1 Chronicles 16:16
the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
Sermons
David's Thanksgiving PsalmF. Whitfield 1 Chronicles 16:1-43
Regular Divine ServiceW. Clarkson 1 Chronicles 16:4-7, 36-43
A Memorable DayHomilist1 Chronicles 16:7-22
A Psalm of ThanksgivingJ. Wolfendale.1 Chronicles 16:7-22
A PsalmJ.R. Thomson 1 Chronicles 16:7-36
Human Mindfulness of Divine PromisesW. Clarkson 1 Chronicles 16:15-22
The National CovenantJ. Wolfendale.1 Chronicles 16:15-22














I. THAT GOD HAS MADE DISTINCT PROMISES TO MANKIND. David speaks here of the "covenant which God made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac" (vers. 15, 16; see ver. 18 and Genesis 17:2, 26:3, etc.). We know that he also promised David that he should sit on the throne, and his children after him (1 Chronicles 17:17). We think also of the primeval promise, looking far forward and embracing such large results (Genesis 3:15). God has made "exceeding great and precious promises" to us in Christ; he promises to those who are in him pardon, peace, joy, the indwelling Spirit, sanctity, eternal life,

II. THAT OF THESE HIS PROMISES HE HAS GIVEN US ASSURING CONFIRMATION. He "confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant" (ver. 17); he did this in word (ver. 18) and in deed (vers. 19-22). All the promises which are made to us in Christ are confirmed both in word and deed.

1. In Divine Word. By repeated assurances not only from the lips of the Lord himself, but also from the utterances of his inspired apostles. In Scripture we have the most abundant assurances that those who believe in Christ shall enjoy the favour of the eternal Father and possess everlasting life.

2. And also in Divine action; for we have the testimony of all succeeding generations of Christian men, who bear unvarying witness that "God is faithful, who hath called us to the fellowship of his Son" (l Corinthians 1:9). This is surely a confirmation of God's working; for are not all these witnesses his workmanship? are they not his husbandry, his building (Ephesians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 3:9)?

III. THAT IT BEHOVES US TO KEEP THEM IN CONTINUED AND LIVELY REMEMBRANCE. "Be ye mindful always of his covenant" (ver. 15). In the day of spiritual awakening, in the midst of earnest Christian work, in the time of trouble, in the hour of spiritual struggle and misgiving, in the valley of the shadow of death, we have especial need to be mindful of the promises of God. But they should never be far from us, they should be always within reach, like a sword at our side, like bread beneath the roof, that we may draw them at the approaching danger, that we may resort to them when our heart is a-hungered. We may add, though it is not in the text -

IV. THAT WE MUST NOT FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE CONDITIONS ATTENDING THEM. God's promises are never unconditional: there is always an "if" implied if not expressed (2 Samuel 7:12; 1 Kings 2:4; Psalm 132:11, 12). His promises to us of eternal life are conditional on

(1) our acceptance of Jesus Christ, and

(2) our faithfulness unto death. - C.

Be ye always mindful of His covenant
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I. THAT GOD'S METHOD OF INTERCOURSE WITH MEN HAS EVER BEEN IN THE FORM OF A COVENANT. Tayler Lewes says: "There is no religion without this idea of covenant with a personal God, and therefore all such views as those of Comte, Mill, and Spencer are, for all moral and religious purposes, wholly atheistical."

II. THAT THIS COVENANT METHOD OF INTERCOURSE WITH MEN DISPLAYS THE SOVEREIGN WILL AND FREE GRACE OF GOD (Ephesians 1:5).

III. THAT THIS COVENANT METHOD OF INTERCOURSE PUTS MAN UNDER DEEP OBLIGATION TO GOD.

1. They are chosen to great favours.

2. They should render thanks for these favours.

IV. THE OBLIGATIONS OF MEN TO GOD FOR HIS COVENANT MERCIES CAN NEVER CEASE.

1. It is of Divine authority.

2. It is confirmed from time to time.

3. It is "an everlasting covenant" (ver. 17), "made with man as an immortal being, and in itself an evidence of his designed immortality."

(J. Wolfendale.)

People
Asaph, Benaiah, David, Eliab, Gibeon, Heman, Hosah, Isaac, Jacob, Jahaziel, Jeduthun, Jehiel, Jeiel, Levites, Mattithiah, Obededom, Shemiramoth, Uzziel, Zadok, Zechariah
Places
Canaan, Gibeon, Jerusalem
Topics
Agreement, Covenant, Isaac, Oath, Promise, Swore, Sworn
Outline
1. David's festival sacrifice
4. He orders a choir to sing thanksgiving
7. The psalm of thanksgiving
37. He appoints ministers, porters, priests, and musicians, to attend the ark

Dictionary of Bible Themes
1 Chronicles 16:8-36

     8609   prayer, as praise and thanksgiving

1 Chronicles 16:14-18

     1443   revelation, OT
     5078   Abraham, significance

1 Chronicles 16:15-17

     1348   covenant, with Abraham

1 Chronicles 16:15-18

     7258   promised land, early history

Library
Man's Chief End
Q-I: WHAT IS THE CHIEF END OF MAN? A: Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. Here are two ends of life specified. 1: The glorifying of God. 2: The enjoying of God. I. The glorifying of God, I Pet 4:4: That God in all things may be glorified.' The glory of God is a silver thread which must run through all our actions. I Cor 10:01. Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.' Everything works to some end in things natural and artificial;
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity

Covenanting a Duty.
The exercise of Covenanting with God is enjoined by Him as the Supreme Moral Governor of all. That his Covenant should be acceded to, by men in every age and condition, is ordained as a law, sanctioned by his high authority,--recorded in his law of perpetual moral obligation on men, as a statute decreed by him, and in virtue of his underived sovereignty, promulgated by his command. "He hath commanded his covenant for ever."[171] The exercise is inculcated according to the will of God, as King and
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting

Chronicles
The comparative indifference with which Chronicles is regarded in modern times by all but professional scholars seems to have been shared by the ancient Jewish church. Though written by the same hand as wrote Ezra-Nehemiah, and forming, together with these books, a continuous history of Judah, it is placed after them in the Hebrew Bible, of which it forms the concluding book; and this no doubt points to the fact that it attained canonical distinction later than they. Nor is this unnatural. The book
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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