DOES GOD’S WILL MATTER?

1 KINGS 1                                                                                                 Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE REALITY OF DAVID’S CONDITION [v. 1-4]

 

1. A Sad Condition [v. 1]

 

2. A Strange Occupation [v. 2-4a]

 

3. A Sufficient Situation [v. 4b]

 

II. THE RECOGNITON OF DAVID’S FAILURE [v. 5-9]

 

1.  Adonijah’s Conspiracy [v. 5-6, 1 Chr. 22:7-10]

 

2. Adonijah’s Cohorts [v. 7]

 

3.  Adonijah’s “Coronation” [v. 8-9]

 

III. THE RESPONSE OF DAVID’S GODLY FRIENDS [v. 10-53]

 

1. The Plan of Nathan [v. 10-27]

 

2. The Power of David [v. 28-38]

 

3. The Promotion of Solomon [v. 39-53, Psalm 75:6-7]

 

For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.