Verse 25
Varied Treatment.
"... David's place was empty." 1 Samuel 20:25 .
I. Some absent who might be expected to be present. ( a ) Children of good parents. ( b ) Those who have long been hearers of the word. ( c ) Those who have proved the vanity of the world for themselves.
II. Some apparently absent who are really present. ( a ) The timorous and fearful. ( b ) Those whose love is greater than their hope.
III. Some present who ought to be absent. ( a ) Hypocrites. ( b ) Schemers.
IV. Some absent on the most frivolous excuses. ( a ) Nothing worth hearing. ( b ) Inconsistencies of other people.
Application. ( a ) Are we afflicted by such absences? ( b ) How far are we responsible for them? ( c ) The work of the Church is not done so long as there is one absentee!
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