KING OVER ALL
II Samuel 19:40-43
"Now the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him. And all the people of Judah escorted the king, and also half the people of Israel. Just then all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king 'Why have our brethren, the men of Judah, stolen you away ....' So all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, 'Because the king is a close relative of ours ....' And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, 'We have ten share in the king; therefore we have the more right to David than you....' Yet the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel."
When David returned from exile, a quarrel in the kingdom erupted between the peoples of the tribe of Judah (which included the tribe of Benjamin) and the other ten tribes. Judah thought that because David was of the tribe of Judah, plus the fact that they had remained loyal to him, gave them special rights to the king. The other ten tribes who had rebelled thought that they had a greater share in the kingdom because they had the most people. The men of Judah fiercely rejected that idea. In reality, David was king over all the descendants of Abraham. It is easy to believe that I, as an American Christian, have a greater share in the kingdom than believers in the rest of the world. After all, hasn't America been a Christian nation, and haven't I been loyal to Christ all these years? So I begin to think that somehow I am a better Christian and therefore I should have special privilege in the Christ's kingdom, while in fact followers of Jesus in the rest of the world far outnumber those in the United States. When Jesus returns, it will not be just for us in North America. He is coming for His subject throughout the nations. The Lord Jesus is not provincial. He is King of all!!!
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: The kingdom of the Lord Jesus is not just for Americans but for the whole world.
[end]
Have a kingdom day. Love you.
II Samuel 19:40-43
"Now the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him. And all the people of Judah escorted the king, and also half the people of Israel. Just then all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king 'Why have our brethren, the men of Judah, stolen you away ....' So all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, 'Because the king is a close relative of ours ....' And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, 'We have ten share in the king; therefore we have the more right to David than you....' Yet the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel."
When David returned from exile, a quarrel in the kingdom erupted between the peoples of the tribe of Judah (which included the tribe of Benjamin) and the other ten tribes. Judah thought that because David was of the tribe of Judah, plus the fact that they had remained loyal to him, gave them special rights to the king. The other ten tribes who had rebelled thought that they had a greater share in the kingdom because they had the most people. The men of Judah fiercely rejected that idea. In reality, David was king over all the descendants of Abraham. It is easy to believe that I, as an American Christian, have a greater share in the kingdom than believers in the rest of the world. After all, hasn't America been a Christian nation, and haven't I been loyal to Christ all these years? So I begin to think that somehow I am a better Christian and therefore I should have special privilege in the Christ's kingdom, while in fact followers of Jesus in the rest of the world far outnumber those in the United States. When Jesus returns, it will not be just for us in North America. He is coming for His subject throughout the nations. The Lord Jesus is not provincial. He is King of all!!!
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: The kingdom of the Lord Jesus is not just for Americans but for the whole world.
[end]
Have a kingdom day. Love you.
No comments:
Post a Comment