David Mourns for Saul and Jonathan

1 Samuel 31:1-6

David Guzik, As sad as anything was in this account, sad is the absence of any kind of sorrow or repentance or crying out to God at all on Saul’s part. He was told the previous day that he would die (1 Samuel 28:19), yet he did not seem to prepare his soul to meet God in any way.

At the end of his life Saul became so hardened to sin that he did not want to repent. Many people put off getting right with God until a later time, assuming they will still want to get right with God then. But that is a dangerous assumption because repentance is a gift from God and if it is here today it should be received today.

1 Samuel 26:21, (partial) "Indeed I have played the fool and erred exceedingly"

A Man Plays the Fool When:

1. He neglects  ...