Sermon Questions - April 10, 2016

Exiled in Faithfulness

1 Samuel 26:1-27:12

April 10, 2016

Study Questions

1. Read 1 Samuel 26:1-5. Why did the Ziphites betray David? Had they done this before? How did Saul respond and why? How did David learn of Saul’s location and what did he do?

2. Read 1 Samuel 26:6-16. What did David first do? What did Abishai encourage him to do? How did David respond? What did David assert about Saul’s future? What did David then do and why did his plan work?

3. Once the plan was executed, who did David call out to and why? Of what did David accuse him? Was David right?

4. Read 1 Samuel 26:17-25. How did Saul know it was David speaking? Specifically, what did David say to Saul? How did Saul respond? What did he promise?

5. Read 1 Samuel 27:1-4. Despite Saul’s words, what did David think about his future? Why did he decide to flee to the Philistines and where in particular did he go? Sound familiar? How did Saul respond to David’s exile?

6. Read 1 Samuel 27:5-12. What did David request of Achish and how did he respond? Where is Ziklag? How long did David live there?

7. Where did David conduct raids at this time of his life? What was his policy on these raids and why? Was he right? What was the result with Achish?

8. Why was David forced into exile? What does this teach us about the response of fleshly people toward our life in Christ? What does this teach us about the reality of suffering in Christ? What is our hope in “exile”?

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