Call of Samuel. I Samuel 3

 

I Samuel 3 – Call of Samuel

 

The period of the judges is over, and no longer will God move through the priest.  He is now raising up a priest-prophet. Samuel will minister to the Lord, but his office will be that of a prophet. Samuel was a young man, and he ministered unto the Lord before Eli. Samuel did not know the Lord at first, and He was calling him to salvation.

When Israel turned back to wander in the wilderness because of unbelief, only those under twenty years of ag were allowed to live and go into the promised land. We do not know how old Samuel was, but we can be sure that he was not a toddler.

God may call many times, but there comes a day when man’s heart is hardened. Proverbs 29:1 “He that being often reproved hardens his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.”

God never removes His Grace, but men can resist and rebel and reject until their conscience becomes seared. Men like Cain, Balaam, Samson, Korah, and Ahab reached a day when they turned their backs against God.

When God says something is going to happen, it is going to happen. God speaks to Samuel that He is about to move against the house of Eli.

Samuel did not attempt to undermine Eli but told him everything that God had said to him.

God today is revealing Himself through the Word. He is illuminating His pages of scripture.  That is how you and I come to know Him, and to know Him is life eternal.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and New King James Bible.