THE

SERIOUSNESS OF
DISOBEYING
GOD
 1 John 3:4
4 
Whoever commits sin also commits
lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
1 Juan 3:4
4 
Ang bawat nagkakasala ay lumalabag sa
kautusan ng Diyos, sapagkat ang kasalanan ay
paglabag sa kautusan.
 1 John 3:4
4 
Whoever commits sin also
commits lawlessness, and sin
is lawlessness.
Attitude of
the heart
 1 Samuel 15:1-9
15 Sinabi ni Samuel kay Saul, “Isinugo
ako ni Yahweh upang hirangin ka bilang
hari ng Israel. Kaya't pakinggan mo ang
mensahe ni Yahweh. 
 Ipinapasabi ni Yahweh na Makapangyarihan sa
2 

lahat, ‘Paparusahan ko ang Amalek tulad ng

ginawa niya sa Israel nang ito'y inilalabas ko sa
Egipto. 3 Lusubin mo ang Amalek at lipulin silang
lahat. Wasakin mo ang lahat nilang ari-arian at
huwag magtitira kahit isa. Patayin mo silang lahat,
babae't lalaki, mula sa pinakamatanda hanggang sa
sanggol. Patayin mo rin ang kanilang mga baka,
tupa, kamelyo at asno.”
 4 
Kaya't tinipon ni Saul sa Telaim ang buong
hukbo ng Israel. Nang bilangin niya'y umabot
ito sa dalawampung libong mga kawal, bukod
pa sa sampung libo buhat sa
Juda.  Pinangunahan niya ang mga ito papunta
5 

sa Lunsod ng Amalek. Nag-abang sila sa isang

natuyong ilog na malapit doon at 
 6 
nagpasugo sa mga Cineo at ipinasabi niya,
“Umalis na kayo riyan. Humiwalay kayo sa mga
Amalekita para hindi kayo madamay sa kanila
sapagkat pinagpakitaan ninyo kami ng mabuti sa
aming paglalakbay mula sa Egipto.” Kaya't umalis
ang mga Cineo.
7 
Sinalakay nina Saul ang mga Amalekita at tinalo
ang mga ito mula sa Avila hanggang sa Sur, sa
silangan ng Egipto. 
 8 
Nilipol niya ang mga taong-bayan
ngunit binihag nang buháy si Haring
Agag.  Hindi rin pinatay nina Saul ang
9 

magagandang baka, tupa at lahat ng

matatabang hayop doon; ang pinatay lang
nila ay lahat ng hindi na papakinabangan.
 Disobedience: 
 unwillingness to comply with the
guidance of authority, especially
refusal to follow God’s will. 
 The stronger meaning of actual
stubbornness or violence is perhaps
conveyed in the Old Testament 
a) The first and most crucial act of disobedience
occurred when Adam and Eve ate of the “tree of
knowledge of good and evil” (Genesis 3).

After Adam disobeyed God, the Lord said "Because you

have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the
tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of
it’: “Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat
of it All the days of your life. "
(Genesis 3:17,)
 Genesis 3:17
Ito naman ang sinabi ng Diyos kay Adan:
17 

“Dahil nakinig ka sa iyong asawa,

    nang iyong kainin ang ipinagbawal kong
bunga;
dahil dito'y sinusumpa ko ang lupa,
    sa hirap ng pagbubungkal, pagkain mo'y
magmumula.
b)Disobedience involves setting the
desire of the flesh above the will of
God. As a result of this, all people
became “sons of disobedience” (
Eph. 2:2).
 Paul writing to the church in Ephesus says "And you
He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in
which you once walked according to the course of this
world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the
spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among
whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts
of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the
mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the
others." (Ephesians 2:1-3)
c) As Christians we have no
choice but to engage in a kind
of spiritual warfare against our
own natural tendency to
disobey God: 
  Paul says in 2 Corinthians "We are destroying
speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the
knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought
captive to the obedience of Christ, and we are ready to
punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is
complete. "
(2 Corinthians 10:5-6)
 Jesus Himself said to "Watch and pray, lest you enter
into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the
flesh is weak.”" (Matthew 26:41)
 2 Corinto 10:5-6
ginagapi namin ang lahat ng pagmamataas
5 

laban sa kaalaman tungkol sa Diyos, at

binibihag namin ang lahat ng isipan upang
matutong sumunod kay Cristo.  Kapag lubos na
6 

ang inyong pagsunod, nakahanda kaming

parusahan ang lahat ng mga ayaw sumunod.
 Mateo 26:41
Magbantay kayo at manalangin
41 

upang huwag kayong madaig ng

tukso. Ang espiritu'y nakahanda
ngunit ang laman ay mahina.”
d) We should aim to be as obedient to
God’s will as Christ was
 Matthew 26:39, 42, 52-52; 
 Hebrews 5:8-9  
The Scriptures say, "He humbled Himself and
became obedient to the point of death, even the
death of the cross." (Philippians 2:8)
2. When A Person Disobeys Those
In Authority, Trouble Follows.
a)The trouble may be minor or it
may be major; nevertheless,
trouble & problems take place.
(1)If a child disobeys a parent and touches a hot
stove, a minor problem arises: the child's finger
is burned.
 But if the child disobeys a parent and plays
with matches around some flammable object,
a major consequence occurs: the child is
severely burned or causes some major
destruction to property.
b) Disobedience To God Is The Practical
Subject Of This Present Passage Of Scripture.

(1) The Lord gave Saul a very special privilege, a

unique opportunity to fulfill a prophecy that God had
given to Moses generations before. This prophecy was
the prediction that the Amalekites would face the
judgment of God and be erased from the face of the
earth (Exodus 17:14).
(2)It was now time for the prophecy to be executed, time for
the hand of God's judgment to fall upon the Amalekites. And
the instrument of God's judgment was to be King Saul.
Therefore, the command of God was given to Saul: he was to
carry out the execution of God's judgment. But Saul disobeyed
and failed God miserably.  And in his disobedience, his decline
reached its climax: God finally rejected Saul.  The final straw
of God's patience was broken, and the hand of God's judgment
fell upon Saul himself—all because of his disobedience.
A. The Clear Command of God to
Totally Destroy the Amalekites (v.1-9)

1. The source of the command (v.1-2).

a) Heed the voice of the Words of the Lord (v.2).
1. This is, in a sense, is a second opportunity for Saul to
follow the commands of the LORD.  Saul had failed in
the 13th chapter when he had gathered with the people at
Gilgal and did not show up at the appointed time.  Also,
he intruded into the office of the priesthood and offered
up a sacrifice, which was not for kings to do - it was only
for the priests to do.  Samuel rebuked him and told him
that he had not obeyed the voice of the LORD: “He had
done foolishly.”  
(2) Now Samuel comes with a command from God & exhorts
him to listen again! 
Peter, towards the end of his life said, "For this reason I will
not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though
you know and are established in the present truth. Yes, I think it
is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding
you, knowing that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our
Lord Jesus Christ showed me.  Moreover I will be careful to
ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after
my decease.”  (2 Peter 1:12-15)
(3) One of the things that we need to be constantly
reminded of is to listen to God when He gives us a
warning.  God never warns us needlessly. 
b) The Lord of Hosts.
1. This is the first time God is referred to as the Lord
of hosts or armies.  The term stresses God's
sovereignty, rule, and supremacy—His ultimate
leadership of Israel's armies and His supreme
control over all the armies and hosts of the universe,
both in heaven and earth.God is
 the Lord of heavenly hosts such as angels (Joshua 5:14
; 1 Kings 22:19; Psalms 148:2)
 the Lord of human hosts such as human armies (
Exodus 7:4; Psalms 44:9)
 the Lord of celestial hosts such as the sun, moon, and
stars (Genesis 2:1; Deuteronomy 4:19; Isaiah 40:26)
 the Lord who will ultimately subject all who oppose
Him and His dear people (Isaiah 24:21-23; 34:1-10; 
Philippians 2:9-11)
(2)Lord of hosts is a military term used over 260 times in
the Old Testament, primarily by the prophets.  When
they prayed and cried out to God, they did not often
address Him simply as Lord nor use the term that we
often use, "Father.”  But they cried to Him, "O Lord of
hosts"—you who are Lord Almighty, the Supreme Ruler
of the universe, the Lord in control of all the armies of
earth and heaven”  For example, it is used by Isaiah (62
times), Jeremiah (79 times), Zechariah (53 times), and
Malachi (24 times)
(3) As the Lord Almighty, the
ruler over all nations, He has the
right to execute judgment against
any nation when the people
deserve to be judged.
2. The reason for God's judgment (v.2).
a)The behavior of the Amalekites-were
beyond repentance, change.
This is what is known as the "cup of iniquity being full"—
filled to the point that it overflows and continues to overflow
with sin.  History has shown that this type of behavior can be
true of both individuals and nations.  A person's or a nation's
"cup of iniquity" can become full—beyond repair or repentance,
beyond hope or correction.  God declares this fact time and
again in the Scriptures:
God says in Genesis that "In the fourth generation they
shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not
yet complete.“  (Genesis 15:16)

The Lord says in Leviticus "Do not defile yourselves

with any of these things; for by all these the nations are
defiled, which I am casting out before you.  For the land
is defiled; therefore I visit the punishment of its iniquity
upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.” 
(Leviticus 18:24-25)
 Listen to what the Lord said in
Leviticus "I will set My face against that
man, and will cut him off from his people,
because he has given some of his
descendants to Molech, to defile My
sanctuary and profane My holy name.”  (
Leviticus 20:3)
b) God is a just God as well as a God of love.
God loves all people, but he is also a just God
who executes justice upon the earth.
When the "cup of iniquity becomes full"—
beyond repair or repentance or correction—that
person or people are to be judged.  Justice is to be
executed upon them.  This is the reason He has
appointed a day in which He Himself will judge
the world (Acts 17:30-31).
c) Israel was God’s instrument of justice &
judgment against the nations of Canaan (
Deuteronomy 9:5-6).
1.The Israelites did not receive the promised land
of Canaan because of some merit or value
within themselves.  In justice and judgment,
God Himself destroyed the Canaanites, and it
was because of their wickedness that He
destroyed them.
(2) The Canaanites were destroyed
because they were evil and their "cup of
iniquity" had been filled to the brim.  They
reached the point of no repentance; they
were beyond correction. Moses himself
declared to the Israelites:
We should never think that it is because of our goodness that God
drives out our enemies, He says "Do not think in your heart, after the
Lord your God has cast them out before you, saying, ‘Because of my
righteousness the Lord has brought me in to possess this land’; but it is
because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving
them out from before you. It is not because of your righteousness or
the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but
because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God
drives them out from before you, and that He may fulfill the word
which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Therefore understand that the Lord your God is not giving you this
good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-
necked people." (Deuteronomy 9:4-6)
(3) And here we see that it was time for the Amalelites to be
wiped out completely.  The Amalekites were engaged in
extremely vile practices of the worship of their god. 
a)They offered up their children as sacrifices to their god. 
In the course of time they would have destroyed
themselves. 
b)They were infected, you might say, with a deadly
contagious disease that could corrupt mankind. 
c)Therefore, God is ordering their extermination & God is
using Saul and the children of Israel as His instrument in
bringing judgment. 
3. The History of Amalek.
a) Where did the Amalakites come from?
1.In (Gen.36:12) we read that Timna was a concubine
to Eliphaz Esau's son, and she bare to Eliphaz
Amalek
2.So Amalek was the grandson of Esau.
3.Esau has the interesting distinction of being the only
one in the scriptures of which it declares that God
hated him (Romans 9:13; Malachi 1:3).
(a)Did God really hate Esau?  Yes.  He hated the
evil Esau represented.  He hated Esau’s unbelief
and sin and worldliness.  And in a very real sense,
God hated Esau himself.  It was not a petty,
spiteful, childish kind of hatred, but something far
more dreadful.  It was divine opposition—a holy
loathing directed at Esau personally.  God
abominated him as well as what he stood for.
(4)Esau hated the things of God; he was a man of the flesh.
 He despised His birthright and sold it for one bowl of
lentil stew (Gen. 25:34).
 He brought nothing but grief to his parents (26:35).
 He plotted to kill his own brother (27:41).
 He married pagan women because he knew it displeased
his father (28:8–9).
 He lived a careless, worldly life of utter disregard and
disrespect for the God of his ancestors.  Certainly God
hated all that, as well as Esau himself.
 The feeling was mutual, Esau hated God.
b) The Amalekites attacked Israel shortly after they had
come out of Egypt (Ex.17:8-16). 
1.Theirs was a sneak attack against the rear of the
camp.  Against the old and feeble, who could not
keep up with the pace of the moving people?
2.God hates it when the strong take cruel advantage
over the weak, especially when the weak are His
people.  So God promised to bring judgment against
the Amalekites.
(3) This is the battle where Moses
held up his arms and Israel prevailed,
and when he dropped his arms
Amelek prevailed (v.11-12).  This
shows that prayer is the prevailing
factor to overcoming the flesh:
 Jesus Himself said to the disciples in the placed call
Gethsemane, "Sit here while I go and pray over there.”  And He took
with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be
sorrowful and deeply distressed.  Then He said to them, “My soul is
exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.” 
He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My
Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I
will, but as You will.”  Then He came to the disciples and found them
sleeping, and said to Peter, “What!  Could you not watch with Me one
hour?  Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation.  The spirit indeed
is willing, but the flesh is weak.“  (Matthew 26:36-41)
(4) The Amalekites Were Always
Opposing The People Of God. 
(a)When they first tried to enter the
Promised Land after their failure to trust
God because of the evil report of the 10
spies, it was the Amalakites that came
down from the hills and defeated them.
(b)We find the teaming up with the Moabites on
one occasion to attack Israel.  On another
occasion they teamed up with the Zidonites.  Yet
on another occasion with the Midianites, and
still another with the Canaanites.  It seemed
that it didn't make any difference who was
fighting Israel; the Amalakites would join forces
with them to destroy Israel.
(5) God announced after the victory that He would have
war with Amalek from generation to generation.
As God was giving Moses instructions concerning their
settling in the new land, He said, "Remember what Amalek
did when you came out of Egypt, the sneak attack against
feeble, those who were weary and faint.  When you have settled
in the land and have established yourselves, you are to blot out
the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.  Don't forget
this (Deut.25:17-19).
(6) The Time To Fulfill This Command Of God Has
Come.
a.Time does not erase sin before God, only the blood
of Jesus Christ can erase sin, not time.  The
Amalekites were given every opportunity to repent
but did not!
b.God wants this old score with Amalek to be settled.
c.Saul & his army are to be the instruments of God's
judgment against these vile people.
c) Amalek – A Type of the Flesh.
(1)Agag Literally “I will overcome” The flesh
will overcome if you do not put it to death!
(2) God declares of the flesh life that you are
going to have war with it through all generations. 
There is a constant war going on inside of every
believer: whether or not I am going to yield to the
flesh or to the Spirit.  
Remember as we noted earlier that Jesus said to "Watch
and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh is weak." (Matthew 26:41, NKJV)
Paul tells us in Galatians "The old sinful nature loves to do
evil, which is just opposite from what the Holy Spirit wants.
And the Spirit gives us desires that are opposite from what
the sinful nature desires.  These two forces are constantly
fighting each other, and your choices are never free from this
conflict." (Galatians 5:17, NLT; cf. Romans 7:14-25)
(3) Even as the Amalekites attacked Israel from the rear,
the flesh seeks to attack me at my weakest point.
(4)Even as God swore that He would have war with
Amalek from generation to generation, it seems that there
is no end to my war against the flesh.  As long as I live in
this body, I will have war against the flesh. 
(5) There is a battle over the supremacy in my life.  Will I
be ruled over by my flesh?  Or by the Spirit?  This battle
will continue as long as I am in this body. 
Paul had a passionate longing to be free from his body
saying "We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long for the
day when we will put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing…” 
"Our dying bodies make us groan and sigh, but it’s not that we want
to die and have no bodies at all.  We want to slip into our new bodies
so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by everlasting life.” 
(2 Corinthians 5:2, 4,)
Though believers souls have been redeemed, their bodies have
not, Paul said "Even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly
waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.”  (Romans
8:23)
d) Man is either ruled by the flesh or by the spirit.
(1) I Must Rule Over My Bodily Appetites, Not
My Bodily Appetites Ruling Over Me. 
There is nothing wrong with these appetites
because God created them, however they must be
kept in their proper place.  They were intended to
serve me, not rule over me. 
 Just as God asked Cain "Why are you angry? And
why has your countenance fallen?  If you do well,
will you not be accepted?  And if you do not do well,
sin lies at the door.  And its desire is for you, but
you should rule over it.“  (Genesis 4:6-7, NKJV)
 God says in concerning the flesh that we "By the
Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body" (
Romans 8:13, NKJV)
 We must learn to control our desires, Paul said that "It is
God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid
sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his
own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate
lust like the heathen, who do not know God; and that in this
matter no one should wrong his brother or take advantage of
him. The Lord will punish men for all such sins, as we have
already told you and warned you. For God did not call us to be
impure, but to live a holy life. Therefore, he who rejects this
instruction does not reject man but God, who gives you his
Holy Spirit." (1 Thessalonians 4:3-8)
 Remember that it is a choice that we are to
make, "Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal
body, that you should obey it in its lusts. And do not
present your members as instruments of unrighteousness
to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from
the dead, and your members as instruments of
righteousness to God. For sin shall not have dominion
over you, for you are not under law but under grace.“
(Romans 6:12-14)
 "I speak in human terms because of the
weakness of your flesh.  For just as you
presented your members as slaves of
uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to
more lawlessness, so now present your
members as slaves of righteousness for
holiness."
(Romans 6:19)
(2) If my flesh rules me, I then possess what the Bible
terms the mind of the flesh.  That is my consciousness is
dominated with thoughts of fleshly desires, and how to
satisfy them.
a.Jesus said out of the abundance of the heart, the
mouth speaks.
b.If a man is always talking about his latest pleasure
adventure, whether in the realm of food, drink or sex,
he is only demonstrating that he is dominated by his
flesh.
(3) If my spirit rules, then I live in the
consciousness of God.  He fills my thoughts. I have
what the scriptures term the mind of the spirit.
a. To come to the mind of the spirit I must be
born again.  Born of the Spirit.
b. This is necessary to know and worship God. 
God is a Spirit, and they that worship Him
must worship Him in spirit and in truth.
4. The command (v.3).
a) To totally destroy everything-not sparing anything (v.3).
(1) The word means to annihilate, exterminate,
eliminate, abolish. The word is related to the
Hebrew herem which means "to devote to the ban." 
(a)  Once something had been promised or devoted to
God, it was placed under the ban: it could not be
removed.  If it was a gift, it had to be given to God.
b) If it was the promise to do something, then it
had to be done.  If it was a vow to devote
something to destruction, then it had to be
destroyed or exterminated.  In ancient days,
this was known as the harem principal or law. 
Once a person or thing had been devoted to
the Lord, it could not be removed.  It went to
the Lord.
 "So Israel made a vow to the Lord, and said,
“If You will indeed deliver this people into my
hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.” 
And the Lord listened to the voice of Israel
and delivered up the Canaanites, and they
utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the
name of that place was called Hormah.” 
(Numbers 21:2-3)
 "But of the cities of these peoples which the Lord your
God gives you as an inheritance, you shall let nothing
that breathes remain alive, but you shall utterly destroy
them: the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite and
the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the
Lord your God has commanded you, lest they teach you
to do according to all their abominations which they
have done for their gods, and you sin against the Lord
your God." (Deuteronomy 20:16-18)
"For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts,
that they should come against Israel in battle,
that He might utterly destroy them, and that
they might receive no mercy, but that He
might destroy them, as the Lord had
commanded Moses." (Joshua 11:20, NKJV)
(2) God had one command for Amalek, utter
destruction.
a. Not to try to conquer, and then reform.
b. God has one rule for you flesh life.  Death. 
Crucify the old man with his affections and
lusts.  If we by the Spirit do mortify the deeds
of the flesh, then we shall live.  Make no
provision for the flesh, to fulfill the desires
thereof.
b) Christians today are to waging war.
1. Would God call His people today to fight such a war
of judgment?  Many today feel this is their real
agenda of the “religious right” to rule the world
according to the Bible.  But God has a completely
different call for Christians under the New Covenant
that He did for Israel under the Old Covenant.
2. Jesus made it clear that He was establishing a
spiritual kingdom, not a political or a military
kingdom. 
 Jesus said in John 18:36: My kingdom
is not of this world. If My kingdom were
of this world, My servants would fight,
so that I should not be delivered to the
Jews; but now My kingdom is not from
here.
Paul made it clear that the enemies of the church were
not material, but spiritual: For we do not wrestle
against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,
against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly
places.(Ephesians 6:12)
 We want to win the world for Jesus Christ, but we want
to do it through the influence of individual lives,
transformed one at a time by the spiritual power of
Jesus Christ. 
5 The mobilization of the army by Saul (v.4-5)
a)  200,000 foot soldiers plus 10,000 more from Judah
gathered at Telaim (v.4)
b) The strategy of Saul: To set an ambush against the city
of Amalek (v.5)
6. The secret warning given to the Kenites (v.6-7)
a)  Because of their alliance and friendly relations with
Israel (v.6)
b) The victory over the Amalekites (v.7)
7. The refusal of Saul and his army to destroy
everything (v.8-9).
a) Everything despised and worthless they
utterly destroyed (v.8).
(1) They took the care to make sure that they
took home the best, and I can imagine they
were all pleased with what they had gained
after the battle. 
(a) I believe this is the worst of all, because Israel was
not reflecting the heart of God in His judgment.
(b) When they came home happy and excited because of
what they gained from the battle, they implied there was
something joyful or happy in the midst of God’s
judgment. This dishonored God, who brings His
judgment reluctantly and without pleasure, longing that
man would have repented instead.
 The Lord asks Ezekiel the question "Do I
have any pleasure at all that the wicked should
die?” says the Lord God, “and not that he
should turn from his ways and live…?  For I
have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,”
says the Lord God. “Therefore turn and live!”“ 
(Ezekiel 18:23, 32,)
The Lord told Ezekiel to "Say to them:
‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘I have no
pleasure in the death of the wicked, but
that the wicked turn from his way and
live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For
why should you die O house of Israel?’” 
(Ezekiel 33:11)
(2) The Lord desires that all men would be saved, not willing
that any should perish but that all should come to repentance (
1Tim.2:4; 2Pet.3:9)
 
b)   An unwillingness to completely obey God (v.9)
(1)  Partial Obedience is Complete Disobedience. 
(a) Spared the king, Agag (v.8)
(b) Spared the best animals and everything else that was of
value (v.9a)
(c) Destroyed only the weak animals and the things of no
value or of poor quality (v.9b)
(2) Due to Saul’s disobedience in sparing Agag, the
Amalekite king and some of his people (
1 Sam. 15:7–9), he lost his throne (v. 23).
(3) Samuel killed Agag (v. 33), but some
Amalekites remained to return a few years later to
raid Israel’s southern territory, even capturing
David’s family (1 Sam. 30:1–5). 
David killed all but 400 (v. 16, 17) who escaped.
8. The story of Esther and the almost eradication of
the Jews (Esther 3:1-6).
a) Haman was a descendant of Agag.
(1)  Because Saul did not fully obey the command
of the Lord to totally destroy Agag, Haman, a
descendant of Agag, is now seeking to destroy the
entire race of the Jews. 
(2) Not obeying the command of God almost cost
the whole nations extermination.
b) If you do not crucify your flesh, your flesh will
destroy you.
(1) The Haman in your life is that area of the flesh
that has not yet been dealt with that is seeking to
bring you under bondage again to the flesh life.
(2)It is that area of your life that has not yet been fully
surrendered to Christ.
(a) You have not yet brought it to the cross that it
might be destroyed.
 Paul wrote to the Romans
saying, "knowing this, that our old man
was crucified with Him, that the body of
sin might be done away with, that we
should no longer be slaves of sin." (
Romans 6:6)
 Now it is Christ that lives in us, "I have been
crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but
Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in
the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who
loved me and gave Himself for me. I do not set
aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes
through the law, then Christ died in vain.”" (
Galatians 2:20-22,)
 If your are a child of God the
Scriptures declare that "Those who are
Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its
passions and desires. If we live in the
Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” 
(Galatians 5:23-25,)
(3) God has promised that He would
be at war with Amalek from
generation to generation.
(4) God will not make peace with
your flesh life. He hates it.
c) The End of Saul’s Life
(1 Samuel 28:15-19).