{"id":701,"date":"2022-10-15T14:47:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T19:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/a-stranger-finds-mercy-1-samuel-3011-15-bible-study\/"},"modified":"2022-10-15T14:47:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T19:47:50","slug":"a-stranger-finds-mercy-1-samuel-3011-15-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/a-stranger-finds-mercy-1-samuel-3011-15-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"A Stranger Finds Mercy – 1 Samuel 30:11-15 – Bible study"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 Sam. 30:11-15 A STRANGER FINDS MERCY<\/strong> Intro: Ill. The context. David and his men are pursuing the men who destroyed their homes and took their families captive. Along the way, they encounter a man who was placed there by the providence of Almighty God. Ill. Isnt it great how He governs in the affairs of men? There is more to this great story than just David and his men chasing their attackers. There is a picture here of the great love and mercy of Holy God for fallen men. In these verses, we can see a portrait of the Lord Jesus and His compassion for the sinner. As God gives liberty tonight, I want to preach on this thought, A Stranger Finds Mercy. I. HIS SITUATION<\/strong> A. v.11 He Was A Foreigner<\/strong> Ill. A stranger from the promises of God and the hope of Israel! (Ill. Remember what it was like outside Jesus! (Ill. Eph. 2:-1- 3; 12 (Ill. John 8:44, Isa. 59:2) B. v. 13 He Was Friendless<\/strong> Ill. Left for dead! This is exactly how much the devil values your life and mine. He delights in using us up and throwing us away! Ill. The sinner only has one Friend Ill. David Psa. 142:4! Pro. 18:24; John 15:13. C. v. 12 He Was Famished<\/strong> He was literally starving to death! (Ill. The world will never satisfy the longing soul. The sinner will never find fulfillment in the arms of the world. It is only in the Person of Jesus Christ that the sinner can find true rest and perfect satisfaction. (Ill. Matt. 5:6; Psa. 107:9) (Ill. John 4:13-14; John 7:37! Ill. John 6:35!) II.HIS SAVIOR<\/strong> A. v. 11 He Found Him <\/strong> Ill. No sinner can truthfully say that he has found Jesus. It is the Lord who does the looking, the finding and the awakening to the need of salvation John 6:44; Luke 19:10. B. v. 11-12b He Fed Him<\/strong> Ill. David and his men met the need of this man. Ill. Jesus, when He is received meets the greatest need of mankind the need of the soul! He brings salvation and forgiveness and eternal life! He satisfies the deepest longings of the heart of man! (Ill. John 6:48; 51) Ill. He never stops fulfilling our needs Phil. 4:19. III.HIS SALVATION<\/strong> Ill. David freed this man. His life was changed after he met David. Notice what David delivered him from. A. Slavery<\/strong> Ill. The slavery of sin! Rom. 6:16; Eph. 2:1-3. Jesus sets the captives free Luke 4:18; John 8:36! B. Death<\/strong> The man would have surely died. David brought him life. Ill. The Christian need never fear death. He has been delivered through Jesus. (Ill. John 5:24; John 11:25-26; Ill. Rom. 6:23- He paid the price and we benefit from it!) C. Disuse<\/strong> Here was man who had been used up and thought his life was over. David gave him new life and a new future! Ill. What Jesus does for those He saves! Ill. Eph. 2:10. (Ill. Jesus rescues us from the scrap pile and puts us in the Kings service! (Ill. 2 Cor. 4:7** God puts His Treasure in our trash!) Conc: I dont know many things this afternoon, but there is one thing I do know for sure. I know that I am saved and that Jesus came to where I was lying broken and wasted one day. I know He saved my soul and has given me a new life and I know that I am grateful and that I love Him. Thank God He lifts the fallen, delivers the captive, helps the burdened and saves the sinner. Thank God I was found one day. What about you?  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 Sam. 30:11-15 A STRANGER FINDS MERCY Intro: Ill. The context. David and his men are pursuing the men who destroyed their homes and took their families captive. Along the way, they encounter a man who was placed there by the providence of Almighty God. Ill. Isnt it great how He governs in the affairs … Continue reading “A Stranger Finds Mercy – 1 Samuel 30:11-15 – Bible study”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}