2 Samuel 24:18-25 “that which cost me nothing”
Introduction: The
average of what people spend on Christmas 2001 = $10056.00 2011 =
$689.00 this passage is about giving and
it is a message about advent. This
passage has some difficult things to understand. Samuel is dead and gad has
become the prophet that David looks to for help. The bible says that the lord incited David to
take a census of the fighting men of Israel. Here is a strange case where 2nd
Samuel says the lord incited David and 1
chronicles 21:1 says that it is Satan who rose up against Israel. Like
job, Israel will become the object of a war unseen. Why god causes Satan to incite David to take
the census we do not know. David was
given advice from Joab not to do the census but David persisted in taking
one. Gods’ anger is not against David
but Israel and no reason is given. When
the three days of plague come upon them David cries out for God to intervene. Gad
is sent with the information on how to stop the plague.
1. DAVID AND THE SACRIFICE
A. DAVID SEES THE PEOPLE DYING FROM THE PLAGUE AND CRIES OUT
B. GAD TELLS DAVID TO BUY THE THRESHING FLOOR AND SACRIFICE THERE
C. ARAUNAH OFFERS TO GIVE IT AND ALL THE THINGS NEEDED
D. DAVID REFUSED SAYING
A. “I WILL NOT SACRIFICE TO THE LORD MY GOD THAT WHICH COST ME NOTHING.”
E. THE SACRIFICE BRINGS HEALING
F. DAVID’S ACT PREFIGURES JESUS
2. JESUS THE SACRIFICE
A. BEFORE GOD EVEN CREATED US HE KNEW THE COST
A. TO CREATE A TRULY FREE CREATURE THERE WOULD BE SIN
B. THE ONLY CURE FOR SIN WAS SACRIFICE
C. “I WILL NOT SACRIFICE THAT WHICH COST ME NOTHING.”
D. JESUS PAID THE PRICE
A. A PLAGUE OF UNBELIEF AND GUILT HAS COME UPON PEOPLE ALL AROUND US.
A. THEY TRUST IN THEIR MONEY, LAND, POWER, YOUTH, FAMILY, AND KNOWLEDGE.
B. THEY DON’T KNOW ABOUT JESUS
C. THOUSANDS GO EVERY DAY INTO ETERNITY WITH NO HOPE OF SALVATION.
D. WHAT WOULD WE SACRIFICE TO SEE ONE OF THE THOUSANDS
E. WHAT WOULD WE SACRIFICE TO SEE OUR CHURCH GROW AND BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN MINISTRY
F. OUR CHURCH PURPOSEFULLY POSITIONED ITS SELF TO REACH THOSE LOST IN THE WORLD.
B. OUR SACRIFICE WILL BE COSTLY
A. OUR SACRIFICE TO GOD COULD BE OUR LIFE STYLE
B. IT COULD BE BEING NEAR OUR FAMILY
C. IT COULD BE OUR TIME AND WORK, AND IT CAN BE OUR MONEY.
D. YOUR SACRIFICE COULD BE SELFISH AMBITION, ATTITUDES
E. COMFORT, YOUR RETIREMENT LEISURE, EVEN YOUR LIFE.
F. I AM SURE THAT DEEP IN YOUR HEART IF YOU LISTEN YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR SACRIFICE MUST BE
G. YOU KNOW IN YOUR HEART WHAT IT COST.
H. “I WILL NOT SACRIFICE TO THE LORD MY GOD THAT WHICH COST ME NOTHING.”
Conclusion: All around us are people who are dying physically and spiritually. All around us are people who are going to hell for eternity. God has given you a part to play a sacrifice to make, to save them. Do not look to the person beside you or across the room to pay it for you. The sacrifice that is needed is
yours and yours alone. Search your heart, you know its there. Then give as David did. “I will not sacrifice to the lord my god that which cost me nothing.”
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