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We will never be able to actively listen unless we do so with a spiritual ear and not a natural ear. The flesh can always cloud judgement. Sight determines hearing. So natural eyes cannot discern the things of the Spirit. We need spiritual sight. One has to train ones ear to listen as there are many voices. Samuel was not accostomed to the voice of God but only tothe voice of Eli. That is why he kept going to Eli to enquire. The steps of a man are ordered by God. So we have to rely on Him fr forward movement

Rebellion is likened to witchcraft. No one will readily want to engage in practices of witchcraft, however when we operate in rebellion we equate to this grave sin. In Jeremiah God said that His people committed two grave sins. They have forsaken the Lord and turned to serve idols. Serving idols is like witchcraft. Lucifer walked in rebellion before God and was thrown out of the heavenlies. Rebellion first starts in the heart. The issues of life flow from the heart. Obedience starts from the heart as what is spoken from the mouth proceeds from the heart.That is why God looks at the inside. Rebellious people always have an alibi. They would justify any wrongdoing. In this case, Saul blamed the soldiers for bringing in the spoils. He also justified that the cattle was for sacrifice to the Lord. One one has a sound justification, one can become pretty arrogant in ones approach. We sometimes cannot even know the condition of our own hearts. Jer 17:9 The heart is desperately wicked above all things, who can know it. That is why we need the HOLY SPIRIT to guide us into all truth. Being humble and accepting that we are fallable will enable us to receive God's grace for change. Grace comes to the humble. Repentence and prayer can rid us off such rebellion. I believe that sin left unattended can grow. May start off as a serpent in Genesis and become a Dragon in Revelation. We are commanded to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. Where sin abounds God cannot use us as a vessel for His service. I also like to add this additional information. Samuel was anointed with a FLASK of oil. Flask made with human hands. David was anointed with a HORN of oil. Took an animal to be killed (sacrifice) so that he culd be anointed.

Rebellion is likened to witchcraft. No one will readily want to engage in practices of witchcraft, however when we operate in rebellion we equate to this grave sin. In Jeremiah God said that His people committed two grave sins. They have forsaken the Lord and turned to serve idols. Serving idols is like witchcraft. Lucifer walked in rebellion before God and was thrown out of the heavenlies. Rebellion first starts in the heart. The issues of life flow from the heart. Obedience starts from the heart as what is spoken from the mouth proceeds from the heart.That is why God looks at the inside. Rebellious people always have an alibi. They would justify any wrongdoing. In this case, Saul blamed the soldiers for bringing in the spoils. He also justified that the cattle was for sacrifice to the Lord. One one has a sound justification, one can become pretty arrogant in ones approach. We sometimes cannot even know the condition of our own hearts. Jer 17:9 The heart is desperately wicked above all things, who can know it. That is why we need the HOLY SPIRIT to guide us into all truth. Being humble and accepting that we are fallable will enable us to receive God's grace for change. Grace comes to the humble. Repentence and prayer can rid us off such rebellion. I believe that sin left unattended can grow. May start off as a serpent in Genesis and become a Dragon in Revelation. We are commanded to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. Where sin abounds God cannot use us as a vessel for His service. I also like to add this additional information. Samuel was anointed with a FLASK of oil. Flask made with human hands. David was anointed with a HORN of oil. Took an animal to be killed (sacrifice) so that he culd be anointed.

Jesus said that he will do nothing unless what His Father tells him to. He is also the Lamb that was slain before the foundation of the earth. He is part of the Godhead and is faithful in every way. With God knowing the end from the beginning, God already saw in advance that Adam and Eve would sin and that we will all be subject to the curse. So God make provision before the foundation of the earth in Jesus being the slain lamb. So Jesus gave himself so that we could be saved from being subject to the curse. The whole aspect of grace which is not rigid like the law. It is one way in which we never live in condemnation and guilt. His grace is sufficient to keep us from falling. The table of the Lord (Wine and the bread) is one way in which we come knowing that there is no condemnation. That is why we do this as often as possible remembering his death and the blood that was shed for the remission of sins.