1 Samuel 10:5-7 Turned Into Another Man!

 ”After that you shall come to Gibeath-elohim, where there is a garrison of the Philistines. And there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying. Then the Spirit of the Lord will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man. Now when these signs meet you, do what your hand finds to do, for God is with you.“

‭‭1 Samuel‬ ‭10‬:‭5‬-‭7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

a. A group of prophets: They were apparently seeking the LORD and worshipping Him at the place of worship (the high place). They will be prophesying isn’t necessarily saying that they were all predicting the future, but that they all spoke under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

i. “Members of prophetic bands were often young (2 Kings 5:22; 9:4); they frequently lived together (2 Kings 6:1-2), ate together (2 Kings 4:38), and were supported by the generosity of their fellow Israelites (2 Kings 4:42-43)…. Samuel provided guidance and direction for the movement in its early stages, as Elijah and Elisha did later.” (Youngblood)

b. Then the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you: This reception of the Holy Spirit was the real anointing. The oil poured out on Saul’s head was just a picture of this. A gallon of oil could go on his head, but if the Spirit of the LORD did not come upon him, it would mean nothing.

i. Poole observed will come upon you is literally “will leap or rush upon thee, to wit [namely], for a season. So, it may be opposed to the Spirit’s resting upon a man, as in Numbers 11:25; Isaiah 11:2.”

c. And you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man: Before this Saul never was a particularly spiritual man. So for him to prophesy – that is, speak as inspired from the LORD, whether predicting the future, exhorting others, or speaking to God – was real evidence that he was turned into another man.

i. For God to use Saul to the fullest, he had to be turned into another man by the filling of the Spirit of the LORD.

d. When these signs come to you: God arranged for each one of these three events to be a sign to Saul. God always confirms His anointing. (Guzik)

Turned into another man!

When we accept Christ as our Lord and Savior we also have the Holy Spirit enter us!

”For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.“

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭12‬:‭13‬ ‭ESV‬‬

”You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.“ Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

It’s a slow process “turned into another man” because we don’t handle change well.

If you knew me before I accepted Christ you would have wondered about the change when you witnessed the fruit of adoption in me, when we adopted our son, Jesus. 

Hey-Suss.

Have you been turned into another man or woman?

Blessings 

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