Chapter 265 of 1163

2 SAMUEL 5

When God’s king ruled over His people, there was unity instead of division and civil war. All Israel submitted to God and to David, and there was peace among the brethren.

We should submit to Jesus Christ, the Son of David, for many reasons. He is God’s Chosen One (v. 2), and we are “members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones” (Eph. 5:30). He is God’s Anointed (the name Christ means “anointed one”), and He alone has the right to reign. He has proved Himself in battle and won the victory over our enemies.

As long as believers submit to someone other than the Lord Jesus Christ, division and dissension will exist among God’s people. Unity comes not because we have a common enemy but because we obey a common King. (See 1 Cor. 1:10–31.)

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