Israel Needs a Humble King (Pt 2 - 1 Samuel 25 & 26)
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The episode discusses the importance of humility and faithfulness in the context of David's interactions with Saul and the role of the church in God's grace.
“This is the regular means of God’s grace: one of the greatest blessings possible is the church! The people of God! In recent chapters David was rescued by God through the faithfulness of Jonathan, and now through the faithfulness of Abigail. In both the first and last chapters of this section (1 Samuel 24 and 26) David has his strong moments. His men are like ‘Let’s kill Saul now!’ and David is like ‘No, no, no. That would not be right. Let’s leave it to God. Leave vengeance to God.’ In both these chapters, David boldly confronts Saul with Saul’s sin. Humbles himself. Makes himself nothing before Saul. David is like ‘I’m a flea. I’m like a dead dog. But Saul, you should not incur the wrath of God on yourself this way.’ But in the middle section, David has weakness, as we all do. In my life, church, God has shown me that he is not going to allow me to have the strength on my own. That doesn’t serve His glory…this is the regular means of God’s grace: to use the church — one another — to humbly and gently confront…”
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