Sermons and Biblical Studies

The Lord Looketh on the Heart—1Sa_16:7 These words, in the Lord’s rebuke to Samuel at Bethlehem, are very full of solemn and encouraging matter to every one who will pause to meditate upon them. Knowing, feeling as we do, what the heart of man really is, the declaration that “the Lord looketh on the heart,” … Continue reading ““261. THE LORD LOOKETH ON THE HEART—1 SAMUEL 16:7””

1 Samuel 16-19 : Thirty-Third Week Autor: JOHN KITTO

Music—1Sa_16:15-23 Jesse the Bethlehemite was one day astonished, and perhaps alarmed, to receive a somewhat peremptory command from the king—“Send me David, thy son, who is with the sheep.” What could the king know of his son? What did he want with him? If Jesse knew—and if any one knew, he was the most likely … Continue reading ““259. MUSIC—1 SAMUEL 16:15-23””

David—1Sa_16:12 Prior to his appearance on this occasion, nothing is distinctly stated of the history and character of David, who was destined to make so important a figure in the history of Israel. There are, however, as we go on, a few retrospective intimations regarding his youthful life, and he has himself left materials in … Continue reading ““258. DAVID—1 SAMUEL 16:12””

Samuel at Bethlehem—1Sa_16:1-13 Who was that “neighbor,” better than he, who was destined to succeed Saul, and at whom Samuel hinted in his rebuke? It does not appear that the prophet himself knew this at the time his words were uttered. But he knew that another dynasty was to be provided, and that its founder … Continue reading ““257. SAMUEL AT BETHLEHEM—1 SAMUEL 16:1-13””

The Public Enemy—1 Samuel 15 There is hardly any nation which has not had some especial public enemy—generally a near neighbor, which it was held to be a peculiar duty of patriotism to hate and to destroy. We need not name instances. It were difficult to find exceptions; and the reading and observation of every … Continue reading ““256. THE PUBLIC ENEMY—1 SAMUEL 15””

Honey and Blood—1 Samuel 14 About seven miles north by east from Jerusalem is a steep, precipitous valley extending east and west. North of this valley, which is called in 1Sa_13:23, “the passage of Michmash” (now Wady es-Suweinit), lay the Philistine host, which had established a garrison, or advanced post, upon the high promontory or … Continue reading ““255. HONEY AND BLOOD—1 SAMUEL 14””

Saul’s Transgression—1Sa_13:4-15 When Saul “blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying: Let the Hebrews hear,” he had a right to expect that they would hear. The alacrity which had been evinced by the tribes in following him to the relief of Jabesh-Gilead, evinced a degree of spirit and zeal on which he had reason … Continue reading ““254. SAUL’S TRANSGRESSION—1 SAMUEL 13:4-15””

Foolishness—1Sa_13:13 Looking back to the interview between Saul and Samuel, after the first public transgression of the former, we cannot fail to be struck by terms in which the prophet administers his rebuke: “Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee.” Now it probably … Continue reading ““253. FOOLISHNESS—1 SAMUEL 13:13””

1 Samuel 13-16 : Thirty-Second Week Autor: JOHN KITTO