El De’ot, The God of Knowledge
The God Who Knows Everything
1 Samuel 2
God’s Omniscience
Omni “all” science “knowledge”
I Kings 8:39 – God knows all hearts
Psalm 139:2 – God knows what we are thinking
Isaiah 40:13-14 Nobody taught God
Isaiah 42:9 We have proof by fulfilled prophecies
Matthew 10:30 God knows the numbers of hairs
Romans 11:33 – God’s knowledge is unsearchable
Hannah’s Praise vs. 1-10
Hannah was excited that God would answer her prayers!
Eli’s Sons and Samuel vs. 11-26
The first description of Eli’s sons was that they were sons of Belial or the Devil. They were not saved.
Eli’s sons oversaw the daily sacrifices. They began to pull their share before the Lord’s and threatened and bullied people. It made it, so people hated to go to the Tabernacle and offer their sacrifices.
On the other hand, Samuel was a blessing to others, and his mother loved to see him. Because she gave her son to the Lord, God pleased her with other children.
As Eli heard people complain about his children, he confronted them but did not discipline them.
God’s Message to Eli vs. 27-36
God had enough and sent a man of God to confront Eli for not correcting his children. God made it clear that Eli honored his sons above God. Vs. 29.
As punishment God will cut off the lineage of Eli from being high Priest. To confirm that this is true, both Eli’s sons will die on the same day.
Our Reaction
Since God knows everything it brings us:
Security (vs. 1) – God saved us and keeps us saved even knowing what will do to fail Him
Sensitivity – Every warning from God is not because it might happen if we continue down our path, but that it will happen
Solace (vs. 2) – Our Rock, our stabilization, because since God knows everything, He knows how it will work out for our good
Sobriety (vs. 3) – We all must stand before an all-knowing God (Luke 12:1-3)