1 Chronicles 10:1-6

1 Chronicles 10:1-6

I hope you have been reading along
with me through the Bible. Chronicles is
a difficult book because it reads like a clerks report. This book is written by Ezra, who used a lot
of sources to build the history of Israel. People returning from exile had lost their family history, linage and identity
as the people of God. Ezra wants to
build a simple document for the people. By
taking information from many documents that are now lost to us, he built a
family tree for Israel. It is not all
inclusive and some generations are skipped to make even branches. For the
Jewish people returning from exile during the time of Ezra and Nehemiah gives
them a sense of connection to life before the exile. Though Ezra tips his prophetic hand in little
parts like 4:10 the prayer of Jabez. ¹⁰ Jabez cried out to the God of
Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be
with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God
granted his request. Or
the passage we are looking at today.

1. THE DEATH OF SAUL

A. DEATH IN BATTLE (1 CHRONICLES
10:1-6)

B. THE REAL REASON HE DIED (1
CHRONICLES 10:13)

2. OTHER PEOPLE WHO DIED OR SUFFERED
BECAUSE OF THEIR SIN

A. DAVID LOST A SON (BECAUSE OF HIS
SIN)

B. HEROD IS EATEN BY WORMS (ACTS
12:23)

C. ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRE (ACTS 5:1-11)

D. UNFORGIVEN: “WE ALL DESERVE IT KID”

3. YET WE RECEIVE GRACE

A. HE LAID ON HIM THE INIQUITY OF US
ALL (ISAIAH 53:4-6)

B. WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS (ROMANS
5:6-10)

C. THIS IS MY BLOOD (MATTHEW
26:26-28)

CONCLUSION:
THOUGH WE ALL DESERVE IT, JESUS PAID THE PRICE FOR US SO THAT WHEN WE PUT OUR
TRUST IN HIM WE DO NOT SUFFER THE DEATH WE DESERVE BUT THE LIFE WE DON’T.