The Davidic Covenant, Part 4

Introduction:

As we began talking about last week, in the world we live in today, there are quite a few things going on that can get us down. We live and work…and we deal with happy days and we deal with sorrow.

David’s life was a lot like that too. He had good times and bad…there were days when he felt blessed and days where he literally ran for his life from the wrath of King Saul. Many of the Psalms of David were probably written during these times of trial and sorrow.

But the Lord always brought David through those tough times and He never abandoned David. I think it’s very important here to see that God doesn’t promise that faithful Christians will never face trials, but He does promise to get us through it....and the fact is that God makes many promises to us. God made promises to Abraham that he would have a son and that He would make Israel a great nation from Abraham’s ancestry…Today we call it the Abrahamic Covenant. You’ll remember that we studied that one in Genesis 15 a while back. For this discourse, we will look at yet another promise made to the Nation of Israel and her leaders…we call this particular one the Davidic Covenant because it was made with David.

a. Scripture: 2 Samuel 7:8-17

I’m going to ask you to stand with me, if you are able, as we read from God’s Holy, Perfect, Sufficient and inerrant Word.

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Thank you, and you may be seated.

Now what we see here is that God’s covenant with David contains 10 “I will” statements from God. Each part represents a particular promise to David and the Nation of Israel from the Lord and I believe each one has a particular lesson for us even all these many years later... So what we are going to do is split those 10 up over the next 5 weeks and discuss 2 at the time.

Last week:

Enhanced Reputation

A New House

3. Peace

4. A Strong Dynasty

5. Successful Offspring

6. God Gets the Glory

II. Major Points: God Promises...

7. The Promise of Jesus

8. The Promise of a Father

III. Point #7: The Promise of Jesus

Explanation

2 Samuel 7:14 NASB95

“I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men,

What God is doing here is sort of adopting David’s son, Solomon, as his own and thus making David’s family into God’s family. We will talk more about that when we get to point number 7.

But in this adoption, what we also see are three parts to this promise:

For the first part, there is a promise that David’s family, through Solomon, will be anointed and rule in perpetuity. God will be blessing this family in its leadership.

The second part is directed at all Isreal. Through God’s adoption of this family, there is the promise to Israel that they will be well-taken care of for a long time.

Question: How many of you know what it’s like to have a genuinely good leader that takes care of their followers? How nice would it be to have a real choice in November, amen? Imagine if instead of choosing between the lesser of the two evils that we had the opportunity to choose the best of the best…wouldn’t that be awesome? It seems like now the Republicans are saying “choose our buffoon” and the Democrats are saying “No! Choose our buffoon! He’s much better!” Imagine how nice it must have been for the Israelites to know that God had chosen a good family of good leaders to rule over them for a very long time....

The third part of this promise is to us....actually, it is to all mankind: And that is the promise of Jesus, the Messiah. Now this promise is very subtle right here in this part of the covenant, but trust me, it’s there. It will be through David’s lineage that the Savior will be born....so think about this: Solomon is “adopted by God,” and then later, it is through his bloodline that Jesus will be born. Isn’t that amazing? God knew all along how Jesus would be born....it was through His chosen, protected bloodline....And then when it was time for Jesus to be born, where did that happen? In Bethlehem, the City of David....Isn’t that amazing? God organized all of this for His glory.

Application

Church: Remember that in these promises to David, God is bringing His Will into being accomplished…and that you and I are beneficiaries of it as believers and members of God’s church. So this part of the Davidic Covenant is possibly the most important: It is the one whereby God delivers us from our sin.

IV. Point #8: The Promise of a Father

Explanation

So as we mentioned before, there is an adoption that takes place between God and Solomon and, by default, Solomon’s family. Now this doesn’t mean Solomon is somehow equal to Jesus or that he somehow becomes part of God, it means that His bloodline is protected and blessed by God and God loves Solomon and all his children as sons and daughters, just like He loves YOU as a son or daughter.

In the ancient Middle East, it was very common for a King to claim to be adopted by their God. God wanted the Jews to know that David and his family were chosen by God and were special.

Illustration

You know adoption really is a remarkable thing isn’t it? You take a person who has no family....no belongings....no posessions....and, as a result, no identity....and bring them into yours…and you give them YOUR identity.

You know, when Hannah and I were having a hard time having kids, we looked very seriously into adoption. We took a class…and we learned a great deal about the adoption process through DFCS in Georgia. Regrettably, we found that it is a very broken system with many problems that I’m not going to go into now.

But…one thing I learned is that when a little boy or little girl is in foster care and they are about to change homes, they are given one plastic trash bag and told to put all their belongings in it...

Their whole little life....an outfit or two....and maybe a teddy bear and it all has to fit in a little bag....and they leave one home and go to another.

As heartbreaking as that is....imagine what it must be like for a little kid to finally find a home and family that takes them in? Imagine what it’s like when they finally find their forever home....

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Application

Church: Listen to me…just as God adopted Solomon and David’s family, when you become a believer, you are adopted too.

Before you come to Christ, you have no eternal home....you have no identity…you have no eternal family....you are lost....you don’t even have a little bag with your belongings....because eternally…you have nothing...

But when we come to Christ....we are adopted by the blood of Jesus into the family of God. We become one of his. We are heirs to the kingdom…we are no longer lost....and we don’t need a little bag for our belongings because we have an entire mansion....isn’t it great to be in the family of God? Amen…we are no longer orphans.

V. Conclusion

a. Let me ask you this morning: Are you living like an heir? Are you living like God is your family?....or is he more like an acquantence?

b. Let’s Pray