Download Lesson: 5.26.24 Class Notes – 2 Sam 24

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Do we realize the high cost of sinning? A true confession is more than a quick prayer and a quoting of 1 John 1:9! True confession involves facing sin honestly and obeying God’s Word regardless of the price we must pay.

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Download Lesson: 5.19.24 Class Notes – 2 Sam 23

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What is it that you treasure the most about your life? How much has God’s grace shaped your thoughts and decisions? At the end of your life, what will be most significant to you and others? Your positions and gains, or your special times with the Lord? Our life success will be determined by how much we realize how indebted we are to God and by how much we focus on accomplishing what God has for us to do.

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Download Lesson: 5.12.24 Class Notes – 2 Sam 22.26-51

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When times get hard, or days of trouble occur, or times get tough, the Lord is our only security. He is our most reliable security. At times when we flounder along, trying to peer too far into the darkness ahead. Yet He gives us just enough light so that we can see to take the next step. That’s all the light He gives and, in reality, that’s all we need.

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Download Lesson: 5.5.24 Class Notes – 2 Sam 22.1-25

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God is stronger than David’s enemies. No matter how tough things seem or how desperate they get, remember that God is stronger. God is stronger than anything you face. Make up your mind to rely wholly on Him as David did.

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Download Lesson: 4.28.24 Class Notes – 2 Sam 21

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Anytime we are needing to make a decision that carries much weight and impacts many people, we should inquire of the Lord as to what he would have us do. David gives us a great example when Israel was enduring a 3-yr famine. He sought the Lord to understand why it was happening. Once he learned the answer, he knew what he had to do.

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Download Lesson: 4.21.24 Class Notes – 2 Sam 20

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The pursuit of a narrow selfish agenda will always be worthless in the eyes of the Lord.

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Download Lesson: 4.14.24 Class Notes – 2 Sam 19

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This entire episode of David’s rejection and return certainly illustrates the attitudes people today have toward Christ. There are the loyal few who stand by their absent King, and there are the selfish majority who prefer to rebel. But what will happen when the King comes back? And what are we, His followers, doing to hasten His return? (2 Peter 3:12)

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Download Lesson: 4.7.24 Class Notes – 2 Sam 18

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David’s sorrow shows us that it isn’t enough that parents train their children to be godly; they must first train themselves in godliness. David suffered the consequences for not holding his children accountable for their wrongful actions and rebellion:

The soil came from David’s indulgent parenting.

The soil came from David’s sin with Bathsheba and murder of Uriah, after which God promised David: The sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife… I will raise up adversity against you from your own house (2 Samuel 12:10-11).

The soil came from David’s own sinful indulgence of his passions and smaller rebellions against God, which sins and weaknesses were magnified in his sons.

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Download Lesson: 3.17.24 Class Notes – 2 Sam 17

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There is no question that Ahithophel’s plan was the better of the two, but God in His providence saw to it that Absalom rejected it. Note Hushai’s psychological approach to suggesting that Absalom himself lead the army in battle. This appealed to the man’s vanity, but that vanity only led ultimately to his death.

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Download Lesson: 3.10.24 Class Notes – 2 Sam 16

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Today, our Lord Jesus is despised and rejected of men, just as was David during the rebellion. It takes courage for men and women today to remain loyal to the King, but we can be sure that God will reward such loyalty when Jesus returns.

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