1 Samuel 16:1-14

Anointed

July 17, 2016

First Baptist Church

Jackson, Mississippi

USA

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1 Samuel 17:32-37, 42-50

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July 24, 2016

First Baptist Church

Jackson, Mississippi

USA

Today

1 Samuel 16:1-14

Anointed

1 Samuel 16:1-14 ESV

David Anointed King 1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have

rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will

send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for Myself a king among

his sons.”

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2 And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the Lord

said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’ 3 And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you

shall anoint for Me him whom I declare to you.”

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4 Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of

the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?” 5 And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate

yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he consecrated Jesse and

his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

6 When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord's anointed is

before Him.” 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on

the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as

man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the

heart.” 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And

he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.” 9 Then Jesse made Shammah

pass by. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.” 10 And Jesse made

seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has

not chosen these.”

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11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There

remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel

said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.” 12 And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes

and was handsome. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.” 13 Then

Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the

Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up

and went to Ramah.

14 Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a harmful spirit from the Lord

tormented him.

1 Samuel 16:1-14 ESV

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David is anointed as king—but Saul is still on the throne.

Jesus is the Christ, or, literally, the "Anointed One."

Jesus will rule and reign on this planet someday.

In the meantime, a usurper (Satan) is on the throne.

Jesus calls the devil the prince of this world (John 14:30) while Paul calls him the

god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4).

"If Jesus is King of kings, why is this world so crazy? Why are there so many

problems?" people ask.

The answer is that, according to God's perfect plan, Jesus is anointed, but not

yet enthroned.

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Bible Exposition Commentary (BE Series) – Old Testament – The Bible Exposition

Commentary – History by Warren Wiersbe

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1 Samuel 16:1a ESV

David Anointed King

1a The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have

rejected him from being king over Israel?

1 Samuel 16:1 ESV

In his grief, Samuel must have felt like a dismal failure as a father, a spiritual

leader, and a mentor to the new king.

“Mourn” means "to mourn for the dead" and reveals the depths of Samuel's

sorrow.

There is a time to mourn (Ecclesiastes 3:4), but there is also a time to act (Joshua

7:10), and for Samuel, that time had arrived.

Joshua 7:10 10 The Lord said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face?

In spite of how he felt about himself, Samuel's work wasn't over yet, for God

wanted him to anoint the new king, David, the son of Jesse.

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Psalm 78:70-72 ESV 70 He chose David His servant

and took him from the sheepfolds; 71 from following the nursing ewes He brought him

to shepherd Jacob his people,

Israel his inheritance. 72 With upright heart he shepherded them

and guided them with his skillful hand.

Psalm 78:70-72 ESV

"Quit your mourning and moaning, Samuel, there's work to do," God said.

"But I have reason to mourn. My heart is broken," Samuel could have said.

"I regret it, too, but I've moved on," God might have answered.

We need to move on.

Yes, there are incidents in our lives that are hurtful, even regrettable—sad things,

hard times, raw deals; pain, problems, and disappointments.

But we must move on.

Why?

Because we serve a God Who is on the move (Genesis 1:2).

Genesis 1:1-2 KJV 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

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2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of

the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:1-2 KJV

If I remain in the past problem or the past disappointment, I will miss the present

move of God.

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1 Samuel 16:2a ESV 2a And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.”

So bad had Saul become that Samuel, a man of God, now feared for his life.

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1 Samuel 16:7 ESV 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of

his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man

looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

Samuel may have looked at their faces and forms, but the Lord examined their

hearts.

God alone can search the human heart and know what a person's motives

really are (1 Chronicles 28:9; Hebrews 4:12; Jeremiah 17:10; Romans 8:27.)

1 Chronicles 28:9 ESV 9 “And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him with a

whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and

understands every plan and thought.

Hebrews 4:12-13 ESV 12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword,

piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and

discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And no creature is hidden

from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we

must give account.

Jeremiah 17:10 ESV 10 “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to

his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”

Romans 8:27 ESV 27 And He Who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the

Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

In this life, we most often judge people by how they look, behave, dress, talk, or

carry themselves.

But God sees through all of that.

God looks straight at the heart.

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1 Samuel 16:11 ESV 11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There

remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel

said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.”

With the sheep—what a great place to find a shepherd for the nation.

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David's occupation—a shepherd (1 Samuel 16:11).

So insignificant was David in the family that Jesse didn't even call him from the

flock to the feast!

Saul was hiding among the baggage when Samuel called for him, but David

was busy caring for his father's sheep.

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In Old Testament times, kings and their officers were looked upon as "shepherds"

of the people (see Jer. 23; Ezek. 34), and David was a man with the heart of a

shepherd (see 2 Samuel 7:8; 1 Chronicles 21:17; Psalm 78:70-72).

God's church today is a flock, and each spiritual leader needs to have the heart

of a shepherd and lovingly care for God's lambs and sheep (John 10:1-18;

21:15-19; 1 Peter 5).

You can drive cattle but you have to lead sheep or they will scatter.

The shepherd must know his sheep individually, love them, and take care of

them according to their needs.

For the most part, sheep are defenseless and do not see well, so they depend on

the shepherd to guide and protect them.

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John 10:3-4 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own

sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he

goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

John 8:46b-47 NIV 46b If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe Me? 47 Whoever belongs to God

hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to

God.” (lost people live like lost people)

John 14:21 NASB 21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me; and

he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose

Myself to him.”

John 14:23-24a ESV 23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word, and My

Father will love him, and We will come to him and make our home with him. 24a Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words.

Though David was a literal shepherd who was called to be a "national"

shepherd, he saw himself as one of the Lord's sheep and wrote about it in Psalm

23.

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This psalm wasn't the product of a young man but of a seasoned saint who

looked back at a long life and confessed that the Lord had been faithful to him

all the days of his life (Psalm 23:6).

David was exactly the kind of leader Israel needed to repair all the damage that

Saul had done to the nation.

God calls people who are busy, not people looking for ways to avoid

responsibility.

Moses (Exodus 3), Gideon (Judges 6), Elisha (1 Kings 19:19-21), Nehemiah (Neh.

1), Amos (Amos 7:14-15), Peter, Andrew, James, and John (Mark 1:16-20), and

Matthew (Matthew 9:9-13) were all busy when the Lord called them.

God's pattern for leadership is stated in Matthew 25:21—"Well done, good and

faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over

many things. Enter into the joy of your Lord" (NKJV).

David had been faithful as a servant over a few things and God promoted him to

being a ruler over many things—from a flock to a whole nation!

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Unlike Saul, David could be trusted with exercising authority because he had

been under authority and had proved himself faithful.

1 Samuel 16:12 ESV 12 And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes

and was handsome. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.”

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David's appearance (1 Samuel 16:12a; see 17:42).

While the physical appearance wasn't the most important thing for a king (16:7),

David was so striking in his appearance that the Lord calls our attention to it.

The word translated "ruddy" is the same as Esau's nickname "Edom—red"

(Genesis 25:24-34).

Some have interpreted this to mean that David was a redhead, but it may only

mean that, unlike the average Semite, he was fair of skin & hair.

Saul was different from most Semitic people of that day because he was tall, but

David's distinctive was that he was fair rather than swarthy (dark).

Like Joseph, he was handsome (39:6) and had a winsome personality (1 Sam.

16:18).

He was the kind of person who attracted people and won and held their

confidence.

David's anointing 1 Samuel 16:12-13.

After looking at Jesse's seven sons, Samuel at last found the man of God's

choice, a man after God's own heart (1 Samuel 13:14).

It's interesting that David was number eight, because in Scripture eight is often

the number of a new beginning.

God did use David to bring a new beginning to Israel, both governmentally and

spiritually.

In Scripture, only prophets, priests, and kings were anointed, and the anointing

had to be performed by a person authorized by the Lord.

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In Biblical imagery, oil symbolizes the Holy Spirit and the endowment of His

power upon His servants (Zechariah 4).

The Hebrew word "Messiah" and the Greek word "Christ" both mean "anointed."

The Spirit of God came upon young David in great power, and ever after that,

David was God's man, but at the same time, the Spirit of God departed from Saul

(1 Samuel 16:14).

Without the power of the Spirit, the servant of God is helpless to do the will of

God and glorify Christ.

As we abide in Christ, we receive the power we need, for Jesus said, "Without

Me you can do nothing" (John 15:5, NKJV).

In case you missed it the first time, here is.

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David is anointed as king—but Saul is still on the throne.

Jesus is the Christ, or, literally, the "Anointed One."

Jesus will rule and reign on this planet someday.

In the meantime, a usurper (Satan) is on the throne.

Jesus calls the devil the prince of this world (John 14:30) while Paul calls him the

god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4).

"If Jesus is King of kings, why is this world so crazy? Why are there so many

problems?" people ask.

The answer is that, according to God's perfect plan, Jesus is anointed, but not

yet enthroned.

1 Samuel 16:13a ESV 13a Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers.

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When Saul was anointed, it was with a vial of oil (1 Samuel 10:1).

David, on the other hand, was anointed with a horn of oil, a big flask.

Why?

Because oil in the Word is a symbol of the Holy Spirit and David is a picture of the

true Anointed One, the Christos, Jesus, Who would be anointed with the oil of

gladness more than any of His brethren (Hebrews 1:9).

Hebrews 1:9b ESV 9b Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness beyond Your companions

(brothers).

1 Samuel 16:13a ESV 13a Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers.

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Notice that Samuel anoints David in the midst of his brethren.

How much did David's father and brothers understand about this anointing?

In view of David's subsequent association with King Saul, perhaps they

interpreted the event as a consecration for David's special service to the king.

Most likely Samuel privately told David that he had been chosen by the Lord to

be the next king.

If so, his behavior while serving Saul was remarkably mature for a young man

who one day would wear the crown.

No doubt it was the assurance of this future hope that helped to keep David

faithful during the ensuing years of trial and persecution.

But his trials and testings during those wilderness years helped to build his faith

and develop his godly character and prepare him for the ministry that God had

planned for him.

When David and Jonathan became friends (1 Samuel 18:1) and covenanted to

be faithful to each other (1 Samuel 18:3; 20:16), it's certain that David revealed to

Jonathan that he was God's anointed king.

When David became king, he would make Jonathan second in command

(23:16-18).

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It's not likely that Jonathan told his paranoid father about David or their

covenant, but somehow Saul discovered that David was his successor (1 Samuel

20:30-31) and tried all the more to kill him.

He expected his men to inform him about David and his whereabouts and Saul

let them know that David was chosen to be the next king (1 Samuel 22:6-8).

David will eventually be anointed three times.

The first time is here.

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The second time is in 2 Samuel 2:4, when he is anointed over the tribe of Judah.

The third time is in 2 Samuel 5:3, when he is anointed as king over all Israel.

Sometimes a man will think he's anointed for ministry and his mom might agree.

A few others might even recognize his anointing—and he'll wonder why

everyone else doesn't see it.

Most likely it's because it's not God’s time.

There is an unfolding of God's plan for a man or woman in service or ministry.

You cannot rush it, anointing is recognized by others in stages.

It doesn't happen quickly.

As it did with David, it comes when you fight battles on behalf of others, when

you gain victory for others by caring for them, standing by them, helping them.

David was an incredible man—a man after God's own heart, unlike anyone the

world had ever seen—yet it took 12 years before his anointing was recognized.

Saul was impatient, David, on the other hand, patiently waited.

So must we wait patiently.

Isaiah 40:31 ESV 31 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up

with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not

faint.

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Qavah - wait, trust in, hope …

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Waiting Expectantly

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Entwine your life around His!

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I AM the Vine… John 15:5

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Psalm 37:7a ESV 7a Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him;

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Psalm 5:3 ESV 3 O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice

for you and watch expectantly!

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1 Samuel 16:13b-14 ESV 13b And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And

Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

14 Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a harmful spirit from the Lord

tormented him.

1 Samuel 16:13b-14 ESV

How could an evil spirit be sent from the Lord?

Evil spirits and Satan himself can do nothing without the Lord's permission.

As such, demons actually serve the purpose of God.

How?

By providing people a choice.

If there were no Satan, people would have no choice.

Thus, we would never know if our love for God was genuine.

God says, "If you don't want to love Me, walk with Me, or believe in Me, you

have another option. You can be deceived by the devil."

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If I tell my son, Ben, that I want him to stay home this afternoon—and then I lock

him in his room, bolt his door, and board up his windows, it would be

meaningless for me to come home later and tell him how proud I was of him for

staying put.

Unless there was an open door for Ben to make a decision, my praise (Well

done) of him would be pointless.

That is why God leaves the door open and uses Satan as a tool to give people a

choice.

The Plan of Hope & Salvation

John 3:16 ESV 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes

in him should not perish but have eternal life.”

John 14:6 ESV 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to

the Father except through me.”

Romans 3:23 ESV 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 6:23a ESV 23a For the wages of sin is death,

Death in this life (the first death) is 100%.

Even Jesus, the one who doesn’t deserve death, died in this life to pay the

penalty for our sins.

The death referred to in Romans 6:23a is the second death explained in

Revelation 21:8.

Revelation 21:8 ESV 8 “But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the

sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the

lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Romans 6:23b ESV 23b but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 5:8 ESV 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for

us.

Revelation 21:7 ESV 7 "The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will

be my son.”

Romans 10:9-10 explains to us how to be conquerors.

Romans 10:9-10 ESV 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your

heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart

one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

Romans 10:13 ESV 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

If you have questions or would like to know more, please, contact First Baptist

Church Jackson at 601-949-1900 or http://firstbaptistjackson.org/contact/