A KING OVER ISRAEL | THE MAIN POINT

1. A King Over Israel

a) The Old Testament dwells at length of Israel's history — THE KINGDOM OF DAVID — which spans the reigns of the first three kings of Israel: Saul, David, and Solomon.

b) As the Israelites in Canaan multiplied, the people asked for a king, not being satisfied to have God alone as their ruler. The first king was Saul from the tribe of Benjamin.

2. The Main Point

a) Behind this story is the tension between the will of God and the will of man. God would rather that he alone be Israel's king, but they wanted a human king so God yielded. The king they chose could have been what God wanted him to be, but the king had his own ideas. In choosing a new king, there was a tendency to choose as man chooses. However, "The Lord does not see as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart".