AUTHORITY ISSUES
Get Under It
Mike Matijevich
January 14, 2007

MICHMASH = "hidden"

1 Samuel 13:11-12
"And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash; Therefore said I, (I thought)The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.”
- Saul bucked Samuel's authority… God's!

AMALEKITES

1 Samuel 15:20-21
"And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal."

1 Samuel 15:22
"And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams."

1 Samuel 15:23a
“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry
* CAVES 1 Samuel 24:1-11 (v6)
* CAMPING
1 Samuel 26:9-11
"And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless? David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go."
Isaiah 14:13-14 (Lucifer/ Satan)

CONSEQUENCES OF REBELLION
1. You lose the proper influence over your children.
2. Your own life will suffer (neutralized gifts)
3. God will replace your authority with someone else
4. Shortened life span
* Thus obedience direct correlation to long life
Ephesians 6:1-3
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth."
Proverbs 3:7-8
“Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.”

Romans 13:2
“Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.”

* But what if they are unworthy authorities? Submit to the position.

ILLUSTRATION: DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH