Sermon Follow-up for Sunday, May 31st, 2026

Dear Saints,

Here is a summary of the application from yesterday’s sermon. As you begin this new week, remember our time before the Lord and consider how you might apply these observations.

* As David neared the end of his life, his primary concern for Solomon was not earthly success, but his son’s walk before God. Though David possessed wealth, influence, authority, and honor, he understood that true and lasting blessings are found only in covenant faithfulness to the Lord.

* The world continually exalts what is temporary while minimizing what is eternal. Christians must therefore remain spiritually alert, recognizing that many of the most dangerous influences are not always the most obvious. We often guard ourselves against open wickedness while allowing quieter and subtler influences to shape our thinking, affections, and priorities.

* Believers should regularly examine the influences that fill their lives and occupy their minds. Paul exhorts us to dwell upon whatever is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, and worthy of praise. The Christian life requires discernment and intentional pursuit of godliness in a fallen world.

* The statement that “David slept with his fathers” reminds us that death for the believer is not annihilation, but transition. David’s body died, yet he joined the company of those who had gone before him in faith. Scripture presents death for the child of God as departure from this fallen world and entrance into the presence of the Lord.

* That phrase also points to the continuity of God’s redeeming work from generation to generation. The saints who have gone before us, those living today, and those yet to come all belong to the one people of God gathered by His grace through Jesus Christ.

* The gospel shines through this passage by reminding us why death is not the end for the believer. Christ has redeemed His people through His blood, conquered death, and secured an everlasting inheritance for all who belong to Him. Once dead in trespasses and without hope, believers have been given life, forgiveness, and eternal hope through the mercy of God in Christ.

Pastor Bordwine