1 Samuel 2 is Hannah’s song. In the first chapter we are introduced to Hannah, who was “deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly” (1:10) because she was barren and childless. Hannah vowed that if God granted her a son, she would dedicate him to the Lord.
why
In the first chapter, Hannah was mocked. But now her situation has been overturned. At this reversal of fortune, Hannah responds with exuberant praise to God. When Hannah says, “there is none holy like the LORD” she is pointing to the uniqueness and superiority of God.
There is a key distinction to be made here. God is holy. We are made holy. God (Father, Son, and Spirit) are ontologically holy. It is who God is. If He ceased to be holy for one moment, then He would cease to be God. But it is impossible for God to stop being holy — because God does not change. In Him there is no shadow of turning.
madeset apart.
God is unflinchingly holy and pure. That means that He will never budge an inch when it comes to sin. Now, if I’m trying to get away with something, enjoy a besetting sin (as the Puritans called it), then His posture of holiness can be a bit…well, annoying.
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Richard D. Phillips, 1 Samuel, ed. Philip Graham Ryken and Richard D. Phillips, Duguid Iain M., 1st ed., Reformed Expository Commentary (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2012), 44.
1, 2 Peter, Jude
He is a cross pendant.
He is engraved with a unique Number.
He will mail it out from Jerusalem.
He will be sent to your Side.
Emmanuel
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