This man receives sinners

“This man receives sinners.”
1Sa_22:1-2
Finding himself in great danger among the Philistines, David returned to his own land, which he ought never to have left.
1Sa_22:1
where he found huge caverns capable of affording shelter and concealment for large numbers of persons. There David was in his right position, and might look for prosperity. He was in the place of separation, where believers should be found:
1Sa_22:2
In this he became a type of our Lord Jesus, of whom it was said, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” David’s followers had been rendered desperate by the oppression's of Saul, but though they were bold and warlike men, they do not appear to have been evil in character; rather from their sympathy with David, and their general conduct, we may believe them to have been the best men in the kingdom, who, from that very cause, had been impoverished by Saul’s spiteful treatment. Those who side with Jesus must expect to be treated as he was, and if this drives us into closer fellowship with our despised and rejected Lord, so much the belter.
It was at this time that some of his boldest followers joined him.
1Ch_11:15-19
1Ch_11:15-19
This brave act showed the enthusiastic devotion of David’s warriors. They were willing to gratify his smallest wish at the risk of their lives. In such a spirit ought the Lord Jesus to be served by us. David’s refusal to drink showed his tenderness for human life, and revealed one of the sources of his influence over his men. Our great Captain is yet more considerate and compassionate. O to love him more!
1Ch_11:10-14
There came to David during the days of his wanderings several other brave men, some of whose exploits are recorded.
1Ch_11:10-14
The honours of Christ’s kingdom are for those who can fight and suffer, not for idle professors and pretenders. The wonders wrought by these men were due to divine power, and that same might is ready to aid us in all holy conflicts and labours. At the last it will be thought the highest of all honours to have been associated with the Lord Jesus in his humiliations and reproaches. Who among us will take part with Christ in this evil generation, and go without the camp to him, bearing his reproach? Whose name shall the recording angel place upon the roll this day? Will not this house yield a man for Jesus?