Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Dr. Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

In this episode of his Bible study, Paul continues through the Old Testament and provides us

with an overview

of six books in three segments. Here's Paul Tripp summarizing First and Second Samuel.

Well, we're in First and Second Samuel, and my title for this portion of God's word is Kings and the King.

It is, again, tempting to think of First and Second Samuel as the biographies of two kings, King Saul and King David.

And to make the big contrast in Samuel between Saul and David, the old way that that is handled is Saul's an unrighteous king and David is a righteous

king. And that really misses the power of the real content of Samuel. Samuel is actually not a contrast between David and Saul,

although there are contrast there, and I'll talk about those in a minute, but a contrast between

these two flawed kings and the king of kings. Because what you really do see is how does God operate? What does he

require of his people? And what does he do when his people fail? That's the message. You see,

Saul is a flawed king. But David, too, is a flawed king, David,

doing the unthinkable in adultery and murder. The difference between these two kings is with

Saul. God is not central at all.

There's no indication that God is central

in the heart and life of King Saul.

For David, God is central

and David ends up confessing sin

and returning to His Lord.

But what you really get is that hope is never found in a human king.

Hope is found in the king of kings.

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