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William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 2:18

1 Samuel 2:18 Samuel was a child-prophet, and that fact is pregnant with the deepest signification. That a child should have any interest in God's temple, and especially that a child should hold office in that temple, is a circumstance which should arrest our attention. I. God's interest in human life begins at the earliest possible period. This is an argument for infant baptism which I have never known to be touched, much less shaken. II. In Hannah's making Samuel a coat every year, we see how... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 2:21

1 Samuel 2:21 (with 1 Samuel 2:26 ) Early growth in grace and knowledge, the training up of a child in the fear and nurture of the Lord and in the praise of His holy name; this is the great lesson which is exemplified in the early life of Samuel. I. Let us first recall who Samuel was. (1) He was the child of Hannah, given in answer to her fervent prayer. (2) His very name "Samuel," which means "asked of God," reminds us of his mother's piety and his own. (3) From his birth he was dedicated to... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 2:25

1 Samuel 2:25 I. The lesson of the text is that there were some on whom advice was wasted, for the law of God's providence was that they must perish; that they had neglected such great means of grace so long and so obstinately, as to have hardened their hearts beyond repentance. There was a time, even with Hophni and Phinehas, there was a time with all the souls who who may since have been equally lost, when God willed not to slay them; when His words to them were thus recorded by the prophet... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 2:26

1 Samuel 2:12 , 1 Samuel 2:26 The sacred historian dwells with evident pleasure on the beautiful, holy boyhood of the child who served before the Lord, wearing a linen ephod, and who in the visitations of the night, thrilling to the Divine voice which called him by his name, answered fearlessly, "Speak, Lord; for Thy servant heareth." Yet from the same tabernacle, from the same tutelage, from the same influences, came forth also the sons of Eli; and the sons of Eli were men of Belial; they... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Samuel 2:25

DISCOURSE: 283THE DANGER OF NEGLECTING THE GREAT SACRIFICE1 Samuel 2:25. If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall entreat for him?THE consideration of an earthly tribunal is of great use to restrain the wickedness of ungodly men. But as there are innumerable offences which can neither be proved by human testimony, nor defined by human laws, it is necessary that men should be reminded of another tribunal, to which they shall be... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 Samuel 2:30

DISCOURSE: 284ELI’S UNFAITHFULNESS REPROVED1 Samuel 2:30. Them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.HOWEVER the promises of God may be expressed, they are never so to be understood, as if they should be fulfilled to us whilst we are in a state of wilful sin: there is always in them an implied condition, that we depart from iniquity, and endeavour faithfully to serve the Lord. To Aaron a promise was made, that the priesthood should be continued in his... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 2:1-36

This book presents the history, the personal history of Samuel who was the last of the Judges. It ushers in the beginning of the period of the kings in the children of Israel, or among the children of Israel.There's a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah. He had two wives; one was Hannah, the other Peninnah: Peninnah had children, Hannah had no children. This man went out of the city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh.... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 2:1-36

1 Samuel 2:1 . Hannah said, my heart rejoiceth. This song is much admired: the lines form a constellation of appropriate beauties. The composition is perfect in its kind. The phrases are short, and the sentiments brilliant. The soul of the poetess was full of her subject. 1 Samuel 2:12 . Sons of Belial, as in Deuteronomy 13:13. They committed sacrilege; they committed adulteries on a notorious scale; they despised their father, and all judicial reproof; they filled up their measure, and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 2:12-17

1 Samuel 2:12-17Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial.Indulgent home lifeI. The sins it induces. The sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are the more prominent, so we will contemplate,1. Their conduct and character. They appear in an official capacity; but the official must be viewed in its association with the personal, A degenerate priest is but the natural outgrowth of the degenerate man. The evil is in the moral constitution of these men, and whatever they do, wherever they go, it will appear.(1)... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 2:18-19

1 Samuel 2:18-19But Samuel ministered before the Lord.Early pietyI. the mother’s devotion.II. Samuel’s early piety.1. It arose first from a mother’s piety. It was the mother’s act by means of which all his early impressions were of sacred things. It has been said that the secret of greatness is ordinarily to be traced to mothers. The influence of the mother is the most powerful upon the young life--it springs from purest love. We owe Augustine to Monica’s prayers, and in modern times there are... read more

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