Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 21:7-22:5
SERMON NOTES
A SAINT ON THE RUN
1 Samuel 21:7-22:5; Psalm 142
– this all illustrates Ps.37:23-24
1. Believers can act foolishly.
– 21:7-10. David lies, and then takes Goliath’s sword to Gath! (see 17:4)
– 21:11-15; not the sort of ditty to go over well in Gath (see 18:6-7)
– David’s acting is criticised by Arthur Pink and Roger Ellsworth, but he had little option
2. Show godliness in every situation.
– 22:1-5; a Robin Hood kind of existence
– looks after his parents (see John 19:26-27)
– in September-October 1944 Dietrich Bonhoeffer refused to escape from Tegel prison because of probable recriminations on his family
– 22:5 – David obeys the prophet of God
3. God’s care for His people in every circumstance.
– see the superscriptions for Psalms 34 and 56, then 57 and 142
– God is at work in the oddest of situations.