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I Samuel 15:9
But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs,
and all that was good, and were not willing to destroy them utterly; but everything despised and
worthless, that they utterly destroyed.

When Samuel confronted Saul, asking him why he did not carry out Yahweh’s commandments,
Saul prevaricated.

I Samuel 15:13-15
And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed are you of Yahweh! I have carried out
the command of Yahweh." But Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears,
and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?" And Saul said, "They have brought them from the
Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to Yahweh your
God; but the rest we have utterly destroyed."

Note that in none of his words did King Saul acknowledge that HE had transgressed. He first
claimed to have done God’s will. When called on the point, Saul shifts blame to the people,
while also offering a rationale to explain their behavior with the intent of making it appear
acceptable. Samuel then pressed the issue further, and once again Saul dissembled.

I Samuel 15:18-21
“Yahweh sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites,
and fight against them until they are exterminated.’ Why then did you not obey the voice of
Yahweh, but rushed upon the spoil and did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh?” Then Saul
said to Samuel, “I did obey the voice of Yahweh, and went on the mission on which Yahweh sent
me, and have brought back Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
But the people took some of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the things devoted to
destruction, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God at Gilgal.”

People of God, here is a hopeless case. Yahweh can do nothing with a man or woman who will
not agree with Him about what constitutes obedience and disobedience. Similarly, there can be
no healing, no restoration of the man or woman who is engaging in homosexual behavior unless
they agree with God that their behavior is sin. It matters not if all the people of the nation urge
them to sin. It does not matter if “experts” and “professionals” assure them that they were born
homosexuals, while telling them that it is normal, wholesome behavior. Let God be true and all
men be liars. Forgiveness and restoration can only occur when men agree with their Creator
about the identity of sin.

Here then is a starting point. You must share with those who are engaged in homosexual
behavior that Yahweh has declared it to be sin. Familiarize yourself with Yahweh’s testimony on
this matter.

Leviticus 18:22
You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.