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Saturday, March 2, 2019

Children of the Promise - 2 Samuel 19-24

Homiletics                                             Study - Children of the Promise
Lesson     22                                          Passage: 2 Samuel 19-24

Content (List of Topics or Events)

David returns to Jerusalem with loyalty and grace demonstrated (2 Samuel 19-20)
a. David told by Joab to get over weeping and mourning (19:1-7)
b. Men of Judah come to David to bring him home (19:8-15)
c. Shimei asks for forgiveness from David and it is given (19:16-23)
d. Mephibosheth meets David and offers all for reconciliation (19:24-30)
e. David kisses Barzillai as he sends him home (19:31-39)
f. David  crosses Jordan with Judah and Israel pressing claims (19:40-43)
g. Sheba deserts David and men of Israel follow (20:1-2)
h. Sheba hunted & beheaded by citizens of Abel Beth Maakah (20:3-26)
Victory over famine, honor to Saul’s family and deliverance from Philistines recognizes God’s righteous ways  (2 Samuel 21-23)
a. Lord’s reason for famine, judgment and God’s answered prayer (21:1-14)
b. Philistine’s fall at hands of David’s men (21:15-22)
c. David sings of God as his resource and deliverance (22)
d. David describes how God used him (23:1-7)
e. David’s mighty warriors achievement recognized  (23:8-39)

Census brings God’s Anger with David’s offering that costs (2 Samuel 24)
a. David sends Joab to perform census; with question for purpose (24:1-4)
b. Joab performs census of entire land (24:5-9)
c. David given 3 options from the Lord for census sin (24:10-14)
d. Angel of the Lord strikes down people (24:15-17)
e. David  told by Gad to build alter to the Lord on threshing floor a  Araunah the Jebusite (24:18)
f. David buys threshing floor… Sacrifices must cost something (24:19-24)
g. David sacrificed to God and the Lord answered his prayer (24:25)

Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)

David returns to Jerusalem with loyalty and grace demonstrated
2 Samuel 19-20
Victory over famine, honor to Saul’s family and deliverance from Philistines recognizes God’s righteous ways
2 Samuel 21-23
Census brings God’s Anger with David’s offering that costs
2 Samuel 24

Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)

David’s Jerusalem return demonstrates grace, sacrifice and honor to God

Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)

CTATL that God’s forgiveness is His grace expressed and worthy of praise.

Specific Application Questions

1
How do you show grace to others and reflect Christ in you?
2
Where do you right the wrongs in your life? How are you being gracious to others?
3
When you sin, what are your costs? Do you take it all to Jesus?

Principles to Remember

1
Reconciliation brings us to right relationships
2
God gives us the victory and worthy of praise.
3
God answers our prayers
Characteristic of God
Reconciliation and Grace
Theme
Our Victory is in Godly Dependence

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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