January 2009 - Posts

• Life of David-Fugitive Years Wk 20

  Darkness in David’s Life           1 Samuel 27:1-12  •         David Was Raised to A High Position of Regard (Prov. 16:32) •         The Moment That Faith Wins a Great Victory, Danger is Near •         David’s Life is No Different Than Ours-Opposites Exist at the Same Time (2 Cor 6:9-10) •         God is in the Refining Business •         And David said in his heart-Humanistic Viewpoint (2 Cor 1:8-9) •         David Did Not Have the Benefit of an Elijah Type Miracle •         There is No Indication in the Chapter of David Praying •         I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul-Pessimistic Reasoning •         David Ignored All the Promises of God Concerning Himself •         Nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape-Rationalization •         Why Leave Israel? •         Saul Knew of All David’s Hiding Places By Now •         The Constant Moving Was Hard on the Men & Now Families •         Food Hard to Find for Such A Large Group •         This Action Was: •         Dishonoring to God •         God Had Sworn to Make David King •         How Impossible for God to Lie or Forget His Covenant (Matt 5:18) •         Highly Injurious •         The Philistine Culture Was Filled With Idol Temples & Priests •         What Fellowship or Worship Could David Have There? (Ps 137:4) •         What About the Peril to the Families He Brought With Him •         First Consequence of the Move •         Saul sought no more again for him-A False Sense of Security •         Second Consequence of the Move •         Found grace in thine eyes-Submission to the Adversaries Cause •         Dwell in the royal city with thee?-Proximity Caused Constant Inspection •         Third Consequence of the Move •         David dwelt…a full year and four months-Lengthy Period of Compromise •         Living a Lie •         David Continues to Fight the Traditional Enemies of Israel •         Some of Whom Were Allies to the Philistines •         And left neither man nor woman alive-The Only Way to Keep This From King Achish •         Against the south of Judah-A Lie, These Were Not Judean Tribes •         Achish believed David-Because David did Not Bring Back Slaves Which Are the Most Prized Possessions •         How Could David Justify All This Killing? •         David Lived in Ziklag; Outside the Nation of Israel •         Ziklag Had Been Given to the Tribe of Simeon 350 Years Before by God •         Moses Was Told to Exterminate Them for Their Wickedness •         Simeon Disobeyed •         David Was Carrying Out the Orders Simeon Failed to Do •         Living By the Sword & Lying, Only Exchanged One Fear For Another   Posted Jan 25 2009, 11:59 AM by jbarch with no comments

• Life of David-Fugitive Years Wk 19

  Comparing the Cave & Camp                       1 Samuel 26  l     Satan Tries to Get David to the Throne With a Tarnished Testimony l     The Circumstances l     Ziphites Again Betray David & Inform Saul l     Who will go down with me?-A Daring Mission l     Saul lay sleeping within the trench-David Knew Where to Look l     Abner and the people lay round about him-Closely Guarded l     God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand-Providence Brought Up Again l     Circumstances Can Make the Wrong Course of Action Appear Right l     The Contrasts Between Cave & Camp l     How the Confrontation was Initiated l     Cave-Saul Came to the Place Where David Hid l     Camp-It Was David’s Choice l     David’s Guiltiness l     Cave-Saul Could Have Thought David Was Really His Enemy l     Camp-No Honest Doubt in Anyone’s Mind l     The Escape Factor l     Cave-Slim Chance l     Camp-Easy l     Different Results l     Cave-David Could Have Been Slain or Reputation Suffered l     Camp-Abner Could Have Been Slain & David A Chance to Become King l     God’s Providence l     Cave-Unnamed Men Suggest That David Kill Saul l     Camp-Abishai Volunteered to Do it With One Stroke l     The Control by the Spirit l     The Same Reasons For Avenging Himself Remained l     Additionally, Saul Abused David’s Kindness l     The Most Attractive Reason For David to Kill Saul-Opportunity l     Opportunity Nudges Us Into Doing Something We Never Intended to Do l     Of all the Opportunities, None Are So Powerful As Those That Seem to Come From God    l     Did God Arrange to Have Saul at David’s Mercy?-Yes l     God Used This Opportunity to Refine David’s Self Control & Trust l     God Used It to Provide Another Opportunity for Grace & Repentance for Saul l     David Passed the Test l     God Placed Saul on the Throne & Would Remove Him in His Own Time & Way l     David Took Saul’s spear-Symbol of Saul’s Power l     David Took the cruise of water-Symbol of the Life Sustaining Resource l     The Call to Abner l     Why Did David Bring This Rebuke Publically to Abner? l     Abner May Have Been the Source of the Lies Saul Was Hearing l     David Asks Four Questions: l     Answerest thou not, Abner?-A Repeated Call of His Name l     Art not thou a valiant man?-Questions Abner’s Manhood l     Who is like to thee in Israel?-Questions Abner’s Rank l     Wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king?-Questions Abner’s Competency l     Ye are worthy to die-David Passes Judgment l     See where the king’s spear is-To Verify David’s Charge l     The Conflict Revisited l     David Again Asks: what have I done? l     Now therefore, I pray thee-Before Permitting Saul to Respond, He Prays l     If the LORD have stirred…accept an offering-Trouble in His Life May Be Because of His Own Sin l     But if they be the children of men, cursed be they-Human Source, Judgment Due From God l     The Confession l     I have sinned, return…for I will no more do thee harm-All Lies l     The LORD render-Law of Spiritual Sowing & Reaping (Gal 6:7; Ps 54:7) l     Blessed be thou-Predicted A Glorious Future for David    Posted Jan 18 2009, 02:27 PM by jbarch with no comments

• Life of David-Fugitive Years Wk 18

  David, Abigail & Nabal                       1 Samuel 25:29-44  l     Bound in the bundle of life-Precious & Kept Secure l     Enemies, them shall he sling out-Cast Away Violently l     No grief…nor offence of heart-Stumbling Block l     Remember thine handmaid-Act Favorably  n     David’s Reply to Abigail n     David Responded With a Threefold Beatitude: n     Blessed be the LORD…which sent thee-Jehovah Put It in Abigail’s Heart to Come to David n     Blessed be thy advice-Perception or Good Judgment (Prov 15:31-33) n     How We Receive Reproof & Counsel is a Test of Our Relationship to the Lord n     Blessed be thou-Abigail Herself n     Kept me…from coming to shed blood-Unlike Saul Who Killed the Priests n     As the LORD God of Israel liveth-Vowed to Kill Nabal & All Males n     David received of her hand-Accepted the Gifts n     Go up in peace to thine house-Dismisses Her With the Assurance That All Was Forgiven n     The Widowed Woman n     Nabal…held a feast in his house-While Judgment Was Approaching n     Nabal’s heart was merry-His Idea of Happiness Was to Get Drunk (Phil 3:19) n     She told him nothing…until the morning-Wise Not to Reason With Out-of-Control People n     His heart died within him, and he became as a stone-Stroke Followed by a Coma n     The LORD smote Nabal, that he died-Payday Someday n     The Wedded Woman n     LORD…hath pleaded the cause of my reproach-Protection & Justice n     David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife-The Proper Procedure n     Marrying Abigail Gave David Possession of All Nabal’s Wealth n     Let thine handmaid be a servant-Willingness Expressed Humbly n     Abigail hasted, and arose-Wasted No Time on the Offer to Be Queen n     Became his wife-David is Secure Enough From Saul to Marry n     David also took Ahinoam-Probably Married Before Abigail (27:3;30:5) n     Saul had given Michal…to Phalti-To Break David’s Connection to the Throne   Posted Jan 11 2009, 02:59 PM by jbarch with no comments

• Life of David-Fugitive Years Wk 17

  David, Abigail, & Nabal                      1 Samuel 25:14-29 l     The Wise Woman l     Abigail Was As Wise As Nabal Was Foolish l     One of the young men-Household Servant l     Told Abigail-Couldn’t Approach Nabal l     To salute our master-With Greetings of Blessing l     The men were very good-David’s Men Took on the Characteristics of Their Leader l     Conversant with them-Went About With Them l     Were a wall unto us-A Sure Protection l     David-A Shepherd of Sheep & Now People Also l     Evil is determined-Trouble is Coming l     A son of Belial-Son of Wickedness l     Abigail Put Together a Generous Gift of Food l     Go on before me-Food First Shows Genuineness l     She told not her husband-She Could Dispose of the Family Provisions l     The covert of the hill-They Met in a Ravine l     Three Observations in Venting His Frustrations: l     Surely in vain-His Efforts Have Been Useless l     Requited me evil for good-Demonic Character l     Do God unto the enemies of David-Vow Avoids Risk of Taking God’s Name in Vain l     Bowed herself to the ground-Sets the Tone in Humility l     Upon me…let this iniquity be-Represents Herself as the Guilty Party l     Speak in thine audience-Asked to Be Heard l     Let not my lord…regard this man of Belial-Don’t Listen to a Fool l     I…saw not the young men of my lord-Unaware of the Visit l     The LORD hath withholden thee-Jehovah Sent Me to Prevent Bloodshed l     Let thine enemies…be as Nabal-Insignificant Fools l     Blessing-Gifts Come From God, Not the Donor l     Given unto the young men that follow my lord-Accept the Gifts For David’s Followers l     Forgive the trespass-Blame Still on Me, But for a Noble Reason l     Make my lord a sure house-Permanent Prosperity l     My lord fighteth the battles of the LORD-Will Fight; Looked Future to His Kingship l     Evil hath not been found-Shall not be Found; No Offence to Reject Kingship   Posted Jan 04 2009, 02:42 PM by jbarch with no comments