But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, "Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field--wheat, barley, oil, and honey!" So he refrained from killing them with the others. Sermons
I. GOD HAS MANY WAYS OF HINDERING SIN. There is: 1. The best way of all. By granting a true repentance and his Holy Spirit, creating the clean heart and renewing the right spirit. 2. But there are other ways. By keeping the opportunity and the will apart. How much of our freedom from sin do we owe to this blessed providential severance! By fear of present evil consequences of our sin. 3. And sometimes, as here, by one sin getting in the way of another. Thus pride holds back not a few; not love of God, gratitude to Christ, love of holiness, but pride. And coveteousness checks the sinner in many sins he would be guilty of but for this. Anger, breaking up the alliances of transgressors; as when, in the days of Jehoshaphat, the Ammonites who were coming against him fell out one with the other (2 Chronicles 20:22). The old saying is, "When thieves fall Out, honest men come by their rights." Sensual self-indulgence. The vilest Romans emperors were those who least persecuted the Church - Tiberius, Commodus, etc. They were too absorbed in their own indulgences to trouble about the Christians. II. BUT THESE OTHER WAYS LEAVE MEN AS GREAT SINNERS AS BEFORE. The question is not as to your freedom from transgression so much, but - What kept you free? Only the first and best way is accepted of God. III. NEVERTHELESS, LET US BE THANKFUL THAT SIN IS SELF-DESTRUCTIVE IN ITS VERY NATURE. It is a blessed anarchy, for it protects many who would otherwise suffer. IV. BUT FOR OURSELVES LET US SEEK THAT SIN MAY BE DESTROYED BY CHRIST. - C.
So he forbare, and slew them not among their, brethren. Ishmael would have killed these men but for his greed of the wealth they had. It is satisfactory to think he never gained possession of it. Nevertheless, his greed made him guilty of one sin less. This story suggests that —I. GOD HAS MANY WAYS OF HINDERING SIN. There is — 1. The best way of all. By granting a true repentance and His Holy Spirit, creating the clean heart and renewing the right spirit. 2. But there are other ways. By keeping the opportunity and the will apart. How much of our freedom from sin do we owe to this blessed providential severance! By fear of present evil consequence of our sin. 3. And sometimes, as here, by one sin getting in the way of another. Thus pride holds back not a few; not love of God, gratitude to Christ, love of holiness, hut pride. And covetousness checks the sinner in many sins he would be guilty of but for this. Anger, breaking up the alliances of transgressors; as when, in the days of Jehoshaphat, the Ammonites who were coming against him fell out one with the other (2 Chronicles 20:22). "When thieves fall out, honest men come by their rights." (W. Clarkson, B. A.) II. BUT THESE OTHER WAYS LEAVE MEN AS GREAT SINNERS AS BEFORE. The question is not as to your freedom from transgression so much, but — what kept you free? Only the first and best way is accepted of God. III. NEVERTHELESS, LET US BE THANKFUL THAT SIN IS SELF-DESTRUCTIVE IN ITS VERY NATURE. It is a blessed anarchy, for it protects many who would otherwise suffer. IV. BUT FOR OURSELVES LET US SEEK THAT SIN MAY BE DESTROYED BY CHRIST. (W. Clarkson, B. A.) People Ahikam, Ammonites, Asa, Baasha, Babylonians, Chimham, Elishama, Gedaliah, Gibeon, Ishmael, Jeremiah, Johanan, Kareah, Nebuzaradan, Nethaniah, ShaphanPlaces Babylon, Bethlehem, Egypt, Geruth Chimham, Gibeon, Mizpah, Samaria, Shechem, ShilohTopics Alone, Barley, Brothers, Didn't, Field, Hidden, Honey, Ishmael, Kill, Oil, Stopped, Stores, Ten, WheatOutline 1. Ishmael, treacherously killing Gedaliah and others, 7. purposes with the residue to flee unto the Ammonites. 11. Johanan rescues the captives, and is minded to flee into Egypt. Dictionary of Bible Themes Jeremiah 41:8 4404 food Library BarzillaiBY REV. GEORGE MILLIGAN, M.A., D.D. "There is nothing," says Socrates to Cephalus in the Republic, "I like better than conversing with aged men. For I regard them as travellers who have gone a journey which I too may have to go, and of whom it is right to learn the character of the way, whether it is rugged or difficult, or smooth and easy" (p. 328 E.). It is to such an aged traveller that we are introduced in the person of Barzillai the Gileadite. And though he is one of the lesser-known characters … George Milligan—Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Jeremiah Links Jeremiah 41:8 NIVJeremiah 41:8 NLT Jeremiah 41:8 ESV Jeremiah 41:8 NASB Jeremiah 41:8 KJV Jeremiah 41:8 Bible Apps Jeremiah 41:8 Parallel Jeremiah 41:8 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 41:8 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 41:8 French Bible Jeremiah 41:8 German Bible Jeremiah 41:8 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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