Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

In our text tonight we see the story of David moving in reverse. As David's story began with Goliath and Saul, so now it will end with Goliath and Saul. As David began going out before the troops, tonight David will no longer go out. He is growing old. I have titled tonight's sermon "from Beginning to End" in order to show how our text brings resolution in each of the three major areas of David's life: - his relationship to the house of Saul (21:1-14), - his relationship to the Philistines (21:15-22), and then his relationship to Yahweh – which will look at next time in chapter 22. And we, who are united to the house of David in our Lord Jesus Christ, need to remember that this is our story as well. In Jesus we have the faithful and victorious king, whose deliverance is due to God alone...