1 Samuel 24

Hey, hey, good morning, good morning. Welcome to Coffee and Devotion. This morning we're at 1st Samuel chapter 24. Saul has been trying to murder, kill, destroy, eliminate David. What does David do when he has the opportunity to kill him? Let's have some coffee. We'll pray. We'll find out. 1st Samuel chapter 24. You want some? Nope. Okay. I don't want to get sick. Oh, that's a good point. Yeah, we've had a lot of sickness in the house lately.
All right, let's go ahead and pray. Can I pray Judah? Can I pray? Okay, let's pray. God, thank you so much for blessing us with time to read your word and we pray that you would be with us. Give us your Holy Spirit that we might learn and that we might live in Jesus's name. Amen. All right, 1 Samuel chapter 24. We'll kind of go paragraph by paragraph, and we'll just kind of talk about what each one was about. Right? Mm-hmm. All right, you can start.
Now it happened, when Saul had returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Take note, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi. Then Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats. So he came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave. And Saul went in to attend to his needs. That means going potty. David and his men were staying in the recesses of the cave.
Then the men of David said to him, This is the day of which the Lord said to you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as seems good to you. And David arose and secretly cut off a corner of Saul's robe. Now it happened afterward that David's heart was troubled, that David's heart troubled him because he had cut Saul's robe. And he said, And he said to his men, The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the Lord's anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord. So David restrained his servants with these words. It did not allow them to rise against Saul.
And Saul got up from the cave and went on his way. All right. So what happens there? What happened? David is hiding out in the goat caves. Right. Probably because he knew about shepherding. Right. Where to go for safety and get away. And so he's in the caves and Saul has to go back. Yeah. Well, Saul's got like a 3000 men. Yeah. I mean, this is a huge. Yeah. Bubba's walking outside. Saul has a huge contingency of guys hunting him down like a dog. And but even even bounty hunters, they got to go to the potty. And so what happens? No, it's fine.
He has to go to the bathroom and David and his men are in the cave where he's going to the bathroom. Yeah, you have to imagine right there of all the caves and all the areas. They're way in the back where he can't hear them or see them. This is when the Lord said he would deliver your enemies into your hands. And David takes the knife and thrusts it in his back, right? No. What does he do? He cuts off his robe. Whoa. And you feel good about that? He's like, I shouldn't have done that. That's right.
Well, David also arose afterwards, went out of the cave and called to Saul, saying, my lord the king and when Saul looked behind him David stooped with his face to the earth and bowed down and David said to Saul why do you listen to the words of men who say indeed David seeks your harm look this day your eyes have seen Jehovah delivered you today into my hand in the cave and someone urged me to kill you But my eye spared you, and I said, I will not stretch out my hand against my Lord, for he is Jehovah's anointed.
Moreover, my father, see, yes, see the corner of your robe in my hand, for in that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill you. Know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you haunt my life and take it. Let Jehovah judge between you and me and let Jehovah avenge me on you. But my hand shall not be against you. As the Proverbs of the ancients says, wickedness proceeds from the wicked. But my hand shall not be against you.
After whom has the King of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea? Therefore let Jehovah be judge, and judge between me and you, and see and plead my case, and deliver me out of your hand. Alright, so what's David do once Saul gets away? David's like, dude, you're trying to kill me, and I could have killed you, but I didn't. I cut off the corner of your robe with the knife that I could have thrust into your back, and now God can be judged between us.
Good. You're being a fool listening to all those guys. Yeah, good. All right, you want to read verse 16 of Faulkner? So it was when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, is this your voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice and wept. Then he said to David, you are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded you with evil.
And you have shown this day how you have dealt well with me. For when the Lord delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me. For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him get away safely? Therefore, may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.
And now I know indeed that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established into your hand. Therefore swear now to me by Jehovah that you will not cut off my descendants after me, that you will not destroy my name from your father's house.
So David swore to Saul, and Saul went home. But David and his men went up to the stronghold. What was that section about? Saul's like, sorry, please don't kill me and all my family. You're more righteous than I. He tells him to make a covenant with him. Make a promise. And David's like, sure.
But we're just going to stay in a fortress. Exactly, yeah. What would you underline, well first let's say, in one sentence, nine words max, what is this section about? What's this whole chapter about? So, David proves he's righteous to Saul by not killing him when he could. Yeah, good. And what would you underline in your Bible as the best verse that summarizes this chapter? Probably 18. Verse 18.
Which one is that? And you have shown this day how you have dealt well with me, for when the Lord delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me. Oh, that's like the one verse I don't have underlined in that paragraph. I have all sorts of stuff underlined, so I'm going to go with yours, because I didn't do a good job at underlining one. Although I did double underline this part of verse 6. And he said to his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing to my master. Jehovah's Messiah, the Lord's anointed.
So, what do you think, hey Judah, what do you think we should do in response to this? What's our calling in life? Or how does this point us to Jesus Christ? We should be righteous no matter how much we don't like the guy that's doing the bad stuff. Okay, so maybe it's God's who, God's the one who anoints or appoints our civil magistrates and we should listen. Yep. Obey them. Okay, you could take it that way. Yeah, right, we've still got to keep the fifth commandment showing honor to those who are superior to us. Right, so that's a good application.
How does it show you Jesus Christ? Wait, that's not one of the... A, B, C, S? A, B, C, and I take C as call to action, Christ, or covenant of grace. Oh. Yeah. Jesus is even better than David was. He's even better than Saul, right? It's interesting that he's Jehovah's Messiah. That's what verse 6 translates into, if we were to take it back. He's the Lord's anointed. He's the one that God's poured oil on his head to be the king. Yet, we have a better, more righteous king in Jesus. He doesn't persecute and doesn't twist justice and righteousness.
Hey, are you ready to pray? Okay, let's pray. God, thank you so much that we have gotten to read your word and Lord, we pray that you would please let us be those who have reverence even for those who you have appointed over us, whether they're in state or local or federal government, We pray that we would speak with respect where respect is due, and that we would obey them who are over us so far as we can in the Lord. Lord, we pray that you would please forgive us for how often we like to speak and judge, and Lord, we just pray that you would let us live quiet and reverent lives, and that we do pray that those you have appointed over us would know Jesus themselves. that their souls might be saved and they might rule with righteousness and justice. Father, we pray that you would please help us to not put our trust in earthly princes.
Because we know that the ultimate King, the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings is Jesus, the true anointed. And we thank you for him. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Well, may you be at peace and not whipped up into anxiety and worry and concern, as rulers of this life will always fail us. But our King lives forever, justly and perfectly. We'll see you next time. Bye. Can you say bye bye? Bye bye. Can you say bye bye? Bye bye.