All Israel Were of One Heart To Make

“All Israel Were of One Heart To Make David King” Principles of Fellowship and Brotherly Dealings in the time period of David

• The possibility of faithfulness amidst corruption as seen from the book of Ruth. • An illustration of the difficulty of applying divine principles in human lives from the life of Jonathan. • The joyful uniting of the whole family of Israel under the Beloved

Judah Ruth 4: 10 -20 Pharez Levi Hezron Ex. 6: 18 Kohath Ram Amram Aminidab Moses Aaron Ex. 6: 23 Eliezer Gershon 1 Chr. 23: 15 Judges 18: 30 Appendix 1 – Corruption of Doctrine Elisheba (Contemporary with Moses) Nadab Abihu Eleazar Ithamar Appendix 2 – Corruption of Practice Nahshon Salmon Appendix 3 – Faithfulness In Judah

Principles and Proverbs, Bro. Islip Collyer: “God has purposely left us with some difficulty in applying scriptural principles, so that He might try us and know what is in our hearts. Who would not agree that true fellowship is based upon walking in the Light? But we have to apply the judgement of Scripture, and there is danger of mistake in the application. It is the will of God that such responsibility should be ours and we must discharge the duty as faithfully as we can. ”

We are to be Helpers • vs. 1 – “they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war” • vs. 17 – “If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you” • vs. 18 – “peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee” • vs. 19 – “but they helped them (Philistines) not” • vs. 21 – “And they helped David against the band of the rovers” • vs. 22 – “For at that time day by day there came to David to help him”

People’s Estimation of David • 2 Sam. 14: 17&20 (wise woman from Tekoah) “for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore Yahweh thy God will be with thee. ” “my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth” • 2 Sam. 19: 27 (Mephibosheth) “my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes” • 1 Sam. 29: 9 (Achish) “I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God”. • 2 Sam. 21: 17 – “Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel”