2 SAMUEL 1
1 Outline
2 Samuel 1, 1 Samuel
30:31-36
KINGLY QUALITIES
Let's pretend for a moment. Let's make believe that the
From what you know
about King David, what qualities made him a good king?
Some
day the Lord Jesus is going to reign.
What qualities does He have that will make Him the best King ever?
I want us to see
three kingly qualities David demonstrated.
These are three qualities worth imitating by us, and also three
qualities demonstrated by our own King, the Lord Jesus Christ.
DAVID SHARED WITH
OTHERS
DAVID STOOD FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS
DAVID SORROWED
OVER LOSS
BACKGROUND
David had been
hanging out with the Philistines.
He was forbidden
from participating in battle against
He returned home
to find Ziklag burned looted by the Amalekites. The
women and children were all taken captive.
Under God's
direction David followed.
They attacked the Amalekite camp and recovered everyone.
Not only did they
recover their own materials, but the Amalekites had
been on raiding parties, and had much spoil, much of which belonged to parts of
While David was on
his mission, there was a battle between
David has returned
to Ziklag.
DAVID SHARED
WITH OTHERS
READ 1 SAMUEL
30:26-31
It seems that the
loot was substantial.
Remember David's
city had just been destroyed.
Money was probably
needed to rebuild.
David's share of
all the spoil would have made him independently wealthy.
Instead of
hoarding it, he shared it.
Some of it would
have gone to cities that had also been raided by these same Amalekites.
Some of it would
have gone to friends who had supported him over the years.
Some would have
gone to places that helped protect him.
It would be easy
for us to see this as a political move on His part. However, at this point he did not know that
Saul was dead. He wasn't buying votes.
I believe that
David shared out of a generous and grateful heart.
We as Christians
should also share out of gratitude.
What have we to be
grateful to God for?
Our of gratitude
we should practice Galatians 6:9-10 and 2 Corinthians 9:7
David shared.
We are to share.
But our king, the
Lord Jesus also shared.
Read and Comment
on Philippians 2:5-9
How does Jesus
share now?
Answered Prayer -
John 14:13
Spiritual Gifts -
Ephesians 4:7-8, Peter
4:10
His Presence -
Matthew 28:20, John 14:18
His Prayers -
Hebrews
DAVID STOOD FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS
Read 1 Samuel
31:1-7
Read 2 Samuel
1:1-10
How do we
reconcile the two accounts?
I believe the Amalekite was lying.
He might have even
watched what had happened.
He probably
expected a reward from David. He thought
this information would make David happy, because Saul had been David's enemy.
The Amalekite received the last surprises of his life.
First of all in 2
Samuel 1:11-12 we find that David and his men go into mourning for Saul and
Jonathan.
Secondly, the Amalekite finds that he is in big trouble.
Read 2 Samuel
13-16 - Although David knew that he
was going to be king, he had never taken matters into his own hands.
Even when he could
have, he failed to take Saul's life or to allow his soldiers to do so.
David's feeling
was that God had anointed Saul King, and nobody had any right to take Saul's
life, no matter how meanly he had acted towards David.
David was not
perfect. David was guilty of many
sins. But in spite of his failures,
David did strive to stand for righteousness.
Righteousness is a
kingly quality. Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness is a quality of our
Lord. Psalms 11:7, Isaiah 53:11, Isaiah 11:1-5
Of course, we are
not righteous, apart from Christ. Romans 3:10, Romans 5:1
Now that we know
Christ as Savior our behavior should be righteous. Titus 2:1-12, 1 John 3:7
DAVID SORROWED
OVER LOSS
2 Samuel 1:17-27
David's mourning
for Saul is interesting.
He sorrows for
Saul as if Saul had never hurt him.
I think this was
only possible because David forgave Saul.
As a king, David
would need to have empathy with those he was leading. A good leader hurts with His people.
And that leads us
to thinking about the Lord Jesus.
Jesus, of course,
bore our sorrows on
Jesus also wept
over
The shortest verse
in the Bible is John 11:35. It says Jesus
wept.
Why do you think
Jesus wept at the grave of Lazarus?
I like to think that he was
entering into the suffering of his servants. Jesus does that today. Hebrews
4:15-16
We are to follow
the example of our King. Romans 12:15, Galatians 6:2, Hebrews 12:3