People of God’s Own Heart
1 Samuel
17:33-50 – New
International Version (NIV)
33 Saul replied, “You
are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young
man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
34 But David said to Saul,
“Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear
came and carried off a sheep from the flock, 35 I went
after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me,
I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. 36 Your
servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised
Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the
living God. 37 The Lord who
rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will
rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.”
Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you.”
38 Then Saul dressed David
in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his
head. 39 David fastened on his sword over the tunic and
tried walking around, because he was not used to them.
“I cannot go in these,” he said to Saul, “because I am not used to
them.” So he took them off. 40 Then he took his staff in
his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of
his shepherd’s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.
41 Meanwhile, the
Philistine, with his shield bearer in front of him, kept coming closer to
David. 42 He looked David over and saw that he was little
more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome, and he
despised him. 43 He said to David, “Am I a
dog, that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by
his gods. 44 “Come here,” he said, “and I’ll give your
flesh to the birds and the wild animals!”
45 David said to the
Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I
come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty,
the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This
day the Lord will
deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head.
This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the
birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a
God in Israel. 47 All those gathered here will know that
it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for
the battle is the Lord’s,
and he will give all of you into our hands.”
48 As the Philistine moved
closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet
him. 49 Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he
slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his
forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
50 So David triumphed over
the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he
struck down the Philistine and killed him.
Why
did King Saul think that David was not “able to go out against this
Philistine and fight him” (verse 30)?
Who
did David say the Philistine had defied (verse 36)?
What
had happened in the past that gave David confidence against the Philistine
(verse 37)?
How
did King Saul dress David (verse 38)?
Why
did David reject what King Saul dressed him in (verse 39)?
What
did David take (verse 40)?
How
did the Philistine react to David (verse 41)?
Who
did the Philistine curse David by (verse 43)?
How
did David describe what he and the Philistine brought to the battle (verse 45)?
How
would the world know that “there is a God in Israel” (verse 46)?
Whose
battle was it (verse 47)?
How
did David approach the battle (verse 48)?
What
happened in the battle (verse 49)?
How
did David triumph (verse 50)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
1 Chronicles 17:1-15 - New International
Version (NIV)
1 After David was settled in his palace, he said to Nathan the
prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant
of the Lord is under a
tent.”
2 Nathan replied to David, “Whatever you have in mind, do it,
for God is with you.”
3 But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:
4 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the one
to build me a house to dwell in. 5 I have not dwelt in a
house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt to this day. I have moved
from one tent site to another, from one dwelling place to another. 6 Wherever
I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their
leaders whom I commanded to shepherd my people, “Why have you not built me
a house of cedar?”’
7 “Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from
the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my
people Israel. 8 I have been with you wherever you have
gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your
name like the names of the greatest men on earth. 9 And I
will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can
have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not
oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning 10 and
have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I
will also subdue all your enemies.
“‘I declare to you that
the Lord will build a
house for you: 11 When your days are over and you go to be
with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your
own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He is the
one who will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne
forever. 13 I will be his father, and he will be my
son. I will never take my love away from him, as I took it away from your
predecessor. 14 I will set him over my house and my
kingdom forever; his throne will be established forever.’”
15 Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.
Where did David say the “ark of the
covenant of the Lord” was (verse 1)?
Why
did Nathan say to David “whatever you have in mind, do it” (verse 2)?
What came to Nathan “that night” (verse 3)?
What was David not the one to do (verse 4)?
Where had the Lord not dwelt (verse 5)?
What did the Lord appoint David to be (verse 7)?
Where has the Lord been (verse 8)?
What will the Lord provide Israel (verse 9)?
Who will “build a house” for David
(verse 10)?
When will the Lord “raise up” David’s
offspring (verse 11)?
What will the offspring do (verse 12)?
What will the Lord never take away from David’s
offspring (verse 13)?
How long will David’s offspring’s kingdom be
established (verse 14)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In
your opinion, what does this passage teach us about having the Lord with us as
we are going through life?
In
your opinion, did the young David who went out in 1 Samuel 17:33-50 “in the
name of the Lord Almighty” act with more faith than the more mature David
of 1 Chronicles 17:1-15 who wanted to build a house for the Lord to dwell in? Why or why not?
Matthew 1:6 – New
International Version (NIV)
6 and Jesse the father of King David.
David was the father of
Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,
Who was Jesse the father of (verse 6)?
Who was the father of Solomon (verse 6)?
Who was the mother of Solomon (verse 6)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this
passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about
having the Lord with us as we are going through life?
In your opinion, what characteristics
does the young David in 1 Samuel 17:33-50 show that enable us to anticipate the
title King being applied to him in Matthew 1:6?
In your opinion, is Solomon, who David is
listed in Matthew 1:6 as the father of, the son promised in 1 Chronicles
17:1-15 who will “build a house” for the Lord? Why or why not?
Acts 13:16-25 – New International Version (NIV)
16 Standing up, Paul motioned with his hand and said: “Fellow
Israelites and you Gentiles who worship God, listen to me! 17 The
God of the people of Israel chose our ancestors; he made the people prosper
during their stay in Egypt; with mighty power he led them out of that
country; 18 for about forty years he endured their
conduct in the wilderness; 19 and he overthrew seven
nations in Canaan, giving their land to his people as their
inheritance. 20 All this took about 450 years.
“After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel
the prophet. 21 Then the people asked for a king, and
he gave them Saul son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled
forty years. 22 After removing Saul, he made David
their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of
Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’
23 “From this man’s descendants God has brought to Israel the
Savior Jesus, as he promised. 24 Before the
coming of Jesus, John preached repentance and baptism to all the people of
Israel. 25 As John was completing his work, he said:
‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not the one you are looking for. But there
is one coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’
Who
did Paul want to listen (verse 16)?
Who
“chose our ancestors”, made them prosper in Egypt, and then led them out
of Egypt (verse 17)?
What had God endured for forty years (verse
18)?
Why did God overthrow “seven nations
in Canaan” (verse 19)?
How long did all this take (verse 20)?
What did the people ask for (verse 21)?
Who did God remove to make David king (verse
22)?
What did God testify about David (verse
22)?
Who did God bring to Israel from David’s
descendants (verse 23)?
What did John preach (verse 24)?
Who did John say was coming after him (verse
25)?
In your opinion, what is the basic
message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage
teach us about having the Lord with us as we are going through life?
In your opinion, how does Acts 13:16-25
show the fulfillment of God’s promise to David in 1 Chronicles 17:1-15 to “raise
up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish
his kingdom”?
In your opinion, how does Acts 13:16-25
help us understand the importance of Matthew including David in the genealogy
of Jesus in Matthew 1:6?
In your opinion, what do these passages
from 1 Samuel, 1 Chronicles, Matthew, and Acts teach us about approaching the
Philistines of our lives?
In your opinion, how can we be people after God’s own
heart today?
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