MAN’S WEAKNESS, AND GOD’S ANOINTING
2 Samuel 1:1
2 Samuel
22 sermons on 2 Samuel
THE USE OF THE BOW
2 Samuel 1:17 — "And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)"
THE LOVE OF JONATHAN, AND THE LOVE OF JESUS
2 Samuel 1:26 — "Thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women."
ENQUIRING OF GOD
2 Samuel 2:1 — "And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?"
“NOW THEN DO IT”
2 Samuel 3:17 — "Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you: now then do it: for the Lord hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies."
“THE KING CAN DO NO WRONG”
2 Samuel 3:36 — "And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people."
MAN’S WEAKNESS, AND GOD’S ANOINTING
2 Samuel 3:39 — "I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me."
GOD’S HEART THE SOURCE OF ALL BLESSING
2 Samuel 7:21 — "According to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things."
THE PLEA OF FAITH
2 Samuel 7:25 — "Do as thou hast said."
WHERE TRUE PRAYER IS FOUND
2 Samuel 7:27 — "Therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee."
PRAYER FOUND IN THE HEART
2 Samuel 7:27 — "Therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee."
A SUMMONS TO BATTLE
2 Samuel 11:1 — "The time when kings go forth to battle."
THE SAFEGUARDS OF FORGIVENESS
2 Samuel 12:13 — "And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. Howbeit, …"
MEANS FOR RESTORING THE BANISHED
2 Samuel 14:14 — "Neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him."
LOYAL TO THE CORE
2 Samuel 15:21 — "And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be."
THE KING PASSING OVER KEDRON
2 Samuel 15:23 — "The king also himself passed over the brook Kedron."
THE MISSION OF AFFLICTION
2 Samuel 16:11 — "Le him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord hath bidden him. It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day."
HYMNS FROM “OUR OWN HYMN BOOK”-18, 296, 428
2 Samuel 18:29 — "And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe?"
BRINGING THE KING BACK
2 Samuel 19:10 — "Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?"
ROYAL EMBLEMS FOR LOYAL SUBJECTS
2 Samuel 23:4 — "And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain."
THE RULE OF CHRIST
2 Samuel 23:4 — "And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain."
DAVID’S DYING SONG
2 Samuel 23:5 — "Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow."
DAVID’S SUBLIME CONSOLATION
2 Samuel 23:5 — "Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow."