WHAT IN
OURSELVES
WE
HAVE TO ENTRUST
TO THE LORD
JESUS THE CHRIST
FOR OUR individual-
personal
PEACE & GLORY
TO RESULT
thereafter.......
FROM THAT ENTRUSTING!
>>1st KINGS
Chapters 1 & 2
Chapters 1 & 2
Although King Solomon
assumed the throne of
King David
(>>1st Kings 2:12)
as left him by his father
assumed the throne of
King David
(>>1st Kings 2:12)
as left him by his father
- it was only in >>1st Kings 2:46
- that he ESTABLISHED his REIGN
to all the greatness of his
kingdom thereafter!
kingdom thereafter!
- A quick look at what was obtaining
- among his father’s men,
- including his own brother Adonijah,
- would give us all an idea
how even in
ABSOLUTE AUTOCRACY
such as his as sanctioned
by
GOD HIMSELF
ABSOLUTE AUTOCRACY
such as his as sanctioned
by
GOD HIMSELF
- there was still that need
for some personalities well
within his power and
authority to be done
away with
within his power and
authority to be done
away with
- before his absolute rule can bring his kingdom to
- peace, prosperity and glory.
THIS IS EXACTLY TRUE
even in OUR PERSONAL
& PRIVATE LIVING
& PRIVATE LIVING
where we are supposed to
be our own "king"!!!
- >>>> WE have within ourselves
- .... OUR OWN:
1. ADONIJAH -- personifying
THE SPOILED-BRAT
IN US
THE SPOILED-BRAT
IN US
- In all candidness,
- ADONIJAH really ought to be his father’s successor
- because he was Solomon’s elder,
- he had supporters from his father’s staff,
- was never in trouble with his father,
- and was handsome to be king [1st Kings 1:5-6]!
- DESPITE ALL THESE,
- he gave up being king to settle with and submit to his father’s decision [1st Kings 1:38-53],
ONLY TO COME BACK
SUBTLY eyeing at Abishag
(part of King’s harem)
SUBTLY eyeing at Abishag
(part of King’s harem)
- to be his wife [1st Kings 2:13-22]
- ---- wanting himself EQUAL TO THE ENJOYMENT
- THE KING was solely privileged
- with all in his harem.
2. ABIATHAR --
personifying
THE RITUALISTIC
personifying
THE RITUALISTIC
LEANINGS and
RELIGIOUSNESS
IN US
RELIGIOUSNESS
IN US
- like Religious priests/ministers GOD's-church leaders, even including government spokesmen
- all characterized by
specific words
accompanying
specific actions
accompanying
specific actions
- .... as they drive home a specific message --- for their bosses.
- More often than not however,
- it is their action that makes for
a credibility problem
for them
for them
- …. which is everybody’s problem,
- our individual problems
- even before our own families
- and small groups!
3. JOAB
personifying
THE MANIPULATIVE
TENDENCIES
IN US
personifying
THE MANIPULATIVE
TENDENCIES
IN US
- Practically all situations in life
- provide us with opportunities
- at being better positioned after that,
given our manipulative
and “being practical” stand
on various matters.
and “being practical” stand
on various matters.
- These are the Joab-kind-of-strategies
- simply injected as simple matters
not anymore given much
serious thought before
given way to
implementation by us
serious thought before
given way to
implementation by us
- and shortly after that,
- we are in trouble!
4. SHIMEI
----- personifying
THE NO-WORD-OF-
HONOR
PROPENSITY
IN US
----- personifying
THE NO-WORD-OF-
HONOR
PROPENSITY
IN US
- This brings us to recurring situations
- we very so often find ourselves
- not knowing we ourselves
- brought ourselves into them
- that in a short time we get ourselves
- lowly respected and more so
- more frequently talked about ....
to our disgrace and
lost integrity!
lost integrity!
ALL THESE,
WE ALL HAVE
TO DECIDE
while WE ARE
STILL ALIVE
before we can
see enduring
peace start
and thereafter
culminate to
our glorious
>>>RAPTURE
>>Revelation 3:10,
12:5
and existence
in eternity!!!
WE ALL HAVE
TO DECIDE
while WE ARE
STILL ALIVE
before we can
see enduring
peace start
and thereafter
culminate to
our glorious
>>>RAPTURE
>>Revelation 3:10,
12:5
and existence
in eternity!!!
We are not to be content with
our own ways of contending
with
with
THE 4 OF THEM.
- They will now and then put us in embarrassing situations
- destroying whatever peace we may have had already.
- BUT, we should go the way of THE BIBLE as recorded here, by:
Turning over
our “Adonijah”
to THE CHRIST
our “Adonijah”
to THE CHRIST
- for HIM ..... to kill THAT SPOILED BRAT in us
- by getting JESUS WHO must be in us
- to be our KING in all our waking hours!!!
- (>>1st Kings 2:25)
Getting our
“Abiathar”
to THE CHRIST
“Abiathar”
to THE CHRIST
- for HIM .... to remove from our lives
- THOSE RITUALISTIC TENDENCIES a.k.a. RELIGIOUSNESS in us
- by getting JESUS as our CHIEF-PRIEST
- in all our "affairs we conduct with religiousness"!!!
- (>>1st Kings 2:27)
Turning over our
“Joab”
to THE CHRIST
“Joab”
to THE CHRIST
- for HIM .... to kill THOSE MANIPULATIVE TENDENCIES in us
- by getting JESUS as our JUDGE
- in all our cleverness !!!
- (>>1st Kings 2:31)
Turning over our
“Shimei”
to THE CHRIST
“Shimei”
to THE CHRIST
- for HIM .... to kill THAT NO-WORD-OF-HONOR PROPENSITY in us
- by getting JESUS as our SAVIOR
- from our what to us
- are "simple" lies and "minor irresponsibilities"!!!
- (>>1st Kings 2:46)
May THE GOD of all
wisdom, strength
and beauty
wisdom, strength
and beauty
- ..... take care of all of us and
- these weaknesses of ours.
May THESE 4 be
the subject of our
mga
pangumustahay
with one another
- as we cross paths in our living again and again
- while we are responding to
- instead of our current interests.
INDEED, we always
have to reckon with
>>Jeremiah 10:23 !!!!
~~~#~~~
NEXT>: T#058
Knowing, Experiencing, Analyzing & Learning From THE TOTALITY OF GOD's WILL ---The ONLY WAY To LIVE CONFIDENTLY Consistent --- THEOCRACY in OUR INDIVIDUAL LIVES!
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