and more cedar logs than could be counted; for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David. Sermons
I. ALL SOULS ARE GOD'S. "All souls are mine." George Macdonald well writes, "We are accustomed to say that we are bodies, and have souls, whereas we should rather say that we are souls, and have bodies." Paul pleads with the Gentile that we are all the "offspring of God." And our Lord, in his teaching on the mount, revealed God as providing for and overshadowing all, "making his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sending his rain on the just and on the unjust." All souls are to come under the Divine judgment, and that judgment must be based on Divine dealings with men, and men's response thereto. II. ALL LIVES SHOULD BE CONSECRATED TO GOD. By the claims of creation, relation, and providence, God urges upon every man the duty of surrender to him. See the familiar answer to the question, "What is the chief duty of man?" When Paul urges the Romans to "present their bodies a living sacrifice," he does but express the demand made by the God "in whose hand our breath is, and whose are all our ways." If this be established as a universal principle, then these two things follow. 1. All man's service he claims. Whatever a man can do, God has the right to ask him to do for him. Illustrate by the sentiments of earlier times, in regard to a king's right to claim the service of any member of his kingdom, day or night. God has the infinite right to make such claim; and the godly man fully recognizes it, and says - "Take my body, spirit, soul; 2. All man's possessions are for God's use as he may require them. Not merely what a man is he is for God, but what a man has he has for God. David fully recognized this, and in presenting to God the gathered material for the temple, he said, "Of thine own have we given thee." So when a worldly man gives of his property or time to God's service, we should feel that he is imperfectly and incompletely doing a part of the duty which rests on every man. Nothing of human service can be alien to God; and nothing should be alien to his people in working for him. We may encourage every man to do something, or give something to God, in the hope that, by-and-by, they may come to love God's service, and God himself. - R.T.
And David prepared iron in abundance. It sometimes becomes difficult to say who really did build the temple, so little was left for Solomon to do. Is it not so with all the temples of civilisation? Who built the temple of literature? Who erected the temple of science? Who is the architect, and who the builder of the temple of discovery? The last man is so immediately behind us, that we dare not take credit to ourselves for aught we do; so much has been done in preparation that when we speak of the temple we say it was built by the age, or the generation, or the spirit of the times.(J. Parker, D. D.) People David, Sidonians, Solomon, Tyrians, ZidoniansPlaces JerusalemTopics Abundance, Amount, Beyond, Cedar, Cedar-trees, Cedar-wood, Counted, David, Innumerable, Large, Logs, Numbers, Quantities, Sidonians, Sido'nians, Timber, Timbers, Trees, Tyre, Tyrians, Wood, ZidoniansOutline 1. David, foreknowing the place of the temple, prepares abundance for building it.6. He instructs Solomon in God's promises, and his duty in building the temple. 17. He charges the princes to assist his son Dictionary of Bible Themes 1 Chronicles 22:4Library David's Prohibited Desire and Permitted Service'Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the Lord God of Israel. 7. And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God: 8. But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto My name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in My sight. 9. Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Solomon's Temple Spiritualized He Does Battle for the Faith; He Restores Peace among those who were at Variance; He Takes in Hand to Build a Stone Church. The Promise in 2 Samuel, Chap. vii. Chronicles Links 1 Chronicles 22:4 NIV1 Chronicles 22:4 NLT 1 Chronicles 22:4 ESV 1 Chronicles 22:4 NASB 1 Chronicles 22:4 KJV 1 Chronicles 22:4 Bible Apps 1 Chronicles 22:4 Parallel 1 Chronicles 22:4 Biblia Paralela 1 Chronicles 22:4 Chinese Bible 1 Chronicles 22:4 French Bible 1 Chronicles 22:4 German Bible 1 Chronicles 22:4 Commentaries Bible Hub |