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Ayɛwohomumɔ 8–14. “Awurade Hwɛ Akoma mu”: 1 Samuel 8–10; 13; 15–16

“Ayɛwohomumɔ 8–14. ‘Awurade Hwɛ Akoma mu’: 1 Samuel 8–10; 13; 15–16,” Bra, Di M’akyi—De ma Efie ne Asɔre: Apam Dada 2026 (2026)

“Ayɛwohomumɔ 8–14. ‘Awurade Hwɛ Akoma mu,’” Bra, Di M’akyi: Apam Dada 2026

Yesu a ɔkura poma

Beside Still Waters, ɛfiri Simon Dewey hɔ

Ayɛwohomumɔ 8–14: “Awurade Hwɛ Akoma mu”

1 Samuel 8–10; 13; 15–16

Na Saul hwɛ afunumu so. Na ɔyɛ tenten na ne ho yɛ fɛ deɛ, nanso na “ɔyɛ ketewa bi wɔ [ankasa] ani so” na na n’ani wɔ n’abusua agyapadeɛ ho (hwɛ 1 Samuel 9:2–3, 21; 15:17). Da a na ɛwɔ sɛ wɔde no kyerɛ Israel sɛ wɔn hene no, wankɔ; ne ho popoeɛ ara maa “ɔde ne ho sieeɛ” (1 Samuel 10:21–22). Sɛ wohwɛ Saulo a, ebia worensusu sɛ ɔbɛdi Israelfoɔ anim ama wɔadi wɔn atamfo so nkonim—anaasɛ akyire yi ɔbɛyɛ ahatan na wate atua wɔ Awurade so.

Na Dawid yɛ odwanhwɛfoɔ Na ɔnyɛ ɔbrane te sɛ ne nuanom mpanimfo baason no. Da a Samuel baa sɛ ɔrebɛyi ɔhene foforɔ ama Israel no, na ayɛ sɛ mfasoɔ nni so sɛ wɔde Dawid bɛka wɔn a wɔbɛtumi ayi wɔn no ho, enti wɔgyaa ɔne nnwan no wɔ afuom. Sɛ wohwɛ Dawid a, ebia worensusu sɛ ɔbɛnya gyidie ne akokoɔduro a ɔde bedi ɔbrane bi so nkonim na wabɛyɛ Israel hene a ɔnyaa nkɔsoɔ pa ara.

Nanso Awurade hunu tra yɛn ahyɛnsodeɛ, yɛn hwɛbea, yɛn bammɔ a yɛnni. Mmom, Ɔhwɛ “akoma mu” (1 Samuel 16:7). Na mpo sɛ yɛn akoma nyɛ papa a, sɛ yɛwɔ ɔpɛ a, Ɔbɛma yɛn “akoma foforɔ” (1 Samuel 10:9).

adesua ahyɛnsodeɛ

Nsusuiɛ de ma Adesua wɔ Efie ne Asɔre

1 Samuel 8

Yesu Kristo ne me Hene.

1 Samuel 8 ka asɛm bi a ɛsiiɛ a ɛsesaa Israelfoɔ nkrabea afebɔɔ ho asɛm. Sɛdeɛ Israelfoɔ no bɛnya bammɔ afiri wɔn atamfo ho nti, na wɔpɛ deɛ wɔn afipamfoɔ no wɔ—ɔhene a ɔbɛdi wɔn so. Berɛ a wokenkan fa wɔn abisadeɛ ne Awurade mmuaeɛ ho no, dwene deɛ wohwɛ no pɛ bammɔ ne akwankyerɛ ho. Dwene deɛ ɛkyerɛ sɛ wobɛma Awurade “adi [wo] so” ho (1 Samuel 8:7).

Wɔ nnawɔtwe ahodoɔ a ɛdi anim no mu, wobɛkenkan afa ahemfo bi a wɔfrɛɛ wɔn sɛ wɔnni Israel anim ho. Berɛ a wosua fa wɔn ho no, dwene nsɛmmisa a ɛdidi soɔ yi ho:

  • Sɛn na Awurade kɔkɔbɔ ahodoɔ no baa mu wɔ 1 Samuel 8:10–18?

  • Sɛn so na asase so hene a Israelfoɔ yii no nyaa nsunsuansoɔ wɔ wɔn so?

  • Sɛn na Yesu Kristo yɛ sononko firi asase so ahemfo ho? Dwene wiase nkɛntɛnsoɔ ahodoɔ a ɛbɛhia sɛ woyi firi w’abrabɔ mu na ama Kristo ayɛ wo Hene no ho.

San hwɛ “Rejoice, the Lord Is King!,” Nnwom, nɔma 66.

1 Samuel 9–10; 16:1–13

Onyankopɔn nam nkɔmhyɛ so frɛ nkorɔfo sɛ wɔnsom wɔ N’ahemman mu.

Kenkan fa sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn yii Israel ahemfo ho wɔ 1 Samuel 9–10 ne 16 (hwɛ titire 9:15–17; 10:1–12; 16:1–13). Hwehwɛ nkyekyɛmu ahodoɔ a ɛboa ma wote deɛ ɛkyerɛ sɛ “Onyankopɔn nam nkɔnhyɛ so bɛfrɛ wo” wɔ Awurade Asɔre mu nnɛ (Gyidikansɛm 1:5). Wobɛtumi de wo ho ahyɛ ɔkannifoɔ a ɔrema ɔfrɛ no (Samuel), onipa a wɔrefrɛ no (Saul ne Dawid), ne nnipa a wɔafrɛ wɔn sɛ wɔnsom wɔn (Israelfoɔ) no ananmu. Deɛn na wosua firi wɔn nsɛm ne wɔn nneyɛɛ a ɛwɔ ti ahodoɔ yi mu no mu?

Samuel resra Saul ngo

Samuel resra Saul ngo mfonin, ɛfiri P. Mann, © Lifeway Collection/wɔama ho kwan firi goodsalt.com

1 Samuel 13:5–14; 15

“Setie yɛ sene afɔrebɔ.”

Sɛ yɛhwɛ sɛdeɛ na ayɛ sɛ Saul suro adeɛ wɔ 1 Samuel 10, a, ɛyɛ nwanwa sɛ yɛkenkan fa “n’atuateɛ” ne “atirimɔdensɛm” ho berɛ a ɔbɛyɛɛ ɔhene akyi (1 Samuel 15:23). Adɛn nti na wodwen sɛ ɛbaa saa? Wɔ 1 Samuel 13:5–14, suban ne nneyɛɛ bɛn na wohunu a ɛmaa no hwee ase?

Wɔ 1 Samuel 15, wobɛkenkan afa ahyɛdeɛ bi a ɛfiri Awurade hɔ a Saul anni so esiane sɛ ɔdwenee sɛ ɔwɔ nnyinasoɔ pa bi ho. Sɛ wopɛ sɛ wosua biribi firi deɛ Saul yii a ɛnyɛ no mu a, hwɛ nkyekyɛmu 22 na fa nneɛma a ayɛ sɛ ɛyɛ nanso ɛho nhia te sɛ Awurade nne a yɛbɛtie na yɛadi so si nsɛmfua “afɔrebɔ” ne “nnwanini sradeɛ” ananmu. Sɛn na wɔahyira wo berɛ a wode Awurade apɛdeɛ adi kan wɔ w’abrabɔ mu?

1 Samuel 16:6–12

seminary ahyɛnsodeɛ
“Awurade hwɛ akoma mu.”

Enti woagyina biribi anaasɛ obi “anisoɔ hwɛbea” so asi gyinaeɛ bi, a woahunu sɛ woayɛ mfomsoɔ pɛn? Ebia wodii biribi a na ɛnyɛ papa te sɛ deɛ na ɛteɛ no. Anaasɛ ebia wobuu obi atɛn wɔ kwan a ɛntene so.

Berɛ a na Samuel rehwehwɛ ɔhene foforɔ ama Israel no, Awurade kyerɛɛ no ɔkwan papa bi. Kenkan ho asɛm wɔ 1 Samuel 16:6–7, na dwene ho sɛ wobɛtwerɛ akwan a nkorɔfo fa so bu afoforɔ atɛn “wɔ anisoɔ hwɛbea so.” Wobɛtumi ahunu nhwɛsoɔ wɔ Elder Christophe G. Giraud-Carrier nkrasɛm “We Are His Children” (Liahona, Obubuo 2023, 114–16) mu. Deɛn na ɛkyerɛ sɛ yɛbɛhwɛ “koma mu,” sɛdeɛ Awurade yɛ no? (1 Samuel 16:7). Wobɛtumi ahunu yei nso ho nhwɛsoɔ wɔ Elder Giraud-Carrier’s nkrasɛm no mu. Ebia wobɛtumi adwene mmerɛ foforɔ a Agyenkwa no hwɛ traa onipa bi anisoɔ hwɛbea. (Sɛ nhwɛsoɔ no, hwɛ Marko 12:41–44; Luka 5:1–11; 19:1–9; Yohane 4:5–30; Moses 6:31–36.) Deɛn na wosua firi nhwɛsoɔ ahodoɔ yi mu?

Sɛn na wobɛtumi adi Agyenkwa no nhwɛsoɔ akyi wɔ sɛdeɛ wohunu afoforɔ—ne w’ankasa ho? Sɛn na saa a wobɛyɛ no bɛtumi anya nsunsuansoɔ wɔ wo ne afoforɔ nkutahodie so? Dwene ho sɛ wobɛka papayɛ a wohunu wɔ obi akoma mu akyerɛ no.

San hwɛ Ulisses Soares, “Brothers and Sisters in Christ,” Liahona, Obubuo 2023, 70–73.

Sɛ wopɛ bebree a, hwɛ bosome yi Liahona ne De ma Mmabunu Ahoɔden nsɛmma nwoma mu.

nkwadaa fa ahyɛnsodeɛ

Nkwadaa Adekyerɛ ho Adwenekyerɛ

1 Samuel 8

Yesu Kristo ne me Hene.

  • Berɛ a wo ne wo nkwadaa bom kenkan 1 Samuel 8 no, boa wɔn ma wɔnhwehwɛ deɛ enti a Samuel ka kyerɛɛ Israelfoɔ no sɛ ɛnyɛ nsusuiɛ pa sɛ wɔbɛnya ɔhene. Adɛn nti na ɛyɛ papa sɛ yɛbɛnya Yesu Kristo sɛ yɛn hene? Ebia mubɛtumi abom ayɛ krataa ahenkyɛ na moahyɛ no mmaako mmaako na moakyɛ biribi a yɛbɛtumi ayɛ de akyerɛ sɛ yɛpɛ sɛ Yesu yɛ yɛn Hene. (San hwɛ Yermia 23:5; Nkyerɛkyerɛ ne Apam 45:59.)

1 Samuel 8:6; 9:15–17; 10:1–24; 16:1–13

Onyankopɔn na afrɛ wɔn a wɔsom wɔ Asɔre no mu.

  • Twerɛtohɔ ahodoɔ a ɛfa Onyankopɔn a ɔyii Saul ne Dawid sɛ wɔnyɛ ahemfo ho no bɛtumi aboa wo nkwadaa ma wɔate sɛdeɛ wɔnam adiyisɛm so frɛ nkorɔfo ma wɔsom wɔ Asɔre no mu nnɛ ase. Sɛ wobɛkyerɛkyerɛ wɔn abasɛm ahodoɔ yi a, wobɛtumi atwerɛ nsɛm a ɛsisii firi abasɛm no mu agu nkrataa so, na wo nkwadaa no bɛtumi ahyehyɛ no sɛdeɛ ɛsɛ berɛ a mobom kenkan twerɛsɛm nkyekyɛmu ahodoɔ no (san hwɛ “Young David” wɔ Apam Dada mu Abasɛm, 110–11) mu. Afei wobɛtumi aka mmerɛ bi a Onyankopɔn de honhom mu tumi hyiraa wo ma woyɛɛ adwuma anaa ɔfrɛ bi (hwɛ 1 Samuel 10:9–10).

    1:16

    Young David

  • Yei nso bɛtumi ayɛ berɛ pa a wode bɛkyerɛkyerɛ wo nkwadaa no gyidikansɛm a ɛtɔ so num. Ka sɛdeɛ wonyaa wo frɛ kyerɛ wɔn. Deɛn na ɛma wo hunu sɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔfrɛɛ wo?

Samuel resra Dawid ngo ma wabɛyɛ ɔhene

The Prophet Samuel Anoints David to Be King of Israel in Bethlehem, ɛfiri Balage Balogh hɔ

1 Samuel 16:1–13

Awurade hwɛ akoma mu.

  • Adeɛ a aniwa hunu adesua bɛtumi aboa ma wo nkwadaa ahunu nnyinasosɛm a ɛwɔ 1 Samuel 16:7. Sɛ nhwɛsoɔ no, wobɛtumi de aduane anaa nwoma bi a deɛ ɛdura ho anaa ɛkata so no ne deɛ ɛwɔ mu ankasa nyɛ pɛ akyerɛ wɔn. Deɛn na 1 Samuel 16:7 ne adeɛ a aniwa hunu adesua yi kyerɛ fa sɛdeɛ ɛsɛ sɛ yɛhunu yɛn ho ne nnipa afoforɔ? Monto dwom bi a ɛsi nnyinasosɛm yi so dua, te sɛ “Love One Another” (Nkwadaa Nnwomnwoma, 136).

    Fa nneɛma adesuadeɛ. Sɛ wo nkwadaa wɔ biribi a wɔbɛhunu na wɔasɔ mu a ɛfa asɛmpa nnyinasosɛm bi ho a, wɔbɛtumi akae no kɛse. Sɛ nhwɛsoɔ no, berɛ a wo ne wɔn kenkan 1 Samuel 16:7 no, wobɛtumi ama wɔaboa wo ma woanya nhwɛsoɔ a ɛfa nneɛma a ɛbiri aniwa so ho de akyerɛkyerɛ nnyinasoɔ sɛ ɛwɔ sɛ yɛbɔ mmɔden sɛ yɛbɛhunu sɛdeɛ Awurade hunu—berɛ a yɛhwɛ “akoma mu”—kyɛn sɛ yɛbɛgyina “deɛ ɛtua aniwa” so abu atɛn.

  • Wo ne wo nkwadaa bɛtumi akyɛ suahunu ahodoɔ a mobɛsua deɛ enti a ɛsɛ sɛ ‘wohwɛ akoma mu,’ na ɛnyɛ “deɛ ɛtua aniwa” kɛkɛ . (nkyekyɛmu 7). Mobɛtumi nso aka su pa a mohunu wɔ mo ho mo ho akoma mu no akyerɛ mo ho mo ho mmaako mmaako.

Sɛ wopɛ bebree a, hwɛ bosome yi Adamfoɔ nsɛmma nwoma mu.

Samuel rekasa kyerɛ Saul

Samuel Instructing Saul, ɛfiri Ted Henninger hɔ

Primary dwumadie kratafa: Awurade hwɛ akoma mu