And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. 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. You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. When he came to Bethlehem, the leaders of the city, trembling with fear, greeted him and said, May peace be with you., 5Greetings, he replied, I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Hes a courageous man and a warrior. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. You shall fear the Lord your God. But do you view him this way? You are my friends if you do what I command you. From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory. He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers, saying, I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.. . 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. And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith, "Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness"; and he was called the friend of God. Consider how he is the greatest friend to great sinners. But why was David described this way? No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever,And My covenant shall be confirmed to him. For David said, The Lord God of Israel has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever. 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. Jesus chose us as friends, he died for us as friends, he caused us to trust him as our friend, and he will remain our friend for the endless ages to come. Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of My servant David whom I chose, who observed My commandments and My statutes; but I will take the kingdom from his sons hand and give it to you, even ten tribes. but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David; The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. And who shall stand in his holy place? 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). Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. Abide in my love. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. Publisher: OpenBible.info. 4w; View 15 more comments A throne will even be established in lovingkindness,And a judge will sit on it in faithfulness in the tent of David;Moreover, he will seek justiceAnd be prompt in righteousness. To the choirmaster. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. 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. GODS WORD Translation (GW). So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. You shall serve him and hold fast to him, and by his name you shall swear. KJ21. Selah Lift up your heads, O gates! David is believed to have been twelve to sixteen years of age when he was anointed as the king of Israel. 12So Jesse sent for him. "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"and he was called a friend of God. Now therefore, O Lord, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David, my father, that which You have promised him, saying, You shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way, to walk in My law as you have walked before Me. Now therefore, O Lord, the God of Israel, let Your word be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant David. Is not his companionship itself one of the greatest deterrents to sin? Uzzah Touches the Ark 7 And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God. As such, David was a man after God's own heart in that he was committed to God's ways and demonstrated fidelity to God's Law. 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. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. G Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck; they did more evil than their fathers. 13:22). David was a man after God's own heart in that he was truly thankful. These are the generations of Noah. Young David, shepherd boy of Israel, had a cause. F Geocoding Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.. And our obedience doesn't earn, but rather, proves, our friendship with him. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked., Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. 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. He is the one. 13Samuel took the flask of olive oil and anointed David in the presence of his brothers. But the Lord answered her, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace,On the throne of David and over his kingdom,To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousnessFrom then on and forevermore.The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this. 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.. ASV. Little Boys Bible Storybook for Mothers and Sons. For David himself says in the book of Psalms, Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet, Therefore David calls Him Lord, and how is He his son?. 21David came to Saul and served him. Labs Copyright 1995, 2003, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020 by Gods Word to the Nations Mission Society. Read these Top 5 Bible verses and one bonus quote about becoming a friend of God. Jesus tells us to obey him; we never tell him to obey us. I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men. But Samuel said, The Lord has not chosen this one either., 9Then Jesse had Shammah come to Samuel. Now it came about at that time that Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do; Genesis 24:1. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David will be prince among them; I the Lord have spoken. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. Verse 6. 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. 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will be astonished and hiss and say, Why has the, And they will say, Because they forsook the. 16The Lord asked Samuel, How long are you going to mourn for Saul now that I have rejected him as king of Israel? In this Bible Story, we witness the continued bravery of David even into old age. Then he set the carved image of Asherah that he had made, in the house of which the Lord said to David and to his son Solomon, In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever. My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever. But, as is often the case with those in distress, from grief they turned to anger, and sought relief for their feelings by venting their rage upon the innocent. If your sons will keep My covenantAnd My testimony which I will teach them,Their sons also shall sit upon your throne forever.. Genesis 21:33. Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of My servant David whom I chose, who observed My commandments and My statutes; but I will take the kingdom from his sons hand and give it to you, even ten tribes. Footnotes 2 Gen. 49:4-5 cf. Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Jesus answered, The most important is, Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 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. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.. The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Look at him! Hebrew, "was bitter." Their great sorrow is pathetically described in ver. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight. The Lords Spirit came over David and stayed with him from that day on. A Psalm of David. Amos 3:3. Yet Jesus confers a greater honor. God has blessed me with 3 close friends that love God, pray with me and for my family, and we even have the privilege of attending the same church. 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.. 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? Incline your ear and come to Me.Listen, that you may live;And I will make an everlasting covenant with you,According to the faithful mercies shown to David. To the choirmaster. But Jesus offers himself to us as both our cosmic ruler and our closest friend. Finally, lets prove our friendship through obedience. Im sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem because Ive selected one of his sons to be king., 2How can I go? Samuel asked. W 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. 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 the scripture was fulfilled which saith, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God. You shall not wrong him. 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. Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. E King David was "a man after God's Own heart", a man of great faith and obedience and conversely a man who made terrible mistakes. For I will set apart destroyers against you, And they will cut down your choicest cedars, Many nations will pass by this city; and they will say to one another, Why has the, Then they will answer, Because they forsook the covenant of the, I will also punish him and his descendants and his servants for their iniquity, and I will bring on them and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the men of Judah all the calamity that I have declared to thembut they did not listen.. But does relating to Jesus as a friend diminish his authority in our lives? Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. 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. It is a most remarkable bond between a human being and the all-powerful Creator God. 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. Today's Bible verse is 2 Samuel 24:24 from the King James Version. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. TopicalBible Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. When shall I come and appear before God? Arise, O Lord, to Your resting place,You and the ark of Your strength. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. First, lets expand our vision of him. Saul loved him very much and made David his armorbearer. Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question: What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He? They *said to Him, The son of David.. David seemed born to live and die among his sheep. You adulterous people! The Legacy of Jonathan in the Bible. Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live? Were on a mission to change that. As we read, receive, and remember Gods word, we hear him address us as friends. He calls us friends. Saul loved him very much and made David his armorbearer. R Jesus tells us to obey him; we never tell him to obey us. While a master doesnt tell his servant what hes doing, Jesus revealed his Fathers will to us. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him,The spirit of wisdom and understanding,The spirit of counsel and strength,The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. American King James Version ). No one comes to the Father except through me. Jesus stood up and said to her, Woman, where are they? He doesnt just justify us and then nudge us aside; he welcomes us into his deepest heart. I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever.. Second, the cross proves his friendship. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. 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. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the. He had a healthy complexion, attractive eyes, and a handsome appearance. Jacob whom I have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend. 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. H Genesis 21:22. Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness. But if you will not obey these words, I swear by Myself, declares the Lord, that this house will become a desolation., But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight. He lets us all the way in, and loves us to the very end. 1 Timothy 6:17-19 Helpful Not Helpful As for you, if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My statutes and My ordinances, then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying, You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel., 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., 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. And they shall know that I am the Lord their God with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, declares the Lord God. David himself said in the Holy Spirit,The Lord said to my Lord,Sit at My right hand,Until I put Your enemies beneath Your feet. David himself calls Him Lord; so in what sense is He his son? And the large crowd enjoyed listening to Him. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.. Do not turn away the face of Your anointed. Yet for some, friendship with Jesus seems to diminish his glory. Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, Keep silence and hear, O Israel: this day you have become the people of the Lord your God. 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. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. He restores my soul. Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness. The Lord sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health. Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. 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.. Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and forevermore! As it is written, He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever. He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. Jonathan was the friend of David, yet David was Israels anointed king. And what, exactly, does it mean? Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck; they did more evil than their fathers. As for this house, which was exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and say, Why has the. Then He said to them, How is it that they say the Christ is Davids son? 11Are these all the sons you have?, Theres still the youngest one, Jesse answered. Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
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