* Saul didn’t fully obey the Lord.

* He thought strategically instead of spiritually.

* Faith is living without scheming.

* He left Agag alive along with others he thought were “good to keep alive.”

* This put Samuel in the position to hack Agag up - vs 33.

* Samuel’s violence shows how we need to be violent with ourselves to obey the Lord.

* Now, on this foundation of Saul’s disobedience toward Agag, read:

* Esther 3:1 - Haman, the man who wanted to annihilate the Jews, was an Agagite.

* Saul’s disobedience filtered through the generations.