{"id":62078,"date":"2019-03-20T04:25:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T09:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=62078"},"modified":"2019-03-19T09:25:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T14:25:44","slug":"116-woe-to-them-when-i-depart-from-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/20\/116-woe-to-them-when-i-depart-from-them\/","title":{"rendered":"116. Woe to them when I depart from them!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1 Samuel 28:8\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>So Saul disguised himself and put on other garments and went, he and two men with him. And they came to the woman by night. And he said, \u201cDivine for me by a spirit and bring up for me whomever I shall name to you.\u201d The woman said to him, \u201cSurely you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off the mediums and the necromancers from the land. Why then are you laying a trap for my life to bring about my death?\u201d But Saul swore to her by the Lord, \u201cAs the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.\u201d Then the woman said, \u201cWhom shall I bring up for you?\u201d He said, \u201cBring up Samuel for me.\u201d When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice. And the woman said to Saul, \u201cWhy have you deceived me? You are Saul.\u201d The king said to her, \u201cDo not be afraid. What do you see?\u201d And the woman said to Saul, \u201cI see a god coming up out of the earth.\u201d He said to her, \u201cWhat is his appearance?\u201d And she said, \u201cAn old man is coming up, and he is wrapped in a robe.\u201d And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and paid homage.<\/p>\n

Then Samuel said to Saul, \u201cWhy have you disturbed me by bringing me up?\u201d Saul answered, \u201cI am in great distress, for the Philistines are warring against me, and God has turned away from me and answers me no more, either by prophets or by dreams. Therefore I have summoned you to tell me what I shall do.\u201d And Samuel said, \u201cWhy then do you ask me, since the Lord has turned from you and become your enemy? The Lord has done to you as he spoke by me, for the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, David. Because you did not obey the voice of the Lord and did not carry out his fierce wrath against Amalek, therefore the Lord has done this thing to you this day. Moreover, the Lord will give Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons shall be with me. The Lord will give the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.\u201d Then Saul fell at once full length on the ground, filled with fear because of the words of Samuel.<\/p>\n

1 Samuel 18:12<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Saul was afraid of David because the LORD was with him but had departed from Saul.<\/p>\n

Judges 16:20<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0And she said, \u201cThe Philistines are upon you, Samson!\u201d And he awoke from his sleep and said, \u201cI will go out as at other times and shake myself free.\u201d But he did not know that the LORD had left him.<\/p>\n

Psalms 51:11<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.<\/p>\n

<\/b>Hosea 9:12<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b> Woe to them when I depart from them!<\/p>\n

Proverbs 14:14<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways,<\/p>\n

Jeremiah 2:17-18<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Have you not brought this upon yourself by forsaking the LORD your God, when he led you in the way?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Charles Ryrie – The Spirit leaving Saul here is God removing His blessing on Saul as king of Israel. He gives His Spirit to David, the man He has chosen to replace Saul as king. The removal of the Spirit from one and the giving of the Spirit to the other was God’s supernatural declaration that the throne had been taken from Saul and given to David. Saul may cling to His crown for a time, but God was no longer with him nor blessing his leadership. Israel had a new shepherd. God had raised up a new leader for his people. David was now God’s chosen king.<\/p>\n

Prior to Christ\u2019s death, resurrection, and ascension into heaven, the Holy Spirit had a \u201ccome and go\u201d relationship with people. The Holy Spirit indwelt King Saul, but then departed from him. Instead, the Spirit came upon David. After his adultery with Bathsheba, David feared that the Holy Spirit would be taken from him. The Holy Spirit filled\u00a0to enable him to produce the items needed for the tabernacle, but this is not described as a permanent relationship. All of this changed after Jesus\u2019 ascension into heaven. Beginning on the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit began permanently indwelling believers. The permanent indwelling of the Holy Spirit is the fulfillment of God\u2019s promise to always be with us and never forsake us.<\/p>\n

While the Holy Spirit will never leave a believer, it is possible for our sin to \u201cquench the Holy Spirit\u201d or \u201cgrieve the Holy Spirit\u201d. Sin always has consequences in our relationship with God. While our relationship with God is secure in Christ, unconfessed sin in our lives can hinder our fellowship with God and effectively quench the Holy Spirit\u2019s working in our lives. That is why it is so important to confess our sins because God is \u201cfaithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness\u201d. So, while the Holy Spirit will never leave us, the benefits and joy of His presence can, in fact, depart from us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 Samuel 28:8\u00a0 \u00a0 So Saul disguised himself and put on other garments and went, he and two men with him. And they came to the woman by night. And he said, \u201cDivine for me by a spirit and bring up for me whomever I shall name to you.\u201d The woman said to him, \u201cSurely … Continue reading “116. Woe to them when I depart from them!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[598,7821,9611,609,9613,9607,9533,1131,521,3158,9606,9599,9604,9600,1034,9603,9608,9612,9614,5811,9161,4546,232,9602,9609,9601,9605,7973,3517,1014,1132,3804,456,315,5139,8131,9610,7557,442],"class_list":["post-62078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-afraid","tag-awoke","tag-backslider-in-heart","tag-bowed","tag-brought-this-upon-yourself","tag-carry-out","tag-cast-me-not-away","tag-david","tag-death","tag-departed","tag-did-not-obey-the-voice-of-the-lord","tag-disguised","tag-disturbed-me","tag-divine-for-me","tag-dreams","tag-face-to-the-ground","tag-filled-with-fear","tag-filled-with-the-fruite","tag-forsaking-the-lord","tag-free","tag-great-distress","tag-his-ways","tag-holy-spirit","tag-laying-a-trap","tag-left-him","tag-mediums","tag-no-more","tag-philistines","tag-prophets","tag-punishment","tag-samuel","tag-saul","tag-sleep","tag-spirit","tag-turned-away-from-me","tag-what-shall-i-do","tag-when-i-depart-from-them","tag-woe-to-them","tag-wrath"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62078"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62080,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62078\/revisions\/62080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}