Category: 2 Samuel
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Pointing Fingers
2 Samuel 12:7 “Nathan said to David, ‘You are the man!’” So, on May 26, 2021 there was a mass shooting. This time in San Jose. As a result, 10 more people died from such violence. I read one news account that there had been 14 mass murders (defined as four or more people dead)…
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When One Thing Leads to Another
2 Samuel 11:16-17 “And as Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew there were valiant men. And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and some of the servants of David among the people fell. Uriah the Hittite also died.” So often the cover-up…
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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…
To Encourage You 