"How to Handle Thorns" - Piercing Thorns, Embracing Love | 2 Samuel 23:1-7

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🗓️ Date: May 24, 2026 (Sun)
⛪ Church/Worship: Myungsun Church Sunday Worship
📝 Sermon Title: "How to Handle Thorns"
👨‍🏫 Preacher: Pastor Hongseok Kim
📖 Scripture: 2 Samuel 23:1-7
🔗 Sermon Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/berhm6722e0?si=U3Ss9dvYkE0xBvo5

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✨ We reflect on God's love that restores a thornbush-like life into life like new grass, following 2 Samuel 23:1-7. Before the thorns in us that pierce others and wound ourselves, we look to the Lord who does not avoid us but embraces us. ✨

In David's final confession, new grass and thornbushes appear together. The one who rules in the fear of God is like new grass springing up after rain, while the wicked are like thorns that cannot be taken by hand.

Moses had a life like a thornbush, staying in the wilderness after failure and frustration, yet God called him again from the flame in the thornbush. Paul also had a thorn in his flesh, yet God made His power complete in that weakness.

David, too, was a thorny person who pierced others and was pierced himself. But God did not leave him there. God restored him to life like new grass after rain.

Jesus did not avoid our thorns. He wore the crown of thorns, embraced us who were like thornbushes, and healed us by the precious blood of the cross.

2 Samuel 23:1-7

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Content Summary:
* 2 Samuel 23 presents David's final words, speaking both of the prosperity of those who fear God and the judgment of the wicked.
* The wicked are like thorns that cannot be held by hand, yet God restores even thornbush-like lives into life like new grass.
* Moses' failure, Paul's thorn in the flesh, and David's wounds and sins became channels through which God revealed His grace and power.
* Jesus wore the crown of thorns, personally embraced our thorns, and healed us by the precious blood of the cross.

Application:
* Honestly examine the thorns that remain in our words, actions, and thoughts.
* Entrust the thorns of our wounds and sins to Jesus, and ask to be healed by the Lord's blood.
* Live as people of life who embrace and serve others with the Lord's love instead of piercing them.

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