Homiletics Study - Children of the Promise
Lesson 22 Passage: 2 Samuel 19-24
Content (List of Topics or Events)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)
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David returns to Jerusalem with loyalty and grace demonstrated
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2 Samuel 19-20
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Victory over famine, honor to Saul’s family and deliverance from Philistines recognizes God’s righteous ways
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2 Samuel 21-23
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Census brings God’s Anger with David’s offering that costs
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2 Samuel 24
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Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)
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David’s Jerusalem return demonstrates grace, sacrifice and honor to God
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Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)
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CTATL that God’s forgiveness is His grace expressed and worthy of praise.
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Specific Application Questions
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How do you show grace to others and reflect Christ in you?
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Where do you right the wrongs in your life? How are you being gracious to others?
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When you sin, what are your costs? Do you take it all to Jesus?
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Principles to Remember
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Reconciliation brings us to right relationships
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God gives us the victory and worthy of praise.
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God answers our prayers
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Characteristic of God
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Reconciliation and Grace
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Theme
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Our Victory is in Godly Dependence
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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?
