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Sacrifice In Twelve Extraordinary Heroes

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People enjoy being praised for the good acts they do. Whether it's baking a casserole for the church pot luck, giving money too the poor, or taking time out of your day to help out at a soup kitchen; everyone likes a little praise or reward for their good works. However, when it comes to God those things don’t matter; people will volunteer for their whole life but will not follow the word or will of God. This is not what God wants, he wants us to obey him more than give up sacrifice. Yet that can be hard because, obeying God does not come with automatic glory or acknowledgement. John MacArthur discusses this idea in his book Twelve Extraordinary Heroes with the character Saul. Macarthur wants his reader to understand that sacrifice is not obeying …show more content…

Samuel was livid at the fact Saul did not following God’s word on waiting for him. Saul quickly started pointed the finger at everyone except himself and was trying to explain that he was only doing the sacrifice too quickly defeat the enemy. In Saul’s eyes he believed he was doing the right thing, because he was trying too quickly end the battle and defeat his adversary. However, God wanted him to follow his directions and wait for Samuel. Saul’s actions led his reign too come to an end. One might think that he would have stopped but no; this was one of the many times saul disobeyed God for merit and …show more content…

God’s instructions were to “completely destroy the Amalekites, their livestock”(100). Like previously Saul saw only his way and disobeyed God; he kept the king alive and the livestock. Saul like how he was getting recognized for conquering the Atakilte armor and being such a courageous leader. When samuel came to see if Saul had completed the task that God wanted, he was in utter shock. Saul was trying to explain how he kept the livestock for sacrificial actions, and the king to show how powerful he was too his people. Samuel was filled with so much rage that he grabbed the sword and hacked the king too pieces. Samuel showing how “complete obedience looked

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