Family Affair and Family Feud - Part 4

"David Fleeing from Absalom"

 Absalom wanted to be King and he tried to turn the people of Israel away from his father. David wound up fleeing for his life from Absalom… Absalom rode under a tree and got his hair caught in the boughs of the tree where he was left hanging. One of King David's men came upon him and killed him… 

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 We have seen in the first ten chapters of 2 Samuel how God empowered David to defeat Israel’s enemies and establish and expand the kingdom.  2 Sam. & 1 Chron. Then David committed the sins of adultery, murder, and deception (chap. 11—12), and the rest of the book describes David wrestling with problems caused by his own children. His days are dark and disappointing, but he still depends on the Lord, and the Lord enables him to overcome and prepare the nations for the reign of his son Solomon. 

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The greatness of God (8:1–6) Obviously, this event had to take place before the healing of Naaman (2 Kings 5), since the king wasn’t likely to welcome a leper into the palace, and Gehazi was a leper,  The author of 2 Kings doesn’t claim to follow a strict chronology, and we’re not even sure which king Gehazi was entertaining with stories about his master.  

Encouragement from John 4 Rich Lampley II

 In Pastor Julius T. Davis's sermon, he points out a couple of lessons that can be learned from this miracle from 2 Kings.  The first point he makes is that all we have is borrowed from the Lord and we are but stewards of the things we have.  This would include our gifts and our abilities that we receive from the Lord.  Some may think that they learned them so they earned them, but it is the Lord who gives the ability and the talent to all. 

 One would have expected that Elisha’s servant should have been a saint; but we find him far otherwise. The best men, the best ministers, have often had those about them that were their grief and shame. My master hath spared this Syrian — A stranger, and one of that nation who are the implacable enemies of God’s people. As the Lord liveth — He swears, that he might have some pretense for the action to which he had bound himself by his oath; not considering, that to swear to do any wicked action

Pastor's Message from Home 7/12/20

Celebrating The Life, Legacy & Loving Memory of Mr. Fletcher Davidson, 7/10/20

Friendship Baptist Church of Girard, 

Pastor Julius T. Davis Jr. sermon from 2 Kings 5 "The Leper Cleansed"  July 5th, 2020

 Pastor Julius T. Davis Jr. continues the Valley of the Ditches The Sins Against God, 2 KINGS 3:1-3a.  Jehoram did evil---Generational sins and consequences, generational curses.  The sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, he did not depart from them 

Pastor Julius T. Davis Jr. - 2 Kings 3:1-27 "The Valley of the Ditches". The Sins Against God, 2 KINGS 3:1-3a. Jehoram did evil - Generational sins and consequences, generational curses. The sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, he did not depart from them 

Pastor Julius T. Davis message from home,  "The Real Deal" Taken from the book of Romans 12 

Pastor Julius T. Davis Jr. - Feast in a time of Famine When Elisha visits the company of the prophets in Gilgal, the problem of feeding the group in the midst of a famine is compounded by the unwitting addition of poisonous gourds, gathered earlier, to the stewpot. Elisha comes to the rescue with a simple solution that purifies the stew and allows the festivities to proceed, covering the mistakes that necessarily occur in our service to God. 2 Kings 4:38-41 KJV 

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Pastor Davis teaches about The Majesty of His Mercy from the Book of Romans.

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 Fellowship and Joy from the book of 1 John 1 thru Chapter 2

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Pastor Julius T. Davis Jr. Sermon:  The Majesty of His Mercy, Romans 9,10,11