Because of our sin, people often fear God. They feel He is always angry at them, always looking over the rim of heaven trying to catch them doing wrong. We thank God, that is the exact opposite of God's real heart towards us. God's heart towards us is manifest for all time in the covenant Jesus created with Him. The story of David and Jonathan's covenant is a wonderful example of God's love, Jesus' sacrifice, and our restoration. Listen to this teaching and receive faith in who you are in Christ.

David is called to be king.

David, as a shepherd, had time; lots of free, quiet time, which he filled with psalms and music. This was not by chance; this was not a coincidence. What God had created in him came spilling out, even as what God has created in us flows out in all we do. This teaching "David - The Psalmist" shares how God speaks through meditation on His Word.

David wrote in Psalms 18:39 "For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me." He recognized and confessed in faith, God was the one who prepared and armed him for battle. You and I, whether we want to or not, are also in a battle. And, like David, we cannot win in our own strength. Praise the Lord, the battle doesn't rest on our own strength. In this teaching God reveals from David's battle with Goliath insights that are true of our battle with Satan's kingdom. May God bless it to your soul, and give you wisdom.

David was not perfect, but he was "a man after God's own heart". It is significant that even after his adultery and his murder of Uriah, God still forgave him when he repented. According to the law - which David was under - there was no forgiveness for those two sins. Committing adultery and murder both had the death penalty under the law of Moses. What was different that David was spared by God? Can God take our sins and bring His plan out of them? This teaching shares about David's repentance, and David's vision of the grace of God . . . years before Jesus appeared.

David was not perfect, but he was "a man after God's own heart". It is significant that even after his adultery and his murder of Uriah, God still forgave him when he repented. According to the law - which David was under - there was no forgiveness for those two sins. Committing adultery and murder both had the death penalty under the law of Moses. What was different that David was spared by God? Can God take our sins and bring His plan out of them? This teaching shares about David's repentance, and David's vision of the grace of God . . . years before Jesus appeared.

God is gracious, and full of mercy. Even though David committed two sins which under the Mosaic law demanded the death penalty, David knew that grace and mercy was (is) the nature of God; and he appealed to God's grace. David looked past the law and saw the coming Messiah . . . and . . . God forgave him based on the cross. Still, God has placed on the earth the "law of sowing and reaping" in the natural realm, and the spiritual realm (Galatians 6:7-9). Due to David's sin the violence of his sins of adultery and murder never left his family. Sin will bring death, sin will corrupt, that is why God desires we repent quickly and fully, to save us from the horror and hurt of sin.

The Reign of King David is called "The Golden Age of Israel. Under David's forty year reign as King Israel was the strongest nation in the near east; all other nations were subdued and submitted to Israel. David had brought peace. Also Israel was prosperous with new buildings, commerce from all nations, and each Jewish family knew contentment. But, most of all, Israel worshipped and followed God. The nature and heart of David as King touched all of Israel, as they honored and loved God. Because of David's heart which followed God completely, all other kings after David were judged by David . . .he became the gold standard by which God measured all Kings. What a tremendous legacy he left. This teaching shares how David's faithful walk following God has set the stage for God's chosen King, Jesus, who will again step on this earth.