Sermon on 1 Chronicles

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 1:1-54
Shall we turn now to First Chronicles, chapter one, and let's see what. You know, we used to say to our kids they could get juice out of anything when they ate. They could make a cracker so juicy that when they were through it was all over the place. But we'll pray that the Holy Spirit will help us to draw some juice out of First Chronicles and the listing of all of these genealogies.

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 2:1-55
And the twelve sons of Jacob. And then we follow for a little bit the sons of Judah, and then we are now zeroing in. As I tell you, we keep coming back zeroing in on the line of Christ.

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 3:1-24
Now we center in on chapter three on David's family and it lists all of the children that were born of David in Hebron there in chapter three. Later we'll get a further list of his children that were born in Jerusalem.

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 4:1-43
In chapter four, we follow another line from Caleb through one of his sons called Er. And you get a different line of Caleb from that which was earlier given. Now in this particular line in verse nine, as we've been listing a lot of names, suddenly he pauses on one fellow who stands out.

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 5:1-26
Now in chapter five we get to the descendants of Reuben, who lost his birthright. It was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel.
And so his genealogy is not reckoned after the birthright (1Ch 5:1).
That genealogy after the birthright, of course, will come to Joseph.

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 6:1-81
[And the three sons which made the major families within the tribe of] Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And of Kohath was born Amram. And from Amram was born Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam, [their sister] (1Ch 6:1-3).

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 7:1-40
Now when we get to chapter seven, it moves now to Issachar, the son of Jacob, one of the twelve tribes, the tribe of Issachar and it begins to list some of those from the tribe of Issachar. Until you get to verse six, and then we deal with the descendants of Benjamin.

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 8:1-40
In chapter eight, we come back to the tribe of Benjamin. And in the tribe of Benjamin, we come down to the family of Kish from which, of course, Saul was born, who became the first king over Israel, verse thirty-three,

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 9:1-44
So all of Israel was reckoned by the genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon because of their transgression (1Ch 9:1).

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 10:1-14
And in chapter ten, we have the story, once more, of Saul's death. How in fighting against the Philistines up near mount Gilboa that Saul fell before the Philistines. He was hit with one of the arrows.

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 11:1-47
And it tells the numbers of people that gathered. Huge force of people from all of the tribes gathered to David. Hundreds of thousands actually gathered down in Hebron, and the mighty men, men of war and so forth. Now they said to David,

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 12:1-40
These are they which came to David to Ziklag, because he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, the helpers of the war. They were armed with bows, they could use both the right hand and the left hand in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of the bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin (1Ch 12:1-2).

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 13:1-14
Now in chapter thirteen, David said, "Look, if it's your purpose to make me your king and all, if it seems good to you, and if it's of the Lord, then let us bring back the ark of the covenant that we might put it here at the tabernacle in Jerusalem." And so they came to Kirjathjearim, where the ark of the covenant had been placed.

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 14:1-17
Now Hiram the king of Tyre sent David down cedars, and workmen [and so forth], to build a palace for David. And while David was in Jerusalem he took more wives: and he had more sons and daughters (1Ch 14:1,3).

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 16:1-43
They brought the ark of the covenant, and they set it in the midst of the tent, the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and they offered the burnt sacrifices and the peace offerings before God (1Ch 16:1).

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 17:1-27
And Nathan the prophet said, [Good,] do all that is in your heart; for God is with thee. And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord spoke to Nathan the prophet, and said, Go and tell David my servant,

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 20:1-8
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, and the time that the kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and he wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah.

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 21:1-30
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, and number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it (1Ch 21:1-2).

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 22:1-19
Now as we get into chapter twenty-two,
He then called for Solomon his son (1Ch 22:6),
He had gathered together the men of Israel and he called Solomon his son.

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 23:1-32
Now David then began to set forth the order of the priesthood, the Levitical priesthood. Now David here demonstrates that not only is he a powerful king, a leader, but he's also an excellent administrator.

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 24:1-31
Now the order of the priest, the twenty-four orders of those that were to minister in the, actually,

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 25:1-31
Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, those who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was (1Ch 25:1):

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 26:1-32
Chapter twenty-six: the division of the porters and then their assignment over the various gates around the temple. And then in verse twenty: those who had charge over the treasures of the house of the Lord. And interestingly enough, in verse twenty-six,

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 27:1-34
And then the courses were established in chapter twenty-seven. There were twelve captains for, one for each month to oversee a particular month. And then the princes were established for the twelve tribes. And in verse twenty-three, chapter twenty-seven,

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 28:1-21
David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by their course, the captains over the thousands, the captains over the hundreds, the stewards over all the substance and the possession of the king, and the mighty men (1Ch 28:1),

Sermon on 1 Chronicles 29:1-30
Furthermore David the king said unto the congregation, Solomon my son, whom God had chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.