1 Samuel 24:19-21.
Author: R New
I'm a 1959 Baby Boomer which has allowed me to see drastic changes in the Christian landscape. I grew up going to Church every Sunday, in those days the Bible still had strong roots in America. In my 20's, I participated with the Church in public meetings. There were about eight of us who would go out to a street corner or public park to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There were horns, a bass drum, singing, and a short Salvation message from the Bible. Suddenly, that all changed. The city passed ordinances to prohibit that type of public "solicitation." Today, it seems almost illegal to mention the Gospel to the younger generation.
I retired at the age of 62. As a person living for the testimony of Jesus Christ, I always felt like a salmon swimming against the current. Work was always a struggle between trying to be a decent individual while dealing with "progressive" and "left wing" changes at the workplace.
It's clear that there is a force in the world that is quietly eliminating the Gospel of Jesus Christ while making Christians look like enemies of humanity. At the same time, there is a force in the world that has power over physiology and is able to form thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. It is definitely against Jesus Christ.
John 3:16 is something I always want to cling to, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." I know the suffering of spiritual assault that hinders a constructive lifestyle & when frustration & anger seems to be the sole option - I know we can survive through the Cross of Christ. We have a home in the Kingdom of Heaven waiting for us.
Saul praises David for returning good to him instead of evil: Christianity is mocked for being kind to those who despise them.
1 Samuel 24:17-18.
Saul pretentiously honors the mercy of David: Anti-Christians pretentiously honors the respect and dignity Christians give to them.
1 Samuel 24:16.
David asks why Saul would come against him, a dead dog or flea: This world comes against Christianity, a dead dog or flea to them.
1 Samuel 24:14-15.
David left judgment against Saul in God’s hands, not his own: As followers of Christ, we leave judgment in the hands of Christ, not our own.
1 Samuel 24:12.
David shows Saul a piece cut from Saul’s robe: Jesus Christ reveals the mercy of God to a hostile but vulnerable world.
1 Samuel 24:10.
David meant no harm towards Saul who wanted to kill him: Followers of Jesus Christ means no harm to the government of this world.
1 Samuel 24:7-9.
Little horn with eyes like a “man” is the engine of the United Nations
Daniel 7:8.
David humiliated Saul with his vulnerability: Jesus Christ has humiliated this world’s government with their vulnerability.
1 Samuel 24:4-6.
Saul is near the sheepfold seeking to kill David: Those of this world are near the followers of Christ seeking to extinguish Christianity.
1 Samuel 24:1-2.