Saturday, January 19, 2019

Children of the Promise - 2 Samuel 1-4

Homiletics                                             Study - Children of the Promise
Lesson     16                                          Passage: 2 Samuel 1-4
Content (List of Topics or Events)
David learns of Saul and Jonathan’s death (2 Samuel 1-2:7)
a. David hears of Saul’s death from Amalekite (1:1-10)
b. David and his men tear clothes and mourn (1:11-12)
c. David questions Amalekite regarding killing Lord’s anointed (1:13-16)
d. David and Judah lament Saul and Jonathan (1:17-27)
e. David Inquires of Lord and goes to Hebron in Judah (2:1-4a)
f. David learns that men of Jabesh Gilead buried Saul  and blesses them (2:4b-7)
House of David and Saul battle. (2 Samuel 2:8-3:39)
a. Abner makes Ish-Bosheth king (2:8-11)
b. Abner and Joab meeting and battle (2:12-17)
d. Abner kills Ashel and Joab halts battle (2:18-3:6)
e. Ish-Bosheth questions Abner about sleeping with Saul’s concubine (3:7-11).
f.  Abner makes peace the David (3:12-23)
g. Joab challenges David for allowing Abner to leave (3:24-25)
h. Joab kills Abner and David curses him (3:26-30)
i. David and people mourn Abner (3:31-39)

Ish-Bosheth is killed and David curses killers. (2 Samuel 4)
a. Ish-Bosheth becomes alarm at news of Abner’s death (4:1)
b. Rekab and Baanah arrive in heat of day and stab Ish-Bosheth (4:2-7)
c. Rekab and Baanah take Ish-Bosheth’s head to David (4:8)
d. David curses Rekab and Baanah and orders their death (4:9-12)


Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)
Division

David learns of Saul and Jonathan’s death
2 Samuel 1-2:7
House of David and Saul battle.
2 Samuel 2:8-3:39
Ish-Bosheth is killed and David curses killers.
2 Samuel 4
Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)
House of David and Saul battle with wicked cursed
Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)
CTATL that motives and anger matter; we should check our motives and curb our anger in service to God.
Specific Application Questions
1.
In what ways to you check the facts before you act?  David asked for God’s direction; do you?
2.
Abner and David looked for peace; in difficult situations do you look for peace or retribution?
3.
Doing things for recognition may be the wrong things.  How do you challenge your motives?
Principles to Remember
1.
Mourning is acceptable and important in respecting those we honor.
2.
Stopping and taking a breath in difficult situations helps gain perspective.
3.
Justice is greater than just winning.
Characteristic of God
Our Guide
Theme
God is in control in all the details

God’s Word  - What’s happening?
God’s Heart – What does God care about?

Today’s World – How does this connect to what is happening in my world today?

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