I Samuel 28:3-25

I. In times of distress, be careful what actions we take.
a. Saul is willing to violate the Torah to gain direction.
b. Saul sees no contradiction in giving a promise in the name of the Lord while violating the Word of the Lord.
-Lev. 20:6, 27 (Lev. 19:31, Deut. 18:10-12)
c. Saul seeks direction from the Lord without concern for his need for repentance.
d. Saul continues to believe that the Lord is a god like those of the nations.

Lessons to apply
1. We cannot compromise God's Word.
2. We must continue to seek, ask, and knock of the Lord.
-Ps. 13; Matt. 7:7, John 6:66-67
3. We need to be more concerned with knowing the divine Guide than with gaining guidance.
-H.L Ellison "Saul, like not a few others, had to have guidance not out of love for God but for fear of making mistakes.”
-Dale Ralph Davis "If anything, Saul’s quest should have been to face Yahweh, not to seek Samuel. His need was not for information but communion, not so much to prepare for battle but to recover God’s presence. Saul, it seems, wanted the results of God’s favor more than he wanted God’s favor.”