"THE PANIC"
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Transcript
Have you ever been in an unsettled situation? (share about the outreach place that Ernie and I went to)
Proposition - As we come to our text this morning we are going see: 1) the panic response, 2) the peculiar response, 3) the problematic situation, and 4) the petrified response.
Interrogative question - How are you responding to lives circumstances?
1. The Panic Response - vs. 1-3
1. The Panic Response - vs. 1-3
1 Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, “Why are you alone and no one with you?” 2 David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commissioned me with a matter and has said to me, ‘Let no one know anything about the matter on which I am sending you and with which I have commissioned you; and I have directed the young men to a certain place.’ 3 “Now therefore, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”
What has happened in the previous chapter?
What is David doing in these verses?
Where does David go?
What is David asking for?
The MacArthur Study Bible Chapter 21
He supposed, as many do, that it is excusable to lie for the purpose of saving one’s life. But what is essentially sinful can never, because of circumstances, change its immoral character (cf. Ps. 119:29). David’s lying led tragically to the deaths of the priests (22:9–18).
2. The Peculiar Response - vs. 4-6
2. The Peculiar Response - vs. 4-6
4 The priest answered David and said, “There is no ordinary bread on hand, but there is consecrated bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.” 5 David answered the priest and said to him, “Surely women have been kept from us as previously when I set out and the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was an ordinary journey; how much more then today will their vessels be holy?”
Who is the Priest?
The MacArthur Study Bible (Chapter 21)
Ahimelech. A great grandson of Eli (1:9), who is possibly the brother of Ahijah (14:3; 22:11), or Abimelech may be another name for Ahijah. Not only is there a rejected king on the throne (15:26–29) but also a disqualified priest (2:30–36). See note on Mark 2:26.
What does the Priest say? (why does he say this)
What is he saying about the bread?
The ESV Study Bible Chapter 21
21:4–5 Common bread, which might be eaten by anyone, is distinguished from holy bread, which, like sacrifices, could be eaten only by the clean (e.g., Lev. 10:10). Sexual contact was one source of uncleanness (Ex. 19:15; Lev. 15:18), especially on a military expedition (see 2 Sam. 11:9–11). The “holy bread” was the bread of the Presence of Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9; etc. Ahimelech was bending the rules, since only priests were allowed to eat the bread, and only in a holy place. However, Jesus endorsed Ahimelech’s judgment in putting mercy before ceremonial law.
“holy bread”
30 “You shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
5 “Then you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake. 6 “You shall set them in two rows, six to a row, on the pure gold table before the Lord. 7 “You shall put pure frankincense on each row that it may be a memorial portion for the bread, even an offering by fire to the Lord. 8 “Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before the Lord continually; it is an everlasting covenant for the sons of Israel. 9 “It shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him from the Lord’s offerings by fire, his portion forever.”
3. The Problematic Situation - vs. 7-12
3. The Problematic Situation - vs. 7-12
7 Now one of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul’s shepherds. 8 David said to Ahimelech, “Now is there not a spear or a sword on hand? For I brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s matter was urgent.” 9 Then the priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if you would take it for yourself, take it. For there is no other except it here.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.” 10 Then David arose and fled that day from Saul, and went to Achish king of Gath. 11 But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of this one as they danced, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands’?” 12 David took these words to heart and greatly feared Achish king of Gath.
What is happening in these verses?
Who is Doeg? (who is an Edomite)
What does David do?
Where does David go? (what people group is this??)
The ESV Study Bible Chapter 21
They may be speaking ironically, mocking David. Or perhaps the Philistines used the word in a somewhat different sense from the Hebrew term; thus here Achish is called “king,” though Gath is just a city, not a nation. “Achish” may have been a title or a common name for a Philistine ruler, like “Pharaoh” for an Egyptian king (see 27:2). Psalms 34 and 56 were in response to this occasion.
4. The Petrified Response - vs. 13-15
4. The Petrified Response - vs. 13-15
13 So he disguised his sanity before them, and acted insanely in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva run down into his beard. 14 Then Achish said to his servants, “Behold, you see the man behaving as a madman. Why do you bring him to me? 15 “Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this one to act the madman in my presence? Shall this one come into my house?”
Why does David disguise himself?
What does he do?
What would you do if you were in this situation?
SO WHAT?
How are you responding to lives circumstances?
The MacArthur Study Bible Chapter 21
He supposed, as many do, that it is excusable to lie for the purpose of saving one’s life. But what is essentially sinful can never, because of circumstances, change its immoral character (cf.
The ESV Study Bible Chapter 21
21:4–5 Common bread, which might be eaten by anyone, is distinguished from holy bread, which, like sacrifices, could be eaten only by the clean (e.g.,
The ESV Study Bible Chapter 21
They may be speaking ironically, mocking David. Or perhaps the Philistines used the word in a somewhat different sense from the Hebrew term; thus here Achish is called “king,” though Gath is just a city, not a nation. “Achish” may have been a title or a common name for a Philistine ruler, like “Pharaoh” for an Egyptian king (see 27:2).
