DIVINE CALL AND THE TASK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON BELIEVERS
BY
LUCKY EYIS AMIWERO
08033068549
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GENESIS 1:2
RELATED CHAPTERS
• PASLM 33:6
• PASLM 33:9
• PASLM 119:89
• PASLM 148;5
• NEHIMIAH 9:6
• HEBREWS 11:3
• HEBREWS 11:6
• 1 PETER 1:23
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2) And the earth was
without form, and void; and
darkness was upon the face
of the deep, and the Spirit
of GOD moved upon the
face of the waters
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GOD OF CREATION
GOD is revealed as eternal
self-existent, being who is
the First cause of all that is
never was, there is no Ame
that GOD did not exist, GOD
actually exist and the
universe came from Him,
God is the majesAc person
who created the universe,
before the mountains were
brought fort the earth and
the world, GOD was there
before the universe was
made, He existed eternally
before creaAng the universe
He created all things Heaven
and earth, the scripture
describe before the creaAon
as formless, empty and
covered with darkness, at
the Ame the universe and
the world did not have the
ordered form it has now, it
is empty of all living
creature and void of light
JEREMIAH 4:23
THE SPIRIT OF GOD MOVED
The Holy Spirit had an acAve
role in the work of creaAon,
as He hover around over the
creaAon, the image of the
Spirit of GOD directly
supervised the creaAve
process, is that the Spirit of
GOD hovering ready to
move to shape and form
and make the earth fruiRul
and producAve, He is ready
to create life to live on
earth,
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ISAIAH 11:2
RELATED CHAPTERS
v MATTHEW 1:1
v MATTEW 3:16
v MATTHEW 20:28
v LUKE 12:12
v LUKE 19:10
v JOHN 1:32
v JOHN 10:10
v JOHN 11:25
v JOHN 14:6
v JOHN 14:16
v JOHN 14:26
v JOHN 15:26
v JOHN 16:7-8
v JOHN 16:13
v ATS 2:29-30
v ACT 10:38
v ROMANS 1:1-3
v ROMANS 8:11
v ROMANS 8:14
v ROMANS 8:16
v 1 CORINTHIANS 2:13
v 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21
v GALATIANS 4:4-6
v EPHESIANS 1:7
v HEBREWS 2:14-15
v 1 PETER 3:18
v 1 JOHN 4:13
v 1 JOHN 5:1
v 1 JOHN 5:6
v 2 SAMUEL 7:16
v 1SAIAH 4:2
v ISAIAH 9:6-7
v ISAIAH 42:1
v ISIAH 53:2
v ISAIAH 61:1
v JEREMIAH 23:5
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1)And there shall come
forth a rod out of the stem
of Jesse and a branch shall
grow out of his root
2)And the Spirit of the
LORD shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and
understanding, the spirit of
counsel and might, the spirit
of knowledge and of the
fear of the LORD
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AND THERE SHALL COME
FORTH A ROD
The coming of the savior is
promised that the Messiah
who is the savior is a rod or
a shoot that comes from
the stem of Jesse, which is
the line of Jesse, his
descendant , who is King
David the youngest son of
Jesse, nevertheless, the
small shoot,, which gives a
new world govern by the
Branch (JESUS) the savior,
will grow into a strong
branch that bears fruit,
Jeremiah refers to the savior
as a righteous branch
JEREMIAH 23:5
The savior or Messiah is
JESUS CHRIST, which
idenAfies CHRIST as a
branch, most Ame JESUS is
called the Son of David
AND THE SPIRIT OF THE
LORD REST UPON HIM
The Messiah or Savior is
JESUS CHRIST, will be
imminently qualified to
establish GOD’S kingdom
on earth, for He will be filled
with all the fullness of GOD’
Spirit, anointed by the Holy
Ghost the Spirit of the LORD
will rest upon HIM, fully
equipping Him to fulfill His
Divine task, thought out
history , other people had
been endowed with GOD’S
Spirit, including Isaiah, but
they are mere human being,
with the Spirit with
Measure, while the Spirit of
CHRIST is without measure
JOHN 3:34 indwelt in Him
in all fullness of GOD head
dwell in Him , He was able
to fulfill the work of GOD
with the full power of GOD
COLLOSIAN 1:19
By the spirit of the LORD
resAng on Him, are designed
in the following words:
The Spirit of wisdom and
understanding:
There will be the giX of
wisdom, which is to have
good seen; to act wisely,
pracAcal insight that enables
a person to know what to
do and how to do it, which
enable one to carry out his
project or task successfully
There is the giX of
understanding, which is to
have the ability to grasp
facts or knowledge that lead
to understanding, by been
able to discern to solve
problems
The Spirit of counsel and in
power
There is the gie of counsel,
which fifed him to be the
wonderful Counsellor ,to
advice, purpose, or plan, the
ability to see into a situaAon
and advice plan to handle it
There is the giX of power or
might, to possess strength;
to act mighAly with force or
valor, to take heroic acAon,
to be bold, open, and
fearless in the discharge of
His duAes, victory over
every obstacles, opposiAon
and enemy
In the Spirit of knowledge
and fear of GOD
Which is to perceive with
full comprehension, deep
knowledge , understanding
the full knowledge of God
Himself, especially that
concerns the SalvaAon of
men
The fear of the LORD,
consisAng in a reverence of
Divine commands, desire to
please Him, which is found
eminently in the LORD
JESUS
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GENESIS 12:1-2
RELATED CHAPTERS
v GENESIS 12:6-7
v GENESIS 13:14-15,17
v GENESIS 15:1
v GENESIS 15:7,,18-21
v GENESIS 17:8
v GENESIS 22:17-18
v GENESIS 26:3
v GENESIS 28:13
v GENESIS 35:12
v PSALM 102:25-27
v ISAIAH 34:4
v ISAIAH 51:6
v ISAIAH 66:22
v MATTHEW 11:29
v JOHN 14:1-3
v ROMANS 4:13
v HEBREWS 11:8-10
v HEBREWS 12:22
v HEBREWS 13:14
v 2 PETER 3:10-13
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THE GREAT CALL
1)Now the LORD had said
unto Abram, Get thee out of
thy country, and from thy
kindred, and thy fathers
house into the land that I
will show thee
SPECIFIC DIVINE TASK ON
ABRAHAM
2)And I will make of thee a
great naAon, and I will bless
thee and make thee a great
naAon, and I will bless thee
and make they name great;
and thou shall be a blessing
3)And I will bless them that
bless thee, and curse him
that curseth thee, and in
thee shall all families of the
earth be blessed
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THE CALL OF ABRAM
The word of GOD, by which
Abram was called, contained
a command and a promise,
get thee out of thy country,;
the land of Chaldea, and the
city of Ur out of
Mesopotamia, Abram was
to leave all His country, his
kindred and fathers’ house
and to follow the LORD into
the Land the promise land
which He will show him ,
which is referred to heaven
the promise land of Canaan
was a symbol GOD promise
to the believers that will
inherit heaven and earth a
heave country and a city
that is eternal, as GOD
made choice of Abram, and
singled him out from among
his fellow-idolaters, the
place of all his old and fond
associaAon that he might
reserve a people for
Himself, among whom His
true worship might be
maintained All the coming
of CHRIST, Abram was tried
whether he loved GOD
befer than all, and whether
he could willingly leave all
and go with GOD
His kindred and his fathers’
house were constant
temptaAon to him, he could
not conAnue among them
without danger of being
infected by them,, the
command GOD gave to
Abram, is much the same
with the gospel call, for
sins, the world lust and all
occasions of it, must be
forsaken to give way for
Divine grace
SPECIFIC DIVINE TASK ON
ABRAHAM
When GOD called Abram
He, promised to make him
the head of another people,
a great naAon, the head of
chosen naAon, believers in
all ages and of all naAons,
that walk in the steps of the
faith of Abram are blessed
with him, and GOD promise
and I will bless thee; not
only with temporal
blessings, but principally
with Spiritual ones, GOD
promise Abram the
promised seed, he would
bring out a new race of
people the promise seed to
be a Spiritual people the
people of faith, true and
genuine believers who will
follow aeer GOD and His
promises which represent
believers all over the
naAons
GOD promise to bless
Abram, GOD’S blessing
means His love, presence,
protecAon and provision,
that means GOD will look
aeer Abram and the great
people Abram was to father,
his love to assured them, His
presence to guide them, His
provision to take care of
them, His protecAon to
secure them, GOD promise
Abram’s name great, Abram
without quesAon is one of
the greatest men who has
ever lived He gave rise to
the Jew and the ChrisAan
NaAon
GOD chose Abram to bless
the whole earth all people
of the earth, with the
promise seed, the Messiah,
the savior of the world, the
LORD Jesus Christ
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GENESIS 17:19
GENESIS 26:2-4
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THE BIRTH AND CALL OF
ISAAC
19)And GOD said, Sarah thy
wife shall bear a son indeed;
and thou call his name Isaac
and I will established My
covenant with him for and
everlasAng covenant with
his seed aeer Him
GENESIS 26: 2-4
THE SPECIFIC TASK OF
ISAAC
2)And the LORD , appeared
unto him, and said, Go not
down into Egypt; dwell in
the land which I shall tell
thee of;
3)Sojourn in this land, and I
will be with thee, and will
bless thee; for unto thee,
and unto thy seed, I will give
all these counAes, and I will
perform the oath which I
swear unto Abraham father
4)And I will make thy seed
to mulAply as the stars of
heaven and will give unto
thy seed all these counAes;
and in thy seed shall all
naAons of the earth be
blessed
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Abraham seems up to this
Ame to have regarded
Ishmael as the promises
seed, it find it in prayer, O h
that Ishmael might live
before thee, He asks life for
his beloved son, that is a
share in the Divine favor,
but GOD maintains his
purpose of giving him a son
by Sarah, this son will be
called Isaac, he that laughs
or he shall laugh, in
reference to the various
emoAons of surprise and
delight with which his
parents regards his birth
Abram prayed for Ismael ,it
was not answered, he was
to be fruiRul, beget princes,
and become a great naAon,
but Isaac is to be the heir of
the promise, the blessing of
the covenant was reserved
for Isaac, the appointment
of the sign of the covenant
was followed by this further
revelaAon as to the
promised seed that Abram
will receive it through his
wife Saria the naAon of
Israelites the promise seed
from believer from many
naAons, who were believers
to GOD and I will
established My covenant
with him; GOD the promise
of the land and the Messiah
that should spring from him
shall conAnue, and
therefore called everlasAng
GENESIS 26:2-4
THE SPECIFIC DIVINE TASK
ON ISAAC
AND THE LORD APPEARED
UNTO HIM
And the GOD of the
covenant and of the
promise appeared unto him,
when he was at Gerar
Divine manifestaAons , Isaac
is now the heir, and
therefore the holder of the
promise of the seed, the
LORD enters into
communicaAon with him
not to go down into Egypt,
as his father had done in the
like case, to try his faith in
him and dependance on His
providence for support in
the Ame of famine Isaac
weakened under pressure
he turn towards Egypt dwell
in the land which In the land
of Canaan the land of
promise, GOD made a great
promise to Isaac; if he
would stay he would receive
the promises made to
Abraham, he will receive all
those lands, he will receive
the promise seed bear
naAon of people and of the
Messiah the savior of the
world that will spring from
him
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GENESIS 25:23
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GENESIS 25:23
THE DIVINE CALL OF JACOB
23)And the LORD said unto
her, two naAons are in thy
womb, and two manner of
people shall be separated
from thy bowels; and the
one people shall be stronger
than the other people and
the elder shall serve the
younger
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GENESIS 25:23
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO
HER TWO NATION ARE IN
THY WOMB
And the LORD said to her
two naAons are in thy
womb; two persons, from
whom two naAons will
spring, the Edomites and
Israelites , the one from
Esau, the other Jacob when
Rebekah conceived, the
children struggled together
in her womb, that
pregnancy so long desire
and entreated GOD, where
and how she looked for a
Divine revelaAon, Isaac and
Rebekah kept in view the
promise of all naAons being
blessed in their future and
two manner of people shall
be separated from thy
bowels; different in their
bodies, complexions,
manner of life, religion, as
well as place of abode and
the one people shall be
stronger than the other
people; the Edomites, the
future of Esau, had a
succession of Duke, while
kings the Israelites of Jacob,
GOD was choosing the
younger son Jacob over the
elder Esau
AND THE ELDER SHALL
SERVE THE YOUNGER
The elder namely Esau, who
was as older, so of a
stronger consAtuAon of
body Esau’s were price for
along Ame, when Jacob and
his future Stanger in
Canaan, slave in Egypt, and
poor afflicted wanderer
GOD was choosing the
younger Son Jacob to
inherit the promise made to
Abraham, both the
promised land and the
promise seed, the promise
line of Savior, GOD,I n His
eternal sovereignty, has
chosen to shower His mercy
and grace upon man, to give
man the promise
land(heaven) and the
promised seed the Savior
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GENESIS 28:12-14
RELATED CHAPTERS
v MATTHEW 18:10
v MATTHEW 28:20
v MATTHEW 18:20
v LUKE 16:26
v JOHN 1:51
v JOHN 14:6
v JOHN 16:13
v ACTS 12:7-11
v ACTS 27:23-25
v ROMANS 8:14
v ROMANS 8:28
v PHILIPPIANS 2:13
v 1 TIMOTHY 2:5
v 2 TIMOTHY 1:12
v HEBREWS 9:24
v 1 JOHN 2:1-2
v GENESIS 28:15
v EXODUS 33:14
v PSALM 34:7
v PSALM 91:11
v ISAIAH 43:2
v ISAIAH 59:2
v ISAIAH 63:9
v ISAIAH 64:7
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GENESIS 28:12-14
SPECIFIC DIVINE TASK
OF JACOB
12)And he dreamed, and
behold a ladder set up on
the earth, and the top of it
reached to heaven: and
behold the angels of GOD
ascending and descending
on it
13)And, behold, the LORD
stood above it, and said, I
am the LORD GOD of
Abraham thy father, and the
GOD of Isaac: the land
whereon thou liest, to thee
will I give it, and to thy seed
14)And thy seed shall be as
the dust of the earth, and
thou shalt spread abroad to
the west, and to east, and to
the north, and to the south:
and in thee and thy seed
shall all the families of the
earth be blessed
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GENESIS 28:12-14
SPECIAL DIVINE TASK
OF JACOB
Jacob’s Dream at Bethel, as
he was travelling from
Beersheba, where Isaac was
then staying to Haran, Jacob
came to a place where He
was obliged to stop all night,
because the sun had set,
indicate the apparently
accidental. Yet really
divinely appointed choice of
this place, aeer making a
pillow with a stones head
place, pillow, he fell asleep
and had a dream, in which
he saw a ladder resAng
upon the earth, with the top
reaching to heaven ; of and
upon it angels Of GOD
going up and down, the
ladder was a visible symbol
of the real and
uninterrupted fellowship
between GOD in Heaven
and His people upon the
earth , this is a medium of
communicaAon between
heaven and earth, and in
parAcular between GOD in
His glory and man in his
loneliness and sin, by which
messengers pass to and fro
on errands of mercy, for
Heaven and earth have
been separated by sin, but
this ladder has re
established the contact and
behold the angels of GOD
ascending and descending
on it, which shows that
CHRIST regards either the
ladder in Jacob’s vision as an
emblem of Himself, Divine
MinistraAon to Son of men
has been going on before it
was finally revealed to their
spiritual faculAes , the
angels are acAve spirits
conAnually ascending and
descending they ascend to
give account of what they
have done, and to receive
orders and descend with the
tasks completed, ascending
with fresh assignment from
above , which represents
CHRIST by whom heaven
and earth are united, who is
the way to heaven, which
this ladder was, the
Mediator between GOD
and man, Who has
reconciled things in heaven
and things on earth, being
the way to heaven and
eternal life JOHN1:51
JESUS CHRIST is our
advocate between heaven
and earth, between GOD
and Man, the propiAaAon
atoning, sacrifice, covering
for our sins
AND THE LORD STOOD
The LORD stood above it
and Jacob, the object of
Mercy and said, I am the
LORD GOD of Abraham they
Father, and the GOD of
Isaac: their covenant GOD
and FATHER IN CHRIST, who
had made promise unto
them, and bestowed
blessing upon them; and the
same was and would
conAnue to be the GOD of
Jacob, over His chosen
people Who had solemnly
entered into covenant with
his ancestors, and who had
now come, in virtue of that
covenant, to renew to him
the promises He had
previously given them the
land whereon thou liest, to
thee will I give it, and to thy
seed, and the blessing of
the blessing in that seed for
whole race of man, the west
ward, eastward, northward
and southward , this
expression point to the
world-wide universality of
the Kingdom of the Seed of
Abraham GOD was assuring
Jacob that the same GOD
who spoke to Abraham and
Isaac, was now going to
speak to him, aeer his
miserable failure, the LORD
was the only hope for Jacob
of salvaAon, GOD of
redempAon speak to Jacob,
GOD gave the promise of
Abraham to Jacob the
Abrahamic Covenant
The real blessing of the
promises was to be given to
Jacob and his descendant
were the very promise of
the Abrahamic covenant,
the promise Land of Canaan
a symbol of heaven and the
promise seed; this meant
numerous descendants, so
many that they would
number as the dust of the
earth and spread in every
direcAon, the promises seed
a very special seed; this
meant the Messiah, the
Savior of the world in whom
all the families of the Earth
will be blessed
BEHOLD I AM WITH THEE
Behold I Am with thee, the
personal promise of Jacob
consist of His Divine
presence, (with thee)
Divine restoraAon(bring
again) Divine preservaAon
((keep thee) and Divine
fulfilment of promise( unAl I
have done)
The promise of His presence
and protecAon, GOD gave
Jacob the greatest
protecAon imaginable ,
GOD’S presence I am with
thee, GOD’S protecAve , I
will keep thee, protect,
watch over you wherever
you go, GOD assurance that
he would fulfilled His
promise and purpose in
Jacob’s life; I will not leave
you unAl I have fulfilled My
promises and purpose in
your life
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GENESIS 41:38-39
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GENESIS 41:38-39
THE MANIFESTATION OF
THE SPIRIT OF GOD ON
JOSEPH
38)And Pharaoh said unto
his servants, Can we find
such a one as this is, a man
in whom the spirit of GOD
is?
39)And Pharoah said unto
Joseph, forasmuch as GOD
hath showed thee all this,
there is none so discreet
and wise as thou art
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GENESIS 41:38-39
AND PHARAOH SAID CAN
WE FIND SUCH A MAN AS
THIS
At seventeen years of age
Joseph was sold for a slave;
at thirty he was prime
minister of Egypt, Joseph
had not only interpreted
Pharaoh’s dream, but had
suggested a policy in
preparaAon for the coming
famine, he had
recommended the
appointment of a wise and
discreet man, with supreme
authority over the land,
Pharaoh first consulted his
servants, and with their
consent, the sudden
installing of unknown
prisoner in the high office
has oeen been thought hard
to believe, but the ground
on which Pharaoh put it
goes far to explain it, he and
his servants had come to
believe that GOD spoke
through this man, that the
Spirit of GOD was in Him,
the Spirit of supernatural
insights , here was a divinely
sent messenger and that
Joseph is from the true
GOD
AS FAR AS GOD HATH
SHOWED ALL THIS
Aeer Pharaoh agreed had
agree to his being the man;
forasmuch as GOD hath,
showed thee all this; the
interpretaAon of his dreams,
what would be hereaeer for
fourteen years to come,
what was advisable to be
done for the good of the
naAon, and had proposed a
plan so well, the very
thought that the naAon
could suffer economic
collapse due to famine was
frightening, but the dreams
had happened, and Joseph’
interpretaAon fifed and
matched the dream
perfectly, GOD used Joseph
to cause men to
acknowledge His Spirit that
He work in His servant and
in the world, GOD was with
Joseph He revealed all
things to Joseph, as the
Spirit of GOD dwells in
Joseph , Pharaoh told
Joseph what he thought
about him, that was
discerning and wise, but
not within himself , but
because of GOD.
There is none so discreet
and wise as thou art, and
consequently none so fit for
this business, since he was
so divinely qualified as the
answer seemed to be give
by GOD not from man
Joseph was exalted over all
the people of Egypt, he was
put in charge of all the
place, everyone except
Pharaoh was subject to him,
the second in command the
prime minister over all over
Egypt
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GENESIS 50:19-26
RELATED CHAPTER
v MATTHEW 10:22
v ACTS 3:25-26
v 1 CORINTHIANS
15:58
v GALATIAN 3:8
v GALATIAN 3:13-14
v GALATIAN 3:16
v GALATIANS 3:26,29
v GALATIANS 6:9
v HEBREWS 7:25
v JAMES 1:12
v 1 PETER 1:13
v EXODUS 19:5
v JOSHUA 23:8
v PSALM 103:17-18
v PSALM 132:12
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GENESIS 50:19-26
THE SPECIFIC DIVINE TASK
OF JOSEPH
19)And Joseph said unto
them, fear not; for am I in
the place of GOD
20)But as for, ye thought
evil against me; but GOD
meant it unto good, to bring
to pass, as it is this day, to
save much people alive
21)Now therefore fear ye
not; I will nourish you, and
your lifle ones, and he
comforted them, and spake
kindly unto them
22)And Joseph dwelt in
Egypt, he, and his father’s
house; and spake kindly
unto them
23)And Joseph saw
Ephraim’s children of the
third generaAon; the
children also of Machir the
son of Manasseh, were
brought up upon Joseph’s
knees
24)And Joseph said unto his
brethren, I die; and GOD will
surely visit you, and bring
you out of this land unto the
land which he sware to
Abraham, to Isaac and Jacob
25)And Joseph took an oath
of the children of Israel,
saying, GOD will surely visit
you, and you shall carry up
my bones from hence
26)So Joseph died, being a
hundred and ten years old;
and they embalmed him,
and he was put in a coffin in
Egypt
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GENESIS 50:19-26
SPECIFIC DIVINE TASK
ON JOSEPH
His brethren plead Joseph
for forgiveness, they sent
unto Joseph, he no doubt
summons them before him,
when they fall down before
him entreaAng his
forgiveness, Joseph removes
their fear
Joseph declared that GOD
had overruled their evil,
that I will take the law into
his hands and take revenge,
that GOD has already
judged them and worked it
out for good, turned their
sinful deed they thought to
have contradicted his
dreams, and made them of
none effect, to almost have
taken away his life, or slave
all his days, but GOD meant
it unto good, into a blessing,
GOD was able to exult
Joseph to be ruler the ruler
of Egypt so that he can save
the world of his days from
ufer catastrophe especially
His people Israel and
believers of the earth; to
save them from economic
collapse and starvaAon due
to the seven years of famine
that had struct the known
world at that Ame, he
assured them of his
brotherly kindness towards
them, that he will provide
for them and their families
And Joseph dwell in Egypt
and his father’s house
comfortable , quite, and in
great prosperity, he stayed
faithful to GOD; he lived to
be 110 years old, he not
only fruiRul , he was also
faithful he live a righteous
live he kept his brothers
together, he live to see his
great-grandchildren to the
third generaAon, he witness
the growth of Israel he hung
on to the greatest promise
of GOD, never lenng go to
the end.
Joseph declared that GOD
was going to visit Israel, that
no mafer what the trial be
Israel is going to survive
I DIE
Someame before his death
he called them together,
and observed to them, that
he is expected to die in a
lifle Ame, and GOD will
surly visit you, and bring you
out of this land of Egypt, in
which they dwelt , unto the
land which he sware to
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
meaning the land of
Canaan, which he will give
to them
He was thinking of the
prophecy that GOD had
given to Abraham years
earlier predicAon that Israel
will suffer afflicAon at the
hands of some naAon for
four hundred years , Joseph
certainly knew about the
predicAon GENESIS 15:7-15.
JOSEPH TOOK AN OATH
And took an oath of the
children of Israel, not of his
brethren only, but of their
future , as many of them as
were now grown up, that so
it might be communicated
from one to another, and
become well known to
generaAon which should
depart out of Egypt, saying,
GOD will surely visit you,
and you shall carry up my
bones from hence; when
they should go to Canaan
the promised land, he was
embalmed and placed in a
coffin not placed in some
tomb or pyramid reserved
for the great official of
Egypt, being the second to
Pharaoh, but He desire to
follow GOD to the end,
throughout his life, he had
given a strong witness to
GOD, he wanted his bones
to declare his faith in the
great promise of GOD, His
body was not buried, it was
simply embalmed and kept
above ground in a coffin ,
which was kept by various
families of believers, for
over four hundred years
Israel did inherit the
promised land and did carry
the bone of Joseph back
with them, burying them in
Shechem,
EXODUS 13:19
JOSHUA 24:32
The promised land have
two reference to Canaan
and also referred to the
promised land of (heaven)
Joseph had eye and heart
primary set on the same
land the heaven the land of
eternity, Israel did give
birth to the very special
seed, the Savior of the
world, the LORD JESUS
CHRIST is the Savior the
promised seed, who was to
come, promised throughout
the enAre scripture
throughout all generation
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EXODUS 3:2-4
RELATED CHAPTERS
v JEREMIAH 3:15
v JEREMIAH 23:4
v EZEKIEL 34:23
v JOHN 21:17
v ACTS 20:28
v 1 PETER 5:2
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EXODUS 3:2-4
THE GREAT CALL OF MOSES
2) And the angel of the
LORD appeared un him in a
flame of fire out of the
midst of a bush; and he
looked, and, behold, the
bush burned with fire, and
the bush was not consumed
3)And Moses said I will
now turn aside, and see this
great sight, why the bush is
not burnt
4)And when the LORD saw
that he turn aside to see,
GOD called unto him out of
the midst of the bush, and
said, Moses, Moses and he
said, Here am i
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EXODUS 3:2-4
CALL OF MOSES
The angel of the LORD
appeared to him, the angel
of the covenant, the eternal
word and son of GOD
CHRIST, who then and ever
was GOD, the angel the
LORD appeared in a flame of
fire out of the midst of the
bush, to his great surprise ,
Moses turned aside to look
at the great sight, the
miraculous vision of the
bush that was burning and
yet not consumed, GOD was
meeAng Moses, He manifest
and revealed Himself,
meeAng Moses in a very
special way, Moses needed
a deep, intense,
unforgefable experience
with GOD before he will
undertake the mission,
before he could minister
and serve in the power of
GOD, every believer should
seek deeper experience
with GOD, to know GOD
more and more, to draw
closer to him , GOD called
him Moses stopped, turned
aside, and went over to see
the unusual sight, just why
the blazing fire did not burn
out nor consume the bush,
the LORD was appearing to
Moses he stopped and
sought the meaning of the
LORD’S appearance.
There was the call of GOD ,
which is to seek man when
Moses stopped and sought
to seek the meaning of the
burning bush, then and only
then did GOD call out to
Moses, GOD will call the
seeking person, a person
who sought to understand
the truth and the meaning
of things, who seek to
understand GOD will find
GOD, GOD,S call is a
personal called ,He call
Moses by name, GOD call is
personal, He knows us by
name every one of us, we
must always response
posiAvely to GOD’S call , we
must obey and do exactly
what He wants: Abraham
responded her I am,
GENESIS 22:1
Samuel responded here I
am 1 SAMUEL 3:4
Isaiah responded here I am
ISAIAH 6:8
Paul responded here I am
ACTS 9:6
out of the bush GOD’S call
comes to a heart that is
willing to tackle a heroic
Divine task
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EXODUS 3:9-10
RELATED CHAPTERS
v MATTHEW 20:28
v MATTHEW 28:19-20
v MARK 16:15
v JOHN 15:16
v ACT 1:8
v ACTS 9:15
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EXODUS 3:9-10
THE SPECIFIC TASK OF
MOSES
9)Now therefore, behold,
the cry of the children of
Israel is come unto Me and I
have also seen the
oppression wherewith the
EgypAans oppression
wherewith the EgypAan
oppress them
10)Come now therefore,
and I will send thee unto
Pharaoh , that thou mayest
bring forth My people the
Children of Israel out of
Egypt
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EXODUS 3:9-10
THE SPECIFIC DIVINE TASK
There were the reasons why
GOD called Moses, GOD
called Moses for three
reasons , GOD was deeply
concerned about the
suffering of His people, GOD
saw the afflicAon and
misery of His people that He
had, which is the first Ame
GOD called Israel His people
GOD had their cries of His
people, the slave masters no
doubt were cursing,
abusing, beaAng and forcing
the people to work beyond
their exhausAon , the
people moaned and
groaned under their
oppressive afflicAon, they
had no hope but GOD and
they could do nothing but
cry out to GOD, GOD heard
their cries and was now
acAng to meet their need
Moses was to go as GOD’S
messenger to deliver GOD’S
people from their
enslavement , this is the
great call of Moses, the
great commission that God
gave to Moses, he was being
sent, chosen, appointed and
commissioned by GOD
Himself, GOD and GOD
alone has the authority to
call and commission people
to represent Him, Moses call
and commission was to
rescue people, to deliver
them from their
enslavement, In Egypt; and
conduct them through the
wilderness to the land of
Canaan, and so be their
deliverer, guide, and govern
under GOD, who now gave
him a commission to act for
Him
we as believers are
expected to go forth as His
messengers, to go forth and
deliver people from their
enslavement to worldly
ways of the earth, GOD
expect us to lead sinners,
from sin to righteousness,
from death to life, from
suffering to health, from
hate to love
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EXODUS 31:1-5
EXODUS 31:4-5
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EXODUS 31:1-5
THE GREAT CALL OF
BEZALEEL
1)And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying
2)See, I have called by
name Bezaleel the son of
Uri, the son of Hur, of the
tribe of Judah
3)And I have filled him with
the spirit of GOD, in
wisdom, and in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all
manner of workmanship
EXODUS 31:4-5
SPECIFIC TASK GUIDED BY
THE HOLY SPIRT
4)To devise cunning works,
to work in gold, and in silver,
and in brass
5)And in cufng of stones,
to set them, and in carving
of Amber, to work in all
manner of workmanship
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EXODUS 31:1-5
THE LORD SAY SEE I HAVE
CALLED BY NAME
The grandson of Hur, who
helped to hold up Moses’s
hand who assisted Aaron in
supporAng the hand of
Moses during the bafle
with Amalek at Rephidim
EXODUS 17:10 and Ahoilab
is called next to Bezaleel,
the solemn call of Bezaleel
and Aholiab, is full of
instrucAon, their work was
to be only that of
handicraesmen, sAll it was
GOD Himself who called
them by name to their
tasks, and the powers
which they were now called
upon to exercise in their
respecAve craes were
declared to have been given
them by the Holy Spirit, it is
the medium of
communicaAon whereby
GOD the FATHER bestow all
gie on us,GOD knew
Bezaleel even when he was
sAll in his mother’s womb,
the GOD of the universe
and creature of all things,
knew Bezaleel personally,
the call of GOD goes right to
the heart of the man,
senng apart to serve GOD’S
dear people, when GOD
calls a person to service, the
person is not lee by himself
to do the work, GOD fills the
person with His Spirit, and
the Holy Spirit equips the
person, in the case of
Bezaleel he was given
special skill and ability and
special knowledge in all
kinds of craesmanship
EXODUS 31:4-5
THE SPECIAL DIVINE TASK
OF BEZALEEL/OHIOLIAB
To devise cunning works, to
invent draw paferns, for the
weavers parAcularly, for
making of curtains of the
tabernacles, the vail of the
most Holy place devise
works of skill,, which were
made of cunning works
To work in gold, and in
silver, brass, Bazeleel was
taught by the Spirit of GOD
the art of Jewelling, so that
Bazeleel had need of
immediate wisdom from the
Spirit of GOD, not only to
devise curious work in these
several things as in others,
but also to teach men how
to work on them, what tools
to work with, and how to
use them, how to melt
these several metals, and
into what form and shapes
to put them and to polish
them
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NUMBERS 11:16-17
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NUMBERS 11:16-17
THE SPECIF TASK GUIDED
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
16)And the LORD said unto
Moses, Gather unto Me
seventy men of the elders of
Israel, whom thou knowest
to be the elders of the
people and officers over
them; and bring them unto
the tabernacle of the
congregaAon, that they may
stand there with thee
17)And I will come down
and talk with thee there;
and I will take of the Spirit
which is upon thee, and will
put it upon them; and they
shall bear the burden of the
people with thee, that thou
bear it not thyself alone
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NUMBERS 11:16-17
And the LORD said unto
Moses to bring seventy
elders to the , tabernacle of
the congregaAon that they
may stand with thee, and be
seen by all the people what
honor was done them, what
authority was conferred
upon them, and what gies
qualifying them to the office
GOD promised to anoint the
elders with His Spirit, with
the very same spirit He has
given to Moses, the elder
will help to carry the burden
of the people, help deal
with problem of the people
GOD was appoinAng them
to assist meet up the
demand on Moses by the
people on the intense
pressure and distress of
Moses were being relieved
by GOD, the enormous
weight of the Ministry that
Moses was sensing was
being lieed by GOD
I will come down, the cloud
which hovered over the
Tabernacle appears to have
descended to the entrance,
I will take of the Spirit which
is upon thee the gie of the
Spirit qualifying for these
things which Moses had a
large measure, and will put
it upon them, give it to
them which I have given
thee, but from the same
fountain and fulness of the
Spirit, and they shall bear
the burden of the people
with thee, that thou bear it
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NUMBERS 11:24-25
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NUMBERS 11:24-25
THE HOLY SPIRIT
MANIFESTATION ON THE
SEVENTY ELDERS
24)And Moses went out,
and told the people the
words of the LORD, and
gathered the seventy men
of the elders of the people,
and set them round about
the tabernacle
25)And the LORD came
down in a cloud, and spake
unto him, and took of the
Spirit that was upon him,
and gave it unto the seventy
elders; and it came to pass,
that when the Spirit rested
upon them, they
prophesied, and did not
cease
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not thyself alone: assist in
the government of them,
take part in all weighty and
difficult mafers, hear the
complaints of the people,
and bear and share of the
blame and reproach they
are that Ame will cast on
their ruler
NUMBERS 11:24-26
SPECIFIC DIVINE TASK ON
THE SEVENTY ELDER
And Moses went out and
gather the seventy men of
the elders, the Tabernacle
was chosen for the
convocaAon, because , as it
was there GOD manifest His
presence, there His Spirit
would be directly , the LORD
came down in the cloud and
spoke with Moses and did
just what He had promised;
the Spirit of GOD came
upon the seventy elder ,
and they prophesied
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NUMBER 27:14-17
RELATED CAHPTERS
v JOHN 15:2
v 1 CORINTHIANS
11:30-32
v HEBREWS 12:5-6
v DEUTERONOMY 8:5
v PSALMS 3:11-12
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NUMBERS 27:14-17
SPECIFIC TASK AND GUDE
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
14)For ye rebelled against
My commandment in the
desert of Zin, in the strife of
the congregaAon to sancAfy
Me at the water before their
eyes; that is the water of
Meribah in Kadesh in the
wilderness of Zin
15)And Moses spake unto
the LORD, saying
16)Let the LORD, the GOD
of the Spirit, of all flesh, set
a man over the
congregaAon
17) which may go out
before them, and which
may go in before, and which
may bring them in; that the
congregaAon of the LORD
be not as sheep which have
no shepherd
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NUMBERS 27:14-17
YOU REBELLED AGAINST
MY COMMANDMENT
For you rebelled against my
commandment in the desert
of Zin, the first sin was
disobedience , GOD
reminded Moses why he
could not enter the promise
land Moses and Aaron were
both guilty of the sins,
remember the people
needed water , GOD told
Moses to walk over to
parAcular rock and call for
water to gush out, the result
is the miracle of GOD, which
was supposed to be eye
witness account of the
event to know that it was
GOD meeAng their needs
that GOD himself provided
for them, but Moses had
disobeyed GOD, He did the
exact opposite of what GOD
had instructed Moses failed
to honor GOD he spoke to
the people in anger instead
of addressing the rock as
commanded by GOD he lash
at the people calling them
rebels Moses had not giving
GOD full credit and the
glory for providing the water
, he took some of the credit
himself , in anger he shout
out at the people must we
bring you water by saying
we Moses was assuming
some credit to himself this
was serious offence to GOD,
for GOD will not share His
glory with any man, Moses
struck the rock with his
staff instead of speaking to
it as GOD Had commanded,
with anger he struck the
rock Moses failed to
acknowledge GOD as his
sole provider for His people,
he was acAng ungodly,
unrighteous and completely
out of control before the
people he has commifed
terrible sin disobedience .
This was the reason Moses
was disallowed or barred
from entering the promise
land, Moses accepted the
judgment of GOD and
accept the fact, he began to
pray for the sovereign LORD
to appoint a successor, If
Moses was leaving the
scene, another leader had
to be appointed, the people
will desperately need a
leader, without a leader
they will be wondering
about, lost and scafered
GOD must give a leader to
conAnue leading His people
to the promise land
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NUMBERS 27:18-20
RELATED CHAPTERS
v MATTHEW 22:14
v MATTHEW 20:28
v MATTHEW 28:19-20
v MARK 16:15
v JOHN 15:16
v JOHN 20:21
v JOHN 21:17
v ACTS 9:15
v JEREMIAH 3:15
v JEREMIAH 23:4
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NUMBERS 27:18-20
THE MANIFESTATION OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT ON
JOSHUA
18)And the LORD said unto
Moses, Take thee Joshua the
Son of Nun, a man in whom
is the Spirit and lay thine
hand upon him
19)And set him before
Eleazar the priest, and
before all the congregaAon;
and give him charge in their
sight
20) And thou shall put
some of thine honor upon
him, that all the
congregaAon of the children
of Israel may be obedient
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NUMBERS 27:18-20
THE MANIFESTATION OF
THE HOLY SPIRT ON
JOSHUA
GOD instructed Moses to appoint Joshua as His
successor, Joshua who was
one of the twelve spies who
spied out the land of
Canaan along with Caleb
and assistant to Moses for
many years, who proved to
be a strong believer in the
great promise of GOD, a
man of great courage and
faith, he was a man aeer
GOD’S own heart, he was
the choice of GOD to follow
the footsteps of Moses No
man could lead GOD’S
people without the Spirit
of GOD for this reason, GOD
had already place His Spirit
in Joshua , the Holy Spirit
was now controlling
Joshua’s life and preparing
him to lead GOD’S people,
Moses was to idenAfy
Joshua as the new leader of
GOD’S people, this was to
be done publicly by laying
hand on him, Moses was to
commission Joshua in the
presence of the people, He
was to call the people
together and stand Joshua
before the High priest in the
sight of everyone, he
commissioned him publicly
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JUDGES 3:5-9
RELATED CHAPTERS
v MATTHEW 7:21-23
v MATTHEW 7:24-27
v JOHN:6:66-67
v JOHN 14:21
v JOHN 14:23
v JOHN 14:31
v JOHN 15:10
v ACTS 17:29
v ROMANS 1:22-23
v ROMANS 1:24-32
v ROMANS 8:13
v GALATIANS 6:7-8
v 1 JOHN 5:21
v JUDE 21
v HEBREWS 2:1-3
v 2 PETER 2:14-17
v EXODUS 20:4
v LEVITICUS 26:1
v DEUTERONOMY 4:9
v DEUTERONOMY 6:5
v DEUTERONOMY 11:16
v DUETERONOMY 6:12
v DEUTERONOMY 7:1- 4
v DEUTERONOMY 10:12
v JOSHUA 23:11-13
v PSALM 9:17
v PSALM 31:23
v PSALM 50:22
v PSALM 78:10-11
v ISAIAH 51:13
v JEREMIAH 2:13
v JEREMIAH 3:21
v JEREMIAH 17:13
JUDGES 3:10
RELATED CHAPTERS
v JOHN 14:16-17
v JOHN 14:26
v JOHN 15:26-27
v JOHN 16:13
v JOHN 16:7-11
v ACTS 1:8
v ACTS 2:4
v ACTS 4:8-10
v ACTS 4:31
v ACTS 7:55
v ACTS 11:24
v ACTS 13:52
v GALATIAN 5:22-23
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JUDGES 3:5-9
THE SPECIFIC DIVINE TASK
OF OTHNIEL
5)And the children of Israel
dwelt among the
Canaanites, Hintes, and
Amorites, and Perizzites,
and Hivites, and Jebusites
6)And they took their
daughters to be their wives,
and gave their daughters to
their sons, and served their
gods
7)And the children of Israel
did evil in the sight of the
LORD, and forget the LORD
their GOD, and served
Baalim and the groves
8)Therefore the anger of
the LORD was Hot against
Israel, and he sold them into
the hand of Chushan
rishatham king of
Mesopotamia : and the
Children of Israel served
Chushan-rishathaim eight
years
9)And when the children of
Israel cried unto the LORD,
the LORD raised up a
deliverer to the children of
Israel, who delivered them,
even Othniel the of Kenaz,
Caleb’s younger brother
JUDGES 3:10
THE MANIFESTATION OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT OTHNIEL
10)And the Spirit of the
LORD came upon him, and
he Judged Israel, and went
out to war, and the LORD
went out of war; and the
LORD delivered Chushan
rishatham king of
Mesopotamia into his hand:
and his hand prevailed
against Chushan-rishathaim
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JUDGES 3:5-9
SPECIFIC DIVINE TASK OF
OTHENIEL
And the Israelites lived
among the Canaanites,
Hintes, Amorites, Perizzites
, Hivites, and Jebusites ,
they lived among the
worldly naAons they refused
to drive out the enemies of
the promise land, instead
they followed their lifestyle
and always of their
neighbors they refused to
live a life of separaAon from
the wordly a life devoted to
GOD and His righteousness
they lived among the six
naAons scafered all over
Israelites tribes that all the
Israelites tribe were guilty of
this serious offence, they
compromised with the
wordly by intermarrying
with Canaanites, GOD had
clearly and forcefully
forbidden intermarriage
DEUTERONOMY 7:1-4
Some of the Israelites failed
GOD miserably they
married wordly wives and
husbands, the women and
men of Canaanites, which
prompt they to follow aeer
their gods ,they engaged in
false worship and Idolatry
Why had GOD been so
forceful in forbidding
intermarriage? Because the
effect of intermarriage,
through intermarriage with
Canaanites they will lose
their idenAty, they will no
longer be disAnct people of
GOD, Chosen to live
righteously and to witness
to the lost world,
proclaiming that He is the
LORD, the only living and
true GOD
They forget the LORD their
GOD, they ignore, disregard,
took no noAce or account,
overlooked, cause to
neglect, lose memory of, the
Israelites became afracted
to the lifestyle of the
Canaanites, they were
seduced by their neighbor
and enAced them to enter
treaAes and trade
agreement with them,
intermarrying with their
sons and daughters, join
their neighbors in fellowship
and fesAvals of their
communiAes and worship,
the Israelite began to live
immorally,, unrighteous,
lawless lives just like their
wordly neighbors they now
worship other gods they
began to parAcipate and
engage in false religion of
their neighbor, the worship
of Baal and the Asherah
As GOD’S they had
forgenng the LORD and
worshipping false GOD,
which were evil commifed
by the Israelites
The LORD burned with
anger against the Israelite,
because of their sins they
desired the ways of the
world therefore GOD sold
them as slave , give them up
to become salve to the
world, war broke out and
the Israelites, and the
Israelites were conquered
by their foreign enemy
Cushan-Rishathaim, King of
Mesopotamia, all Israelites
were held under the mighty
oppression for eight years,
Evil was destroying them,
the evil they themselves
have commifed and the evil
of enslavement they have
shown the way of the world
and they are reaping it
The torture pain anguish
and agony of all the
afflicAon drove the Israelites
to their knees, they reach
the point they could bear no
more, they humbled
themselves and turned to
GOD, crying for help GOD
heard the cry of His people
and raised up a deliverer to
save them the deliverer
raised up by GOD was
Othniel, son of Kenaz who
was Caleb”s brother
JUDGES 3:10
THE MANISETATION OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD ON
OTHNIEL
Othniel was specially
equipped by GOD, the Spirit
of the LORD came upon
him, the power, presence
and assurance of GOD filled
him with GOD’S Spirit and
gave Othniel great sense of
His presence and absolutely
assurance of victory, he
become the first Judge
deliverer and immediately
went to war and fought
against the enemy victor
was assured by the
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JUDGES 6:12-14
JUDGES 6:34
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JUDGES 6:12-14
THE CALL OF GIDEON AND
SEPCIFIC DIVINE TASK
12)And the angel of the
lord appeared unto him, and
said unto him, the LORD is
with thee, thou mighty man
of valor
13)And Gideon said unto
him, Oh my LORD, if the
LORD be with us, Why then
is all this befallen us? And
where be all his miracles
which our fathers told us of,
saying, did not the LORD
bring us up from Egypt? but
now the LORD hath forsaken
us, and delivered us into the
hands of the Midianites
14)And the LORD look upon
him and said, go in this thy
might, and thou shalt save
Israel from the hand of the
Midianites
JUDGES 6:34
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD
CAME UPON GIDEON
34)But the Spirit of the
LORD came upon Gideon,
and he blew a trumpet; and
Abiezer was gathered aeer
him
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JUDGES 6:12-14
THE CALL OF GIDEON AND
SPECIFIC DIVINE TASK
AND THE ANGEL OF THE
LORD APPEARED UNTO HIM
And the angel of the LORD
appeared unto him, Gideon
was called by the angel of
the LORD himself, that the
gracious presence of GOD
was with Gideon , while he
was threshing, there was
call and commission of
Gideon he was GOD’S
instrument of deliverance
for His dear people, but he
was a young man with
weak, wavering faith who
had to be strengthen by
GOD, at first, Gideon
apparently did not noAce
the angel of the LORD sinng
under an oak tree close by
where he was threshing
wheat, to hide the wheat
and himself from dangerous
Midianites, Gideon was
actually threshing the wheat
in a winepress that was
hidden or sheltered out of
sight, Gideon looked up and
saw the angel of the LORD
seated under the oak, he
was of GOD’S presence and
addressed as a mighty
warrior or a man of valor,
which refer to a fighAng
man,, Gideon response for
GOD’S concerned of His
oppress people, how the
LORD has forsaken them,
and delivered them into the
hands of the Midianites all
his life he had heard about
the miraculous works of
GOD in delivering the
people of Israel from
EgypAan slavery and though
the wandering wilderness,
the LORD issued an
immediate challenge to
Gideon said to him, go in
this thy might; both of body
and mind, which had been
before given unto him, and
was now increased; and
which no doubt Gideon
,that he should go and save
the people the oppression
from the Midianite , and if
Gideon will accept the
challenge, the LORD would
strengthen and be with
him
JUDGES 6:34
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD
CAME UPON GIDEON,
The LORD himself prepared
His people for bafle
through His Chosen servant
Gideon, the spirit of the
LORD came upon Gideon,
what Gideon needs is the
Spirit of GOD, which means
to receive His presence and
power , giving him wisdom
and ability to lead the troop
of Israel
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JUDGES 11:8-10
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JUDGES 11:8-10
THE SPECIAL DIVEN TASK
ON JEPHTAH
8)And the elders of Gilead
said unto Jephthah,
therefore we turn again to
thee no, that, now, that
thou mayest go with us, and
fight against the children of
Ammon, and be our head
over all the inhabitants of
Gilead
9)And Jephthah said unto
the elder of Gilead, if ye
bring me home again to
fight against the Children of
Ammon, and the LORD
deliver them before me,
shall I be your head?
10)And the elders of Gilead
said unto Jephthah, the
LORD be witness between
us, if we do not so according
to they word
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JUDGES 11:8-10
THEREFORE, WE TURN
AGAIN TO THEE
And the elders of Gilead
said unto Jephthah, this
being so, because we have
formerly done thee wrong ,
they repented of it of which
their return to him was an
evidence: it being with this
view to remove the disgrace
and dishonor that had been
cast upon him, since we
have driven thee out, we
have done thee an injury,
we come now to make thee
full compensaAon, by
conferring such honor on
him, by taken you as our
head , by making him their
chief ruler, that thou mayest
go with us, they
acknowledged that they
need ,his assistance and
were humble enough to
request it, that thou mayest
go with us, and fight against
the children of Ammon, and
be our head over all the
inhabitants of Gilead; the
end of their coming to him
was not only to bring him
back with them to his
country, and to fight against
the Ammonites, and the
defense of it, but to be sole
governor of it
If you bring me home, if you
recall me from this place
where I am now sefled to
place where I was expelled
shall I be your head? Will
really make good this
promise , and the LORD
deliver them before Me; it
will be the LORD that will
give him victory, whom he
depended for success, and
not on his own courage and
valor, or military skill, shall I
be your head? Not only as
captain general of their
force during the war, but the
chief ruler of them
And the elders of Gilead
said unto Jephthah, agreed
to his proposal, and not only
giving their word for it, but
their oath; the LORD be
witness between us; if we
do not so according to thy
words that is make him
head over them they
appealed to GOD, and
called on him to be a
witness of their agreement
to it, and swore by him they
would fulfil it; or if they did
not the LORD will take
vengeance on them for it,
and punish the breach of
the covenant oath.
Jephthah acknowledged his
faith in the LORD and his
dependence upon the LORD,
he was declaring to the
elders that his trust was on
the LORD , victory will come
from GOD and LORD alone,
becoming the commander
in -chief and supreme leader
was not a poliAcal
opportunity for Jephthah ,
but occasion to trusAng
GOD and Serving Israe
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JUDGES 11:29
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JUDGES 11:29
THE MANIFESTATION OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT
29)Then the spirit of the
LORD came upon Jephthah ,
and passed over Gillead,
and Manasseh, and passed
over Mizpeh of Gilead and
from Mizpeh of Gilead he
passed over unto the
children of Ammon
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JUDGES 11:29
THE MANIFESTING OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT ON JEPHTAH
Then the spirit of the LORD
came upon Jephthah , the
LORDs spirit came upon
Jephthah and empowered
him to command the army
and the army advanced
against the Ammonites, this
is a clear picture of Spiritual
power of GOD and victory
achieve through the
presence of the LORD
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JUDGES 13:3-5
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JUDGES 13:3-5
SPECIAL TASK OF THE
DIVINE CALL ON SAMSON
3) And the angel of the
LORD appeared unto the
woman, and said unto her,
behold now, thou art
barren, and bearest not; but
thou shalt conceive, and
bear a son
4)Now therefore beware, I
pray thee, and drink not
wine nor strong drink and
eat not any unclean thing
5)For, lo, thou shalt
conceive, and bear a Son;
and no razor shall come on
his head; for the child shall
be a Nazarite unto GOD
from the womb; and he
shall begin to deliver Israel
out of the hand of the
Philistines.
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JUDGES 13:3-5
SPECIAL TASK ON THE CALL
OF SAMSON
While the Israelites were
given into the hands of the
PhilisAnes on account of
their sin,, and were also
severely oppressed, and
the angel of the LORD
appeared to the wife of
Manoah, the special
promise delivered by the
angel of the LORD, the LORD
promised that Manoah’s
wife who was barren will
miraculously bear a son,
which is to do with Divine
power , the LORD stepped
into the situaAon to meet
their need and gave them a
special promise, that same
instrucAon were given to
the mother by the LORD,
while pregnant, she was not
to drink alcohol nor eat any
unclean food, that when the
child was born, she was
never to use a razor on his
head, the reason of this
special instrucAons was that
the child was being sent on
a very special mission for
the LORD, he was to be a
Nazarite , that is, totally set
apart to GOD from his birth;
and once grown, he was to
begin the deliverance of
Israel out of the hand of
PalesAne.
GOD choose samson to be a
Nazarite dedicated to the
service and belonging to
GOD, is a lifeAme
commitment
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JUDGES 13:24-25
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JUDGES 13:24-25
MANIFESTATION OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT ON SAMSON
24)And the woman bare a
son, and called his name
Samson; and the child grew,
and the LORD blessed him
25)And the Spirit of the
LORD began to move him at
Ames in the camp of Dan
between Zora and Eshtaol
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JUDGES 13:24-25
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD
ON SAMSON
The birth of Samson is the
promise of GOD meeAng
the needs of His people, the
faith of Manoah and his wife
was rewarded , the promise
child was born and they
name him Samson , he grew
into manhood, and the
LORD blessed him, the Spirit
of the LORD began to sAr
him to deliver Israel from
the PhilisAne , the presence
of the LORD was upon him
in a special way, he was
appointed to judge over his
people
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1 SAMUEL 3:10-18
RELATED CHAPTERS
v JOHN 5:28-29
v HEBREWS 9:27
v 2 PETER 3:7
v JUDE 6:14-15
v REVELATION 20:11-15
v ISAIAH 6:8
v JEREMIAH 1:4-8
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1 SAMUEL 3:10-18
THE CALL AND SPECIFIC
TASK OF SAMUEL
10) And the Lord came, and
stood, and called as at other
Ames, Samuel, Samuel, then
Samuel answered, speak;
for thy servant heareth
11)And the LORD said to
Samuel, behold, I will do a
thing in Israel, at which both
the ears of every one that
heareth it shall Angle
12)In that day I will perform
against Eli all things which I
have spoken concerning his
house; when I begin, I will
also make an end
13)For I have told him that I
will judge his house for ever
for the iniquity which he
knoweth, because his sons
made themselves vile, and
he restrained them not
14)And therefore I have
sworn unto the house of Eli,
that the iniquity of Eli’s
house shall not be purged
with sacrifice nor offering
for ever
15)And Samuel lay unal the
morning, and opened the
doors of the house of the
LORD, and Samuel feared to
show Eli the vision
16)Then Eli called Samuel,
and said Samuel, my son,
and he answered, here I am
17)And he said, what is the
thing that the LORD hath
said unto thee? I pray thee
hide it not from me: GOD do
so to thee, and more also, if
thou hide any thing from me
of all the things that he said
unto thee
18)And Samuel told him
every whit , and hid nothing
from him and he said, it is
the LORD; let him do what
seemeth him good
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1 SAMUEL 3:10-18
THE CALL AND SPECIFIC
TASK OF SAMUEL
And GOD and stood where
Samuel lay before his eye in
the vision or prophecy ,
some visible physical shape
or a bright splendor an
illustraAon appearance of
the glory of GOD and called
as at other Ames, Samuel,
Samuel repeaAng his name ,
in order to be more to
moAvate ,it is something
more than a voice; there
was an objecAve presence,
aeer GOD issue the third
call , it dawned on Eli that
GOD was issuing a call to
Samuel, perceiving that it
was the voice of GOD that
Samuel heard, instructed
him what to say, though it
was a disgrace to Eli, for
GOD’S call to be directed to
Samuel,
consequently , Eli
instructed Samuel on how
to response to GOD’S call,
then Samuel answered,
speak for thy servant is
listening
The message of GOD’S call
that Samuel was to deliver
was disturbing message for
the young man to receive,, it
was a message of
condemnaAon and
judgment against the family
of Eli, GOD was about ready
to execute a terrifying
shocking judgment in Israel,
GOD declared that He was
ready to judge Israel sharply,
that every ear that heard of
the calamity would Angle,
arousing terrifying fear and
distress , be struck with
terror this was verified in
Eli and his daughter in-law
parAcularly who, at the
news fell into labor and
died, the calamity which is
referred to what will
happen: Israel will be
defeated in war by the
PhilisAnes losing 30, 000
foot soldiers, Eli’s two sons
Hophni and Phinehas would
be killed and Eli himself
would die when receiving a
report from baflefield and
when Eli heard of the
capture of the Ark he will
fell down and broke his
neck, the death of the three
priest would mean the
complete change of the
priesthood, the ark itself
would be captured by the
PhilisAnes, above all else,
this would shock and strike
terror in the heart of the
Israelites , for the Ark of
GOD was the very symbol of
GOD’S presence among
them, to many of the
people, the loss of the Ark
meant the loss of GOD’S
presence, GOD would no
longer be present with them
to guide, protect, and
provide for them .
GOD knew exactly what
was going to happen in the
coming judgment upon
Israel, Samuel and the
people had no idea, but
GOD did; therefore, he was
able to pronounce that the
judgment would be
terrifying and shocking, a
judgment that will shake the
very culture of Israel, not
only would there be a
massive loss of life, but the
very religion and priesthood
of the naAon would be
shaken to the foundaAon
THE INIQUITY WHICH HE
KNOW BECAUSE HIS SON
MADE THEMSELVES VILE
For I have told him that I
will judge his house for ever,
that is, bring his judgments
upon them, which should
conAnue on them to their
ufer destrucAon; Eli’s family
was to be judged because
Eli had condoned the
terrible, gross sins of his
sons, being the father of
chief priest, Eli should have
restrained his son and
enforced a strict discipline
upon them, Instead, he
allowed them to become
vile, Contemptable, and
blasphemous, abhorred
and accursed in the sight of
GOD by taken the flesh of
the people, which did not
belong to them and by
corrupAng the women that
came to the door of the
Tabernacle for religions
service they became sAff-
neck, stubborn, they went
too far, beyond repentance,
beyond ever returning to
GOD, consequently GOD
pronounced a tragic,
terrifying judgment; that
their sin and guilt could
never be atoned for by
sacrifice of offering, only
GOD can tell when a
persons heart reaches this
point, the point of never
repenAng and returning to
Him, these two sons of Eli
reached point they rejected
the appeal of GOD’S grace
and mercy, and now being
desAny for judgment of
GOD
The message of GOD’S
judgment was now
completed, and Samuel lay
unAl morning, it is not to
say he slept; it can hardly
when he consider the
strange new thing that
befalling him; what honor
had been conferred on him
a child, that the LORD
should bestow to speak and
communicate His mind to
him, and what dreadful
things were said to Eli’s
family, GOD had finished
speaking to Samuel,
And Samuel feared to show
Eli the vision; the vison of
prophecy , what GOD had
foretold should befall him
and his family, Samuel did
everything he could to avoid
Facing Eli, he did not come
to him as usual , to know
whether he wanted
anything, and being
impaAent to hear what was
said by GOD, for he knew Eli
will ask of the Message of
the LORD insisAng that
Samuel share the message,
he should not hid it from
him, obediently, Samuel
shared the message of the
judgment with Eli, he hid
nothing, kept nothing from
Eli, on hearing the judgment
upon him and his family; Eli
demonstrated a submissive
understanding spirit,, he
knew that he had failed to
rear his sons in the
discipline of the LORD, and
himself had lived a carnal
life, he was helpless to
correct his failure, Eli
response that let GOD do
what seems Him good to
the LORD, who knowns
what is best for His people
and can do nothing but
what is good
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1 SAMUEL 3:19-21
RELATED CHAPTERS
v JOHN 14:17
v JOHN 14:21
v ACTS 1:8
v ACTS 6:3
v ACTS 10:22
v ACTS 22:12
v GALATIANS 2:20
v COLOSSIANS :1:10-11
v 1 JOHN 2:27
v 3 JOHN 12
v ISAIAH 41:10
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SAMUEL 3:19-21
19)And Samuel grew, and
the LORD was with him, and
did let none of his words fall
to the ground
20)And all Israel from Dan
even to Beer-Sheba knew
that Samuel was established
to be a prophet of the LORD
21) And the LORD appeared
again in Shiloh; for the LORD
revealed Himself to Samuel
in Shiloh by the word of the
LORD
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1 SAMUEL 3:19-21
SAMUEL GREW AND THE
LORD WAS WITH SAMUEL
And Samuel grew, as in
stature, so in wisdom and
the LORD was with him, this
was the source of his
strength, by GOD’S special
gie, but especially by
establishing his words,
spoken by Divine
inspiraAon, there were
manifest indication of
GOD’S presence with him,
and favor toward him, he
revealed His mind more and
more to him, so that Israel
knew GOD intended him for
the propheac office
LET NONE OF HIS WORD
FALL TO THE GROUND
GOD made good all his
predicAons, his word remain
safe and sure, having begun
to him in Shiloh, he
conAnued this great favor,
and revealed Himself, not by
dreams and vision, but by
speaking to him with
audible voice, as he had
done at first, that is known
through the whole land,
from the northern bound,
Dan to the southern Beer
Sheba that Samuel was
established, the LORD
appeared to Samuel in
Shiloh the same place
before the bafle of the
Israelites with PhilisAnes
such appearance had not
been usual in Shiloh for the
LORD revealed himself to
Samuel by word of the LORD
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1 SAMUEL 8:1-7
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1 SAMUEL 8:1-7
THE CALL ON SAUL
1)And it came to pass,
when Samuel was old, that
he made his sons judges,
over Israel
2)Now the name of his first
born was Joel, and the
name of his second, Abiah,
they were judges in Beer
sheba
3)And his sons walked not
in his ways, but tuned aside
aeer lucre and took bribe
and pervert judgment
4) Then all the elders of
Israel gathered themselves
together, and came to
Samuel unto Ramah
5) And said unto him,
Behold, thou art old, and
thy sons walk not in thy
ways; now make us a king to
judge us like all the nation
6)But the thing displeased
Samuel, when they said give
us a king to judge us, and
Samuel prayed unto the
LORD
7)And the LORD said unto
Samuel, Hearken unto the
voice of the people in all
that, they say unto thee; for
they have rejected Me, that
I should not reign over them
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1 SAMUEL 8:1-7
THE DIVINE CALL ON SAUL
When Samuel was old, and
so unfit for his former
travels and labors, he had
spent his strength and spirit
in the faAgue of public
office, Samuel had grown
old and his age was
beginning to affect his
ability to lead the nation
new leadership was
demanded he made his
sons Judges under him not
being able through old age
to go the journeys he used;
he sent them, Joel and
Abijah and appointed them
to hear and try cases in his
stead at Beersheba , but
they lived hypocriAcal lives,
they did not follow the steps
of their father, they turned
away from GOD and
become greedy of money,
they accepted bribes and
perverted jusAce, in such
controversial cases, they
accepted bribes and ruled
in favor of the oppressors or
guilty parAes , the
wickedness reminded the
people of Eli’s two sons and
they feared of returning to
the lawless and corrupt
days ,accordingly a desire
arose within the people for
new leadership, then all the
elders of Israel gathered
themselves together, at
some place, these were the
heads of the tribes and
fathers of houses and
families of Israel, the
principal persons of age and
authority and came to
Samuel unto Ramah; the
place of his naAvity and
abode, where he dwelled
and judged Israel, they went
in a very respecful
conference with Samuel,
they laid out their three
reasons for desiring a King ;
Samuel was old and his
sons did not walk in his
godly ways there they
desire to have a king just
like the surrounding
naAons , they did not
demand a king aeer GOD’S
own heart, they should have
desire a king aeer GOD’S
own heart, a man totally
and wholeheartedly
commifed to GOD this
should have being their
focus; but instead , they
emphasized just a king like
other naAons, their eyes
and hearts were set upon
the world and its ways
instead of upon GOD and
His righteousness, they
were interested in the world
of ceremony posiAon,
security, GOD was not their
focus
THE THING DISPLEASED
SAMUEL
The thing displeased
Samuel implies that Samuel
was displeased, which arose
from a feeling of ingraAtude
of the Israelites toward
himself in desiring that one
who had done so much for
them should be superseded
by a king , the demand for a
king is most tragic, by
demanding for a king, they
were forsaking GOD and
rejecAng His kingship, His
authority and rule over their
lives, GOD instructed
Samuel to grant the elder’s
their request for a king, to
relieve Samuel of his
restlessness, GOD assured
him that they were not
rejecAng Samuel, but GOD
himself, just as the Israelites
had done since their
deliverance from Egypt they
rejecAng the savior deliverer
, protector, provider,
forgenng how the LORD
saved them , they forget of
their covenant with GOD
and other an agreement
with a king just like all
nation.
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1 SAMUEL 10:6-8
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1 SAMUEL 10:6-9
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD
WILL BE UPON THEE
6) And the Spirit of the
LORD will come upon thee,
and thou shalt prophesy
with them, and shalt be
turned into another man
7)And let it be, when these
signs are come unto thee,
that thou do as occasion
serve thee; for GOD is with
thee
8)And thou shalt go down
before me to Gilgal; and,
behold, I will comedown
unto thee, to offer burnt
offerings and sacrifice,
sacrifice of peace offerings;
seven days shalt thou tarry,
All I come to thee, and show
thee what thou shalt do
9)And it was so, that when
he had turned his back to go
from Samuel, GOD gave him
another heart; and all those
signs came to pass that day
10)And when they came
thither to the hill, behold, a
company of prophets met
him; and the Spirit of GOD
came upon Him, and he
prophesied among them
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1 SAMUEL 10:6-9
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD
WILL BE UPON THEE
The spirit of the LORD will
come upon thee, this was
the highest assurance of all
there that Samuel anointed
Saul by GOD’S authority and
thou will prophesy, shall act
as a prophet, with them
shall break forth into
praises of GOD, and ufer
divers truths and even
predicAon by the
inspiraAon of the Holy Spirit,
he would change, a
transformed person, his
whole being will be
converted ; he will be
prepared for a King, to serve
GOD’S people, Saul will be
wonderfully transformed by
the Spirit of GOD , shalt turn
into another man, that is,
thou shall be suddenly
endowed with another
Spirit, filled with skill in
Divine things, with courage,
and wisdom.
And let it be, when these
signs are come unto thee
are all fulfilled, Saul was to
carry out his duty as king to
the very best of his ability,
that GOD is with him, GOD
would show Saul how to
lead the people and how to
established the kingdom of
Israel, for GOD is with Him
therefore he need not fear
engaging in any acAvity that
might be for the glory of
GOD, and good of the
kingdom, Samuel then
instructed Saul to Gilgal and
wait seven days for his
coming, at the end of seven
days, Samuel promised to
come and conduct worship
service, presenAng offering
and sacrifice to the LORD at
that Ame, Samuel would
give Saul further,
instrucAon, telling him
exactly how he was to do,
in the then present
emergency or difficulty on
his hand; and this he said to
encourage him under the
weight and burden of
government laid upon him,
to become established as
the King of Israel
GOD gave him another
heart, he immediately GOD
also turned for him another
hear, that is GOD turned
him round by giving him a
changed heart, a new heart
and a new Spirit. A heart fit
for government; filled with
wisdom and prudence to
rule a people
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1 SAMUEL 16:1
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1 SAMUEL 16:1
THE REASON FOR THE
DIVINE CALL ON DAVID
1)And the LORD said unto
Samuel, how long wilt thou
mourn for Saul, seeing I
have rejected him from
reigning over Israel? Fill
thine horn with oil, and go, I
will send thee to Jesse the
Beth-lehemite; for I have
provided Me a king among
his sons
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1 SAMUEL 16:1
THE REASON FOR DAVID
DIVINE CALL
The LORD rebuke Samuel,
for he had grieved over His
LORD rejecAon of Saul far
too long, Samuel’s long
mourning, but GOD warn
Samuel not to morn any
longer because of Saul
disobedience , the LORD
had rejected and his
decision is final that he had
been rejected as King and
the Kingdom was torn from
him,, it had been the sad
duty of Samuel to inform
him about Saul about the
rejecAon of GOD,
delivering the message of
Saul rejecAon had been a
difficult mission for Samuel,
from the beginning Samuel
had great hope for Saul, for
Saul for appeared to have
all the tributes needed to
be a successful leader , he
was tall, handsome, and had
a charismaAc personality,
moreover when he stated as
a king he was both humble,
respecRul and bold
courageous Spirit , so Saul
was the kind of man desired
to be a leader, moreover,
Saul had been chosen to be
king by the LORD Himself,
and the LORD had
transformed Him, giving
him a new and changed
heart, no man had more to
offer than Saul
But Saul had failed and been
condemned by GOD,
rejected as King, someday
someAme Saul will be
removed from the throne to
another Dynasty and a new
kingdom will be established,
which was terrible tragedy
for Saul and his house hold
Saul failure grieved the soul
of Samuel he became
discouraged, depressed and
downcast
FILL THINE HORN WITH OIL
Fill thine horn with oil; the
Holy anoinAng oil and go,
and I will send thee to Jesse
the Bethlehemite; the son
of Jesse, for I have provided
me a king among his sons;
but which he says not; this
was reserved for a later
discovery; however GOD
had in His own mind picked
Him, whom He would
hereaeer made known; this
was a king for Himself raised
up to fulfill His will: Saul was
Chosen by Him but it was as
a request of the people of
Israel, and so he was their
King, but this was not at
their desire, GOD had
chosen a new King , not
with Samuel nor with their
knowledge , but of GOD
good will and pleasure, the
fulfill all my will and to serve
My glory , He should now
arise and fill his horn with
oil and to Bethlehem to the
house of Jesse, for GOD had
Chosen one of His sons to
be new King
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1 SAMUEL 16:13
RELATED CHAPTERS
v JOHN 6:63
v JOHN 14:17
v JOHN 14:26
v JOHN 15:26
v JOHN 16:13
v ACTS 1:8
v ACTS 13:2
v ROMANS 8:11
v 1 CORINTHIANS 2:12
v 1 PETER 3:18
v 1 JOHN 2:27
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1 SAMUEL 16:13
MANIFESTATION OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT UPON DAVID
FOR THE DIVINE TASK
13)Then Samuel took the
horn of oil, and anointed
him in the midst of his
brethren; and the Spirit of
the LORD came upon David
from that day forward, so
Samuel rose up, and went to
Ramah
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1 SAMUEL 16:13
THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD
CAME UPON DAVID
Then Samuel took the horn
of oil, and anointed David in
the midst of his brethren,
his brethren do not seem to
have any idea of their
brother’s high desAny, the
true significance of the act
appears to have been
concealed from them, they
may have supposed that
Samuel had selected David
for a pupil in his propheAc
school, even Jesse and
David is not made clear,
Certainly Eliab and the other
had no idea of any special
greatness being instore for
his brother David, He was
the youngest of the Sons of
Jesse; David was the least
set by all the sons of Jesse,
when David arrived, and he
was ruddy, also of beauAful
eyes and good looks, the
LORD pointed him out to
Samuel the prophet as the
chosen one; whereupon he
anointed him in the midst of
his brethren, with the
secrecy with which Samuel
was directed to manage
the enAre affair ; and which
was necessary to observe,
to keep it from the
knowledge of Saul and
Eliab’s treatment of David
aeer wards , who would
never have addressed him
in the manner he did, had
he known that he was the
proposed anointed King,
that he was selected out of
them, and separated from
them, and privately
anointed by Samuel, and
separated from them and
privately anointed by
Samuel along with the
anoinAng the Spirit of the
LORD came upon David
from that day forward, the
greatest gie in all the world
is the gie of GOD’S Spirit,
when we approach GOD
through CHRIST, GOD places
His own Spirit on us in ever
core of our being , we
become indwell by GOD’S
Spirit, it is GOD’s SPIRIT that
convicts and save and gives
us assurance of salvaAon,
The Spirit teach, Guide,
protects and provides the
necessiAes of life for us,
meeAng all our needs, but
Samuel returned to Ramah
when the sacrificial meal
was over.
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1 SAMUEL 16:14
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1 SAMUEL 16:14
THE DEPART OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT FROM SAUL
14)But the Spirit of the
LORD depart from Saul, and
an evil from the LORD
trouble him
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1 SAMUEL 16:14
BUT THE SPIRIT OF THE
LORD DEPART FROM SAUL
But the Spirit of the LORD
depart from Saul, as a Spirit
of prophesy as at first, as a
spirit of wisdom and
prudence in civil
government, and as a spirit
of resilience and courage,
which came upon him when
he was first made king, and
conAnued with him All this
Ame, but which GOD now
took away as a punishment
of his sins depriving him of
that prudence, courage, and
promptness, wisdom and
other gies wherewith he
had qualified him for his
public office, he seemed to
be a demoniac possessed
with Devil
And evil spirit of the lord,
that is, by GOD’S Divine
permission, who delivered
him up to be maltreated by
Satan troubled him, sArred
up in him unruly passion, at
Ame as a mad man, such as
envy, rage, fear or despair ,
which is why he grew
restless, bad-tempered , and
discontented , hateful ,
suspicious, frequently
trembling full of anxiety of
mind, what is the case, Saul
had disobeyed GOD and was
now reaping what he had
sown, GOD’S Spirit had lee
Saul to live the sinful ,
wicked,, and disobedient life
he had chosen, from that
Ame, David was the central
figure, as David’s
preparation to be king
began, it provides a clear
picture of GOD’S
sovereignty and His
guidance throughout David’s
life
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1 KING 3: 3-9
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1 KING 3:3-9
THE REASON OF SPECIFIC
TASK ON SOLOMON
3) And Solomon loved the
LORD walking in the statutes
of David his father: only
sacrificed and burnt incense
in high places
4)And the king went to
Gibeon to sacrifice there;
for that was the great high
place: a thousand burnt
offerings did Solomon offer
upon that altar
5)In Gibeon the LORD
appeared to Solomon in a
dream by night: and GOD
said, ask what I shall give
thee
6)And Solomon said, thou
hast showed unto thy
servant David my father
great mercy, according as he
walked before thee in truth,
and in righteousness, and in
uprightness of heart with
thee; and thou hast kept for
him this great kindness, that
thou hast given him a son to
sit on his throne, as it is this
day
7)And now, O LORD my
GOD, thou hast made they
servant king instead of
David my father; and I am
but a lifle child I know not
how to go out or come in
8)And thy servant is in the
midst of they people which
thou hast chosen, a great
people, that cannot be
numbered nor counted for
mulAtude
9)Give therefore they
servant an understanding
heart to judge thy people,
that I may discern between
good and bad for who is
able to judge this thy so
great a people?
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1 KING 3:3-9
SOLOMON LOVED THE
LORD WALKING IN THE
STATUTE OF DAVID
Solomon began his reign in
worship and prayer, sensing
a deep need of wisdom to
lead and govern the naAon,
his heart was right with
GOD, although he go wrong
in the mafer of high places,
which clearly show that the
worship of the high places,
although condone , and
indeed accepted but not
strictly lawful and right due
to the polluAon of
Idolatrous worship ,yet in
general, his heart was right
with GOD, walking
according to the statutes or
the commandments of GOD,
which are called the statue
of David not only because
there are diligently pracAce
by David, but also because
the observaAon of them
was so earnestly pushed
upon Solomon, and forAfied
with David’s authority and
command . And the king
went to Gibeon the
Tabernacle of the
congregaAon and the brass
alter of burnt offering to
sacrifice there , for that was
the great high place, the
Tabernacle made by Moses,
and the altar, so that it was
more dignified palace and
more scared because of
them, a thousand burnt
offerings were sacrificed to
the LORD, by Solomon,
indicaAng a huge and joyful
occasion in celebraAng the
crowing of Solomon as a
king, once the worship
service had been
conducted, Solomon and
the mulAtude of people
reAred to their tents and
house for the night, aeer
having fallen asleep, the
LORD appeared to Solomon
in a dream, a Divine, and
supernatural one, a
propheAc dream, a night
vision, such as GOD use to
speak to His prophets, he
was suddenly confronted by
the LORD who appeared to
him , being very pleased
with the worship and
sacrifices Solomon had
Offered , the LORD told
Solomon to ask for or make
any request he wanted,
Solomon heart was
overflowing with graAtude
to the LORD for His
goodness to Him as a King,
that GOD had been very
kind and showed great
mercy to his father David
,because David had been
faithful to the LORD in the
true worship of GOD in
belief, pracAce, and defense
of the true religion and had
lived a righteous and upright
life, that GOD had given a
son to conAnue David’s
dynasty .
Solomon knew that he was
given the privilege of ruling
only by the grace of GOD
and only because his father
David had lived righteously
Solomon knowing how
inexperience he was in
Government, Solomon
referred to himself as a
lifle child to rule, he did not
know how to carry out his
duAes and perform his task
as King, he was helpless and
unqualified for the task, so
Solomon made a striking
request to GOD , he
requested an
understanding, discerning
heart so that he might
govern GOD’S people a
peculiar people above all
people on the earth a great
people, that cannot be
numbered and discerning
between good and evil, right
and wrong, He stated that
without wisdom he would
not be able to govern the
great naAon Israel the
people of GOD, for who is
able to judge thy so great a
people? Who are so very
numerous, and have so
many cases to be heard and
many of them very intricate
and difficult; so that no man
is equal to such arduous
work, unless he has more
than an ordinary capacity
given him
by GOD,
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1 KING 3:10-13
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1 KING 3:10-13
MANIFASTATION OF THE
SPIRIT OF GOD UPON
SOLOMON
10)And the speech pleased
the LORD, that Solomon had
asked this things
11)And GOD said unto him
because thou hast asked
this things and hast not
asked for thyself long life,
neither hast asked for riches
nor asked the life of thine
enemies ; but hast asked for
thyself understanding to
discern judgment
12) Behold, I have done
according to thy words; Lo ,I
have given thee a wise and
understanding heart; so that
there was none like thee
before thee, neither aeer
thee shall any arise like unto
thee
13)And I have also given
thee that which thou hast
not asked both riches, and
honor, so that there shall
not be any among the kings
like unto thee all they days
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1 KING 3:10
BECAUSE THOU HAST
ASKED THIS THING
The speech please the
LORD that Solomon had
requested ,Solomon’s
striking request pleases
GOD, and GOD confirmed
Solomon’s request, He had
not requested what most
people would have: wealth
long life, and prosperity,
which is naturally desired by
men and also great worldly
blessing; and especially to
be wished for a king living in
great pomp and splendor,
nor you ask of life of your
enemies; victories over
them and to live in power,
such as are ambiAous
haughty and revengeful ,
instead, Solomon had
requested an
understanding, discerning
heart so that he might
minister jusAce among the
people, because of
Solomon’s wise and humble
request,
Behold, I have done
according to thy words,
expressed in his request, He
not only promised he would
grant him it, but he had
already done it, GOD made
an astounding promise to
Solomon, he would be given
a wise and discerning heart,
, and I have also given thee
that which thou hast not
asked, both riches and
honor, so that there shall
not be any among the kings
like unto thee, he will be
given wealth and honor
above all his contemporary
he will be given long life, but
the promise was
conditional; it was based on
obedience, Solomon will
walk in the way of GOD and
obey LORD commandment
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1 KING 18:15-21
RELATED CHAPTERS
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1 KING 18:15-21
THE REASON OF DIVINE
SPECIFIC TASK ON ELIJAH
15)And Elijah said, as the
LORD of hosts liveth, before
whom I stand, I will surely
show my self unto him
today
16)So Obidiah went to
meet Ahab, and told him:
and Ahab went to meet
Elijah
17)And it came to pass,
when Ahab saw Elijah, that
Ahab said unto him, art
thou he that troubleth
Israel?
18)And he answered, I have
not troubled Israel; but
thou, and thy father’s
house, in that ye have
forsaken the
commandments of the
LORD, and thou hast,
followed Baalim
19) Now therefore send,
and gather to me all Israel
unto mount Carmel, and the
prophets of Baal four
hundred and fiey and the
prophets of the graves four
hundred, which eat at
Jezebel’s table
20)So Ahab sent unto all the
children of Israel, and
gathered the prophets
together unto mount
Carmel
21) And Elijah came unto all
the people, and said, how
long halt ye between two
opinions? If the LORD be
GOD, follow Him; but id
Baal, then follow him and
the people answered him
not a word
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1 KING 18:15-21
DIVINE SPECIFIC TASK
ON ELIJAH
AND Elijah said as the
LORD of hosts lives, who
commands all creatures in
heaven and earth, before
whom I stand, whom I serve
as one of his Prophet and
minister he was, he take this
oath to assured Obadiah
that he would certainly be
upon the sport, or to be
found and not expose him
to danger, So Obadiah went
to meet Ahab, and told him,
that Elijah was in such a
place, and had desire him
that day wherever he
pleased, for upon the
prophets Oath Obadiah
saAsfied and was in no fear
of delivering the message,
Ahab went to meet Elijah
AHAB SAID ART THOU HE
THAT TROUBLE ISRAEL
Art thou he that troubles
Israel, I at last met with
thee, hast thou ventured in
to my presence o thou
disturber of Israel, by
means of this terrible
drought ? author of this
famine, and of all of these
calamiAes and by opposing
the religion of Baal, but
Elijah threw back his charge;
it is not I who have brought
Israel into trouble, but thou
and thy family, in that you
have forsaken the
Commandment of LORD
and thou go aeer Baalim,
the Calf-worship, which was
introduce to the land the
false gods, the Asherah, and
perhaps other Canaanites
idols, being included,
instead of apologies , and
pleas for pardon, Elijah
meet the charge with a
great boldness and
undaunted courage, not
fearing the face of the king,
being sent to show himself
to him in the name of GOD
the almighty, I have not
troubled Israel
countercharge, and make a
sudden demand, Elijah’s
confrontaAon with Ahab is
a picture of judgment of sin
stricken the land because
Drought and famine and
wickedness
That this great controversy
between thee and me may
be decided; that it may be
determined who is the true
GOD, and therefore the
proper object of the
people’s worship, now
therefore send, and gather
to me all Israel unto mount
Camel, no doubt but more
discourse passed between
Ahab and Elijah, who was
the true GOD, and about
adultery , as the cause of
want of rain, and therefore
Elijah desired that all Israel
might be convened, that it
might be openly and
publicly done, which was
chose Camel, from the
name of the mountain, it
seem that deity with them
had an image or a temple
erected to the imitaAon of
the GOD of Israel , which is
situated in the tribe of
Issachar, well situated for
the people that came from
every parts and the
prophets of Baal four
hundred and fiey, who are
supposed to be dispersed in
the various parts of the
Kingdom, to teach and
pracAce the worship of Baal,
and encourage and spread it
in the naAon: and the
prophets of the groves four
hundred, which eat at
Jezebel’s table, So Ahab
unto all the Children of
Israel by messenger,
requiring their afendance
at mount Camel at such a
Ame, and gathered the
prophets together unto
Mount Camel
HOW LONG HALT YOU
BETWEEN TWO OPINION
How long halt you between
two opinion, thought or
consideraAon, why do you
walk so circumspect and
irregularly, being so
unsteady in your opinions
and pracAce, as doubRul
which to choose GOD or
Baal; someAme serving one
and someAme other, and
someAme joining both
together , they worship GOD
to please the prophets; and
Baal to please Jezebel the
god of Zidonians , if the
LORD be GOD, follow him:
but if Baal, then follow him,
for there is but one GOD,
one that is omnipresent,
omnipotent, all sufficient,
merciful, and perfect but
one to be followed, served
and worshipped
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1 KING 18:36-39
RELATED CHAPTERS
v ACTS 17:29
v ROMANS 1:22-23
v 1 CORINTHIANS 8:4
v DEUTERONOMY 4:28
v ISAIAH 45:20
v HABAKUUK 2:18
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1 KING 18:36-39
MANIFESTATION OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT UPON ELIJAH
36)And it came to pass at
the Ame of the offering of
evening sacrifice, that Elijah
the prophets came near,
and said, LORD GOD of
Abraham, Isaac, and of
Israel let it be known this
day that thou art GOD in
Israel, and that I am all
these things at the word
37)Hear Me, O LORD, bear
me that this people may
know that thou art the
LORD GOD, and that thou
hast turned their heart back
again
38)Then the Fire of the
LORD fell, and consumed
the burnt sacrifice, and the
wood, and the stones, and
the dust, and licked up the
water that was in the trench
39)And when all the people
saw it, they fell on their
faces; and they said, the
LORD, He is the GOD; the
LORD, He is the GOD
40)And Elijah said unto
them, take the prophets of
Baal; let not one of them
escape, and they took them:
and Elijah brought them
down to the brook Kishon
and slew them there
41)And Elijah said unto
Ahab, get thee up, eat and
drink; for there is a sound of
abundance of rain
42)So Ahab went up to eat
and to drink, and Elijah
went up to the top of
Camel; and he cast himself
down upon the earth, and
put his face between his
knees
43)And said to his servant,
go up now, look towards the
sea, and he went up, and
looked, and said there is
nothing, and he said, go
again seven Ames
44) And it came to pass at
the seventh Ame, that he
said, be hold, there ariseth a
lifle cloud out, like a man’s
hand, and he said go up
unto Ahab, prepare thy
chariot, and get thee down,
that the rain stop thee not
45)And it came to pass in
the meanwhile, that the
heaven was black with
clouds and wind, and there
was a great rain, and Ahab
rode, and went to Jezreel
46)And the hand of the
LORD was on Elijah; and he
grided up his loins, and ran
before Ahab to the entrance
of Jezreel
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1 KING 18:36-39
MANISTATION OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT UPON ELIJAH
And it came to pass at the
Ame of the offering of the
evening sacrifice, that Elijah
the prophet came near; to
the altar he had built and on
which he had the sacrifice
and said: in prayer to GOD,
LORD GOD of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob; the, let it
beknown this day that thou
art GOD in Israel; and there
is no other, and I am thy
servant; a true worshipper
of Him; and his faithful
prophet and minister and
that all that I have done,
which have been Divinely
directed and all these things
at thy word; restrained rain
from the earth for some
years past, and ingathering
this assembly of Israel, and
the false prophets, together,
that by a visible sign from
heaven it might be known
who is the true GOD
Hear me, O LORD, that this
people may know that thou
art the LORD GOD, He Elijah
the prophet by these
miracles will turn the heart,
back again ; from idolatry,
the worship of Baal, to the
worship of the true GOD he
speak as if the miracle were
already done, that they
may feel so powerful and
sudden a change in their
hearts, that thy may know is
your work and effect of thy
grace to them, that thy may
know thee to be the true
GOD, by the effects of thy
Divine power, in converAng
their hearts, and that in so
miraculously a way, and in
answer to my prayer, and
go back again to repentance
and turn back to the
almighty GOD
THEN THE FIRE OF THE
LORD FELL
Then the fire of the LORD
fell, an extraordinary fire
from GOD out of heaven,
and consumed the burnt
sacrifice; and the wood,
and stones, and the dust; of
the altar, thereby signifying
that even such were no to
be used any more, and
licked up the water that was
in the trench; around the
altar, through this miracle
GOD not only accredited
Elijah as His servant and
prophet, but also proved
Himself to be the living
GOD, whom Israel was to
serve
And when the people saw
it, they recognized the fire,
the Divine presence they all
fell their face in
acknowledge
and adoraAon of the true
GOD and worshipped the
one and only true GOD,
calling Him the most mighty
and true, and they repeated
the words to signify their
abundant saasfacaon,
TAKE THE PROPHET OF
BAAL LET NOT ONE OF
THEM ESCAPE
Elijah said, take the prophet
of Baal, he takes the
opportunity of ordering the
execuAon of these idolaters,
while the people’s hearts
were whole-hearted fresh
sense of the great miracle,
and took them, in the fit of
Zeal wherein they now
were, let not one of them
escape; that there might be
none of them lee to seduce
the people any more, they
readily obeyed Elijah’s
command, and took them
laid hold of them, every one
of them and brought them
down to the brook of Kishon
and executed the sentence
he pronounced, and Ahab
could make no opposiAon,
being himself also
astonished at the at the
stupendous miracles, that it
was owing to the idolatry
they led the people into that
rain had been withheld, and
the brooks were dried up
that the land might not be
defile with their blood, but
be carried away by the river
and conveyed it to the sea
so as not to defiled the Holy
land, these idolatrous
priests were under a death
sentence passed upon such
by the sovereign LORD of
life and death, so Elijah had
authority to execute it,
being a prophet of and an
extraordinary minister of
GOD’S vengeance
At long last, the drought and
famine were to end, for
Elijah began to pray
fervently for rain,
AHAB WENT UP TO EAT
AND DRINK
he instructed Ahab to go off
to the side place to eat and
drink ,for there was a sound
of a heavy rain of in the
distance, while Ahab did as
instructed, Elijah climbed to
the top of Mount Camel,
there he bowed down to the
ground and put his face
between his knees,
expressive of his humility
and of his earnest, and
vehement desire, and
persistence praying crying
out to the LORD to send rain
to end the drought, arising,
Elijah sent his servant to
look toward for the rain of
clouds but the servant saw
no cloud, Elijah conAnue
fervently in prayer, seven
Ame he sent his servant to
go and see, while he bowed
down and put his face
between his knees and
conAnue to cry out to GOD
for rain to end the drought,
aeer seeking the LORD for
the LORD answered his
prayer when the servant
returned for the seventh
Ame,
THERE ARISE A LITTLE
CLOUD OUT OF THE SEA
he reported that a cloud as
small as a man’s hand was
rising out of the sea, with
this Elijah warned Ahab to
rush back to the palace , he
was genng ready with his
chariot ,before the rain , the
downpour caught him, as he
was speaking dark cloud
begin to appear and the
strong rain began to blow,
Ahab and the massive
crowd on Mount Camel
were witnessing another
proof of GOD’S power, the
only true GOD, Divinely the
hand of the LORD was on
Elijah giving him more than
common strength of body,
as well as courage and ran
before Ahab to the entrance
of Jezreel recked about
sixteen miles from Camel;
this showed his humility,
that he not exalted with the
wonderful things GOD had
done by him, and that he
bore no ill will to Ahab but
was ready to show him all
honor and respect due to
him as king; but enter into
the city to instruct the
people, and warn them
against her idolatries
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