Then Samuel addressed all Israel: “I have done as you asked and given you a king. Your king is now your leader. I stand here before you—an old, gray-haired man—and my sons serve you. I have served as your leader from the time I was a boy to this very day. Now testify against me in the presence of the LORD and before his anointed one. Whose ox or donkey have I stolen? Have I ever cheated any of you? Have I ever oppressed you? Have I ever taken a bribe and perverted justice? Tell me and I will make right whatever I have done wrong.”

“No,” they replied, “you have never cheated or oppressed us, and you have never taken even a single bribe.”

“The Lord and his anointed one are my witnesses today,” Samuel declared, “that my hands are clean.”

“Yes, he is a witness,” they replied.

1 Samuel 12:1-5

Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it over Saul’s head. He kissed Saul and said, “I am doing this because the LORD has appointed you to be the ruler over Israel, his special possession."
1 Samuel 10:1

• The Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes
• Samuel’s public ministry as Israel’s last judge is coming to an end. 
• Samuel gives a public farewell address. 
• https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/Washingtons_Farewell_Address.pdf
• In this farewell address, there are lessons for us on how to stay on the narrow way. 
• “You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell  is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.
  Matthew 7:13-14
• Walk with integrity and holiness as His witness to others. 
• Matthew 5:48
• Be faithful to God because He is faithful to you. 
• Lamentations 3:22-23
• Trust in God, not in man or government. 
• Proverbs 3:5-6
• Obey His Word. 
• 1 John 2:3
• Be merciful and forgiving. 
• Ephesians 4:32
• Intercede for others. 
• James 1:6; 5:16
• Fear God. 
• Proverbs 9:10

Learn the lessons…and walk in them!