Saul, The Company of Prophets and The Gospel
I haven’t been blogging lately because I’ve been working on a Prophetic Bible study
Soaring in the Prophetic
Here is an excerpt from Soaring:
Saul wasn’t known as a prophet or as one among their company. But, in 1 Samuel 10 we read that the Spirit of God would come upon Saul and he would prophesy when he met up with this group of prophets. We also read the prophets were known by Samuel to carry musical instruments.
1 Sa 10:5-6 “After that you shall come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is. And it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with a stringed instrument, a tambourine, a flute, and a harp before them; and they will be prophesying. “Then the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man.
Could it be that this is why Saul wanted David in his kingdom? Because Saul remembered back in the beginning, when he first met the prophets how the Spirit of God would come when the music was played? Was this why Saul called David to come play his harp when he was in torment, because he remembered the prophets, their music and the Holy Spirit?
1 Sam 16:23 And so it was, whenever the spirit (evil) from God was upon Saul, that David would take a harp and play it with his hand. Then Saul would become refreshed and well, and the distressing spirit would depart from him.
This also is probably a significant reason why people receive Jesus Christ when they come to church – The enemy can’t handle the worship and leaves the tormented unbeliever for a while – long enough for the person to encounter God and hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Gospel – Jesus Christ is God manifest in the flesh, crucified in love, raised in power, calling every person to receive Him – this should be offered in every service.
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