THE CRUCIFIXION

Beyond the events that take place at Golgotha are all the people surrounding Jesus, and what their responses are to the crucifixion.

God allows (even causes) good and bad seasons of life. We are to live knowing that God is good, and accomplishing things we cannot see or understand.

God doesn’t reveal everything to us immediately. Faith requires us to live in the “unknown” and follow God daily, sometimes one step at a time.

The Old Testament points us to Jesus, not just character or moral studies. David fails, and so do we. Our mistakes allow us opportunity to draw near to God.

David, on the run from corrupt king Saul, cares for people. Can the church be what our community needs when government has fails us?

Culture wants to suck us into their battles and their solutions. God has entirely different ways of solving human problems.

God removes Saul, a failed king, and provides hope through David. Through this God points forward to a new King in Jesus who provides hope for the world.

Hard circumstances often test our patience. Do we wait for God to lead us, or do we take matters into our own hands?

Samuel pours his heart out to God’s people at the end of his life, hoping they will honor God in the years to come.