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I want to run a parallel between the case of David and that of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I. HERE IS A VERY COMMENDABLE EXAMPLE. Many of these men of Judah and Benjamin went to join themselves to David.

1. Because they bad heard that he was the Lord's anointed If Jesus be God's anointed, let Him be your beloved.

2. Because of his personal excellences.

3. Because he was so misrepresented and abused by his enemies.

4. Because they believed that he had a great future before him.

II. A. CAUTIOUS INQUIRY. See what David said to them.

1. He set before them the right way; He said, "If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you." Here are three questions —

(1) Do you come to Christ and accept Him?

(2) Do you come with a desire to maintain peace among your Christian brethren?

(3) Do you come with the intent of helping the Lord Jesus Christ to spread abroad His truth?

2. He set before them the wrong way: "But if ye be come to betray me to my enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it."Some betray the Lord Christ to His enemies —

1. By giving up the doctrines of the gospel.

2. By their inconsistent lives.

3. By apostasy.

III. A CORDIAL ENLISTMENT. "Thine are we, David, and on thy side," etc.

( C. H. Spurgeon.)

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KJV: And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.

WEB: There came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David.