---
title: "Give Us a King — 1 Samuel 8 | Redeemer"
url: "https://redeemercc.org.au/sermons/give-us-a-king/"
description: "In this message we see how the desire for a king (and rejection of God as king) is not just something the Israelites experience, but all of us experience.\n"
---

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The Search for a King

#  Give Us a King 

 1 Samuel 8 

28 August 2022 · Isaac Lee 

## Watch the sermon 

[Watch Give Us a King on YouTube ](https://youtu.be/lW4s6nV9DsE) [Open on YouTube ↗ ](https://youtu.be/lW4s6nV9DsE) 

## Listen to the sermon

[Audio recording](https://redeemercc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2022/08/Sermon-Give-Us-a-King-1-Samuel-8.mp3)

[Open audio file ↗ ](https://redeemercc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sermons/2022/08/Sermon-Give-Us-a-King-1-Samuel-8.mp3) 

## About this message

In this message we see how the desire for a king (and rejection of God as king) is not just something the Israelites experience, but all of us experience.

## Keep listening.

Subscribe to the Redeemer Christian Church podcast. 

[Apple Podcasts ↗](https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/redeemer-christian-church-podcast/id1522621533)[Spotify ↗](https://open.spotify.com/show/3CwdYzY4KU6nGIKpm1vphD)[More from this series ↗ ](https://redeemercc.org.au/sermons/?series=The%20Search%20for%20a%20King) 

[ ← Older sermon **The Path to Victory** ](https://redeemercc.org.au/sermons/the-path-to-victory/)[ Newer sermon → **Long Live the King** ](https://redeemercc.org.au/sermons/long-live-the-king/) 

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