claim to love and to follow the Torah? How do we find the spiritual blind spots in our own hearts?<\/p>\n

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