James 1:13-15. You can’t blame God for your sin. You sin because you want to. Sin can only end in death.

2 Samuel 11. David’s fall into sexual sin and murder gives Christians warnings about the nature and progression of sin. Yet God’s grace is still evident.

Ephesians 6:12. The battle for Christians is spiritual rather than physical.

2 Samuel 10. God continues to give David victory. David’s kingdom seems to be on an unstoppable rise.

2 Timothy 1:16-18. Onesiphorus provides a pattern for how believers may refresh one another in the Lord.

2 Samuel 9. David’s kindness and covenant loyalty to Mephibosheth flows from God’s covenant kindness to him.

Romans 13:14. Paul reminds the church to be clothed with Christ rather than the deeds of the flesh.

2 Samuel 8. David’s divine enablement for rule is demonstrated through the victories and success God gives him.

Ephesians 3:8. God shows his favour to his people by sending messengers to preach the gospel.

2 Samuel 7. God shows his great faithfulness to his people through his covenant with David.