* Nay.
# Ge 14:23; 23:13; De 16:16,17; Mal 1:12-14; Ro 12:17|
* for I will not.
It is a maxim from heaven, "Honour the Lord with thy
substance." He who has a religion that costs him nothing, has
a religion that is worth nothing; nor will any man esteem the
ordinances of God, if those ordinances cost him nothing. Had
Araunah's noble offer been accepted, it would have been
Araunah's sacrifice, not David's; nor would it have answered
the end of turning away the displeasure of the Most High. It
was David that sinned, not Araunah; therefore David must offer
sacrifice.
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