Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 31:1-13 Theme: The judgment of the Lord fell upon Saul and Israel at Gilboa because of the king’s refusal to repent of his life of rebellion against the commands of the Lord. Structure/points:  At the beginning of his reign, Saul seemed promising.  But he and all Isreal were warned to fear and serve the Lord, lest He sweep…

Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 30:1-31 Theme: After permitting David to have a period of weak faith, the Lord graciously restored His servant to spiritual strength and provided him a decisive victory over the enemies of God. Structure/points:  1 Samuel 30 shows an unimaginable crisis that God permitted to befall David.  But the point was not to break David, but to remind him…

Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 29:1-11 Theme: In accordance with His own free mercy, the Lord graciously used the hostility of the Philistines to deliver David from the spiritual crisis he had created for himself by his own sin.  Structure/points:  1 Samuel 29 begins with David in a desperate place.  If he actually joined the coming battle on the Philistine side, how would…

Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 28:3-25 Theme: Whoever spends their life refusing to listen to the word of the Lord to repent, believe, and obey Him will eventually find Him silent to their cries for mercy. Structure/points:  1 Samuel 28:3-25 begins with two stated facts; the Prophet Samuel was died, and King Saul had expelled the mediums and necromancers from the land of…

Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 27:1-28:2 Theme: When the believer seeks salvation apart from the provision of the Lord, he will find that his self-made refuge will lead him into greater disobedience to God. Structure/points:  Are the actions of David in 1 Samuel 27:1-28:2 good or evil?  The Bible offers no direct commentary, but it does offer an important clue for interpretation.  The…

Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 26:1-25 Theme: Since the lives of the righteous are precious in the eyes of the Lord, they must commit their situations to the Lord, lest they sin by taking matters into their own hands.   Structure/points:  The last time that David and Saul met, David refused to take the king’s life.  But what did he do when God handed…

Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 25:23-44 Theme:  The Lord restrains His people from sin in order that, free from pangs of conscience, they may have the satisfaction of looking to Him in faith that He will do all that is right and just. Structure/points:  If David had been allowed to follow through on his plans for Nabal, it would have been devasting for…

Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 25:1-22 Theme:  When David found himself the victim of a fool’s insults, he forgot that the Lord’s anointed must leave it to God to avenge the evil done to him. Structure/points:  Previously in 1 Samuel, we have seen David in danger from largely physical sources.  He’s fought on the battlefield and been pursued by Saul and his men. …

Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 24:1-22 Theme:  When provided an opportunity to seize the kingdom of Israel from his persecutor, David chose to entrust his wellbeing and his future crown to the righteous oversight of the Lord his God.  Structure/points:  David lived about seventy years, so there’s a lot about his life that the Bible doesn’t tell us.  But those things that we…