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The
“I
shall not want” KJV Psalm 23b
1 Samuel 26:13-25 –
New International Version (NIV)
13 Then David crossed over to the other side and stood on top
of the hill some distance away; there was a wide space between them. 14 He
called out to the army and to Abner son of Ner, “Aren’t you going to answer me,
Abner?”
Abner
replied, “Who are you who calls to the king?”
15 David said, “You’re a man, aren’t you? And who is like you
in Israel? Why didn’t you guard your lord the king? Someone came to destroy
your lord the king. 16 What you have done is not good. As
surely as the Lord lives, you and
your men must die, because you did not guard your master, the Lord’s anointed. Look around you. Where
are the king’s spear and water jug that were near his head?”
17 Saul recognized David’s voice and said, “Is that your voice,
David my son?”
David
replied, “Yes it is, my lord the king.” 18 And he added, “Why
is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done, and what wrong am I guilty
of? 19 Now let my lord the king listen to his servant’s words.
If the Lord has incited you
against me, then may he accept an offering. If, however, people have done it,
may they be cursed before the Lord!
They have driven me today from my share in the Lord’s
inheritance and have said, ‘Go, serve other gods.’ 20 Now do
not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the Lord. The king of Israel has come out to
look for a flea—as one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
21 Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son.
Because you considered my life precious today, I will not try to harm you again.
Surely I have acted like a fool and have been terribly wrong.”
22 “Here is the king’s spear,” David answered. “Let one of your
young men come over and get it. 23 The Lord rewards everyone for their righteousness and
faithfulness. The Lord delivered you
into my hands today, but I would not lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed. 24 As surely as I valued
your life today, so may the Lord
value my life and deliver me from all trouble.”
25 Then Saul said to David, “May you be blessed, David my son;
you will do great things and surely triumph.”
So
David went on his way, and Saul returned home.
Where did David go
(verse 13)?
Who did David call
(verse 14)?
In your opinion,
why did David say “someone came to
destroy your lord the king” (verse
15)?
What did David ask
Abner about the king’s spear and water jug (verse 16)?
How did Saul
recognize that it was David (verse 17)?
In your opinion,
why did David ask “why is my lord
pursuing his servant” (verse 18)?
What did David
offer if “the Lord incited you against
me” (verse 19)?
What did David say
the king of Israel had come out to look for (verse 20)?
Who said they had
sinned (verse 21)?
In your opinion,
why did David offer the king his spear back (verse 22)?
What would David
not do (verse 23)?
How did David want
the Lord to value his life (verse 24)?
How does Saul
respond to David (verse 25)?
In your opinion, what is the basic
message of this passage?
Luke 6:20-26 - New
International Version (NIV)
20 Looking at his disciples, he said:
“Blessed
are you who are poor,
for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 Blessed are you who hunger now,
for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now,
for you will laugh.
22 Blessed are you when people hate you,
when they exclude you and insult you
and reject your name as evil,
because of the Son of Man.
for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 Blessed are you who hunger now,
for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now,
for you will laugh.
22 Blessed are you when people hate you,
when they exclude you and insult you
and reject your name as evil,
because of the Son of Man.
23 “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your
reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.
24 “But woe to you who are rich,
for you have already received your comfort.
25 Woe to you who are well fed now,
for you will go hungry.
Woe to you who laugh now,
for you will mourn and weep.
26 Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you,
for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.
for you have already received your comfort.
25 Woe to you who are well fed now,
for you will go hungry.
Woe to you who laugh now,
for you will mourn and weep.
26 Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you,
for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.
How are the poor
blessed (verse 20)?
Who will be
satisfied (verse 21)?
In your opinion,
why are people who are hated and rejected “because
of the Son of Man” blessed (verse 22)?
Why should the
people who are hated and rejected “because
of the Son of Man” rejoice and leap for joy (verse 23)?
What have the rich
received (verse 24)?
Who will go hungry
(verse 25)?
Why is there “woe to you when everyone speaks well of
you” (verse 26)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how is Saul blessing David
in 1 Samuel 26:13-25 similar to Jesus blessing the poor, hungry, weeping and
rejected in Luke 6:20-26?
2 Corinthians
12:5-10 - New International Version (NIV)
5 I will boast about a man like that, but I
will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses. 6 Even if I should
choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth.
But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do
or say, 7 or because of these
surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming
conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment
me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the
Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he
said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my
power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will
boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest
on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s
sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in
difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
What part of himself will Paul boast about (verse 5)?
Why does Paul refrain from boasting about
himself (verse 6)?
What was Paul
given to keep him from being conceited (verse 7)?
How many times did
Paul plead with the Lord for it to be taken away (verse 8)?
In your opinion, why is God’s power made
perfect in our weakness (verse 9)?
Why will Paul “boast all the more gladly” about his weakness (verse 9)?
What does Paul delight in (verse 10)?
When is Paul strong (verse 10)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, how does Paul’s
professing in 2 Corinthians 12:5-10 that God’s power is made perfect in his
weakness help us understand more about the blessings that Jesus listed in Luke 6:20-26?
In
your opinion, what does David proclaiming that he had not utilized the opportunity
he had to take Saul’s life in 1 Samuel 26:13-25 and Paul saying that God’s
power is made perfect in our weakness teach us about relying on our strength
and abilities?
1 John 5:1-12 –
New International Version (NIV)
1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of
God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2 This
is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out
his commands. 3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his
commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone
born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the
world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world?
Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
6 This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He
did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who
testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are
three that testify: 8 the Spirit, the water and the blood; and
the three are in agreement. 9 We accept human testimony, but
God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has
given about his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God
accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a
liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son.
11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life;
whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
Who is “born of God”
(verse
1)?
How do we “know that we love the children of God” (verse 2)?
What is “love for God” (verse 3)?
In your opinion, why is our faith the “victory that has overcome the world” (verse
4)?
Who overcomes the world (verse 5)?
Who came by “water and blood” (verse 6)?
What are the “three that testify” (verses 7 and 8)?
Whose testimony is greater (verse 9)?
Who has made God “out to be a liar” (verse 10)?
What is the testimony (verse 11)?
Who has life (verse 12)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message
of this passage?
In your opinion, what
does John in 1 John 5:1-12 help us understand about what Paul learned from God’s
answer to his prayers in 2 Corinthians 12:5-10?
In your opinion, how
does what John says in 1 John 5:1-12 related to the blessings and woes that
Jesus gave in Luke 6:20-26?
In your opinion, how
is David valuing the life of God’s anointed, Saul - even though Saul was
hunting him, in 1 Samuel 26:13-25 an example of what John means in 1 John
5:1-12 when he talks about overcoming the world?
In your opinion, how do these passages
from 1 Samuel, Luke, 2 Corinthians and 1 John change the way you understand
about today’s passage from Psalm 23, “I
shall not want”?
In your opinion, what
do these passages help us understand about abundance when Jesus is our savior?
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