1 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:08,320 So a lot of people think Christianity, our faith, you 2 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:11,640 know, with God, it's mainly about what we do for God. 3 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:18,000 Be a good person, serve, give sacrifice, go to missions, do 4 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:22,040 something meaningful for God. And of course, those are all 5 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:26,320 true things, good things. Christians should want to honor 6 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:32,360 God with our lives, but the danger is that we can start to 7 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:37,160 think that our relationship with God is built on what we do for 8 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:42,160 God. It shouldn't be simply just what 9 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:44,800 can I do for God? But we also need to consider 10 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:50,160 what does God actually desire? What does God desire? 11 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:55,640 And sometimes one of the most spiritually dangerous place to 12 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,240 be is not sin. I mean, most of the times it is. 13 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:03,040 But sometimes it's not sin, but misunderstanding God's grace. 14 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:09,200 In today's passage, David asked the question, what can I do for 15 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:10,560 God? He's in a good place and he 16 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,680 says, what can I do for God? And he decides to build God a 17 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,280 new house. We talked about the ark last 18 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:22,000 week, and he wants to give the ark a nice new house, but God 19 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,800 doesn't. Turns out he doesn't want that 20 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,040 and he teaches David what he actually desires. 21 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,640 So let's learn from David. We're going to ask the question, 22 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:37,240 answer the question. What kind of house does God 23 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:41,080 desire? What kind of house does God 24 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:54,100 desire? Number one, God desires a house 25 00:01:54,940 --> 00:02:00,440 built by grace. He desires a house built by 26 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,200 grace. Let's turn to Second Samuel 27 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,120 Chapter 7. Let's read just the first 10 28 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:11,680 verses for now. This is just the very next 29 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,480 chapter from last week's sermon where David brings the ark back 30 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,240 to Jerusalem. And so this is still beginning 31 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:22,880 of him being king. When the king has settled into 32 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:26,120 his palace and the Lord had given him rest on every side 33 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:31,040 from all his enemies, the king said to prophet Nathan, look, I 34 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:36,560 am living in a cedar house while the ark of God sits inside tent 35 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:39,800 curtains. So Nathan told the king, go and 36 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,000 do all that is on your mind, for the Lord is with you. 37 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,960 But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan. 38 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:50,960 Go to my servant David and say, this is what the Lord says. 39 00:02:51,640 --> 00:02:54,400 Are you to build me a house to dwell in? 40 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:58,880 From the time I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until 41 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,560 today, I have not dwelt in a house. 42 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,560 Instead, I have been moving around with a tent as my 43 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,160 dwelling. In all my journeys with all the 44 00:03:07,160 --> 00:03:11,240 Israelites, have I ever spoken a word to one of the tribal 45 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:14,080 leaders of Israel whom I commanded, the shepherd, my 46 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:18,040 people of Israel, asking, why haven't you built me a House of 47 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:22,160 cedar? So now this is what you want to 48 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,000 say to my servant David? This is what the Lord of armies 49 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,920 says. I took you from the pasture, 50 00:03:27,920 --> 00:03:31,640 from tending the flock to be ruled over my people, Israel. 51 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,120 I've been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed 52 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,640 all your enemies before you. I will make great name for you 53 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,040 like that of the greatest on earth. 54 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:44,760 We'll just read up tonight. If you could go to the very 55 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:53,200 first slide. All right, so two weeks in a 56 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:57,720 row, last weekend and today, we see that good intentions are not 57 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:01,760 enough. Last week we learned that God 58 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,880 has been teaching his people about holiness and that we have 59 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:09,360 to take God's holiness seriously, otherwise we will 60 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,960 never see our sins. God is all about Him wanting to 61 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:16,959 be with us and he says, hey, you got to see my holiness. 62 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,640 Until that you can't see your sinfulness, and if you don't see 63 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:22,760 your sinfulness, you're never going to have a desire for 64 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,640 Savior. So when Ouza touched the ark, 65 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:30,280 good intentions, but he disregards God's holiness and he 66 00:04:30,280 --> 00:04:33,360 was struck dead. In today's passage, God is 67 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:37,480 saying, hey, a house is nice, but I'm not going to let you 68 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:41,200 build me a house unless you understand what I'm about. 69 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:49,800 So this happens when you know, it says from very first one, he 70 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:53,560 has settled into his palace, he settled down and it says the 71 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:57,440 Lord has given him rest. So there are no more external 72 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:59,880 threats, there are no more internal threats. 73 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:05,400 He there is a time of rest and peace, and then he's thinking 74 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:10,520 out loud to the prophet, Hey, look, I am living in a cedar 75 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:14,360 house, which is the most expensive type of house or the 76 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,840 wood. Back then, only kings basically 77 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:22,080 used it. I'm in a theater house while the 78 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:26,720 Ark of God where God's presence is manifested. 79 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:31,760 The ark of God sits inside a tent. 80 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,400 I'm in a nice house. God is in a tent. 81 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:38,280 We got to do something about this. 82 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,320 This sounds like a good king to me. 83 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:46,680 He wants to give God something impressive. 84 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:50,360 He has a desire to do something for God. 85 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,640 He even takes the right steps. He goes to the prophet make sure 86 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:56,280 this is OK. He gets his permission. 87 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,680 God gives him a strange response. 88 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:08,840 Are you to build me a house to dwell in and he and he goes on 89 00:06:08,840 --> 00:06:12,160 to say the next two verses. Hey, all the years since Moses, 90 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:15,680 time to now, I've been intense the entire time. 91 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,120 I've never ever asked for a house. 92 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,240 You have the right intention, but you don't understand what 93 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:28,400 I'm about. So we know from reading the 94 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:33,920 Bible that God is in a tent not because God can't afford cedar 95 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:38,600 wood. The tent shows God's nearness. 96 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,480 It was God saying I am with you to his people. 97 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,120 The Tabernacle, which is the moving tent, the name of the 98 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,720 moving tent, was not about God being poor. 99 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:54,120 The tent showed that God was willing to dwell with his 100 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:59,080 people, all of the other gods. God is somewhere far, somewhere 101 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,320 nice, and it's about people trying to reach God. 102 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:04,160 You got to give him a performance. 103 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,120 You got to be nice, you got to be good, and then you try to 104 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:11,400 reach God. God is saying I'm not like the 105 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:16,840 other gods, I'm about being with the people, me going to the 106 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:21,160 people. David sees the tent and and 107 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,560 thinks this is too shabby for God. 108 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:29,120 God sees the tent and he says this is where I choose to meet 109 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,560 my people. This is how they all feel like I 110 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:37,640 am near to them. That's what David was doing last 111 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:39,720 chapter. He was treating God like any 112 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:40,840 other God. He gave. 113 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:47,760 He gave God a 30,000 soldier March, a parade, and yet he 114 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:55,000 disregarded the holy ark. And here we see David do what 115 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,520 any other king would do. You achieve success, then you 116 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,200 honor the whatever God you're worshipping. 117 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:04,920 A monument, a temple, a big gift. 118 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,480 And David is following the exact same pattern. 119 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,240 Any king would would do at the time. 120 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:17,160 He's doing well and now he thinks he could do a favor for 121 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:23,080 God. Imagine I'm being very general 122 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:26,240 here. Imagine that you have a your 123 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,920 dream house and it's it's fully furnished. 124 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:31,960 All the extra bedrooms. You need a backyard. 125 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:36,480 It's your dream house, and you've spent a lot of money on 126 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:37,799 it. But time passed and all that 127 00:08:37,799 --> 00:08:41,039 money is replenished and you're very comfortable and you have 128 00:08:41,039 --> 00:08:44,039 the house. And then you're sitting down, 129 00:08:44,039 --> 00:08:46,640 everything's calm, peaceful. And you're like, hmm, wait a 130 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:49,840 minute, My house is awesome. My parents' house is a little 131 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:51,120 shabby. You know what? 132 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:52,440 I'm going to buy them a new house. 133 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:56,040 They raised me. They immigrated to US for me. 134 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,040 They sacrificed for me so I could be successful. 135 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:02,440 And perhaps you come to a point where you're like, you know 136 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:04,880 what? It's time for me to take care of 137 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:09,000 my parents. And what I just said kind of 138 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,080 makes sense. It's nothing crazy. 139 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,320 Yeah. If I'm comfortable, if I'm at my 140 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:16,000 dream house and I'm comfortable, yeah, I would then take care of 141 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:20,560 my parents. But see, underneath the good 142 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:23,760 actions that you want to do for your parents, we have an idea 143 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:28,800 that now it's like now I can finally repay them for all they 144 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:32,880 have done for me. On a human level, that makes 145 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,560 sense. And that's even OK. 146 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:40,680 But David here is making the mistake when he brings that same 147 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:44,480 repayment mindset into his relationship with God. 148 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:51,280 That same repayment mindset is how everyone worshiped at the 149 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:52,880 time. That's how they repay back their 150 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:57,760 gods. David is not wrong to wanting to 151 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:01,080 honor God. The problem is that he does not 152 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,440 yet understand the kind of God he's serving. 153 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:10,840 Our God is saying you are putting me in a box with every 154 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:14,120 other God out there. You think this is how I am. 155 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:18,680 You assume I work the same way. I gave you all that David, and 156 00:10:18,680 --> 00:10:20,800 now you're saying you need to do me a favor. 157 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:28,240 And God reminds David, I don't actually need you to build me a 158 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,080 house. Let's go to the next slide, the 159 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:35,600 next verses. Sorry, one more. 160 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:43,320 God reminds David, I took you from the pasture. 161 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:50,160 You're a shepherd boy and I made you ruler over all of Israel. 162 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:52,880 I I made you from shepherd boy to king. 163 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:57,960 It was me, he says. I also I not you, but I 164 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:02,760 destroyed all your enemies and I'm the one who will make your 165 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:08,800 name great later on. My for those of you guys who 166 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:12,440 knew my my birthday was Friday. Thank you. 167 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:21,080 I turned 37, 46 OK, and my ever since and then obviously very 168 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,960 close to Mother's Day. You know, weekend in Korea, May 169 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:27,240 8th is actually Parents Day, right? 170 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:31,600 So I was born on Parents Day and ever since I was little, right, 171 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:37,840 the, the tradition is my mom gives me money or my parents 172 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:41,560 give me money for my birthday. And with that money, my dad 173 00:11:41,560 --> 00:11:44,200 would be like, hey, go get your mom something, right? 174 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:50,120 So I'll be like 10, I get a $20 bill and I go to CVSI, pick up 175 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:54,400 random lipstick and then I give it to my mom and I'm like, yes, 176 00:11:54,400 --> 00:12:00,680 I still have $17.00 left, right? Imagine me right, 10 years old, 177 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:04,480 I get $20.00. I buy my mom a gift and I say 178 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,960 mom, I got you now I'm going to take care of you. 179 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:12,480 Now I'm rich. My mom would say cute, very 180 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,480 cute. That's what God is saying. 181 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:19,240 David says I'm going to build your house. 182 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:22,760 He responses, you're going to build my house. 183 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:28,960 Let me remind you, I took you from a shepherd boy to king. 184 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,560 I'm the one who destroyed all your enemies. 185 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,880 I don't actually need you to do anything for me. 186 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:42,400 God is not against the house. In fact, if you keep reading 187 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:49,160 Second Samuel, First Kings, Second Kings, eventually Solomon 188 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:54,680 does build God a temple. God doesn't let David build it 189 00:12:54,680 --> 00:12:57,400 because David misunderstood the reason for it. 190 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:03,520 God didn't want David to think I'm going to build God this 191 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,480 house so that I could pay him back. 192 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:14,440 God is saying I'm not like that. I am where I am because that's 193 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:19,920 where I could meet my people. Even King David who had an 194 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,840 intimate relationship with God, we see in the Psalmos that he 195 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:26,320 wrote, he's my shepherd. I should not be in one. 196 00:13:26,560 --> 00:13:28,840 He, he, he had such a good relationship with God. 197 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:34,280 But even he makes the mistake of putting God in the same God box 198 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:36,760 where every other religion would put their God in. 199 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:40,920 Once your life is settled, it's time to pay back God. 200 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:46,720 So if we are not paying back God, then why do we serve him? 201 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:53,480 We serve God because his grace does not leave you unchanged. 202 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:57,320 When you experience God's grace, it changes you. 203 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:01,280 When you really see that everything you have is grace, 204 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:04,480 your salvation, your calling, your gifts, your opportunities, 205 00:14:04,680 --> 00:14:09,360 even your desire to serve, that is grace. 206 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:14,320 When you have been changed by grace, then your service to God 207 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,600 is no longer repayment. It becomes worship. 208 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:24,360 Repayment, says God, look what I have done for you, either I'm 209 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,480 paying you back or I'm going to do this for you and you, you 210 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:31,320 paying you back later. Worship, says God. 211 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:35,360 Everything I came or everything I have came from you, so I 212 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:43,440 gladly offer it back to you. More than what you do for God, 213 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:48,600 sometimes it's more important to understand His grace and what He 214 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:54,160 desires from us. OK, what kind of house does God 215 00:14:54,160 --> 00:15:01,120 desire #2 God desires a house built through his promised son. 216 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:06,120 God desires a house that is built through his promised son. 217 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:18,220 The street 11 through 16, Ever since the day I ordered judges 218 00:15:18,220 --> 00:15:23,320 to be over my people, Israel, I will give you rest from all your 219 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:24,920 enemies. The Lord declares to you. 220 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:28,840 The Lord himself will make a house for you when your time 221 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,320 comes and you rest with your ancestors. 222 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,600 I will raise up after you your descendant who will come from 223 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:36,640 your body, and I will establish his Kingdom. 224 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,760 He's the one who will build a house for my name, and I will 225 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:41,720 establish the throne of his Kingdom forever. 226 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,320 I will be his father. I will be, He'll be my son. 227 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,200 When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of 228 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:51,680 man and blows from mortals, but my faithful love will never 229 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,200 leave him as it did when I removed it from Saul. 230 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:56,240 Who am I removed from before you? 231 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:01,200 Your house and Kingdom will endure before me forever, and 232 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:04,400 your throne will be established forever. 233 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:10,320 OK, so David wants to build God a house and God has a different 234 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:14,880 plan and he says something very unexpected. 235 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:21,880 He says the Lord himself will make a house for you. 236 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:24,840 David goes, God, I want to build your house. 237 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:29,040 And God says, Nope, I will build you a house. 238 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:34,440 My immediate reaction is what? He already has a house. 239 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:35,360 What? What is this? 240 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:38,920 That's the whole reason why this story, the story started. 241 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:44,440 David built himself a House of cedar, and he wanted to build 242 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:46,600 God another house for cedar probably. 243 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:50,040 But God says I will build your house. 244 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:56,240 But this is a little different. This one will last forever, this 245 00:16:56,240 --> 00:17:09,599 house forever, forever, forever. This one will last forever. 246 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,800 In verse 11, it says I will give you rest. 247 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,960 In verse one, same thing. The Lord had given him rest on 248 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:23,319 every side. See, when you have a house, it's 249 00:17:23,319 --> 00:17:27,680 where you find rest. When, when, When I take people 250 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:30,600 to mission trips near the end. That's what people saying, oh, I 251 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:32,280 missed my bed, I missed my house. 252 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:34,120 People can't wait until they go home. 253 00:17:34,360 --> 00:17:37,240 Even if you go on nice vacations, if it's long enough, 254 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:40,840 you start missing your house because that's where you find 255 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:45,840 really good rest. The problem is that that rest, 256 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:49,520 even if it's in your own home, it's truly not forever. 257 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:58,800 David built this cedar house for himself and it's nice, so nice 258 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:02,720 that he wants God to have one. But he's not going to find rest 259 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:04,920 in the house very long. If you keep reading the 260 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:08,560 chapters, the Bathsheba happens very soon. 261 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:12,520 He tries to commits adultery, he commits a murder, and if you 262 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:14,920 keep reading, his son tries to kill him. 263 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,160 The House of theater is not restful very long. 264 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:24,880 And even if somehow he's able to find rest in the house for until 265 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:29,520 his life when he dies, there might not be rest. 266 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:33,760 In fact, after David dies, Solomon takes over as king and 267 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:36,040 the Kingdom is immediately split into two. 268 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:44,800 Rest doesn't last because of sin and because kings die, people 269 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:49,400 die. God and David are both talking 270 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:53,600 about building a house, but they are talking about two different 271 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,160 houses. David's house is talking about a 272 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:59,400 physical building. And then we'll have problems 273 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:04,320 once he dies. But God's house is beyond time, 274 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:08,400 beyond space, beyond who lives there. 275 00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:14,280 When you think of a house that's not a building we think of 276 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:19,560 sometimes ATV show, like Game of Thrones, House of Stark, House 277 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:22,000 of Lannister, it's not a single house. 278 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,880 It's the dynasty, it's the descendants, it's generations of 279 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:30,400 people. But same thing those houses all 280 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,480 fall and it was a made-up story. But even in real life House of 281 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:38,520 Tudor doesn't matter. Those houses fall because people 282 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:47,360 sin and kings die. But God wants to build a house 283 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:51,000 for generations and generations for David. 284 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:55,480 A house where it's not just for sleeping, but a house where you 285 00:19:55,480 --> 00:20:01,440 find true rest. Not just a house, but a home, a 286 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:05,280 true home where you could find true rest. 287 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:11,880 And this house is special because it will never end. 288 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,760 It will never end. A house that will last forever. 289 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:21,640 How is this possible? All houses fall because of sin, 290 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:24,280 because of death. How is David's house never going 291 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:28,720 to have those two? Well, God gives us these hints. 292 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:37,000 Verses 12 to 16 scholars give a title for these verses, the 293 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,760 Davidic covenant. But David, God is making a 294 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:46,520 promise, a covenant with David saying hey your house will never 295 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:51,600 end and I'll give you a hint. OK, really it's because of who 296 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:57,800 will build your house. 3 hints Verse 12 When your time comes 297 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:01,000 and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up after 298 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:05,800 you your descendant who will come from your body, and I will 299 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:09,400 establish his Kingdom. So it will be 1 of David's 300 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,560 descendants. Hit number one. 301 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:17,600 Hit #2 verse 13. He'll, he's the one who will 302 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:22,120 build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his 303 00:21:22,120 --> 00:21:29,160 Kingdom forever. For some reason, this, this guy 304 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:31,320 will never die. This Kingdom will be forever. 305 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:40,560 And hit #3 verse 14, I will be his father, and he will be my 306 00:21:41,120 --> 00:21:45,040 son. Who could that be? 307 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:52,160 Well, in case you didn't know, Paul tells us clearly in Romans 308 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:58,920 1/3, Romans 1/3 and this is the mystery person will be building 309 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:02,720 gods or, or, or the House of David that will last forever. 310 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,720 This is the person that will build it. 311 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:12,560 This is Paul speaking in Romans 1/3 concerning his Son Jesus 312 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:18,000 Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David according to 313 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:23,320 the flesh and what's appointed to be powerful Son of God, 314 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:28,760 according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection of 315 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:32,440 the dead, He will resurrect, He will defeat death. 316 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:36,080 He's not going to die. He is the Son of God. 317 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:41,760 What's going on here? That's OK, Two moms, you guys 318 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,320 are fine today. If it feels last week, big 319 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:46,400 trouble, but Mother's Day, you guys do whatever. 320 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,040 You turn off all the lights if you want. 321 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:50,200 I can end the sermon right now if you want. 322 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,080 It's like my baby's hungry. What's going on here? 323 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:58,920 Baby's hungry. OK, All right, It's OK. 324 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:00,800 This is just the climax of the sermon. 325 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:02,800 No problem. All right? 326 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:04,840 No problem. My entire sermon was building to 327 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:07,360 right here. It's a mystery character. 328 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:12,040 It's Jesus Christ prophesized in the Old Testament, pointing to 329 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:14,320 Jesus. No problem. 330 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,840 So David, a covenant God promising, hey, there will be 331 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:25,240 someone who to build this house will be the perfect home for 332 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:27,640 everyone. He want to die. 333 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:32,240 He want that sin. Holiness will never fall. 334 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:36,480 Your house will fall. Solomon's house will fall. 335 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:40,440 Saul's house already fell. Everyone's house, no matter how 336 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:43,640 restful it might seem, like now it will fall because of sin and 337 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:48,240 death. This house, it's forever. 338 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:56,280 David wanted his God to have a nice home. 339 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:01,160 It's a nice thought, but God says, you know what? 340 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,800 You don't know me. You think that's what I care 341 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:09,160 about. What I care about is a home that 342 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:13,120 all my people can rest in forever. 343 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:18,240 What I care about all the people who are lost, all the people who 344 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,960 are anxious and worried, who are fearful. 345 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:27,560 What I care about is that those people will find true rest in 346 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:30,200 the true home that will be built by my Son. 347 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:39,040 And Jesus comes to this earth and He has this mission to 348 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:42,960 accomplish. He needs to find us a home, a 349 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,880 forever home where we could find rest. 350 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:55,160 How does he do that? Well, he has to have no home. 351 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,640 Jesus never had a home as he do his ministry. 352 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:06,560 He was a wanderer and he says foxes have holes and birds have 353 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:11,720 nests, but the Son of Man has no place to rest his head. 354 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:19,960 Jesus had no home. He had no rest so that we could 355 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:23,400 find the home and so that we could find rest. 356 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:28,520 He died on the cross so that we could find eternal life. 357 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:34,600 He was naked, mocked and rejected so we could be accepted 358 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:37,840 into this family in this eternal home. 359 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:44,200 Jesus died on the cross. Though he can defeat sin and 360 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:50,440 death, He did all of that. So we all have a family. 361 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:53,720 We'll be welcomed into the family of God. 362 00:25:56,000 --> 00:26:01,400 I know we live busy lives, we work hard, we're good people, 363 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:07,120 but sometimes we do this so we could find rest here. 364 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:13,600 We feel like we make enough money, we have a nice enough 365 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,080 home. You know, if our children are 366 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:19,040 successful enough, then I'll have rest. 367 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:23,480 Then I could have peace. But God is saying because of sin 368 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:28,440 and death, you may have rest for a little bit, but it's 369 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:32,520 temporary. It is fleeting, what you should 370 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,560 care about. It's not the little glimpses of 371 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,160 rest that you could find in this world. 372 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,400 What you should really worry about, what you should really be 373 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:47,480 concerned about, what should really drive your life, is the 374 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:51,600 permanent home, the forever home that you will have in Jesus 375 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:55,560 Christ, where you'll find fulfillment, peace. 376 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,280 You'll be forever accepted, forever loved. 377 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:06,360 That is the house you should be living for What kind of house 378 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:12,120 does God desire? God desires to build this house 379 00:27:12,120 --> 00:27:17,280 not through what we do for him, but through the grace of Jesus 380 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:20,560 Christ. Let's take time to pray.