what God told him. Why didn’t God focus on all that Saul did, rather than the one percent he didn’t do? This would be quite picky in most people’s eyes, but to God, partial obedience—even almost complete obedience—is not obedience at all, but rather it is rebellion. It is not giving God the place of honor or worship due to Him. Samuel then confronts Saul, who being deceived, flat out denies the accusation, but Samuel points out the animals that were being sacrificed. Saul then tried to put the blame