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2441 From Eternity Past, p. 464.5 (Ellen Gould White)
David was preparing to take a high position with the noblest of the earth. Clearer conceptions of God opened before his soul. Obscure themes were illuminated …
2442 From Eternity Past, p. 472.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The people were not slow to see that David was a competent person. Affairs entrusted to his hand were managed with wisdom and skill. The counsels of the young man were safe to follow, while the judgment of Saul was at times unreliable.
2443 From Eternity Past, p. 475.5 (Ellen Gould White)
After the remarkable exhibition of the power of God, Jonathan could not believe that his father would harm David. This would be rebellion against God.
2444 From Eternity Past, p. 477.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Every failure on the part of the children of God is due to their lack of faith. When shadows encompass the soul, we must look up; there is light beyond the darkness …
2445 From Eternity Past, p. 482.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… .” James 5:16. The king seemed little less than a madman. Justice was perverted, and order was turned to confusion.
2446 From Eternity Past, p. 483.5 (Ellen Gould White)
It was the time of sheepshearing, a season of hospitality. David and his men were in need of provisions, and the son of Jesse sent ten young men to Nabal, bidding …
2447 From Eternity Past, p. 485.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… .” Matthew 5:9. Would that many more like this woman of Israel would soothe irritated feelings, prevent rash impulses, and quell great evils by words of calm wisdom …
2448 From Eternity Past, p. 485.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… 141:5. He gave thanks and blessings because she advised him righteously. How few take reproof with gratitude and bless those who seek to save them from pursuing …
2449 From Eternity Past, p. 487.5 (Ellen Gould White)
David despaired of reconciliation. It seemed that he should at last fall victim to the malice of the king. With the six hundred men under his command, he passed over to Achish, the king of Gath.
2450 From Eternity Past, p. 492.5 (Ellen Gould White)
“The Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy.... The Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbor, even to David: because …
2451 From Eternity Past, p. 493.5 (Ellen Gould White)
By consulting that spirit of darkness, Saul had destroyed himself. Oppressed by the horror of despair, it would be impossible to inspire his army with courage …
2452 From Eternity Past, p. 496.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… :4, 5. Alike based upon falsehood, they are alike from the father of lies.
2453 From Eternity Past, p. 497.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… 9:5, 6. “His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.” Psalm 146:4. The Lord declared to Israel: “The soul that turneth after …
2454 From Eternity Past, p. 498.5 (Ellen Gould White)
God is leading His people out from the abominations of the world, that they may keep His law. Because of this, the rage of “the accuser of our brethren” knows no …
2455 From Eternity Past, p. 501.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Here again David was chastened for the lack of faith that led him to place himself among the foes of God and His people. David had provoked the Amalekites by …
2456 From Eternity Past, p. 502.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Advancing, they came upon an Egyptian slave, apparently about to perish from weariness and hunger. Upon receiving food and drink he revived. He had been left …
2457 From Eternity Past
This chapter is based on 2 Samuel 2 to 5:5.
2458 From Eternity Past, p. 506.5 (Ellen Gould White)
God had chosen David to be king of Israel, yet hardly had his authority been acknowledged by the men of Judah, when Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, was set upon a rival …
2459 From Eternity Past, p. 508.5 (Ellen Gould White)
But David did not desire the aid of treachery to establish his power. He told these murderers of the doom visited upon him who boasted of slaying Saul. “How much …
2460 From Eternity Past, p. 509.4 (Ellen Gould White)
He who had waited patiently for the Lord, beheld the promise of God fulfilled. “And David went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.” 2 Samuel 5:10 .