Taken By Lot

1 Samuel 14:40-44 – Saul then said to all the Israelites, “You stand over there; I and Jonathan my son will stand over here.” “Do what seems best to you,” they replied. Then Saul prayed to the Lord, the God of Israel, “Why have you not answered your servant today? If the fault is in me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the men of Israel are at fault, respond with Thummim.” Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot, and the men were cleared. Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and Jonathan my son.” And Jonathan was taken. Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” So Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey with the end of my staff. And now I must die!” Saul said, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if you do not die, Jonathan.”

Joshua 7:15,18 – Whoever is caught with the devoted things shall be destroyed by fire,along with all that belongs to him. He has violated the covenant of theLord and has done an outrageous thing in Israel!’”… Joshua had his family come forward man by man, and Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was chosen.

Ruth 1:17 – Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.”

Application:

• ·         “Outrageous thing in Israel” was an act that within Israel, as the covenant people of the Lord, is an outrage of utter folly.
• ·         “You may be sure…your sin will find you out”.
• ·         Ruth, a non-Israelite, swore her commitment to Naomi in the name of Israel’s God, thus acknowledging Him as her God.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV