Session 14: 2 Samuel 7

Session 14: 2 Samuel 7

Summarize:

I. David wants to honor God.(7:1-3)

a.  David feels upset that he is living in a house while the ark is in a tent.

b. Nathan encourages David to do what seems best to him.

II. The Lord reveals His plans to bless David to Nathan(7:4-11)

a. God affirms His Sovereignty and that He doesn't need a dwelling place.

b. God recounts His hand in providing and shaping David's life.

III. God promises to establish David's house forever by making His descendants part of His plan of redemption.(7:12-17)

a. God promises that the Messiah will be one of David's descendants.

b. God reveals markers of who the Messiah will be

IV. David praises God for His kindness and prays boldly that His Word will come to pass(7:18-29)

a. God's kindness overwhelms David and causes him to praise God.

b. David recounts God's great deeds and faithfulness to His covenants.

c. David prays that God's Word would be true.

Analyze:

Read 2 Samuel 7:1-3

1. What prompts Nathan's response to David in vs 3?  Was it wrong for Nathan to give the advice/encouragement he did to David?

a. Have you been in situations where you have given encouragement/advice to someone that talked about wanting to do something for God that sounded good? Have you been the recipient of this kind of advice or encouragement?

Read Proverbs 16:3, 9; 19:21, Isaiah 55:8

b. What do these passages suggest about the plans we make? According to these passages who are we still subject to despite our best intentions and well laid plans?

c. How does the Lord factor into your decision making process?  How does this influence the way you encourage or give advice?

Read 2 Samuel 7:4-11

2. What does God tell Nathan to tell David in vs 4? How does God's response frame David's desire to build a house for God?(7)

a. Who is the the one who has provided David with all that he has? (8) According to vs 9 why is it that David experienced victory? (Jas 1:17, Isa 46:10, Job 42:2)

b. How does knowing that God is Sovereign affect your relationship with Him?  How does God's Sovereignty change your perspective on what you can accomplish or have accomplished for God or anyone else?(Phil 3:7-9, 1 Cor 1:31, Eph 2;8-10)

c. Do these passages and your understanding of them change your motivations in "serving/accomplishing things" for the Lord?

Read 2 Samuel 7:12-17

3. What is God promising to do for David?

a. What is the connection to God's promise to David and Jesus?(Isa 11:10, Jer 33:15, Jn 7:42, Matt 1:1)

b. How does this covenant God makes with David fit into the previous covenants God has made in Scripture?

Unmerited Favor: David like the Patriarchs before him were not special people in the sense that they possessed skills or character that caused God to bless them.  The blessings of God given to David and those before him were not earned, but freely given by God. Like David, we too have done nothing to earn God's blessing. But God in His mercy showed us kindness by sending His Son Jesus to die in our place for the penalty of our sins. It's only because of this that we can be called Son's and Daughters of the King.(Eph 2:8-9)

Read 2 Samuel 7:18-29

4. What does vs 18 tell us David did after he heard what the Lord promised?

a. What does it mean to sit in the Lord's presence? How do you cultivate the practice of sitting in the Lord's presence? What are some step you can take to guard that time?

b. How did David respond to God's promise?

c. 'What about your relationship with God do you take for granted? How would silence/stillness with the Lord lead you to thanksgiving?

d. What does David ask for in vs 29? Why does he pray this?

e. What does David's example teach you about praying and asking things from God?  What are some promises God has made to believers in His Word that You can ask for with boldness?

Contextualize:

1. God is the Creator and Sustainer of all things.

2. God chooses to show kindness to people that don’t deserve it.

3. Revelation of God’s grace leads people to praise Him.

Actualize:

Plan to spend time listening  and meditating to God’s Word every day this week.