THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT IS ...GOODNESS, THANK YOU LORD FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE IN ITS FULLNESS. 2SAMUEL 15:1-12 some things seem to change very little.still today politicians who aspire for office make all sorts of promises to people that they will give them what they want,and generally try to make them selves accessible and winsome as possible.So too Absalom who is not standing for an election but still has to get a popular following if he is to displace his father.The ancient equivalent of a presidential limousine and outriders is also there,in the chariot and men running a head. A concern with image is no modern innovation but is as old as the unregenerate heart. Interestingly we are never told why Absalom decides to to set himself against his father.my be he was impatient. but being heir to the was not enough -DAVID was past it and Absalom wanted thing now ,David does not indeed seem to have lost his grip .instead of having his ear to the ground and making sure he knows what is going on ,he seems oblivious to the fact that Absalom is deliberately setting himself up for a kindly role[administering justice]and displacing his father in popular sentiment.He seems to have no suspicion that Absalom request to go to HEBRON might be other than it appeared to be. For his part ,Absalom knows the best way to appear innocent is to appear pious. Absalom presents himself as some one who makes vows to the lord and who makes takes them seriously ,fulfilling the vow must involve not only an act of worship but formal ceremony with invited guests [including the esteemed political pundit Ahithopel]. There is nothing second to -rate or on the cheap when Absalom worships GOD. Although religious language and apparent piety do not go down well in contemporary Britain they still bring substantial political leverage in other parts of the world ;voters will do well not to be credulous. SEARCH ME GOD AND KNOW MY HEART. LORD KEEP ME FROM HYPOCRISY.MAY ALL THAT SAY AND DO TODAY BE GENUINE. GAL 5:22, PS 139:23
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 16:54:46 +0000
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