THE LIFE AND TIMES OF KING DAVID (1 OF 14)
Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1-23
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The Life and Times of King David (1 of 14)
Series: A MAN AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART
Collin Wimberly
I Samuel 16
CIT - God choses David as the next King of Israel
INTRODUCTION:
The most mentioned person in the Old Testament is a man named David. He is mentioned 600 times in the Old Testament, and 60 times in the New Testament. His relationship to the Lord Jesus Christ is mentioned over and over again in the New Testament. He is mentioned in the first chapter, on the first page of the New Testament, where Jesus is called the son of David. We find him on the last page of the New Testament in Revelation 22, where Jesus is called the "root and offspring of David."
There is a verse about David which is very unusual, and I think it is the key to the meaning of the life of David. In I Samuel 13 there is a statement made about David that is made about no other person in the Bible. In verse 14 the Lord has said that Saul is going to be rejected as the king and another will be selected. "But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the hath sought him a man after his own heart..." That's repeated in the New Testament in Acts 13:22. David is known as a man after God's own heart.
What does that mean? Does it mean that David was a superman? No. David was in many ways a very weak man. Does it mean David was a perfect man? Not at all. It means that David's heart was sensitive to God's heart. This meant that David lived in harmony with God, that he was burdened by God's burdens, that he loved what God love, and hated what God hated. David's heart belonged to God.
2 Chronicles 16:9
9 "For athe eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those bwhose heart is completely His.
David was arguably the greatest man of God in the Old Testament. Let's start at the beginning of his life and His ministry. What do we see about this young man after God's own heart?
I) DAVID HAD POTENTIAL THAT ONLY GOD COULD SEE -
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Series: A MAN AFTER GOD'S OWN HEART
Collin Wimberly
I Samuel 16
CIT - God choses David as the next King of Israel
INTRODUCTION:
The most mentioned person in the Old Testament is a man named David. He is mentioned 600 times in the Old Testament, and 60 times in the New Testament. His relationship to the Lord Jesus Christ is mentioned over and over again in the New Testament. He is mentioned in the first chapter, on the first page of the New Testament, where Jesus is called the son of David. We find him on the last page of the New Testament in Revelation 22, where Jesus is called the "root and offspring of David."
There is a verse about David which is very unusual, and I think it is the key to the meaning of the life of David. In I Samuel 13 there is a statement made about David that is made about no other person in the Bible. In verse 14 the Lord has said that Saul is going to be rejected as the king and another will be selected. "But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the hath sought him a man after his own heart..." That's repeated in the New Testament in Acts 13:22. David is known as a man after God's own heart.
What does that mean? Does it mean that David was a superman? No. David was in many ways a very weak man. Does it mean David was a perfect man? Not at all. It means that David's heart was sensitive to God's heart. This meant that David lived in harmony with God, that he was burdened by God's burdens, that he loved what God love, and hated what God hated. David's heart belonged to God.
2 Chronicles 16:9
9 "For athe eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those bwhose heart is completely His.
David was arguably the greatest man of God in the Old Testament. Let's start at the beginning of his life and His ministry. What do we see about this young man after God's own heart?
I) DAVID HAD POTENTIAL THAT ONLY GOD COULD SEE -
W ...
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