1 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,500 Well, good afternoon. Do you have your Bibles with 2 00:00:14,500 --> 00:00:16,800 you? This afternoon meet me in the 3 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:19,900 book is second. Timothy please in chapter 3, 4 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:37,100 2nd, Timothy chapter 3. And if you're there just bow 5 00:00:37,100 --> 00:00:39,800 your head with me as we pray, Lord. 6 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:43,100 Again we thank you for bringing us into this new year. 7 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,800 Lord, we begin this new year together on the Lord's day 8 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:50,600 because we dedicate this year to you. 9 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,500 You are our life. There is no other purpose. 10 00:00:54,500 --> 00:00:58,500 There is no other ambition that can compare to our desire to 11 00:00:58,500 --> 00:01:02,400 glorify you on the Earth. Lord, we ask that in this 12 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,900 moment, as we hunger for righteousness, that you would 13 00:01:05,900 --> 00:01:09,200 fill us and how you would speak through the written word for it 14 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:13,400 is your voice Lord with all sincerity in desperation. 15 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:17,300 We pray that this message would be free from confusion that it 16 00:01:17,300 --> 00:01:21,900 would build up that it would Adorn us with godliness that it 17 00:01:21,900 --> 00:01:24,500 would help us worship the Christ. 18 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:27,900 We asked, oh, Lord, that this message would not be delivered 19 00:01:27,900 --> 00:01:30,800 in mere words. The Lord in the power of the 20 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:34,100 Holy Spirit. Lord, we know that we cannot 21 00:01:34,100 --> 00:01:37,900 purchase that power. We cannot fabricate it. 22 00:01:37,900 --> 00:01:41,200 We can't replicate. It has to come from heaven and 23 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,900 we know Lord that you purchased the gift of the holy spirit for 24 00:01:43,900 --> 00:01:47,200 us through the blood. And so we just ask, oh, God, 25 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:48,700 because we do not depend on the flesh. 26 00:01:48,700 --> 00:01:52,000 Today, we are eager to receive your touch. 27 00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:56,800 We are desperate to receive your conviction and your comfort. 28 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,000 Lord. You are well aware, who in this 29 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:04,400 place is not born of the spirit. You know, who needs to be born 30 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,700 again? Would you would you show them 31 00:02:07,700 --> 00:02:10,900 that they need it? That they need your salvation 32 00:02:11,700 --> 00:02:15,500 Lord, you are fully aware, who in this place is hiding pain 33 00:02:15,900 --> 00:02:20,200 with a smile. You know, who in this place may 34 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:24,400 be singing with words, but their hearts are dry. 35 00:02:25,300 --> 00:02:27,900 Lord do a Reviving work in this place. 36 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:33,200 We ask you in Jesus name that you would be exalted, we ask you 37 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,300 o. God that you would be the theme 38 00:02:35,300 --> 00:02:38,100 of our conversation as a result of this morning. 39 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:45,500 Lord, have your way reign in our hearts and be be blessed by what 40 00:02:45,500 --> 00:02:49,300 you hear and Jesus name we pray. Amen. 41 00:02:51,500 --> 00:02:53,500 Second Timothy 3 beginning in verse 1. 42 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:59,300 But understand this, that in the last days, there will come times 43 00:02:59,300 --> 00:03:02,900 of difficulty for people. Will be lovers of self. 44 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:07,200 Lovers of money proud, arrogant, abusive disobedient to their 45 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,900 parents ungrateful, Unholy heartless, unappeasable 46 00:03:11,100 --> 00:03:13,600 slanderous without self-control brutal. 47 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,600 Not loving good treacherous. Reckless swollen with conceit 48 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:21,100 lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God having the 49 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:24,800 appearance of godliness. But denying its power of Avoid 50 00:03:24,900 --> 00:03:29,500 such people. You and I over the past few 51 00:03:29,500 --> 00:03:32,700 meetings paused in this series. In the book of 2nd Timothy to 52 00:03:32,700 --> 00:03:36,400 rightfully commemorate, the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. 53 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:41,400 We took some time to worship God, in light of the events 54 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,900 surrounding his first Advent, when Christ entered into this 55 00:03:44,900 --> 00:03:48,000 world and it deserves for us to pause and to reflect on. 56 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,100 And so we stopped and we turned our attention to that truth. 57 00:03:52,100 --> 00:03:57,000 But now we give our Focus back not to the events that led to 58 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,000 the first coming. But to the events that will lead 59 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:05,100 to his second coming. To his return, to the return of 60 00:04:05,100 --> 00:04:09,900 the reigning Christ, Jesus. And I'm sure, maybe you have 61 00:04:09,900 --> 00:04:15,100 thought that we've spent quite some time on these things and 62 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:17,200 you're probably wondering, you said that we were going to touch 63 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:18,800 on these things and we're still here. 64 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:20,500 You've repeated the same text a few times. 65 00:04:20,500 --> 00:04:25,600 So why is it that we are taking so much time to dissect this 66 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:30,700 list of carnal characteristics. That will pervade in society as 67 00:04:30,700 --> 00:04:36,200 it is now, Many reasons, may I provide one among many. 68 00:04:36,500 --> 00:04:39,400 Here's one that as you and I understand. 69 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:46,600 The contrast between us and the world made encourage us, not not 70 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,500 discouraged, as but encouraged us to shine. 71 00:04:49,500 --> 00:04:55,100 All the brighter in light of the gloominess that will Cloud this 72 00:04:55,100 --> 00:04:57,000 generation and future Generations. 73 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,700 In other words as you and I hear these things, it should motivate 74 00:05:00,700 --> 00:05:04,700 us to be the exact opposite by the power of the Holy Spirit. 75 00:05:04,700 --> 00:05:08,200 May, I remind you today of your identity and Christ you are the 76 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:13,600 salt of the earth. You and I are a light, a city on 77 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:18,600 a hill. and you and I are seeing these things not so that we can 78 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:23,200 get some kind of Prophetic Insight, it's pretty 79 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:27,400 straightforward but that as you and I continue to live in this 80 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,200 world, we would look at things like this say Lord, if this is 81 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,500 true, if the world to become more passionate about Sin, if 82 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:36,600 they're going to go from bad to worse than make me, holy or more 83 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:41,800 effective, give me the grace to be able to stand out at the wind 84 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:46,100 people to your kingdom. You and I from time to time are 85 00:05:46,100 --> 00:05:49,400 also going to hear how Christ Jesus when he comes to this 86 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:50,800 world, that's going to be riddled with. 87 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:55,100 Such things is going to clean up house, and he's going to rule 88 00:05:55,100 --> 00:06:00,000 and Reign and righteousness will cover this Earth as well as his 89 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:05,000 glory as the sea does. And so we come here and we read 90 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,700 these things. Again, hoping that you'll be 91 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:12,600 energized, hoping that you will you will sense and excitement. 92 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:18,200 That God, perhaps may use me in a world covered with this filth. 93 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,800 Does anything stand out to you from this list? 94 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:23,600 I'm sure if we had a conversation about it, you'd 95 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:25,900 say, isn't it amazing? That Paul said, this is an 96 00:06:25,900 --> 00:06:28,800 amazing that people will increase in that and we have now 97 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,800 arrived to a certain portion that I believe is worthy to stop 98 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,100 on and to consider, I don't want you to be afraid. 99 00:06:35,100 --> 00:06:37,800 We're not going to stop on every single point but there are some 100 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:41,000 things that just meditate on and we're going to meditate on where 101 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,000 we left off. Paul says concerning the last 102 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,800 days that one of the things that will go from bad to worse is 103 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:52,700 that children? We'll be more disobedient. 104 00:06:53,900 --> 00:06:58,200 To their parents. I find that fascinating. 105 00:06:58,500 --> 00:06:59,900 You know why I find it fascinating? 106 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:04,500 Because when you look at all these other evils there, there 107 00:07:04,500 --> 00:07:07,600 is no trouble to see how they have broader application. 108 00:07:07,700 --> 00:07:10,400 There are many ways, somebody can be a lover of self, there 109 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:12,200 are many ways, somebody can be proud. 110 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,600 There are many ways, somebody can be a lover of money, but 111 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:20,000 this sin is specific. It's very narrow. 112 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:29,300 It's highlighted, children will be disobedient to their parents. 113 00:07:30,900 --> 00:07:35,600 And I believe, one reason why it is mentioned is because God is 114 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:40,600 trying to hint to us. That this is a great crime in 115 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:44,200 his sight. God is trying to show us his 116 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:49,100 heart that this is a significant disturbance to him and that 117 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:53,100 might challenge you that might disturb you because I'm sure you 118 00:07:53,100 --> 00:07:58,000 can think of much more atrocious evils that do more damage than a 119 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,800 certain behavioral pattern that is common among children. 120 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,600 Anyway, is this really a big deal to God? 121 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,800 Is this really worthy of mentioning, is this a flag for 122 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,400 us to consider when we meditate on the final days before the 123 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:18,900 return of Christ? It is. if you understand the 124 00:08:18,900 --> 00:08:24,900 mind of God, if you understand the value that he places on the 125 00:08:24,900 --> 00:08:30,700 home, if you understand his design for the family, if you 126 00:08:30,700 --> 00:08:37,799 understand his purpose in children, And US, bearing 127 00:08:37,799 --> 00:08:42,900 children, you see? When Paul mentions that there 128 00:08:42,900 --> 00:08:47,800 will be a greater Disobedience to parents, he's talking much 129 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:52,000 more than just about an unfortunate attitude. 130 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,700 That makes the job of parents a little bit more difficult. 131 00:08:55,700 --> 00:09:00,700 No. He's speaking about the decay in 132 00:09:00,700 --> 00:09:04,300 the most foundational institution that God has 133 00:09:04,300 --> 00:09:08,000 ordained in order for a civilization to thrive. 134 00:09:09,100 --> 00:09:14,200 We are not speaking about just a bad temper or a terrible twos. 135 00:09:15,300 --> 00:09:18,600 No, we're talking about here that there will be a troubling 136 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:23,500 resistance to the ordained Authority that God has placed in 137 00:09:23,500 --> 00:09:27,100 the home on a level. That it will corrupt the 138 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:30,100 culture. How? 139 00:09:31,500 --> 00:09:36,400 very simple, because if you have people more specifically 140 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:42,000 children, Who will not will not abide by the authority of a 141 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,400 father and a mother then what makes you think that they're 142 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:50,200 going to accept any other system of authority in the Spheres of 143 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:54,000 society? That's the problem. 144 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,800 The problem is this, that if there is Disobedience at the 145 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:01,300 foundational level, what will it look like on the secondary ones? 146 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,400 If there is corruption and chaos and Havoc within the home? 147 00:10:06,100 --> 00:10:07,800 What is going to happen in the schools? 148 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:09,700 What's going to happen at work? What's going to happen on the 149 00:10:09,708 --> 00:10:14,000 streets? we must see that Paul is 150 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,400 speaking about here that be generation of the family when he 151 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:22,300 says That there will be Disobedience to parents and this 152 00:10:22,300 --> 00:10:25,900 is particularly angering to God, why? 153 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,300 Because of Malachi 215 we learned that one of the purposes 154 00:10:29,300 --> 00:10:32,900 in which God brings a man and a woman together is that they 155 00:10:32,900 --> 00:10:36,700 would produce what Offspring no Godly offspring. 156 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:40,800 Death from generation to generation. 157 00:10:41,100 --> 00:10:44,400 God, what have those who reflect the image of his son as a 158 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,800 witness to the world? And when you come to this text, 159 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:55,000 we realize that this assaults this attacks, the very DNA of 160 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:59,400 the purpose of God. And having children and raising 161 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,400 our Offspring. But I want to tell you that as 162 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:05,900 Paul prophesized this, he's not saying that this is just going 163 00:11:05,900 --> 00:11:08,300 to happen out of nowhere. He's not just saying that this 164 00:11:08,300 --> 00:11:11,100 is just gonna spring up and all you're gonna have is now as a 165 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,800 band of disobedient. Kids running around. 166 00:11:14,900 --> 00:11:17,500 No, no. There are things that will lead 167 00:11:17,500 --> 00:11:19,300 to this. This is the fruit of something 168 00:11:19,300 --> 00:11:20,800 else. This is the result. 169 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,500 This is the consequence. I believe I've many things for 170 00:11:23,500 --> 00:11:25,700 the sake of time today, we're not going to consider all the 171 00:11:25,700 --> 00:11:26,900 things. But may I present to you, at 172 00:11:26,900 --> 00:11:31,300 least Couple of options of why it is that in the days to come. 173 00:11:31,500 --> 00:11:33,300 We're going to see greater Rebels. 174 00:11:35,100 --> 00:11:38,800 We're going to see greater greater Rebels, and some of them 175 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:44,900 won't be able to drive yet. One of the things that I believe 176 00:11:44,900 --> 00:11:50,600 will contribute to this, This dysfunction number one is that 177 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:55,300 there will be a growing neglect of Parental discipleship, there 178 00:11:55,300 --> 00:11:58,700 will be a growing neglect of Parental discipleship. 179 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:05,500 Although I don't have kids. I don't have to do something 180 00:12:05,500 --> 00:12:08,300 else before I get there. I don't have children. 181 00:12:08,300 --> 00:12:11,200 I hope that my lack of experience will not bring 182 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:16,100 hindrance to your hearing. I praise God today that my my 183 00:12:16,100 --> 00:12:20,600 job as a as a servant in the capacity of a minister is not to 184 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,000 tell you about my experience though. 185 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,500 It may help and I'm sure there's a level of authority that comes 186 00:12:25,500 --> 00:12:28,400 from experience. I'm not against that but my job 187 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,100 today is used to tell you what God Said. 188 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,600 My task today is just to tell you what God says about the 189 00:12:34,608 --> 00:12:37,500 matter and I trust that it is clear enough and it is 190 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:40,000 straightforward enough to provide instruction. 191 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:45,000 Though, the vessel may not be in the season of the subject. 192 00:12:45,700 --> 00:12:48,100 With that being said, would you turn in the Old Testament with 193 00:12:48,100 --> 00:12:52,900 me to the book of First Kings? and chapter 1 beginning in verse 194 00:12:52,900 --> 00:13:03,800 5, First Kings chapter 1, beginning in verse 5, There will 195 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,400 be a growing neglect of Parental discipleship. 196 00:13:07,500 --> 00:13:12,000 And here is an example for us to consider First Kings 15. 197 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,900 We read now adonijah, The son of hagatha. 198 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:21,100 Exalted himself saying I will be king. 199 00:13:22,300 --> 00:13:26,400 And he prepared for himself chariots and Horsemen and fifty 200 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:32,200 men to run before him adonijah. Keep that name in mind, we read 201 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,800 of this man early in the book of First Kings, right after the 202 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:40,800 first few verses in, which we learn about the failing body. 203 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,900 And the old age of King David himself. 204 00:13:43,900 --> 00:13:48,600 Yes, that man after God's heart, and we are told now early in 205 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,500 this book about one of his sons named adonijah and he is one of 206 00:13:52,500 --> 00:13:56,600 our many sons in fact, he's not just one among many sons, he is 207 00:13:56,600 --> 00:14:00,400 one among many sons among many wives, More specifically. 208 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:03,800 He is the fourth son to his fourth wife. 209 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,400 I don't know what got into David said. 210 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,800 But if you read in a portion of scripture that with every wife, 211 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:14,400 he had a child, and what's interesting is that this man 212 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:19,400 after God's heart, Really failed in his understanding of God's 213 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:24,600 will for marriage. God's Will and design for the 214 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:28,200 home. And what we read here in this 215 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:33,600 verse is that one of his sons adonijah is ready to secure the 216 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:38,400 throne knowing full. Well that that Throne belongs to 217 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:42,700 his brother Solomon, the successor and we read here that 218 00:14:42,700 --> 00:14:47,400 he exalted himself that he was puffed up with pride unashamedly 219 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:52,200 and he begins to create a problem with in not just the 220 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:56,300 home, but in the Kingdom of Israel itself, Now, I believe 221 00:14:56,300 --> 00:14:58,900 there's a lesson here just based on that understanding, David's 222 00:14:58,900 --> 00:15:02,000 background and the behavior of many of his children. 223 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:06,500 You see, here's the principal when you and I fail to trust in 224 00:15:06,500 --> 00:15:11,400 God's design and its blueprint for relationships, especially 225 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,500 marriage, which includes the roles of marriage. 226 00:15:15,900 --> 00:15:19,100 And we failed to understand the design and the blueprint for the 227 00:15:19,100 --> 00:15:24,400 home, including children, what you and I will do is inherit 228 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:31,500 pain, confusion frustration, when we place our own ideas of 229 00:15:31,500 --> 00:15:35,300 how we should Express and experience relationships, and we 230 00:15:35,300 --> 00:15:38,800 don't trust God's wisdom about the standard of who a wife 231 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:43,900 should be or a husband. Then you inherit to a certain 232 00:15:43,900 --> 00:15:48,300 degree, what David will inherit and that is much, much pain that 233 00:15:48,300 --> 00:15:50,600 could have been avoided. If you would just believe God to 234 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:54,500 begin with, if you just trusted God, throughout the process 235 00:15:54,500 --> 00:15:57,900 throughout the journey. And so, the fruit of what we're 236 00:15:57,900 --> 00:16:02,100 about to discover in part comes from, David's failure to 237 00:16:02,100 --> 00:16:05,300 understand how a family should even start. 238 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:08,100 But is that really the main reason? 239 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:13,200 Some would say yes and if you ever had wondered why it is that 240 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,800 God allows polygamy in the Bible realize that God never 241 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,800 permitted. It and realize that, with every 242 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:23,400 example of polygamy in the Bible, you never see a 243 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:28,500 successful home. Just because God is silent about 244 00:16:28,500 --> 00:16:30,600 the issue. Does it mean that he is for it? 245 00:16:31,500 --> 00:16:35,100 Just go to his will and you will see his mind on the matter. 246 00:16:36,500 --> 00:16:38,700 But that's not the main reason polygamy is not the issue. 247 00:16:38,700 --> 00:16:42,000 It contributed to it, it fueled it but it's what we read in the 248 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:47,200 next verse that shows us what happened for adonijah to be this 249 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:53,000 way verse 6. His father had never at any 250 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:58,100 time. Displeased him say Or asking why 251 00:16:58,100 --> 00:17:02,000 have you done thus? And so he was also a very 252 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:06,500 handsome man, just like Dad and he was born next after Absalom. 253 00:17:06,500 --> 00:17:10,400 Do you see it? Do you see it? 254 00:17:11,700 --> 00:17:16,700 Why was adonijah willfully? Fighting against God's will for 255 00:17:16,700 --> 00:17:19,200 the throne. Why was this man? 256 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,900 So puffed up, why was this man Gathering other men to come 257 00:17:22,900 --> 00:17:28,200 against his own dad? It's not because of adonijah 258 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:32,000 though, he did have a will but in great part the holy spirit 259 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:35,300 is, showing us that he was deficient in his character 260 00:17:35,300 --> 00:17:38,400 because of the lack of investment from his father. 261 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,800 The holy spirit is showing us this the holy spirit. 262 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,700 It's so clear. Why mention this right after 263 00:17:45,700 --> 00:17:49,100 telling us about the Revolt that he's about to start? 264 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,800 There is a deficiency there, a deficiency. 265 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:59,400 So, great, that we are told that David never even questioned at 266 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:03,600 and I just Behavior. You might wonder why it is, was 267 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:07,200 David absent from his life was was David so busy with the 268 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:09,300 kingdom. I mean, I can tell you that if 269 00:18:09,300 --> 00:18:12,000 you have several wives and each of them have a few children, 270 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,800 you're not going to be as present. 271 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:22,100 Or always David here in a trap throughout, his fatherhood the 272 00:18:22,100 --> 00:18:27,900 Trap of, In The Name of Love, to smother your children with all 273 00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:30,600 these gifts and a reservation to correct. 274 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:35,100 And to disciple them, lest you think that they will Rebel as a 275 00:18:35,100 --> 00:18:37,100 result. So I better not step on their 276 00:18:37,100 --> 00:18:40,900 toes and just, and just from time to time, maybe say a little 277 00:18:40,900 --> 00:18:45,000 bit of a top but nothing significant enough to open their 278 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:49,000 eyes. Their sin David may have 279 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:53,900 provided in many ways for his children and for adonijah, but 280 00:18:53,900 --> 00:18:58,400 he failed to give to him the very thing that would shape his 281 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:01,200 character, especially in the developmental years of his life. 282 00:19:03,300 --> 00:19:09,200 Where was the discipleship? Proverbs 22:15 tells us Folly 283 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:15,400 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child but the rod of 284 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,700 discipline drives it far from him. 285 00:19:19,100 --> 00:19:21,400 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child. 286 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:22,900 That's very insightful, isn't it? 287 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:28,200 This may disappoint you, but our children don't enter into this 288 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,200 world. With the Book of Proverbs wired 289 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,700 in their system. Our children don't come with a 290 00:19:33,708 --> 00:19:37,400 heart filled with discretion and knowledge and only manifests as 291 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,200 they develop their communication skills. 292 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:44,700 Know that bundle of joy, that bundle of cuteness, the roles on 293 00:19:44,700 --> 00:19:50,700 their arms and their legs, the cute smile, all of that is 294 00:19:50,700 --> 00:19:53,300 covering up a heart, ready to Rebel. 295 00:19:55,300 --> 00:20:01,500 Not your child, of course, right. because of Adam, Because 296 00:20:01,500 --> 00:20:05,300 that is the nature that we all inherited and look at the wisdom 297 00:20:05,300 --> 00:20:11,300 of God, hears, the wisdom of God that as this gift is given to a 298 00:20:11,300 --> 00:20:16,000 family. God designed foolishness to be 299 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:20,000 chiseled from them. Through the means of loving 300 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,700 discipline from a father and a mother who has been entrusted 301 00:20:22,700 --> 00:20:25,800 with them. God designed it that way. 302 00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:29,500 You see there's an attack on the home for greater things than 303 00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:35,000 just attacking the home, this generational consequences and as 304 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,500 though God is saying, I'm going to provide you a gift that will 305 00:20:38,500 --> 00:20:41,800 reflect my image and has the potential to be a vessel of 306 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:45,500 righteousness. But because of Adam, they will 307 00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:49,100 come to you with a disposition to disobey me to disobey you, 308 00:20:49,100 --> 00:20:53,100 and this will be others and left to themselves. 309 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:57,800 They will like Adonai just seek to be their own rulers. 310 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:03,000 They were like adonijah say, I want to be king. 311 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:09,100 I want to be Queen. But it is your duty to direct 312 00:21:09,100 --> 00:21:11,100 them. It is your duty to guide them in 313 00:21:11,100 --> 00:21:15,400 a way that would lead them ultimately, to my son, who can, 314 00:21:16,100 --> 00:21:18,300 who can be the only one who ultimately changes them. 315 00:21:21,100 --> 00:21:26,400 David didn't do this at all. The role of a parent is a great 316 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,400 responsibility and just watching parents. 317 00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:33,800 Just traveling with their kids alone, I can feel the way that 318 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,200 can. I could see that I can see the 319 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,600 difficulty but one of the responsibilities that is so 320 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,000 great is to guide them to progressively, be delivered from 321 00:21:43,100 --> 00:21:47,000 Adams nature, although we cannot save them. 322 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:50,400 There is a restraining power that God has given us through 323 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,900 the principles of his word. And our ultimate hope is that 324 00:21:52,900 --> 00:21:57,000 they would meet Christ. Maybe change from the inside 325 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:02,600 out. David was a Man Who Loved god 326 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,600 with his heart. The Bible tells us that, but I'm 327 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:05,800 going to say something that might shock you. 328 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,900 Although he loved god with his heart, he indirectly hated his 329 00:22:08,900 --> 00:22:13,900 son. Not directly hated his son. 330 00:22:14,900 --> 00:22:17,900 indirectly hated his son because in the same Book of Proverbs we 331 00:22:17,900 --> 00:22:24,400 read in Chapter 13 Verse 24, whoever spares his Rod hates his 332 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:30,800 son, Whoever spares the rod hates his son but he who loves 333 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,100 him is diligent to discipline him. 334 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:40,300 What does this mean? It means this that he refuses to 335 00:22:40,300 --> 00:22:44,400 lovingly teach and worn and exhort and even at the 336 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:50,200 appropriate age provides some kind of discipline by the rod 337 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,900 according to God the person who neglects this. 338 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:59,900 Hates their child. No matter how much you say, you 339 00:22:59,900 --> 00:23:01,800 love them, no matter how much you buy stuff for them, no 340 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:03,600 matter how much you feel about them. 341 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:07,500 If this is absent according to God, it is hatred and his sight, 342 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,500 he say, how can that be? Well let me ask you this if a 343 00:23:10,500 --> 00:23:16,500 child was riddled with disease. Was infected with a disease and 344 00:23:16,500 --> 00:23:19,100 the Cure the remedy has been placed in the hands of the 345 00:23:19,100 --> 00:23:21,300 parent, but they refuse to give it to their child. 346 00:23:21,300 --> 00:23:24,700 Would you not think that they hate their child? 347 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:28,800 And yet there is the sin of the Soul. 348 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,400 There's a sickness of the soul and the medicine has been 349 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:37,100 provided through the means of parents, who understand the word 350 00:23:37,100 --> 00:23:40,800 of God and to apply the wisdom of the spirit and who operate 351 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,900 with the fruit of the spirit. In order to see a greater 352 00:23:43,900 --> 00:23:50,900 Deliverance. ' for them to be people who would represent the 353 00:23:50,900 --> 00:23:55,000 Prince of Peace. I'm not here today to provide 354 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,700 you lessons on how to best discipline your children. 355 00:23:57,700 --> 00:24:02,300 That's Another time and there are people more qualified to 356 00:24:02,300 --> 00:24:03,900 give that advice in the I believe. 357 00:24:04,500 --> 00:24:07,500 But what I am saying is this David missed? 358 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:13,400 It completely, he completely missed it and the Bible is true 359 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:15,700 and showing us the reality of his failure. 360 00:24:15,700 --> 00:24:19,300 I love the Bible because it does not hide the failures of men and 361 00:24:19,300 --> 00:24:23,100 women. And what David failed to show 362 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:27,100 his son that I ja God does not fail to show his children. 363 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:33,000 Because my Bible and your Bible says in Hebrews 12 verse 6 for 364 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:37,100 the Lord disciplines, the one he loves. 365 00:24:39,100 --> 00:24:40,400 How do you know? Jesus, love you? 366 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,200 Well for God. So loved the world that He Sent 367 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:43,800 His only begotten son. Wonderful. 368 00:24:44,300 --> 00:24:46,300 Have you reached the point in your Christian Life where you 369 00:24:46,300 --> 00:24:47,800 say? I know God loves me because he 370 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:52,600 disciplines me. Many Christians limit God's love 371 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:54,700 to what he provides for them to the blessings. 372 00:24:54,700 --> 00:24:57,600 The new car, the great health. That's that's one expression. 373 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,900 But can I ask you this? Do you believe God loves you 374 00:25:00,100 --> 00:25:05,100 through his discipline? Because the Bible says he loves 375 00:25:05,100 --> 00:25:09,100 those whom he disciplines. You know what that means about 376 00:25:09,100 --> 00:25:12,800 God. Unlike David he is not willing 377 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,000 to allow you to remain a state in a state of apathy in 378 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:21,000 disobedience. He will not, he loves you too 379 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:26,000 much as a father to allow you to remain in a condition that will 380 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:30,600 destroy you others. And ultimately, Taint his glory, 381 00:25:30,900 --> 00:25:34,600 he loves you too much. And so what will he do? 382 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:40,300 He will disturb you lovingly, he will send piercing conviction. 383 00:25:40,700 --> 00:25:45,500 He will even have to wound you in order to sanctify you and he 384 00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:49,900 will allow you all trust me, he will allow you to stay in remain 385 00:25:49,900 --> 00:25:52,900 in the season of hardship so that it can have a cleansing 386 00:25:52,900 --> 00:25:54,600 work on your soul. Where am I getting this from? 387 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,700 This is my own idea, this is not the only place where it tells us 388 00:25:57,700 --> 00:26:00,700 on more than one occasion. It tells Listen, our Bibles that 389 00:26:00,700 --> 00:26:04,800 he chastises, Those whom he loves, and he told it to a whole 390 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:08,500 church at one point, a whole church that was plagued with 391 00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:11,600 lukewarmness, and they were happy in that condition. 392 00:26:12,100 --> 00:26:18,200 They thought were Rich were prosperous, we have Prestige, we 393 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:22,000 have pedigree that there were dead inside and God from Heaven, 394 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,000 as a heavenly father says, I cannot in my love. 395 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,300 Allow you to stay that way. So he sends a word of rebuke and 396 00:26:28,300 --> 00:26:31,500 he says, are you You ready for me to spit you out of my mouth? 397 00:26:33,700 --> 00:26:41,200 And then he clarifies by saying Those whom I rebuke Those whom I 398 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:46,300 discipline. Are those whom I love read in 399 00:26:46,300 --> 00:26:53,100 Revelation 3:19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline. 400 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:57,900 And so he was ready to shake them. 401 00:26:57,900 --> 00:27:01,100 He was ready to do something spectacular. 402 00:27:01,100 --> 00:27:04,100 That might have hurt that might have been painful, but what does 403 00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:06,000 Hebrews tell us, just listen to it. 404 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,500 And don't don't turn there. You don't have to, in Hebrews 12 405 00:27:08,500 --> 00:27:11,500 10. Speaking about Earthly fathers 406 00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:15,500 for they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to 407 00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:19,700 them. But he being God disciplines us 408 00:27:19,700 --> 00:27:22,400 for our good. That we may share his holiness. 409 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:28,200 That we may share his holiness. It's always for our good. 410 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:36,200 David failed to show that to his son and had an eye job because 411 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:41,000 of that was not just trouble for David and his other Sons. 412 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:48,600 He brought trouble to Israel. And surely this will contribute 413 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:54,200 to the increased chaos in our culture, as David's, negligence 414 00:27:54,200 --> 00:28:00,200 will be common in those days. I think it's appropriate to stop 415 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,200 here for a moment to speak about how what Paul says this 416 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:07,100 Disobedience among children will flourish and manifest. 417 00:28:07,100 --> 00:28:11,200 Here's one of the ways among men, eight, We're seeing it 418 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:13,900 already. Are we not do we not perceive it 419 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:20,600 that the cultural continual assault on motherhood. and the 420 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:26,800 growing trend of a lack of examples from Godly men, Who 421 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:30,600 will lay down their lives for their wives and their children. 422 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,000 A couple of those things together and we have a recipe 423 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:40,000 for disaster. And you come to this book and 424 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:46,000 you see how countercultural it is on every issue including the 425 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,700 estimation and the value of the home. 426 00:28:48,900 --> 00:28:52,200 Can I show you one place in the book of Titus, Titus? 427 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:56,300 2:4 we read when God instructs, not the pastor, not the Sunday 428 00:28:56,300 --> 00:28:59,700 School teachers, when he's speaking to the mothers, he 429 00:28:59,700 --> 00:29:04,000 speaking, to the older woman of the church and he says there in 430 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,200 Titus, 2:4 concerning the older woman and how they should relate 431 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,600 with the younger. Married woman. 432 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,800 And what do we read in Titus? 2:4 and so train. 433 00:29:15,500 --> 00:29:19,500 Train, the young woman to love their husbands and children. 434 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:26,600 Train them. To be self-controlled pure 435 00:29:26,700 --> 00:29:30,800 working at home. And if I read this, if I posted 436 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,900 this on social media, if I read this on my secular job, they 437 00:29:33,900 --> 00:29:39,000 would whip me out of the place. Working at home, kind. 438 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:42,300 And submissive to their own husband's. 439 00:29:42,900 --> 00:29:45,000 That the word of God may not be reviled. 440 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:50,100 Older women in the church, listen to this Arc command not 441 00:29:50,100 --> 00:29:53,000 suggested Paul, Paul's not giving suggestions for the local 442 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:56,600 church commanding that older woman within the church be 443 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,600 intentional. And actually speaking to those 444 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:04,000 younger woman who have been married, who are freshly married 445 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:06,900 and what had a love, their husband and their children. 446 00:30:06,900 --> 00:30:10,100 I read this and I thought to myself, is this really 447 00:30:10,100 --> 00:30:12,600 emphasizing the local church. Among many other things. 448 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,100 How much is this really emphasized? 449 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,900 Do older, women really seek out younger woman? 450 00:30:21,300 --> 00:30:23,600 And to provide the wisdom from their own experience and the 451 00:30:23,608 --> 00:30:27,100 word of God do younger woman in their humility and hunger seek 452 00:30:27,100 --> 00:30:32,000 out the wisdom of older women to know how they can be more 453 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,900 prepared and more Adorn for this wonderful role. 454 00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:41,700 As a mother as a wife, It goes to show that God cherishes he 455 00:30:41,700 --> 00:30:47,600 sees the incomparable value of the health of the home because I 456 00:30:47,608 --> 00:30:50,500 want to tell you today that a holy church is built by holy 457 00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:56,400 homes. it's not individualistic here when I just coming here and 458 00:30:56,400 --> 00:31:00,200 just no, no, this is it integrates in life in the living 459 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:06,700 room in the kitchen, And God intends for the church, to be a 460 00:31:06,700 --> 00:31:11,100 help to the home. And it's a circular thing, where 461 00:31:11,100 --> 00:31:15,800 then the home comes in and blesses, the church, So he says, 462 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:20,000 among other things, older woman, train train the younger ones to 463 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,800 love their husbands and their children. 464 00:31:22,500 --> 00:31:25,000 And you know what, the message of the world is it, it's the 465 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:28,000 opposite. Because what the world is 466 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,000 saying, don't get married at all. 467 00:31:32,300 --> 00:31:33,800 And trained to love your children. 468 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,400 No, no. Children are burden and there's 469 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:40,300 such a burden that you have the right to kill them in the womb 470 00:31:42,100 --> 00:31:47,000 if they're inconvenient. And if you are married. 471 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:48,800 Well. Okay, let's figure this out. 472 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:53,100 Since you did get married, if you are married trained to love 473 00:31:53,100 --> 00:31:58,300 them with, loyalty, know if you feel like your heart fell out of 474 00:31:58,300 --> 00:32:01,400 love. I follow your heart even if it 475 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:09,000 leads you away from your spouse. And this is why as we are 476 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,800 understanding, second Timothy 3, when I just dumping data on us 477 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,100 this afternoon, we're trying to understand as this is going to 478 00:32:15,108 --> 00:32:17,400 become a growing Trend in the homes. 479 00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:21,300 And the narratives of the world, we must as a church, strengthen 480 00:32:21,500 --> 00:32:25,300 our understanding disciple and trained so that we would have 481 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:29,400 healthy. Holy homes, stand in contrast to 482 00:32:29,408 --> 00:32:35,200 this wicked world. Growing negligence of Parental 483 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,300 discipleship. Oh, we can talk about it for the 484 00:32:37,300 --> 00:32:41,500 next few Sundays. Just the mention is enough, I 485 00:32:41,508 --> 00:32:46,500 believe But there will be a growing secondly influence from 486 00:32:46,500 --> 00:32:51,000 corrupt surroundings, not just a growing negligence of Parental 487 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,600 discipleship, but a growing influence from corrupt 488 00:32:53,900 --> 00:32:56,000 surroundings. I want us to look at another son 489 00:32:56,000 --> 00:33:01,900 of David and if you turn to 2nd Samuel 13 will see another 490 00:33:01,900 --> 00:33:05,700 insight to what Paul prophesied about children in the last days. 491 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:10,900 we looked at adonijah, but now we're going to look at amnion 492 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,400 I'm ninh. Emmalin's issue is not the same 493 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:21,100 as adonijah has issue. Adonijah had a craving for the 494 00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:26,900 throne. And then had a lust for a woman. 495 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:34,400 And this lust was not, was not normal, because he was, he was 496 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:41,500 wanting his half-sister Tamar. And this desire was so intense. 497 00:33:41,500 --> 00:33:44,100 It was eating up to such a degree that he actually became 498 00:33:44,100 --> 00:33:49,000 physically ill. Physically ill and wanting this 499 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:50,800 woman that he knew he could not have. 500 00:33:52,300 --> 00:33:56,300 And in the same way you and I heard the main cause to add an 501 00:33:56,300 --> 00:34:00,100 eye, just dangerous and rebellious Behavior, you and I 502 00:34:00,108 --> 00:34:05,100 are now going to see the key factor that pushed, and then 503 00:34:05,100 --> 00:34:08,199 over the edge. What was the Tipping Point for 504 00:34:08,199 --> 00:34:11,900 this man? To make this temptation become a 505 00:34:11,900 --> 00:34:14,400 reality. Because unfortunately, when you 506 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:19,500 read this chapter, you will see that am ninh and then responded 507 00:34:19,500 --> 00:34:22,300 to this desire in ended up raping his half-sister. 508 00:34:24,100 --> 00:34:31,199 What was the reason? It's in verse 3. but amnion had 509 00:34:31,199 --> 00:34:38,000 a friend. N had a friend whose name was 510 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:42,199 jonadab the son of shamya, David's, brother. 511 00:34:42,699 --> 00:34:46,199 And jonadab was a very crafty man. 512 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:53,199 But Hamlin, had a friend, you see? 513 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:59,900 There was a man in an ins life. that was not a faithful friend, 514 00:35:00,100 --> 00:35:04,300 you could almost say that this was a man and surroundings And 515 00:35:04,300 --> 00:35:08,100 then did not have a friend that can look him in the eyes because 516 00:35:08,100 --> 00:35:11,500 she discovered. Why was that a man's head was 517 00:35:11,500 --> 00:35:15,500 low and his shoulders Shrugged jonadab ask him, what's going on 518 00:35:15,500 --> 00:35:17,200 with you man? Every time I see you you looked 519 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:22,100 sad, you look depressed, you barely eat your food and and 520 00:35:22,100 --> 00:35:27,100 then expresses his longings his fantasies with Tamar and jonadab 521 00:35:27,100 --> 00:35:30,500 failed to be a faithful friend because a true friend would have 522 00:35:30,500 --> 00:35:32,800 looked him in the eyes and says, what are you thinking, man? 523 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:39,300 Have you lost your mind? You're going to give in to this 524 00:35:39,300 --> 00:35:40,900 do you realize what's going to happen to you? 525 00:35:40,900 --> 00:35:41,900 You realize, what's going to happen to her? 526 00:35:41,900 --> 00:35:44,000 Do you realize what's going to happen to the glory of God? 527 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:48,400 He failed to rebuke him. He failed to warn him. 528 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:52,300 He failed to admonish him and he didn't just fail to do that. 529 00:35:52,300 --> 00:35:55,100 He actually did the opposite, he encouraged him. 530 00:35:57,500 --> 00:35:59,500 See you have two types of friends in life. 531 00:35:59,500 --> 00:36:02,800 You have friends who will help you fight your Temptation and 532 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,200 you have friends who will help you feel your temptation? 533 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:10,500 And I've seen many Christians who can't grow because like em 534 00:36:10,500 --> 00:36:14,200 and they have a friend. They have a friend and they're 535 00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:16,600 not just talking about people in the Gen Z category. 536 00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:21,700 I'm talking about people who are baby boomers They can't. 537 00:36:21,700 --> 00:36:24,800 They haven't grown in Christ in 20 years all because they had a 538 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:31,700 friend. And this man had a friend and he 539 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,700 fueled his temptation, he gave him a strategy, he gave him a 540 00:36:35,700 --> 00:36:38,000 plan to know how to satisfy this list. 541 00:36:39,100 --> 00:36:40,300 You know, what's incredible here? 542 00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:43,200 I look at Jonah table and I see a glimpse into the world of the 543 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:46,500 last days, because as we learned, a few weeks ago, the 544 00:36:46,500 --> 00:36:50,400 spirit informs us that in the final hour, in those moments 545 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,800 leading up to Christ's return people. 546 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:56,900 It will be a cultural norm. People will be lovers of self. 547 00:36:58,100 --> 00:37:00,900 And we heard it. They will love pleasure more 548 00:37:00,900 --> 00:37:05,400 than they will love God. Even if that pleasure offends 549 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:09,400 God, even if it's trips people from their rights, people be 550 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:14,700 love of pleasure, more than God. Unlike Jonah dad, the 551 00:37:14,700 --> 00:37:19,000 suggestions of the culture, will only get louder and louder and 552 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:23,600 louder and what should be rightly recognized as perverted 553 00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:25,900 will actually be deemed as normal. 554 00:37:27,500 --> 00:37:31,700 That's what jonadab did. She see and then realize that he 555 00:37:31,700 --> 00:37:34,900 couldn't go for this because it was abnormal and it was through 556 00:37:34,900 --> 00:37:37,200 the Whispers of Jonah that I don't know. 557 00:37:37,700 --> 00:37:41,600 This is fine. You can actually satisfy this 558 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:43,800 lies is that not what the culture is Whispering to our 559 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:47,300 children? If you feel it, do it, if you 560 00:37:47,300 --> 00:37:51,100 think it, you are it. If you want it, you can have it. 561 00:37:54,300 --> 00:37:58,400 Such a truth may cause parents this afternoon to leave this 562 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:00,800 place more discouraged and encourage more filled with 563 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:04,500 anxiety, than with hope. And I'm not here to give this 564 00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:07,200 message to cause that. No, I'm here to give you a 565 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:12,600 message of Hope because, although, although, this will be 566 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:18,400 more and more prevalent, we serve a God who is powerful, and 567 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:21,500 he is so powerful and so faithful that he is supplied, 568 00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:25,300 the church he is supplied, his Spirit, he is supplied, the word 569 00:38:25,300 --> 00:38:30,100 of God to ensure that our children would be so strong. 570 00:38:30,100 --> 00:38:32,700 That no cultural tide can overpower them. 571 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:37,200 We have to believe that. It's a Perfect Cue for a song is 572 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:42,700 enough. I know I think we should keep 573 00:38:42,700 --> 00:38:43,200 it. I don't know anything. 574 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:47,100 God sounds more emotional, doesn't it? 575 00:38:49,100 --> 00:38:52,400 Live sermon gem. We don't have to edit it later. 576 00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:56,300 You and I have to understand something. 577 00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:01,200 God has given us so much. To prepare our children. 578 00:39:02,500 --> 00:39:04,500 I want to give you hope today and you might think well yeah 579 00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:09,500 well well I'm then was the son of a man who was known as a 580 00:39:09,500 --> 00:39:15,000 person after God's Own Heart. Any made this horrific decision? 581 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,300 And I'm here to tell you that, I completely understand. 582 00:39:17,300 --> 00:39:20,000 I'm realistic in that people have grown up with Godly 583 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:23,000 Parents, can make foolish decisions. 584 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,700 But I'm also here to tell you that when you have a God-fearing 585 00:39:26,700 --> 00:39:31,100 father, a God-fearing mother and makes it much more difficult for 586 00:39:31,100 --> 00:39:33,500 their children to dishonor Christ. 587 00:39:35,900 --> 00:39:40,900 There is a restraining power. In every almost every 588 00:39:40,900 --> 00:39:43,000 institution. In fact, in every institution 589 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,000 that God has ordained in the home with the government. 590 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:50,300 With the church. And that is why our culture is 591 00:39:50,300 --> 00:39:53,200 attacking every single one of those institutions. 592 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:59,000 Because it loosens the restraining power that God has 593 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,300 built through these institutions. 594 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:09,200 May, I remind you again, if you are not convinced What kind of a 595 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:12,500 father David was? How do you think David responded 596 00:40:12,500 --> 00:40:16,100 when he heard about and then sin against against Tamar? 597 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:20,400 You don't have to guess go down to verse 21 of chapter 13. 598 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:26,700 When King David heard of all these things. 599 00:40:26,700 --> 00:40:32,400 He was very angry rightfully so but that's all that we heard, 600 00:40:32,500 --> 00:40:39,000 that's all that we see. He doesn't go to protect Tamar, 601 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:43,000 he doesn't go to provide healing and provide Comfort. 602 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:46,400 It he doesn't do anything of the sort and he never. 603 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:52,500 He never Warns or disciplines or chastises end? 604 00:40:53,900 --> 00:40:56,500 makes you wonder if he was hesitant to do that because he 605 00:40:56,500 --> 00:41:03,600 was reminded of his own sin with Bathsheba Makes you wonder that. 606 00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:08,500 He felt this conviction. How can I go and tell my son? 607 00:41:10,500 --> 00:41:14,000 What he did was wrong when I gave in to my own list. 608 00:41:17,500 --> 00:41:21,300 I want to tell you today that although there will be a 609 00:41:21,300 --> 00:41:24,300 corrupting culture that will try to reach the ears of our 610 00:41:24,300 --> 00:41:26,800 children as it as it did for am ninh. 611 00:41:29,100 --> 00:41:32,300 You have no reason to be afraid. I want to show you a negative 612 00:41:32,300 --> 00:41:38,000 response as we close a negative response to a person who cared 613 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:42,700 for a child and the positive response to what you. 614 00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:46,600 And I should do, when there is a threat directed to our own 615 00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:48,900 children. We're still in Samuel. 616 00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:52,300 Go to 2nd Samuel, chapter 4 and verse 4. 617 00:41:55,100 --> 00:42:01,800 I want you to see here, how fear the fear of a, of a person who 618 00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:04,900 has been given the responsibility to take care of a 619 00:42:04,900 --> 00:42:07,100 child can be more harmful than beneficial. 620 00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:11,500 I want you to see what can happen when panic and anxiety 621 00:42:11,500 --> 00:42:15,500 overtakes the heart of a good-hearted person who wants to 622 00:42:15,500 --> 00:42:19,700 really see their child Thrive and grow and be protected. 623 00:42:20,500 --> 00:42:26,200 Jonathan the son of Saul had a son who was crippled in his 624 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:29,600 feet. He was five years old. 625 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:34,100 When the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel and 626 00:42:34,100 --> 00:42:37,300 his nurse, the nurse who's been given the responsibility to take 627 00:42:37,300 --> 00:42:41,900 care of him, took him up and fled and as she fled in her 628 00:42:41,900 --> 00:42:44,900 haste, he fell down and became lame. 629 00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:51,200 And his name was the fetish. Here's this tender little boy. 630 00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:57,300 He was the son of Jonathan, the grandson of Saul and we learned 631 00:42:57,300 --> 00:43:01,900 that that Saul and Jonathan died in battle and the News reaches 632 00:43:01,900 --> 00:43:05,800 the kingdom and all-out panic breaks out. 633 00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:11,100 And this nurse was unnamed begins to fear for mephibosheth 634 00:43:11,100 --> 00:43:14,200 because she realizes that they're coming after the Royal 635 00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:16,800 Line. Surely, he must be next. 636 00:43:18,100 --> 00:43:22,400 And so in her genuine care and a genuine love, she Scoops up. 637 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:26,700 Mephibosheth and she flees, but we're told she flees in haste 638 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:30,000 and we're not told the details. But at one point as she runs 639 00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:33,600 runs for, not just for her life, but for his life, she drops him. 640 00:43:34,700 --> 00:43:38,900 And those tender little legs. That vulnerable neck. 641 00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,500 That spine was affected. I don't know if she fell over 642 00:43:41,500 --> 00:43:42,800 something. I don't know if it was a 643 00:43:42,808 --> 00:43:44,600 balcony. I don't know if she crushed him 644 00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:47,000 when she fell with him. I don't know what it was but it 645 00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:50,100 was enough damage to make him paralyzed for the rest of his 646 00:43:50,100 --> 00:43:55,200 life. And what's good news about my 647 00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:58,000 fetish f? Is that we later see that David 648 00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:01,400 brings him in and allows him to sit at the table, the Royal 649 00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:04,900 table and to Feast with him because he promised he promised 650 00:44:04,900 --> 00:44:06,800 Jonathan that I will take care of your descendants. 651 00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:09,600 I will not do them harm and it's a picture of the Gospel. 652 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:13,300 It's a picture of the Gospel that you and I because of our 653 00:44:13,300 --> 00:44:19,200 first parents are crippled or crippled, but he who is the son 654 00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:23,600 of David brings us to his table. Although you and I have been 655 00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:27,500 fractured by Adam's sin, you and I are invited to Feast with 656 00:44:27,500 --> 00:44:31,000 Christ. What we see here is quite 657 00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:34,700 amazing, though, because there's a practical implication that 658 00:44:34,700 --> 00:44:38,200 this woman, this woman who is almost like a mother figure to 659 00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:43,500 the feather shot was overcome by fear to such a point that she 660 00:44:43,500 --> 00:44:45,500 acted in haste and she lost Mobility. 661 00:44:45,500 --> 00:44:50,700 She lost focus and it caused more harm. 662 00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:56,300 Than it did blessing. I think, I think a lot of 663 00:44:56,300 --> 00:44:59,800 parents can fall into that trap. Think a lot of parents out of 664 00:45:00,100 --> 00:45:03,800 great anxiety. Begin to operate more in the 665 00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:07,600 flesh than in the spirit and they Implement certain 666 00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:11,500 principles and disciplines that ultimately hurt their children 667 00:45:11,500 --> 00:45:13,600 more than actually help them flourish and grow. 668 00:45:16,100 --> 00:45:19,500 And so, although you and I look into the Horizon of our world 669 00:45:19,500 --> 00:45:23,800 and we hear about threats that will probably come to our 670 00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:25,800 children that are, in fact, not even, it's not even. 671 00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:30,100 Solid more are targeted towards our children, may, we not erupt 672 00:45:30,700 --> 00:45:34,500 which such fear to the point where we hurt more than we help. 673 00:45:36,700 --> 00:45:39,500 Because here is the example to follow and it's not an example 674 00:45:39,500 --> 00:45:40,800 that I'm pulling out as an example. 675 00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:43,400 It's an example that God gives it's incredible. 676 00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:47,400 That when you go to that Hall of faith and Hebrews 11 we think of 677 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:51,500 men like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob Samuel. 678 00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:56,100 Moses. But tucked in all of that. 679 00:45:57,400 --> 00:46:03,700 Are Moses parents. God, highlighted the faith. 680 00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:09,000 Of a mother and a father that we just Brush by in the book of 681 00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:11,700 Exodus. And I want you to leave with 682 00:46:11,700 --> 00:46:15,500 this truth, as we look out and we see that it's only getting 683 00:46:15,500 --> 00:46:21,800 lumiar and darker to not in haste, not in flesh, respond to 684 00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:26,900 our children, Without faith in God, would you turn there in 685 00:46:26,900 --> 00:46:29,400 Hebrews 11 23 as we close together? 686 00:46:38,500 --> 00:46:41,400 I want to tell you today, that there is no reason to fear the 687 00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:46,000 dangers in our world, to the point, where we lose our faith 688 00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:49,200 in God's Sovereign will, and Sovereign wisdom. 689 00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:51,900 Here's the faith of Moses parents. 690 00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:58,300 By faith, Moses. When he was born, was hidden for 691 00:46:58,300 --> 00:47:03,700 three months by his parents because they saw that the child 692 00:47:03,700 --> 00:47:09,900 was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king's edict. 693 00:47:12,300 --> 00:47:15,100 Put yourself in their sandals for a moment. 694 00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:19,000 Imagine a law that passes in America. 695 00:47:20,100 --> 00:47:25,200 That every Christian male that is born must be killed. 696 00:47:27,100 --> 00:47:30,600 And there are surveillance and there are people knocking at 697 00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:34,300 your door. And there are people wanting to 698 00:47:34,300 --> 00:47:38,800 see if you have a baby boy in your house. 699 00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:44,600 That was the edict. I don't think many young couples 700 00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:46,200 would be encouraged to have babies. 701 00:47:47,500 --> 00:47:51,200 I have a feeling that many people would delay on obeying, 702 00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:58,300 be fruitful and multiply but this couple, they weren't 703 00:47:58,300 --> 00:48:01,400 afraid. They weren't afraid you think. 704 00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:04,000 I don't know if I agree with that because that seems unwise. 705 00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:07,400 If that's the case I'm going to hold off and having a child, I'm 706 00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:12,200 going to wait until this passes by, they were not afraid because 707 00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:14,500 God said something and they trusted it be fruitful and 708 00:48:14,500 --> 00:48:18,000 multiply we're going to be fruitful and multiply now being 709 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:21,400 Fearless is not the same as being foolish because what do 710 00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:24,500 you read there that they still hit him for three months? 711 00:48:25,700 --> 00:48:29,700 They still protected him, they didn't expose him to Danger, see 712 00:48:29,700 --> 00:48:33,000 it's not Faith to say well God's in control so let's just throw 713 00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:37,100 our kids into the lions den. Know There's wisdom that he 714 00:48:37,100 --> 00:48:40,600 should be applied still, but there's also a faith that God is 715 00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:45,700 in control, even over Kings and their edicts even over the media 716 00:48:45,700 --> 00:48:47,800 and the, the songs and all those things. 717 00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:51,400 And the growing corruption in the land, god is Sovereign even 718 00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:56,300 over that because he has an intent with your family and just 719 00:48:56,300 --> 00:48:58,800 like Moses. I don't know if when they saw 720 00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:00,500 that he was beautiful. They saw that. 721 00:49:00,500 --> 00:49:03,600 There was a destiny that he was to fulfill many people debate. 722 00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:05,700 What they meant by this? What? 723 00:49:05,900 --> 00:49:08,200 It that they saw, was it? Because he was a beautiful baby 724 00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:09,100 like all. He's beautiful. 725 00:49:09,100 --> 00:49:11,600 So we better keep him. I doubt that is what it is. 726 00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:15,200 But perhaps it is that they saw that there was a special calling 727 00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:18,800 on Moses. And they wanted to protect him. 728 00:49:20,300 --> 00:49:23,700 And this faith in God was so great for their child. 729 00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:29,000 That these slaves, these immigrants in a different land. 730 00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:33,400 Could stand up to the king because they knew that their God 731 00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:36,600 was on their side and they knew that their child has been 732 00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:38,900 dedicated to the true and living God. 733 00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:44,200 They were not afraid because they were not afraid. 734 00:49:46,200 --> 00:49:50,900 You read later on in the same, the same text that when Moses 735 00:49:50,900 --> 00:49:52,900 grew up, actually. Let's turn there. 736 00:49:53,500 --> 00:49:57,500 Look what happened to Moses as a result of the faith of his 737 00:49:57,500 --> 00:50:00,300 parents. Verse 27. 738 00:50:01,300 --> 00:50:04,100 By faith. He left, Egypt. 739 00:50:04,500 --> 00:50:10,800 Not being afraid. Not being afraid of the anger of 740 00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:12,800 the king. Where did he learn that from Mom 741 00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:17,100 and Dad? His faith. 742 00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:22,100 His fearlessness. Was something that he received 743 00:50:22,100 --> 00:50:26,700 from to Fearless parents. And he can trust in God because 744 00:50:26,700 --> 00:50:33,200 Mom and Dad trusted in God. and I want to tell you today, That 745 00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:35,100 like, these parents over their child or your child. 746 00:50:35,100 --> 00:50:39,200 May not be a Moses. The child may not be a preacher. 747 00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:45,400 Believe that God's design God's intent for your children is that 748 00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:48,600 they would be used by him. It be used by him. 749 00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:54,300 Today, as we start this New Year, we're going to dedicate a 750 00:50:54,300 --> 00:50:57,600 portion of our time to pray for our families to pray for our 751 00:50:57,600 --> 00:51:01,000 children. And if your child is Wayward 752 00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:04,900 tonight, this afternoon, if your child is not what you thought, 753 00:51:04,900 --> 00:51:08,100 he or she would be though, you have prayed invested so much. 754 00:51:09,700 --> 00:51:13,500 I can't stop but think of Samson that guy caused a lot of 755 00:51:13,500 --> 00:51:17,900 Heartache to his mom and dad and they were Godly. you know, what 756 00:51:17,900 --> 00:51:22,000 happened to Samson, his whole life was a train wreck, but at 757 00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:25,600 the final moments, he turned to God. 758 00:51:27,700 --> 00:51:33,200 Without Eyes without hair humbled and stripped of dignity. 759 00:51:34,300 --> 00:51:36,000 He was included in the Hall of faith. 760 00:51:38,200 --> 00:51:40,300 I want you to leave here. Encouraged today? 761 00:51:40,900 --> 00:51:43,800 Yes, it's going to get worse out there with with families and 762 00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:48,300 children, but that means you and I have a chance to disciple a 763 00:51:48,300 --> 00:51:51,200 generation that will shine all the brighter for the glory of 764 00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:53,000 God. God is with you. 765 00:51:53,500 --> 00:51:57,500 He hears you, he sees you and he loves your children more than 766 00:51:57,500 --> 00:52:01,600 you love them. You keep praying for them, you 767 00:52:01,600 --> 00:52:03,700 keep loving them. You keep having fun with them. 768 00:52:04,100 --> 00:52:06,700 Don't be afraid to sit with them and to talk to them about Sin. 769 00:52:06,700 --> 00:52:08,300 The world is teaching them about Sin. 770 00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:12,000 If we're not going to disciple them, if we're not going to have 771 00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:14,100 those honest conversations, the world, gladly will. 772 00:52:16,100 --> 00:52:18,200 And let's not just believe I'm ending it here. 773 00:52:18,600 --> 00:52:21,200 Let's not just believe that our children will be protected. 774 00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:23,300 That's one benefit, that's one side of the coin. 775 00:52:23,300 --> 00:52:25,500 Let's believe that they will go back and Pierce. 776 00:52:25,500 --> 00:52:29,700 The Darkness as they are filled with the holy spirit of God. 777 00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:35,600 Believe God for your children as Moses believed God. 778 00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:41,100 As his parents believe, God for him. 779 00:52:42,300 --> 00:52:43,800 No. Need to fear this new year. 780 00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:46,500 God is with us. Let's pray. 781 00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:57,100 Let's pray. Shall we pray? 782 00:52:57,100 --> 00:52:58,800 I can I have somebody on the keys. 783 00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:01,700 Please. Just to kind of drowned out. 784 00:53:01,700 --> 00:53:03,700 Any thoughts or distractions? Thank you Laurie. 785 00:53:03,900 --> 00:53:07,500 Here's what we're going to do. If you're with your wife, if 786 00:53:07,500 --> 00:53:09,800 you're with your husband, pray for your children in this 787 00:53:09,800 --> 00:53:13,300 moment. If you are siblings, if you feel 788 00:53:13,300 --> 00:53:15,400 like you want, if your parents are here, go and pray with your 789 00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:18,500 parents. Let's be intentional about this. 790 00:53:18,500 --> 00:53:19,300 Okay. We're not going to hear 791 00:53:19,300 --> 00:53:21,200 something like this and then just wave it off. 792 00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:24,600 Let's be intentional about this. If this is the, if this is the 793 00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:27,700 prophetic word for the generations leading to Christ, 794 00:53:27,700 --> 00:53:29,900 let's dedicate our hearts. All the more to Christ. 795 00:53:29,900 --> 00:53:32,000 Let's pray for our family. So you have the right now at 796 00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:35,300 this moment to get up and move closer to your parents, to your 797 00:53:35,300 --> 00:53:38,600 spouse wherever, Baby and let's just spend time to pray for 798 00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:39,200 them. Okay. 799 00:53:39,500 --> 00:53:41,100 Shake It Off. I know it's not the routine 800 00:53:41,100 --> 00:53:43,800 service but it's okay. Let's let the spirit of God lead 801 00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:46,300 us. So just In This Moment now, pray 802 00:53:46,300 --> 00:53:50,000 with your spouse, pray for the Salvation of your daughter, pray 803 00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:53,800 for the Salvation of your son. Pray that God would use them. 804 00:53:54,900 --> 00:53:56,100 Pray that God would protect them.