I don’t know about you, but often times when I hear the King Saul Bible lesson I feel sorry for him. He didn’t want to be king in the first place and then once he was, he lost it. He went power mad. In the end, Saul is just a place-holder for David, and Saul knows it. Can you imagine how hard that would be? But you can pull out quite a lot when teaching Sunday School, and it’s important to know about King Saul.
Last lesson was on the Call of Samuel.
Ultimately this King Saul Bible lesson boiled down to: Did Saul obey God?
And there were times he did great at that. When Samuel first told Saul he’d be king, Saul went out and prophesied about God. He also raised a wonderful son, Jonathan, and a daughter, Michal. He fought hard to protect God’s kingdom, and that could not have been easy.
But, he also hid from God when it was time to be crowned. He took the job of priest on and changed what God said to do.
Ultimately I feel like Saul is a collection of might have beens. He might have been great, he might have obeyed, he might have been remembered as a mighty man.
Instead he’s not.
So this lesson doesn’t really have a lot of hands on activities, because Saul isn’t one for that. Saul is a lesson for introspection and studying where he went wrong.
Am I a might have been?
I sure hope not. I pray I’m not remembered that way. The kids and I have started on David, and I like he immediately follows Saul. Because David could have been a might have been. He certainly messed up enough times, but he keeps coming back.
So click on the picture to get your King Saul Bible lesson, and I’d love to hear what you think.
More King Saul Bible lesson activities
See the story continue in David and Goliath.
maryanne @ mama smiles says
I think this is really nicely done! I like your compassionate perspective on Saul. I think it’s easy to villify people in the Bible (and any other story) without stopping to REALLY think how we might react in that situation.
Ticia says
As I’ve grown “older,” I’ve started learning it’s not all black and white, and there’s a lot of shades of gray in some things. It also leads me to lots of questions I want to ask God someday in heaven. Saul is on that list.
Mrs. H says
Beautifully done. I appreciate your posting for free so I don’t have to “recreate the wheel” with my children. Love the life lessons you highlighted. Thank you.
Carole says
Great drawings! I had found plenty of visuals for King David,but
nothing good for King Saul. Thanks for making these available for free!
Ticia says
It is really hard to find stuff on King Saul, but there’s so many great lessons we can learn from him.
You’re welcome. I just reached the New Testament in our lessons, and eventually if all goes well I’ll have over 100 Bible lessons up here for free.
Jeanice Clark says
I have searched the internet for two days looking for this! Wow you did a great job! Thank you.
Patricia says
I like this very much, and I am saving it. Blessings upon you!
Bonnie says
Thank you so much for making these lessons available. I teach a Wednesday night class with kids age 4-12 and your lessons have been such a blessing. Every week I was stressing over what and how to teach and now I don’t feel overwhelmed anymore. Thank you