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Last time we looked at the first part of .
We saw that God is a faithful God.
Though he is not obligated to do anything for us, yet he delights in making eternal covenants with people.
A Covenant is a legally binding promise where one or both parties take a sacred oath to do something for each other.
God has made covenants with Noah, Abraham, Moses as leader of Israel, and David.
All of them spill over to impact the entire world.
Why would God do this?
The mighty angels of heaven stand in awe of Him, yet he stoops to our aid!
The raging sea obeys his command, yet he ordains blessing for us!
He defeated the Devil at the beginning in the garden of Eden, yet he uses his great power to protect us.
He rules from heaven in perfect righteousness and justice.
If he had chosen to measure out what our sins deserve, we would all be doomed.
But he offers his grace, his unmerited favor to us instead.
Anyone can become part of his people simply by faith.
When we trust Jesus to forgive our sins, we become a part of the church.
As His people, we partake of his righteousness instead of suffering under it.
As his people, his glory, strength, and grace become our possession.
What a wonder, that we should participate in the majesty, power, and favor of God!
God made a covenant with David that concerns the whole world, for the Son of David has been appointed to rule the world.
God told David
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David and his son Solomon, God started to do exactly what he promised.
Since God is the kind of God that faithfully keeps his Covenants, we ought to expect him to do what he says.
Because of the Davidic Covenant, we should expect the kingship of Israel to prosper.
During the reign of David and Solomon, that is exactly what started happening.
Not everything, mind you, but it was certainly very promising.
God is Faithful to his Covenant - Trust Him
Versus 19-37 are a commentary on this Davidic Covenant.
But why should we go over this ancient covenant?
Two reasons.
Jesus is the One who fulfills this Covenant completely.
We will understand Jesus better if we understand how he fulfills the Davidic Covenant.
Also, it is one thing to talk about God being faithful in the abstract, and another thing to see God’s faithfulness in action.
Why do you trust your closest friends?
Because you have seen them being trustworthy to you time and time again.
Your experience with them gives you reason to believe they will be trustworthy in the future.
It is the same with God.
When we see how God has been faithful in the past, it will be easier for us to trust him in our present for our future.
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The Lord Chose Him
Look at verses 19-21
We can find the story of God’s choice of David in .
It was not David’s idea to become King.
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We can find the story of God’s choice of David in .
It was not David’s idea to become King.
Instead
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God did not choose the tallest and most impressive man to be Israel’s next King.
Instead it was Jesse’s youngest son, someone so invisible that Jesse had left him at home.
David was chosen by God from the people exactly because of how unimpressive he was.
David was indeed mighty, not because he was special, but because God anointed him.
This anointing meant divine help to become King.
It is no accident that soon after this David secured a position as a musician in Saul’s court.
This began his rise to political power as well as taught him how to be King.
And who can forget that tremendous victory that David won against Goliath?
But why choose an insignificant boy to be King?
Because that’s just who God is.
David beat Goliath because he recognized that God was faithful to deliver him.
But why choose an insignificant boy to be King?
Because that’s just who God is.
2. The Lord Protected Him
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God’s choice meant that David had the help of God almighty to become King.
But this help did not stop with him becoming King.
God protected him from his many enemies throughout his life.
God’s choice meant that David had the help of God almighty to become King.
But this help did not stop with him becoming King.
God protected him from his many enemies throughout his life.
God’s choice meant that David had the help of God almighty to become King.
But this help did not stop with him becoming King.
God protected him from his many enemies throughout his life.
Look at verses 22-24
David was in danger many times throughout his life.
Before his very first battle with Goliath, he told Saul that this was not the first time he had been in danger
David was in danger many times throughout his life.
Before his very first battle with Goliath, he told Saul that this was not the first time he had been in danger
After David defeated Goliath Saul made him captain of his army.
David was always victorious, so much so that
Saul became jealous because of this, and tried to put David in places where he would be killed in battle.
When this did not work he tried to kill David himself.
This failed too, and David fled into the wilderness.
For the next ten years, Saul used the army of Israel to hunt David down to kill him.
But it never happened.
After Saul died, David was still in danger.
It took him seven years before the house of Saul was defeated and he was King over all Israel.
In all that time no one was able to defeat him.
Once he was king over all Israel, he was still in danger.
The Philistines had heard that David was king, and he had to fight a final battle with them again.
He won, of course.
After David’s sin with Bathsheba, God sent war into his family.
Absalom tried to kill him and seize the throne, but was killed himself.
At the very end of his life Adonijah tried to take the throne from his father David, but he too was defeated.
And these are only a sample of the number of times David escaped death.
The only way anyone cheats death that many times is if God helps him.
Christians too have been promised victory.
A victory so complete that even death cannot stop it.
God is the sort who chooses the weak and makes them strong; to those he loves he gives victory.
This is why he chose David and gave him the victory throughout his life.
God’s faithfulness to his Covenant not only explains why he helped and protected him, it also explains why he exalted him.
3. The Lord Exalted Him
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