* CONGREGATIONAL READING: 2 Samuel 3:1-39 *

I. BASIC INTRODUCTION AS WE WORSHIP

Why are We Here?
How are We to Do So?
What Does it Mean to Glorify God?

II. BRIEF EXPOSITION OF THE CHAPTER

Abner Makes Covenant with David, 2 Sam 3:1-26
Abner Murdered by Joab, 2 Sam 3:26-30
Abner Mourned by David, 2 Sam 3:31-39

III. BLESSED EXHORTATION FROM OUR TEXT

Sufficient Grace
A. David, a type of Christ (1 Sam 16-26)
1. Don't consider this an odd thing, Rom 8:28-29

B. David, a type of Christian disciple (1 Sam 27- 2 Sam 24)
1. David's anointing, v39b
a. consider your anointing, Rev 5:10
2. David's weakness, v39a
a. confess your weakness, 2 Cor 12:7-10
b. contrite key to glorifying God in Christ, Eph 6:10
3. David's hard cousins, v39c
4. David surrenders vengeance, v39d
a. confer hard men to the judgments of God, Rom 12:19
b. commit your way to the Lord, Psa 37:5

Saving Grace
A. Divine Invitation for the Unsaved
1. consider your weakness
2. commit your soul to Christ for anointed salvation
3. calculate there's surely a judgment coming