And that, knowing the time,
that now it is high time to awake out of sleep:
for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Romans 13:11
* Saul had written Revelation (as do you & us)
Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom,
and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD.
1 Samuel 10:25
* Saul had a prophet in his midst
(as do you & us)
(as do you & us)
.....from the days of Samuel the prophet;
2 Chronicles 35:18
Saul made excuses for his disobedience-Disobedience based on Circumstances
(Cultural Relativism today?)
And Samuel said, What hast thou done?
And Saul said,
Because I saw that the people were scattered from me,
and that thou camest not within the days appointed,....
And Samuel said to Saul,
Thou hast done foolishly:
thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God,
which he commanded thee:
1 Samuel 13:11,13
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,
and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
1 Samuel 15:23
---A WARNING for Church Leaders---
"The fellow laborer of Moses, who was left with the solemn charge of the people in his absence, heard them uttering complaints that
Moses had left them, and expressing a desire to return to Egypt; yet, through fear of offending the people, he was silent. He seemed to be asleep to the beginning of the evil. When the first rebellious word was spoken, Aaron might have checked it."
Testimonies For The Church vol.4,p.514 E.G.W.