Psalm 5 is a wonderful reminder of how we can have confidence in God through Jesus Christ.

In contrast to Saul's fears and doubts, his son Jonathan exemplfies for us an incredible faith in both God's great power and God's good pleasure.

Saul's foolish act in I Samuel 13 reminds us that there is never a good reason not to obey the word of God.

The Apostle John desires that his readers have assurance or certainty of their salvation and fellowship with Christ.

John calls his readers to a life of obedience and warns about how sin hurts our fellowship with God.

One of John's reasons for writing his first letter was so that his readers joy, along with his, might be made complete because of their fellowship with God and one another.*

The new commandment to love another as brothers and sisters in Christ is our community rule as a church family.

When the Holy Spirit comes upon Saul, God's anger in him helps accomplish God's deliverance through him. A righteous anger against sin should also drive us toward God's means of deliverance today: the gospel of Jesus Christ.

When Saul keeps quiet about God's blessing and hides out from the crowds, he serves to challenge us about our failures to speak up and step forward in light of God's anointing and God's Spirit.

The true nature of conforming to the world is a radical rejection of God and His rightful place as King over our lives.