The lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, samuel. Four words spring to mind in connection with levites. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what youre looking for. And i do bring you greeting from the african christian university in lusaka, zambia, and from the kabwata baptist church from my brother and fri. God who cares sermon by preeyapon ekasittikul, 1 samuel 1. Spurgeon, at the metropolitan tabernacle, newington and i will also take of them for priests and for levites. They were descendants of the tribe of levi and were assistants to the priests. However, a little research shows that actually samuel was indeed of the levite line. Thanksgiving is the aspect of praise that gives thanks to god for what he does for us.
Samuel s levitical heritage comes through his father elkanah, who was a descendant of korah you may remember him from the story of the exodus, demanding that moses recognize the entire nation as worthy to serve as priests who was himself a levite. The story began with a small family of elkanah, he was a descendant of zuph whose family line in 1 chronicles 6. Korah himself did not repent, but his children repented in time to save themselves from the horrible death that befell their father and his followers. How glorious was the king of israel to day, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows. To which are prepixen x biographical sketch of the author and a. When david had blessed the people and sent them away, as he returned home to bless his house, david was really pumped up, this was one of those high experiences of his life, but michal met him at the door and with great scorn and sarcasm said.
The old testament prophet samuel, as imagined by artist claude vignon, painted in the 1600s. You can study and take notes online as you listen to over 1,800 fulllength bible teachings for free. Then samuel said, speak, for your servant is listening. Samuel, just like each one of us, was faced with a decision that would impact the rest of his life. Davids sacrifices also will have been part thanksgiving for a good start on the journey, and part prayer for. An unbreakable covenant with david and the levites. Ideally, thanksgiving should spring from a grateful heart. This sermon suggests some adjectives that could be used to describe them.
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