Whom are We Serving?

Bible Reading is on 2 Samuel 3:6-21.

Sermon Points

1. The Passage – What Is Being Reported?
“ Abner was making himself strong ” (v.6)

a) Abner And Ish-bosheth’s Allegation (v.6-11)
b) Abner And David’s Request (v.12-16)
c) Abner And Israel’s Loyalty (v.17-21)

2. Lessons To Be Learnt
The Mirror Of Abner’s Heart

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.
(James 1:22-24, ESV)

a) Why We Do What Is Wrong.
b) Why We Do What Is Right.
c) Why We Do What We Know Is Wrong.