Category: 2 Samuel
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Why?
2 Samuel 11: 2-8 “It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, ‘Is not this Bathsheba,…
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Influence
2 Samuel 11:2-3 “It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. And David sent and inquired about the woman.” It’s hard to know where to begin when…
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Responding to a King’s Kindness
2 Samuel 10:1-6 “After this the king of the Ammonites died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place. And David said, ‘I will deal loyally with Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father dealt loyally with me.’ So David sent by his servants to console him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land…
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For Jesus’ Sake
2 Samuel 9:1-3 “And David said, ‘Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake? . . . ‘Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him?’” One of the greatest proofs of the enmity of…
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Perfect Justice
2 Samuel 8:15 “So David reigned over all Israel. And David administered justice and equity to all his people.” Everywhere we turn today, people are demanding justice. We saw it in the trial concerning the death of George Floyd. We saw it in the demands of the Black Lives Matter movement. We hear it in…
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Your Kingdom Come
2 Samuel 8:13 “And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.” How do the kingdoms of this world advance? What are their methods? From the beginning of time there has been only one way – warfare, the taking of human life. Kingdoms rise by…
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King of Kings
2 Samuel 8:6 “And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.” The Bible tells us that man, in his natural condition, is “hostile to God” (Romans 8:7). In other words, such a person doesn’t submit to the law of God. Romans tells us that the enmity is so bad that an unbeliever cannot willingly submit…
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Do you know what God has spoken?
2 Samuel 7:25 “And now, O Lord God, confirm forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, and do as you have spoken.” How’s your reading comprehension? Do you remember those exams from high school that were used to test it? I never really liked those tests, because my thoughts could…
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Are you sitting down?
2 Samuel 7:18-19 “Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and said, ‘Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?’” Have you ever had someone ask you before they told you what they had to say, “Are you sitting down?” If you have, you know that…
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The House of God
2 Samuel 7:1-6 “Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, the king said to Nathan the prophet, ‘See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.’ And Nathan said to the king, ‘Go,…
To Encourage You 