I Samuel 2:22 Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who were serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 23 And he said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people. 24 No, my sons; it is no good report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading abroad. 25 If someone sins against a man, God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for it was the will of the Lord to put them to death. 26 Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man.
Eli was very old; Samuel was young and grown. Eli's sons were carrying on the spirit of the time of the judges with their immorality and lack of concern for God's will. The Lord was doing something in Israel, and it demanded men with a heart for God. One cannot help but notice in the last verse above a description used of Christ Himself - the ultimate Man God has used for His plan and purpose. May He do a thing in our lives and churches which is out with the old and in with the new.
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