LIFE LESSONS FROM SAMUEL, SAUL AND DAVID
PART 3 OF A 3 PART SERIES
KEY VERSE: ACTS 13:21-22
FOCAL POINT: FOUR CHARACTERISTICS OF DAVID’S LIFE
INTRODUCTION:
PLEASE SEE PART 1 OF THIS SERIES FOR A GENERAL INTRODUCTION.
DAVID TRULY HAD A HEART FOR GOD.
THE REIGN OF KING SAUL, ISRAEL’S FIRST KING, ENDED AS RECORDED IN 1 SAMUEL 12: 1-25. DAVID WAS HIS SUCCESSOR, RECORDED IN 1 SAMUEL 16: 1-23. A TUMULTUOUS RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPED BETWEEN SAUL AND DAVID ENDING UP WITH DAVID BEING A FUGITIVE ON THE RUN FROM SAUL. REF: CHAPTERS 21-31 OF 1 SAMUEL
READ ACTS 13: 21-22
THIS STUDY ADDRESSES FOUR KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF DAVID’S LIFE
CHARACTERISTIC #1: ABSOLUTE FAITH IN GOD
1 SAMUEL 17: 37 “AND DAVID SAID, THE LORD WHO DELIVERED ME FROM THE PAW OF THE LION AND FROM THE PAW OF THE BEAR, HE WILL DELIVER ME FROM THE HAND OF THIS PHILISTINE.” SAUL SAID TO DAVID, “GO, AND MAY THE LORD BE WITH YOU.”
HEBREWS 10: 23: LET US HOLD FAST THE CONFESSION OF OUR HOPE WITHOUT WAVERING, FOR HE WHO PROMISED IS FAITHFUL.
IF A BELIEVER IS FAITHFUL TO DO HIS PART THERE IS NO QUESTION GOD WILL DO HIS
PART. READ 2 TIMOTHY 2: 11-12
CHARACTERISTIC #2 DAVID LOVED GOD’S LAW
PSALMS 119: 35: “MAKE ME WALK IN THE PATH FOR YOUR COMMANDMENTS, FOR I DELIGHT IN IT.”
PSALMS 16: 11: “YOU WILL MAKE KNOWN TO ME THE PATH OF LIFE. IN YOUR PRESENCE IS FULLNESS OF JOY. IN YOUR RIGHT HAND THERE ARE PLEASURES FOREVER.”
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IS A GUIDE TO BELIEVE AND MODEL!
CHARACTERISTIC # 3 DAVID WAS TRULY REPENTANT
PSALMS 51: 2 “WASH ME CLEAN FROM MY GUILT. PURIFY ME FROM MY SIN.”
DAVID’S SIN WAS THE SIN OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH BATHSHEBA. HE RECOGNIZED THE GROSS ERROR OF HIS SIN BY A CLEANSING CONFESSION.
CHARACTERISTIC # 4 DAVID WAS TRULY THANKFUL
PSALMS 26: 6 (NLT) “I WASH MY HANDS TO DECLARE MY INNOCENCE. I COME TO YOUR ALTER, O LORD. “
THE HEART OF THIS VERSE EXPRESSES THE DESIRE TO WORSHIP GOD WITH INTEGRITY (CLEAN HANDS-CLEAN HEART).
APPLICATION: REPENTANCE FROM SIN BRINGS GOD’S FORGIVENESS AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.
REF: THE GREAT LIVES FROM GOD’S WORD SERIES BY CHUCK SWINDOLL, A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART: DEVOTING YOUR LIFE TO WHAT REALLY MATTERS BY JIM GEORGE, THOMPSON CHAIN REFERENCE BIBLE, THE MACARTHUR STUDY BIBLE, NKJV BY RADMACHER, HOUSE & ALLEN, BIBLE PROMISE BOOK, BLUELETTERBIBLE.ORG, and GOTQUESTIONS. ORG
