Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

It is a little frustrating reading sermons about David. There are all sorts of good moral applications out there, such as: - David should have been devoted to God's kingdom–so should you! - David should have been a good father–so should you! But there is little understanding of how the narrative of David is all about the gospel! Our story tonight is all about the cross. Certainly David has created the mess that he is in. But he is the LORD's anointed. And God has ordained that he will prefigure the sufferings of his great son, Jesus. And if David pre-figures our Lord Jesus – then it is equally accurate to say that sometimes we post-figure Christ! That's what Paul means by speaking of sharing in the sufferings of Christ. Obviously, like David, much of our suffering is self-inflicted. But David reminds us that even though much of our suffering happens because of our own foolishness, God uses even that suffering to conform us to the image of his Son...