by Paul Apple | Mar 25, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: DEFEAT, DEATH AND DESECRATION MARK THE END OF THE LINE FOR THE BACKSLIDDEN KING OF ISRAELI. (:1-6) TRAGIC DEATH OF SAUL AND HIS SONS(only partial story told here; need to read 2 Sam 1 for the rest of the story)A. (:1-3) Setting – Saul Defeated and Brought to...
by Paul Apple | Mar 25, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: OUR GREATEST TRAGEDIES OFTEN ARE GOD’S TESTING GROUND TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR GREATEST TRIUMPHS(:1-2) INTRODUCTION: SACKING OF ZIKLAG WHILE DAVID WAS AWAY “Then it happened when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the...
by Paul Apple | Mar 25, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD CAN MAKE A WAY OF ESCAPE WHEN THERE SEEMS TO BE NO WAY(Popular song: “God Can Make a Way”)(:1-2) INTRODUCTION: BACK TO THE BATTLEFIELD / MARSHALLING THE TROOPS / STAGING AREAA. (:1) Philistines Lining Up Against the Israelites 1. Philistines “Now the...
