{"id":5298,"date":"2024-09-25T06:05:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T11:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/?p=5298"},"modified":"2024-09-25T06:05:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T11:05:38","slug":"1-2-samuel-program-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/?p=5298","title":{"rendered":"1 &amp; 2 Samuel (Program #21)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/bible.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"150\" \/>1 &amp; 2 Samuel (Program #21) &#8211; The History Concerning David (8)<\/p>\n<p>The first two kings of Israel present us with two distinctly different patterns.  Both began their monarchy by being selected and anointed by God, but any similarity ends there.  Saul, the first king, was intent on one thing, and that was establishing and building up his own monarchy.  What he was building up was absolutely for himself.  David who replaced Saul was also intent on one thing.  But for David, that one thing had nothing to do with his own kingdom.  His focus was God&#8217;s kingdom.  What he was building up was for God&#8217;s kingdom, not for his own.<\/p>\n<p>The result of their two lives tells us a lot about how we should approach and conduct ourselves in the kingdom of God.  Saul and his three sons died a humiliating death, and the honor and the glory that surrounded his kingship in the beginning was completely lost.  David on the other hand, despite some serious failures, became an important person in God&#8217;s plan and even in the accomplishment of His eternal economy.<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"1 &amp;amp; 2 Samuel (Program #21)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-09-25T06:05:38-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"1 &amp;amp; 2 Samuel (Program #21) - The History Concerning David (8)\r\n\r\nThe first two kings of Israel present us with two distinctly different patterns.  Both began their monarchy by being selected and anointed by God, but any similarity ends there.  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