Background

There are not many pastors alive who have a lustrous tongue yet preach with such substance and conviction as Alistair Begg.

I don’t even have to be 3 minutes into the message to know I must not keep it to self.

But, share with the people of God.

 

Videos

1. Dark Days
   • Dark Days – Part one
     • Profile
       • After some measure of reconciliation with King David, Absalom began to build his public image. For four years he sowed a spirit of discontent among the Israelites and offered himself as their hope for resolution. Absalom’s persona fed his political objective—namely, to usurp David’s throne. In response to his son’s rebellion, David fled Jerusalem—a decision, notes Alistair Begg, made not out of fear but in the wisdom and knowledge that no manmade plot can overturn God’s steadfast love and faithfulness toward His people.
       • Scripture: 2 Samuel 15:1-22
       • Preached: October 3, 2021
     • Videos
       • Video #1
         Channel:- Alistair Begg
         Date Published:- 2021-October-7th
         Date Added:- 2021-October-27th
         Link
   • Dark Days – Part Two
     • Profile
       • Facing Absalom’s betrayal, David and his company fled Jerusalem and ascended the Mount of Olives. Alistair Begg explains how David’s suffering and exile anticipate and illuminate the later anguish and steps of Christ. There’s one key difference, though: David’s hardship was a result of his own sin, while Jesus, who never sinned, suffered for our transgressions to reconcile us to God.
       • Scripture: 2 Samuel 15:23-37
       • Preached: October 3, 2021
     • Videos
       • Video #1
         Channel:- Alistair Begg
         Date Published:- 2021-October-7th
         Date Added:- 2021-October-27th
         Link
2. Amnon Is Dead and Absalom Fled
   • Amnon Is Dead and Absalom Fled
     • Profile
       • In the latter part of his reign, David became easily manipulated, and sin’s corrosive effects continued to erode his kingdom. Two years after Amnon violated Tamar, her brother Absalom took matters into his own hands by vengefully killing him. Examining the tragic events of 2 Samuel 13, Alistair Begg reminds us that just like David’s sons, we’re all sinners, and judgment and vengeance belong to God alone. Jesus is the only King who can truly set things right. In Him, mercy and justice are perfectly executed.
       • Scripture: 2 Samuel 13:23–39
       • Preached: September 19, 2021
     • Videos
       • Video #1
         Channel:- Alistair Begg
         Date Published:- 2021-September-22nd
         Date Added:- 2021-October-28th
         Link

 

Scripture

The Day of Trouble

The Day of Trouble – Part 1

• 1st Samuel
  • 1st Samuel 8:11 – Samuel’s Warning ( Link )
    • So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.
    • He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to his own chariots and horses, to run in front of his chariots.
    • He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, to make his weapons of war, and to equip his chariots.…
• Psalm
  • Psalm 20:7 – The Day of Trouble ( Link )
    • …Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.
    • Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
    • They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.…
  • Psalm 3:1-4 – Deliver Me, Oh Lord ( Link )
    • O LORD, how my foes have increased!
      How many rise up against me!
      Many say of me,
      “God will not deliver him.”
      Selah
      But You, O LORD, are a shield around me,
      my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
      To the LORD I cry aloud,
      and He answers me from His holy mountain.
• 2nd Samuel
  • 2nd Samuel 15:1-4 – Absalom’s Conspiracy ( Link )
    • In the course of time, Absalom provided himself with a chariot and horses and with fifty men to run ahead of him.
    • He would get up early and stand by the side of the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone came with a complaint to be placed before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out to him, “What town are you from?” He would answer, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”
    • Then Absalom would say to him, “Look, your claims are valid and proper, but there is no representative of the king to hear you.”
    • And Absalom would add, “If only I were appointed judge in the land! Then everyone who has a complaint or case could come to me and I would see that they receive justice.”
  • 2nd Samuel 15:7-8 – Absalom’s Conspiracy ( Link )
    • At the end of four years, Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron and fulfill a vow I made to the Lord.
    • While your servant was living at Geshur in Aram, I made this vow: ‘If the Lord takes me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the Lord in Hebron. ’ ”
• Isaiah
  • Isaiah 2:2 – The Mountain of the House of the LORD ( Link )
    • And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
    • And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem
  • Isaiah 2:22 – The Day of Reckoning ( Link )
    • Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
• Matthew
  • Matthew 8:10 – The Faith of the Centurion ( Link )
    • …For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes; and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”
    • When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.
    • I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.…

 

The Day of Trouble – Part 2

1. 2nd Samuel
   • 2nd Samuel 15:25 – David Flees Jerusalem ( Link )
     • …Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until the people had passed out of the city.
     • Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
     • But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”…
   • 2nd Samuel 15:28 – David Flees Jerusalem ( Link )
     • …The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
     • See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”
     • So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem and stayed there.…
   • 2nd Samuel 17:14 – Hushai Counters Ahithophel’s Advice ( Link )
     • …If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found.”
     • Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD h
     • ad purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
2. Psalm
   • Psalm 41:9 – Blessed is He who Cares for the Poor ( Link )
     • Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
     • But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.…

 

Amnon Is Dead and Absalom Fled

1. Titus
   • Titus 3:1 – Obedience to Authorities ( Link )
     • Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work, to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.…
   • Titus 3:3 – God’s Mercy to Us ( Link )
     • For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
     • But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.…
2. Romans
   • Romans 12:19 – Forgiveness ( Link )
     • …If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.
     • Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath.
     • For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

 

Transcript

The Day of Trouble

The Day of Trouble – Part 2

1. Not only does God ordain the end, but he also ordains the means to the end
2. The sovereignty of God does not denude the responsibility and activity of men and women