Restraining Grace
1 Samuel 25:1-44
March 13, 2016
Study Questions
1. Read 1 Samuel 25:1a.
Given how prominent a man Samuel was, why do you think the author gave so
little space to his death? How did Israel respond to his death? How do you
suppose Saul and David responded to his death?
2. Read 1 Samuel 25:1b-8.
Where was the wilderness of Paran? Why did David go there? Who was Nabal? What
did David request of him and in what spirit?
3. Read 1 Samuel
25:9-17. How did Nabal respond to the request? What reason did he give? What
did David plan to do in return? How many went with him and how many stayed behind?
How did Abigail come to know of David’s plans?
4. Read 1 Samuel
25:18-35. What specifically did Abigail plan to do? What were David’s specific
intentions? Upon meeting him, what Did Abigail say of Nabal and how did his
name play into her words?
5. What did Abigail
say the Lord was doing through her in the life of David? What did she say would
still become of his enemies? What then did Abigail assert, even prophesy, of
David? How did David respond to her?
6. Read 1 Samuel
25:36-44. What was Nabal doing upon Abigail’s return? When did she tell him of
David and why? How did he respond and what did the Lord do?
7. How did David
respond to Nabal’s death? Why did David take Abigail as his wife? What had
happened to his current wife, Michal? Why did David also take to himself
another wife, Ahinoam of Jezreel? Where was Jezreel?
8. How
has the Lord worked in your life to restrain you from sin? What does this teach
you about the faithfulness of God and the certainty of the gospel? What can we
do before the fact so that God won’t have to restrain us from sinning?
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