David was a shepherd, a musician, a songwriter, a poet, a warrior, a servant in Saul's court, a fugitive, a king, a saint, a sinner, a lover, an adulterer, a type of the Messiah, a prophet, a husband, a father, a success, and a failure.

The subject is TEMPTATION.

I. David, the Shepherd-King of Israel, failed when faced with temptation.

2 Samuel 11

A. The lust of the EYES.

B. The lust of the FLESH.

C. The PRIDE of LIFE.

II. Where David, as Israel's Shepherd-King failed, Jesus, our Shepherd-King succeeded. Matthew 4

A. First Temptation - LUST OF THE FLESH.

B. Second Temptation - THE PRIDE OF LIFE.

C. Third Temptation - THE LUST OF THE EYES.