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Responding to Enemies

2 Samuel 1:1-12; 17-24

January 21, 2018

If you had found out that your greatest enemy, one who had attempted to kill you on more than one occasion, had passed away how would you respond? Would you be sad? Would you celebrate? We look at David's response to the news of Saul's death and ask ourselves what our response should be and how we should treat our enemies or those who we just don't get along with.

Check out Episode 54 of The After Service for more conversation from some of our young adults about this topic.

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