It is ever God’s way to produce a sense of need in the soul before He meets it. No sinner gets the forgiveness of his sins, for example, until, as a self-condemned offender, he is brought to feel the need of it. It was not enough for the prodigal to be needy and hungry; before he was induced to take... Read More
David is the principal object before the mind of the Spirit of God in both the 1st and the 2nd books of Samuel. In the 1st book we see him brought from obscurity into honour and praise, and there standing, by the good hand of God, in full righteousness amid the persecutions of the wicked. In the 2nd... Read More
As the first book gave us Israel tired of their original relationship with God, and the trial of the king of their choice, ending in the destruction of himself and his house, the second contains the establishment of David as the king, according to God, though failing far more in ease and exaltation ... Read More
There is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More
"The king said, Wherefore wentest thou not with me?" (2 Samuel 19:25). "With me!" (John 17:24). To be with our King will be our highest bliss for eternity, and surely it is the position of highest honor and gladness now. But if we would always be with Him, we must sometimes be ready to go with Him (... Read More
Bondservant (1401) (doulos from deo = to bind) (Click additional notes on doulos) was an individual bound to another in servitude and conveys the idea of the slave's close, binding ties with his master, belonging to him, obligated to and desiring to do his will and in a permanent relation of servitu... Read More
Bondservant (1401) (doulos from deo = to bind) (Click additional notes on doulos) was an individual bound to another in servitude and conveys the idea of the slave's close, binding ties with his master, belonging to him, obligated to and desiring to do his will and in a permanent relation of servitu... Read More
"And she said Truth, Lord, yet the dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from the master's table."--VERSE 27. OBSERVE, 1. The woman's witty answer. By retortion in great quickness, by concession of the conclusion, and granting she was a dog, she borroweth the argument, and taketh it from Christ's mouth t... Read More
'Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.' Matt 6: 10. We come next to the third petition, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. This petition consists of two parts: the matter, Doing God's will;' and the manner, As it is in heaven.' What is meant by the will of God? There is a twofol... Read More
Liberty:Who Gets It and How?
Absalom
Thoughts on 2 Samuel
76 - Chronological Bible Reading of Scriptures
Going Forth With The King By Frances Ridley Havergal
Bondservant(1401) doulos; doulos
Slave (1401) doulos
The Trial & Triumph of Faith: Sermon 17
The Lord's Prayer 4. The Third Petition in the Lord's Prayer