Sunday PM Service - 7/26/2026

Main message: The preacher warns that partial obedience and gradual backsliding lead to spiritual defeat and hurt others; using 1 Samuel 15 (Saul sparing Agag) he urges complete obedience, self-examination, and repentance before God removes His blessing.

Key points:

• God commanded total obedience in 1 Samuel 15; Saul’s partial obedience (sparing Agag and the best livestock) was disobedience with grave consequences.
• Sin usually grows slowly — pride, casualness, and small compromises ("you fell long before you fell") set the stage for a fall.
• Backsliding doesn’t only affect the sinner; it grieves and harms others (Samuel was deeply grieved by Saul’s disobedience).
• External religiosity or position (stature, anointing, office) is not the same as inward spiritual strength or obedience.
• God’s judgment is real and certain (it may be delayed but not forgotten); don’t “keep sin on a leash” — mortify it, repent, and crucify sinful habits.
• Practical call: examine your heart, come to the altar if needed, repent so you don’t lead others astray; note the preacher’s illustration of falling on a trail to show how presumptuous confidence precedes a fall.

Scriptures mentioned: 1 Samuel 15