Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 8-10
SERMON NOTES
DAVID AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS POWERS
2 Samuel 8-10
– David from two angles: (1) as an example of a Christian; and (2) as a type of Christ.
1. David as our example.
(a) his conflicts. Frances Ridley Havergal: ‘Chosen to be soldiers/ In an alien land,/ Chosen, called, and faithful,/ For our Captain’s band.’ Psalm 60 says they were genuine struggles.
– must be a history behind 8:2. Also in 8:18 the NIV calls David’s sons ‘royal advisers’, not priests, which may give the right idea.
– God gives the victory – 8:6, 14; see too 10:12.
(b) his preference for kindness.
– 10:1-5
(c) his mercy.
– 2 Samuel 9; covenantal from 1 Sam.20:14-17.
2. David as a type of Christ.
(a) His victories.
– 1 Cor.15:22-26; Ps.2:10-12; 110:1; Eph.1:22.
(b) His mercy.
– Heb.2:17; Rom.2:4. This will lead to justice – Heb.10:28-29.