Our sermon is entitled Friends and Traitors and comes from [esvignore]2 Samuel 16:15-23[/esvignore]. We will see Hushai again, doing what David sent him to do, and then we’ll witness a gross and wicked act by Ahithophel against God and David. Ahithophel is the Judas of the Old Testament. Our themes will center on betrayal and the one who does not betray. We…

Our message comes from [esvignore]2 Samuel 16:1-14[/esvignore]. Here we find David still fleeing from Jerusalem ahead of his usurping Son, Absalom. When we last were with David, he met some friends along the way. This time, he will meet some enemies. It is largely a narrative that moves the story along and provides groundwork for David’s thoughts and actions later on in…

Our text is [esvignore]2 Samuel 15:13-37[/esvignore]. We will witness a moving section of scripture rich with prophetic and typological foreshadowings as King David and his loyal followers must flee Jerusalem upon hearing of Absalom’s revolt. There is much here that causes us to anticipate the suffering of our Lord Jesus. And because betrayal is one of the most difficult of offenses to…

Our sermon is entitled Absalom the Antithesis: Stealing Power and Chasing Glory. It is taken from [esvignore]2 Samuel 15:1-12[/esvignore]. We will examine Absalom’s wicked scheme to revolt against his father, King David, in a bid to take the throne before it is his to take. Absalom is a man of vanity and ego, and it will cause all manner of trouble to the house of…

We continue in the latter years of David’s life in [esvignore]2nd Samuel 14[/esvignore]. We will cover the whole chapter. We find an elaborate plan by David’s chief of the military, Joab, to bring Absalom home to Jerusalem after his banishment to Geshur. The plan doesn’t give the desired results, and we get some insight into this man Absalom, who will be in…

Our sermon launches from [esvignore]2 Samuel 13:23-39[/esvignore]. Here, we discover the increase of misery during the blackest days so far in David’s house. Absalom murders Amnon in revenge for the rape of Tamar and the household just keeps getting worse and worse. We will investigate how God punishes under the old covenant, but in Spiritual Israel, the church, He disciplines in a…

Our message is entitled Amnon: A Monster in David’s House. We have come to [esvignore]2 Samuel 13:1-22[/esvignore] in our trek through the book of Samuel. Amnon and Tamar are the focus of a tragic story of domestic violence and incest, but the frightful heart motives found in Amnon are surprisingly common even among people professing Jesus as their Lord. Let us come soberly to the…

Our sermon is entitled “Grace to Sinners” and takes us to [esvignore]2 Samuel 12:26-31[/esvignore] and[esvignore]Psalm 51[/esvignore]. Here we wrap up the season of the Ammonite wars, where David proved to be the chief of sinners and the recipient of restorative grace. We will speak about the end of the tale, look at the whole of [esvignore]Psalm 51[/esvignore], and then launch to the…

Our sermon is entitled God of Restoration and is taken from [esvignore]2 Samuel 12:15b-23[/esvignore]. Here we find a David we have truly missed for a while, and the theme, though a repeated theme, is encouraging. God is in the business of making all things new. He is a God of restoration. It might take a while, it may hurt for a long…

Our sermon this week is entitled You Are The Man! and is taken from [esvignore]2 Samuel 12:1-15[/esvignore]. Here we continue to look at the fall of David, and finally we come to his exposure. Many months have passed since David murdered Uriah, the child conceived by the adulterous union is born, and Nathan the prophet is sent by God to do one…