_THE IMPOTENCE OF NUMBERS_ ‘And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan, and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.’ 1 Chronicles 21:2 What was it that made David’s deed ungodly? The answer is that it was a departure from the... [ Continue Reading ]
_SIN AND PENITENCE_ ‘I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing.’ 1 Chronicles 21:8 The life and experience of David are a mirror reflecting human nature and Christian feeling. If no man sinned more grievously, none repented more sincerely than he. The words he used when convinced of h... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALTERNATIVES OF PUNISHMENT OFFERED AND BALANCED_ ‘And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very great are His mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.’ 1 Chronicles 21:13 I. IT IS BETTER TO FALL INTO THE HAND OF GOD THAN INTO THE... [ Continue Reading ]