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Discipleship Focus: Obedience
- Obedience: Genuine and satisfying obedience comes out of our identity. Our true identity comes only from our Father.
In
Chapters 9 and 10, we leave the genealogies behind us and pick up the story of
the Hebrew people. Remember that the
Chronicler is writing for the people returning from exile under Persian
leadership. The Chronicler is writing a
history of the Hebrew people so that they might be reminded of their
greatness. That’s why the Chronicler
starts with the death of Saul. He can
quickly move into the rise of David and the height of the Hebrew people.
That
being said, you might be wondering why he doesn’t just start with David. Why mention Saul at all? After all, he was the king brought out of
rebellion.
The
Chronicler starts with Saul so that he can start the history story with one
message. Saul died because of his breach
in the faith. This message would strike
home. The Hebrew people went into exile
because of their breach in faith. They
have something in common with this story.
God can take people who have a breach in faith and bring goodness out of
it. David followed Saul. The Chronicler wants the people to believe
that God can do something good with them after their breach of faith, too.
What’s
the Chronicler saying? We must be
obedient. We need to follow his
ways. It is our breaches of faith that
make us vulnerable. Obedience to God
keeps us strong in Him.
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