1 Samuel 13:14

1 Samuel 13:14But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart,…A man after God’s own heart?

What happened

A Man After God’s A Man After God’s Own Heart?Own Heart?

- II Samuel 11:1-5, 14-17, 26-27 12:1a, 7-9

Questions- Were there two Davids?- Was David’s godliness a front, was he wicked all along?- Were his sins merely a minor slip?We have a hard time reconciling

all we know about David


Biblical facts about David

- He was a godly man


I Samuel 16:7But the Lord said to Samuel,"Do not look at But the Lord said to Samuel,"Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." the heart."


I Kings 11:4For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God, as his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David.was the heart of his father David.


II Kings 16:2Ahaz was twenty years old when he became Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord his God, as his father in the sight of the Lord his God, as his father David had done. David had done.


Biblical facts about David

- He was a godly man


- He sinned grievously

Working through the David situation- At a certain point, he had allowed his commitment to God to weaken and his heart to stray- An area of unguarded weakness

might explain his actions


Working through the David situation- He experienced definite cycles of his relationship with God


I Timothy 1:15-16This is a faithful saying and worthy of all This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. However, for this reason I obtained mercy, However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.going to believe on Him for everlasting life.


Working through the David situation- He experienced definite cycles of his relationship with God


“lovingkindness” “tender mercies”

(Psalm 25:6-11)

Working through the David situation- When confronted, he chose to humble himself, confess, change, and accept the consequences


Working through the David situation- We shouldn’t look on this with glee or comfort- We should look on this with sobriety

and hope


1 Samuel 13:14

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