HUGE LESSONS FROM THE TRAGIC END OF KING SAUL 1 Samuel 31 v 1 - 13 THE TRAGEDY OF HIS DEATH The tragedy of Saul’s death is that it did not have to happen like it did. God had a far better plan for his life; but he failed to live his life within the plan of God and he paid a terrible price as a result. Sadly, we see the same thing happening to people all around us. God desires to save us through Christ Jesus, bless us and use us for His glory. Men, however, refuse to go God’s way and they live lives of defeat and ultimately they die tragic deaths. It does not have to be that way. God has a better plan for each of us. Jesus said this: “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly,” John 10:10. IT APPEARS FROM THIS VERSE THAT WE CAN EITHER HAVE THE MINISTRY OF THE THIEF (SATAN) OR THE MINISTRY OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD (THE LORD JESUS CHRIST) IN OUR LIVES. So, if you are out of step with God’s plan, let me encourage you to line up today behind the Lord Jesus Christ, so that you and your family might avoid the same tragic ending that befell Saul and his family. THE TESTIMONY OF HIS DEATH While Saul’s death is a terrible tragedy; it also shares a powerful testimony with those whose hearts can hear it. Saul’s death serves as a clear reminder that death is coming for all of us. Think about it, on that battlefield that day, the poor man and the rich man; the king and the slave; the godly man and the sinner; the Israelite and the Philistine; the weak and the powerful; all entered death together. This pitiful scene is a tragic, but clear reminder that death plays no favorites. Unless the Lord returns in our lifetimes in the Rapture, none of us are getting out of this world alive. That is the clear teaching of Scripture. We may not like to think about it; and we may live like it will not happen, but death is coming for us all. That is the testimony of Saul’s death; that is the testimony of every graveyard, every funeral home and every hospital in the world. Death is coming and you and I had better be ready when it does! How can we be ready for death and the after-life? The scriptures give very clear answers in John 3 v 16 and John 11 v 25. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life - John 3 v 16 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; - John 11 v 25 - Paul Ola/Alan Carr
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