1 & 2 Samuel

We concluded 1 & 2 Samuel last night. We were all very disturbed by the fightings & killings portrayed here. I guess we will if we only focus on them. Some interesting points we’ve drawn from our study:

1) God seemed to be cruel in punishment even at the slightest inkling of sin but God and sin don’t mixed at all. Analogy of water and oil don’t mixed helped us see why God is so intolerable of sin.

2) We’re more appreciative of Christ’s death. The punishment for sin is death. We always think that it refers to spiritual death. However, after reading 1 & 2 Samuel, I guess death also means literal death as we see how He punishes those who sin with literal death. So, Jesus’ coming to save us has more meaning to us now. Otherwise, a lot of us will be dead by now!

3) David’s exceptional ability to forgive his enemies and quickness of repentance from sin just amazes us sets a great example for us.