1 Samuel 5:1-5 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.… The text reminds us of four things. I. THE INEVITABLE DOOM OF WRONG. Wrong in markets, in governments, churches, in all institutions, and in all lives must fall. II. THE DESTINED DEPRAVATION OF SINNERS. Dagon was the object in which the men of Ashdod centred the deepest sympathies of their soul — their god. No loss to a man is equal to the loss of his god, the object he loves most; and every sinner must experience this loss one day. Whatever he loves and prizes most must go from him. III. THE SILENT WORKING OF GOD. (D. Thomas, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.WEB: Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. |
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