Date: February 1st, 2023
Source: Bible New International Version
1Samuel ; Chapter 15 Verse 20-23
20 “But I did obey the Lord,” Saul said. “I went on the mission the Lord assigned me. I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king. 21 The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”
22 But Samuel replied:
“Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the Lord?
To obey is better than sacrifice,
and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,
and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
he has rejected you as king.”
20 ساؤل نے سموئیل سے کہا ، “لیکن میں نے خداوند کی اطاعت کی جہاں خداوند نے بھیجا میں وہاں گیا۔ میں نے عما لیقی بادشاہ اجاج کو گرفتار کیا اور عمالیقیوں کو تباہ کیا۔ 21 اور سپا ہیوں نے جلجال سے ان کی بہترین بھیڑیں اور مویشی خداوند اپنے خدا کی قربانی کی نذر کے لئے لیں۔
22 لیکن سموئیل نے جواب دیا ، “خداوند کس چیز سے زیادہ خوش ہو تا ہے۔ جلانے کے نذرانے اور قربانی سے یا خداوند کے احکامات کی فرمانبرداری سے ؟” اس کو قربانی پیش کرنے سے بہتر ہے کہ خدا کی اطاعت کریں۔ خدا کو ایک فربہ مینڈھے کی قربانی دینے سے بہتر ہے کہ خدا کے کہنے کو سنیں۔ 23 خداوند کی فرمانبرداری سے انکار کرنا اتنا ہی خراب ہے جتنا کہ جا دو کا گناہ کرنا اور غیب دانی کرنا ، ضدّی اور مغرور رہنا اتنا ہی بُرا ہے جتنا کہ بُتوں کی پرستش کرنے کا گناہ کرنا۔ تم نے خداوند کے احکامات کی فرمانبرداری سے انکار کرکے ان کا نا فرمان رہا۔ اس لئے خداوند نے تمہیں بھی بادشاہ ہو نے سے ر دکیا۔”
My point of view about above verses
Samuel told Saul that God say as I have anointed you as king over my people so that you have to fight Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Don’t spare them put to death men and women, children and infants and all type of cattle
Saul didn’t destroy cattle of Amalekites
As soldiers spared the best cattle's to sacrifice to the Lord
God told Samuel why Saul didn't obey my command fully to destroy Amaleks and their belongings completely
God became angry with Saul as he did not act fully on the instructions given by God
Wr need to obey God with our heart, mind, soul and body and do not offer him anything from loot
God does not take delight in sacrifices as much as to obey Him
So Samuel told Saul as you have rejected the word of the God so he has rejected you as a king of Israelites
May God give us wisdom to understand Him through His Word as He speaks with us through this - and apply it in our lives to have a blissful life on earth
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