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II Samuel 3:12-39
Jeanne Holmes || July 16, 2020
Grudge
Grudge
A grudge is a strong, continued feeling of hostility or ill will against someone over a real or imagined grievance where the goal is vengeance.
ACTIVITY
Breakout
Activity
- Assign every member a color (orange, green, blue, pink, or purple)
* every member gets a different color*
- List as many biblical grudges as you can and be prepared to report them to the whole group
II Sam 3: 12 - 39
II Sam 3:12-39
After the death of King Saul, Abner (the commander of Saul’s army) took Saul’s son Ish-Bosheth and made him king over the areas of Israel called Gilead, Ashuri and Jezreel, Ephraim, and Manasseh (2 Samuel 2:9).
During this same time, David served as king over the tribe of Judah in Hebron, a city in southern Israel. David’s men (led by Joab) and Abner’s men fought one another in battle.
After about two years, King Ish-Bosheth accused Abner of sleeping with Saul’s concubine (2 Samuel 3:7). Abner became angry at the false accusation and promised to turn over all of Israel to David (2 Samuel 3:8–10).
Abner met with David and made an agreement to bring the entire nation of Israel under David’s control. Afterwards, Joab, came before David and accused Abner of lying and trying to set up David.
Without David’s permission, Joab tracked down Abner and murdered him (2 Samuel 3:26–27). This was more than an act of supposed loyalty to David, however. Joab had been seeking to avenge his brother Asahel’s death at the hands of Abner (2 Samuel 2:19–23).
The Face
The Face of a
Grudging Spirit
Rooted in spiritual warfare
Blinded by deception
Trapped by the pain
The Fuel
The FUEL of a
Grudging Spirit
Fed by:
- Unwise counsel
- (Prov 27:17)
- Impatience
- Pride
The Failure
- Causes physical and spiritual illness
- Leads to more sin
- Jame 5:9
- Causes others to stumble
- John 13:35