The Day King Absalom Followed Bad Advice
2 Samuel 16:15-17:23 · July 3, 2024
In this message from *A Study in the Life of David*, Robert Furrow explores how Absalom’s choice to follow ungodly advice affected David and those around him. Drawing on Scripture, he encourages listeners to seek wise counsel, reject advice that conflicts with God’s Word, and trust that God is at work even behind the scenes.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:34 Ahithophel, a friend and trusted advisor of David (Psalm 41:9)
02:11 1st Principle - When you sin, you never do it in a vacuum, you never know who it will affect or how it will affect them
03:04 Hushai, a friend who started fleeing Jerusalem with David
04:28 The importance of good advice - #1 The counsels of the wicked are deceitful (Proverbs 12:5)
05:00 #2 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly (Psalm 1:1-2)
05:37 #3 Without counsel, plans go awry (Proverbs 15:22)
06:46 #4 He who heeds counsel is wise (Proverbs 12:15)
07:07 Absalom’s bad advice (2 Samuel 16:15-23)
13:52 More advice from Ahithophel (2 Samuel 17:1-14)
21:25 God was answering David’s prayer (2 Samuel 15:31)
22:02 Hushai warns David to escape (2 Samuel 17:15-23)
28:39 2nd Principle - Do not say I will do him just as he has done to me, I will render to the man according to his work (Proverbs 24:29)
29:34 There is safety in a multitude of counselors, but not from the wicked or ungodly
29:48 As tempted as you may be, don’t take advice that is unbiblical or ungodly
32:12 God was at work behind the scenes. Just as He defeated the advice of Ahithophel, He can do the same for us
32:37 Closing prayer
