This weekend we continue with David, and the story of his infamous battle with Goliath in 1 Samuel 17. We continue asking the question, what is grace?

In this lesson, we see Eli’s sons disobey God, and bring the Ark of the Covenant into a battle. When they lost the battle, the Ark was captured and the Israelites were sad and scared. Though at the time the Ark was important to God’s people as a reminder that God was with them, we can be thankful that God sent Jesus - God in the flesh - to die & rise again, so that we would no longer have to be separated from God.

In this lesson, we learn how the fair payment for sin is death through the story of Samson. God had given Samson incredible strength, but when Samson disobeyed God, God took his strength away. Still, God was able to use Samson’s death to save the Israelites from their enemy.