Dear Brother John,
The story we read today in First Samuel was so touching. How that King Saul was moved by the fear of people, according to his own report and spared the life and influence of King Agag. For this, king Saul was rejected of the LORD and “Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless, Samuel mourned for Saul………”
That has always been a consistent trait for those who were truly following the Spirit of God in the bible. Samuel pitied Saul for he knew Saul’s desperate position with God. He knew God was right, yet he mourned for Saul’s condition. How selfless that attitude was. It was Samuel’s intimate relationship with God that gave him that pity for Saul, he couldn’t have felt such sorrow for him and his unrighteous condition if he didn’t know of God’s most certain existence and judgment. His was a very mature spirit.
Jerry
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And a good example for us all, Brother Jerry.
Pastor John