2 Samuel 22
January 3, 2018
2 Samuel 22
Shawn Bumpers / General
2 Samuel
Introduction
Psalm 18:1 NKJV
I will love You, O Lord, my strength.
2 Samuel 22:3 NKJV
The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, My stronghold and my refuge; My Savior, You save me from violence.
2 Samuel 22:51 NKJV
“He is the tower of salvation to His king, And shows mercy to His anointed, To David and his descendants forevermore.”
v1-2
Psalm 18:1 NKJV
I will love You, O Lord, my strength.
1 John 4:19 NKJV
We love Him because He first loved us.
Romans 5:6–8 NKJV
For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
2 Samuel 22:2 NKJV
And he said: “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
The LORD is a rock, a fortress, and a deliverer.
v3
“The LORD”
Tetragrammaton
2 Samuel 22:3 NIV84
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior— from violent men you save me.
1 Samuel 2:2 NKJV
“No one is holy like the Lord, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.
He is our Savior.
v4-7
1 Samuel 20:3 NKJV
Then David took an oath again, and said, “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”
John 16:16 NKJV
“A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, because I go to the Father.”
Galatians 4:4 NKJV
But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
v8-20
He gave all the glory to the Lord.
v21-25
Psalm 4:1 NKJV
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
Psalm 25:17 NKJV
The troubles of my heart have enlarged; Bring me out of my distresses!
Psalm 118:5 NKJV
I called on the Lord in distress; The Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.
2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
Psalm 14:1 NKJV
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good.
Romans 3:10 NKJV
As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one;
Romans 3:23 NKJV
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
v26-28
The Lord never violates His own attributes.
Matthew 5:7 NKJV
Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew 5:8 NKJV
Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.
James 4:10 NKJV
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
1 Samuel 2:3 NKJV
“Talk no more so very proudly; Let no arrogance come from your mouth, For the Lord is the God of knowledge; And by Him actions are weighed.
1 Corinthians 10:12 NKJV
Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
Ephesians 2:8–9 NKJV
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
v29-30
A burning lamp.
Job 18:5–6 NKJV
“The light of the wicked indeed goes out, And the flame of his fire does not shine. The light is dark in his tent, And his lamp beside him is put out.
2 Samuel 21:17 NKJV
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “You shall go out no more with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.”
v30-35
God empowered David
v36-43
1 Samuel 18:18 NKJV
So David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?”
2 Samuel 7:26 NKJV
So let Your name be magnified forever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel.’ And let the house of Your servant David be established before You.
Psalm 23:6 NKJV
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.
v44-49
The Gentile nations didn’t want a king on the throne of Israel.
v50-51
Israel was called to be a witness to the nations.
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