2 Samuel 24 (The Message)
- v10 But when it was all done, David was overwhelmed with guilt because he had counted the people, replacing trust with statistics. And David prayed to God, "I have sinned badly in what I have just done. But now God forgive my guilt—I've been really stupid."
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
2 Samuel 22
2 Samuel 22 (The Message)
- v1 David prayed to God the words of this song after God saved him from all his enemies and from Saul.
- v4 I sing to God the Praise-Lofty,
and find myself safe and saved.
- v5-6 The waves of death crashed over me,
devil waters rushed over me.
Hell's ropes cinched me tight;
death traps barred every exit.
- v7 A hostile world! I called to God,
to my God I cried out.
From his palace he heard me call;
my cry brought me right into his presence—
a private audience!
- v47-51 Live, God! Blessing to my Rock,
my towering Salvation-God!
This God set things right for me
and shut up the people who talked back.
He rescued me from enemy anger.
You pulled me from the grip of upstarts,
You saved me from the bullies.
That's why I'm thanking you, God,
all over the world.
That's why I'm singing songs
that rhyme your name.
God's king takes the trophy;
God's chosen is beloved.
I mean Raphael and all his children—
always.
- v1 David prayed to God the words of this song after God saved him from all his enemies and from Saul.
- v4 I sing to God the Praise-Lofty,
and find myself safe and saved.
- v5-6 The waves of death crashed over me,
devil waters rushed over me.
Hell's ropes cinched me tight;
death traps barred every exit.
- v7 A hostile world! I called to God,
to my God I cried out.
From his palace he heard me call;
my cry brought me right into his presence—
a private audience!
- v47-51 Live, God! Blessing to my Rock,
my towering Salvation-God!
This God set things right for me
and shut up the people who talked back.
He rescued me from enemy anger.
You pulled me from the grip of upstarts,
You saved me from the bullies.
That's why I'm thanking you, God,
all over the world.
That's why I'm singing songs
that rhyme your name.
God's king takes the trophy;
God's chosen is beloved.
I mean Raphael and all his children—
always.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
2 Samuel 10-12
2 Samuel 12
- v13-14 So David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.”
And Nathan said to David, “The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die. However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die.”
- v20 So David arose from the ground, washed and anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house; and when he requested, they set food before him, and he ate.
- v13-14 So David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.”
And Nathan said to David, “The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die. However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die.”
- v20 So David arose from the ground, washed and anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house; and when he requested, they set food before him, and he ate.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
2 Samuel 9
2 Samuel 9
- v7 So David said to him (Mephibosheth), “Do not fear, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your grandfather; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.”
- v8 Then he bowed himself, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look upon such a dead dog as I?”
- v9-10 And the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, “I have given to your master’s son all that belonged to Saul and to all his house. You therefore, and your sons and your servants, shall work the land for him, and you shall bring in the harvest, that your master’s son may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth your master’s son shall eat bread at my table always.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
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I believe David knew Mephibosheth had an self-esteem problem. But instead of counseling him about it in front of everyone at the king's court, he just ignored Mephibosheth's "dead dog" statement and spoke directly to Ziba.
Personally, I see a principle here - there is a right time to counsel people. Some people just won't get it at that point in time. Moreover, David would look quite stupid if he tried to counsel Mephi and failed. David just continued to show Mephi grace.
This relates to something about me and I think God is now releasing me to share this with all of you as well.
What happened to Mephi kinda applies to me at my work as well. My VP has been telling me that I'm doing a good job but I always felt I wasn't good enough, and that she was just encouraging me superficially. As time went by, I felt so inadequate that I started avoiding my VP because I felt I had not performed up to standard, and I know that she can sense it as well.
There was once I screwed up a presentation to her and the vendor VP, and got corrected by the vendor consultants in front of everyone.
She then came up to my desk, sat down, and said that she was very pleased with my presentation and satisfied with my work thus far. And I told her that I wasn't happy with my performance because I felt that I could have done better, and that I should have worked more on having the facts at my fingertips. Then she smiled and replied, "slowly la". Then she got up and walked off.
My confirmation is this week - the end of my probation. And my VP and boss have to write a recommendation report about my performance for the last 9 months at SIA. This is a confidential report that is not shown to anyone except my VP's bosses.
However, during our weekly project review meeting last week, she told my boss, "Show Raphael what we wrote for him for his recommendation report."
My boss was quite stunned and he said, "Are you sure?"
She said, "Yeah, show him." All this was said in front of my other colleagues.
Then my boss went out and printed a copy of my recommendation report. And all my colleagues gathered around me to read it.
"Wah, how come I never get to see mine leh?" one colleagued mused.
My boss said, "I also never got to see mine."
Then another colleague said, "Wah! You got to attend SO MANY courses ah?" (There is a list of courses I've attended at the back of the report)
And another colleague said, "I work for so many years and I didn't even get a mentor lor!" (All of us are assigned a person of senior rank to be our mentor who will take care of us in our 1 yr of service)
And when I read the 4-page report, I just felt so embarrassed. I felt I was nothing like what my VP and boss had written about me.
"Raphael has done well and met all his work objectives.... Raphael is hardworking... Raphael has good work ethics... Raphael is amiable and is able to relate well to colleagues and our vendor.... Raphael is.... Raphael has.... Raphael this... Raphael that... Raphael has shown potential for further career development. I highly recommend his confirmation at the end of his probation."
And to show that it was not just a report of superficial praise, there was a paragraph also about my weaknesses and how my bosses were going to send me for more training to address these areas over the next 2 years. (My bosses had already planned ahead for my training and welfare.)
My boss asked me what I felt about the report, and I just said, "Praise God."
I had nothing else to say. This is just pure grace, undeserving and unearned. I don't deserve anything at all.
I have always benchmarked myself against my other experienced colleagues who have been working for 10 years+ in the company. I never believed in the "excuse" that because you are "fresh and unexperienced", you are allowed to perform lesser than them.
And as I looked back, I believe a lot of my work dissatisfaction, agony and unhappiness stemmed from these high expectations that I've placed on myself.
Now, things at work is really quite easy for me. I've already gotten the hang of all the technical stuff and I've favour with everyone whom I need to work with. I'm also able to talk at a certain level with the vendors who used to despise me for my ignorance. Now, it's only a matter of getting the job done.
I used to tell God that it was unfair that someone who's good in the natural would not be able to experience as much of His grace as someone who isn't as good in the natural.
But I guess I've reached the end of myself yet again, the end of my excellence. And God has shown me that at the end of the day, no matter how good I am in the natural, I don't lose out, because His grace is even larger than that.
- v7 So David said to him (Mephibosheth), “Do not fear, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your grandfather; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.”
- v8 Then he bowed himself, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look upon such a dead dog as I?”
- v9-10 And the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, “I have given to your master’s son all that belonged to Saul and to all his house. You therefore, and your sons and your servants, shall work the land for him, and you shall bring in the harvest, that your master’s son may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth your master’s son shall eat bread at my table always.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
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I believe David knew Mephibosheth had an self-esteem problem. But instead of counseling him about it in front of everyone at the king's court, he just ignored Mephibosheth's "dead dog" statement and spoke directly to Ziba.
Personally, I see a principle here - there is a right time to counsel people. Some people just won't get it at that point in time. Moreover, David would look quite stupid if he tried to counsel Mephi and failed. David just continued to show Mephi grace.
This relates to something about me and I think God is now releasing me to share this with all of you as well.
What happened to Mephi kinda applies to me at my work as well. My VP has been telling me that I'm doing a good job but I always felt I wasn't good enough, and that she was just encouraging me superficially. As time went by, I felt so inadequate that I started avoiding my VP because I felt I had not performed up to standard, and I know that she can sense it as well.
There was once I screwed up a presentation to her and the vendor VP, and got corrected by the vendor consultants in front of everyone.
She then came up to my desk, sat down, and said that she was very pleased with my presentation and satisfied with my work thus far. And I told her that I wasn't happy with my performance because I felt that I could have done better, and that I should have worked more on having the facts at my fingertips. Then she smiled and replied, "slowly la". Then she got up and walked off.
My confirmation is this week - the end of my probation. And my VP and boss have to write a recommendation report about my performance for the last 9 months at SIA. This is a confidential report that is not shown to anyone except my VP's bosses.
However, during our weekly project review meeting last week, she told my boss, "Show Raphael what we wrote for him for his recommendation report."
My boss was quite stunned and he said, "Are you sure?"
She said, "Yeah, show him." All this was said in front of my other colleagues.
Then my boss went out and printed a copy of my recommendation report. And all my colleagues gathered around me to read it.
"Wah, how come I never get to see mine leh?" one colleagued mused.
My boss said, "I also never got to see mine."
Then another colleague said, "Wah! You got to attend SO MANY courses ah?" (There is a list of courses I've attended at the back of the report)
And another colleague said, "I work for so many years and I didn't even get a mentor lor!" (All of us are assigned a person of senior rank to be our mentor who will take care of us in our 1 yr of service)
And when I read the 4-page report, I just felt so embarrassed. I felt I was nothing like what my VP and boss had written about me.
"Raphael has done well and met all his work objectives.... Raphael is hardworking... Raphael has good work ethics... Raphael is amiable and is able to relate well to colleagues and our vendor.... Raphael is.... Raphael has.... Raphael this... Raphael that... Raphael has shown potential for further career development. I highly recommend his confirmation at the end of his probation."
And to show that it was not just a report of superficial praise, there was a paragraph also about my weaknesses and how my bosses were going to send me for more training to address these areas over the next 2 years. (My bosses had already planned ahead for my training and welfare.)
My boss asked me what I felt about the report, and I just said, "Praise God."
I had nothing else to say. This is just pure grace, undeserving and unearned. I don't deserve anything at all.
I have always benchmarked myself against my other experienced colleagues who have been working for 10 years+ in the company. I never believed in the "excuse" that because you are "fresh and unexperienced", you are allowed to perform lesser than them.
And as I looked back, I believe a lot of my work dissatisfaction, agony and unhappiness stemmed from these high expectations that I've placed on myself.
Now, things at work is really quite easy for me. I've already gotten the hang of all the technical stuff and I've favour with everyone whom I need to work with. I'm also able to talk at a certain level with the vendors who used to despise me for my ignorance. Now, it's only a matter of getting the job done.
I used to tell God that it was unfair that someone who's good in the natural would not be able to experience as much of His grace as someone who isn't as good in the natural.
But I guess I've reached the end of myself yet again, the end of my excellence. And God has shown me that at the end of the day, no matter how good I am in the natural, I don't lose out, because His grace is even larger than that.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
2 Samuel 8
2 Samuel 8
- v1 After this it came to pass that David attacked ...
- v6 ... So the LORD preserved David wherever he went.
- v14 ... And the LORD preserved David wherever he went.
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2 Sam 8 shows a list of David's victorious conquests after God said He would build David a house. So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered judgment and justice to all his people. (v15)
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But what's interesting here is David's administration.
- v1 After this it came to pass that David attacked ...
- v6 ... So the LORD preserved David wherever he went.
- v14 ... And the LORD preserved David wherever he went.
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2 Sam 8 shows a list of David's victorious conquests after God said He would build David a house. So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered judgment and justice to all his people. (v15)
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But what's interesting here is David's administration.
- v16 Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army;
Joab = Jehovah is Father
When you see God as your Father, you will be victorious in all your trials.
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
Jehoshaphat = Jehovah has judged
recorder = to remember, recall, call to mind
God has remembered your judgment at the cross
- v17 Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests;
Zadok = righteous
Ahimelech = my brother is king
You are a king-priest; you are the righteousness of God in Christ, and our Lord Jesus, who is King of kings, is also a Brother to you.
Seraiah was the scribe;
Seraiah = Jehovah is ruler
scribe = to count, recount, relate
God, who rules the whole universe, is not unjust to forget your work and labour of love which you have shown toward His name.
- v18 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
Benaniah = Yahweh has built up
Cherethites = executioners - bodyguards of King David
Pelethites = couriers - guardsmen of King David
Like how David was protected by his bodyguards, God will keep you safe under the shadow of His wings.
and David’s sons were chief ministers.
And your children, and future generations are blessed.
Friday, April 11, 2008
2 Samuel 7
2 Samuel 7 (The Message)
- v1-2 Before long, the king made himself at home and God gave him peace from all his enemies. Then one day King David said to Nathan the prophet, "Look at this: Here I am, comfortable in a luxurious house of cedar, and the Chest of God sits in a plain tent."
- v3 Nathan told the king, "Whatever is on your heart, go and do it. God is with you."
- v4-5 But that night, the word of God came to Nathan saying, "Go and tell my servant David: This is God's word on the matter: You're going to build a 'house' for me to live in?
- v 8-9 "So here is what you are to tell my servant David: The God-of-the-Angel-Armies has this word for you: I took you from the pasture, tagging along after sheep, and made you prince over my people Israel. I was with you everywhere you went and mowed your enemies down before you. Now I'm making you famous, to be ranked with the great names on earth....
- v11 Finally, I'm going to give you peace from all your enemies. Furthermore, God has this message for you: God himself will build you a house!
- v18-21 King David went in, took his place before God, and prayed: "Who am I, my Master God, and what is my family, that you have brought me to this place in life? But that's nothing compared to what's coming... What can I possibly say in the face of all this? You know me, Master God, just as I am. You've done all this not because of who I am but because of who you are—out of your very heart!—but you've let me in on it.
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Recently, a few people have come to me to share with me about stuff related to the one-north building fund, and also about the coming Miracle Sunday.
People came to share with me about how finances came for them to sow, and people also came to tell me about their lack of faith to sow.
And I felt the release to share with them about what God has done for me as well. And seeing my daily devotion for today, I'll share with you gals as well.
Describing all that happened in detail is going to be a mouthful, so I'll just share the facts. If you all wanna know more, feel free to approach me.
I told God in March, "How can I expect a substantial increase in income this year, looking at my pathetic salary?" I knew I was going to get a special half-month bonus in April, and that would bring my take-home income to slightly more than $3,000.
But in faith, sitting in my bedroom, I declared, "God, I call forth prosperity for myself in the month of April. Devil, hands off my finances! By the authority of my Lord Jesus Christ, ministering angels, go! And bring forth my finances to me. I claim $4,000 - $5,000 for the month of April. In Jesus' name!"
Because I knew that any increase in income is definitely not going to come from my salary. And you could tell how faithless I was that I couldn't even say $5,000, and I had to give God a range.
And guess what?
On 7 April, I received a credit in my bank account from CPF. They had cashed out my ERS shares and I got around $1,200+.
Then I woke up last Sunday and my mum told me she found a purse somewhere in her wardrobe and gave it to me. I opened it and found a whole wad of Australian dollars and a whole bunch of coins. It was easily a few hundred Australian dollars. My Hillsong Conference trip in July has been PAID FOR!!!
Then I realised. Oh my God, I had never planned to go to London at all last month!!! And suddenly I'm planning for my London trip, and it is also PAID FOR!!!
Another CPF letter came in a few days ago, telling me to pay off my school loan of $23,000+.
My dad told me, "Don't worry, I'll pay it off for you." My NUS degree, also PAID FOR!!!
Not to mention all the sudden adhoc treats my bosses have been giving this month. They brought us out for lunch at T2 Swensons + takeaway ice cream cakes, and I've got a dinner treat tonight at some restaurant after work.
I don't even need to calculate. The monetary blessings I've received this month can add up to so much more than the $5,000 that I've claimed. And it's not even the middle of the month yet. God provides exceedingly, abundantly indeed.
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EDIT - OMG!! I JUST FOUND OUT I GOT A PAY INCREMENT AND BACKPAY ALL THE WAY BACK TO JAN!!!
- v1-2 Before long, the king made himself at home and God gave him peace from all his enemies. Then one day King David said to Nathan the prophet, "Look at this: Here I am, comfortable in a luxurious house of cedar, and the Chest of God sits in a plain tent."
- v3 Nathan told the king, "Whatever is on your heart, go and do it. God is with you."
- v4-5 But that night, the word of God came to Nathan saying, "Go and tell my servant David: This is God's word on the matter: You're going to build a 'house' for me to live in?
- v 8-9 "So here is what you are to tell my servant David: The God-of-the-Angel-Armies has this word for you: I took you from the pasture, tagging along after sheep, and made you prince over my people Israel. I was with you everywhere you went and mowed your enemies down before you. Now I'm making you famous, to be ranked with the great names on earth....
- v11 Finally, I'm going to give you peace from all your enemies. Furthermore, God has this message for you: God himself will build you a house!
- v18-21 King David went in, took his place before God, and prayed: "Who am I, my Master God, and what is my family, that you have brought me to this place in life? But that's nothing compared to what's coming... What can I possibly say in the face of all this? You know me, Master God, just as I am. You've done all this not because of who I am but because of who you are—out of your very heart!—but you've let me in on it.
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Recently, a few people have come to me to share with me about stuff related to the one-north building fund, and also about the coming Miracle Sunday.
People came to share with me about how finances came for them to sow, and people also came to tell me about their lack of faith to sow.
And I felt the release to share with them about what God has done for me as well. And seeing my daily devotion for today, I'll share with you gals as well.
Describing all that happened in detail is going to be a mouthful, so I'll just share the facts. If you all wanna know more, feel free to approach me.
I told God in March, "How can I expect a substantial increase in income this year, looking at my pathetic salary?" I knew I was going to get a special half-month bonus in April, and that would bring my take-home income to slightly more than $3,000.
But in faith, sitting in my bedroom, I declared, "God, I call forth prosperity for myself in the month of April. Devil, hands off my finances! By the authority of my Lord Jesus Christ, ministering angels, go! And bring forth my finances to me. I claim $4,000 - $5,000 for the month of April. In Jesus' name!"
Because I knew that any increase in income is definitely not going to come from my salary. And you could tell how faithless I was that I couldn't even say $5,000, and I had to give God a range.
And guess what?
On 7 April, I received a credit in my bank account from CPF. They had cashed out my ERS shares and I got around $1,200+.
Then I woke up last Sunday and my mum told me she found a purse somewhere in her wardrobe and gave it to me. I opened it and found a whole wad of Australian dollars and a whole bunch of coins. It was easily a few hundred Australian dollars. My Hillsong Conference trip in July has been PAID FOR!!!
Then I realised. Oh my God, I had never planned to go to London at all last month!!! And suddenly I'm planning for my London trip, and it is also PAID FOR!!!
Another CPF letter came in a few days ago, telling me to pay off my school loan of $23,000+.
My dad told me, "Don't worry, I'll pay it off for you." My NUS degree, also PAID FOR!!!
Not to mention all the sudden adhoc treats my bosses have been giving this month. They brought us out for lunch at T2 Swensons + takeaway ice cream cakes, and I've got a dinner treat tonight at some restaurant after work.
I don't even need to calculate. The monetary blessings I've received this month can add up to so much more than the $5,000 that I've claimed. And it's not even the middle of the month yet. God provides exceedingly, abundantly indeed.
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EDIT - OMG!! I JUST FOUND OUT I GOT A PAY INCREMENT AND BACKPAY ALL THE WAY BACK TO JAN!!!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
2 Samuel 6
2 Samuel 6
- v20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious was the king of Israel today, uncovering himself today in the eyes of the maids of his servants, as one of the base fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”
- v21-22 So David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel. Therefore I will play music before the LORD. And I will be even more undignified than this, and will be humble in my own sight. But as for the maidservants of whom you have spoken, by them I will be held in honor.”
- v23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.
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Even David's own wife had things to say to him!!
And Michal never had a heart for the Ark, because her father never did. And some people, even after seeing you become king/queen, will still be blind to see that your success is attributed to having Jesus in your life!
- v20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious was the king of Israel today, uncovering himself today in the eyes of the maids of his servants, as one of the base fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”
- v21-22 So David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel. Therefore I will play music before the LORD. And I will be even more undignified than this, and will be humble in my own sight. But as for the maidservants of whom you have spoken, by them I will be held in honor.”
- v23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.
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Even David's own wife had things to say to him!!
And Michal never had a heart for the Ark, because her father never did. And some people, even after seeing you become king/queen, will still be blind to see that your success is attributed to having Jesus in your life!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
2 Samuel 5
2 Samuel 5 (Amplified)
- v3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them [there] before the Lord, and they anointed [him] king over Israel.
- v10 David became greater and greater, for the Lord God of hosts was with him.
Even though the people of Israel had already made David their king, David only considered himself king over Israel when the Lord confirmed it.
- v3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them [there] before the Lord, and they anointed [him] king over Israel.
- v10 David became greater and greater, for the Lord God of hosts was with him.
- v11 Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.
- v12 And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel and that He had exalted his kingdom for His people Israel's sake.
-------------------------------------------Even though the people of Israel had already made David their king, David only considered himself king over Israel when the Lord confirmed it.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
2 Samuel 2-4
2 Samuel 4
- v8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron, and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul your enemy, who sought your life; and the LORD has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul and his descendants.”
- v9-11 But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all adversity, when someone told me, saying, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ thinking to have brought good news, I arrested him and had him executed in Ziklag—the one who thought I would give him a reward for his news. How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous person in his own house on his bed? Therefore, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and remove you from the earth?”
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If you've noticed by now, a lot of ppl SAID things to David, every one of using the Lord's name in what they wanted to tell him.
But David always knew when it was God, and when it was not.
- v8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron, and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul your enemy, who sought your life; and the LORD has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul and his descendants.”
- v9-11 But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all adversity, when someone told me, saying, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ thinking to have brought good news, I arrested him and had him executed in Ziklag—the one who thought I would give him a reward for his news. How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous person in his own house on his bed? Therefore, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and remove you from the earth?”
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If you've noticed by now, a lot of ppl SAID things to David, every one of using the Lord's name in what they wanted to tell him.
But David always knew when it was God, and when it was not.
Monday, April 7, 2008
2 Samuel 1
2 Samuel 1
- v14-16 So David said to him, “How was it you were not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?” Then David called one of the young men and said, “Go near, and execute him!” And he struck him so that he died. So David said to him, “Your blood is on your own head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
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Even after David was told that Saul is finally dead, he still saw him as the Lord's anointed.
- v14-16 So David said to him, “How was it you were not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?” Then David called one of the young men and said, “Go near, and execute him!” And he struck him so that he died. So David said to him, “Your blood is on your own head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
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Even after David was told that Saul is finally dead, he still saw him as the Lord's anointed.
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