David Pt. 2

GOD TURNS FALLING INTO FALL

Pastor Hope Flask

September 28, 2025

Main Scriptures: 2 Samuel 24:10-25

Additional Scriptures: Matthew 5:14-16, James 2:13b, Hebrews 5:13-14

POINTS:

• Israel had a volunteer army and was moving to having a standing army.

• God’s people are always meant to be a light, not a shadow.

• Humanity’s propensity for violence often serves as the catalyst for God’s wrath.

• Sometimes, God tells us to obey, but never gives us the reason why we should obey.

• With one another, we should seek to understand before being understood.

• If we only obey God when we understand: we are asking for a god that is only as wise as we are, and what we are actually looking for is agreement; we want to agree with God, not obey Him.

• David falls into God’s hands, and that is what changes the leaves of this story.

• Spiritual maturity = repentance

• Spiritual maturity requires working in of the Word of God, continual worship and prayer, knowing God’s heart, and knowing your own.

• Spiritual maturity requires emotional intelligence (EQ).

• Spiritually mature people repent genuinely and handle criticism without getting offended.

• A spiritual infant never humbles themselves, never apologizes without defending themselves, and builds their cases in a mental courtroom.

• The journey to maturity won’t come without a price.