1 & 2 Samuel (Program #9) – Samuel—A Man According to God
Through out the history of Israel only two men had ever been identified been raised up by God in three critical aspects, as priest, as prophet and as judge over Israel. These two are Moses and Samuel. Samuel like Moses before him was unique and having such a position before Jehovah. In many ways he was God’s representative on the earth and there were none that were higher than he. Yet it is interesting that when the Lord instructed him in I Samuel chapter 9, to anoint a king over Israel with his status already intact as priest, prophet and judge we can see it would been easy for him to say at least in his heart “how can God ask me to anoint anyone to be above me?” Yet in Samuel God had found a man who care nothing for his own position but who only care for what was on God’s heart.
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