An Evil Spirit From God?
Q. I am hoping you’ll be able to help me understand 1 Samuel 16 v 14. I came across it recently and it has really stumped me. It says, “then the spirit of the Lord departed from Saul and a distressing spirit from the Lord troubled him”. Do you know what it means when it says ‘a distressing spirit from the Lord’? It seems odd as in the new testament James says that only good and perfect gifts are from above. Are you able to shed any light on this for me at all?
A. The Hebrew word translated distressing in your Bible means evil. James 1:17doesn’t say “only good and perfect gifts are from above”, it says “every good and perfect gift is from above”. There’s a big difference.
As for Saul, he had disobeyed the Lord and was being disciplined. The Lord had removed the Holy Spirit from Saul and sent an evil spirit to torment him. He did this by granting Satan access to Saul.
It’s important to remember that the Holy Spirit is sealed within us and can’t be removed (Ephes 1:13-14). That wasn’t true in Saul’s time, and it will no longer be true after the rapture. It’s a special blessing given only to the Church.
Tags: Old Testament, The Holy Spirit
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