So, I got a new phone yesterday! It’s only the third phone I’ve had my entire lifetime. Crazy, I know. I am really grateful. My old phone’s battery was shot – it would die after an hour. And it worked out that we were due for an upgrade with Alltel, so I picked out this beast of a phone! Moto Q 9c.
So far it’s been great. Not the longest battery life – but I guess that’s the case with any Smartphone.
Now, some might remember this post from awhile back. This question never got answered, just wondering if anyone had any thoughts now?
I have a question, maybe someone out there can answer for me. The sermon at church yesterday was about facing giants in our lives…based on the story of “David and Goliath” in 1 Samuel 17. Well, as I was reading 1 Samuel 19 (I tend to get sidetracked sometimes during a sermon and I’ll read ahead of whatever the preacher is speaking on…whoops) I came across verse 9:
“Then a harmful spirit from the Lord came upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand…”
Can anyone explain to me why an “evil, harmful” spirit came from the Lord? It’s definitely an interesting concept. Any ideas?
Nice phone.
God, evil spirit thing:
Is what God doing there related to what God did with the pharaoh during moses time? I would think so.
2 thoughts come to mind with these type of passages.
1. Is it that “from the Lord” means God has forced the harmful spirit to do His will or that God has allowed the spirit to do the spirits will? I think in the Pharaoh’s case it is clearly God doing His will. This one with Saul I am not so sure.
2. Why is the spirit labeled “harmful”? Is it the same as evil? Or just has harmful intent? Good can come from harm so it isn’t necessairly evil. With the Pharaoh example, did he actually commit sin or evil acts if it was God leading the charge?
I personally think God is capable of any act. But when God is leading the charge it is obviously not considered ’sin’ as ’sin’ is going against God’s will. We tend to judge actions as evil, bad, or sinful based on what we feel is right and wrong, however God judges them based solely on His will. If He wills it, then it is not sin. Hence God decrees murder as winful but when He leads an army, it becomes ‘ok’.
Remember, Saul was a king chosen by the people, not God. Sauls kingship was not Gods will, thus any spirit bringing down that reign might be looked upon as harmful, but to God the spirit is righting a wrong.
hmmm interesting.
Sometimes when things seem wrong in the bible I like to look it up in a different version, sometimes a different version will make it make perfect sense for me.
and your phone looks very smart! cooL!
whahahah .. the god of uproars strikes again.