Jonathan’s Venture of Faith

So have the people of Israel, as admonished by Samuel and terrified by the Lord's thunder, finally confessed their great sin of asking that a king be set over them. Concluding that they were about to be consumed by God's anger, they cried to Samuel beseeching him that he pray for them that they die not. The seer told them that they had nothing to fear if only they would serve the Lord with all their hearts. Samuel having' finished his discourse to the people, Saul now came forward. He chose...