Waverly Church of Christ

If Samuel was to obey God and do what was best for all Israel, he had no choice bu to confront Saul with his sin. If was painful because Samuel was the one who had originally anointed Saul as king. He had watch Saul mature from a shy, unassuming young man to the leader of God's people.

Now, he must tell him that God was displeased with his disobedience and had selected another man to take his place. Let's look a the story in brief and draw our lessons from this important text.