"The Fall of the House of Saul"

by James Jacob Prasch

God will not allow the old thing to fall until He judges that the new thing is ready to take its place.

  1. God Ceases Communicating with Saul
  2. The Divine Strategy in Starting a New Work
  3. Readying the New to Replace the Old
  4. Part 1: When the World Has More Integrity than the Church
  5. Exploitation of the Poor
  6. Part 2: When Saul's House Goes Too Far - The Occult
  7. The Misguided Loyalty of Saul's Army
  8. Know Your Enemy
  9. The House of Saul vs. the House of David
  10. Part 3: Saul's House is Defeated
  11. A Closer Look at David's House
  12. The Test of True Leadership
  13. Emotional Exhaustion/The Source of Strength
  14. Crossing the Brook of Besor
  15. The Baggage Attendants
  16. Grieving for Saul
  17. Conclusion
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The Last Phase of the House of Saul Part 1: When the World has More Integrity than the Church

But what will happen? The last phase of the house of Saul. Read with me, please, in 1 Samuel 29 beginning with verse 1:

"Then the Philistines gathered together all their armies at Aphek, and the Israelites encamped by a fountain which is in Jezreel. And the lords of the Philistines passed in review by hundreds and by thousands, but David and his men passed in review at the rear with Achish. Then the princes of the Philistines said, 'What are these Hebrews doing here?' And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, 'is this not David, the servant of Saul king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or these years? And to this day I have found no fault in him since he defected to me.'"

Point 1: The Philistines knew that David did no wrong and at least wanted to behave honorably toward him. Saul also knew that David did no wrong. Many people with Saul knew David had done no wrong, but were out to get him anyway. This is phase 2 of the final days of Saul's house: When the world, the lost, the unsaved, has more integrity than does the church, it is a sick thing. Federal prosecutors brought down Jim Bakker. Why? Because the hireling pastors of America did not have the courage or integrity to do it first. So the world, knowing he was corrupt, showed more integrity than the church.

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