Luke the beloved physician wrote, “when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, You men and brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and you that fear God, give audience. The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it. And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot. And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years”, and in chapter thirteen and verse twenty-two of the book of Acts Luke shared how Paul referred to how God, “raised up unto them David to be their king” where we read:
And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfill all my will.
The verse begins, “And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king;” Luke began with the words, “and when he had removed him” which means “and at the time and moment God put away and deposed Saul”, “he raised up unto them” or “God caused to appear, produced and stirred up to the people of Israel” “David” which refers to “the son of Jesse whose name means beloved” “to be their king” which means “to exist as the people of Israel's royal leader, prince, commander and lord of the land”. Luke shared how God deposed “Saul” as king of Israel, and replaced him with “David”.
The verse goes on to say, “to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfill all my will.” Luke continued with the words, “to whom also he gave testimony” which means “to David even so and indeed God bore witness and record”, “and said” or “and uttered, declared and proclaimed”, “I have found David” which means “I, God the Heavenly Father, have discovered and known David whose name means beloved” “the son of Jesse” or “the male offspring and prodigy belonging to Jesse whose name means wealthy”, “a man after mine own heart” which means “a male human being toward and according to my, the Heavenly Father God's, own personal soul and mind as they are the fountain and seat of the thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, affections, purposes and endeavors”, “which shall fulfill all my will” or “who will complete, accomplish, prepare and produce each, every, the whole and everything in my, God the Heavenly Father's, pleasure and desire”. Luke shared how God the Heavenly Father bore record of King David, the son of Jesse, whom He declared to be a “man” with “desires, appetites, affections, purposes and affections” according to God the Father. “David” was the “man” through whom He would complete His “pleasure and desire” among people.
When we think through Luke's words in this verse, we discover how “Paul” continued to remind the people in the synagogue in Antioch in Pisidia of their history. He told them about God removing “Saul” from his position of king only to be replace with the son of Jesse, David, who was deemed by God to be a “man after His own heart”. God chose “David” to fulfill His purposes and will, and “David” was chosen to be the “fore-father” of God's Son and Messiah Jesus. “Paul” was leading the people in the synagogue to “Jesus” who alone is able to eternally forgive sins and grant everlasting life. Anyone who surrenders their life to “Jesus” aligns with God's plan of redemption for mankind, and those who submit will enjoy a relationship with God for all eternity.
Next time Luke shares how Paul says, “Of this man's seed has God … raised up … Jesus”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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