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1Sa 25:18, 19. How do we know that Abigail was not rebelling against her husband's authority? (ia 80 para. 16).
Abigail knew from then on that when Jehovah loves someone, he has his life, "stored in his bag of life." Let us remember that the bags of antiquity were used to preserve food, Jehovah reminds his loyal ones and preserves them there to "take them out of the bag of life", when the resurrection comes.
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Abigail knew from then on that when Jehovah loves someone, he has his life, "stored in his bag of life." Let us remember that the bags of antiquity were used to preserve food, Jehovah reminds his loyal ones and preserves them there to, "take them out of the bag of life", when the resurrection comes.
Because Abigail recognized that, above the authority of her husband, was his obedience and loyalty to God and that is why she did not sit idly by when Nabal treated David, the man whom God had chosen to be king, with disrespect. rather, he decided to act because even the lives of many innocent men were at stake.
What spiritual gems have you found about Jehovah, the ministry, and other topics in this week's Bible reading?
1 Samuel 25:1. After years of faithful service, Samu1's death impacted both the good (Abitar, David, etc) and the bad (Saul, Doeg, etc), as all the Israelites gathered for his death. Let us strive to live and serve in such a way that even people of other beliefs recognize our faithful service if one day we are no longer there, which will give praise to the name of Jehovah.
1 Samuel 25:3. He says that Abigail was a sensible and beautiful woman and this is admirable because unfortunately sometimes those who enjoy physical beauty do not bother to cultivate their personality and develop virtues, but Abigail did not make that mistake, so we learn that Without a doubt, it will always be more important to cultivate qualities than to worry about our physical beauty.
1 Samuel 25:5-8. Because his small army was increasingly difficult to feed, David tried to see practical solutions to this problem and so one day he sent 10 messengers to ask Nabal for help, taking into account that it was the time when the sheep were sheared. and since great banquets used to be held and a cheerful and generous spirit reigned among the people, David took into account all the factors to find a solution to a problem, the heads of families also think well of everything to offer a solution to their family.
1 Samuel 25:10. Nabal refused to share his bread, water and meat with David and his men, he even made fun of him, treating him like a nobody proving to be a selfish person who had consideration for others, even if they had given him a hand, his example is something that every servant of Jehovah should avoid imitating and rather show hospitality to everyone, especially to the brothers in the congregation.
1 Samuel 25:9,13. It teaches us that Jehovah used Abigail to prevent David from making a mistake, and today he continues to use human beings to help us, although of course, we should not expect that every time we make a mistake he will send us someone to prevent it , but we can be sure that Jehovah knows our circumstances at all times and helps us to be faithful to him.
1 Samuel 25:13. When David found out what Nabal had said, he was carried away by anger and ordered his men to take their swords, this makes us think that we should never act as David did on this occasion because if we get carried away by anger When someone wrongs us or offends us, we may end up saying or doing something that we later regret or that offends Jehovah.
1 Samuel 25:14. Thanks to this servant, a misfortune was stopped, because if he had not warned Abigail, she would never have known she was passing. In the same way, let us be like this servant and notify the brothers when they need to have important information and of course let us notify the people of the territory what is happening so that we avoid a misfortune.
1 Samuel 25:15. We read the good testimony that was given for the good behavior of David's men, today the same people observe us, so if we always behave in a worthy manner as a servant of Jehovah, our conduct will give glory and praise to our God and it can also bring some people closer to the truth.
1 Samuel 25:16. David's servants were good shepherds because they protected the flock that was not theirs day and night. This teaches us that the elders strive to protect the flock that is not theirs but Jehovah's, both day and night. Let us follow that example as pioneers with the Bible students who are all of Jehovah.
1 Samuel 25:17. Nabal was a bad man, the Bible says it was because you couldn't talk to him. Let us strive to be approachable people, reasonable people, that if there is any advice that we should receive, let us be people with whom you can talk and reason.
1 Samuel 25:18,19. It shows us that Abigail had excellent qualities that are worth imitating, although sometimes we may find it a little difficult to cultivate them, because we may want to act more prudently and sensibly in the face of problems, or speak calmly and reasonably in situations that provoke us, if so, let us ask Jehovah for help in prayer, and surely he will listen to us.
1 Samuel 25:9,22. We see that David, being carried away by anger, forgets to show mercy, and this is a very important quality that all of God's servants must have, so if we are humble and keep in mind how much we need to be shown mercy, we will be more willing to show it to others.
1 Samuel 25:29. Abigail knew from then on that when Jehovah loves someone, he has his life, "keep in the bag of his life." Let us remember that the bags of antiquity served to preserve food, Jehovah remembers his loyal ones and preserves them there to "take them out of the bag of life", when the resurrection comes.
1 Samuel 25:25,34. It shows that when Abigail spoke with David, she did so with courage and respect, in the same way we must have the courage to speak if we see that someone is going to make a serious mistake, above all it is especially important that the elders have the courage to speak with those who they take a wrong step.
1 Samuel 25:32,33. We read that David was thankful that God used Abigail to prevent him from making a serious mistake, because we may not realize our mistakes until someone points them out to us, this teaches us that we must be humble enough to admit and correct our mistakes.
1 Samuel 25:23-35. When Abigail went out to meet David, she saw him, fell on her face at his feet and told him to please listen to her, immediately afterwards, Abigail went on to explain the situation to David and gave him food and drink and thanks to this David did not what she had sworn to do against Nabal, without a doubt this faithful servant of Jehovah is a good example of how to do things well in order to keep peace, we can also imitate her to keep peace in the congregation.
1 Samuel 25:35. Although it was another time, David took as soon as a woman suggested. In the same way, all of us, and especially the pioneers, should listen to the sisters with more experience or even the trained young women who give us suggestions both in Christian living and in our ministry, perhaps as David said, Jehovah is the one who sends them to us.
1 Samuel 25:36-39. Abigail's difficult marriage came to an end thanks to the deserved punishment that God imposed on Nabal, today Jehovah does not intervene so radically, however, this story reminds us that he does not miss any case of abuse of power or treatment cruel within the home and who, in due time, will do justice in favor of his faithful servants.
1 Samuel 25:39. As we can see, it is not that David had forgotten the humiliation that Nabal did to him, but that he left the matter to Jehovah, and as we can see, Jehovah defended his case in particular. In the same way, when someone comes to humiliate us, let's leave the matter to Jehovah and when he reviews the case, he will surely also defend us as he did with David.
1 Samuel 26:8. Abishai told David that God was delivering Saul into his hands and that he would please let him nail him to the ground with a spear, without a doubt Abishai thought that this event had God's approval, likewise we may think that certain situations or events in life have the support of God, so let's make sure we do things well to know if we have divine favor or not.
1 Samuel 26:8,9. This was the second time that David had Saul to kill. It is interesting that on the first occasion his friends' advice was for him to kill Saul and they even used the scriptures to get him to do it. On this occasion, Abisai tells him again that it was God who handed him over to his enemy, but now that he would not have to do it, but Abisai would kill him. For David it could have been an indication that the advice of Jehovah was coming for 3 minutes.
1 Samuel 26:8,11. It shows that when Abishai tried to kill Saul he was trying to be loyal to David, but he forgot that there is a more important loyalty, that is why David stopped him, this teaches us a very important lesson and that is that it is not wrong to be loyal to more of a person, but let us always remember that our loyalty to Jehovah and his principles comes first.
1 Samuel 26:11. Knowing how Jehovah sees things and despite everything that Saul had done to him, David still respected him for being the king appointed by Jehovah and would never think of laying his hand on him, with these words he demonstrated the authority that Jehovah had appointed and likewise what Jehovah thinks of things, that is why we must also respect the authority that exists in the congregations since in this way we will be demonstrating obedience to Jehovah and Jesus.
1 Samuel 26:19. This expression was used to emphasize that an offering entered the depths of Jehovah's being, it was as if he smelled it and that fragrance will enter his being. Being the Israelites, they took very seriously the offerings they gave to Jehovah because they go very deep. When we make well-prepared comments, when we offer 100% to Jehovah, he is deeply pleased.
1 Samuel 26:20. The unforeseen event can reach us all. Let us do everything possible so that if it does come, we are very close to Jehovah at that moment, like David that our blood does not fall far from him because we may not have the resurrection if we are far from him at that moment.
1 Samuel 26:25. After everything that had happened, Saul realized that persecuting David was useless and because he also realized that David still respected him, that is why he assured him that he will do great things, and whatever he does will work out for him, After that, David went on his way and Saul returned home, thus concluding this story that can leave us too many lessons that we can extract in our personal study.
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