Second Samuel, chapter 6. Students brains, that's where
we're at tonight. And this will not be our last
week. In this chapter, we will We'll
cover it all by the. Hang tight and enjoy the
journey. Second, Samuel chapter 6, are
you there? if you there, meet me in verse
9, We're going to read this in a moment but want us to pray one
more time, my brother just pray but doesn't hurt to Pray Again.
Just come with your heart before the Lord as the word is open.
Before you And realize that we are here in his presence before
the Eternal decree of God. And Lord, we thank you that you
have given us your word. Thank you.
That you did the miracle of the new birth in each of us.
And the evidence at least one Mark, is that we hunger for the
word as a newborn baby does for milk Lord?
We thank you that that appetite is there, but we do not want
milk. We want meat, we want to grow
and be nourished. In the things of God.
The Deep things of God. And though we know that it is
not enough to have your word before us and to be able to
cleverly put things together, we need the Holy Spirit, to open
our minds and to burn within our hearts.
And so Lord, we just pray that you would have your way through
this text into our lives. That every man disappear but let
Christ be seen Christ be heard and Christ be cherished.
As a result of our time together.
We ask these things in Jesus name.
Amen. If you were not here two weeks
ago, we began our analysis of David's expedition to retrieve
the Ark of the Covenant that was abandoned for 70-something years
in the outskirts of Jerusalem and further out miles out from
that main city. And David here has this praise
worthy ambition to get this Arc and to find a permanent.
Imminent and honorable home for this, symbol of God's divine
presence on Earth with his people.
And that Journey that mission is covered in this one chapter but
you and I are going to discover that it was accomplished into
Ventures, not because it required two assignments to get
the job done. But because David royally no pun
intended failed in his initial attempt to get the arc and so it
would require for him to plan and execute a second effort and
it will be proven Successful to have God's presence where he
believed that belonged. Now, why did David fail?
Very simply because he assumed that he can apply his own ideas
and how to deal with the Holy things of God.
And because of his willful neglect of the revealed will of
God. And on top of that, his adoption
of worldly methods in order to accomplish a holy thing, a good
thing. Divine discipline was in sued
instead of divine blessing, And so David's little parade with
the thousands of people who are celebrating that moment.
Quickly turn into a funeral. They're lying men.
Dead swiftly, judged by God. And there's David with the other
staring at the scene with these mixed emotions.
Now, rushing into his bosom, not knowing our first, what to do.
But now on this day on this night, we go back to that day to
see what David will do. What is his response?
When and how will he move forward to carry out what he
believed God impressed on his heart to do for his glory.
And so this is what we're going to do.
We're going to read a few verses going to open it up and ask
again remember our tool belts are on to see what it is that we
think the Lord is trying to say from an initial standpoint of
the text verse 9. Remember we're on that day.
There's uzza dead on the threshing floor of Macon, there
are the thousands who stopped their instruments, playing and
verse 9. We see and David was afraid of
the Lord that day and he said how can the Ark of the Lord come
to me. So David was not willing to take
the Ark of the Lord into the city of David, but David took it
aside to the house of obededom the gittite And the Ark of the
Lord remained In The House of obededom, the gittite three
months and the Lord bless obededom and all his household.
And it was told King David, the Lord has blessed the household
of obededom and all that belongs to him because of the Ark of
God. So David went and brought up the
Ark of God from the house of obededom to the city of David
with rejoicing. And when those Who Bore the Ark
of the Lord had gone, six steps, he sacrificed an ox, and a
fatten animal and David danced before the Lord, with all his
might, and David was wearing a linen ephod.
So David and all the house of Israel, brought up the Ark of
the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the horn.
What stands out? What stands out?
Yes. House of obededom.
Yeah. Okay.
Good question. Who are the good times?
So that's an observation and an important one.
Anything else. There's a lot here.
A lot. What else?
Stands out. Amen.
The blessing that obit at a Edom experience.
For three months was in direct correlation to the presence of
God abiding in that home huge. Yes.
Yeah, so wasn't until the blessing was known.
That David was stirred to say. I want that for myself.
I want this for the nation. Absolutely.
Yes. A lot of emotion there.
Yeah, there's a lot of people scared of emotion in the church
for some reason. We'll cover David dancing next
week. So if you were looking forward
to understanding, what, David dancing meant you have to come
next week. There's just too much in here
before we get to that point. But good observation, anything
else, great observations? Yes.
The cart.
Yes. Very good.
They did not implement the new cards approach this time, we're
going to find out exactly how they did it.
Very important. Yes great.
Anything else? Yes.
Well it's interesting that open
edom's name is repeated. Many times in this tax, isn't it
good? Observation stick around
anything else? Yes.
Isn't that interesting? Yeah.
After six steps, they made a sacrifice an animal sacrifice.
Is that required? Or is it over the top?
Hmm, see what I did there. Anything else?
Good observations. Yes.
What is David doing? Wearing the attire that belonged
to the priests? Very, very, very important
observation. Yes, cookies.
Yes. Yes, good.
So you went the 1st Chronicles 15, which is a huge part of this
Bible study. David went to the word of God.
During those three months, there is no doubt about it.
He Revisited the scriptures to know how to go about this whole
endeavor. Beautiful.
Observation may be a couple of more so we can move on anything
else. Yes, you wanted to bless
Jerusalem and he will. Yes, he will do that.
Anything else. One more.
Go ahead. Good balance, right?
He does. Well, you know, and I think from
last week or two weeks ago, we heard how how our flesh kind of
gets all worked up around the story with who's a dime, because
we go that, how is that fair? How can, how can I choose to be
doing a good thing? And God disciplining for that,
he was just trying to help and we came to the conclusion that
we not. How did God not strike all of
them dead. Not just who's out.
There is a particular instruction.
In Numbers, Chapter 4, you don't have to turn there that He said
God's mercy was even being shown while killing Musa.
What was supposed to be done with the Holy things when it was
Winter supposed to be transported from one location to
the next, a lot of things were supposed to be done and one
thing that we have every reason to say didn't happen in this
text and that was to cover. Remember they were to literally
cover the different articles in the Tabernacle so that the human
eye would not be hold those holy things.
There's no indication that they cover the ark.
There is no indication that they handled it the way that the
scriptures prescribed, and it took 20 to touch it before God
intervened and judged. And so God's mercy was already
at work with the various Miss handlings, leading up to Z
touching the ark. And so, we have to understand
that God here is not, he does have a bad day and a good day.
God is good. All the time, all the time
consecutively, he is Always faithful.
He is Holy and he is loved and we will see how David responds
to the Holiness of God in verse 9.
David was afraid of the Lord that day.
Question, healthy fear or unhealthy fear Godly fear that
the Bible commands or ungodly fear that the Bible condemns.
What do you think, who says healthy fear?
Who says unhealthy fear? Interesting.
That is the most hands. I've seen whenever asked that
question on a Friday night and I've done it for seven years.
Thank you for participating in that.
Yes. Isn't that amazing?
He feared, God that day. And I believe we can come to a
clear conclusion by asking two questions.
So we're going to see where we're going to land here based
on these two questions. Number one, why was he afraid?
It's very straightforward as a not.
He was struck with fear because Moosa was struck dead and David
had every right to think this can happen to me any second now,
and he was so he was under that dread realizing that God's
discipline is active, it is Swift and sometimes can be
immediate. And so now adrenaline is pumping
in his veins and he realizes this is not a God that you can
play with. But that doesn't really give us
a confident answer because all of us should have an awareness
of God's discipline. Even as his children, all of us
should approach him with caution.
All of us should understand that his word is not to be tampered
with to our liking. We should all live with that.
I believe it's the second question which is what did this
fear encourage David to do? The helps us know whether it was
a healthy fear or unhealthy fear what did this?
This fear cause David to do. He pushes the presence of God
away. He disses himself from the Lord
and that is enough for us to say he is operating under a slavish
fear. Because there are those who have
this concept of God that he is just he is Holy but they fail to
see him in his totality. And so the only thing that they
register and their understanding of God is he will judge me, I've
rebelled against him. I I fail to remain in a place of
consistent Holiness and I'm going to pay for it one day and
the reaction to that caused them to do at least one or two
things. One to reject the concept of All
together and to try to silence their conscience until they feel
like they have Liberty to do what they want without this
disturbance, that one day that there's going to be
accountability here. And the second thing is to not
dismiss the reality of God, but to create an idol.
And his name is Jesus, and he's loving and he's good and he will
never harm anyone. You would never judge anyone and
he Winks at my sin and he'll embrace me at the end of it all.
In fact, he'll Embrace everybody at the end of it all.
So you see there is this type of fear that causes us to Shun God
or to change God, and both are wrong.
Both are evils. And David hears is kind of doing
that. He's saying I'm standing away
from the I don't want to deal with this.
And it's really a reaction that you see throughout the
scriptures when people are in the wrong type of fear of God.
So let me give an example, Mount Sinai.
God shows up and displays his Splendor and His Majesty in a
way that literally caused the people to shake in their sandals
and an Exodus 20, 20, Moses instructs, the people to run
from that kind of fear to escape that kind of Here.
And he says it's so clearly and I want you to hear these words,
he says to the people do not fear in Exodus, 20 20.
That's an easy versus food remember for God, has come to
test you that the fear of him, maybe before you that you may
not send. I always I always use that
scripture to teach on the fear of God.
That's one of my go-to references.
Do not fear. God has come to test you to fear
will hold on. You just told me not to do it.
Now, you're telling me to do it two types of fear.
Two types of fear. And the fear here that the
people are operating under the same, kind of feel that David
was under. Because look at verse 21, the
people stood far off, We don't want to come close to this God.
We don't want to deal with them. We don't want any kind of
relationship with him. And then what you see, Moses
exemplifying the exact opposite attitude, the people stood far
off while Moses Drew near. The people people stefanov,
while Moses went into the thick Darkness into the very same
thing that the people were terrified about Moses was
compelled to commune with. So, there is a revelation of the
beauty of the Lord. The Holiness of who he is, that
causes you to actually come to him and not run from him and
that coming to him that magnetic pulled also cause you to shun
the evil that would offend him. Joyfully gladly that is the
exact same thing that we see with Moses posture here.
He has his healthy reverence, he knows who God is, but it doesn't
discourage him. It doesn't cause him to be in
dismay, it causes him to run to Origin.
So, one element of the fear of the Lord is.
Yes, there is. There is a sense of Aw, but
there's also this fear of hurting the one that I love.
That is an ingredient within the, the Theology of the fear of
God. When you love someone, you fear
to hurt that person, you've probably given a gift to
somebody, and it was a surprise gift.
And when they received it, they just reacted in a way that was
beyond your expectation and you exhale, you say I was afraid
that you wouldn't love it. I think that is a part of the
fear of the Lord, as much as I believe that it is also an ask
me that cause you to tremble, literally tremble before him.
And so David here, unfortunately, pushes God away.
And says I don't I don't want anything to do this.
God and I take something else from this text that there are
those who are deceived them believing that if I draw closer
to God or if I open my life to the presence of God the lordship
of Jesus Christ, then it's going to be a burden more than it is a
blessing. And so I'm not interested.
And it's a perception that he is a stingy.
God, who just wants to suck the life out of you.
He wants to, he wants to hinder your happiness.
He wants to, he wants to bring limitation to your movement in
life, you know, it's good for you.
It's like, it's like his commands are like broccoli.
You know, it's good for you, but you don't really like the taste
of it. And sin is like the chocolate
sundae that you just, you're always wanting but you know that
it's going to hurt you in the end.
This is that's not only wrong, that's detrimental to believe
that. And I've heard people say I'm
afraid that God's going to lead me in a direction that I don't
want to go. He's going to make me marry
somebody that. I don't want to marry is going
to make me move somewhere. I don't want to move and so it
doesn't really seem like there's a payoff to the lordship of
Christ. I think I will remain autonomous
of my existence. And so if that's you and it's
very likely that some even one person more than one person
might be tempted to think that from time to time realize that
David is going to learn a lesson is going to show them the exact
opposite that when you give your heart to him, God gives so much
more than you can imagine so much more than you can
comprehend. So David says, I don't want it.
This is, this is more than I thought.
I can't handle it and he takes a break for three months.
That very thing that stirred him to the point where he recruited
the nation to join him on this project.
Now, he just puts it aside, he goes back to his throne.
He goes back to his headquarters and just three months of doing
day-to-day, who knows what until the news reaches his Palace?
God is blessing obededom. But David took it aside to the
house of obededom to get tight and he's going to find out very
soon that God's going to bless him.
But before we get to that point, our brother mentioned it more
than once. In two verses we hear about this
guy named obededom obededom obededom.
And David says obededom it's yours and we heard he's a good
tight. Why is that important?
There are many references to the good side.
One of the strongest references to the get tight is, is a guy
that his name rhymes with if--. Goliath the gittite later on.
In this book, he's going to be referred to as the get tight.
Which would mean perhaps that some would believe this, that
obededom is a Philistine. He's a gentile.
He's a foreigner within the nation's boundaries.
He could be someone who converted, we don't know.
But people think just because he is referred to as a good tight
then he is surely an outsider. And if that is the case and what
David's doing here might be a little bit cruel.
Because the last thing you see is God's Arc doing is judging
somebody and he goes I don't want it to be to me.
So like a hot potato. He passes it to the house of a
Philistine egos God. If you're gonna do anything to
do it in that guy's house. And we don't want to put that on
day because that's that's not clear.
It's just a thought but I don't believe he's a Philistine.
Does anybody remember the chapter and First Chronicles?
That paralleled the first attempt to David getting the
ark? First Chronicles wife, 13.
When you go to 1st Chronicles 15, you get the expanded details
of this event. That is Rich with insight about
what David thought what he said and how he went about all of
this. And it's in that chapter in
first Chronicles 15, that the name obededom shows up again and
there is a link between obededom and a certain occupation that I
believe it eliminates the possibility of him being a
Philistine. Would you like to see it?
So now, For the rest of this Bible study have one hand in
first Chronicles, 15, and the other hand.
In second, Samuel, chapter 6, go to 1st Chronicles 15.
I want your eyes to see the text for yourself.
And go to verse 24 quickly. And you're going to see
something that's important. We get a list of names of the
some of the Levites who went out to fetch for the arc from
obededom is home. And First Chronicles 1524, let
me just read this sheb Anaya, Jehoshaphat Nathanael homicide,
Zachariah Benaiah and Eleazar the priest, should blow the
trumpets before the Ark of God, obededom and G, hiya, were to be
Gatekeepers for the arc. You read on.
So David and the Elders of Israel and the commanders of the
thousands went to bring up the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord,
from the house of who obededom with rejoicing.
So seems like the context is suggesting that the same
obededom in verse 25 is the obedient and verse 24.
What was obededom going to do at one point?
Be a, what a gatekeeper who among the Israelites was allowed
to have any type of ministry, roll around the house of God,
The Levites. conclusion obededom was a levite, it was a levite
and there is arguments about what it means for him to be a
good tight, it can refer to one of the Cities there and Joshua
If that's the case in David, learn his lesson real quick.
He takes the ark and he sends it to obededom.
Someone who is much more qualified actually exclusively
qualified to be supervising, the Ark of God, and that's great.
But I still wonder when I learned that.
I still wonder about why obededom there was a bunch of
Levites and could it be though? It's not clear.
Could it be that obededom really, really wanted the Ark of
God in his home? Upon the assumption that he
became a gatekeeper. Meaning he was willing to occupy
a certain role that protected the Ark of the Covenant when it
would find a permanent home meaning what when the Ark of God
came to his home and it left his home after 3 months.
I don't want the presence of God to be away from me.
I'm willing to go where it goes. And so he goes online and
there's a position that David posted.
We're looking for a gatekeeper for the ark obededom is all
signed up. I want to be a gatekeeper.
I want to be as near as I can to the very presence of God and
it's no wonder you heard it when it came to his front step and it
entered into his Abode. God opened the heavens and
showered blessing upon blessing, not just on him, but on all that
he had and he tasted the goodness of God and he couldn't
live on without it. That's what I believe what
happened to obededom, a levite who hunger for God's presence.
And I believe David as a man after God's heart perceive that
and allowed the Arctic go to his home.
And once it left his home, obedience is, I must have it.
I understand that God has his own home, but I want to make my
home where he is and so he goes and for the rest of his life,
presumably he stood at that gate.
Just enjoying the fact that he was as near as he could be the
presence of God. Interestingly.
When the ark was in the house of abinadab for 20 years, remember
that did we get any such description about blessings on
his home? No.
And it makes you wonder why when you see the attitude of uzza
years later you kind of can put the two and two together.
But with this man there is blessing for three months and I
think it's beyond the fact that he was an Israelite.
I think it was more than he was a levite.
I believe is the way that he honored God's presence and
because he honored God's presence, God blessed him.
It is day to day. Should it be any different when
you open your heart to the Lord? Jesus Christ.
No, the ark is a shadow of Christ who tabernacled Among Us,
the glory of God. And when you open your life to
him, the home of your heart, scripture says that he abides in
that heart, meaning he lives there.
Well, that implies many things and one of those things is, what
you see in obededom is life. There should be tangible
evidence that he lives there, huh?
I want you to think about it. We don't have a detailed list of
the things that we're blessed wants to our came in.
But one thing is for certain, the people who knew obededom,
perceived, this man is blessed. And they could not separate his
blessing from the priest. And some God to the point that
they were talking about it with one another until it reached,
the capital of Israel. Here's what I'm proposing to you
today. When Christ lives in us, there
should be things flowing out of us that others who study us,
long enough can say, there's something different, there's
something different. And there are so many examples
of this in the New Testament and one that came to mind is a fit,
very famous passage that people often refer to, in order to
encourage the, people of God, to know how to do apologetics and
to know enough about the faith so that you can And yourself.
When somebody says, why do you have this hope what reference is
that? First.
Yes. Three. 15, so turn there, and I
want you to see that for yourself first, Peter 3:15
notice what Peter says about. Believers, there's something in
them. There's something in them.
There's something in US. And first Peter 3:15.
People of memorize this verse, it's a well-known scripture, but
in your hearts honor Christ, the lord, as holy always being
prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason
for the hope that is in you yet do it with gentleness and
respect. So I've seen many people come to
this, Texas a church. We need to know how to defend
our faith. We need to know how to answer
people's objections and skepticism.
So here's some resources, and here's some Isabel
understandings of the belief of this faith and not faith.
And this is how you can answer it.
That's good, that's important. It's so much deeper than that.
My whole life. When I've heard people refer to
this text, they refer to the second part and I rarely hear
them use the first part because here's here's my question.
Coming to this verse, I love asking the Bible questions.
And one of the things I asked is well, why would anyone even ask
me about the hope that is in me unless there's something about
me that causes them to ask? Is that a valid question?
Why would anybody say hey can you explain this hope that you
have in this thing that you call the gospel?
Why would anybody even ask that to begin with unless there is
something observable for them to be curious?
So, I put that question aside and here's my other question and
I think it's a more important question.
How? How and what needs to be done in
order for that possibility to be more real?
What is it that needs to be done in me for people to say, hey,
why do you have this hope? And the answer is in the same
verse Did you see it? What was the first instruction
before knowing how to defend your faith?
Verse 15. Honor Christ.
As hope. Be honest, maybe you have heard,
I have it. I have never ever heard anybody
refer to that instruction. Before completing this verse,
what does it mean to honor Christ?
Is holding some translations, I'm curious.
What does it say in the King James sky?
I like that sanctify, the Lord, as holy Okay.
Sanctify him. Which that word Sanctified means
to set apart which implies to make holy Sanctify.
The Lord or in your hearts. Honor Christ as holy.
What does that mean? Because it influences the second
part by the way and if we're Christians were serious about
our witness then we won't be just serious about gathering
information and knowing how to answer difficult questions will
be serious about the first part just as much.
Honor Christ, as holy. Here's what it means in your
heart. In your heart Elevate Christ, to
be the primary object of your affection of your Adoration of
your devotion of your submission.
That's what it means. Let him have preeminence over
your life. Let him be the head.
Let him be the control center. Let him be everything to you.
That's what it means. Let him have a category of love
in your heart that nothing else will be.
Challenging. That's what it means to honor
crisis, holy sanctify him Elevate them exalt him, place
them there as a supreme treasure and the light of who you are.
And here's here's what will happen when you do that.
It will do something in you and through you to such a degree
that others will say possibly there's something different
about you. Can I know more?
And I wonder if this part has been neglected and the emphasis
on just stuffing our minds with the ability to know how to
answer Muslims and Buddhists and Mormons.
I wonder if our witness has been hindered because we haven't done
the first part. Honor Christ is Holy.
Something is unlocked.
Their something happens, they're just like oh but edom's home
because he treated it with this reverence and when he treated
with such Holiness, all the blessings started to flow,
something started to Sparkle, something started to shine to
the point where it was radiating out of the windows.
And people were saying, oh, to be you, something's happening
here knocking on his door. What's going on here?
Oh, it's the are Ever since it came just changed everything.
Do you see the connection? Do you see the connection honor
crisis? Holy and it can have such a
radiating effect that people who walk by or people who are around
you long enough can say, Why is it that you are this way?
And in fact, when you understand the hope, That Peter is calling
the Believers to have. And to explain it has a context.
In the context is in verse 14. So you're still there, right?
Look at verse 14. And notice what Peter says.
But even if you should suffer for righteousness sake, you will
be blessed. Have no fear of them nor be
troubled. And then he goes on to say,
honor Christ, but honor Christ in your heart.
As holy, Peter is speaking to persecuted Christians who are
suffering at the hands of authorities who are Godless and
making their lives difficult. And it is with that context.
She says Christ is in you. and because Christ is in you, even
though you were suffering for righteousness sake, you have the
ability to cause others who see that you are suffering to say,
how is it that you're able to have so much hope?
Even though these things are happening to you, even though
they fired you, even though the taking away your possessions,
even though there's slandering your name, how is it that you
have hope? So I argue just like obededom
things have Their Blessings. This piece, this Joy, the
stability, and what a word for us in this day.
People are fearful, people are questioning, people are in
panic. He had to church.
The church should be strong. And Shining with this hole,
Brothers. Who say what is it?
How is it that you guys are not affected by what's happening?
And so I want to tell you today, do you long for that?
If you long for things to impact others, it begins within your
hearts, honoring crisis. Holy, that's where it's our and
let the let the rest just flow. Let the rest just happen.
You'd be amazed you'd be amazed to see how people will take
notice. Even though they don't vocalize
it, they will take notice. So we come back to 2nd Samuel.
The news about the blessings, eventually reached David.
And in awakened him, I want this for my life.
I want this for the nation. But this time he was going to go
about it in a completely different way.
And we heard the first Chronicles 15, right?
You want to see how he did it? We heard it already, but in
first Chronicles 15, remember, one hand and second, Samuel, one
hand and First Chronicles, so should be able to flip back and
forth easily in first Chronicles 15 he says a lot.
But notice what he says in verse 12 and First Chronicles 15 he
looks at the Levites and now again Your tool belt is on.
I want you to notice it. Give me some things that you
see. When I read this, that are
important. And said to them, you are the
heads of the fathers, houses of the Levites consecrate
yourselves, you, and your brother's.
So that you may bring up the Ark of the Lord, the god of Israel
to the place that I have prepared for it because you did
not carry it. The first time, the Lord, Our
God broke out against us because we did not seek Him.
According to the rule, What stands out to this?
Two things come to mind. I'm sure they're more but
there's two things that are vital.
What stands out to this? What about this?
His mistake. He says we didn't do it the way.
The Bible says to do it. Let's go back to the book that's
the first thing in his own words.
We did not seek Him according to the rule and like our brother
said, I'm sure David went back to his home and he asked for the
Scrolls. And if he was a righteous King
in this regard, he would had a copy of God's word.
According to Deuteronomy 17, he would have studied And come to
the conclusion. We did it wrong.
Some would say that he knew what he was doing wrong, that could
be true as well. Regardless, he went back to the
source, the answers were there, we have to do it according to
the rule. And, you know, here's the thing,
somebody said, it two weeks ago when we looked at David's
initial humility, when remember First Chronicles 13?
He asked the leaders and he asked the people.
Hey, what do you guys think? If we grab the ark, we praise
them for his humility there. We said wow, what a leader, he
didn't force himself on others, his spirituality was attractive,
it wasn't repulsive. And and there is a Grace that he
says why don't we go do this together?
My heart is for the presence of God.
Come on, let's do this. But here is his problem even in
that, he did not. Old God, a church, any ministry
will get in a lot of trouble when they treat Ministry and and
the local fold as a democracy. Meaning what we start asking
people their opinions and we take votes and stuff.
I'm not against congregationalism where they
have that system. I'm saying when we run to the
people, and when we think we can get their ideas and based on
their ideas will move forward, and don't go to the word we're
in trouble. The word has to have supreme
authority over all of us and that's where blessings come.
And so David here, he got a vote but he didn't get God's voice.
He got the majority but he didn't get God's approval.
So he says, we're going back to the world, that's where we're
safe. And that's where God will open
his Blessing. But there's a second thing he
didn't just say, we're going back to the rule.
He said something else initially, what is he saying?
Consecrate yourselves. You want to Modern version clean
up your life. That's what he's saying that's
important because to David, it wasn't enough for everybody to
cross every T into dot every I and to just have everything in
place. The way the Bible says, and then
just could do it with whoever no.
It's more than just having an accurate biblically accurate
Church government, it's more than having scripturally sound
hymns and worship songs. It's more than just preaching.
Verse by verse our pastor preaches biblically, it's more
than having everything in place because none of that means
anything. If those who occupy, those
ministerial positions are Unholy It wasn't just concerned about
doing the bare minimum here. Let's just just, let's just try
to do this and he says, no, no, no, we have to be holy our
personalized. I'd be right.
Not just me coming up on the stage and being somebody for for
half an hour and then I'm something else out there, you
know, we must consecrate ourselves.
And this is what he was calling for, and the people obeyed.
And so the sounds kind of daunting right?
I mean because we hear what we hear strict adherence, we hear a
high spiritual standard for those who would serve at any
capacity that sounds difficult. That sounds disheartening.
That sounds scary for some And so Satan would say rules rules.
Really God is not a god of rules, you don't have to worry
about that. God is flexible.
You can bend things around. It's all right.
Here's the thing, here's what's amazing.
When David did have his own way when he went for the ark
initially what did I do to him? What were the two emotions that
he felt? Fear was one in the what?
There was one before that anger. Behold the life of somebody who
wants to play it by their own rules.
You want to relate to God the way you think you want to relate
to God. You're not going to get his
Blessing, you're going to get turmoil, you're going to get
confusion, you're going to get hollowness.
You're going to get all this things that you don't want that.
You think you would Escape by saying, I'm going to do it my
way and in fact, you and Harold the total opposite And when
David does say consecrate yourselves, they obey when he
says, we're going back to the book and we're going to stay as
close as possible to the instructions of God, two things
happen. Two, things happen that didn't
happen when he said. I think that I'm just going to
walk with my own wisdom and my own understanding of what a
Christian should be two things happen.
You scroll down and look what happens in verse 25 and First
Chronicles 15. So David and the Elders of
Israel and the commanders of thousands went to bring up the
Ark of the Covenant of the Lord from the house of obededom with
what Rejoice rejoice in joy. genuine heartfelt deep-seated
joy in the place of what in the lane of ready for this rule,
keeping Actually taking God at his word, as, and trying to be
as close to obeying it as possible in that World.
The Joy open up. Jesus says these things I have
spoken to you that your joy may be full.
Even before they says that, my joy may be in, you understand?
That Christ wants to impart his joy, and it can only be
experienced in the place of these things.
I have spoken to you. Lord, what did you say?
I will do it. He says here's a joy and he says
my joy. You know what that means?
Supernatural, Joy Christ, being Supernatural himself saying I'm
going to give you something that nothing in this world can even
come close to and the place of obedience so Joy.
There is real Joy. Can I prove it to you?
Can I put you have seen miserable Christians my whole
life, I've seen them happy and sometimes and other times, just
miserable and the happiest you've ever been, right?
Is when you were closest to Jesus.
And when you got busy. And it began to affect your
schedule and it began to affect your time with the Lord and your
time here on the house of God, and you see now worldliness
creeping in you were distracted but you weren't joyful.
You had little fireworks of excitement, but it quickly
turned into smoke. The most miserable that you have
ever been is when you are furthest from God and the most
joyful, and the most energetic you've been is when you're
closest to, it's super easy. When you first got saved, what
happened? Your world revolves around
Christ and if felt like you were floating every day you can just
walk through walls. Almost nothing can stop you and
you see that is the joy that Christ wants us to walk in.
And that can only come when you're totally sold out there.
When you're like David, and you have these mixed Ambitions?
I want the Ark of God, but I want the new cart from
philistine. It's not going to happen and
here's what else not going to happen.
Look at the second thing that ensued in verse 26.
And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the
Ark of the Covenant of the Lord. They sacrifice seven, bowls and
seven Rams. What happened?
God, help them. God help them when they did it
with the new cart that God help them.
He let the things stumble, who's a put out his hand, he dies when
these men took the ark, put it on their shoulders with those
poles and they started to head towards Jerusalem it says God
came and he helped them And here's here's the messed-up
thing, right? We think that, if we do Church,
the worldly way, if we do our personal walk with the Lord, the
worldly way, it will be lighter, it'll be easier.
It'll be happier. All the while we stumble along
the way and yet the very thing that intimidates people, the
very thing that people don't believe can work like preaching
the Bible, just the way it is and having true church and not
just entertainment. And not trying to win people
with means that are silly and shallow when we do it, the way
God does it as much as it's demanding as much as it may not
be popular. God's help.
Is there he comes to assist you. Now that might not mean much to
you because you're not in a position of leadership in a
church. So let me personalize it.
God is ready to help you forgive.
Because you know why people don't forgive their empowered by
holding something against somebody else?
When you don't forgive you, I have something against you,
right? This is how sick we are, because
the person that hurt us, we let them know, we're still hurt, and
we see that that hurts them, and that makes us feel good.
That's sick. That's who we are though.
And so, when Jesus says, forgive forget the past, I don't hold
that person's past against them. Why are you keep bringing it up?
And you can't seem to do it. He's ready to help you.
But you have to step out in
obedience Purity, right? In the sexually-charged world.
You can't go on and any kind of Avenue on your phone.
You can't do almost anything in our city without some kind of
pornographic thing popping in your face.
Purity is a possible. It's possible.
He's ready to help you anger, anger rage.
Right. You're angry person, right?
He's ready to help you. With anything you think is so
difficult and you think that you can substitute it with your own
Silly ideas or excuses, let that die like uzza died.
Trust God's word, walk in faith and watch the help cop.
Watch his grace meet you in that place.
So, they experience this help. And they're walking, and they
sensed this grace. And we come back to 2nd Samuel
and we have two verses left and we're done.
If we thought that this was unusual.
David is going to do something. More unusual.
Somebody observed, in our initial reading verse 13 and
those Who Bore the Ark of the Lord had gone, six steps.
He sacrificed an ox and a fat and animal.
Here's my question, is that required in the law?
Is there any command that you can find in the Old Testament
says, when the arc goes out, six steps stop build an altar of
burnt some animals. No, it's not.
It's not found anywhere. Not even slightly suggested
anyway. So then what's the next
question? Why did he do it?
You have some who believe that David actually did this every
six steps and I can see how they can read that into it.
But there is a verse that challenges that idea.
He imagined every six step stopping and making a sacrifice.
I mean, as much as that sounds crazy, when you see what Solomon
did at the inauguration of the temple, he sacrificed thousands
upon thousands of animals, so then you're like, maybe it is
possible, but I don't think that's what David David is doing
your I think after the first six steps, right?
So you have these guys, they're carrying 12 and I'm not going to
do the six steps, David stop. Build an altar, get the animals.
Let's sacrifice unto the Lord. Any idea, why he did this?
Okay, you're on to something but not yet.
There's something there though, you're very close.
But why does he doing why is he doing this?
So, is there a connection between David not experiencing
God's judgment and him responding to that reality?
So there's that. Any other idea?
Okay, so to six steps to get out of the house and once they got
out of the house, like okay, here we are.
But what does that have to do with the sacrifice then?
What did you say? Because of what, You have it.
The answer is actually in the verse and First Chronicles 25
that we just covered, it's actually tells us right there
first Chronicles 15 verse 26 and because God helped the Levites
who were carrying the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord.
They sacrifice seven, bowls and seven Rams.
That's why So David knowing that, I don't know what he saw,
but he saw the Lord, assisting these men and blessing their
Journey even early on to the point.
Where says everyone stop. Let's give thanks to the Lord,
so they get the altar, they get the animals and they worship
God. And In the Flesh and the
natural, we would look at that and some would criticize and say
why are you taking your time? We don't need to do all of this,
we can get to Jerusalem. Faster, and have a bigger
celebration, you're hindering, the journey.
Come on, let's go. It's the same kind of critical
attitude that Mary of Bethany experienced.
Remember, when she broke open, that Alabaster flask imported an
anointed Jesus, and Judas. And the disciple says, why this
waste you didn't have to do this.
In fact, We could have used this for something else.
The enemy tends to try to convince us and the Flesh and
our own mind that we give more to God.
It's not really beneficial. There's no need to do more than
what he asks of us. Just do the bare minimum, give
him what he ordered and move on. Right?
But there are people and it's it breaks my heart to say that it's
not Collective. I wish it was.
But there are others who have experienced something of God,
who have tasted something like, David, tasted of the goodness of
God, seeing his help in the legs of these priests moving forward
to such a degree that they can't help.
But gold more than what God asked of them.
It's not legalism. If you're doing out of joy,
There are some people who say Sunday morning church his not
enough. I want to be in a house of God
as much as possible. I know some people schedules.
I'll permit that I'm talking about the heart desire.
How I want to be where the Lord's people are?
I want to hear more about God. I want to sing more to the Lord.
And so they come and you have people say why why is it Sunday
afternoon up? It's not legalism.
It's because they've been touched by the Lord.
You have people who pray and they don't just pray and give
God a grocery list, so they can go on with their day.
They pray and they stayed in a personalized, way, in a private
way. They Worship the Lord, they love
the Lord, they Adorn him with their praises and people think
it's strange. Why are you doing that?
Why? Why this sacrifice?
It's not, it's you don't have to do that.
I know I don't have to I want to He's worthy.
This is what he's done and it pulls something out of me.
More than just the bottom of the barrel.
Of my life. I think that's what David is
demonstrating here. He didn't have to, he wanted to,
I want to get to that place where I walk with the Lord,
where I understand what he's done in my life to such a degree
that it naturally, just pulls more out of me.
And I gladly, give it to him, let people criticize all they
want. People want to be spiritual
skeletons, looking to be spiritual skeletons.
He sacrifice an ox and with fatten animal but no one is what
he does. In verse 14, and this is where
we're concluding and David danced before the Lord and makes
people very uncomfortable. Something AMA Nations, more than
others. David danced before the Lord
with all his might? We'll cover that next week but
the second part of the verse is what you should look into.
David was wearing a linen. Ephod Linen ephod.
A Priestly garment. It's, it's there in the Old
Testament where that is a part of their outfit.
And some would look at this and say, there's no problem here
because David is actually demonstrated humility.
He disrobed himself from his royalty and he puts on a an
apron like things so that he can relate and blend in with the
priests and not stand out the arc, the presence of God.
That's the true king, not David, not David.
I'm just, I'm just an ordinary servant of God, like these
others who are going with me others would add to that and
say, well, Samuel little Samuel and first Samuel to we're told
that he wore Linden. Thought and so David, wearing it
is not a big deal but there's a problem there.
Samuel is is from what lineage? Is he from Judah?
Or is he from a different tribe? How could even become a priest?
A few was not a He was Levi, say it was a Levi.
He's one of the descendants of Korah.
So Samuel makes sense for him to wear a linen.
Ephod, Samuel was being raised up to be a priest and to give
him a little leaf onto it was cute.
And it was, it was a statement there that he was set apart unto
God. David is not from Levi.
David is from where. Jude, he's from the tribe of
Judah. There's a lot of if you continue
this chapter there, a lot of connotations there are a lot of
little hints of Priestly activity that David performs can
I give an example to scroll down to verse 18 very quickly.
And when David had finished, offering the burnt offerings and
the peace offerings. He blessed, the people, in the
name of the Lord of hosts, So someone say, that's not David
doing it, that's the priest doing it through his command,
okay? But even the second part, where
he blesses people, in the name of the Lord, that's what priests
do. So you get these hints of David
dressing like and acting like a what priest?
Somebody got in a lot of trouble for most for, assuming the role
of a priest. Remember him?
Yes. Saul did not wait for Samuel
early on in his ministry when he went to war with the Philistines
and he builds an altar and he performs a sacrifice and got
held it against them. David here.
Wearing a linen ephod. And if 18 we take it literally
he's somewhat participating in the offerings and he he assumes
this blessing upon others as though he has some kind of
authority Spiritual Authority. Why?
how is he chosen to be, what did he Okay, you have to prove it
though. Did God choose him to be a
priest? He's anointed by the Lord to be
a priest. He's a prophet.
He is a prophet acts tells us he's a prophet.
Okay, what does it say? Is that speaking about David
though? Why is David wearing a linen?
Ephod? Okay, so you, I see what you're
saying, maybe the priests allowed him to say David, it's
okay, you're, you're close to us.
We know who you are, you can have, I don't know.
That's, I understand where you're coming from.
That's a, that's a interesting way of looking at it.
You can see why people are wrestle with this, right?
And they just want to kind of just shoo it away to say, it's
not as a it's not a big deal for him to wear this, it's just a
cloth. It's not really the Priestly
garments and so they kind of just want to not deal with it.
A couple more before moving on. Why would this and you're going
to find out later on, in our studies second saying, I brought
this up to a few people, you can actually realize that we're told
in second Samuel, that David's Sons.
Were what? Priest.
What's happening here?
That's exclusive to the Levites. What are people from Judah doing
operating in the same capacity as priests will get there but
let's just deal with this for now.
A couple more in the Moon. Yeah.
Okay, so he's kind of filling in the role in the transition with
Samuel who is a prophet priest. I these are these are
interesting points for sure. Yes.
Great observation. Did you guys hear that when
David took the holy bread back in first Samuel, nothing nothing
happened to him, then when that was solely reserved for the
priests. So you have these again, you
have these little things that are happening in David's life
where he reaches into the lane of priesthood and he does a
couple things and God doesn't seem to intervene like he did
with saw one more of them and explain my Ah, did you hear
that? Is there something there?
In light of Jesus Christ. Okay, let's stop here.
Right. David wrote, one of the clearest
Messianic songs that is often quoted in the New Testament,
does anybody know what song I'm talking about?
22 is a good one, but not 22, not to.
That's a good one though. Nope, clothes. 110.
Go to Psalm 110. Once you see you're going to
say, oh, okay, I know it's something that that is Psalm
110. The Lord says to my Lord,
remember when Jesus used that. Sit at my right hand until I
make your enemies your footstool.
The Lord sends forth, from Zion, your Mighty scepter rule in the
midst of your enemies. David's son his descendant.
And remember, David wrote this song.
David's son. Would be his Lord.
And Jesus used that against the religious leaders of his day to
say, how could he be his son while also being his Lord?
He knew the scriptures is amazing.
And so David, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit,
at one point in his life, understood that my seed.
Will be the Messiah, God himself.
And as we read in verse two, Mighty scepter, rule in the
midst of your enemies. What is that?
What does that imply? He's going to be a king.
But just the king, go to verse 4.
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind.
You are priest forever. after the order of who not Aaron
Melchizedek, So, track with me here, David under the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit has a revelation, my seed.
My son will be king, but he will also be my Lord.
There's something Divine about that.
It goes beyond that though. He goes, not only is he going to
be a king, he's going to be a priest.
And here's was astounding. You never had a marriage of
those two roles. It was never legitimised in the
Old Testament, the kings were Kings.
The priests were priests, and whenever a king, try to be a
priest. Remember, remember was I right?
He went into the temple and he tried to give offering, and
80-something priest, right in. And they said, you're not
supposed to be doing that, and he was struck with Leprosy.
So Kings were in one lane. Priests were another, they there
was. But this, this this son of
David, there's gonna be like a hybrid.
He's going to be a king and a priest that alone is mind
blowing to the Jew, But it's even more than that because you
would think, okay, you are a priest Forever After the order
of Aaron. after the order of Melchizedek, Mackenzie deck is
only mentioned like really in three parts of the Bible.
Genesis Psalm 110 Hebrews chapter 7.
There's not much said about him. That's by Divine Design.
Hebrews tells us why God the Holy Spirit omit certain details
about Melchizedek namely. We don't know where he's from,
we don't know his lineage and we don't know when and how he died.
when is Melchizedek first mentioned in the Bible, Genesis
and 14 verse 18. You have to go there to see how
this relates to David to a certain extent.
Genesis 14 18, He was a king. you know, Genesis 14, 18,
Genesis 14, 18, And Melchizedek. King of Salem.
Brought out Bread and Wine like come on brought out Bread and
Wine. He was Priest of God, most high.
Now kids are the king of Salem brought out Bread and Wine.
He was Priest of God, most high. He appears out of nowhere
mysteriously just appears on the scene comes before Abraham.
Abraham recognizes something so Superior of him that he's
compelled to give a tithe to him Melchizedek blesses Abraham.
And as I said, the obscurity of Melchizedek the omission of
certain details, the author of Hebrews use, That to make a case
for Jesus. Don't lift your hand unless you
want to show me. Do you believe now?
Keswick was Jesus. He wasn't because in Hebrews 7,
we read that Melchizedek. Jesus coming from, his
priesthood was like him, he wasn't him.
So, Melchizedek is not Jesus, just to clarify that, right?
He's a separate individual. He's an actual priest.
And Jesus is priesthood. Comes from him. and the fact
that you don't know where he came from and how he left The
author of Hebrews uses that to make a case for the eternality
of Jesus in his divine nature and in his priesthood, its
unending, never had really a Jesus, never had a beginning.
He doesn't have an end and like Melchizedek the obscurity of the
blurriness around him is to signify that Jesus in the
literal substance form is without beginning Without End.
Tracking with me so far. Okay good.
I hope so. Just talk to me afterwards if
you didn't. So let's let's backtrack for a
second. David had a revelation, my son
is going to be a king, he's going to be my Lord but it's
also going to be a priest not after Aaron, but after
Melchizedek. Okay.
But when you come to Genesis 14 18, you realize that Melchizedek
there's individual Was a priest of God most high, but he was
also the king of Salem. West Salem.
Prove it. Sounds like Jerusalem.
If it's Jerusalem and this is, this is massive.
King of Salem. If you're a note taker or if you
have really good memory here's how you know Salem is Jerusalem.
Ready Psalm 76 verse 1 and verse 2, Psalm 76 verse 1 and verse 2
tells us That's Salem is Jerusalem.
In Judah, God is known. his name is great in Israel, his Abode
has been established where And Salem his Dwelling Place in
Zaire. Now, we know that the dwelling
place of God, what end up in Jerusalem and the author of this
song uses the ancient reference for Jerusalem that we find in
Genesis, 14, 18 and I believe the Holy Spirit did that by
Design. So that when you would see that
Melchizedek was the king of Salem, and you kept reading your
Bible and came to some 76. You would realize that Salem was
Jerusalem, So Melchizedek was the king of where Jerusalem at
one point. Jerusalem before it was
recognized as the city of David. Yes, but Jerusalem nonetheless.
Here's what I'm proposing. It's not dogmatic.
Could it be just, could it be that David being a prophet and
having a level of revelation of the Messiah, that would come
from his seed? He knew that his son would be a
king. My Lord, a priest, after the
order of Melchizedek and knowing Genesis Melchizedek was a king
and priest from where Jerusalem. My son one day is going to be
king and priest. We're in Jerusalem.
That's where we're waiting in the second coming.
He's going to come and set up his Rule and reign in Jerusalem.
Could it be that with that understanding when David became
king of Jerusalem in the very text that we are studying?
Maybe I'm allowed to wear a little ephod.
I'm king of Jerusalem. And Melchizedek priest king.
My son is going to be king and priest.
I'm not going to obstruct the lineage of air and I'm not gonna
obstruct what God is established through Aaron.
But let me just where literally fought for now and let me just
let me just help a little bit here with some of the sacrifice.
Let me just pronounce one blessing.
I wonder if David was just entertaining the thought knowing
what the Holy Spirit revealed about him his son and that royal
priesthood how there would come one day someone from Judah.
Who would have a greater priesthood than that of Aaron?
It would be a greater King than all the other kings that came
from David seed. Could it be that when you put
the pieces together in this moment?
David was just entertaining. The idea for himself knowing his
history and knowing his future is in the, the Bible.
Amazing is in the word of God. Wonderful.
Let's pray. Thank God for this.
But we are amazed at your word. We are overwhelmed by Your Word,
Lord. You are the author of this word.
We Rejoice at your word as a song.
Say we Rejoice at your word. Lord tonight on this Friday
evening. We want to thank you for
touching our hearts. Thank you, Lord, for the word
richly abiding in us and Lord. At this time, we respond to the
things that we have just listened to and absorbed.
And we give you glory and we say thank you Lord.
Thank you, Lord, that you have shown us that you living in us
at you being Lord. Over us, is a blessing is not a
burden. You don't destroy You don't kill
you, don't give less you, give more you complete, you bring
abundance and or we have all experienced that and we've
experienced a new level of it tonight.
Father, we thank you that you have graced us with this portion
and what we just want to with the remaining strength that we
have magnify your name and to extol you and to give praise to
the king and priest who is to come again Rule and Reign from
Jerusalem and that Lord, we would be We would be those who
are heirs with Christ be holding you and marveling at you.
Thank you for redeeming us, and thank you for promising that
future for us. Lord, we just, we give you
praise, we are overwhelmed, overjoyed and now we Channel.
This wonderful experience into Worship in Jesus name, we pray.
Amen. Any man.
Can we stand and Worship the Lord?
What? A mighty God we serve.
What a glorious. King we have.