[continued from previous message]   
      
       • Saul persecutes David, but God preserves His anointed servant   
         (19:1–26:25).   
      
       • Saul’s decline continues through spiritual rebellion and despair   
         (28:3–31:13).   
      
       • David’s faith and Saul’s fall contrast the man after God’s heart   
         with the man rejected by God.   
      
   This outline shows a transition   
      
       • From theocracy to monarchy (God’s rule to human rule),   
      
       • From Saul’s failure to David’s faith, and   
      
       • From God’s rejected king to God’s chosen king, pointing to Christ,   
         the perfect anointed King.   
      
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   Have you heard the good news Christ died for our sins (†), and God   
   raised Him from the dead?   
      
   That Christ died for our sins shows we're sinners who deserve the death   
   penalty. That God raised Him from the dead shows Christ's death   
   satisfied God's righteous demands against our sin (Romans 3:25; 1 John   
   2:1-2). This means God can now remain just, while forgiving you of your   
   sins, and saving you from eternal damnation.   
      
   On the basis of Christ's death and resurrection for our sins, call on   
   the name of the Lord to save you: "For 'everyone who calls on the name   
   of the Lord will be saved'" (Romans 10:13, ESV).   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)