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1. Adult II Couples Class Welcome discoverjoy.com

2. What do you see yourself doing in retirement? Adult II Couples Class Question of the day discoverjoy.com

3. Prayer Requests -Construction -New converts from revival -Farrars traveling -Tony: Cancer treatments -Cathy Lassiter: Cancer treatments -The Savages

4. Church Stuff Class Events Church Events • Benevolence Fund • R.E.A.P. (R-Team) • Monthly Fellowships • May • June • July • Dinner Out Friday (25 May) • 5th Sunday Breakfast (29 July) • Quarterly Service Project • Ends of the earth project: • Savage family care package • Judea Project? • Phase Three Construction • Graduation Recognition (6 May) • Winshape Leader Conference (12 May) • Mother’s Day-No PM Service (13 May) • Blood Pressure Checks (13 May) • Baptismal Service (20 May) • Youth End of Year Party (25 May) • Budget CmteMtg (6 June) • Kid’s Kamp (11 – 14 June) • Qtrly Business Mtg (13 June) • Ladies’ Prayer Breakfast (23 June) • Vacation Bible School (9-13 July)

5. What do you see yourself doing in retirement? Adult II Couples Class Question of the day discoverjoy.com

6. Chronological Bible Discipleship Iva May and Dr. Stan May week eighteen 2 Samuel/1 Chronicles/Psalms

7. Review Creation: God reveals His goodness through creation and His mercy in response to sin. Patriarchs: God reveals His response to the faithful-ness of men (Job, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph). Exodus: God liberates Israel, and leads them to the Promised Land and shapes them into a nation holy to Himself. Conquest: Joshua, relying on God’s presence and power, leads Israel to possess and settle the Promised Land. Judges: Every man does what is right in his own eyes, and Israel falls into a cycle of disobedience, judgment, oppres-sionand deliverance (the sin cycle).

8. Kingdom Era Israel asks for a king to be “like the peoples” around them. God grants their request first through Saul, son of Kish. Saul loves the praise of men more than the praise of God and be-gins a 40 year reign of disobedience. The LORD raises up David, a man after His own heart. David reigns for 40 years, and while not perfect, is faithful overall. God honors His rule by building Israel into a world power. David is seceded by his son Solomon who fulfills David’s desire to build a temple for the LORD. But in his later years, his heart turns away from God and the kingdom divides.

9. Context • David emerges from a 13 year period of training • Tending his father’s sheep • Serving as a leader in Saul’s army • In the difficult school of the wilderness fleeing Saul • Becomes king first of the tribe of Judah, then of all the tribes of Israel • He leads the nation to become an empire from Egypt to the Euphrates

10. Overview Since the Fall, humans have rejected God’s offer of reconciliation and its required admission of guilt. Ra-ther than take responsibility, the first response is us-ually to blame others. Adam blamed his disobedience on God; Eve blamed the serpent's deception; Aaron blamed Israel for the golden calf; Saul blamed the peo-ple for his disobedience to Samuel’s instruction. David, however, is the first major character in the Bible who refuses to play the blame game. When confronted with his sins, he quickly admits his failures, repents, and seeks God’s forgiveness.

11. Key Truth • God forgives the gravest sin and forgives the vilest sinner who comes to Him in repentance and faith.

12. The Kingdom Era 2 Samuel 2-11 Psalm 51 The King Who Wants God David’s Inauguration as King David’s Victories as King David’s Great Failure as King David’s Great Desire for Forgiveness

13. David’s Inauguration as King 2 Samuel 2 - 6

14. David’s Inauguration as King • David becomes King after Saul’s Death (2 Sam 2-5) • Reigns from Hebron over Judah for seven years • Saul’s son Ishbosheth rules the rest of Israel • Evil men kill Ishbosheth • Entire nation then unites be-hind David’s throne

15. David’s Inauguration as King • David Rules a United Israel for 33 Years • David Begins to Seek God with all His Heart (2 Sam 6) • Brings the ark back to Shiloh to restore national worship • First attempt, done man’s way, quickly ends in disaster • Refers to the law, sees his error and corrects to follow God’s instructions for transporting the ark • Shows David’s sensitivity to humbling himself, correcting his ways and seeking God’s will • 1 Chronicles 15:11-13 - Then David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel and Ammina-dab, and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites; consecrate yourselves both you and your relatives, that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place that I have prepared for it. Because you did not carry it at the first, the Lord our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance.”

16. David’s Victories as King 2 Samuel 5:17-25

17. David’s Victories as King • David also Experiences Mighty Victories over Israel’s Enemies • Demonstrates his heart of prayer in the first battle with the Philistines (19) • God gives him the battle • At the second battle, David prays instead of presuming • God gives him a different strategy that involves waiting on God • David wins an even greater victory

18. David’s Victories as King • Ammonites Provoke Israel to War (2 Sam 10) • Humiliate David’s emissaries sent to comfort King Hanun • Ammonites hire the Syrians to come fight with them • David sends Joab to Lead the Army in Battle Against Ammon • Joab calls on the LORD, divides his forces to fight on both fronts • God gives a great victory • David joins the battle and defeats the Syrians and Ammonites • Both nations come under the control of Israel

19. David’s Great Failure as King 2 Samuel 11

20. David’s Great Failure as King • David’s Great Failure Results from a Battle He Avoids (2 Sam 11:1) • David sends Joab out to the battle field • He stays at home when he would have normally led the troops • The Consequences of Avoiding the Battlefield(2-27) • While resting at home, he spies Bathsheba bathing • David’s inspired lust turns into adultery (immorality) • Their adultery results in an embarrassing pregnancy • David’s attempts to cover up adultery leads to the murder of Bathsheba’s husband, Uriah the Hittite • Indicts the sons of Ammon before God in the process (9)

21. David’s Great Failure as King • David’s Adultery vs. Saul’s Amalekite Failure • Saul failed to obey God’s instructions to destroy the Amalekites • David commits adultery and pre-meditated murder of one of his closest and best soldiers • How these Two Men Respond to the Prophets’ confrontation Reveals their Heart (2 Sam 12) • Saul is confronted by Samuel • Gets defensive • Blames the people for his disobedience • David is confronted by Nathan (9) • David immediately confesses • “I have sinned against the LORD”

22. David’s Great Desire for Forgiveness Psalm 51:1-17

23. David’s Great Desire for Forgiveness • David’s View of God Sustains Him at this Low Point (1a & 12) • His love is unfailing: David is completely dependent of God’s unchanging grace and love(1a) • His salvation is personal: David desires to know once again the “joy” of God’s personal salvation(12) • David’s View of His Sin Humbles Him (1b-2) • He uses three words to describe his sin: • Transgression – to rebel against God and His commandments • Iniquity – pervert or twist what God intended for good (sex) • Sin – to miss the mark; God demands perfection and man is not perfect • These three words show that David knew that his sin wasn’t just a mistake, but personal rebellion against God

24. David’s Great Desire for Forgiveness • David’s View of Forgiveness gives Him Hope • Total purification: Cleansing accompanies God’s forgiveness (vs7-“I shall be clean….whiter than snow”) • Transforming power: God’s cleansing gives a renewed spirit to the forgiven (10) • Teaching potential: The worth of forgiveness is taught through (13)….. • The removal of guilt and shame(14) • A heart filled with praise and rejoicing(15) • Brokenness and repentance replacing religious ritual (16,17) • David did not Seek the LORD for this Greatest Battle, so He must Trust Him for Forgiveness

25. Conclusions • How a man responds when confronted with his sin (blame others or take responsibility) reveals his heart attitude toward God. • Since the fall, man struggles to take responsibility for his sinful attitudes and actions • Man’s response to his sin determines God’s mercy • The greatest sin is the sin excused, but forgiveness and restoration occurs in the heart of one who sin is confessed. • Proverbs 28:13 – “He who covers his sin will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will find mercy.” • God forgives the gravest sin and the vilest sinner who comes to Him in repentance and faith

26. Discussion What was the difference in how Saul responded to his confrontation with Samuel, and David response to Nathan? How did their responses affect the way God dealt with them and their reign as king? What did David do differently that set him up to be tempted to commit adultery with Bathsheba? What lesson does this teach us about taking vacations from God? Galatians 6:1 - Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted. What is the Christians responsibility in dealing with the open sins of others?

27. Bible KNOWLEDGE QUIZ The Book of 2 Samuel & 1 Chronicles (1pt) • How many fingers and toes did the descendant of Rapha have, whom David’s brother killed? • “Again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great sta-turewho had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot…when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him..” (1 Chron 20:6-7) • What did the Ammonite king Hanun do to David’s emis-saries to humiliate them after suspecting them of spying? • “So Hanun took David’s servants and shaved off half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle as far as their buttocks, and sent them away..(2 Sam 10:4) • How much gold was in the crown worn by the king of Rabbah? • “So David…went to Rabbah, fought against it and captured it. Then he took the crown of their king from his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone; and it was placed on David’s head. (2 Samuel 12:29,30)

28. BONUS ROUND Bonus Question(5pts) • What was Solomon’s ‘other’ name? • “Then David comforted his wife…and she gave birth to a son, and he named him Solomon. Now the Lord loved him and sent word through Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiahfor the Lord’s sake.” (2 Samuel 12:24,25)

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