PROCLAMATION
“So David’s fame spread throughout every land, and The
Lord made all the nations fear him.” 1
Chronicles 14:17 (NIV)
EXPLANATION
After David had amassed a great army and had established himself as the king over all of Israel, (1 Chronicles 12:22-38) he began to build himself a palace. (1 Chronicles 14:1-2) When the Philistines heard that David was king, they marched against Israel, but they were defeated. (1 Chronicles 14:8-12) After losing that battle, the Philistines regrouped, and they attacked Israel again. David’s army again struck down the Philistine army. (1 Chronicles 14:13-16) David went to The Lord before each of these battles. He followed the plan which The Lord had revealed to him both times and he was victorious. This is a repeat of the events recorded in The Bible Book of Second Samuel. (2 Samuel 5:17-25) By winning these two battles David’s fame spread throughout the land and The Lord caused all the surrounding nations feared him.
APPLICATION
After David had amassed a great army and had established himself as the king over all of Israel, (1 Chronicles 12:22-38) he began to build himself a palace. (1 Chronicles 14:1-2) When the Philistines heard that David was king, they marched against Israel, but they were defeated. (1 Chronicles 14:8-12) After losing that battle, the Philistines regrouped, and they attacked Israel again. David’s army again struck down the Philistine army. (1 Chronicles 14:13-16) David went to The Lord before each of these battles. He followed the plan which The Lord had revealed to him both times and he was victorious. This is a repeat of the events recorded in The Bible Book of Second Samuel. (2 Samuel 5:17-25) By winning these two battles David’s fame spread throughout the land and The Lord caused all the surrounding nations feared him.
APPLICATION
If we obey The Word of God and follow His plan, we
will be victorious. (1 Corinthians 15:57)
He will fight our battles for us, (2 Chronicles 32:8) and He will cause
our enemies to fear us. If God is for
us, no one can stand against us. (Romans 8:31)
We just need to make sure that we are on The Lord’s side before we claim
that He is with us. Not everyone who
claims to be a Man of God is actually one.
There are many false prophets among us. (Matthew 7:15 and 24:11) That is why we need to read and study The
Word of God so that we can rightly divide the truth and discern false prophets.
That way we know that we are following and
obeying The True and Living God, The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
So true, we must rightly divide the word of truth (study)so that we can recognize the enemy when he comes (false teachers).
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