1 Chronicles 29:1 There is a sense in which we might without irreverence almost invert these words, and yet gain rather than lose their true significance. "The palace is not for God," we might even say, as a literal resting-place. It is for man as the worshipper, as the servant, as the conscious an... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Chronicles 29:11 The conclusion of the Lord's Prayer is not to be considered altogether as an act of thanksgiving or an expression of God's praise and glory; it is rather intended to imply on our part the reasons for our assurance that God will grant our petitions. It is attributing to God the po... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Chronicles 29:14 I. The nature of the gift. It was a gift distinctly for the public good, a gift which brought back no profit to the giver save as he shared in the public good. II. The source of David's and the people's joy. (1) Giving under the constraint of love is the most joyful exercise of... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Chronicles 29:15 The shadow is a fit emblem of human life. From the hour it falls on the dial it moves round the little circle until the sun sinks, when in a moment it is gone. A few hours past, and its work is done. The shadow thrown by the brightest sunshine must vanish when the night comes. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Chronicles 29:18 I. David knew the transcendent importance to a human society of having always before them in good times and in bad, in darkness and in light, in trouble and in joy some memorial, imperishable and beautiful, of their fathers and of their God. This he held the Temple would be. But... [ Continue Reading ]