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You Hunt My life to Take IT 1 sam 24This is very interesting story- David is hiding in a cave, Saul and his men are trying to find him and kill him. Saul, by chance, ends up going into a cave to relieve himself and David is in there! David ends up cutting the edge of Sauls robe, Saul leaves, and David runs out to tell him- Hey! I could have killed you but I didn’t! Saul repents- he has sorrow and tells David that he will become king and be blessed and appears to stop pursuing David. This is a picture of the Gospel. Saul is a sinner deserving death, David has the capacity and opportunity to kill him, but David gives him grace even tho he doesn’t deserve it and Saul is spared. Saul deserved DeathSo Saul and 3000 men are on the hunt for David- and Saul Goes into a cave to relieve himself-V 3 So he came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to attend to his needs.- David cuts a corner of his robe while he’s doing this and friends tell him to Kill the KingIn that Moment- David could have easily justified Killing Saul to protect himself and his menNo one would have said anything if David would have Killed- His own men are encouraging him!Saul deserved death for his actions. He was wicked. He was evil. He was attempting murder. Is 3:11Woe to the wicked It shall be ill with him, For the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Saul would be getting his just reward- a murderous plot rewarded with death- you get deathPsalm 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked, And those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.This is justice- You get what you deserve- You try evil- you get evil. You kill you die. This is that moment in the movie where the bad guy dies and everyone likes it- YEEESSSHere’s where the Gospel comes in tho- We are all Sauls- We deserve death17 Then he said to David: “You are more righteous than I; for you have rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded you with evil.We look at Saul and say “Kill that guy” and “he deserves it” and then Jesus saysMatthew 5: 21-22 READ- None of us are better than Saul- Not one of us! Brown bear- I made a mistake- Yelling at them to their face “I MADE A MISTAKE”  (why c drives)Rom6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.Ephesians 2:3 READTitus 3:3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.You are saul- I am Saul. We are Saul. We desire destruction for others in our mind. But what Happens to Saul?

David gave him Grace- because of who HE was- not because of who SAUL wasREAD 8-1313 As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand shall not be against youEzekiel 18:20 The soul who sins shall die……the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.David has is described as “a Man after God’s own heart” and right here he’s showing HIS heart and the heart of God- Lam 3:22 Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not.David could say- Psalm 86:15 But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.People talk about the God of the NT v the God of OT- But God has not changed- God is a God of mercy in the OT and a God of Mercy in the NT. He’s a God of Wrath in the OT and the NTMicah 7:18-19 READ He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy. Ezra 9:13-15 13 READ have punished us less than our iniquities deserveSaul was deserving of Death, but David didn’t kill him- not because Saul was deserving of mercy- but because David’s nature was one of mercy- Such as it is with the Heart of God-