Exploring the holy texts

1 Samuel 16:1 (KJV) And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

Teaches that God did not reject Saul as a King, but rejected the quality of his reign. Let us not forget that Saul was still the king of Israel and the anointed of God, but he was out of fellowship with God. (Fellowship, in this case, meaning- friendly association, especially with people who share one's interests.)in other words, he was chosen by the people and not by God.

God can not reject you from being His child, but He will certainly reject your lifestyle if it is sinful. Anyone who willfully pursues a lifestyle of sin and disobedience will weaken and may eventually break fellowship without breaking a relationship with God.

Saul's willful sin caused the broken fellowship with both God and Samuel.

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