March 23, 2025 // 2 Samuel 13

Theme: Like Father, Like Sons
Passage: 2 Samuel 13

The lessons from these brutal scenes in David’s house are best seen from the characters who lived them:

1.       Amnon: Simmering Lust

2.       Tamar: Silenced Victim

3.       Absalom: Seething Anger

4.       David: Static Father

Main Idea: Our choices to sin leave a wake of devastation in other’s lives.

·     Know that your unchecked sin will devastate and destroy.
·     See and listen to sin’s victims.
·     Confront the sinner.

Application Questions:
·     Why do we need to study and look intently at such stories of violence in scripture?
·     What do the thoughts and actions of Amnon teach you in your own battle with lust and temptation? What do the actions of Absalom teach you concerning allowing anger and bitterness to remain in your thought life toward another person?
·     How do Tamar’s response and courageous action challenge the church and believers to look long and hard at the plight of sin’s victims? What can we do to draw attention to the effects of sin upon those sinned against?
·     Knowing that inactivity like David’s only leads to more problems, why do we still resist confronting sin and the sinner?
·     What is God calling you to do in response to the lessons from these scenes in David’s family?