1. Gospel Baptist Tabernacle
781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741
www.rossvillechurch.com
Where the Love of God
abounds, everyone is
welcome.
Children’s Church taught
by Paul and Marsha Davis
during preaching.
November 10, 2013
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2. 2 Samuel 24 1 And again the anger of the LORD
was kindled against Israel, and He moved David
against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
This was already a desire in David’s heart, and
God allowed him to pursue it.
James 1 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I
am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted
with evil, neither tempteth He any man:
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3. 2 For
the king said to Joab the
captain of the host, which was
with him, Go now through all
the tribes of Israel, from Dan
even to Beersheba, and
number ye the people, that I
may know the number of the
people.
David is wanting to know his military strength;
Is that where his might would come from?
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4. From the far north to
the far south.
The entire nation.
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5. 3 And
Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy
God add unto the people, how many soever they
be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the
king may see it: but why doth my lord the king
delight in this thing?
Even Joab knew this was a bad idea.
Psalm 20 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in
horses: but we will remember the Name of the
LORD our God.
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6. 4 Notwithstanding
the king's word prevailed against
Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab
and the captains of the host went out from the
presence of the king, to number the people of
Israel. David did not heed their counsel.
Understand: God knew David’s heart, and knew
that David would do this thing.
It was part of God’s Plan to punish
Israel for their sins.
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7. 5 And
they passed over Jordan, and pitched in
Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the
midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer: 6 Then
they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Dan ja an, and about to
Zidon, 7 And came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to
all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites:
and they went out to the south of Judah, even to
Beersheba.
Thorough
It took them almost ten months to count the men.
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8. 8 So
when they had gone through all the land, they
came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and
twenty days. 9 And Joab gave up the sum of the
number of the people unto the king: and there were
in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that
drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five
hundred thousand men.
Already Israel and Judah had begun to think of
themselves as two separate entities.
David is king of the whole nation, and Solomon
will be also, but after that they split.
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9. 10 And
David's heart smote him after that he had
numbered the people. And David said unto the
LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done:
and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the
iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very
foolishly.
Conviction Repentance
What was David’s sin?
He had begun to trust in men and weapons,
instead of trusting completely in His Lord God.
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10. 11 For
when David was up in the morning, the Word
of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's
seer, saying, 12 Go and say unto David, Thus saith
the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee
one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 13 So Gad
came to David, and told him, and said unto him,
Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy
land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine
enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be
three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and
see what answer I shall return to Him that sent me.
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11. 14 And
David said unto Gad,
I am in a great strait: let us
fall now into the hand of the
LORD; for His mercies are
great: and let me not fall
into the hand of man.
No good choice here.
But David chose the one that would end the
quickest – three days of pestilence.
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12. 15 So
the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from
the morning even to the time appointed: and there
died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba
seventy thousand men.
Remember: the nation had sinned; not just David.
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13. 16 And
when the angel stretched out his hand upon
Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented Him of
the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the
people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the
angel of the LORD was by the threshing place of
Araunah (uh ROO nuh) the Jebusite. 17 And David
spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that
smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I
have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have
they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against
me, and against my father's house.
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14. 70,000 dead to an incurable disease in three days.
David sincerely repented as their shepherd.
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Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly:
but these sheep, what have they done? let thine
hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my
father's house.
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15. David was taking pride and trusting in numbers.
This too can become an idol
inside a church.
Whether there be 6, or
60, or 600, we must put
all our trust in God.
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16. We see evidence in this chapter of the division that
was overtaking the nation of Israel.
It began in chapter 19 after the defeat of Absalom
when he tried to overthrow David’s throne.
2 Samuel 19 (TLB) 41 But the men of Israel
complained to the king because only men from
Judah had ferried him and his household across the
Jordan. 42 "Why not?" the men of Judah replied.
"The king is one of our own tribe. Why should this
make you angry? We have charged him nothing -he hasn’t fed us or given us gifts!"
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17. 43 "But
there are ten tribes in Israel," the others
replied, "so we have ten times as much right in the
king as you do; why didn’t you invite the rest of
us? And, remember, we were the first to speak of
bringing him back to be our king again." The
argument continued back and forth, and the men of
Judah were very rough in their replies.
Petty jealousies of this sort as well as other
unimportant differences have split many churches.
God is not pleased!
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18. 1 Corinthians 12 24 …. God
hath tempered the body
together, having given more
abundant honor to that part
which lacked: 25 That there
should be no schism in the body; but that the
members should have the same care one for
another. 26 And whether one member suffer, all the
members suffer with it; or one member be honored,
all the members rejoice with it. 27 Now ye are the
body of Christ, and members in particular.
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19. 1 John 3 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of
Him, because we keep His Commandments, and do
those things that are pleasing in His sight. 23 And
this is His Commandment, That we should believe
on the Name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one
another, as He gave us Commandment.
This is the way that we have a church that is fully
pleasing unto our Lord, Jesus Christ.
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