1 Chronicles 19 -Wars with Ammon, Syria, and Edom |Bible Podcast, David Alley,Peace Christian Church
In this video listen to 1 Chronicles Chapter 19, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In 1 Chronicles 19 it is about this time, that David stays home from battle in the spring and the affair with Uriah the HIttite causes him huge problems. But the Chronicler never mentions it. What we have here is an example of true forgiveness in the mind of God. It is as if it never happened. Everyone of course knew what David did, but as God is teaching us about the true king of Israel, this isn’t required for that purpose. In this chapter David sends Joab, who is defeating the Ammonites, and this chapter outlines a great victory. Keep in mind that this victory was right after the Bath-sheba incident. God is still here helping David have a victory. God is not vindictive. He doesn't snub us because of sin, but continues with us in great patience. If God does at some point turn his back on someone, as he did with Saul, it is after a lengthy period of patience and striving with them, and even then, his patience remains for a heart that turns back. Out of the Bath-sheba incident was to come the future Christ. The Lord also redeems not only us, but our mistakes. It is one of the incredible miracles of God that his redemption goes beyond just forgiveness, but it rectifies that which was done wrong to bring out a better good. This video discusses redemption - not just of sin, but of circumstances. One incredible modern day example is the wrong done to people taken from their homeland of Africa as slaves to work on the plantations of America. Out of that terrible evil, the Lord brought gospel music, the pentecostal movement, and revived the entire church in the world with worship and a move of the spirit. We can’t rejoice for the evil that happened, but how can we not rejoice at how God turned it into good.
