Processing the Past - Part Four: Sins of the Fathers

Deut 17:14-18:1
When you come to the land which the LORD your God is giving you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, 'I will set a king over me like all the nations that are around me,'15 you shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses; one from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.16 But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the LORD has said to you, 'You shall not return that way again.'17 Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.

18 "Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one before the priests, the Levites.19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes,20 that his heart may not be lifted above his brethren, that he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, and that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel.

From the above it is important to note:

Must be God’s set man (Whom the lord chooses)
Must be able to relate to the people (You should not set a stranger over you)
No selfish motives (shall not multiply horses for himself)
Must have a vision for the future (nor cause the people to return to Egypt)
Must not serve Mammon (neither shall he greatly multiply silver or gold)
Must be competent in the scriptures (shall read the law all the days of his life)
Must govern the times according to the scriptures ( must not turn away from the commandments to the right or to the left)

The anointing of Saul’s generation was different from that of David.

Saul was anointed from the vial (1 Sam 10:1)
David from the horn of the oil (1 Sam 16-14) servant/warrior/leader

Saul lacked responsibility; he hid at his coronation (1 Sam 10 20-23)
Saul was impatient: when Saul finished performing the sacrifices, Samuel came (1Sam 13:8-13)
Saul lacked preparation: (1 Samuel 13:19-23)
Saul was rebellious, stubborn and disobedient (1 Sam 15-23)
Behold to obey is better than sacrifice and to heed that the fat of rams
For rebellion is as the sin as witchcraft and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry

Saul did not understand spiritual Ware fare (1Samuel 17:31-41) put his amour on David

Saul majored in the minor:
Used more time and resources trying to kill David that he did the philistine
Always trying to kill what God has anointed (David and 85 priest of the Lord)

Saul practices witchcraft: The witch of Endor (1 Sam 28)

Result of Saul sins on the first Generation

Saul aborted the destiny of the first and second generation.

1 Sam 31:2
Then the Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul’s sons.


First Generation of Saul: Jonathan
Wise son
Warrior son
Was always in divine alignment
Faithful
Loved the lord
Was in favor with God and man

Saul put his sons in a bad situation because of his choices.
The enemy wants to create generational gaps.


Second Generation of Saul: Mephibosheth
Dropped on the head
Dropped because of ignorance
The second generation of Saul was crippled
Lived in Lo Debar (poverty stricken)
Disinherited
House of Amiel (being cared for)



1 Sam 9-7
David said to him do not dear, for I will surely show you mercy for Jonathan your father’ sake and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your grandfather and you shall eat at my table continually.