For You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God. Sermons
I. "For ever" means LASTING THROUGH MANY GENERATIONS. Matching the idea concerning "length of life" is the idea of "continuance and permanence of dynasty." To live long was, to the Jewish mind, the direct reward of virtue, a sign of the Divine recognition of personal goodness. And so the pious king who founded a kingdom passed the thought on to the life of his race. Its prolongation through many generations would be the proof of Divine favour and acceptance resting upon it. Show how the writer of a book seeks fame in the continuity of its influence. The rich man, nowadays, hopes to found a family which shall outlast the generations. And this desire for permanence of influence is found, in various measures, influencing all men. So still God can promise to us that noble living and faithful working shall be made to bear the "eternal" stamp. In this first sense the good man never dies; on earth he may be said to live "for ever." David lives on to-day. He influences men now, rules hearts and lives, more truly than ever. II. "For ever" means UNDER CHANGED FORMS LASTING THROUGH ALL HUMAN GENERATIONS. We must find what is the very essence of David's kingdom, for the notion of its eternity can properly only be applied to that. The essence is this - God's immediate rule of men through the administration of man. David's kingdom was this - the theocracy practically realized. Then all that belonged to the mere human form and order may change to meet the exigencies of changing ages; the essence would remain, and by-and-by appear in the theocracy of the Church, in the administration of the exalted Man Christ Jesus. We now are members of David's everlasting kingdom; since Christ's kingdom is essentially David's. In its central principle - its spiritual principle - of direct governmental relations with Jehovah, David's kingdom must last absolutely for ever and ever. III. For ever has this limitation - IN ITS EARTHLY FORM IT IS DEPENDENT ON THE ALLEGIANCE OF DAVID'S DESCENDANTS TO THE SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLE. So far as their earthly features are concerned, God's promises are always conditional. And the condition is always the same. It is loyalty, full loyalty, the obedient service of the truehearted. This point David anxiously impressed on his son Solomon (ch. 28:9, 10). Work out the conditions of perpetuity still. "He that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." And show what is the assurance of our earthly and our heavenly "for ever." We shall live on here, we shall live on yonder, in what we have been for God, and done for him, in his grace and strength. - R.T.
And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord. I. OVER WHAT HE REJOICES.1. Over great blessings received. 2. Over yet greater blessings promised. II. IN WHAT SPIRIT HE REGARDS THESE FAVOURS. 1. As utterly undeserved by himself. 2. As the gift of God's sovereign grace. (J. P. Lange.) I. — THE RELATION GOD BEARS TO HIS PEOPLE. 1. He has chosen them out of the world. 2. He has given Himself to them in a peculiar way. 3. He avows that relation to them before the whole universe. II. WHAT UNDER THAT RELATION WE MAY EXPECT AT HIS HANDS. 1. The care of His providence. 3. The communications of His grace. 3. The manifestations of His love. 4. The possession of His glory. III. WHAT UNDER THAT RELATION HE IS ENTITLED TO EXPECT FROM US. 1. That we be a people to Him. 2. That we give ourselves to Him. (C. Simeon, M. A.) People David, Israelites, NathanPlaces Egypt, JerusalemTopics Age, Appoint, Becamest, Forever, Hast, O, Yea, YoursOutline 1. Nathan first approving the purpose of David, to build God a house3. after by the word of God forbids him 11. He promises him blessings and benefits in his seed 16. David's prayer and thanksgiving Dictionary of Bible Themes 1 Chronicles 17:22 1235 God, the LORD Library Amasiah'Amasiah, the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the Lord.'--1 CHRON. xvii, 16. This is a scrap from the catalogue of Jehoshaphat's 'mighty men of valour'; and is Amasiah's sole record. We see him for a moment and hear his eulogium and then oblivion swallows him up. We do not know what it was that he did to earn it. But what a fate, to live to all generations by that one sentence! I. Cheerful self-surrender the secret of all religion. The words of our text contain a metaphor naturally … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Promise in 2 Samuel, Chap. vii. The Cavils of the Pharisees Concerning Purification, and the Teaching of the Lord Concerning Purity - the Traditions Concerning Hand-Washing' and Vows. ' The Divine Jesus. Chronicles Links 1 Chronicles 17:22 NIV1 Chronicles 17:22 NLT 1 Chronicles 17:22 ESV 1 Chronicles 17:22 NASB 1 Chronicles 17:22 KJV 1 Chronicles 17:22 Bible Apps 1 Chronicles 17:22 Parallel 1 Chronicles 17:22 Biblia Paralela 1 Chronicles 17:22 Chinese Bible 1 Chronicles 17:22 French Bible 1 Chronicles 17:22 German Bible 1 Chronicles 17:22 Commentaries Bible Hub |