”how much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?“
2 Samuel 4:11 KJV
“And now you show up—evil men who killed an innocent man in cold blood, a man asleep in his own house! Don’t think I won’t find you guilty of murder and rid the country of you!” David dealt with Israel’s king Ishbosheth’s murderers with justice when they thought that David would happily snatch the crown and be crowned king of all Israel in this devious way. But David became king of all Israel in a righteous way, even burying Ishbosheth honourably. Jesus showed the higher way, Who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him Who judges righteously. The highest way that Jesus showed was taking the sin of all humanity and nailing it to the Cross. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. For believers in the finished work of the Cross of Christ, we have the help of the Holy Spirit to guard our faith by surrendering our will to Him Who judges righteously. Therefore we humble ourselves under the mighty Hand of God, that He exalts us in due time. This is how we reign in righteousness, when God exalts us at the right time. Amen!
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