2 Samuel 1:13-16 The Lord’s Anointed

 ”Then David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” And he answered, “I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite.” So David said to him, “How was it you were not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?” Then David called one of the young men and said, “Go near, and execute him!” And he struck him so that he died. So David said to him, “Your blood is on your own head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the Lord’s anointed.’ ”“ ‭‭II Samuel‬ ‭1‬:‭13‬-‭16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

a. Where are you from? The young Amalekite probably believed that David was preparing to reward him.

b. How was it you were not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?Despite many opportunities to legitimately defend himself, David refused to reach out and destroy Saul. David knew that since God put Saul on the throne, it was God’s job to end his reign – and woe to the one who puts forth his hand to destroy a God-appointed leader.

c. Go near, and execute him: This shows that David’s grief over Saul was real. He didn’t put on a false display of grief and then secretly honor the man who killed Saul.

d. Your blood is on your own head, for your own mouth has testified against you: There were many factors that might excuse what the Amalekite did and said.

· Saul was in rebellion and hardened against God.

· Saul repeatedly and constantly tried to kill David.

· Saul was already near death.

· Saul asked the Amalekite to kill him.

· It might have been that the Amalekite merely discovered Saul’s dead body.

i. Yet none of these excuses mattered. Except for justified killing in war, self-defense, or lawful criminal execution, it is God’s job to end a life – not ours. This is true of every human life, but it is even truer of the life and ministry of the LORD’s anointed – God is fully able to deal with His servants, even those who only claim to be His servants. (Guzik)

The LORD’s anointed

Who are the Lord’s anointed?

“The fact is that all believers today are God’s anointed. We are all set apart for the work God is accomplishing in this world (1 John 2:20). “Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee” (2 Corinthians 1:21–22).”

https://www.gotquestions.org/touch-not-Gods-anointed.html

Are you one of the Lord’s anointed?

Blessings