"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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Conclusion

That's how far I have come and that's how far I have yet to go. I can only speak for myself, not for you or for your church. What I can tell you is that this is what is going on, and this is what will happen. When is God going to add to your numbers? When Saul falls. When is Saul going to fall? When you know your enemy. When you've been tested to the utmost and have stood faithful. When you've known rejection. When your family life has been affected. When you have become emotionally exhausted to the point of having no strength left, and when the Lord's strength is then magnified in your weakness. When you've crossed the Brook of Besor and learned how to be gracious to others. Then Saul will fall; then the tribes of Israel will join themselves to David at Hebron, the place of fellowship.

I know how to be disappointed over what has happened in the church. I know how to be angry about it, and there is a holy anger. But we must also learn to grieve. That is when Saul will fall and when David's house will rise. I know how far I've come. How far you've come in this process is a question you must answer. How far your church has come will be self-evident.

Oh, Saul is going. TBN is going, Hinn is going. Something new is rising. But when will Saul and his sons die on Mount Gilboa? When I can be as grieved as I am angry.

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