Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 17:15-29
SERMON NOTES
RESPONDING TO TROUBLES
2 Samuel 17:15-29
– in the latter part of 2 Samuel 17 we read of a series of incidents leading up to the battle between David and Absalom.
1. The wisdom, courage and kindness of the godly.
(a) Hushai …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 16:15-17:14
SERMON NOTES
SPY VERSUS SPY
2 Samuel 16:15-17:14
– there is an old cartoon series ‘Spy Versus Spy’.
1. The brutal advice of the worldly.
Ahithophel tells Absalom two things:
(a) rape your father’s concubines – 16:20-21. Even unbelievers will sometimes use the expression: …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 16:1-14
SERMON NOTES
OPPORTUNISTS AND TURNCOATS
2 Samuel 16:1-14
Rebellions are an ideal time for political vultures.
1. Watch out for deceivers.
– 16:1-4. Ziba was a liar out to look after himself. We have met him earlier, in 2 Sam.9:9-10.
– see 2 Sam.19:24-27; …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 15:19-37
SERMON NOTES
TRIALS AND INTRIGUES
2 Samuel 15:19-37
There are three main episodes:
(a) Ittai the Gittite supports David;
(b) Zadok, Abiathar, and the priests were sent back to Jerusalem with the ark of God;
(c) Hushai is sent to be a spy for …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 15:1-18
SERMON NOTES
HOW POLITICS WORKS
2 Samuel 15:1-18
Absalom attempts to seize the throne from David, his own father.
1. The politics of deceit.
– 15:1; note Deut.17:14-17.
– 15:2-3. He plants insinuations, sows dissatisfaction, and agrees with everybody.
– 15:4. It is a …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 14:1-33
SERMON NOTES
MERCY OR WEAKNESS?
2 Samuel 14
– David longs for Absalom – 13:39; 14:1. Dale Ralph Davis says that David’s heart was against Absalom. The two emotions can co-exist in the one heart, so there is no real need to decide between …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 13:20-39
SERMON NOTES
IF NO JUSTICE, THEN REVENGE
2 Samuel 13:20-39
– Ps.94:1-12. Then justice and mercy will be seen together, but here David flounders.
1. Ineffectual justice makes for more injustice.
– 13:21; Lev.20:17; Eccles.8:11.
– also 13:30-39.
Why was David so ineffectual?
(a) …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 13:1-22
SERMON NOTES
LUST AND LOVE
2 Samuel 13:1-22
– the positive side in Proverbs 5 and the Song of Songs. D. L. Moody referred to lust as ‘the devil’s counterfeit of love’.
1. Recognise lust for what it is.
– 13:1-2. Amnon may be …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 12:15-25
SERMON NOTES
THE DEATH OF THE CHILD
2 Samuel 12:15-25; 1 Thess. 4:13-18
There are consequences to our sins e.g. a converted drunkard or adulterer.
1. Prayer may be earnest yet rejected.
– 12:15. David’s prayer life must have been non-existent for about a …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 12:7b-15
SERMON NOTES
SIN HAS CONSEQUENCES
2 Samuel 12:1-15a; Romans 4:1-12
This chapter, together with Psalm 51 which flows from it, shows us that sin is no light matter. Bonhoeffer warned against cheap grace, and Dale Ralph Davis even writes of ‘the fury of grace’.…
