As we come to the final chapter of David’s life, we are reminded that life will one day come to an end. Advancing in years is a funny feeling. When I was young, death seemed like an unrealistic distant future event. In my middle years, death still seemed too far away to think much about […]
Before David died he had a desire to prepare materials for the temple of the Lord that Solomon would build. David loved the Lord as we can tell from his Psalms. He wrote in Psalms 29:2, “Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.” And […]
We have all made sinful choices in our lives. Because we still have our old nature, we will probably make other sinful choices. How we respond to our sinful choices will have a great impact on our lives. David learned this when he chose to number the people. Transition This evening we are going to […]
I believe that chapter’s 21-22 are musings in David’s elderly years. He was reflecting back on days gone by and events that had taken place. In 2Sa 21, God sent a famine because Saul had tried to kill the Gibeonites with whom Joshua had made a covenant of peace. David recalled how he had dealt […]
Returning home after being away for quite some time is always exciting. When I was in Bible College for my university training, the school was eight hours away from my home. I only went home for Christmas and for the long break in June – August. I remember well the feelings of excitement as I […]
In our last session, David was fleeing for his life from his rebel son Absalom. David set up camp in Mahanaim on the east of Jordan just south of the Jabbok River (2 Samuel 17:24). See Map. This is where Ishbosheth, Saul’s son had made his headquarters when he tried to become king. Friends and […]
God has not revealed to us many of the dates of events in David’s life. However, some Bible teachers estimate that his sin with Bathsheba was about 10 years after he became king. Others think it was more like 25 years into his reign. If 10 years is correct, then the remaining 30 years of […]
Rearing children who will grow up to be godly servants of the Lord is no small task. It is far more than taking them to church on Sunday, giving them a Christian education, and saying prayers with them before bed. Lack of biblical discipline, anger in the home, failure to instil character, failure to control […]
One of the things that makes the Bible unique and gives credit to the fact that God is the Bible’s Author is that it contains stories of man’s failures as well as his successes. If its writers were not inspired by God, they would have focussed on their successes and left out many of their […]
After several years of war, the nation of Israel was finally at peace for a time. It was during this time that David thought back on his friendship with Jonathan many years earlier. Those reflections brought to his mind the promise he had made to his dear friend long ago. This brings us to the […]