Shepherd's table IDENTITY • AUTHORITY • PURPOSE Apostle Roberts, Senior Pastor Birthday Service Guest Preachers: Elder Ashle Carpenter & Elder Tiffany Leggette El Beth El Community Cathedral Inc. 21 West Broad Street Palmyra, NJ 08065 CashApp: Apostle Roberts: $bishopjnr Church: $Elbethelcc Text to Give: 1-833-985-0620 General Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1,10-14 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 Beth–lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. [10] Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these. [11] And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither. [12] And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. [13] Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. [14] But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. Quote “God establishes identity before He entrusts authority, and He entrusts authority because there is a purpose that must be fulfilled in the earth.” — Apostle Joseph N. Roberts, Jr. Scripture Lesson: Acts 13:33-39 KJV God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. [34] And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. [35] Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. [36] For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: [37] But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. [38] Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: [39] And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. EBCC SHEPHERD’S TABLE SUNDAY IDENTITY • AUTHORITY • PURPOSE “FROM THE FIELD TO THE THRONE: BECOMING WHO GOD CALLED YOU TO BE” The Story of David Primary Text: 1 Samuel 16:1–13 KJV Supporting Texts: Psalm 8:4–6; 1 Samuel 17:32–37; 1 Samuel 24:4–7; 2 Samuel 5:1–5; Acts 13:36