Bible Questions (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ... the promises of God, and his readiness to submit to the Lord's will in all things. 10. When was the prophecy of Isaac, Gen. xxvii. 29, respecting the nations which should proceed from his two sons, Esau and Jacob, fulfilled? When the Edomites, who descended from Esau, became subject to the Israelites. 11. What does David's conduct to Mephibosheth, a son of Jonathan, show? That he was not only a kind and faithful friend, but a just and upright man. 12. How may we profit from David's example in this instance? We should learn to remember our friends after their death, to show kindness to their children after them, and to perform faithfully the promises we at any time make. 13. What may we learn from the record in the eleventh chapter of this book of the greatest sin that David committed? We should learn from it to turn away our eyes from every thing that may raise sinful desires, and to stifle evil thoughts when they first arise in the breast, because when they are not resisted Satan takes possession of the heart, and hurries men on from sin to sin, as in the case of David. 14. In what way should we be careful to look at this crime in David? Not as one of those sins which good men fall into through weakness and infirmity, for it was of a most heinous nature; neither must we imagine that David in his fall was in a state of grace and salvation, so that no sin was imputable to him; for certainly, if his penitence and humiliation had not been proportioned to the greatness of his transgression, he would have perished. 15. How may we profit from this example? We should not, as many people have done, make an ill use of it, but it should teach every one who is exposed to temptations of the like nature to watch over himself with the greatest care, ...