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In First Samuel, chapter Two, verse thirty-one, states the removal of Eli and his descendants from their priestly service. Their unfaithfulness and immortality had permanently disqualified them from being spiritual leaders and godly examples for Israel. The arm is the usual metaphor for strength. As Eli had preferred the exaltation of his sons to God’s […]

In First Samuel, chapter Two, verses twenty-nine, Eli failed utterly to provide spiritual leadership for his family and so for Israel. As a father, he did not train his sons in the way of righteousness. When they seduced the women serving at the door of the Tabernacle, as in verse twenty-two, Eli demonstrated neither the

In First Samuel, chapter Two, verse twenty-five, Eli’s sons had hardened their hearts and were sinning openly without shame, as stated in Numbers fifteen, verses thirty to thirty-one. Therefore Eli’s instruction had no moral effect on them. Hophni and Phinehas were already to experience judgment and death appointed by God. The day of salvation passed

In First Samuel, chapter Two, verse twenty-three, Eli protests the evil actions of his sons, yet he fails to remove them from the ministerial office. Eli’s failure is equivalent to despising God. God’s Word declares that no immoral minister may serve as a leader of God’s people. Such persons are to be out of their

In First Samuel, chapter Two, verse twelve, Belial means worthlessness in Hebrew and suggests wickedness. The sons of Eli were wicked men, corrupt ministers in God’s house who used their position as an opportunity for greedy gain and sexual immorality. Father Eli, the high priest, refused to discipline or disqualify them from the priesthood. The

In First Samuel, chapter Two, verse one, Hannah’s prophetic song celebrates God’s providential care of those who remain faithful to Him. She rejoiced in His salvation, for He is holy, and alone is God. All followers of the Lord Jesus should trust the Lord’s way with them. Anything that He allows to come into our

In Samuel, chapter One, verse twenty-eight, Hannah is an example of a praying and godly mother. When she first desired to have a child, she prayerfully and purposefully presented her child before the Lord. Hannah regarded her son as a gracious gift from God and expressed her intentions to fulfill her vow by dedicating him

In First Samuel, chapter One, verse eleven, Hannah shows her gratitude, love, and devotion to the Lord through her willingness to dedicate her son to the work of the Lord. The vow of Hannah contained two solemn promises: the one pledged the son she prayed for to the service of the Eternal all the days

In First Samuel, chapter One, verse five, Hannah’s barrenness is ascribed directly to the activity of God. He had withheld children from her to prepare her for the birth of her son Samuel, who would become a great prophet. Hannah’s experience of barrenness, frustration, shame, and waiting was a trial of her faith. But the

In Ruth, chapter four, verse seventeen, God honored Ruth and the virtuous young woman who forsook her pagan homeland to remain loyal to her mother-in-law and the God of Israel by allowing her to become the grandmother of Israel’s king David and thus an ancestor of the future Messiah, Jesus Christ. As Naomi nurses her