So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul's officers as well. Sermons
I. ITS CONDITIONS, on the part of man. 1. Rationality: capacity of thought, voluntary choice, moral esteem. "Amidst the ashes of our collapsed nature there slumber certain sparks of celestial fire" (Owen). 2. Reconciliation; inasmuch as man is alienated from God, and under condemnation. 3. Renewal in righteousness and true holiness, so that we may be "partakers of the Divine nature" (2 Peter 1:4). "Friendship is a union of souls, and souls can be united only where there is more or less accord" (Amos 3:3). II. ITS CHARACTERISTICS, on the part of the Lord. All his perfections render it in every respect transcendently excellent. But notice more particularly - 1. Its disinterestedness. "He first loved us," with a pure, free, condescending, self-sacrificing love. "Greater love hath no man," etc. (John 15:13). 2. Its faithfulness. 3. Its constancy. "The love of friends of this world is defective in three respects - they begin to love late, cease early, love little. But the love of God is an unequalled love. He loves us without beginning, without intermission, and without end" (Nouet). III. ITS BENEFITS, or the blessings enjoyed by those who have fellowship with him. 1. Counsel, warning, rebuke. Reproofs are "the graver looks of love." 2. Defence, support, and effectual help. 3. Sympathy, encouragement, and everlasting consolation. "And now," said Jonathan Edwards, on his death bed, turning from his earthly friends toward the approaching darkness, "where is Jesus of Nazareth, my true and never failing Friend?" IV. ITS CLAIMS, or the duties of those who enjoy such benefits and desire their continuance. 1. To cherish proper feelings toward him - confidence, affection, and delight in intercourse with him. 2. To do those things that please him. "Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you." 3. Not to be ashamed of him, but to confess his name before men; to love and serve his friends for his sake, and to seek in all things his honour and glory. - D.
And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David. From the days of Homer and the Trojan wars downwards, this has been the method employed by Orientals to denote the bestowment of dignity and distinction. Not more eagerly coveted is the Order of the Garter, or Bath, or Thistle among ourselves than in ancient times was the gift of royal robes. Any portion, indeed, of a king's wardrobe or jewel box was greatly prized; but the voluntary donation of dress, and more particularly in the act of being worn, rendered the tribute doubly valuable. Whenever this latter occurred the cherished memento was transmitted as an heirloom from sire to son. It was equivalent to a patent of nobility.(J. R. Macduff, D. D.)We find in Homer a minute enumeration of the armour Ulysses received in a gift from Meriones, and in the story of Nisus and Euryalus, in the IX OEneid of Virgil, there occurs a duplicate picture of that presented to us in the tent of Saul. (J. R. Macduff, D. D.) People Adriel, David, Jonathan, Merab, Michal, SaulPlaces JerusalemTopics Accepted, Acted, Army, Behaved, David, Forth, Officers, Pleased, Pleasing, Prospered, Rank, Saul, Saul's, Servants, Setteth, Sight, Success, Successful, Successfully, War, Wherever, Whithersoever, WiselyOutline 1. Jonathan befriends David5. Saul envies his praise 10. seeks to kill him in his fury 12. fears him for his good success 17. offers him his daughters for snare 23. David persuaded to be the king's son-in-law, 25. gives two hundred foreskins of the Philistines for Michal's dowry 28. Saul's hatred and David's glory increase Dictionary of Bible Themes 1 Samuel 18:5Library A Soul's Tragedy'And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war; and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants. 6. And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick. 7. And the women answered one another as they played, … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture War! War! War! And V the Kingdom Undivided and the Kingdom Divided The Exile. Salvation Published from the Mountains How the Poor and the Rich Should be Admonished. The Publication of the Gospel Ramah. Ramathaim Zophim. Gibeah. The Sixth Commandment Samuel Links 1 Samuel 18:5 NIV1 Samuel 18:5 NLT 1 Samuel 18:5 ESV 1 Samuel 18:5 NASB 1 Samuel 18:5 KJV 1 Samuel 18:5 Bible Apps 1 Samuel 18:5 Parallel 1 Samuel 18:5 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 18:5 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 18:5 French Bible 1 Samuel 18:5 German Bible 1 Samuel 18:5 Commentaries Bible Hub |