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Introduction
Chapters 7-10 form a kind of unit.
And in this unit, we see King David involved in four important activities.
In these four chapters we see King David involved in four important activities: accepting God’s will (chap.
7), fighting God’s battles (chap.
8), sharing God’s kindness (chap.
9), and defending God’s honor (chap.
10).
However, these activities were nothing new to David, for even before he was crowned king of all Israel he had served the Lord and the people in these ways.
Wearing a crown and sitting on a throne didn’t change David, for in his character and conduct he had lived like a king all his young life.
How tragic that from chapter 11 on, we see David disobeying the Lord and suffering the painful consequences of his sins.
Andrew Bonar was correct when he said, “We must be as watchful after the victory as before the battle.”
In chapter 7, we see him accepting God’s will.
In chapter 8, we see him engaged in righteous battles.
In chapter 9, we see him sharing God’s kindness.
And finally, in chapter 10, we see him defending the truth.
But all these things probably sound familiar … hasn’t David already done these things?
Yes, these actions were nothing new to David.
Even before he was crowned king of Israel he had served the Lord and the people of God in all these ways.
Receiving the crown and the throne did not yet change David … in truth, he had been anointed since his young days and his conduct had excelled that of the king of Israel, Saul, most of his life.
This then amplifies the turn of chapter 11, when we see David disobeying the Lord and suffering the painful consequences of his sins.
Andrew Bonar of the Free Church of Scotland well observed, “We must be as watchful after the victory as before the battle.”
Yet many Christians enter the victory won by Christ and then lay down the weapons of their warfare.
speaks of the armor and the weapons that God has given us.
We can only stand strong in the Lord’s power, it is God’s armor that protects us, and our battle is ultimately against spiritual forces of evil in the world.
If you want to know more about these things, then I’d advise you to go to and do some personal study.
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In our chapter for tonight, David desires to build a temple to house the ark of the covenant.
David desires to build a temple to house the ark of the covenant (7:1–2).
God speaks to Nathan the prophet, rejecting David’s plan (vv.
3–7).
But in the kind of wordplay the Hebrew people love, God promises to build David’s “house”—not a residence, but his family line (vv.
8–16).
God promises that David’s son will succeed him and he will build the temple/house David yearns to provide (v.
12).
Then, in a statement that echoes throughout all time, God promises to maintain David’s house/line forever.
God will discipline kings in that line who do wrong.
But there will come a time when David’s throne is “established forever.”
This great promise, the Davidic Covenant, is echoed by the prophets, and is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, David’s Descendant and Lord of an eternal kingdom.
However, God speaks to Nathan the prophet, rejecting David’s plan.
David was capable of building the Temple.
David desires to build a temple to house the ark of the covenant (7:1–2).
God speaks to Nathan the prophet, rejecting David’s plan (vv.
3–7).
But in the kind of wordplay the Hebrew people love, God promises to build David’s “house”—not a residence, but his family line (vv.
8–16).
God promises that David’s son will succeed him and he will build the temple/house David yearns to provide (v.
12).
Then, in a statement that echoes throughout all time, God promises to maintain David’s house/line forever.
God will discipline kings in that line who do wrong.
But there will come a time when David’s throne is “established forever.”
This great promise, the Davidic Covenant, is echoed by the prophets, and is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, David’s Descendant and Lord of an eternal kingdom.
He was pulling Israel together, and having a centrally located Temple would have been a boon to that.
He had a supplier from afar in King Hiram of Tyre, who had supplied materials and skilled workman to build David’s palace.
And, David’s intentions were good.
It must have been difficult then for him to hear from Nathan that God would not be following David’s plan.
But God had His own plan.
And His plan was superior to David’s plan … and, David and all mankind would benefit from God’s plan.
God would build David a house.
Only, David already had a palace … chapter 5 described the building of David’s palace in Jerusalem.
Chapter 5 also described the large family David had to occupy that house.
But the scriptures here are using word play.
By house, God was not referring to a residence, but rather to the fulfillment of his line … for God would bring the Messiah through David’s line.
David’s immediate son, Solomon would be a great king … he would build the temple that David wanted to build for the Lord.
And there would be many kings to come through David’s line.
God would discipline kings in his line who do wrong.
But there will come a time when David’s throne is “established forever.”
But there will come a time when David’s throne is “established forever.”
This great promise, the Davidic Covenant, is echoed by the prophets, and is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, David’s Descendant and Lord of an eternal kingdom.
This great promise, the Davidic Covenant, is echoed by the prophets, and is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, David’s Descendant and Lord of an eternal kingdom.
And in response, David goes to his knees and praises God, expressing faith in God as Sovereign Lord, and praying that the Lord will do as He has said.
So, that’s where we’re headed in this chapter.
Let’s go to the Lord in prayer and then dig in.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, we thank You for everyone here this evening.
Thank You that You know each of us by name and have caused us to walk with You.
Lord, we open up Your word desiring to hear from You ... not man's word or wisdom, but Your Words and Wisdom.
Please soften our hearts to receive from You.
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Much of history records wars and battles.
In fact, much preserved ancient writing comes from monuments, steles, pottery, metals, and rocks which have writing on them describing military conquests.
In our own study of scripture, much of it describes skirmishes, battles, and wars.
So then, we might get the impression that war in that time was an everyday thing.
But as anyone who watches the news knows … history has a way of recording the eye catching stuff and downplaying the normative stuff.
The truth is that, yes, life in ancient days was dangerous and territory had to be defended.
But it was not a part of daily routine.
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In chapter 7 we find David in a period of time when he’s not at war … so, what was there to do?
Today, when they aren’t tweeting, presidents seem to play a lot of golf.
In the ancient world, what did kings do when they had no wars to fight?
In , Nebuchadnezzar used down time to survey his city.
He boasted, “Is not this great Babylon, that I have built?”
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God responded to Nebuchadnezzer by rescinding his royal authority and exiling him from his kingdom, into the fields to live like an animal.
Solomon collected wealth and wives.
He entertained foreign guests, and wrote books.
Hezekiah supervised scholars who copied and preserved the Scriptures ().
In face, we know from that he played a role in preserving the writings of Solomon:
And it appears from that David’s in his leisure time, thought about the Lord and conferred with his chaplain Nathan about how to bless the Lord and the people of God.
This reminds us that David wasn’t simply a ruler.
He was also a shepherd with a heart concern for his people.
In his rest, he thought of God and His goodness to him.
And he wanted to do something to express thanksgiving to God.
We should pause a moment to remember that our salvation is a work of God and has absolutely nothing to do with any work we do.
Jesus has won the salvation of all who are His.
We neither win nor maintain that salvation with anything we do or do not do.
Sinners are justified (that is declared right) with the Creator God by grace alone (sola gratia), through faith alone (sola fide), on the basis of Scripture alone (sola scriptura).
sinners are justified (declared right) with the Creator God by grace alone (sola gratia), through faith alone (sola fide), on the basis of Scripture alone (sola scriptura).
So, in one way we might look at this chapter as God saying to David … this is my work and not yours.
David wanted to build a house for the LORD, but instead the Lord will covenant with David to establish an everlasting house.
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