Podcast: St. George's Anglican Church - Sermons

Like David, we all deserve to die. All of the sin and evil in the world is in you. The gospel is the only solution for the heart of men.

We cannot approach the presence of God through our own means – by the reaching out of our own sinful hands. For God is holy and we would be struck dead in His presence, but we have an advocate.

David wept and mourned at the death of his enemy, Saul. Even more so, Jesus does not rejoice at a death of a sinner, but instead desires that all men might be saved and be brought under his gracious lordship.

How can you become more gracious to others? Return to the cross and remember the mercy God has shown you. We are never more like Jesus than when we forgive others rather than giving them what they deserve.

Jonathan saved David from the ill-tempered wrath of his father, Saul, but Jesus saved us from the just wrath of his Father – the Lord Almighty. We didn’t deserve saving, but Jesus is our faithful friend and brother.

Jesus has already slayed the philistine in your life. Unlike David, Jesus did not deliver you by the sword, but through the cross.

In David, the shepherd boy who was anointed king, we see a picture of our Redeemer, Jesus, the Good Shepherd who is our Eternal King.

Jesus has changed your family tree. Once you were traitorous, cutoff and outside the family of God, destined to starve and die, but now you have been welcomed to the table and given a place in the family of God.

Through the lens of Jesus, we see that God has not delayed – He has already delivered us. So now we wait patiently on the Lord, until that moment where our faith will become sight.

The Lord’s goodness is never sweeter than when you need it most. There is nothing more radiant than a saint calling on the Lord in their hour of need.