A Dying King’s Last Words

The Life of DAvid

A Dying King’s Last Words

1 Kings 2:1-4

When the time drew near for David to die, he gave a charge to Solomon his son. Vs. 1

a little Fatherly Advice

1. Up

“I am about to go the way of all the earth,” he said. “So be strong… vs. 2

2. Up

he said. “So be strong, act like a man… vs. 2b

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 1 Corinthians 13:11

3. Up

he said. “So be strong, act like a man, and observe what the Lord your God requires

Vs. 3

Choose to with God

Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations, as written in the Law of Moses. Vs. 3b

The Promise:

God those who Him

Do this so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go and that the Lord may keep his promise to me: ‘If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ Vs. 3-4

A Incredible Legacy

“Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed.  Acts 13:36

What is my God given purpose?

Will I surrender my life to it?