A Tale of Three Kings Quotes

“David was caught in a very uncomfortable position; however, he seemed to grasp a deep understanding of the unfolding drama in which he had been caught. He seemed to understand something that few of even the wisest men of his day understood. Something that in our day, when men are wiser still, even fewer understand.

And what was that?

God did not have - but wanted very much to have - men and women who would live in pain.

God wanted a broken vessel.”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness

“You can easily tell when someone has been hit by a spear. he turns a deep shade of bitter. David never got hit. Gradually, he learned a very well-kept secret...
One, never learn anything about the fashionable, easily mastered art of spear throwing. Two, stay out of the company of all spear throwers. And three, keep your mouth tightly closed.
In this way, spears will never touch you, even when they pierce your heart.”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness

“...he seemed to grasp a deep understanding of the unfolding drama in which he had been caught. He seemed to understand something that few of even the wisest men of his day understood...God wanted a broken vessel.”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness

“Rules were invented by elders so they could get to bed early. Men who speak endlessly on authority only prove they have none. And kings who make speeches about submission only betray twin fears in their hearts: they are not certain they are really true leaders, sent of God. And they live in mortal fear of a rebellion...
No... authority from God is not afraid of challenges, makes no defense, and cares not one whit if it must be dethroned.”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness

“What does this world need: gifted men and women, outwardly empowered? Or individuals who are broken, inwardly transformed?”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings

“Beginning empty-handed and alone frightens the best of men. It also speaks volumes of just
how sure they are that God is with them.”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness

“Who, then, can know who is a David and who is a Saul? God knows. But he won’t tell. Are you so certain your king is a Saul and not a David that you are willing to take the position of God and go to war against your Saul? If so, then thank God you did not live in the days of crucifixion. What, then, can you do? Very little. Perhaps nothing. However, the passing of time (and the behavior of your leader while that time passes) reveals a great deal about your leader. And the passing of time, and the way you react to that leader—be he David or Saul—reveals a great deal about you.”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings

“In the spiritual realm, a man who will lead a rebellion has already proven, no matter how grandiose his words or angelic his ways, that he has a critical nature, an unprincipled character, and hidden motives in his heart. Frankly, he is a thief. He creates dissatisfaction and tension within the realm, and then either seizes power or siphons off followers. The followers he gets, he uses to found his own dominion.

Such a sorry beginning,
built on the foundation of insurrection ... No, God never honors division in His realm.”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness

“Then do you find it strange that this remarkable event led the young man not to the throne but to a decade of hellish agony and suffering? On that day, David was enrolled, not into the lineage of royalty but into the school of brokenness.”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings

“And thank you for suffering, for being willing to lose everything. Thank you for giving God a free hand to end, and even destroy, your kingdom— if it pleases him. Thank you for being an example to us all.”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings

“Asking this question may not seem difficult, but it is. Especially when you are crying very hard . . . and dodging spears . . . and being tempted to throw one back . . . and being encouraged by others to do just that. And all your rationality and sanity and logic and intelligence and common sense agree. But in the midst of your tears and your frustration, remember that you know only the question, not the answer. No one knows the answer. Except God. And he never tells.”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings

“Better he kill me than I learn his ways. Better he kill me than I become as he is. I shall not practice the ways that cause kings to go mad. I will not throw spears, nor will I allow hatred to grow in my heart. I will not avenge. I will not destroy the Lord’s anointed. Not now. Not ever!”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings

“I find it curious that men who feel qualified to split God's kingdom do not feel capable of going somewhere else, to another land, to raise up a completely new kingdom. No, they must steal from another leader. I have never seen the exception. They seem always to need at least a few pre-packaged followers.”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness

“I find it curious that men who feel qualified to split God's kingdom do not feel capable of going
somewhere else, to another land, to raise up a completely new kingdom. No, they must steal
from another leader. I have never seen the exception. They seem always to need at least a few pre-packaged followers.”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness

“God did not have—but wanted very much to have—men and women who would live in pain. God wanted a broken vessel.”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings

“Por muchas razones. Una es evidente. En el reino espiritual, un hombre que esté
a la cabeza de una rebelión ya ha demostrado—no importa cuan grandiosos sean sus discursos ni cuán angelicales sean sus métodos — que tiene una naturaleza
inclinada a la crítica, un carácter sin principios y motivos ocultos en su corazón.
Francamente, es un ladrón. Crea la tensión y el descontento dentro del reino, y
luego toma el poder o lo socava con sus seguidores. Une a los partidarios que
consigue para establecer su propio dominio. Es un comienzo lamentable, basado en el fundamento de la insurrección. No, Dios nunca aprueba la división en su reino.
—Me resulta curioso — prosiguió el Sabio — que los hombres que se sienten
competentes para dividir el reino de Dios no se sientan capaces de irse a alguna
otra parte, a otra tierra, para erigir un reino completamente nuevo. No, ellos tienen
que robar el reino de otro líder. No he visto la excepción. Siempre parecen
necesitar al menos algunos partidarios previamente moldeados a su gusto.
Comenzar solo y con las manos vacías asusta al mejor de los hombres. Eso
también indica claramente lo seguro que están de que Dios está con ellos. Cada
una de sus palabras, si verdaderamente se analizan, habla de su inseguridad. Hay
muchas tierras intactas y sin dueño. Hay mucha gente en otros sitios que esperan
para seguir a un verdadero rey, a un verdadero hombre de Dios. Repito (y hay
quienes dicen que repito lo mismo con frecuencia). ¿Por qué los "aspirantes a reyes y profetas" no se marchan silenciosos y solos, encuentran a otra gente en otro sitio, y allí erigen el reino que imaginan? Los hombres que dirigen las
rebeliones en el mundo espiritual son hombres indignos. No hay excepciones. Y
ahora debo irme. Tengo que unirme al desfile que pasa.”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness

“Los rebeldes que llegan al poder mediante la rebelión son intolerantes con los
demás rebeldes y sus rebeliones. Cuando Absalón se enfrente con la rebelión, se
convertirá en un tirano. Su perversidad será diez veces la que ahora le atribuye a
tu rey. El aplastará la rebelión y gobernará con mano de hierro... y mediante el
terror. Eliminará toda oposición. Esta es siempre la última etapa de las rebeliones
altisonantes.”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness

“God did not have - but wanted very much to have - men and women who would live in pain.

God wanted a broken vessel.”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness

“Korah approached”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings

“No,” he said, now in a voice with a touch of eloquence, “authority from God is not afraid of challengers, makes no defense, and cares not one whit if it must be dethroned. “That”
― Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings