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Sermon: Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines?    THE BACKGROUND The first Book of Samuel is also called by some Biblical scholars ‘the first Book of the Kings’. This is the Book which gives us the account of election of two important Israelites kings anointed by Samuel: Soul and David. But today our focus will be on the Israelites battle against the philistines, 1 Samuel 4:1-11.    This account is showing us how Israelites were in a horrible situation. They went out to fight against the Philistines, but they were defeated. In the first battle the Philistines killed 4000 Israelites. And after the Israelites had come into the camp the elders had a meeting. During this evaluation meeting, the elders asked “Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines?” As elders they had to look for solution and they decided to bring the Ark of the Covenant. They added a fascinating statement, (v.3) “that when it comes among us ...

Mu bikorwa bikorwa mu umuhango w’ubukwe bwo gusaba no gukwa icy’ingezi ni ugutanga inkwano, aho umuryango w’umusore utanga inkwano ku muryango w’umukobwa. Inkwano mbere yabaga akenshi ari inka yatangwaga. Ubu akenshi hatangwa amafaranga mu icyimbo cy’inka. Inkwano yabaga ari ikimenyetso cy’ishimwe ku muryango w’umukobwa n’uwumuhungu kuko umuryango w’umukobwa nawo wagiraga igihe cyo gutanga indongoranyo yabaga ari inka. Ubu hasigaye hagaragara igisa no kugurisha mu ugutanga inkwano kubera umubare w’amafaranga asigaye asabwa umusore. Usigaye wumva bavuga bati: “umukobwa wacu yarize bityo muraduha miriyoni izi.” Ibi bituma rimwe na rimwe umusore cyangwa umugabo afata umukobwa nk’aho yamuguze.   Inkwano isigaye iri ku isonga mu ibitera ubukene ku ingo zigishingwa kuko umusore aba yarafashe amadeni ngo akunde yuzuze ishingano ze. Nti byari bikwiye ko inkwano ituma urugo rusenyuka rutamaze kabiri. Uruhare runini ruri ku umuryango w’umukobwa ukwiye kutifuza ibya mirenge mu gi...