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Internet Church Service – January 30, 2022; The Doctrine of Negative
Volition. Part 2. Saul’s negative volition and the witch of endor. 5-7-08
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from - Romans 8:38-39
Hymn #1
Hymn #2
Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word
Before we begin, only if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is; you have believed [trusted] in Him for His promised gift of eternal life) John 3:16, John 6:47 as a few examples; it is very important to prepare yourself to learn God's Word so the Holy Spirit can teach you as to what your reading or hearing is true or false. To be taught by the Holy Spirit you must be filled with the Holy Spirit which means abiding in Christ. To place yourself in fellowship with God the Holy Spirit [also called abiding in the Christ], take a moment to simply name, cite or acknowledge [confess] your known unconfessed sins privately to God (i.e.; with your thoughts directed only to God the Father). Why? Because you cannot grow spiritually if you’re not abiding in Christ [in fellowship with Him] when you take in bible truth.
1 John 1:9, says: “If we confess [meaning to simply name, cite or acknowledge to God the Father] our sins [known unconfessed sins], He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins [known sins] and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [all unknown and forgotten sins];” NKJV (New King James Version); we call this REBOUND; read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. Left click the following link to learn more and fully understand the doctrine of Rebound; which answers the question, why do I need to keep confessing my sins all the time? REBOUND
If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins to God; the issue for you is to believe by faith alone in Jesus, The Christ alone for eternal life [salvation] and you will be saved [receive Eternal Life] the very micro second you believe in Him:
John 6:47 says: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” NKJV
Notice again what John 6:47 says, “he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” It doesn’t say, “will have”; it says, “has.” Therefore, the very moment you believe Jesus Christ’s promise of everlasting life, you have it (it’s really just that simple), and it can never be lost or taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.
John 3:14-18 says: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness [Num 21:4-9], even so must the Son of Man be lifted up [the cross], that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” NKJV
Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for learning God’s Word, if there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:
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NOTES
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The Doctrine of Negative Volition. Part 2.
Saul’s negative volition and the witch of endor.
Negative volition is refusal of Bible doctrine divided into two categories.
A. Primary negative volition is refusal to assemble for Bible teaching, the rejection of your right pastor teacher and his authority.
B. Negative volition – refusal to transfer doctrine from the left lobe to the right lobe.
There is also the refusal of the faith-rest technique as a part of negative volition.
He fails to appropriate promises, to utilize doctrine which he has already learned, to utilize the principles and to mix them with his faith, Heb 4:2.
Saul went to the witch of Endor, held a seance, and still there was silence, until Samuel entered the scene.
Urim and Thummin
The real breastplate or the checkerboard, the Urim and Thummin, is with David.
Saul executed 85 priests, 1Sa 22:18, and the Ephod went with the one priest who escaped, Abiathar, 1Sa 22:22.
You have to have the real thing, the high priest and the breastplate, and Saul had neither.
When the backslider or the reversionist needs doctrine the most, he has it the least.
In verse 6, the reversionist or the backslider seeks miracles, signs and wonders in time of pressure. The reversionist or the backslider is totally thoughtless.
“I know you are busy but, I’d like to take a few moments of your time.”
Translation: three hours of boring, dull, depressing conversation, usually a monologue.
Reversionists or backsliders are usually thoughtless; they are whiners, selfish, they lack sensitivity and common courtesy.
The first sign of a reversionist or backslider is his refusal to listen to the word of God.
Only believers with doctrine can survive the heartaches, the pressures, the catastrophes of life.
Saul lost the spiritual battle before he lost the physical or natural battle.
You never lose the visible without first losing the invisible.
Saul is now accepting necromancy which is the practice of supposedly communicating with the spirits of the dead in order to predict the future.
He is in the last stages of reversionism, which is hardness of the heart, blackout of the soul, ending in physical death.
Contact with necromancers and mediums was specifically forbidden by the word of God, Lev 19:31.
Contact with necromancers and mediums was a sign of reversionism or backsliding and brought on divine discipline, Lev 20:6.
The believer who has negative volition toward doctrine will end up with the vacuum of the soul opening up and drawing in 1Ti 4:1, doctrine from demons.
The black-out of the soul plus the hardness of the heart causes the believer not to understand doctrine they have previously understood.
If Saul had been learning his doctrine he would have known and understood the book of Judges and how Gideon handled this same problem, and at this point it was one bit of doctrinal information he could have applied.
You never know when you are studying the word of God, what doctrine you are going to need.
If Saul had simply remembered what Samuel had taught him about Gideon he would have been victorious.
Reversionism or backsliding leads to instability.
 Frightened one moment and courageous the next.
The reversionist or the backslider seeks to use the Lord.
Delusion, deception, and superstition mark the believer who is backslidden.
The reversionist or the backslider can use a number of disguises; here it refers to clothes but in other cases it could also mean vocabulary and personality disguises.
He is obviously unstable, Jm 1:8; Jm 4:8.
Saul is only going to change his clothes to disguise himself, but the most dangerous types are those who change their personality.
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st as you would use clothes to disguise the body, personality can disguise the soul.
It is interesting that Saul was the king who had prohibited the practice of divination and necromancy.
What has happened to Saul in reversionism explains why many believers begin with doctrine as Saul did, sound, conservative, courageous, but then they give lip service to doctrine and reversionism always changes these people.
Life is something that continually changes.
We not only undergo physical change as we stay in this world, we also undergo mental change and spiritual change.
Cowards do the wrong-brave things.
In dangerous situations, cowards are unpredictable.
1. Saul’s military is weak and limited.
Because Saul has been so busy with personal vengeance, chasing David, that he has neglected the military training of his nation.
2. Saul is a believer, a reversionistic backslidden believer.
Saul should have been listening to doctrine; instead he is creeping from rock to rock, so as not to be seen, going to a seance.
3. It isn’t courage that is needed; it is good training and discipline. Heroes don’t make the difference. Brains make the difference. Brains, discipline, and recognition of authority equals victory.
4. The Jewish army no longer has discipline.
5. Saul is now under the sin unto death and divine discipline. Jonathan wasn’t a reversionist or the backslider, but he is going to die by association.
6. Saul’s problems =
a. He is desperate
b. He is confused
c. He is filled with human viewpoint
d. He is under demon influence
e. He has blackout of the soul
f. He has hardness of the heart
Zep 3:15 The king of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you will fear disaster no more.
Hymn #3
The following link is to a good-news message describing how one can receive eternal life:
Ticket to Heaven, it was written for anyone not absolutely certain about of their eternal future.
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