1Samuel:10

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* Verse 1-8 - The sacred anointing , then used , pointed at the great Messiah , or Anointed One , the King of the church , and High Priest of our profession , who was anointed with the oil of the Spirit , not by measure , but without measure , and above all the priests and princes of the Jewish church . For Saul 's further satisfaction , Samuel gives him some signs which should come to pass the same day . The first place he directs him to , was the sepulchre of one of his ancestors ; there he must be reminded of his own mortality , and now that he had a crown before him , must think of his grave , in which all his honour would be laid in the dust . From the time of Samuel there appears to have been schools , or places where pious young men were brought up in the knowledge of Divine things . Saul should find himself strongly moved to join with them , and should be turned into another man from what he had been . The Spirit of God changes men , wonderfully transforms them . Saul , by praising God in the communion of saints , became another man , but it may be questioned if he became a new man . * Verse 9-16 - The signs Samuel had given Saul , came to pass punctually ; he found that God had given him another heart , another disposition of mind . Yet let not an outward show of devotion , and a sudden change for the present , be too much relied on ; Saul among the prophets was Saul still . His being anointed was kept private . He leaves it to God to carry on his own work by Samuel , and sits still , to see how the matter will fall . * Verse 17-27 - Samuel tells the people , Ye have this day rejected your God . So little fond was Saul now of that power , which soon after , when he possessed it , he could not think of parting with , that he hid himself . It is good to be conscious of our unworthiness and insufficiency for the services to which we are called ; but men should not go into the contrary extreme , by refusing the employments to which the Lord and the church call them . The greater part of the people treated the matter with indifference . Saul modestly went home to his own house , but was attended by a band of men whose hearts God disposed to support his authority . If the heart bend at any time the right way , it is because He has touched it . One touch is enough when it is Divine . Others despised him . Thus differently are men affected to our exalted Redeemer . There is a remnant who submit to him , and follow him wherever he goes ; they are those whose hearts God has touched , whom he has made willing . But there are others who despise him , who ask , How shall this man save us ? They are offended in him , and they will be punished . Henry ' _1__11 **** Matthew Henry 's Commentary **** _

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