Submission To The Will of God SS2 Christian Religious Studies (CRS) Lesson Note

SAUL SEEKS TO KILL DAVID  1 SAM. 26: 1-25

Saul was told by the people of Ziph that his enemy David had gone into hiding.  Saul sought to kill David shortly after David defeated Goliath, the people sang the praise of David, and they said “Saul had killed thousands, and David his ten thousand.  Saul became Jealous of David, and as a result of this Saul sought different occasions to kill him.

The first attempt made by Saul to kill David was when David was playing music for him, the evil spirit that troubles Saul came upon him immediately, he threw a spear at David, but David narrowly escaped. The second attempt made by Saul to kill David was when he cunningly gave his daughter Michal to David to Many, Saul did not demand any dowry from David but that David should kill and bring a hundred foreskins of the Philistines to be avenged of the king’s enemies.  Saul thought that David would be killed by the Philistines; that was why he made that proposal.  God was with David and he killed more than what Saul even demanded.  He killed two hundred men and brought their foreskins to the king.

Jonathan told David all that his father sought to do to him, even after speaking well about David to Saul. Saul did not desist from trying to kill David. David therefore ran away and went into hiding.

DAVID SPARES SAUL’S LIFE

Saul kept on chasing after David until David got to Engedi and had the opportunity to kill Saul.  The men of David told him to seize the opportunity immediately and kill Saul, but David refused, instead he cut off Saul’s skirt.  He told the men with him.  “The Lord forbid that I should do this thing unto my master the Lord’s anointed, to stretch for the mine hand against him seeing he is the anointed of the Lord”.

DAVID SPARES SAUL THE SECOND TIME

The second time David had an opportunity to kill Saul was when they got to the wilderness of Zigh.  Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched, and David saw the place Saul laid, and Abner the captain of his host were all asleep.  David was with Abishai when they found Saul and Abner and the other people with Saul all asleep. Abishai told David to seize the opportunity because the Lord had delivered his enemy into his hands.  David took the spear and cruise of water from Saul and went away.  David refused to lay his hands on the Lord’s anointed this second time.

Thereafter, David made Saul and Abner, the captain of the host, realise that he had the opportunity to kill Saul, but he refused saying that he was the Lord’s anointed. Saul apologized to David saying that he had sinned.  Saul went on his way, and David also went on his way.

JONAH AS A MESSENGER JONAH 1 AND 2

God sent Jonah to the city of Nineveh (Assyria) to preach to them so they would forsake their evil ways and turn to God. If they repent, the Lord is ready to forgive them, but if otherwise, divine judgment will follow. Jonah tried to dodge from God. In his bid to escape, Jonah boarded a ship from Joppa to Tarshish. He went into the inner part of the ship where he fell asleep. God caused a great wind upon the sea, which threatened to break the ship up. The mariners out of fear threw all their belongings into the sea to lighten the weight of the ship, but despite all they did the storm persisted. They decided to cry to their god and therefore, they cast lots, the lot fell on Jonah

Jonah confessed to them that he had disobeyed God. He told them to throw him into the sea. God had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. He was in the belly for three days and three nights. Inside the belly of the fish, Jonah prayed to God. God forgave him and spoke to the fish to vomit Jonah at the bank of the river, facing Nineveh, the city he had been running away from.

ASSIGNMENT

1. David hid from Saul on the hill of _____.A. Jeshimon   B. Hachilah C. Adullam D. Gilboa

2. David did not kill Saul because _____A. he had no weapons   B. God warned him not to C. Saul was God’s anointed  D. Saul was his-in-law

3. Who accompanied David to Saul’s Camp? A. Abishai   B. Ahimeleh C. Joab D. Asahael

4. To run away from God, Jonah decided to escape to A. Damascus  B. Syria  C.Tarshish  D. Joppa

5. Discovering that Jonah was the cause of their trouble, the mariners A. threw him into the sea   B. killed him   C. locked him up    D. prayed for him