1 Samuel 24 | Bible Study Questions

COVENANT HOPE CHURCH | 14 JUNE 2024

OBSERVATION

What does it say?

    1. What characters are mentioned and how are they described?
    2. Why was David hiding in a cave?
    3. Why did Saul go into the cave?
    4. What repetitions do you notice and what do they tell us?
    5. How did Saul respond to what David did?

INTERPRETATION

What does it mean?

    1. Compare and contrast Saul and David here.
      1. How do they respond to the pressure from other men?
    2. How do you see David's humility in this chapter?
    3. Do you think David sinned in what he did? Why or why not?
    4. What do we learn about God in this chapter?
      1. What parts of this story point to Jesus and what He's done for us on the cross?

APPLICATION

What will I do?

    1. What does it look like for us to "trust in the Lord's judgement and vengeance today?
    2. Are there ways that you are tempted to take justice into your own hands? (at work, while driving, etc.)
      1. Why is it so tempting to want to punish people ourselves or to take vengeance ourselves?
      2. What would it look like to trust in the Lord's justice and goodness in those times?
    3. Pray in light of this passage and any applications you've made.
    4. Sing Grace Greater than All Our Sin to God and to one another.

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