This is a sermon comparing an upright walk with a perverted walk.
One of the most powerful biblical pictures of Jesus Christ is as our Shepherd. Here in Psalm 23, we see Him as the Good Shepherd who cares for the sheep.
The Levitical sacrificial system had five separate and distinct offerings that could be made to the Lord.
After the record of the miraculous birth of Samuel in chapter one and the praiseful prayer of Hannah in chapter two (1 Samuel 2:1-10), we are introduced to the spiritual famine of this time – which is still the time of the judges.
It is not enough that the offering is brought; it must be acceptable to God. God must receive it.
