David replaces Saul as king of Israel by God’s choice

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 

David was said to be a man after God's own heart!

 

Saul failed to fully follow the instructions from God and God sent the prophet Samuel to anoint David to be king over HIS people.

 

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I Samuel 16

 

1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided ME a king among his sons.

 

2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.

 

3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto ME him whom I name unto thee.

 

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4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?

 

(They were afraid of prophets of God.)

 

5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

 

6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab (the eldest of Jesse' sons), and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.

 

7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

 

8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

 

9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

 

10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.

 

11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

 

12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

 

13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

 

14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

 

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From heaven today, Jesus chooses HIS ministers and teaches them for the work to which they are called:  apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher

 

The apostle Paul was placed in the body of Christ as an apostle and teacher.  (2 Tim. 1:11)

 

John 15:16  Jesus said:  Ye have not chosen ME, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in MY name, HE may give it you.

 

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The evil spirit of the Lord stayed with Saul the remainder of his life and that evil spirit tormented Saul.  And for the remainder of his life Saul tried to kill David.  But when David played skillfully on the harp, that evil spirit left Saul temporarily.

 

God removed the kingdom from Saul when Samuel anointed David.  But the people continued to identify Saul as king as long as Saul lived.

 

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David committed a terrible sin in having sex with Bathsheba and then arranging for her husband, Uriah the Hittite, to be killed in the army of David.

 

2 Samuel 11

 

1 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.

 

9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

 

(David wanted it to look like Bathsheba was pregnant by her husband Uriah, but Uriah refused to go down to his house.  David wanted to cover the fact that he was the father of the baby.)

 

10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?

 

11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

 

12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.

 

13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

 

14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

 

15 And he (David) wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

 

So David arranges for Uriah to die in the battle.

 

David committed adultery with Bathsheba and arranged for her husband to be killed in battle.

 

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A messenger tells David Uriah is dead.

 

2 Samuel 11

 

25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

 

26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

 

27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

 

God brought a penalty upon David for his sins.

 

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2 Samuel 12

 

1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

 

2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:

 

3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

 

4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

 

5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:

 

6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

 

7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man.

 

Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

 

8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

 

9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in HIS sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

 

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Three penalties from God upon David:

 

💥 10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised ME and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

 

💥 11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

 

12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

 

13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. 

 

And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

 

💥 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

 

15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

 

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David prayed and fasted for the sick child and was hoping that God would not kill the child.

 

2 Samuel 12

 

16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

 

17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

 

18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

 

19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

 

20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

 

21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

 

22 And he (David) said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

 

23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

 

24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

 

(After David died, God chose Solomon to take David's place as king.)

 

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David's prayers:

 

Psalm 51:4  Against THEE, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in THY sight:

 

Psalm 51:10  Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

 

Psalm 51:11  Cast me not away from THY presence; and take not THY holy spirit from me.

 

Psalm 51:12  Restore unto me the joy of THY salvation; and uphold me with THY free spirit.

 

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