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2 Samuel 11: David and Bathsheba
Outline Preparations for sin Anatomy of sin Multiplication of sin Introduction There are only a handful of very famous sins in the bible, the fall of Adam and Eve, the betrayal of Judas, the denial...
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2 Samuel 10: David defeats the Ammonites
Outline Hanun’s rejection Ammon’s defeat Joab’s faith Introduction 2 Samuel 10 reads like just another chapter out of the wars of the Ancient Near East. However, this chapter plays an important role in the life...
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2 Samuel 9: David and Mephibosheth
Outline David’s faithfulness Mephibosheth’s blessing Introduction If you had to pick the highlight of David’s life, what would you choose? Some might choose David as a young man slaying Goliath in defence of God’s honour;...
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2 Samuel 8: David’s administration
Outline David’s victories David’s worship David’s rule Introduction 2 Samuel 8 is one of those chapters that you would find unmemorable except that it might violate your modern sensibilities. Sandwiched in between the great chapters...
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2 Samuel 7: The Davidic Covenant
Outline David’s promise David’s praise Introduction One of the key things the covenants of the bible do is manifest the grace of God. To a greater or lessor extent God’s glorious grace is put on...
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2 Samuel 6: The Ark comes to Jerusalem
Outline The ark of the covenant The God of the covenant The king of the covenant Introduction The domestication of God, familiarity with God, trivialising God, underestimating God, these are the sins of our ignorant...
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2 Samuel 5: David Anointed King
Outline Ascendancy Occupancy Prosperity Victory Introduction Chapter five acts as a scrapbook collection of God’s promises fulfilled to David. We have been looking at David’s long journey and preparation to be king. We have followed...
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2 Samuel 3:6-4:12: Power struggle
Outline Abner Joab David Introduction The change of governments and especially civil war is a hard time for any government. The corruption, the ambitions of men, the manipulations, blackmail, negotiations, the deceit, the murder and...
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2 Samuel 2:1-3:5: Establishing God’s Kingdom
Outline David seeks the kingdom Abner seeks the kingdom Introduction Saul is dead and you would expect that David who had been anointed King years earlier would suddenly ascend to the throne and rule Israel....
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2 Samuel 1: David and the Amalekite
Outline The Amalekite David Introduction Two worlds colliding: that is what we are seeing when we see the Amalekite and David acting towards the same event, the death of Saul. The Amalekite is a picture...
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1 Samuel 31: Suicide
Outline God’s plan Saul’s sin Introduction Today we are going to be looking at one of the more underappreciated gifts, the gift of encouragement/exhortation. Romans 12:8 reads, ‘the one who exhorts, in his exhortation.’ The...
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1 Samuel 29-30: God’s Deliverance
Outline David and the Philistines David and his men David and the Amalekites Introduction In the last chapter we considered what it looks like when God turns His back on a man and makes him...
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1 Samuel 28:3-25: Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft
Outline Saul’s sin The unforgivable sin Introduction One of the saddest characters in the bible is King Saul. He seemed so promising and started off well, but then revealed a heart that was not really...
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1 Samuel 27:1-28:2: Pragmatism
Outline David deceives himself David deceives Achish Introduction There are various types of disobedience to God. There is the outright disobedience that is unmistakable and any neighbour watching our lives will pick up on it...
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1 Samuel 26: David Spares Saul again
Outline David’s daring David’s restraint David’s complaint Introduction Knowing a truth and doing it are two different things. We can say that God answers prayer but not believe it if we are not committed to...
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1 Samuel 25: A Wise Woman
Outline Nabal David Abigail Introduction Roger Ellsworth talks about three types of grace. Saving grace is when God takes a sinner out of their sin and brings them to saving faith in Christ. Restoring grace...