2 Samuel 9-1-13 shows how God's grace transformed David's personal relationships, demonstrating the kind of change which the Lord's grace accomplishes in the life of all true believers.

In 2 Samuel 8-1-18, we see how God gave victory to David wherever he went, foreshadowing what will always be true in God's kingdom at the great consummation.

In Acts 9-19b-31, Saul begins his ministry as an apostle of the Lord Jesus, and a preacher and teacher of Christ's Gospel, narrowly escaping the murderous plots of the Jews.

Guest preacher Steve Meister from Immanuel Baptist Church of Sacramento, CA delivers the sermon from 2 Corinthians 3-18.

In Acts 9-1-19a, Luke records how Saul of Tarsus was transformed from arch persecutor of the church to a humbled recipient of God's unmerited grace and subsequently commissioned as Christ's Apostle to the Gentiles.

In 2 Samuel 7-18-29, we see David's humble-awareness of his total dependence on God's sovereign grace as he-sits in God's house and prays in thanksgiving for the glorious-plans that God has revealed.

In Acts 8-26-40, we see how God's grace breaks down the dividing wall of hostility that separated Israel from the nations, and how the Old Testament finds its fulfillment in Jesus, the Servant, who suffered for the guilty, so that we might not be eternal outcasts.

In 2 Samuel 7-11-17, having declined David's desire-to build a house for God, the Lord declares that He will build-David a house, promising to provide an eternal dynasty from-David to rule over God's people.

In Acts 8-14-25, God delays the bestowal of His Spirit in-Samaria until the apostles from the mother church in Jerusalem were-present to welcome and to witness God's welcome of these new-brothers and sisters in Christ.

In 2 Samuel 7-1-11, established in peace in Jerusalem, David desires to build a house for God, but the Lord responds by promising rather that He will make a house for David.