Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional for April 30 Morning “This man receiveth sinners.” 1 Samuel 22:1 , 1 Samuel 22:2 Finding himself in great danger among the Philistines, David returned to his own land, which he ought never to have left. 1 Samuel 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: 1 Samuel 22:2 In this he became a type of our Lord Jesus, of whom it was said, “This man receiveth sinners and eateth with them.” David’s followers had been rendered desperate by the oppressions 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 ...