Sunday 17th May 2026 // Evening // 2 Samuel 16 // Absalom Exposed

Rev. Craig Lynn preaches 2 Samuel 16 at evening worship on Sunday 17th May 2026 in First Ards. David is humbled, deceived, cursed and driven from the city, but not abandoned by God. The consequences of his sin are painfully unfolding, but this is fatherly discipline, not condemnation. Even in the dust, David begins to submit himself to the Lord’s hand. The chapter points us beyond David to Christ, the true King, who also left Jerusalem in shame, not for his own sin, but for ours. For those in Christ, sorrow and discipline may be real, but condemnation is gone. Grace still holds weary sinners fast.