Ziklag Option Compromise 1 Samuel 27 A Specimen
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Ziklag Option: Compromise 1 Samuel 27
A Specimen of Misery � Begins With the Logic of Exhaustion But David kept thinking to himself, “Someday Saul is going to get me. The best thing I can do is escape to the Philistines. Then Saul will stop hunting for me…and I will finally be safe. ” 1 Samuel 27: 1
Where of Misery A Specimen is God? � � Begins With the Logic of Exhaustion It Gains Momentum My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? unreal Why are you so far away when I groan for help? Psalms 13: 1 (NLT) world 1 O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever? Psalms How 22: 1 Psalms 10: 1 work (NLT) long will you look the other way? I’m 1 O Lord, why do you stand so far away? Why do you harder alone hide when I am in trouble?
A Specimen of Misery � � � Begins With the Logic of Exhaustion It Gains Momentum It Affects Others 1 Samuel 27: 2 -3 So David took his 600 men and went over and joined Achish… David and his men and their families settled there…
A Specimen of Misery Begins With the Logic of Exhaustion 1 Samuel 27: 5 -6 � day It Gains One David said. Momentum to Achish, “If it is all right with you, we would rather live in one of the country towns instead of here in � It Affects Others the royal city. ” 6 So Achish gave him the town of Ziklag… � It Seems to Work No more pressure � soon reached Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped. David hunting Samuel 27: 4 andfor hishim. men 1 and their families settled there with Achish at Gath… 1 Samuel 27: 3 New Allies “Peace & prosperity” 4 Word STUPOR!
A Specimen of Misery � � � Begins With the Logic of Exhaustion It Gains Momentum 18 Samuel 27: 8 -9 David and his men spent their time raiding the Geshurites… 9 David did It Affects Others not leave one person alive in the It Seems to Work villages he attacked… But What at What Price?
A Specimen of Misery � � � Begins With the Logic of Exhaustion It Gains Momentum Plunder Murder It Affects Others Lies It Seems to Work But What at What Price? Slavery: “…Now he will have to stay here and serve me forever!” 1 Samuel 27: 12
ce a l P E d a D B A DECI to A Specimen of Misery � � � Begins With the Logic of Exhaustion Bad It Gains Momentum Logic It Affects Others It Seems to Work Disaster! But What at What Price? No Support
God Saves David From Himself 1 Samuel 30: 1 -6 Three days later, when David and his men arrived home at their town of Ziklag, they found that the Amalekites hadentire made a. Philistine raid intoarmy the Negev 1 Samuel 29: 1 -3 (NLT) The now and Ziklag; hadthe crushed Ziklag and burned it to in 1 they Samuel 29: 9 (NLT) mobilized at Aphek, and Israelites camped at the spring 9 But the. As ground. They. Achish had carried thefar women andtroops in insisted, “As as their Jezreel. the Philistine rulers wereoff leading out children and everyone… I’m concerned, you’re as perfect groups of hundreds and thousands, David and his men marched But David found strength David his men saw ruins realized asand an. Achish. angel of. But God. But the and at the. When rear with King thethe Philistine commanders in the Lord his God. what had happened to their families, wept until Philistine arethey afraid demanded, “What are thesecommanders Hebrews doing here? ” And Achish they could noyou more. to David, have them the. Saul of Israel. He’s told them, “This weep is thewith servant of in King was in great danger because his men battle. been David with me fornow years, and I’ve never found aallsingle fault in werethe very bitter about losing their sons and him from day he arrived until today. ” daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him.
