Dying By Your Own Sword

Dying By Your Own Sword

 Pastor Blake Hanson | 6.21.26 

 

1 Chronicles 10:1–14 (NLT)

1Now the Philistines attacked Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them. Many were slaughtered on the slopes of Mount Gilboa. 

2The Philistines closed in on Saul and his sons, and they killed three of his sons—Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malkishua. 

3The fighting grew very fierce around Saul, and the Philistine archers caught up with him and wounded him. 

4Saul groaned to his armor bearer, “Take your sword and kill me before these pagan Philistines come to taunt and torture me.” But his armor bearer was afraid and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it. 

5When his armor bearer realized that Saul was dead, he fell on his own sword and died. 

6So Saul and his three sons died there together, bringing his dynasty to an end. 

7When all the Israelites in the Jezreel Valley saw that their army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their towns and fled. So the Philistines moved in and occupied their towns. 

8The next day, when the Philistines went out to strip the dead, they found the bodies of Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa. 

9So they stripped off Saul’s armor and cut off his head. Then they proclaimed the good news of Saul’s death before their idols and to the people throughout the land of Philistia. 

10They placed his armor in the temple of their gods, and they fastened his head to the temple of Dagon. 

11But when everyone in Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul, 

12all their mighty warriors brought the bodies of Saul and his sons back to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones beneath the great tree at Jabesh, and they fasted for seven days. 

13So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord. He failed to obey the Lord’s command, and he even consulted a medium 

14instead of asking the Lord for guidance. So the Lord killed him and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

 

Saul Had What All Men Desire 

 

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1 Samuel 9:1 (NLT)

1There was a wealthy, influential man named Kish from the tribe of Benjamin…

 

Had the  

 

1 Samuel 9:2 (NLT)

2His son Saul was the most handsome man in Israel—head and shoulders taller than anyone else in the land.

 

Had the  

 

1 Samuel 10:1 (NLT)

1Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it over Saul’s head. He kissed Saul and said, “I am doing this because the Lord has appointed you to be the ruler over Israel, his special possession.

 

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1 Samuel 11:15 (NLT)

15So they all went to Gilgal, and in a solemn ceremony before the Lord they made Saul king. Then they offered peace offerings to the Lord, and Saul and all the Israelites were filled with joy.

 

What a man carries can become his or his , depending on whether he carries it with God. 

 

What Men Carry That Leads To Collapse

 

1.  Success & Status Identity 

 

2.  Isolation & Emotional Silence 

 

3.  Shame & Pain 

 

WHAT A MAN IS CALLED TO CARRY…  

1.  CARRY GOD  

1 Chronicles 10:13 (NLT)

13So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord… 

 

John 15:5 (NLT)

5“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.

 

2.  CARRY PRESSURE  

1 Samuel 28:5–7 (NLT) 

5When Saul saw the vast Philistine army, he became frantic with fear. 

6He asked the Lord what he should do, but the Lord refused to answer him, either by dreams or by sacred lots or by the prophets. 

7 Saul then said to his advisers, “Find a woman who is a medium, so I can go and ask her what to do.” His advisers replied, “There is a medium at Endor.”

 

1 Chronicles 10:13–14 (NLT)

13He failed to obey the Lord’s command, and he even consulted a medium 

14instead of asking the Lord for guidance. 

 

Leviticus 19:31 (NLT)

31“Do not defile yourselves by turning to mediums or to those who consult the spirits of the dead. I am the Lord your God.

 

Matthew 6:12 (NLT)

12and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us.

 

3.  CARRY CORRECTION  

1 Chronicles 10:13 (NLT)

13So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord. He failed to obey the Lord’s command, and he even consulted a medium

 

1 Samuel 15:24 (NLT)

24Then Saul admitted to Samuel, “Yes, I have sinned. I have disobeyed your instructions and the Lord’s command, for I was afraid of the people and did what they demanded.

 

1 Samuel 15:30 (NLT)

30Then Saul pleaded again, “I know I have sinned. But please, at least honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel by coming back with me so that I may worship the Lord your God.”

 

James 4:6 (NLT)

6And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

 

4.  CARRY WEIGHT  

Honor is not what a man demands when he has a title, honor is what a man carries when he is under pressure. 

 

Honor: means to carry weight with integrity, humility, and faithfulness when pressure gives you every reason to collapse 

 

1 Chronicles 10:4 (NLT)

4Saul groaned to his armor bearer, “Take your sword and kill me before these pagan Philistines come to taunt and torture me.” But his armor bearer was afraid and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

5.  CARRY THE CHRIST-LIKE

1 Chronicles 10:4 (NLT)

4So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

 

Luke 9:23 (NLT)

23Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me.

 

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