Moral Failures (typically) don’t happen without
Moral failure is never a blowout; it’s a always slow leak - Howard Hendricks (Pastor & Professor)
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1 Peter 5:8
8 Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour..
2 Samuel 8:1-6
8 After this, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from Philistine control., 2 He also defeated the Moabites, and after making them lie down on the ground, he measured them off with a cord. He measured every two cord lengths of those to be put to death and one full length of those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute. 3 David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his control at the Euphrates River. 4 David captured seventeen hundred horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers from him, and he hamstrung all the horses and kept a hundred chariots. 5 When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand Aramean men. 6 Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became David’s subjects and brought tribute. The LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
2 Samuel 8:6b, 14b
…The LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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2 Samuel 11:25
25 David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Don’t let this matter upset you because the sword devours all alike. Intensify your fight against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him.”
2 Samuel 8:9–12
9 When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer, 10 he sent his son Joram to King David to greet him and to congratulate him because David had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him, for Toi and Hadadezer had fought many wars. Joram had items of silver, gold, and bronze with him. 11 King David also dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—12 from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, the Amalekites, and the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
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2 Samuel 8:13
13 David made a reputation for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in Salt Valley.
Human beings are the only ones whose heads swell when you pat them on the back! - unknown
1 Chronicles 18:12
12 Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Salt Valley.
2 Samuel 11:1
11 In the spring when kings march out to war, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
…Reader, if thou art constrain’d to bless the instrument, give God the glory. - Epitaph of John Wesley
Ephesians 2:10
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.
2 Samuel 8:6b, 14b; 2 Chronicles 18:6b,13b
…The LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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2 Samuel 8:15–18
15 So David reigned over all Israel, administering justice and righteousness for all his people. 16 Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was court historian; 17 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was court secretary; 18 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials.
Jude 24–25
24 Now to him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of his glory, without blemish and with great joy, 25 to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time, now and forever. Amen.
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Memorize: 1 Peter 5:8
Next Week: Ephesians 5