1Sa 15:3, Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly DESTROY ALL THAT THEY HAVE, and DO NOT SPARE THEM. BUT KILL BOTH MAN AND WOMAN, INFANT AND NURSING CHILD, OX AND SHEEP, CAMEL AND DONKEY.’ ”
AMALEK IS A TYPE OF SIN THAT WE MUST COMPLETELY DESTROY FROM OUR LIVES!
1Sa 15:9, BUT SAUL AND THE PEOPLE SPARED AGAG AND THE BEST OF THE SHEEP, THE OXEN, THE FATLINGS, THE LAMBS, AND ALL THAT WAS GOOD, AND WERE UNWILLING TO UTTERLY DESTROY THEM.
By sparing Agag and some animals Saul completely disobeyed GOD! We must utterly cut off sin from our lives! Spare nothing, including our favorite sin!
Psa 37:38-39, BUT THE TRANSGRESSORS SHALL BE DESTROYED TOGETHER; THE FUTURE OF THE WICKED SHALL BE CUT OFF. BUT THE SALVATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS IS FROM THE LORD; …
1Sa 15:15, And Saul said, “THEY have brought them from the Amalekites; FOR THE PEOPLE spared the best of the sheep and the oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD YOUR GOD;…
SAUL BLAMES EVERYONE BUT HIMSELF! SAUL SAID IT BEST BY SAYING “YOUR GOD”! HE WASN’T SAUL’S GOD FOR HE WAS UNWILLING TO OBEY HIS WORD!
Psa 119:9, HOW CAN A YOUNG MAN CLEANSE HIS WAY? BY TAKING HEED ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD.