Sermons About Delima
2 Samuel 14 - The Manipulators
This narrative in 2 Samuel 13 illustrates how manipulation causes delimas in one life. Joab used an lady actor to try to get David to bring back Absalom, and it worked to a degree. With Absalom back, but not allow in the royal house, Absalom also manipulates Joab to get a hearing with King David - His father - by burning Joab fields. All this put King David in a difficult delima of doing what was right judicially in executing his son, Absalom, and showing mercy and grace to the son that he loved. David chose neither but tried to carve out a middle ground because he could not uphold justice and show mercy at the same time. But what David could not do God has done in his Son - Jesus Christ. God fully satisfied his justice in the death of Christ and also show grace and mercy to men.
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