David - An Old Testament Epic
Part 1 by Pastor Ronald
Boelte
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If I were to ask you to list some of the characters of the Old Testament,
I am sure David would be close to the top of your list. His epic story is
told in three different books in the Bible: 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 Kings.
He rose up from a poor shepherd boy to kill a giant and then to become
the king over Israel. He is the writer of 73 of the Psalms and a true
believer in God, but he also commits adultery and a murder to cover it up.
However, he repents and is forgiven by God and rests with honor with the
other great believers of the Bible. Probably the most known of all his
psalms is Ps. 23: "The Lord is my Shepherd...." . God was
with him and the promise of salvation for all people would come through
his family through Jesus Christ, our Great Shepherd, our Lord and Savior.
Even today many parents proudly name their sons after David, and many
books and movies have been made about his life.
What makes David so popular and enduring is that we can relate to him.
Just like all of us, he had his faults and sins, but he still remained
firm in his belief of God's grace and forgiveness. David writes in Psalm
32 about this grace-forgiveness of God's when he says "I said ‘I
will confess my transgressions to the Lord–and You forgave the guilt of
my sins."
The story of David is much more than a epic about his life; it is also
an epic of God's grace and forgiveness, and it is the same story of every
believing child of God. For God has been in our lives just like He was in
the life of David offering grace and forgiveness to those who repent and
believe.
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