As for this house, which was exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?read more.And they will say, Because they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers who brought them from the land of Egypt, and they adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them; therefore He has brought all this adversity on them., So the Lord said to Solomon, Because you have done this, and you have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant. Episode 111: In a moment of insecurity, David called in Joab, commander of his army, to go throughout the nation of Israel and take a census of the people. Now Abraham was old, advanced in age; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in every way. For David said, The Lord God of Israel has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever. A Psalm of David. concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh. Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 6When they came, he saw Eliab and thought, Certainly, here in the Lords presence is his anointed king., 7But the Lord told Samuel, Dont look at his appearance or how tall he is, because I have rejected him. For I will set apart destroyers against you,Each with his weapons;And they will cut down your choicest cedarsAnd throw them on the fire. Then he put the carved image of the idol which he had made in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever; Now the Lord has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life. 1 Timothy 6:17-19 Helpful Not Helpful Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. Jesus stood up and said to her, Woman, where are they? Genesis 21:33. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. So I will establish his descendants foreverAnd his throne as the days of heaven. And he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?, He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end., I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God? We are closer to his heart than anyone has ever been to ours. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. In His days Judah will be saved,And Israel will dwell securely;And this is His name by which He will be called,The Lord our righteousness., A Psalm of David.The Lord says to my Lord:Sit at My right handUntil I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet. The Lord will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying,Rule in the midst of Your enemies.. American King James Version ). The LORD appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever. John 15:14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. However, the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, since He had promised him to give a lamp to him through his sons always. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Only grace explains the sovereign King welcoming sinners as his friends. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. But Jesus offers himself to us as both our cosmic ruler and our closest friend. But why was David described this way? I Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. then I will uproot you from My land which I have given you, and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples. He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me. Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent. Col. 1:18 2 Exo. For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the. Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Contact me: openbibleinfo (at) gmail.com. And Jesus began to say, as He taught in the temple, How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descendant of David, according to my gospel, New American Standard Bible Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. Painful as they are, all our deaths and endings hold lessons we cannot live wisely without. Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. It also calls us to enjoy him as our friend. Abraham was not the only friend of God in the Bible as whoever served the Lord and believed in Him were granted His blessings of love and prosperity. For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother., And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; and behold, a voice from heaven said, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.. You shall not wrong him. '" Has no one condemned you? She said, No one, Lord. And Jesus said, Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.]], And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.. Jonathan's friendship with David in 1 . Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. S We rightly think of them as exemplifying friendship. For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe. Yet Jesus confers a greater honor. but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 10 Reasons David Is Called "A Man After God's Own Heart" By Ron Edmondson April 10, 2014 Church 38 Comments Share Acts 13:22 says, " After removing Saul, he made David their king. The prayers that make up the Mysteries of the Rosary ask us to meditate on a variety of pivotal . When Saul hears about it, hell kill me., The Lord said, Take a heifer with you and say, Ive come to sacrifice to the Lord. 3Invite Jesse to the sacrifice. I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Then the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck; they did more evil than their fathers. Young David, shepherd boy of Israel, had a cause. All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in Jesus Christ. Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse. David's life was marked by seasons of great peace and prosperity as well as times of fear and despair. The Lord stayed behind and revealed to Abraham what He was about to do. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 25:14, TLB ). A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. The Lords Spirit came over David and stayed with him from that day on. And our obedience doesnt earn, but rather, proves, our friendship with him. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. But I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them., Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch;And He will reign as king and act wiselyAnd do justice and righteousness in the land. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples. I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. However, this viewpoint has a couple difficulties. Footnotes 2 Gen. 49:4-5 cf. Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips. This doesnt minimize his glory; it magnifies it because it displays the immeasurable riches of his grace (Ephesians 1:67). Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. In the midst of this sacred evening he said, No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you (John 15:15). But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name. In that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who is feeble among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them. He had a healthy complexion, attractive eyes, and a handsome appearance. Publisher: OpenBible.info. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me. David was a man after God's own heart in that he was truly thankful. He makes me lie down in green pastures. Blessed is the one who considers the poor! Or again, I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son? Lord You've Been So Good To Me !!! For if you men will indeed perform this thing, then kings will enter the gates of this house, sitting in Davids place on his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, even the king himself and his servants and his people. The Lord has sworn to David A truth from which He will not turn back: "Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne. What a friend we have moment by moment, now and forever in Jesus. ASV. I will make a covenant of peace with them and eliminate harmful beasts from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. 23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and . Hes tending the sheep., Samuel told Jesse, Send someone to get him. 12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul. He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. To the choirmaster. First, he opened his heart with transparency. J If David then calls Him Lord, how is He his son? No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question. And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand hima threefold cord is not quickly broken. Y Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. He said, "You are my friends if you do what I command you" ( John 15:14 ). Consider how he is the greatest friend to great sinners. Not at all, because when he calls us friends, he still remains our King. Hes a courageous man and a warrior. of David is believed to have been twelve to sixteen years of age when he was anointed as the king of Israel. God does not just want us to know about him; he wants us to know him and to experience his friendship. 11Are these all the sons you have?, Theres still the youngest one, Jesse answered. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. He has a way with words, he is handsome, and the Lord is with him., 19Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, Send me your son David, who is with the sheep., 20Jesse took six bushels of bread, a full wineskin, and a young goat and sent them with his son David to Saul. Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward. And I will provide for them renowned plantations so that they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, and no longer suffer the reproach of the nations. Get the BEST VALUE in digital Bible study as you prepare for Easter. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. 23Whenever Gods spirit came to Saul, David took the lyre and strummed a tune. And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? But does relating to Jesus as a friend diminish his authority in our lives? Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation. Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse,And a branch from his roots will bear fruit. In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him; the Lord protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his enemies. Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah saying, Thus says the. For I will defend this city to save it for My own sake and for My servant Davids sake., Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah saying, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard you.. Yet God took him from the sheepfolds to make him His servant and His friend. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 14And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him . 14Now, the Lords Spirit had left Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him. Abraham then interceded with the Lord on behalf of Sodom. Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but you shall have your life as a prize of war, because you have put your trust in me, declares the Lord.. As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. Relationships thrive with conversation. Two pieces of evidence show his sincerity. But for Davids sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem; If his sons forsake My lawAnd do not walk in My judgments, If they violate My statutesAnd do not keep My commandments, Then I will punish their transgression with the rodAnd their iniquity with stripes.read more.But I will not break off My lovingkindness from him,Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness. And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. R My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. - The soul of all the people was grieved. And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David will be prince among them; I the Lord have spoken. Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets, daily rising early and sending them. And what, exactly, does it mean? And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. You shall not give up to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. For thus says the Lord, David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel; The Lord has sworn to DavidA truth from which He will not turn back:Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne. Verse Concepts. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. Let love be genuine. 41:8 *; James 2:23 ). As Jonathan Edwards wrote, Whatsoever there is, or can be, that is desirable to be in a friend, is in Christ, and that to the highest degree that can be desired (Works, 19:588). But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend; Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and thrown into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness,And let Your godly ones sing for joy. What Does It Mean That There Is No One Holy Like God? I will reveal to you what you should do, and you will anoint for me the one I point out to you., 4Samuel did what the Lord told him. Im sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem because Ive selected one of his sons to be king., 2How can I go? Samuel asked. Jesus tells us to obey him; we never tell him to obey us. The gospel calls us to trust Jesus as our Savior, submit to him as our King, and value him as our Treasure. 20:7; Isa. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. Abraham, "the friend of God". You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. Now this is fulfilled in the case of all Christians. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. God will always be faithful to His friends. Then He said to them, How is it that they say the Christ is Davids son? 4w; View 15 more comments A Scriptural Rosary offers the chance to not only reflect on each mystery during the decade, but also to recite a sacred biblical verse or a longer bible passage between each decade of prayers. The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Look at him! 8 Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day. In that day I will raise up the fallen booth of David, then I would reject the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, not taking from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. David was a sinful man, but God regarded David as a friend. If our great friend died for our sins, how can we treat them so lightly? Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. A throne will even be established in lovingkindness. John 15:15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. There I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord, which He made with our fathers when He brought them from the land of Egypt., Now the Lord has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in the place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. And he said, Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. And he said to him, Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise., But he replied to the man who told him, Who is my mother, and who are my brothers? And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, Here are my mother and my brothers! Second, cultivate friendship through communion. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.. Saul loved him very much and made David his armorbearer. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. I am the door. As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep My statutes and My ordinances, then I will establish your royal throne as I covenanted with your father David, saying, You shall not lack a man to be ruler in Israel.. Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son. When the evil spirit from God comes to you, hell strum a tune, and youll feel better., 17Saul told his officials, Please find me a man who can play well and bring him to me., 18One of the officials said, I know one of Jesses sons from Bethlehem who can play well. And then we pray we thank him, we confess our sins to him, and we share our burdens with him. I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. Jonathan was a man of utmost courage, loyalty, wisdom, and honor. Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. But their story specifically pictures how we can be friends with the Christ, the messianic King. Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed, nor will they say, Look, here it is! or There! for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you., Give, and it will be given to you. When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; And do justice and righteousness in the land. That according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faiththat you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy. The Lord also declares to you that the Lord will make a house for you. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 9 That day David feared the LORD and asked, "How can the ark of the LORD ever . K Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord! 15Sauls officials told him, An evil spirit from God is tormenting you. First, lets expand our vision of him. He *said to them, Then how does David in the Spirit call Him Lord, saying, Until I put Your enemies beneath Your feet, If David then calls Him Lord, how is He his son?. Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. The Bible phrase Friend of God is found in James 2:23, And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousnessand he was called a friend of God.. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. And this cause was emphasized when Samuel, the Lord's prophet, anointed David to be a future king of Israel. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. P In Isaiah 41:8 God refers to the nation of Israel as "My servant," but then surprisingly . But Samuel said, The Lord has not chosen this one either., 9Then Jesse had Shammah come to Samuel. It was Abraham 's faith that entitled him to be called the friend of God. 26:19 These are the generations of Noah. 19 Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, "Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.". If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him? He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. And you are my sheep, human sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord God.. 16The Lord asked Samuel, How long are you going to mourn for Saul now that I have rejected him as king of Israel? He wanted his disciples to see the cross and think: I understand now: He substituted himself for me under Gods wrath, and he did it because he views me as his treasured friend. 16Your Majesty, why dont you command us to look for a man who can play the lyre well? Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
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