Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 23:15-29 Theme: Despite the hatred that the sinful world has for God’s people, the Lord will vindicate His people’s faith by ensuring that His word shall come to pass. Structure/points: As we anticipate celebrating Reformation Sunday, we may ask how the Reformation as a movement survived and even thrived. How is that the great rediscovery that the righteous…
Confessing Historic Reformation Christianity: Salvation by Grace Alone, Through Faith Alone, in Christ Alone, Founded on Scripture Alone, for the Glory of God Alone.
Confessing Historic Reformation Christianity: Salvation by Grace Alone, Through Faith Alone, in Christ Alone, Founded on Scripture Alone, for the Glory of God Alone.
1-2 Samuel (Page 6)
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 23:1-14 Theme: When David sought the counsel of the Lord God according to the means God had provided, God gave His anointed the guidance and protection he needed to accomplish His will. Structure/points: 1 Samuel 23 finds David living as a fugitive from Saul. However, despite David’s peril and his own recent mistakes, the Lord was still with…
Sermon Text: Psalm 52:1-9 Theme: Unlike the wicked man, who fools himself into thinking he is secure in his own evildoing, the righteous man’s hope in the steadfast love of God will never be disappointed. Structure/points: In 1 Samuel 22, we learn of Doeg the Edomite, whose lies led to the deaths of hundreds of innocents. David wrote Psalm 52 to explore…
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 22:6-23 Theme: Because of his hatred of God and His anointed, Saul unleashed a murderous fury against the people of the Lord for their lack of support for his evil intentions. Structure/points: For the past several months, we’ve seen Saul’s rebellion against the Lord growing. We’ve seen him attempt to murder David and even his own son…
Sermon Text: Psalm 34:1-22 Theme: In all circumstances, the one who seeks the Lord for salvation may be confident that the Lord will answer his cry for deliverance from all his troubles. Structure/points: In Psalm 34, David reflected on how he had been rescued from the hand of Abimelech in Gath, and he worships the Lord for saving him. Yet he knew…
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 21:1-22:5 Theme: During the early days of his flight from Saul, David acted in fear and sin until he remembered the Lord’s providential salvation. Structure/points: David did not spend His early days on the run acting in faith in the Lord’s help. Fear of death and of Saul dominated his mind, and in his fear, he made a…
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 20:18-42 Theme: Jonathan demonstrated his covenant loyalty to David, the Lord’s anointed, by protecting him from the danger of Saul’s murderous wrath. Structure/points: With their covenant reaffirmed, and provision for the future made, Jonathan and David turned once again to the matter at hand. Was Saul truly trying to kill David, or were David’s recent experiences all a…
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 20:1-17Sermon Theme: The covenant faithfulness of the Lord encourages His people to turn to Himfor the comfort and protection that He has promised they will receive.Structure/points: As Jonathan’s father, the king, descended further into sinful madness, Davidand Jonathan found that they had to ask very hard things of each other. My hope is that we willgain an appreciation…
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 19:1-24 Theme: When Saul’s desperation to kill David became greater, so did the Lord’s display of the protection that He wielded over His anointed, so that nothing could destroy the one whom He was with. Structure/points: At first, Saul’s attempts to eliminate David as a rival for the throne were secretive. But after God continually foiled his plans,…
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 18:10-30 Theme: Because the Lord was with His anointed to give him success in all he did, Saul’s repeated attempts to eliminate David inevitably backfired and brought him greater renown. Structure/points: Not long after David’s slaying of Goliath, Saul began to eye David enviously. What if David tried to take the throne? Saul immediately began trying to eliminate…