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Bible Baptist Church

Bradenton, Florida

John Barch

Life of David-Fugitive Years Wk 7

Jonathan’s Loyalty to David                1 Samuel 20:1-17 
·        Conflict of Loyalties, Especially in the Family, is One of the Most Painful Difficulties We Face in the Life of Faith
·        Christ Calls for Supreme Devotion to Him and His Will for Our Lives (Matt 10:34-39)
·        David fled from Naioth…and came…before Jonathan-To Seek Council of His Friend
·        What have I done?-Is it My Fault
·        Iniquity?-Transgression
·        Sin before thy father?-Have I Wronged the King
·        If So, David Would Repent & Repair, So That He Could be Restored
·        Jonathan said God forbid-Far Be It
·        Jonathan Mistakenly Thought That His Own Relationship To His Father Was Closer Than It Really Was
·        He will show it me-Literally, Uncover My Ear
·        Let not Jonathan know this-Insulated From Grief and Escape
·        But a step between me and death-Literally & Figuratively
·        Jonathan to David: I will even do it for thee-Whatever You Need I Will Do
·        New moon…to sit with the king at meat-Feast of the New Moon (Num 28:11-15 & Ps 81:3)·        Why After All the Threats Would David Be Expected To Be At the Table?
·        Maybe Some Sort of Reconciliation by Samuel at Ramah
·        Maybe A Temporary Sanity Because of the Encounter With the Holy Spirit
·        Hide myself in the field-By the Stone Ezel Meaning Departure (20:19)
·        David’s Absence Would Help Reveal Saul’s Genuine Attitude Toward David
·        If Saul Be very wroth, Then David Was Correct
·        If Saul Says it is well, Then Jonathan Was Correct
·        The Only Problem Was That It Required Jonathan to Lie
·        What Was The Lie?
·        David had Gone to Bethlehem to Attend His Own Family’s Feast
·        There Was An Annual Festival for Jesse’s Tribe Called the Mishpachah
·        The Lie Was That David Was Summoned to It
·        Covenant of Jehovah with thee-Friendship Witnessed by Jehovah
·        If there be in me…iniquity-Any Evil Acts or Thought of Evil
·        Slay me thyself-I Release You From the Covenant & Ask You to Do Your Duty
·        Far be it from thee-Never or God Forbid
·        If I knew…would not I tell it thee-At the Least Suspicion I Will Tell You
·        Who shall tell me?-How Am I Going to Know?
·        Went out both of them into the field-For Privacy
·        LORD-6 Times in 6 Verses; The Basis for An Oath
·        Jonathan Swore Two Oaths Before the LORD
·        First, Promised to Give David the Correct Message on the 3rd Day
·        Second, If Necessary, send thee away Safely
·        Shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever-Your Kindness is to Be Like the LORDS Kindness; Unfailing
·        The Covenant Was Between Both Houses or Families
·        Not Only While Yet I live, But
·        Cut off thy kindness from my house-Don’t Eliminate Potential Rivals to the Throne
·        Cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth-Prophetic of a Time When David Would Be King

 

Published Sep 28 2008, 02:40 PM by jbarch

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