To obey is better than sacrifice

1 Samuel #13
"To obey is better than sacrifice"
1 Samuel 15:1-35; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

1. The first duty of kings: to obey
   a) A command to obey
   b) A difficult command

2. Getting around obeying
   a) Saul's disobedience
   b) Saul's excuses for his disobedience

3. The pain of disobedience
   a) The one who disobeys
   b) God's people
   c) God

4. To obey is better than sacrifice
   a) Sacrifice as a substitute for obedience
   b) The sacrifice which is a substitute for disobedience