Character Qualities of God
as seen by David
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Title: Character Qualities of God as seen by David
Keywords: "blameless" "David" "kind"
"perverted" "pure"
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Passage: 2 Samuel 22:1, 26-27*
1. And David spoke the words of this song to the Lord in the
day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and
from the hand of Saul.
26. "With the kind Thou dost show
thyself kind, with the blameless Thou dost show thyself
blameless;
27. With the pure Thou dost show thyself pure, and
with the perverted Thou dost show thyself
astute."
Questions
1. What character traits listed are also attributes of
God?
2. What is God's response to the perverted
life?
3. What is purity?
Practical help
This passage is found near the end of the book of 2nd Samuel and
near the end of the life of David. King David's story is one of the
most interesting, in my opinion, in the Old Testament. He began as the
shepherd boy who defeated the giant Goliath, became a fugitive fleeing
for his life before King Saul, rose to be king himself, sinned by
sleeping with the wife of one of his soldiers and then covered it up
by having the man killed in battle. His is a story of victories,
defeats, and grace. In addition, he opens his inner life up for our
inspection through the songs (psalms) he wrote.
How could David
consider himself blameless after all he had done? The answer is found
in the character of the God he served. Pray to know this God better.
Ask Him to deliver you from pornography, He is astute and knows where
you are and what you need. David couldn't hide from God and neither
can you.
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