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2 SAMUEL 2
"It is ever a blunder to be unforgiving, and mercifulness is always expedient." --The Bright Dawn of a Reign, 2 Samuel 2:1-11
". . . faith in God can lead to possessing one’s soul in patience till ‘the vision’ comes. We may have to wait for it, but ‘it will surely come,’ and what is time enough for God should be time enough for us." --The Bright Dawn of a Reign, 2 Samuel 2:1-11
"To be weak is, in this world full of tempters, to drift into being wicked. We have to learn betimes to say ‘No,’ and to stick to it." --The Bright Dawn of a Reign, 2 Samuel 2:1-11
2 SAMUEL 5
"Courage built on faith has a way of making the world’s predictions of what it cannot do look rather ridiculous." --One Fold, One Shepherd, 2 Samuel 5:1-12
2 SAMUEL 6
"There is nothing more delicate than the sense of awe. Trifled with ever so little, it speedily disappears. There is far too little of it in our modern religion." --Death and Life from the Ark, 2 Samuel 6:1-12
2 SAMUEL 7
"Every devout man’s life is the realisation of a plan of God’s, and we sin against ourselves as well as Him if we do not often let thankful thoughts retrace all the way by which the Lord our God has led us." --The Promised King and Temple-Builder, 2 Samuel 7:4-16
"Life and experience and the teaching of His Spirit are needed to enable us to count our treasure, and we are richer than we know." --David's Gratitude, 2 Samuel 7:18-29
2 SAMUEL 9
"Philanthropy has no roots unless it is planted in religion. That is a lesson which this age needs. And the other side of the thought is as true and needful; namely, that our ‘religion’ is not ‘pure and undefiled’ unless it manifests itself in the service of man." --David and Jonathan's Son, 2 Samuel 9:1-13
"A little gratitude is better than whining professions of un worthiness." --David and Jonathan's Son, 2 Samuel 9:1-13
2 SAMUEL 10
"Calculations of probabilities and of resources may often yield occasion for despondency if we calculate only what appears to sense, but if we bring Christ into the calculation we shall be of good cheer. ‘The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?’" --More than Conquerors Through Him, 2 Samuel 10:8-19
2 SAMUEL 12
"My dear brethren, there is a great deal of so-called Christian teaching, both from pulpits and books in this day, which, to my mind, is altogether defective by reason of its underestimate of the cardinal fact of sin, and its consequent failure to represent the fundamental characteristic of the gospel as being deliverance and redemption." --Thou Art the Man, 2 Samuel 12:5-7
"It is not enough that you should believe, as I suppose most of you fancy that you believe, that Christ has died for the sins of the whole world. That belief will give you no share in His forgiveness. You must come to closer grips with Him than that; and you must be able to say, ‘Who loved me , and gave Himself for me.’ --Thou Art the Man, 2 Samuel 12:5-7
2 SAMUEL 14
". . . it just comes to this thought, which I seek to lay upon the hearts of all my hearers now-you cannot be blessedly and peacefully near God, unless you are far away from sin." --God's Banished Ones, 2 Samuel 14:14
"Deep as is the mystery, let nothing, dear brethren, rob us of the plain fact that God’s love moves all around the worst, the unworthiest, the most rebellious in the far-off land, and ‘desires not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his iniquity and live.’" --God's Banished Ones, 2 Samuel 14:14
2 SAMUEL 15
"We should grasp His hand tighter by reason of the storms that may rage round about us. And if we dwell amongst those who, in any measure, deny or neglect His merciful dominion, let us see to it that we all the more hoist our colours at our doors, and stand by them when they are hoisted, that nobody may mistake under which King we serve." --A Loyal Vow, 2 Samuel 15:15
"That is the kind of obedience that Christ delights to accept, obedience that is ready for anything, and does not wait to make sure that there is no danger of forfeiting a whole skin and a quiet life, before it vows itself to service." --A Loyal Vow, 2 Samuel 15:15
"Are we only to be ‘fair-weather Christians,’ or are we to be prepared for all the trials and sufferings that may befall us? A Christianity that does not bring any worldly penalties along with it is not worth much. Christians of Christ’s pattern have generally to give up something for their Christianity. They give up nothing that it is not gain to lose, nothing that they are not better without, but they have to surrender much in which other people find great enjoyment, and which their weaker selves would delight in too. Are you ready, my brother, for that?" --A Loyal Vow, 2 Samuel 15:15
"The tranquil heart is the heart which has the law of Christ within it, and the true delight of life belongs to those who truly say, ‘I delight to do Thy will.’" --A Loyal Vow, 2 Samuel 15:15
2 SAMUEL 19
"Life will bring you nearer and nearer to the grave. Hope after hope dies out, and there is nothing left but the hope to die. How beautiful the facing of it so as to become calmly familiar with it, making it an object of hope, with bright visions of reunion! How can such an old age so bright and beautiful be secured? Surely the one answer is,-by faith in Jesus Christ." --Barzillai, 2 Samuel 19:34-37
2 SAMUEL 22
"God does not weary of giving, we should not weary of praising the Giver and His gifts. We renew our enjoyment of our long-past mercies by reiterating our thankfulness for them. They do not die as long as gratitude keeps their remembrance green." --David's Hymn of Victory, 2 Samuel 22:40-51
2 SAMUEL 23
"Let us not judge men too harshly by what they do and are, but let us try to bring their sleeping possibilities into conscious exercise." --A Libation to Jehovah, 2 Samuel 23:15-17
"When we give ourselves to Jesus, He renders us back to ourselves, far better worth having than before. We are never so much our own as when we are wholly Christ’s. And the same thing is true as to all our riches of mind, heart, or worldly wealth. If we wish to taste their most delicate and refined sweetness, let us give them to Jesus, and the touch of His hand, as He accepts them and gives them back to us, will leave a lingering fragrance that nothing else can impart." --A Libation to Jehovah, 2 Samuel 23:15-17
