1 Chronicles 21:11-15 So Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus said the LORD, Choose you… I. PESTILENCES ARE STRIKING WITNESSES TO THE MAJESTY OF GOD'S LAW. II. PESTILENCES ARE STRIKING ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE MORAL CONNECTION BETWEEN MEN. Epidemics run rapidly from one to another. No man can live alone to himself. Every one who comes near us is the better or the worse for our influence upon them. III. PESTILENCES MAY BE THE AGENCY FOR EXECUTING DIVINE JUDGMENTS. Nowadays men hesitate to believe that there can be any connection between a nation's sin and a nation's suffering. With eye fixed upon the natural and physical laws and conditions out of which disease comes, men fail to see Him who overrules all physical conditions, and controls all laws. What, then, is the attitude which Christians should take in relation to epidemic disease 7(1) We ought to cherish a reverent awe of God, the spirit that is becoming in times of storm and tempest, awe of Him who is "Lord of the great things."(2) We should seek by prayer, and in the spirit of penitence, for the removal of the chastening hand. (3) We should ask for grace that we may be brave, brotherly, and self-denying, should disease come actually into our spheres. (4) We should, with calm seriousness, inquire whether we are prepared to face the risks of disease, prepared to die, prepared to "meet our God." (R. Tuck, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose theeWEB: So Gad came to David, and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Take your choice: |
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