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Analysis of 1 Samuel 15 — Spoils, Excuses, and a Prophet’s Grief: When Obedience Is Not Negotiable

Pr Enos Mwakalindile
Dec 21, 2025
1 min read

Updated: Jan 5

When God’s word comes as clear as morning light, a king learns how easy it is to obey “mostly.” A battlefield becomes a marketplace. A victory becomes a bargaining table. Animals begin to preach with their bleating. A prophet’s silence becomes thunder. And the story teaches us that partial obedience is not a smaller form of faith—it is a quiet form of refusal.

Analysis of 1 Samuel 15 — Spoils, Excuses, and a Prophet’s Grief. Older man in purple robe turns away from kneeling man in red cloak. Background: lake, mountains, tree. Intense, dramatic scene.

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