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The Story of David<\/b><\/h1>\n

(Sermon series)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u00a0by Rev. Richard Jones<\/b><\/h2>\n

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THE JUST AND THE JEALOUS<\/u><\/b><\/h1>\n

1 Samuel 18: 1 – 19: 17<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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FRIENDSHIP IN BROTHERHOOD<\/u>
\n<\/u>1 Samuel 18:1-5 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n1\u00a0 As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2\u00a0 And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father\u2019s house. 3\u00a0 Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul. 4\u00a0 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his armor, and even his sword and his bow and his belt. 5\u00a0 And David went out and was successful wherever Saul sent him, so that Saul set him over the men of war. And this was good in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul\u2019s servants.<\/p>\n

1 Samuel 14:6-15 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n6\u00a0 Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, \u201cCome, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the LORD will work for us, for nothing can hinder the LORD from saving by many or by few.\u201d 7\u00a0 And his armor-bearer said to him, \u201cDo all that is in your heart. Do as you wish. Behold, I am with you heart and soul.\u201d 8\u00a0 Then Jonathan said, \u201cBehold, we will cross over to the men, and we will show ourselves to them. 9\u00a0 If they say to us, \u2018Wait until we come to you,\u2019 then we will stand still in our place, and we will not go up to them. 10\u00a0 But if they say, \u2018Come up to us,\u2019 then we will go up, for the LORD has given them into our hand. And this shall be the sign to us.\u201d 11\u00a0 So both of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, \u201cLook, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves.\u201d 12\u00a0 And the men of the garrison hailed Jonathan and his armor-bearer and said, \u201cCome up to us, and we will show you a thing.\u201d And Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, \u201cCome up after me, for the LORD has given them into the hand of Israel.\u201d 13\u00a0 Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, and his armor-bearer after him. And they fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer killed them after him. 14\u00a0 And that first strike, which Jonathan and his armor-bearer made, killed about twenty men within as it were half a furrow\u2019s length in an acre of land. 15\u00a0 And there was a panic in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and even the raiders trembled, the earth quaked, and it became a very great panic.<\/p>\n

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JEALOUSY IN A KING
\n<\/u>1 Samuel 18:6-11 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n6\u00a0 As they were coming home, when David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with songs of joy, and with musical instruments. 7\u00a0 And the women sang to one another as they celebrated, \u201cSaul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands.\u201d 8\u00a0 And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, \u201cThey have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands, and what more can he have but the kingdom?\u201d 9\u00a0 And Saul eyed David from that day on.
\n10\u00a0 The next day a harmful spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he raved within his house while David was playing the lyre, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand. 11\u00a0 And Saul hurled the spear, for he thought, \u201cI will pin David to the wall.\u201d But David evaded him twice.<\/p>\n

Proverbs 14:30 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n30\u00a0 A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.<\/p>\n

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SCHEMING IN ROYALTY
\n<\/u>1 Samuel 18:12-19 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n12\u00a0 Saul was afraid of David because the LORD was with him but had departed from Saul. 13\u00a0 So Saul removed him from his presence and made him a commander of a thousand. And he went out and came in before the people. 14\u00a0 And David had success in all his undertakings, for the LORD was with him.
\n15\u00a0 And when Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in fearful awe of him. 16\u00a0 But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them. 17\u00a0 Then Saul said to David, \u201cHere is my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you for a wife. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD\u2019s battles.\u201d For Saul thought, \u201cLet not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.\u201d
\n18\u00a0 And David said to Saul, \u201cWho am I, and who are my relatives, my father\u2019s clan in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?\u201d
\n19\u00a0 But at the time when Merab, Saul\u2019s daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.<\/p>\n

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PLOTTING IN THE PALACE
\n<\/u>1 Samuel 18:20-30 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n20\u00a0 Now Saul\u2019s daughter Michal loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 21\u00a0 Saul thought, \u201cLet me give her to him, that she may be a snare for him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.\u201d Therefore Saul said to David a second time, \u201cYou shall now be my son-in-law.\u201d 22\u00a0 And Saul commanded his servants, \u201cSpeak to David in private and say, \u2018Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now then become the king\u2019s son-in-law.\u2019\u201d 23\u00a0 And Saul\u2019s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, \u201cDoes it seem to you a little thing to become the king\u2019s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and have no reputation?\u201d 24\u00a0 And the servants of Saul told him, \u201cThus and so did David speak.\u201d 25\u00a0 Then Saul said, \u201cThus shall you say to David, \u2018The king desires no bride-price except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged of the king\u2019s enemies.\u2019\u201d Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26\u00a0 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king\u2019s son-in-law. Before the time had expired, 27\u00a0 David arose and went, along with his men, and killed two hundred of the Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, which were given in full number to the king, that he might become the king\u2019s son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for a wife. 28\u00a0 But when Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul\u2019s daughter, loved him, 29\u00a0 Saul was even more afraid of David. So Saul was David\u2019s enemy continually. 30\u00a0 Then the commanders of the Philistines came out to battle, and as often as they came out David had more success than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly esteemed.<\/p>\n

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CHARACTER IN THE FAMILY
\n<\/u>1 Samuel 19:1-8 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n1\u00a0 And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul\u2019s son, delighted much in David. 2\u00a0 And Jonathan told David, \u201cSaul my father seeks to kill you. Therefore be on your guard in the morning. Stay in a secret place and hide yourself. 3\u00a0 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak to my father about you. And if I learn anything I will tell you.\u201d 4\u00a0 And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, \u201cLet not the king sin against his servant David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have brought good to you. 5\u00a0 For he took his life in his hand and he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause?\u201d 6\u00a0 And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan. Saul swore, \u201cAs the LORD lives, he shall not be put to death.\u201d 7\u00a0 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan reported to him all these things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as before.
\n8\u00a0 And there was war again. And David went out and fought with the Philistines and struck them with a great blow, so that they fled before him.<\/p>\n

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SPEAR IN THE WALL
\n<\/u>1 Samuel 19:9-10 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n9\u00a0 Then a harmful spirit from the LORD came upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing the lyre.
\n10\u00a0 And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he eluded Saul, so that he struck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.<\/p>\n

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DISCERNMENT IN A WIFE
\n<\/u>1 Samuel 19:11-17 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n11\u00a0 Saul sent messengers to David\u2019s house to watch him, that he might kill him in the morning. But Michal, David\u2019s wife, told him, \u201cIf you do not escape with your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.\u201d
\n12\u00a0 So Michal let David down through the window, and he fled away and escaped.
\n13\u00a0 Michal took an image and laid it on the bed and put a pillow of goats\u2019 hair at its head and covered it with the clothes. 14\u00a0 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, \u201cHe is sick.\u201d 15\u00a0 Then Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, \u201cBring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.\u201d 16\u00a0 And when the messengers came in, behold, the image was in the bed, with the pillow of goats\u2019 hair at its head.\u00a0 17\u00a0 Saul said to Michal, \u201cWhy have you deceived me thus and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?\u201d And Michal answered Saul, \u201cHe said to me, \u2018Let me go. Why should I kill you?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Psalm 59:1-5 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me; 2\u00a0 deliver me from those who work evil, and save me from bloodthirsty men. 3\u00a0 For behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O LORD, 4\u00a0 for no fault of mine, they run and make ready. Awake, come to meet me, and see! 5\u00a0 You, LORD God of hosts, are God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations; spare none of those who treacherously plot evil.<\/p>\n

Psalm 59:16-17 (ESV)<\/strong>
\n16\u00a0 But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.
\n17\u00a0 O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.<\/p>\n

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