A PRINCE AND A GREAT MAN HAS FALLEN

TEXT- 2 SAMUEL 3:32-38

INTRODUCTION

HERE IN THIS PASSAGE WE ARE TOLD ABOUT A MAN NAMED ABNER WHO HAD DIED.

ABNER WAS A GREAT MILITARY MAN AND COMMANDER OF ISRAEL'S ARMY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF KING SAUL.

WHEN HE DIED KING DAVID EULOGIZED HIM AS "...A PRINCE AND A GREAT MAN..."

TO HIS FAMILY, CHURCH, FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS SAM MONTEZ WAS ALSO CONSIDERED BOTH A PRINCE AND GREAT MAN.

THERE WERE THREE THINGS ABOUT BROTHER SAM THAT CAUSED US TO THINK OF HIM IN THIS WAY.