1 00:00:16,250 --> 00:00:19,890 All right, good morning. Go ahead and get your Bibles 2 00:00:19,890 --> 00:00:28,690 open to Deuteronomy 17 and we will get there in a little bit. 3 00:00:28,690 --> 00:00:34,050 Last week we talked about Israel as a nation and they are in a 4 00:00:34,050 --> 00:00:38,410 government aspect. They are called a what type of 5 00:00:38,410 --> 00:00:41,160 government would they be classified? 6 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:47,920 1 theocracy and that means that they are ruled by God and and 7 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:52,800 who is represented by a human. We had Moses, we had Joshua and 8 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:57,160 then we have the judges and and basically Israel said I'm I'm 9 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:01,360 done with the judges, Samuel, your sons aren't following what 10 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,160 what was right and we don't like it. 11 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,400 We also want to be like all the other nations. 12 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:12,160 Give us a king, tell us who we have. 13 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,440 We want a king and, and Samuel goes to God and, and is upset 14 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:20,280 about it because Samuel knows God should be your king. 15 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,400 God, God is the one that's supposed to be your king and, 16 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:26,320 and Christ and God tells Samuel, don't worry about it. 17 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,160 They're not rejecting you, they're rejecting me. 18 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:34,640 Go tell them and, and, and basically give them a king and, 19 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:36,720 and I'll show you who it is going to be. 20 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:42,400 But what's interesting, Deuteronomy, who wrote 21 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,040 Deuteronomy? Does anybody know Moses? 22 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:51,440 Did Moses come before or after Samuel before Quite a while 23 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:57,960 before 400 years almost before and between Moses. 24 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:05,360 Joshua you have 14 Judges. 12 if you if you don't count Eli and 25 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:09,520 Samuel, but 14 judges if you do count Eli and Samuel that are 26 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:14,720 between Joshua and King Saul, about 400 years between there. 27 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:19,840 And look at verse 15 of Deuteronomy 17. 28 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:26,520 We'll start in 14 when thou art come unto the land which the 29 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:30,120 Lord thy God giveth thee, and shall possess it, and shall 30 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:34,520 dwell therein, and shall say, I will set a king over me, like as 31 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,880 all the other Nate, as all the nations that are about me. 32 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:43,800 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord 33 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:48,600 thy God shall choose one from among the thy brethren shalt 34 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:53,120 thou set king over thee. Thou mayest not set a stranger 35 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,760 over thee which is not thy brother. 36 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,160 Remember, this is Moses writing this. 37 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:04,400 This is 400 ish years before the children of Israel. 38 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,120 Tell Samuel we want a king. Put your finger there. 39 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,960 Go to first Samuel where we were at last week. 40 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:21,480 First Samuel 8 and verse 5. And said unto him, Behold thou 41 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,280 art old talking to Samuel, and thy sons. 42 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:28,200 Walk not in thy ways. Now make us and listen to this. 43 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:33,280 Make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 44 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:46,160 Chapter 17 verse 1714 God tells Moses write this and shout say I 45 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:50,920 will set a king over me like as all the nations that are about 46 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:54,280 me. Isn't it amazing how God told 47 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:56,800 and knew this was going to happen? 48 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:01,280 God knew the Israelites and he says when thou art come into the 49 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,680 land which the Lord thy God giveth thee and shalt 50 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:05,920 possession. So they're in the land, they're 51 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:10,480 in the promised land and they're possessing it, which is Joshua 52 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:14,280 into judges. And he says they're going to 53 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:19,399 tell you, I will set a king over me like as all the nations that 54 00:04:19,399 --> 00:04:22,880 are about me. God knew it was coming 400 years 55 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,640 before and he tells Moses, write this down. 56 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:31,920 And by the way, Samuel had this, Samuel had this book of Moses 57 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,400 written when he was hearing this. 58 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,400 And I almost wonder if Samuel went, wait, I've heard that 59 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:41,920 phrase sent me a king as all the other nations. 60 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:44,800 I've heard this before. I've heard those exact words. 61 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:49,040 Oh, God told Moses that we were going to say this. 62 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:55,480 It's amazing how God knew what was going to happen, knew they 63 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:59,280 were going to reject Him, and yet in His sovereignty and 64 00:04:59,280 --> 00:05:04,520 loving, He gave them a way to still have a king, to still 65 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:08,840 protect them and still know that they are going to turn away from 66 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:13,160 me, knowing that they're going to disobey and not want me as 67 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,120 their king. But I'm going to set up 68 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:19,000 guidelines for that king because I want what's best for this 69 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,800 nation. And it's amazing how think of 70 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:27,320 your own life, all the sin you've ever done, the pain and 71 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:32,080 suffering that you've put on the heart of God, and yet God still 72 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:35,280 made you. God still made a way for you to 73 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:39,760 have a home in heaven. Even despite it all. 74 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:44,000 God still loved you that much, just like he loved this nation 75 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,880 before they even turned their backs on him and wanted a king 76 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:52,880 and not God got set up an instructions that those kings 77 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:55,800 were supposed to abide by because he wanted what's best 78 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,880 for that nation. What was best for that nation 79 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:02,840 was Christ to be their king, but they refused that. 80 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:06,800 So he said, all right, I'm going to give instructions to this man 81 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,280 that I'm going to have you have as a king. 82 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,120 And we're going to look at those instructions this morning before 83 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,800 we get into Rehoboam next week. We'll start into the actual 84 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:18,880 kings. I want to look at the 85 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:23,320 instructions that God set for the kings that will be governing 86 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:25,680 over his people. Let's pray and we'll get into 87 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:27,800 the lesson. Heavenly Father, thank you so 88 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:31,680 much for today for the rain and and holding off the snow. 89 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,920 And I thank you for being able to be in your house. 90 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,800 I got a privilege it is to be able to open your word and to 91 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,960 open it and and to read it. Lord, I just pray that we not 92 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:47,560 use it as just a thing that we do on Sunday, but something that 93 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,360 we do every single day because it's your instruction book. 94 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:55,880 It's it's your love letter to us to help us to live this life, to 95 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:59,600 be closer to you, to know you and to be more like you. 96 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:04,720 I just pray that we realize the importance of your word through 97 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,800 these instructions that you've given to Moses and to Samuel for 98 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,920 these kings that were going to rule your nation, that that you 99 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:17,560 set apart for your people. I just pray that we realize that 100 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:21,280 the importance that it was for these kings, but it's important 101 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,680 it was for us today. God, I pray that you be 102 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:27,800 glorified through it all. In Jesus name I pray, Amen. 103 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:32,240 First thing I want to have you see there verse 15. 104 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:37,960 Thou shalt in any way set him king over thee, whom the Lord 105 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:41,880 thy God shall choose. It wasn't going to be a all 106 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:46,480 right, this half pick a guy, this pass hit pick a guy and 107 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:48,960 we're going to have you both debate and then we're going to 108 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:53,600 see who gets the most votes. God said I'm going to choose 109 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:57,120 who's going to be the king. You don't want me as king, fine, 110 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:59,160 But I'm going to choose who it's going to be. 111 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,320 I'm not going to just let anybody. 112 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,120 And he says it's not going to be a stranger. 113 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:07,120 It's going to be 1 of you. It's going to be 1 of thy 114 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:08,200 brother. And it's going to be an 115 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,280 Israelite. It's not just going to be a 116 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:14,200 random person from another country who did really well in 117 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,360 Egypt, got them up and great and powerful and then went to the 118 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,920 Amorites and got them a big city and built them up. 119 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,560 And now he's here and he'll make Israel a great city. 120 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:29,280 No, God said, I'm going to pick one out of you and I'm going to 121 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,000 be the one that chooses who it is. 122 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:35,080 Again, I, I, I know it's, it's not. 123 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:39,440 This isn't the, the part of the whole thing, the message or the 124 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:43,200 the lesson, but the fact that God knew ahead of time that this 125 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:48,080 was going to happen and he set these, these rules for the king, 126 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:51,840 the future king that was going to be coming 400 years before 127 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:54,240 they even said, Hey, we'd like to have a king. 128 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:59,680 It it, it's, it's amazing. It's amazing that God would have 129 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:04,440 that not not just that he all knowing, but that he would tell 130 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:08,240 Moses and reveal to them these these are the things that I want 131 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:13,720 them to do with their life and and think of it as OK. 132 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:18,040 We know Saul is going to be the one that's chosen first head and 133 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:21,720 shoulders above everybody. Not hard for some of us to be 134 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:26,600 taller than others. Some of us are shorter, but as 135 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:31,720 Saul is chosen by Samuel, Saul knows it wasn't chosen by 136 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,720 Samuel. God knows he was chosen by God. 137 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:41,200 It in the honor that that has to come with by being chosen by God 138 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:45,240 to lead his people. It wasn't something that he 139 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,480 should be puffed up about, but he should feel honored about it. 140 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:52,160 He should consider the responsibility that he's going 141 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,920 to have. You were just the Benjamite 142 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,200 going around doing your thing like you normally do in your 143 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,440 life, and now I'm going to set you up as a king over all. 144 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:06,280 Oh, I mean, I was I was in charge of the guys at work. 145 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:09,280 I was the overseer, but the nation what? 146 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:14,000 That's a lot of responsibility. That's that's a lot of 147 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,280 responsibility. And it wasn't to puff him up. 148 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:21,000 It wasn't your head and shoulders above everybody. 149 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,600 You're better looking than everybody. 150 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:25,080 You're stronger than everybody. Good job. 151 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,520 You made it. You hit all the check boxes. 152 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,760 It wasn't to make Saul feel proud. 153 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,240 It wasn't to boost his ego, I guess, is the way I would say 154 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:38,440 it. It wasn't meant for him to be a 155 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,640 lucrative business. Because I'm now king. 156 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,840 I'm going to, man, I'm, I'm those sheep. 157 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:46,120 I'm going to sell a lot of sheep. 158 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:49,120 Now they're going to buy my sheep for sacrificing. 159 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:54,120 The point of it wasn't to to fill his own pockets. 160 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:58,120 He had to understand the responsibility that he was 161 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:00,240 taking on becoming the king of Israel. 162 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:06,800 You, you had just had Moses. You had Joshua. 163 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:11,720 That that cleared the land and was able to get them in and 164 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:16,680 possess it partially. And then you had all the judges. 165 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:23,080 You have this for, you know, back many, many years of famous, 166 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:27,960 I guess I would call of notable people that led this country and 167 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:30,760 now I'm the one that has to lead it. 168 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:35,040 That's a big responsibility, and they have to understand that 169 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:38,800 they can't complain about it. You can't go. 170 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:42,880 I don't want to. We don't read when Saul is 171 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,400 chosen. Saul's not going to like Moses 172 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:46,680 did. God, I know. 173 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,400 No, I can't even talk. How am I supposed to do this? 174 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:50,480 No, no. Pick somebody out. 175 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:53,480 You got the wrong guy. Somebody else must have been 176 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:55,720 walking on the other side of the burning Bush. 177 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:57,680 And I was just the first one to come over here. 178 00:11:57,680 --> 00:12:03,280 So I'm the wrong one. Saul doesn't do that, but he has 179 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:06,760 to understand he can't do that. As the king, you can't complain 180 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:10,080 about I'm the king. I got to listen to this, I got 181 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:14,480 to do this. I got to I would rather be back 182 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:16,920 in being a Benjamin. I don't want to be the king. 183 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:20,520 I would rather be, and unfortunately he does try a 184 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:24,200 priest. I'd rather be a different 185 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,680 position. Sadly, we see Saul try that and 186 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:30,000 we see the disaster that happens because of it. 187 00:12:30,680 --> 00:12:38,280 But when God chose Saul as a king, he had to understand 188 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:40,040 that's the position that God put him in. 189 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:45,440 God equipped him for it. God put him in charge and he had 190 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:47,880 to understand that's where God put him and that's where I was 191 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:52,840 going to be content with being. He also had to understand that 192 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:56,280 pride was going to be big Pride, as we'll see in a lot of these 193 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,920 kings was one of the biggest downfalls for most of them. 194 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:05,440 And, and rightfully so, I think you could go easily understand 195 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:10,440 as a man to go from being just a normal Israelite to being king 196 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:14,880 over everything. I don't, I don't have to cook. 197 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:16,560 I don't know, I got servants for that. 198 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:18,680 Now I don't have to bathe myself. 199 00:13:18,680 --> 00:13:21,280 I don't have to dress myself. I don't have to worry about 200 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:23,960 making my own clothes. All that's going to be provided 201 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:26,120 for me. And you can easily see that 202 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:31,280 pride would be very quick and easy to come to him, but he has 203 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:36,320 to understand and be careful to cultivate a life and a mind of 204 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:40,720 humility. First Corinthians 12/18 says, 205 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:44,760 But now hath God set the members, every one of them, in 206 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:50,600 the body, as it has pleased him? You and I are in this church 207 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,000 because God set us in those positions. 208 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:58,320 You're you're an usher, you're doing sound, you're a layperson, 209 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:01,480 you're in the choir. God put you in those positions 210 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,560 for a purpose. And you, you don't complain 211 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:06,680 about man. I got to do nursery again. 212 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:12,760 God put you there in the body as it hath pleased him. 213 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:16,600 And just like the king couldn't complain and say I'd rather be a 214 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,440 priest, I'd rather be a fill in the blank. 215 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:26,000 We too have to understand God put us in this positions that 216 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,080 we're in for a purpose and we can't complain about. 217 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:33,160 Man, I wish I could, I don't know something, pick it. 218 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,720 I wish I could be in the nursery and I don't have to worry about 219 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:40,800 dealing with older people. I can just deal with the kids or 220 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:44,440 I don't know, fill in the blank. Whatever it is, you, you have to 221 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:48,040 understand your position, even if it's just coming and sitting 222 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,120 and being under the the preaching and the teaching of 223 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:53,640 the word of God. You're put there for a reason by 224 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:57,080 God. You're not here on accident, 225 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,320 just like the king wasn't there on accident. 226 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:06,360 Oh, Samuel stumbled and fell in front of Saul and looked up and 227 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:11,960 went, yeah, he'll do. No, God chose him, just like God 228 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:15,840 chose you to be in this building, in this church, in 229 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:19,120 this specific time, in this specific hour for a reason. 230 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:23,640 And it's our job to find out what that reason is and to find 231 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,920 out and to do the work that God's put us there to do. 232 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,480 That's why it's important to know what the kings did. 233 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,800 That's why these instructions are important for us today. 234 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:37,320 They're instructions for the king. 235 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:41,200 I'm not a king. I could just be like the future 236 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:43,200 king. If you have a heading over top 237 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:47,800 of your, you know, sections in the Bible reading chapter 17, 238 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:50,640 the future king, well, I ain't going to be a king. 239 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:54,800 I'm skipping that. And I'm pretty sure none of us 240 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:59,280 are kings either. Why did God keep it in his word 241 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:02,640 then? The Bible says that all 242 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:06,000 scripture is given by inspiration and is profitable 243 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:10,160 means I need to know what the point of why I'm reading about 244 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,840 the future kings and what the instructions were. 245 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:17,400 And it's because the same instructions that the God cave 246 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:23,040 kings to abide by for a reason we can put towards our life. 247 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:25,320 And the first thing we see there. 248 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:29,440 Look at chapter 17 of Deuteronomy verse 16. 249 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:34,720 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people 250 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:39,400 to return to Egypt to the end that he should multiply horses. 251 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:43,320 For as much as the Lord hath said unto you, ye shall 252 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:45,720 henceforth return no more that way. 253 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:49,880 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself that his heart turned 254 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:53,560 not away, neither shall he greatly multiply to himself 255 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,680 silver and gold. There's some submissions that 256 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:01,200 this king has to abide by. The first thing that we see 257 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:04,160 there is he's not to multiply horses. 258 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:08,119 Now, we don't really think of this today. 259 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:11,440 We don't look at horses as as the way they did back then. 260 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:15,760 But a king would multiply horses because horses was the strength 261 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:19,359 of an army that that's what plowed your feels. 262 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:21,599 That's what went to battle for you. 263 00:17:21,599 --> 00:17:25,160 And the more Chariots that you had, most likely you were the 264 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:28,560 going to be the winner. And over and over we, we talk, 265 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:33,040 we see about David counting the men numbering the people. 266 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:38,240 And God said don't do it. It's the same reasoning behind 267 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:42,440 why God said don't multiply horses because God wanted to 268 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:46,000 retell them. I'm going to be your safety, the 269 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,040 horses that you breed and everything. 270 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:51,360 Look at Egypt. Remember what I did to Egypt, 271 00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:54,880 the most powerful nation, and I wiped them out with one. 272 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:59,640 Well, I was going to say wave, but I drowned them all. 273 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:04,120 How many horses did they have? And God says you're not going 274 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:09,080 back down to Egypt to get horses to make more security, because 275 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:14,240 your security is not in them. Psalms 3317 says a horse and 276 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,600 horse is a vain thing for safety. 277 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:23,880 God wanted them to depend on him, not on this earthly stuff. 278 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:26,560 He wanted this king to understand. 279 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,320 I know that horses and when you go to battle and it's going to 280 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:36,600 look, wow, you see how many people are over there, We don't 281 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,320 have that many horses. I should have been breeding all 282 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:41,400 this time. I should have been thinking 283 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:45,480 about the safety of this nation. God says don't make that a 284 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:49,240 focus. Your safety is in me and God 285 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,920 wanted them to understand right from the first part. 286 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:56,840 Don't multiply horses. Don't dwell on carnal things in 287 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,680 this life to make you safe. I'm the one that's going to be 288 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,120 keeping you safe. The next thing he says is 289 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:06,560 neither shall he multiply wives to himself. 290 00:19:07,360 --> 00:19:13,520 Emotional ties. That's the second area that God 291 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,880 brings up to a king. Why? 292 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:23,240 Because most many nations kings were married to many wives 293 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:27,360 because of an alliance. We we want to have safety on our 294 00:19:27,360 --> 00:19:29,840 borders. So here marry my daughter and 295 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,400 we'll be friends because the father-in-law is not going to 296 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:35,360 attack the son-in-law. So they would they would marry 297 00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:39,120 multiple wives. But God said don't do that. 298 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:45,960 God, God specifically knew what would happen if a man had 299 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,800 multiple wives. And we see it play out there for 300 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:53,960 Samuel or for Solomon, the wisest man alive, the God said, 301 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:58,200 God says in his word, the wisest man that's ever been around 302 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:03,400 takes to himself multiple wives, falls to that sin. 303 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:08,080 So if, if, if anybody thinks I'm smarter than anybody, I can 304 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:10,360 control this. The wisest man falls to it. 305 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:15,640 But it says in first King 11/4 For it came to pass when Solomon 306 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:20,120 was old that his wives turned away his heart after their other 307 00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:24,640 gods, and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God as 308 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,360 was the heart of David his father. 309 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:33,600 God knew back in Moses time that you have multiple wives, you 310 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:39,920 have wives from other nations. Great security again, I should 311 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:44,640 be your security, not not alliances, but those wives are 312 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:46,360 going to turn your heart away from me. 313 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:51,480 And 400 years before the 1st king ever was made, God said be 314 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:57,760 careful who holds your heart. It's vitally important that we 315 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:02,120 as Christians guard our heart who we have emotional ties with, 316 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:06,840 who you count as actual friends. You have a lot of acquaintances. 317 00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:10,240 You work with people you you see people at the grocery store, 318 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,800 your neighbors and stuff. But those who you call friends 319 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:15,600 will change where your heart goes. 320 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,520 That's why it's important. And pastor always talks about 321 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:25,560 most of his friends and if not all are in church, maybe here 322 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:27,960 other churches. But it's important that you 323 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:32,480 surround yourself with those that are going in the same 324 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:35,320 direction as pastor says that line up with this book. 325 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:40,120 Because when you don't, they're going to steer you away. 326 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:43,920 When? Well, he just wrote read the 327 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,640 sporting. The revelation tells us that in 328 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:52,640 the last later days they'll heap unto them teachers having 329 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,760 itching ears. Why is that? 330 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:56,880 Because they want to hear a new thing. 331 00:21:57,880 --> 00:21:59,680 Oh, my friend told me about this. 332 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,560 Have you ever heard about this? I don't know what verse it says. 333 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:06,240 I can't find it in the Bible where that lines up with, but 334 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:08,320 man, it sounds sounds pretty good. 335 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,880 Did you listen to this preacher that was on the Internet that 336 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:16,000 was talking about how fill in the blank? 337 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,840 If it's not in this book, don't believe it in the first place. 338 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:23,160 And if you can't back up with this book, then you shouldn't 339 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,680 back it up. But we have to understand that 340 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:31,760 those around us will move our heart one way or another. 341 00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:40,720 The next thing he talks about there in verse 17, neither shall 342 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:45,360 he greatly multiply to himself. Silver and gold financial 343 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:48,200 matters. You've got a nation to run. 344 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:50,720 Wow, that's a lot bigger than my home. 345 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,760 I need a bigger budget. When I look at my budget and I 346 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,760 see the bottom night line that I can, OK, this is the number. 347 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,800 And then this much goes to here, this much goes to here. 348 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,920 That number that you start with, with a nation is a lot bigger. 349 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:07,640 And oh, by the way, you're in charge of trades, you're in 350 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:10,240 charge of gaining any kind of money. 351 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:14,720 And God, again, just like when he was dealing with the horses 352 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:18,240 and wanting to make sure you rely on me, he wanted to make 353 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:22,040 sure these kings understood. I'm going to provide the the 354 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:27,520 resources for your nation. Don't try to reap unto yourself. 355 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:31,760 Multiply gold and silver. This isn't a business venture, 356 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,360 Saul. This isn't trying to line your 357 00:23:34,360 --> 00:23:37,920 pockets so that way when you retire, you can retire hat fat 358 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:44,240 happy and lazy. It was to lead the nation God 359 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:47,680 and throughout this whole rest of the chapter 17. 360 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:52,360 God wants him and any king to understand the responsibility. 361 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:56,160 You're leading my nation, my chosen people. 362 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,840 I didn't choose Egypt. I didn't choose the Amorites. 363 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:04,560 I didn't choose all the I chose Israel and I set you up over top 364 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:07,960 of them. I want you to understand don't 365 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:12,800 worry about as the as we now know and we have verses about 366 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:18,080 what you'll wear tomorrow. Don't worry about things that 367 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:21,280 the necessities that pastors been preaching on. 368 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:28,680 I will take care of you if you keep me first if you focus on me 369 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:33,240 and these areas which the king was required to submit to God 370 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:36,520 because it was this was totally contrary to what all the other 371 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:40,000 nations were doing. The other nations were marrying 372 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,360 other wives to be having alliances. 373 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:46,960 The other nations were breeding many horses and trading for 374 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:51,080 horses, so their army was large. The other nations were trying to 375 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:54,800 build as much wealth as possible to I mean, you look at Egypt. 376 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:58,320 How do you, what do you think built the pyramids and all the 377 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:01,600 Sphinx and all the IT was money and why did they do it? 378 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,720 Look how powerful we are. Look how rich we are. 379 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:09,480 I'm going to make an entire temple made for me when I die 380 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,880 and I'm going to stuff it full of all my gold. 381 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,600 That was what was the point of the kings. 382 00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:21,560 And God said you're different, you're set apart, you're my 383 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,560 chosen nation. I don't want you to be like all 384 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:27,040 the other nations. Yes, you're going to have a 385 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,760 king, but that's where the similarities should stop. 386 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:35,160 And here's the things king, I need you to submit to me. 387 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:40,120 And we have to, as children of God, do the same submission to 388 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:42,480 God. We have to understand that we 389 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:47,040 can't rely on our own safety Nets. 390 00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:50,160 We can't rely on building our own wealth for our family. 391 00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:55,520 We can't rely on trying to just make alliances with whoever we 392 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,760 can because God's going to be the one that's in charge of our 393 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:03,520 our family, our life, our church. 394 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:10,200 God has set these to be some myths that the kings and us as 395 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:13,080 children of God have to submit to because it's different than 396 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,640 what all the rest of this world wants us to do. 397 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:21,880 The last thing, the last thing that we see is the service that 398 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,360 God commands the kings to do. Look there in verse 18. 399 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,680 And it shall be when He sitteth upon the throne of His Kingdom, 400 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:34,400 that He shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of 401 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:38,320 that which is before the priests of the Levites, and it shall be 402 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:41,600 with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his 403 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:46,480 life, that he may learn to fear. The Lord is his God to keep all 404 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:51,560 the words of this law and these statutes to do them for his 405 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:55,960 heart, that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren and 406 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,880 that he turned not aside from the commandment to be the right 407 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:04,080 hand or to the right hand or to the left to the end that he may 408 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:09,920 prolong his days in his Kingdom, he and his children in the midst 409 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:15,600 of Israel. God again focuses on his word, 410 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:21,920 lifts his word up, as the Bible says, above every name, above 411 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:25,440 his own name. It's it's here forever settled 412 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:31,600 forever in heaven. God with Moses again 400 years 413 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:36,920 beforehand said you better be reading my word daily. 414 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,960 We think, oh man, it's hard to wake up and have to do my 415 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:43,160 devotions every day. Think of this. 416 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,320 They had to write a whole copy of it. 417 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,440 I, I don't have to write a whole copy of it. 418 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:55,000 I just have to read it and study it and and to apply it to my 419 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,880 life. If I had to write it a you know, 420 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:02,520 they, they had a lot smaller of a Bible at the time when Saul 421 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:05,200 started, but that would take a long time. 422 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,640 That's a lot of commitment to have to write out and copy the 423 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,880 entire word of God. But God wanted them to 424 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:16,120 understand the importance of it. You're the king, but this is the 425 00:28:16,120 --> 00:28:19,560 way you live your life. This is how you rule my Kingdom. 426 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,000 It was going to control his pride. 427 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:31,520 You look there in verse 20 that his heart be not lifted above 428 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,080 his brethren. Again, pride. 429 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:38,440 When you read God's word, you realize how low on the totem 430 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:42,920 pole we are. When you understand how David 431 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:48,840 would say God, how are you even mindful of me of of everything 432 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,280 that you've created and and the wickedness that we are and the 433 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:56,120 sinfulness that we are and yet you're mindful of us. 434 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:01,280 God wanted the kings to understand you might be king 435 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:03,360 over Israel, but I'm king over you. 436 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,720 And to do that He had to have them be in His word. 437 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:13,560 And it was going to set a pride control level basically to 438 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:18,880 understand I might be the big dog in the camp, but I've got a 439 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:23,480 bigger dog on top of me that I have to follow and I have rules 440 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,800 that I have to submit to. And God wanted those kings to 441 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:31,240 understand that there was a responsibility was all wrapped 442 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,800 up in reading and following His word. 443 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:40,240 Christians, fathers, we have all the answers to how we should 444 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:44,600 live, how we should raise our kids, how we should love our 445 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:51,240 wives, how we should be service. I was going to say service full. 446 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:54,360 That's not a word. How we should do service in 447 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:57,000 churches, how we should live our lives. 448 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,800 Everything's all right here in command for the Kings to make 449 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:06,160 sure you're in this book is as important to them as it is to 450 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:09,840 us. We have to understand. 451 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:12,760 Pride is probably the biggest issue as a Christian. 452 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:17,160 It'll stop you and stunt your growth as a Christian before it 453 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,920 even starts. And God wanted to make sure of a 454 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:24,800 that wasn't going to be the problem with his kings. 455 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:28,160 They wanted to make sure the king knew you're not going to be 456 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:32,560 lifted above above your brother. The next thing is it's going to 457 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:36,280 chart his pathway. Look there in verse 20 again, 458 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:39,760 the next part and that he turned not aside from the commandment 459 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:44,520 to the right hand or to the left to the end that he may prolong 460 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:48,520 his days. Everything the man that was the 461 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:52,000 king needed was. In that book. 462 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:57,840 Again, all the problems that he was going to face, he's already 463 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:02,720 has all the laws that was going to fix all of those, all the all 464 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:07,240 the issues that he would face. God's word had it already in the 465 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:12,040 book and he just had to read it and not try to go. 466 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:14,880 Yeah, I know that's what that says. 467 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,600 But man, that Lady looks really good. 468 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,760 And and if if I marry him, then I won't have to worry about my 469 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:24,600 West side of the of the nation and it'll be safe and I won't 470 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,200 have to worry about fighting with them. 471 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,880 I know it says that I shouldn't have more than one wife. 472 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:35,760 I know I shouldn't multiply them to myself, but I'll do it 473 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:36,560 anyway. Just one. 474 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:39,640 I just, I'll just have two. It's fine. 475 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:43,040 I don't multiply. It's a factor of more than two, 476 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,120 right? I'm not timesing it. 477 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:50,040 I'm just adding one. No, God said don't go away from 478 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:52,080 what I have written in this book. 479 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:57,520 Christians, God has the same truth for us. 480 00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:00,760 Don't go away from what God has written in his word. 481 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,160 You have to know it. How do you know it? 482 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,520 You have to read it and. Like we've said, many. 483 00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:10,120 Times pastor said it many times, just because you don't read it 484 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:13,120 doesn't mean that you can be ignorant and say, well, I didn't 485 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:14,640 know. That's fine. 486 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:18,400 I, I just, I live in, in life of of grace. 487 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,760 Paul says God forbid. Just because. 488 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:25,920 You have grace. Doesn't mean you just sin 489 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:29,280 because you have grace. And just because you don't want 490 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,920 to read the book doesn't mean you don't need to abide by the 491 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:33,960 book. And that's why it was so 492 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,240 important that the King read his word. 493 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:40,920 And it's so important for us to read his word so we know what 494 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:46,480 those laws are and you think of. 66 books. 495 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:48,880 Has a lot. Of thou shalt. 496 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:55,040 Nots has a lot of thou shalts. It's a lot of laws and and I 497 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,400 thankfully I was born in this time period and not back in 498 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:03,840 Israel time period because those laws were even crazier to me. 499 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,920 I can't I can only take so many steps on Saturday. 500 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:12,320 Can't go to the grocery store, honey, sorry, that's one too 501 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,320 many steps. Can't do that. 502 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:18,000 I don't have all those laws that God had for the command that 503 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:23,320 well, God didn't set that up. But anyways we. 504 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:27,320 See all these things? That we have to submit to and 505 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:28,480 you. Think of a king. 506 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:32,560 Again, pride. I ain't doing that. 507 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:35,920 I'm in charge. I don't care what you want to 508 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:40,080 say in your book thing I do what I I'm the king. 509 00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:44,400 Don't you understand who you're talking to, Mr. Priest? 510 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:46,880 Telling. Me thou art the. 511 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:51,600 Man, David could have very easily said cut his head off. 512 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,560 He doesn't need to know that. Nobody else knows it. 513 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,600 Everybody that did know it, I killed him except for Bathsheba. 514 00:33:57,880 --> 00:33:59,720 Kill him and we'll be done with this. 515 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:03,120 He was the king. He could have done that easily. 516 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:09,600 But David had a humble heart and knew when his sin came before 517 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:14,239 him. I got to get this right because 518 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:17,080 he. Was in his book. 519 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:25,040 How do we create a humble heart You stay in his book the the 520 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:31,199 most humbling thing is reading about Christ dying for my sins 521 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:35,800 again, the fact that he knew I was going to be born and knew I 522 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:39,040 would sin against them and and bring all these offenses and 523 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:42,000 grieve his heart and continue to do it. 524 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:47,120 And yet he still died for me and made a way that I could have 525 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:50,719 salvation, still made a way that I could be called a child of 526 00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:53,440 God. And even after becoming a child 527 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:57,920 God, I continued to sin. And he still loves me enough to 528 00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:03,800 give me a way to wipe that sin and wash that sin away if. 529 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:07,600 That doesn't make you. Humble as a Christian, you need 530 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:11,920 to get. Back in your book, he wanted 531 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:14,680 these kings. To understand where their power 532 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:20,240 was coming from and it was because of what God had done and 533 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:24,760 it was all wrapped up in his book the. 534 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,680 Last thing is is. You see there in verse 20 the 535 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:32,800 ending of their that He may prolong His days in His Kingdom, 536 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,920 He and His children in the midst of Israel. 537 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,520 It was going to be a continuation. 538 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:45,400 A continuation of his power king you want you want to have your 539 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:50,200 Kingdom and then pass it on to your son be in my book why did 540 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:55,200 Saul lose the Kingdom because. He went against what? 541 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:59,400 God said to do. If you want your. 542 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:04,040 Family to you know, we, we would all say that we all want our 543 00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:06,080 kids to grow up better than we did. 544 00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:10,600 We all want, you know, our, our wives, our, our families to have 545 00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:13,720 better lives than we did. And we, we try to get a better 546 00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:17,080 job, we try to have a bigger house or whatever. 547 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:22,640 But the most important thing? That you could do for your kids 548 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:27,520 for your wife or your family is to be in this book and do what 549 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,520 it says because when they. See you. 550 00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:34,760 Being in this book, doing what it says, it proves to them that 551 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:39,080 this is important. It's not just a book that I read 552 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:43,200 and I go on Sunday and it's just another check box that I can do 553 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:48,080 It's important. God is real to you, and your 554 00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:52,400 kids will see that. That's the instructions that God 555 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:57,560 gave Moses 400 years before there was ever a king for the 556 00:36:57,560 --> 00:37:00,360 kings, and we can use them to our lives today. 557 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,520 Let's pray. Heavenly Father, thank you so 558 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,400 much for today. I thank you again for your word 559 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,000 that you've preserved it for each and every one of us to be 560 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:12,520 able to to read, to have and to put into practice in our lives. 561 00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:17,600 I pray that you help us as we do that, that we, we don't just 562 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:20,880 take it as a instruction and that we have to do it, but that 563 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:23,840 we get to read your word. God, I pray that you be with 564 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:27,880 pastor as he comes in the next hour to give us your word, 565 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:31,160 exactly what you've given him. For each and every one of us 566 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:35,440 give our hearts to be open and ready to receive it. 567 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:38,640 I pray that you be glorified and your name be lifted up through 568 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:41,040 everything that goes on today here in this building. 569 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:43,000 In Jesus name I pray. Amen.