A Stubborn Pursuit

Q: What does the Bible say about stubborn pursuits of sin?

The Bible warns that stubborn pursuits of sin lead to death, as seen in the story of Asahel in 2 Samuel 2. In 2 Samuel 2, we see the story of Asahel, who pursued Abner with a stubborn zeal that ultimately cost him his life. This narrative illustrates how sin can lead to relentless and destructively stubborn pursuits. Asahel's refusal to heed repeated warnings from Abner about turning aside reflects the reality that sin causes us to pursue what appears right, yet ends in death. Scripture frequently warns us about the folly of a zeal not grounded in knowledge or wisdom. It highlights that while pursuits may seem sincere, if they are misdirected, they will lead to ruin, as Asahel's did when he pursued Abner to his demise.

Q: How do we know that the consequences of sin are certain?

The certainty of death due to sin is illustrated in Scripture, particularly as described in Romans 5:12. The Bible makes it clear that death is an inevitable consequence of sin, as expressed in Romans 5:12: 'Just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned.' This principle is illustrated in the life of Asahel, whose relentless pursuit results in his untimely death. We see that sin not only disrupts our relationship with God but also leads to physical and spiritual death. The biblical narrative reminds us that sin is a destructive force, and its consequences are not optional; they are certain. It serves to strip away any illusion that we can outrun or control death—the harsh reality that in Adam all die.

Q: Why is understanding grace important for Christians?

Grace is essential as it highlights that salvation is through faith in Christ, not through our own works. Understanding grace is vital for Christians, as it outlines the nature of our relationship with God. We see this in the example of Asahel's pursuit of vengeance, where his desire to establish his own righteousness led to his downfall. Grace teaches us that we are not justified by our works or zeal, but through faith in the finished work of Christ. This fundamental truth is what separates true Christianity from all forms of self-righteous pursuits. As emphasized in Ephesians 2:8-9, salvation is by grace through faith, not of ourselves; it is a gift of God. Recognizing our reliance on grace offers us the hope and power needed to abandon our stubborn pursuits and turn our lives toward Christ, who fully embodies grace and truth.

Q: What lessons can we learn from the conflict in 2 Samuel 2?

The conflict in 2 Samuel 2 teaches about the futility of human pursuits driven by sin and the need for divine intervention. The turmoil depicted in 2 Samuel 2 provides significant insights into the human condition and the effects of sin. The battles described illustrate the futility of attempting to find resolution or peace through human means when motivated by sin. Asahel's relentless pursuit of Abner, despite Abner's clear warnings, signifies how stubborn pursuits often end in conflict and despair. This story prompts us to reflect on our own pursuits and the divisive nature of sin that fractures unity. Moreover, the passage ultimately points to the necessity of divine intervention to bring true peace, reminding us that only through Christ can we be reconciled both to God and to one another. The relentless human pursuit of vengeance exposes our need for a Savior who brings healing and restoration.

Go ahead and turn with me to 2 Samuel chapter 2, if you would, please. 2 Samuel chapter 2. I titled tonight's message, A Stubborn Pursuit. A Stubborn Pursuit. And tonight, we have another messy and violent story before us. But it's, again, very instructive. We see what happens when personal vengeance tries to outrun divine restraint. It's a stubborn pursuit.

Now, as you know, this story takes place after the aftermath of a brutal civil war inside of Israel. Saul is dead. Judah has made David their king. Abner has made Ish-bosheth a rival king over the remainder of Israel. And what follows isn't just political conflict. We have a lot of political conflict in our country today, but this is brother against brother. This is tribe against tribe. This is blood spilled between covenant people. And sin is the cause. Sin is the cause of all man's problems. It can all be traced back to that one thing. Sin. Sin within. Sin without.

Look at verse 17, and there was a very sore battle that day, and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel before are by the servants of David. And there were three sons of Zeruah, and that's David's sister. Zeruah is David's sister, so these were David's nephews. They're Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. And Asahel was as light a foot as a wild roe.

He was a fast runner. I mean, for scripture to mention that, it must have been a very obvious trait that he had. And Asahel, verse 19, Asahel pursued after Abner. And in going, he turned not to the right nor to the left from following Abner. Then Abner looked behind him and said, art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.

And Abner said unto him, turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and they lay thee hold of one of the young men. Now he's referring to one of the men that have already been killed and take his armor. That was a common custom in victory of a battle, to take the armor of the defeated enemy. He says, lay hold of one of these men that are already dead. Quit chasing me.

But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him. And Abner said again to Asahel, turn me aside from following me, wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? How then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother? If you force me to kill you, how am I going to look in your brother's face? Now they're at odds against Joab, Abner is, but they're still family. They're of the 12 tribes.

Verse 23, howbeit he, that being Asahel, refused to turn aside, wherefore Abner, now look at this, with the hinder end of the spear, the back part of the spear, the blunt end, smote him under the fifth rib, but the spear came out behind him and he fell down and died in the same place. And it came to pass that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still." Now he, no doubt in my mind that Abner did not want to kill him. Abner used the blunt side of the spear and yet It pierced him anyway, all the way through, according to what Scripture says. And what a violent, sobering scene this is. So much so that when the other men caught up with him and saw this, they just stood still in dismay and unbelief. Asahel relentlessly pursues after Abner, and his stubborn pursuit cost him his life.

There's some things we can learn from this. First, zeal without wisdom leads to death. There is a way that seems right in the man, but the end thereof is a way of death. All of us, at one time or another, have thought this way seems right or that way seems right. And if God would have allowed us to pursue, stubbornly pursue that way, it would have ended. in death. Matter of fact, it's probably happened so many times that this side of glory will never know. Maybe one day, I don't know.

But Asahel is described as a swift, a swift runner, and he's a determined man. And he refuses the repeated warnings to turn aside. And his problem's not a lack of passion. His problem is a zeal that's not according to knowledge. We have a lot of that today. Paul talked about that very frankly. He said, my brothers in Israel, they have a zeal, but it's not according to knowledge. It's not according to the scripture. It's according to man's traditions and man's will and man's work. He's no match for Abner, who's a seasoned warrior, and he does what many in religion do today. His zeal is not according to knowledge. He has a misdirected passion.

I know men and women today who are sincere. They're sincere about what they believe. They're sincere about who they worship. They're just sincerely wrong. And it's sad, but men and women can be sincere and yet a person can be driven and committed and yet still be heading straight into judgment. Men don't need zeal to be saved. They just need a new heart in a right direction.

Secondly, here we see the certainty of death and Adam. These are pictures for us to see. For the zealous and self-imagined strong of this world, one moment they're chasing, they're pursuing, and the next moment they're dead. It's just sudden and irreversible. This life is truly short.

If we live to be a hundred, When we're 100 years old, we'll say, where did the years go? Those of you 70 or older are already asking yourself that now. I'm sure I know I have been. Where have these 70 years gone? Go to bed at 30 and you wake up at 50 and you go to bed at 50 and you wake up at 80.

But this is a picture of life under sin, and Adam all die, and death comes quickly, and death comes certainly, and death comes even to the strong. Sin doesn't negotiate, it kills. And this passage here strips away any illusion that we can outrun death, or that we can control our end. Thirdly, human conflict is futile. After the death of Saul, Israel was a divided kingdom. Sin fractures unity. It not only separates us from God, but it separates men from one another. It turns people against each other. It produces endless cycles of balance and revenge.

I can remember in the church I grew up in, one Sunday morning, The preacher and the song leader got in an argument in church service. And I thought, well, looky what we got here. John, you better straighten up. But that's what I'm talking about. That's sin. That ain't nothing but sin. Sin causes those things. Human conflict is just futile. Sin fractures unity. It turns people against one another.

But the gospel brings peace. It's a peace that passes all understanding, and it keeps our hearts and our minds focused on one thing, and that's the one thing needful that we talk about all the time, the Lord Jesus. Christ doesn't just reconcile us to God, friends. He reconciles people to each other.

We know that we've passed from death into life. How do we know that? John told us, because we love the brethren. Fourthly, a gospel warning about stubborn pursuit is what we have here. This is a real warning. The scripture warns man about his stubborn pursuits of sin. Now we're gonna get down to the nitty gritty. Abner warned Asahel, what are some of the stubborn pursuits of sin?

You ever thought about it? I'm sure you have. Control. Control is a stubborn pursuit. From the beginning, man has wanted to be his own God. Man has wanted to decide what's right for himself. That was Eve and Adam's temptation. Why, if you eat of that fruit, you shall not surely die. You'll be his God. You'll know good from evil. You'll be able to make your own decisions. You'll be able to do your own thing. And that was very appealing to man, has been from the beginning, still is. We like to be in control, don't we? Man doesn't want to just live life. A man wants to control it.

But we find out real quick, if we're honest with ourselves, that we are not in control of anything, nothing. We think we are, but we're not. Self-righteousness, that's a stubborn pursuit. Instead of submitting to grace, people just try to justify themselves by works, by morality and comparison to others. I can remember a man that I knew, you know, said, well, I don't go to church, but I'm just as good as those hypocrites down at the first church and the second church and third church. Well, that may be so, but you got to be perfect. to be reconciled to God, and none of us are there. We sure can't be by our own righteousness.

By nature, man goes about to establish his own righteousness. Why? Because they've not submitted. This is plain scripture. They've not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. Christ's righteousness is not enough. I got to do something myself, and there's nothing we can do.

Pleasure and comfort is a stubborn pursuit. Mankind, by nature, will chase what feels good. This world advertises, if it feels good, do it. Even if it destroys you. And Asahel did just that. Men and women, by nature, cling to comfort over holiness. You know, the scripture talks about man's God is his belly. That's not talking about appetite. That's talking about personal satisfaction. We want more and more and more and more.

It's a stubborn pursuit. Wealth and security is a stubborn pursuit. People think money promises security, control, safety, identity, you know. That's why they pursue it relentlessly. But 1 Timothy chapter 6 is very clear and warns us that the love of money brings about many sorrows. Now we've got to have money to live in this world. We know that. It's not money that's the root of all evil. It's the love of money that's the root of all evil. Money's necessary, but the love of money, stubborn, stubborn pursuit. What about this one?

Recognition and Glory. It's a stubborn pursuit. Man wants to be seen. Man wants to be praised. Man wants to be remembered. Man feeds on attention by nature. Some more than others. John 5.44 tells us that that is a stubborn Our Lord said, how can you believe which receive honor one of another and seek not the honor that cometh from God only? I thought about that scripture some today in detail.

The craving of human approval blocks real faith. Our Lord's not saying that this just makes it harder. He's saying that it makes it impossible. His words are, how can you believe? How can anyone believe who seeks the honor of man and not the honor of God? How can you believe? Those who seek the honor of man over God can't. Not truly believe.

They can't truly rest. In most, every case, if a person is driven by what others think, they'll bend, they'll adjust, they'll compromise truth to keep that approval. Just two kinds of glory that you, and you can't live for both. Glory from man, reputation, praise, and status, or glory from God, truth, and righteousness, and acceptance. We cannot genuinely believe in the Lord Jesus while living for the approval and applause of others. One will always cancel out the other.

How about this as a stubborn pursuit? Independence from God. Independence from God is a stubborn pursuit. This is the umbrella over all the others. It's not just sin, it's refusal to submit to God's authority. This is God's world. This is my Father's world. This is the Lord's world. The earth is the Lord's in the fullness thereof and those that dwell therein. This all belongs to God. We belong to God.

Men by nature do what's right in their own eyes. You remember when we went through the book of Judges? We saw that over and over and over. Man did what was right in his own eyes. And what did it do for him every time it got him into a heap of trouble, didn't it? That's right, it always will. Believers strive to do what God says is right, not what we feel is right. Matter of fact, a pretty good rule of thumb, if you think something's right, it probably ain't. Probably not.

What a stubborn pursuit. Independence from God. Idols of the heart. Stubborn pursuit. We've all got them. We've all had them. And people make idols out of anything. We can make idols out of innocent things. We can make idols out of our own children. We can make idols out of our grandchildren. We can make idols out of anything. What a man clings to, he defends. Ezekiel spoke of idols set up in the heart. And that's what an idol is.

It's something that we set our heart's affection on above God himself. They're the hardest to uproot because we justify them. The gospel exposes our deepest problem where we will often chase after the things that harm us most. And that's, we're our own worst enemy, aren't we? We'll want the things that are the worst for us. May God enable us to trust in Him, seek His will, seek His purpose in life. Asahel was warned multiple times by Abner, stop chasing me. Turn to the left, turn to the right, stop chasing me. He didn't. It was a stubborn pursuit. He refused and that refusal, that stubborn pursuit brought about his death.

People are often warned through Scripture and through conscience and through preaching. But they continue their pursuits anyway. God delivers from that. God help us not to do that. To ignore warning from God is to choose judgment. It really is. The gospel calls sinners to turn aside now and live. That's what the Lord Himself said. God Himself told Ezekiel, He said, Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way. and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?

What strong words of warning. The whole passage before tonight is a messy transitional period before King David fully reigns over the kingdom. There's conflict, there's instability, and there's death. A lot of it. And this shows us our need for a better king and a better kingdom. Christ's kingdom is not marked by civil war. It's marked by righteousness and peace and life. Outside of Christ, we're driven but blind and we're warned but we're unyielding. We're alive but we're heading toward death. So will men keep running their course like Asahel? Or will they turn to Christ and live? That's really the issue, isn't it?

And our Lord doesn't just warn, He rescues. He gives life to those who would otherwise run straight into judgment. What mercy and grace when the Lord intervenes and says, stop right there. Don't go any further. And He can stop you. And He has many times. Times we're not even aware of. This is more than just biblical history that we're looking at tonight. It exposes something about us. Men pursue what they want, even when warned by God. And sin is not just weakness. Boy, that's a real mistake. When we think that sin is just a weakness, just a few little mistakes that we make, Sin is a stubborn pursuit. It really is.

The Gospel declares that man's not neutral. We belong to one or two kingdoms. Either the kingdom of darkness or the kingdom of God's dear Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. The child of God has the assurance that Christ has delivered us from the power of darkness and has translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son. That's the kingdom I want to belong to. How about you? In whom? In Him, in Christ, we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sin. I can't stand before God with sin. My sin's got to not only just be curtailed, it's got to be put away. And only Christ can do that.

Read on now, verse 24, Joab also, And Abishai pursued after Abner. They see their brother there, dead on the ground, and they pursue after him themselves. And the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lie before Giah, by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop and stood on the top of a hill.

Then Abner called to Joab and said, now look at this, shall the sword devour forever? Knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren? Here Abner cries for the sword to stop. In verse 26, shall the sword devour forever?

This has got to stop. Now I don't want us to not consider this as a question about war. I want us to consider this about our condition, the human condition. Let's consider it in the light of sin. The sword of sin. would devour forever. It would. Unless God divinely intervenes. But God did intervene.

Abner, by all accounts, a selfish, arrogant man. He sought his own glory and promotion. That's why he made Saul's son king, because he was a weak man. And basically, Abner was setting himself up as king. had Saul's son as a figurehead, so to speak. He was a man that sought his own promotion and glory. But he teaches us here that the worst of men, now listen, the worst of men and women can call out for mercy and God will hear them.

Isn't that something? Salvation doesn't have anything to do with how good a man perceives himself to be or how bad others perceive a man to be. It doesn't have anything to do with that. The only thing that matters is that Christ absorbed the judgment that you and I deserve.

Ain't none of us good. There's none that doeth good, no, not one. All of us are unrighteous. There's an unrighteous, not a one. There's none that seeketh after God. We can't say, oh, I found Jesus because I sought after him. No, it doesn't work that way. He came to seek and to save that which was lost.

He gets all the glory. He gets all the honor. The sword of justice fell on the Lord Jesus Christ, not on us. And that's the best news a sinner ever heard. because it doesn't have anything to do with the sinner. It has everything to do with the sinner's substitute, the sinner's sacrifice, and the sinner's surety. We know who that is.

Joab blew the trumpet of peace that day and it lasted for a short while. You know, our flesh, I was thinking about that because in the next chapter, chapter three, they start fighting again. Our flesh is never at peace for very long before it raises its ugly head again. We must continually seek the Lord for peace within. Lord, help me. You ever pray that? Lord, help me. We need help, don't we? Lord, save me. I need salvation. You're the only one who can save me.

A greater son of David brings everlasting peace. That's the good news that we have. David's kingdom is rising, but it comes through conflict and loss. And in essence, David is not the final answer. He's not the Savior of Israel. Christ is. He's the Savior of true Israel. He's the Savior of God's people.

David is not the end all of conflict king. Matter of fact, David himself is a sinner. That's why later on he goes on to commit adultery, he goes on to commit murder. The gospel points to a greater king, Jesus Christ, the Son of God and God the Son. He does not establish his kingdom by killing enemies. He establishes his kingdom by dying for them.

Where David's rise involved war, Christ's kingdom comes through reconciliation. Isn't that something? That's why so many folks, Judas in particular, a lot of the followers of Christ followed him no more. They thought he was gonna set up a earthly kingdom and deliver the Jewish people from the Roman empire, but that's not why he came at all. He came to set up a heavenly kingdom where men and women could live forever under the peace and rule of God Almighty.

Sin is a destructive pursuit, a stubborn pursuit that does not stop on its own. That's why Abner asked, shall the sword devour forever? It will if God doesn't intervene. And that question exposes the nature of sin. It just keeps going on unless it's stopped. And only God can stop it. It consumes lives. It consumes relationships. It consumes peace. It always ends bitterly.

That's what he said there in verse 26. Left to ourselves, we'll keep pursuing destruction. You know, one that God has revealed Their sin too knows that. We know we're our own worst enemy. Sin may start with passion and ambition and justification. You know, we justify our actions, yet it always produces death and regret and separation.

Someone must call for the pursuit to stop. God did. and He sent His Son. Abner appeals, how long before you tell the people to return? Again, the Lord uses an unlikely source to accomplish His will and purpose. He did that often in Scripture. What Abner's saying here is how long are we going to keep fighting? How long is this fighting going to keep going on? When are you going to call your men off? And even, as I said, the most unlikely of vain and prideful men can be turned by a sovereign God.

Now Abner realizes this has turned into an unnecessary destruction between Israelite brethren. He sees here that the costs are too high. He's killed a young man he didn't want to kill. He calls them brethren there in that verse. He reminds Joab that he's fighting Their own people were fighting each other with the same family. Now let me say this. Abner here is not just being noble. He's trying to stop a fight that he knows he's going to lose. He's got some self. Interest in this thing, but.

And then there's another whole lesson there. Pride keeps going long after wisdom proclaims truth, doesn't it? Every now and then will say something. that has a little bit of wisdom to it, and before we turn around, pride's taken over, and we're acting like idiots again. And at the same time here, we see that it takes more strength to end a fight than to keep one going. You know, sometimes it does. I guess two of the hardest words in our vocabulary is, I'm sorry. Gotta make yourself say that. Move your chin. It takes more strength to do that than to keep on fighting.

God help us. Christ ends this endless sword. Mankind's caught in a cycle of sin. It produces conflict and death. It always does. Christ brings peace out of hostility. He enables enemies to become brothers. He absorbs the sword of justice. The sword of God's holy and strict justice fell on him, not on us. It stopped with him. The buck stopped with him. Look at verse 27.

Joab said, as God liveth, unless thou hast spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up, everyone from following his brother. So Joab blew a trumpet and all the people stood still. and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim. And Joab returned from following Abner, and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men, and Ashahel, But the servants of David had smitten the Benjamin and the Babner's men, so that 303 score men died. And they took up Asahel and buried him in the sepulcher of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at the break of day." And these end verses here show us the reality of death. This chapter ends with mourning. Ash of hell is buried. Lives are lost. Victory is overshadowed by grief.

But here's the beautiful thing. In Christ, death doesn't get the final word. Through the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, what Samuel chapter 2 leaves unresolved Death, sorrow, and division are ultimately overcome by what Christ himself did on the cross. In our story, we've got relentless human pursuit. We've got divided kingdoms. We've got unavoidable death. We've got a cry for peace. And the gospel answers every single one of those things. The gospel answers it all.

Christ turns us from destructive pursuits. He teaches us that there's a way that seems right to us, but it's not right. He stops us in our tracks. He brings us into one kingdom, not a divided kingdom. He bears the sword of justice and judgment for us, and He defeats death itself. All these sad things that we read here, Christ resolved in and by and through Himself. There's just something in the human heart, the natural heart, the fallen heart, that does not just merely wonder. It just locks itself in. We don't just drift into sin. We pursue it. What a stubborn pursuit. We don't pursue it casually. We don't pursue it accidentally. We pursue it stubbornly.

Man's tragedy is not ignorance. Man's tragedy is refusal. I will not, I will not have this man rule over me. I'm going to do it my way. Now with a believer, God a warn and God a call and God will restrain. But there comes a time when God will give men and women over to what they insist on chasing. That's what we have here. Turn aside. Turn aside. I'll have to kill you if you don't turn aside." But he wouldn't turn aside.

Concerning those void of spiritual light and life, the problem with sin is not that it looks evil. The problem with sin is that it looks right. It seemed right. Sin always causes us to see in a different light. It's like putting on Colored glasses. Everything we see is that color. That's what sin does. And it's a dark, dark color. I think about the prodigal son very often because that's what we all are. Prodigal sons and daughters. You know, leaving one's father was a shameful thing.

That was a warning from God. He lived his life with reckless abandon. That's a warning. His money ran out. That was a warning. He ended up feeding and eating with swine, with pigs. That was a warning. Those were all divine warnings. Every step of the way carried a warning from God. One of the most frightening judgments in all the Scriptures is found in Romans chapter 1, and it says, God gave them over. I shudder at those words. God gave them over. reprobate minds. There wasn't any lightning from heaven.

There wasn't any immediate destruction, but permission to have what they stubbornly pursued. You want it? You can have it. You insist? Go ahead. You won't listen? Then experience it. God gave them over. The prodigal son thought he was pursuing life. You know he did. He went out. I could just see him skipping and dancing down the road. I got money in my pocket. Gonna have a good time tonight. He ended up nearly starving. Sin always over promises and under delivers. It always does. It promises satisfaction. It delivers emptiness. It promises freedom. It brings bondage. Stubborn pursuits always take more than it gives.

But the Scripture says that the product of the Son came to Himself. How did He do that? God divinely intervened. One day, He's sitting there, Him and His fellow pigs eating. And he got to thinking about his father and his father's servants. My father's servants fare him better than I do. I ought to go home and ask the Lord to make me a servant. I'd be better off than I am now.

When Christ pursues the sinner, clarity returns, and truth breaks through, and these false illusions collapse, and the prodigal goes to his father, and he didn't come with demands. He doesn't come with excuses either. What does he come with? Repentance. Father, I've sinned against God. I've sinned against You. Just make me a servant in Your house.

And what does he find? He doesn't find rejection, does he? He finds running grace. The Father ran to him, met him out on the road before he ever got home. Began to kiss him on his face and on his neck. He doesn't just coldly wait, he runs and embraces and he restores all that he lost.

That's what God does to us. The Gospel reveals God's relentless pursuit of sinners. While we were without strength, ungodly, Christ died for us. Isn't that amazing? That's why it's called the Gospel. The Gospel reveals God's pursuit of us. Christ steadfastly went to the cross. We insisted on our will. Christ submitted to the Father's will. We deserve to be given over, but Christ was given to us. And at the cross is where God confronts our stubborn pursuits and answers them with redeeming love. God doesn't give us what we deserve, friends. He gives us what we don't deserve.

That's what makes it mercy and grace. And the amazing thing is, it's the same God that warns is the same God who receives. The same God who lets some go, turns them over, lets them have their own way, is the God who runs to meet those who come to Him. What a God. What a Savior. And what a Gospel. May God enable me to give up my stubborn pursuits.

A Stubborn Pursuit

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What does the Bible say about stubborn pursuits of sin?

How do we know that the consequences of sin are certain?

Why is understanding grace important for Christians?

What lessons can we learn from the conflict in 2 Samuel 2?

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A Stubborn Pursuit

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What does the Bible say about stubborn pursuits of sin?

How do we know that the consequences of sin are certain?

Why is understanding grace important for Christians?

What lessons can we learn from the conflict in 2 Samuel 2?

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