2Sa 19:14-15, So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah … SO THAT THEY SENT THIS WORD TO THE KING: “RETURN, YOU AND ALL YOUR SERVANTS!” THEN THE KING RETURNED AND CAME TO THE JORDAN…
GOD WILL NEVER FORCE HIS REIGN ON US, BUT WE MUST WELCOME HIS REIGN! OUR HEARTS MUST BE SWAYED BY THE WORD OF GOD AND THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT!
2Sa 19:18-20, …NOW SHIMEI THE SON OF GERA FELL DOWN BEFORE THE KING… DO NOT LET MY LORD IMPUTE INIQUITY TO ME, OR REMEMBER WHAT WRONG YOUR SERVANT DID ON THE DAY THAT MY LORD THE KING LEFT JERUSALEM, THAT THE KING SHOULD TAKE IT TO HEART…FOR I, YOUR SERVANT, KNOW THAT I HAVE SINNED
This is a picture of us; for with our lifestyles we have curse God and went our own way. But when we come to the knowledge of the truth and understand that our way leads to death, then we must humble ourselves before the KING of kings JESUS!
2Sa 19:21, But Abishai said …, “SHALL NOT SHIMEI BE PUT TO DEATH FOR THIS, BECAUSE HE CURSED THE LORD’S ANOINTED?”
Eze 18:21-23, “But if a wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. None of the transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; …Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?” says the Lord GOD, “and not that he should turn from his ways and live?