friendship, hospitality, and brotherhood. It is unthinkable that one should turn against one’s friends. Yet Jesus insists that itisone of the twelve, an intimate friend, “one who is dipping bread into the bowl with me.” We have echoes in this passage of David’s distress in the Psalms...
There are dozens of other Biblical leaders besides Samuel and David. The above illustration is to prove that God is the One Who chooses leaders. Not ‘want-to-be’ leaders themselves nor mere men. It would be beneficial for those in a leadership position to examine themselves. Become aware ...
And he said, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it…”. The human body is a beautiful and marvelous thing. A thing because each human body has physical shape and form, it is an object of flesh that...
I cannot find a specific time where the flocks of Nabal were under any direct threat from an enemy, but that might be there very point. David and his men kept them safe. David sent a formal delegation of his men to Nabal, representing themselves in a humble manner, reminding Nabal of...
…Blessed Be The LORD God Of Israel, Which Spoke With His Mouth Unto David My Father, And Hath With His Hand Fulfilled It… 2 Corinthians 5:10 For We Must All Appear Before The Judgment Seat Of Christ; That Every One May Receive The Things Done In His Body, ...
Sources: The references to González above are from Justo González,Mañana: Christian Theology from a Hispanic Perspective(Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1990), 48, 50. The excerpts from David Smith’sThe Kindness of Godare from location 1443–1478 in the Kindle version of the book. ...
justice to the free, astonishing love of a holy God towards sinners, who could not profit or harm him, whom he might justly crush in a moment, and whose deserving of his vengeance was shown in the method by which they were saved, though he could by his almighty Word have created other...
I studied the psalms hungrily because David’s honesty and earnestness with God was a wonderful and unexpected revelation. I had no idea we could talk to God as if He’s actually listening, like a man talks to his father or to a trusted friend. I also began to study Proverbs slowly and...
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen 366 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly 377 What Child Is This 387 Song of the Stable 370 Away in a Manger 365 Good Christian Friends, Rejoice 387 Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming 373 Once in Royal David's City 380 Sing of Mary, Meek and Lowly 778 The Aye Carol ...
Why couldn’t God use one of the eggs from Mary’s womb? Because of the actions of Adam and Eve in the Garden, where they both partook of the fruit that changed their DNA, they impacted the lineage of all humanity. Let’s assume you don’t believe that could happen. ...