{"id":169,"date":"2018-11-07T11:02:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T19:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/migrate.bettersermons.org\/?p=169"},"modified":"2020-06-01T11:40:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T18:40:42","slug":"i-have-found-david","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/i-have-found-david\/","title":{"rendered":"I Have Found David"},"content":{"rendered":"
I Have Found David<\/span><\/div>\n

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\nTheme:<\/strong>\u00a0Health and temperance are part of a truly balanced life. The basis for balance is found only by recognizing that God loves us just as we are, and that He loves us too much to leave us that way.<\/p>\n

Scripture:\u00a0<\/strong>Acts 13:22-23<\/p>\n

Hymn:<\/strong>\u00a0Blessed Assurance<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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I.<\/strong><\/td>\nGod’s Startling Statement<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nA.<\/td>\nDavid, the youngest of the sons of Jesse, had been in comparative obscurity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1.<\/td>\nHe cared for his father\u2019s sheep. \u2014 1 Sam. 16:11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2.<\/td>\nHe had no prominent place either in his father\u2019s house or in the community.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n3.<\/td>\nWhen Samuel was looking for a king, Jesse brought all the other sons before Samuel, but not David.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nB.<\/td>\nGod knows us and our whereabouts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1.<\/td>\nJesus saw Nathaniel without his knowing anything about the Messiah. \u2014 John 1:48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2.<\/td>\nGod saw Hagar fleeing from her mistress. \u2014 Gen. 16:6-8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n3.<\/td>\nThere is nothing hid from the eyes of the Lord. \u2014 Ps. 139:1-9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
II.<\/strong><\/td>\n“I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart.”<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nA.<\/td>\nThese words have been the target of the infidels and skeptics for years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1.<\/td>\nThey judge David by the mistakes he made, but they overlook God\u2019s forgiveness.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2.<\/td>\nThey ignore God\u2019s method of recording the life story of persons; for God does not give a one-sided report of my life, He records the dark and the light side of my life alike.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nB.<\/td>\nThey overlook that:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1.<\/td>\nGod hates sin in the life of man.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n(a)<\/td>\nHe hated sin in the life of his servant Moses. \u2014 Ex. 4:24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n(b)<\/td>\nDavid learned from experience that God did not approve of his sins. David\u2019s remorse over his sins is recorded in Psalms 51.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nC.<\/td>\nGod loved David, not because of his sins, but because of David\u2019s penitent and trusting attitude to God\u2019s mercy. \u2014 Ps. 32:19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1.<\/td>\nDavid\u2019s sorrow because of his sins are a constant reminder to all of us of what sin will do to the sinner.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2.<\/td>\nThus we see that God loves sinners but not sin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
III.<\/strong><\/td>\nWhy did the Lord love David so much?<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nA.<\/td>\nHe was a man of strong faith in God and His providence.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1.<\/td>\nHe demonstrated his faith on many occasions.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n(a)<\/td>\nIn his combat with Goliath \u2014 1 Sam. 17:45, 46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n(b)<\/td>\nIn his encounters with Saul.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n(c)<\/td>\nHe was a man of prayer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nB.<\/td>\nHe was a man of the hour, a great leader and a great king.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1.<\/td>\nGod and Israel could count on him in the hour of crisis and need.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2.<\/td>\nWhen the hearts of the soldiers in Israel were faint, David saved the day for the honor of God.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nC.<\/td>\nMost importantly, he was wholeheartedly for God.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1.<\/td>\nThe Lord knew this attachment and that is why He expressed confidence in David. \u2014 \u201cHe will do all my will\u201d (Acts 13:22).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2.<\/td>\nSuch a compliment was rare in the experience of God\u2019s people. Abraham received a similar testimony. \u2014 Gen. 18:17, 18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n3.<\/td>\nEnoch, too, received a testimony that he pleased God. \u2014 Heb. 11:5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nD.<\/td>\nBut our text reveals another gospel act, overlooked by the critics, namely,\u00a0 that God looks at us, not what we are, but what God can make out of us.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1.<\/td>\nThere is a vast difference between David the sinner and David the transformed child of God.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2.<\/td>\nHere, dear friends, is our hope: God does not look at us as we are, but what He can make out of us.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n3.<\/td>\nWe become men and women after God\u2019s own heart when we allow the gospel of Christ to transform us into the image and likeness of His dear Son. \u2014 Rom. 8:29; 2 Tim.1:12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n4.<\/td>\nThis is the very heart of our opening text.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

______________________________<\/p>\n

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