The Gospel According to Gibeonites & Giants

• CONGREGATIONAL READING: 2 Samuel 21:1-22 *

I. BRIEF LOOK AT THE CHAPTER'S HISTORICAL TRUTH

Famine in the Land

• 1. covenant with the Gibeonites, Josh 9:3-27 (Deut 7:2)
• 2. correction for Saul's bloodthirty sin, 2 Sam 21:1-9
• 3. canvas sackcloth in a pious sign, 2 Sam 21:10
• 4. concerning the bones of Saul & Jonathan, 2 Sam 21:11-14

Fighting with the Philistines

• 1. clash with the Philistines, 2 Sam 21:15
• 2. conquering the giants, 2 Sam 21:16-22

II. BLESSED LESSONS FROM THE CHAPTER'S PRACTICAL TRUTH

Faith's Hearing & Inquiry, 2 Sam 21:1

• 1. concerning believers
     -- a. Rom 7:18; 2 Pet 3:9
• 2. concerning unbelievers
     -- a. Isa 65:2; Psa 95:7-8; Rom 10:13

Faith's Heeding & Inheritance, 2 Sam 21:2-3

• 1. concerning believers & unbelievers
     -- a. Num 30:2; 2 Tim 2:13
     -- b. Rom 1:16-17

Faith's Honor & Illustrations, 2 Sam 21:4-14

• 1. concerning original sin
     -- a. Rom 5:12
• 2. concerning offering for sin
     -- a. Rom 5:19; Col 1:21-22

Faith's Hostile Foes & Insidious Giants, 2 Sam 21:15-22

• 1. condition before salvation
     -- a. Rom 5:6, 8, 10
• 2. conquering because of salvation
     -- a. Rom 7:18-22; 8:31-37