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Jun 09, 2019

Comfort From God's Alarming Forgiveness

Passage: 1 Kings 14:7-8

Preacher: Pastor Tim W. Young

Series: Lessons From David's Life

Category: 1 Kings

Summary:

Main Text - 1 Kings 14:7-8, OT Reading - 1 Kings 14:1-11, NT Reading - 1 John 1:1-2:2

Detail:

Lessons From David’s Life

Comfort From God’s Alarming Forgiveness

 

1 Kings 14:7-8 (ESV) 7  Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: “Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over my people Israel 8  and tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, and yet you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me with all his heart, doing only that which was right in my eyes,

 

You Must Deal with Great Offenses Like God Deals With Great Offenses

 

  1. Look At the Astounding Statement God Makes Concerning King David

 

  1. When it was said…

 

     2.How many times it is said – 1Kings 3:14, 9:4, 11:4,  11:34,  11:38

 

  1. The Account of David’s Life Reveals How Astounding God’s Statement Is

 

  1. David as a youth – 1 Samuel 16-17

 

  1. David as a young King - 1 Samuel 18 thru 2 Samuel 10

 

  1. Lest we lose perspective – David’s later years

 

               2 Samuel 11-12,                2 Samuel 19:1-4,                             2 Samuel 24

 

  1. Lest we forget David was just like us – Psalm 51:5

 

III. God’s Statement Illustrates the Extent of His Forgiveness In Christ

 

  1. Jeroboams life was one of a man who does not trust God’s Savior

 

               1 Kings 14:9

 

  1. David’s life was one typical of a person trusting God’s Savior

 

               His behavior after each great sin shows this

 

                              2 Samuel 12:13 – Bathsheba and Uriah

                              2 Samuel 19:8 – His disheartening of his soldiers

                              2 Samuel 24:10 – His military census

 

  1. God’s dealings with each man illustrates His promises to us all

 

               Jeroboam – Proverbs 28:13         Proverbs 29:1

 

               David – Proverbs 28:13 Psalm 103:12     Micah 7:19

 

  1. 1 Kings 15:5 and the Need for the Lord’s Supper