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The Most High rules in the kingdom of men
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Greetings again Jacob,
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Trevor
Yes, God selected Saul, but we are called upon to compare the life of Saul and the selection, life and character of David, described as a man after God’s own heart. The whole process indicates some aspects of the wisdom of God in selecting potentially good or bad rulers.
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Trevor
Do you believe that when God selected Saul it was a good choice?
Greetings again Jacob,
Kind regards
Trevor
Please clarify “good” in what you are asking, “good choice”. Saul was not fully equal or prepared for the responsibility. As far as his spiritual qualifications, he had not even heard of or encountered Samuel before his selection, when he had lost his father’s donkeys. The choice that God made in selecting Saul was part of the wisdom of God, and all that God does is “good’. For example, the persecution that David suffered under the hands of Saul was part of the preparation of David.
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Trevor
God selected Saul.
Yes
Okay.
I don't know what you mean.
Deuteronomy 17:14-20 NASB - 14 "When you enter the land which the LORD your God gives you, and you possess it and live in it, and you say, 'I will set a king over me like all the nations who are around me,' 15 you shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses, one from among your countrymen you shall set as king over yourselves; you may not put a foreigner over yourselves who is not your countryman. 16 "Moreover, he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor shall he cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, since the LORD has said to you, 'You shall never again return that way.' 17 "He shall not multiply wives for himself, or else his heart will turn away; nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself. 18 "Now it shall come about when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests. 19 "It shall be with him and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, by carefully observing all the words of this law and these statutes, 20 that his heart may not be lifted up above his countrymen and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or the left, so that he and his sons may continue long in his kingdom in the midst of Israel.
1 Samuel 8:18 NASB - 18 "Then you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you in that day."
1 Samuel 10:24 NASB - 24 Samuel said to all the people, "Do you see him whom the LORD has chosen? Surely there is no one like him among all the people." So all the people shouted and said, "Long live the king!"
1 Samuel 12:13 NASB - 13 "Now therefore, here is the king whom you have chosen, whom you have asked for, and behold, the LORD has set a king over you.