A Man After God

*        A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART

*        David

*        IMPORTANCE

*        God Still In Command  (1Sam. 12:20-25)

*        Still His people  (12:22)

*        Requirements still the same  (12:24)

*        God Desired It For His King  (1Sam. 13:14)

*        David fit this description  (Acts 13:22)

*        OBEDIENT TO GOD

*        “Who Will Do All My Will”  (Acts 13:22)

*        Saul’s unlawful sacrifice  (1Sam. 13:8-10)

*        Saul’s disobedience concerning the Amalekites  (1Sam. 15:8-9)

*        David Spares Saul  (1Sam. 24:6-7)

*        Psalm 119:33-40

*        TRUSTS IN GOD

*        In God’s Salvation

*        Saul feared Goliath  (1Sam. 17:8-11)

*        David knew God’s deliverance  (17:37)

*        Psalm 18:1-3

*        In God’s Timing

*        Saul did not wait  (1Sam. 13:8-10)

*        David waits to be king  (26:8-11)

*        Psalm 37:7-9

*        OWNS & REPENTS OF SIN

*        Owns Up To Sin

*        Saul passes the buck  (1Sam. 15:13-15, 20-21)

*        David confesses his sin  (2Sam. 12:13; Ps. 51:2-4)

*        Repents of Sin

*        David turns to God  (Ps. 51:10-13)

*        IS HUMBLE BEFORE GOD

*        Saul Becomes Proud  (1Sam. 18:6-9)

*        David Recognizes His Position Before God  (Ps. 51:16-17)

*        A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART…

*        Is Obedient To God

*        Trusts In God

*        Owns Up To & Repents Of Sin

*        Is Humble Before God

Yet David had HIS problems

1. Bathsheba, numbered Israel…

2. In what WAY was he ‘after God’s heart… 

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