1 Samuel 8, Give Us a King

Series: N/AService: Sun AM (2)Type: SermonSpeaker: Scott Kercheville Due to their wickedness, Israel has been oppressed repeatedly for a couple hundred years. They cried for help and God sent a judge to rescue them. The judge would gather the tribes to battle against the enemy and dispense judgments.Now: Samuel has been a righteous judge and prophet to the people his whole life. Israel has enjoyed peace from their enemies. Life was good. But now, two problems.Samuel is old, he appointed his sons as judges, and they are very corrupt.We learn in chapter 11-12 that the Ammonites were a large threat to Israel.These problems haven’t gone away today.We have…