As we continue with our study of David and Saul we see more and more of the flesh in action in Saul’s life. We want to remember that Saul is a picture to us of man in the flesh. At every test, Saul has failed just as the flesh fails at every test. But we now begin to see David (a wonderful type of Christ as well as a type of the new man that constitutes a believer’s life) come on the scene. The more we see of David and his ways, the more we think of our blessed Lord Jesus.
We also want to see that David is a very good example of the way in which the new man reacts to the situations that he faces. Every real believer is a new creation in Christ because he has the Spirit dwelling within him and he possesses the very life of Christ. This eternal life reacts in a very different way than the flesh.
Saul has progressed in his path away from the Lord so much that now he has been actively seeking to have others kill David. Any that he perceives are for David he immediately considers his enemy. We see that this even happens in his own house among the servants of God.
1. When Jonathan spoke on David’s behalf, Saul rebuked his son and tried to kill him with a spear. Although they did not try to kill Nicodemus, what was the reaction of the Jews when he tried to speak to them on the Lord’s behalf? John 7:___
2. What was the Jews’ reaction when the blind man who had been healed rebuked them for their unbelief in the Lord Jesus? John 9:___
3. What was the Jews’ reaction toward anyone who would openly confess that Jesus was indeed the Christ of Israel? John 9:___
4. Saul’s hatred of David caused him to go so far as to have the priests of Jehovah killed because he thought that they were supporting David. Why was the Apostle Paul warning the Ephesian elders to be very watchful over the assembly of God after he was taken from them? Acts 20:___
5. Before he was saved, what had the Apostle Paul (Saul of Tarsus) been occupied in doing? Acts 9:___