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I'm eager to get into the ward 
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And so, would you meet me in 
second Samuel chapter 5? 

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It's been two weeks since we've 
come to this book. 

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And so, I'm especially excited 
to return to this text with you.

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Meet me in second Samuel chapter
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of the leaves, cease will pray. 
Lord. 

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We thank you for another Friday 
night for you have in your 

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sovereignty allowed us to be in 
this place. 

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Lord, it was our desire but more
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us to be in your house at this 
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And will we recognize that? 
And we are overwhelmed by the 

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privilege of being able to 
receive spiritual food for our 

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souls. 
And Lord, we ask that there 

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would be life in the delivery of
this study. 

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And they're also being openness 
in the reception of every word 

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that you have prepared for us, 
Lord, cancel every distraction 

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externally internally and Lord, 
would you subdue anything that 

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would try to exalt itself above 
or against the knowledge of God?

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We want to be molded and shaped 
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that you have predestined for us
that is our longing and our 

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yearning. 
Thank you. 

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That that desire? 
Loan is a miracle, granted by 

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the Holy Spirit we are fully 
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We are a product of your grace 
and power. 

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Now Lord made that Grace and 
power continued as you sanctify 

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us more and more in Jesus name. 
Amen. 

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For quite some time. 
You and I have been studying the

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life of David carefully 
throughout the scriptures as we 

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have taken the time to pause at 
almost every episode, that would

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try to record this man's 
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of Israel. 
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already from the days of David 
as a humble Shepherd boy, in his

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father's field. 
It was no small Expedition from 

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his days of his first encounter 
with the prophet Samuel to the 

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establishment of his government 
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But what felt so far? 
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here? 
Meaning as we open to this 

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chapter you and I are really 
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Fulfillment. 
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David's life. 
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was called to be the king of all
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And at this moment, he's about 
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to be crowned as such. 
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third and final anointing 
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at their Monumental things 
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are three anointings that David 
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The first one was a private 
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It was performed by Samuel at 
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David's, father. 
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public anointing. 
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place with the tribe of Judah, 
his Kinsman, where he became the

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ruler at Hebron. 
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final anointing which I would 
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anointing. 
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have the public and now you have
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climax so to speak of Is call 
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designated the ruler over every 
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Which was in fact, God's Will 
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And so as we arrived here to 
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coming to a new chapter in 
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chapter up to this point. 
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humble Shepherd, boy, the son of
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hero. 
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the servant of Saul A particular
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particular promotion was given 
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And he went from the servant of 
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Celebrity praise adored love 
cherished and he went from being

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the hero to The Fugitive of 
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He was exiled, he was driven out
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out of his familiarity Into the 
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And from there, we know that 
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Came the king of Judah and now 
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Israel from this moment on for 
the rest of our study, in this 

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book you and I will be whole 
just that we will examine the 

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life of David in the position 
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the ruler and the leader of this
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And it is in the first five 
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going to spend our study. 
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I thought we were going to go 
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you can't pass these five verses
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Estimation and what these five 
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really a summary of David's 
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But this summary, listen should 
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Because if you and I have the 
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know what God will say, he has 
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we would think are just 
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these verses. 
First one, then all the tribes 

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of Israel came to David. 
I'd had Braun and said, behold 

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we are your bone and flesh in 
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over us, it was you who let out 
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And the Lord said to you, you 
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Israel, and you shall be Prince 
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So all the Elders of Israel came
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David made a covenant with them 
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and they anointed David King 
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David was 30 years old when he 
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years at Hebron. 
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years in six months and had 
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Israel and Judah, 33 years You 
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Look at the first verse, and in 
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there are at least two things 
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a commendation of David. 
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condemnation of the general 
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One is a scornful thing 
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one is a praiseworthy thing 
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deal with the condemnation of 
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Notice here that some time has 
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Being remember, the king of 
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King of Israel. 
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passed? 
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number of years? 
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seven years for seven years, 
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One part of this nation. 
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same time, we learn here by 
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that during those seven years, 
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ought to be the king over all of
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Then they say that and the Lord 
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to, you shall be Shepherd Of My 
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So for seven years, at least 
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and understood that David was 
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Saul, but David, but throughout 
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unwilling and held back from 
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truth. 
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In fact let me be more specific.
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another example of the distress 
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comes from you You want to catch
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Obedience delayed obedience. 
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David ought to be the king and 
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towards that goal. 
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trusted in something else, they 
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they had the light, they had 
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decree. 
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David himself, proving his 
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leadership abilities being 
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before them. 
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is this, that this is a 
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reality of so many, who knows? 
So much about God, who hurts so 

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much gospel. 
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refused to submit to the truth. 
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Maybe you're that person in 
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This is what like your seventh 
hundred sermon and yet nothing 

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has changed. 
Your heart is not fully given 

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over to Christ. 
I look at this and I think to 

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myself what loss consider and 
count the loss of this nation 

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because of this prolonged, pause
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Remember the casualties between 
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bichette? 
And David remember that realize 

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that at the same time, the 
Things are still a pressing, the

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nation of Israel, you still have
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They were so busy with their 
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They can't even deal with the 
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Welcome to most of the problems 
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On top of that, you you see that
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The Nation on the global scale 
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accelerate once David becomes 
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And so, they're robbing 
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Blessings in various ways as 
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Here's what I want to tell you. 
Our loss is always outweigh. 

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Whatever gain we think we 
attained when we pacify our 

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conscience and think we could 
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You will always lose. 
Always, again, whatever. 

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When you think you're getting, 
it will always always, always be

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outweighed by the lawsuit every 
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People tend to comfort that kind
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Christian lingo. 
Well, God will restore the years

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that the locusts have eaten, God
will redeem the years that I've 

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burned up for myself and and God
will miraculously just make it 

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all. 
Okay, again, can I give you the 

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biblical answer? 
Yes, and no. 

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Yes, and no. 
I know I might have shattered 

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your coffee mug but it's, yes or
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If you mean that God will redeem
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You knowingly? 
Understood what it meant to 

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follow? 
Jesus Christ, and still went the

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other way that he will forgive 
you restore you and use you 

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again then yes, he will redeem. 
But if in that same argument you

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believe that God was somehow 
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years and that time, The know 
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I know people won't tell you 
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tell you that there is a heavy 
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But I will also say this because
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grieve over their loss, who 
rehearse the fact that they knew

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very well what they were doing 
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And so, let me say this, if this
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Edition decision for you to say 
enough is enough, I'm not going 

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to Favor between what is true. 
And what is false. 

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I will not serve bail and the 
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I will serve the Lord. 
Only do not overthink, do not 

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prolong your meditation. 
Pondering too much about the 

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years or the months or the weeks
that you've wasted living for 

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yourself. 
If you're going to put your 

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energy into anything, put it 
into this that with whatever 

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time you have left. 
That God would use it maximally 

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for his glory just do that. 
Lord, I walked away. 

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I failed to understand the 
significance of your will for my

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life of obedience to your word, 
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These scars will remain, but I 
want to make the rest of my life

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count, and that's a prayer God 
will answer. 

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That is something he will redeem
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That gracious. 
Do you realize that, there's a 

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contrast between Saul and David?
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especially in verse 2, in the 
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David and these Do men, really 
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They saw that King saw was a 
disappointment. 

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And they realize that David was 
the truth, and he was the one 

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that would bring true fruit. 
So, here's how you have to 

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understand, Saul symbolizes your
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David symbolizes, God's purpose.
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every time we Elevate our 
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purposes, it will never fail to 
fall short, and to lie to you 

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about its promises. 
All the time. 

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But when you see David, when you
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go wrong. 
You will never go wrong and an 

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honest evaluation of any life 
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sin. 
Will confess that my personal 

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ambition did not live up to the 
expectations that persuaded me 

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to begin with. 
It will never be able to satisfy

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you in the way that Christ Jesus
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was designed to be intermingled 
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And so, listen, you don't have 
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that. 
I remember preaching on a youth 

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conference and right after I 
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subject, a young man, 18 years 
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seemed like he was disappointed 
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with and I say why Why the 
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I didn't say like that was much 
kinder. 

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do what I think I want to do. 
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back. 
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you're hungry. 
You're not curious. 

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I tell you the buffet that 

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you're headed, towards is going 
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So why don't you settle it now 
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psychological and spiritual 
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And just give your heart to the 
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Now, He's warning you now. 
He's in love, calling your 

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attention. 
Now he knew exactly what you 

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were thinking. 
He knew your premeditated sin, 

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he knows what you signed up for 
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that. 
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Never gave me an answer. 
I don't know where he is to this

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day. 
Why don't you spare yourself in 

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the mistake of believing that 
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give it to the one who made it? 
And no joy that no other Joy can

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give. 
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nation of Israel. 
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act upon the truth that they 
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But look at the Commendation of 
David verse, to entice past when

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Saul was King over us. 
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brought in Israel. 
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they're acknowledging. 
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David was really the blessing. 
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served them and saw who was 
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nation failed to do. 
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things can be said about saw, 
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Israel and this tax. 
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David on in a very personal way,
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David, you try to usurp the 
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push you away to the throne. 
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David to see that he had the 
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waiting upon God to be promoted 
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All they're saying is, you've 
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proven your leadership abilities
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but look at it in a relevant 
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Look at it. 
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helps us to see saying something
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ourselves that you do not need 
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authority to be able to bless 
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This is David prior to him, 
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He's becoming King. 
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on David's presence in their 
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extremely encouraging for the 
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the glory of God. 
Why do you have to believe that 

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in order to be effective? 
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of status or some popular vote 
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It's a simple as honoring, what 
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has he's given through you and 
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It's a simple as that. 
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it. 
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it in your heart that you rather
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If that means that you will be 
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economy of God is not measured 
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Christian them. 
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You heard it at the conference 
simple service. 

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Simple service to the ones that 
got in his Providence has 

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brought before you and just 
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are, simply pleasing your master
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the position, you can't have the
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credentials, you can have the 
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of true substance. 
Saul did nothing for his people 

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at least in the latter years. 
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And they said you let us out you
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You served us. 
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So you'll never have a YouTube 
account who cares serve God 

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you'll never be invited to a 
conference who cares serve God 

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it doesn't matter nobody will 
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Serve God. 
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We cease all the Elders of 
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Came to the king at Hebron and 
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them and have brought before the
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King over Israel. 
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who approached David and it is 
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acknowledge Him and say you are 
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Here's what's amazing, here's 
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of the scriptures. 
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first Chronicles gives us even 
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you can turn there now and tuck 
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And First Chronicles chapter 12,
you have a list of the military 

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Of David and the tribes who 
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men to join the military. 
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look at the inventory, there is 
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sight. 
About these men and the quality 

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of men they were and how they 
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David and that can be translated
in certain truths about the 

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kingship of Jesus Christ, things
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As we have declared him to be 
Lord over our lives. 

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And so if you're there first 
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with me and verse 23. 
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But Chronicles gives us a 
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same occurrence. 
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divisions of the Armed troops 
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turn the kingdom of Saul over to
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the Lord. 
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the army coming, we're not going
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highlighting a few. 
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the number of men and most of 
them and certain qualities 

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attached to these tribes that I 
hope will get you to realize the

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No significance in light of 
Jesus Kingdom. 

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And those those who join his 
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kingdom. 
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Let's go to the tribe of Levi. 
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Levites 4,600. 
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the House of Aaron and with him,
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Mighty and Valor and 22 
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house. 
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that the Levi's are 
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Not that they don't have men who
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operations, the priest, Their 
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the nation of Israel and so 
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different purpose. 
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Taking up arms and joining the 
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arguments. 
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different scriptures you'll see 
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priest is that they were to 
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protect the house of worship. 
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intention behind their 
participation that they're not 

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necessarily going out to fight 
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but they would be designated for
a certain operation that is 

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connected to the house of God. 
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that when the Levites are 
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particular man. 
That is highlighted and this man

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here is found in verse 28 zadok.
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is that he was a young man 
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take out of this in light of our
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With the Lord Jesus. 
This should excite the young 

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believer and seeing that God has
a particular honor and takes 

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note of what you. 
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years, This is a young man and 
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The spirit highlights that and 
connection to David. 

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And we see that the spirit also 
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portions of scripture and this 
dispensation in God's Redemptive

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history. 
But I also see something here 

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that those who might be 
skeptical of the young in our 

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generation, the Youth of Our 
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understand that we should never 
lower expectation of who God, 

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can recruit into his army. 
It looks bleak out there, it 

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looks very, very scary. 
But know this that God can in 

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fact, move Hearts to the degree 
that even the young can be 

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intentionally devoted to the 
cause of Jesus Christ. 

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If we're not careful, not only 
will our efforts. 

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Diminish and reaching and 
preaching to gen Z and the 

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future Generations. 
Or if we do see somebody who 

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comes into our church and they 
have this Zeal and this passion 

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and excitement, even though 
their theological vocabulary 

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might not be so developed we 
would Overlook them or even 

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dismissed the idea of investing 
in them because we think what? 

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Well, this is this is emotional.
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was like that too and and and 
they're just going to become 

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normal. 
Normal and things will get busy.

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And so, just, okay. 
This is very cute, and it's 

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very, it's very exciting to see.
It's going to wear off. 

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I remember hearing somebody 
recently asked actually saying 

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in light of all the things that 
we're seeing in our Evangelical 

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circles, all these popular 
pastors who are falling left, 

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right and center and everybody's
trying to understand how this is

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happening. 
And I heard somebody say this 

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comment that I've never heard 
before up to this point. 

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That one of the common 
denominators of all these 

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pastors who are falling, who 
have great platforms, is that 

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they all started very young in 
Ministry. 

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Meaning they all started in 
their 20s or 30s in their 

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leadership positions and that 
young in faith young and years, 

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young, and number, and I think, 
to be honest, the Apostle Paul 

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will have some trouble with that
interpretation of the scandals 

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in our day. 
And I can show you many biblical

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examples of how that is not the 
case. 

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And here's an example before us 
did that happen to tzadik He was

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a young man Mighty and Valor 
meaning he was courageous. 

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He was Fearless what happened to
tzadik any idea that he fall off

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into the Wayside that he'd 
disappear in the background that

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he just become a normal servant 
and the kingdom of David Who is 

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addict? 
when we get to First Kings 

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chapter 2, many believe that the
same tzadik is the tzadik who 

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Solomon ordained to be the 
highest priest in his kingdom. 

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And so tzadik who started out as
is this young man? 

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This Warrior ended up becoming a
leader of worship. 

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So, do not despise those who are
young. 

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Do not despise what God can do 
in you young, man. 

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Young woman, believe that he has
much to invest in you. 

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In the more time you give him 
the more he can do in you. 

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And so now we come down to verse
29, we're still in first 

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Chronicles 12, when we come to 
another tribe, The Tribe of 

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Benjamin. and what's interesting
here is as we come to this 

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tribe, it is a very unlikely 
people group to have any kind of

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involvement with David's 
ordination for the simple reason

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of what Saul is from The Tribe 
of Benjamin. 

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Is he not? 
And here we read of The Tribe of

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Benjamin. 
And what do we told about this 

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tribe? 
Verse 29 of the Benjamin i'ts 

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The Kingsmen of saw three 
thousand of whom the majority 

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had to that point kept their 
allegiance to the house of Saul.

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And so it seems strange and it 
seems unlikely, but it happened 

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the Bible highlights, the fierce
loyalty of this tribe to their 

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brothers saw they share the same
blood and so strong, where their

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ties to this man that even up to
this point. 

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When David became the nationally
recognized King, a majority of 

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them said now we're not going to
admit it. 

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The jealousy was too intense. 
2nd was so tense. 

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They would not even dare to give
him the attention. 

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And that the other tribes were 
giving him. 

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And yet at the same time in this
tribe, we were told that 3,000 

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did they did say, yes, they did 
wholeheartedly and humbly 

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acknowledge it, and they were 
willing to separate themselves 

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from their brethren in blood to 
come to pledge. 

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Allegiance is something that is 
deeper than blood, and that is 

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the things of the spirit. 
And so they approached David, 

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they acknowledged, David, and 
great humility. 

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And that's exactly what the 
Bible highlights with this 

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tribe. 
They're great willingness Enos 

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to Humble themselves to God's 
will, over any emotional or any 

452
00:27:59,300 --> 00:28:02,200
logical, understanding of what 
should take place in their 

453
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,900
lives. 
And it's amazing to think how 

454
00:28:04,900 --> 00:28:08,700
these men were willing to hold 
on to Saul's Dynasty. 

455
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,900
Even when it was looking 
terribly wrong. 

456
00:28:12,300 --> 00:28:16,400
Remember, before this for seven 
years, the kingdom of Saul and 

457
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,900
his son is beset was getting 
weaker, and weaker, and weaker. 

458
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,300
And yet up to this point, 
almost, you can say to the last 

459
00:28:23,300 --> 00:28:28,900
second The Tribe of Benjamin 
would not dare say, David is the

460
00:28:28,900 --> 00:28:32,900
true king. 
But then 3000 said, yes. 

461
00:28:34,100 --> 00:28:36,700
How does that resonate with you?
And I and light of Jesus Christ.

462
00:28:36,700 --> 00:28:39,900
Here's how it should resonate. 
Do you know anybody who is 

463
00:28:39,900 --> 00:28:42,100
extremely stubborn and their 
sin? 

464
00:28:43,700 --> 00:28:48,000
Do you know anybody who can 
almost never be persuaded to 

465
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,500
consider the Gospel of Jesus 
Christ? 

466
00:28:50,900 --> 00:28:54,300
Is there any hot head 
hard-headed people that you love

467
00:28:54,300 --> 00:28:57,500
dearly? 
It seems like they were never 

468
00:28:57,500 --> 00:29:01,600
even. 
Think about the condition of 

469
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,500
their soul, their Eternal 
destination. 

470
00:29:03,500 --> 00:29:07,500
Well, be inspired by these men 
because what we see here is 

471
00:29:07,500 --> 00:29:09,600
possible for them, there is hope
in this. 

472
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,300
Even the most unlikely 
candidates can actually bend the

473
00:29:13,300 --> 00:29:15,100
knee at the cross of Jesus 
Christ. 

474
00:29:15,100 --> 00:29:18,300
So, don't give up, and don't 
lose hope. 

475
00:29:19,300 --> 00:29:22,300
Even though people like this 
tribe could not be easily 

476
00:29:22,300 --> 00:29:25,700
shaken, though. 
Their worlds were being shaken. 

477
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:31,500
It's possible that at the right 
time, they can say yes to the 

478
00:29:31,500 --> 00:29:34,600
Lord. 
And what I mean, when I, what I 

479
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,600
think is so amazing here is that
this is not just a reflection of

480
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,800
the hearts of this. 
This people group at a heart of 

481
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:45,200
David, the grace of God willing 
to accept these men without any 

482
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:49,100
hesitation without any rebuke, 
without any program, they need 

483
00:29:49,100 --> 00:29:51,900
to enroll in in order to prove 
their loyalty to himself. 

484
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:57,500
He receive them immediately. 
And you can say, as I said at 

485
00:29:57,500 --> 00:30:00,800
the last second, I mean really, 
when they lost all hope it was 

486
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:02,600
like, we have, we have nothing 
now. 

487
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:06,300
Like David is our only option so
to speak. 

488
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:07,800
Now they didn't come with that 
attitude. 

489
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,300
I don't think they came because 
they know they lost, but they 

490
00:30:10,300 --> 00:30:14,300
did come when they lost all hope
because we re later on that. 

491
00:30:14,300 --> 00:30:17,500
Every tribe came with 
wholehearted Devotion to David. 

492
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:21,300
And so, this this group of 3,000
genuinely came to David, but 

493
00:30:21,300 --> 00:30:24,300
they came at an interesting time
when life failed them. 

494
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:29,800
When plans failed them. 
And I've talked to people who 

495
00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:32,700
have even expressed honestly, 
but I kind of feel guilty that I

496
00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:35,100
came to the Lord at a low point 
in my life. 

497
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,500
Like, what does that say about 
my love for Christ? 

498
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,700
I only came to him when 
everything was broken, when I 

499
00:30:40,700 --> 00:30:45,100
hit rock bottom, I mean, is that
really a way to give myself to 

500
00:30:45,100 --> 00:30:48,800
somebody and to their cause and 
to their message and and I just 

501
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:52,200
don't feel like it's right and I
always respond the same way. 

502
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:55,800
You are the perfect candidate 
for Jesus Christ. 

503
00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:03,100
Because he said, come to me all 
who are heavy laden? 

504
00:31:03,100 --> 00:31:07,600
All who are weary all, who are 
sick and tired of life if I can 

505
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,600
paraphrase. 
Who are overwhelmed who are 

506
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:13,400
burdened, who are carrying 
something that is overwhelming. 

507
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:18,100
Them come to me. 
And so he beckons you to come at

508
00:31:18,100 --> 00:31:20,600
that time. 
He doesn't look at you and say, 

509
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,200
oh, now you come. 
So those years when I was 

510
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,200
telling you to believe on me and
everything was going well, you 

511
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,000
said no, but now that you need 
help you want some. 

512
00:31:27,100 --> 00:31:30,500
That's not our Lord. 
That's us, that's not the Lord 

513
00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:33,500
Jesus. 
And so, even though this tried 

514
00:31:33,500 --> 00:31:36,800
came at the last second, it's a 
reflection of how God is willing

515
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,700
to swing open the gates of 
Heaven. 

516
00:31:38,700 --> 00:31:41,600
Even in your dying breath 
though, with every other breath,

517
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,400
throughout your life, you lived 
it for the devil and your flesh.

518
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,400
No, I don't propose that. 
You wait for your dying breath, 

519
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:51,100
you might not get one. 
In other words, you might not 

520
00:31:51,100 --> 00:31:54,300
have that bed where you can lay 
and contemplate Your Existence 

521
00:31:54,300 --> 00:31:57,000
without pain intruding with your
thought process. 

522
00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:01,800
Wait, no. 
Now But for that rare case, 

523
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,500
realize that Christ arms are 
still open like the thief on the

524
00:32:04,500 --> 00:32:07,000
cross. 
These men came to David when 

525
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,500
when they lost all hope is 
Christ any less gracious. 

526
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,100
I know, you know, the answer to 
that. 

527
00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:15,200
Now, we move on to the next 
track. 

528
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:20,500
Look at verse 30. 
Therefore mites 20,800 Mighty 

529
00:32:20,500 --> 00:32:23,700
Men of Valor famous men and 
their fathers houses. 

530
00:32:24,500 --> 00:32:27,600
So here's a spotlight now coming
to this tribe and what is 

531
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:31,600
brought forth is the fact that 
among these men, they were 

532
00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:35,100
famous men from their tribe, 
even famous Across the Nation. 

533
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:39,100
And I think that's quite 
interesting because The spirit 

534
00:32:39,100 --> 00:32:42,000
of God saw it necessary to 
highlight their prominence, 

535
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:46,700
their exalted status their 
success, and how they were 

536
00:32:46,700 --> 00:32:51,000
eagerly willing to Humble 
themselves to God's program and 

537
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,200
presided over them. 
They said, yes, we are 

538
00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:57,100
significant individuals, but we 
see something greater than us. 

539
00:32:57,500 --> 00:33:02,900
And so famous men, came and 
surrender to the call of God. 

540
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,200
Here's what's amazing. 
When you and I know of somebody 

541
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:08,100
who becomes famous or 
successful, whether in in the 

542
00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:12,100
Darrell more secular realm. 
If I can use that word. 

543
00:33:12,100 --> 00:33:14,200
We often think they're a lost, 
cause it's done. 

544
00:33:15,300 --> 00:33:19,100
And that's not a wrong 
assessment because we know the 

545
00:33:19,100 --> 00:33:28,400
grip that power and fame and 
accomplishments, we know that 

546
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,600
what that grip can do, and it 
can Cloud someone's judgment 

547
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:35,500
very quickly to see their own 
need to be saved or to 

548
00:33:35,500 --> 00:33:39,600
prioritize God's purposes in 
their lives. but what's amazing 

549
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:48,000
here is that these men this man 
proved otherwise, Listen success

550
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,300
is no rival to the satisfaction 
that God can bring. 

551
00:33:51,300 --> 00:33:52,900
It's amazing. 
I've talked to so many 

552
00:33:52,900 --> 00:33:55,500
Christians throughout my time in
Ministry, who are more 

553
00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:58,300
passionate about personal 
success than a month, the cause 

554
00:33:58,300 --> 00:34:00,300
of Christ. 
It's disappointing, it's 

555
00:34:00,300 --> 00:34:03,000
heartbreaking. 
But what we see with these men 

556
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:07,400
as that, no matter how 
successful you become, it will 

557
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,300
never fill that void. 
It will never feel that what as 

558
00:34:10,300 --> 00:34:12,800
anybody, who had a amount of 
money in mind to make and they 

559
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,400
get there, and what happens? 
They want more and when they get

560
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:16,600
there they want more when they 
get there. 

561
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:20,699
That's what Ecclesiastes says as
anybody who has a number of 

562
00:34:20,699 --> 00:34:22,900
followers on their social media,
they get that what happens? 

563
00:34:22,900 --> 00:34:24,300
It's just these digits on the 
screen. 

564
00:34:24,300 --> 00:34:29,500
It does not fill the soul and 
these men here prove that no 

565
00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:32,300
matter what, Heights you reach 
in this life, there is no 

566
00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:36,900
greater satisfaction and being 
in the will of God and they do 

567
00:34:36,900 --> 00:34:41,100
that here. 
And they surrender. 

568
00:34:41,500 --> 00:34:44,000
And here's another thought to 
consider, you have those like 

569
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,400
the Pharisees who have 
prominence, who have Prestige, 

570
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,500
and they discourage the 
possibility, or the mock, the 

571
00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:56,300
concept of anybody of importance
following Jesus Christ, right? 

572
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:58,800
The remember what they said when
they send the soldiers out to 

573
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:02,000
arrest Jesus in John chapter 7, 
I love that verse. 

574
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,500
They come back and they're empty
hand and the fears that were. 

575
00:35:04,500 --> 00:35:08,100
Where is he? 
Like no one has spoken like this

576
00:35:08,100 --> 00:35:11,800
man. 
I just can't imagine what it 

577
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,300
was, like, they were Spellbound.
When they heard Jesus speak, 

578
00:35:14,300 --> 00:35:16,000
they came. 
I can just imagine with 

579
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,600
aggressive faces. 
They came with intimidation, and

580
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:21,300
as they stood there in the 
presence of the word, made 

581
00:35:21,300 --> 00:35:23,400
flesh, and the Lord was just 
speaking. 

582
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:27,000
These glorious truths, they 
melted and they were mesmerized 

583
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,000
only to return like little 
puppies. 

584
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:32,300
No one's ever spoken like this 
man. 

585
00:35:33,900 --> 00:35:36,200
And I want to read to you, I 
have it here before me, so you 

586
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:37,900
don't have to turn there unless 
you want to. 

587
00:35:37,900 --> 00:35:40,500
I want to reach you how the 
Pharisees responded and John 

588
00:35:40,500 --> 00:35:44,000
747, the Pharisees answered 
them. 

589
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:48,300
Have you also been deceived have
any of the authorities or the 

590
00:35:48,308 --> 00:35:52,900
Pharisees believed in him? 
Like what arrogance had have you

591
00:35:52,908 --> 00:35:54,900
been deceived? 
And here's what they say. 

592
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:57,400
Do you know any authorities or 
do you know any Pharisees that 

593
00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:58,300
believe in it? 
You know, here's the 

594
00:35:58,300 --> 00:36:02,700
translation. 
Anybody who is intelligent, 

595
00:36:02,700 --> 00:36:05,700
anybody who seems to be educated
anybody who seems to be 

596
00:36:05,700 --> 00:36:12,000
insightful or innovative. 
Such people don't follow Jesus 

597
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:16,400
Christ. 
Only only simple tends to do. 

598
00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:18,600
Only people who need a crutch in
life. 

599
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:22,200
Do only people who can't rely on
their own strength or can't 

600
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:24,700
strategize and how to get 
themselves out of a rut. 

601
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,100
Those are the people, the 
authorities in the Pharisees do 

602
00:36:27,100 --> 00:36:29,900
you and do you know any of them 
who have claimed that Jesus was 

603
00:36:29,900 --> 00:36:32,000
the Messiah. 
So why would you consider it? 

604
00:36:33,300 --> 00:36:36,700
And that's what we have in our 
Educational Systems to Do you 

605
00:36:36,700 --> 00:36:39,800
believe that God created the 
world in seven days? 

606
00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:45,600
Are you you believe and they 
mock the idea that if you 

607
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:49,500
believe these things that you 
have a low IQ or that you're not

608
00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:54,700
educated or that you were just 
isolated from truth, their idea 

609
00:36:54,700 --> 00:36:59,800
of Truth. 
But we see that these men show, 

610
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:03,600
otherwise that it's possible. 
It's possible to be men of 

611
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:08,600
importance, men of success, men 
of his steam, High Steam, and 

612
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:12,600
still surrender to the will of 
God, joyfully And in the New 

613
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:14,000
Testament, you have many 
examples. 

614
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:17,400
If you didn't know it, you have 
many examples of famous people. 

615
00:37:19,900 --> 00:37:24,000
Upstanding people in society who
have chosen to follow Jesus, any

616
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,000
ideas who think about it? 
Think of famous people who given

617
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:28,500
their lives to Christ in the New
Testament. 

618
00:37:28,500 --> 00:37:30,200
I'm asking if you have an idea, 
lift your hand. 

619
00:37:31,900 --> 00:37:36,300
The EF yo Pian eunuch. 
He was a high official in the 

620
00:37:36,300 --> 00:37:42,100
courts of the queen. 
Yes Yeah, exactly. 

621
00:37:42,100 --> 00:37:47,000
The man who decided to open up 
his tomb, untouched for Jesus 

622
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:50,700
burial. 
He was a secret disciple, but he

623
00:37:50,700 --> 00:37:54,600
was praised for his devotion. 
Any other famous people? 

624
00:37:57,800 --> 00:37:59,600
Nicodemus. 
Yes, it is debated. 

625
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,800
Whether he truly follow Jesus, 
but it's kind of hard to see how

626
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:06,100
he didn't love the Lord when he 
came to the burial site with 70 

627
00:38:06,100 --> 00:38:10,400
pounds of ointment. 
That's what John says that's the

628
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:13,200
last thing you see of Nicodemus.
So Jesus confronts him. 

629
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:16,400
In John 3 and we see him 
speaking up in John 7 and when 

630
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:17,800
you come to John the end of 
John. 

631
00:38:18,100 --> 00:38:22,600
Jesus is about to be buried and 
Nicodemus comes with Joseph and 

632
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,500
we were told with 70 pounds of 
ointment like he had to have 

633
00:38:25,500 --> 00:38:28,500
brought a cart or something 
that's not very being very 

634
00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:31,800
discreet. 
Sure. 

635
00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:34,800
But there's like little people 
like not little people but names

636
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:38,400
and little references that we 
don't even consider their, 

637
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:43,100
their, the end of Romans. 
Erastus, erastus, right. 

638
00:38:43,900 --> 00:38:48,700
And he was the treasurer, he was
a Treasurer in Rome, there's 

639
00:38:48,700 --> 00:38:52,400
another one in Acts 13 one when 
those men were together 

640
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,800
worshiping and fasting and 
seeking the Lord and then Paul 

641
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:56,800
and Barnabas are set apart as a 
missionary team. 

642
00:38:56,900 --> 00:39:01,600
There's a men in their men naive
in the lifelong friend, Who. 

643
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:09,000
Who is he lifelong friend, to 
Herod the tetrarch, you go to 

644
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:13,600
Luke 8 and one of herod's 
household Herod, had a lot of 

645
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:17,700
people Herod, household manager 
was a follower of Jesus Christ. 

646
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:22,300
And so even had a man, man, I 
ain't, who was a lifelong friend

647
00:39:22,300 --> 00:39:25,100
to Herod, who obviously, 
including hated Jesus. 

648
00:39:25,100 --> 00:39:27,900
And Mark, Jesus become a 
follower of Jesus, and he played

649
00:39:27,900 --> 00:39:29,800
a huge role in the early church 
action. 

650
00:39:30,100 --> 00:39:32,800
So it's not impossible. 
It is possible. 

651
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:34,800
Christ. 
Can save to the uttermost the 

652
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:39,100
most unlikely, believe it. 
Now, let's move forward. 

653
00:39:39,100 --> 00:39:41,500
Verse 31, do I still have you 
tonight? 

654
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:47,400
Verse 31 of the half tribe of 
Manasseh, 18,000 who were 

655
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:50,400
expressly name to come to make 
David King. 

656
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:54,800
This one, personally touches my 
heart who were expressly name to

657
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:57,000
come and make David King. 
So, what's happening here? 

658
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,300
Is that the half tribe of 
Manasseh? 

659
00:39:59,300 --> 00:40:04,000
They realized the Monumental 
shift that is taking place in 

660
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:07,900
Israel's history like this is 
huge, this is a huge turning 

661
00:40:07,900 --> 00:40:13,800
point and instead of just 
sending anybody to the Shouldn't

662
00:40:15,100 --> 00:40:19,400
they hand-picked, they select 
certain emissaries write. 

663
00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:24,200
These diplomatic ambassadors to 
represent their tribe so that 

664
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:29,100
they can go with great honor and
that's because they saw how 

665
00:40:29,100 --> 00:40:32,500
great of an honor, it was to be 
able to come and make David King

666
00:40:32,500 --> 00:40:36,700
to be able to acknowledge Him. 
And so, this was a, this was a 

667
00:40:36,700 --> 00:40:39,900
marvelous thing in the eyes of 
this people, this is knows 

668
00:40:39,900 --> 00:40:42,200
insignificant thing. 
This is not a small thing, this 

669
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:45,100
is a great thing. 
NG and so great, it was that 

670
00:40:45,100 --> 00:40:49,200
they wanted to send their best. 
They want to send their best for

671
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:51,400
this event to represent their 
Clan. 

672
00:40:53,300 --> 00:40:55,800
How much more? 
How much more you? 

673
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:57,900
And I is ambassadors of Jesus 
Christ. 

674
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,800
Think about it. 
There is no greater identity. 

675
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:07,600
There is no finer purpose. 
There is no Superior rank in 

676
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:12,500
this world that can come close 
to being a servant of the most 

677
00:41:12,500 --> 00:41:16,300
high. 
God Understand that and believe 

678
00:41:16,300 --> 00:41:19,800
that because when somebody comes
to Christ, we as a church we 

679
00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:24,000
celebrate it. 
We celebrate it like Like, it's 

680
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:27,400
a birthday. 
Make a whole day out of it and 

681
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:30,500
rightfully so but it is also 
equally, no small thing not just

682
00:41:30,500 --> 00:41:35,200
to be born again, but to live 
for him in the day-to-day and 

683
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:38,200
you and I must be conscious of 
that at all times. 

684
00:41:39,300 --> 00:41:42,700
These people realize that they 
realize it and they prepared 

685
00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:47,000
themselves from head to toe. 
They calculated and they 

686
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:52,100
designated. 
So that through through this 

687
00:41:52,100 --> 00:41:58,400
deployment of these ambassadors,
people would realize these 

688
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:03,000
people are serious. 
I wonder if you and I feel the 

689
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:08,200
weight of that. 
When we go to social events, do 

690
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,300
you feel the uniform that you're
wearing? 

691
00:42:10,300 --> 00:42:13,800
I represent him or maybe in the 
simple way of dressing 

692
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:15,200
ourselves. 
I know that's controversial 

693
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:20,700
these days but the way we 
communicate our, how we are. 

694
00:42:20,700 --> 00:42:22,900
I mean, does it ever occur to 
us? 

695
00:42:22,900 --> 00:42:27,800
I have been commissioned. 
Like I represent a different 

696
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:33,100
Embassy Embassy not in Nations 
here but of a permanent one of 

697
00:42:33,100 --> 00:42:35,300
one that is to come and take 
over all others. 

698
00:42:38,300 --> 00:42:41,200
It's an honorable identity, but 
with that, great identity comes 

699
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:43,800
awesome responsibility, which 
means that you and I, wherever 

700
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:46,800
we go, must be aware that I am 
one of Heavens delegates. 

701
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:53,300
I'm a deputy. 
I'm sent by him. 

702
00:42:54,100 --> 00:42:56,600
He is my king and I want to 
represent him. 

703
00:42:56,600 --> 00:43:02,300
Well, More can be said about 
that but we go to verse 32 of 

704
00:43:02,300 --> 00:43:05,600
issachar. 
So now this tribe men who had 

705
00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:09,100
understanding of the times to 
know what Israel ought to do, 

706
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:13,000
200 Chiefs and all their Kinsmen
under their command. 

707
00:43:13,300 --> 00:43:17,200
We're not told about the number 
of people they had but we are 

708
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:20,400
told of the quality of the 
people of this tribe and the 

709
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:24,100
thing that is brought forth, the
comment that sticks out is that 

710
00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:27,000
the men of issachar were 
Discerning men. 

711
00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:32,100
They were able to interpret the 
times and then from that know 

712
00:43:32,100 --> 00:43:33,800
what they should do at this 
time. 

713
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:36,900
So there is much debate about 
what it means, when they says 

714
00:43:36,900 --> 00:43:38,600
they had understanding of the 
times. 

715
00:43:38,900 --> 00:43:41,500
But based on the context and 
their participation, in all of 

716
00:43:41,500 --> 00:43:45,900
this, it's pretty simple. 
These men were able to read the 

717
00:43:45,900 --> 00:43:49,600
circumstances around them and 
then take the proper course of 

718
00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:52,500
action that would benefit them 
and bring about the best 

719
00:43:52,500 --> 00:43:55,700
results. 
Here's the thing. 

720
00:43:56,300 --> 00:43:59,200
What we see with the men of 
issachar is something, every 

721
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:03,700
believer should be operating in 
And I've alluded, I'm not going 

722
00:44:03,700 --> 00:44:05,600
to do it this time because I've 
done it in so many. 

723
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:09,300
So many segments, I've alluded 
to First Corinthians 7 about how

724
00:44:09,300 --> 00:44:13,400
Paul interprets the present 
conflict and distress of his 

725
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:15,200
day. 
And then based on what was 

726
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:18,100
happening in this day. 
By the spirit, brings about 

727
00:44:18,100 --> 00:44:21,700
particular instruction of how 
Christians should live in light 

728
00:44:21,700 --> 00:44:25,200
of the Civil distress, in light,
of the cultural things that were

729
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:27,800
happening. 
He said, okay, do you see what's

730
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:31,000
happening here? 
This is how we ought to respond.

731
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:37,400
And so you and I with with 
spiritual eyes and with wisdom, 

732
00:44:37,500 --> 00:44:41,400
we must be at all times be able 
to look at Global events. 

733
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:44,600
What's happening in our nation 
and not try to find the 

734
00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:47,100
particular date in which Jesus 
coming back. 

735
00:44:47,100 --> 00:44:49,900
But allow these things to 
motivate us to straighten up for

736
00:44:49,900 --> 00:44:53,500
our Redemption is nigh. 
He tells that to the Romans, 

737
00:44:53,500 --> 00:44:56,600
he's like I'm paraphrasing. 
But look at the our, our 

738
00:44:56,600 --> 00:45:00,000
Salvation is nearer than ever. 
Before wake up from sleep. 

739
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,900
I said this a few weeks ago, 
I'll say it again. 

740
00:45:02,300 --> 00:45:04,900
Christians have been asleep for 
the past two years. 

741
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:10,900
I mean, I'll hammer this truth 
and D me repetitive if you may 

742
00:45:12,100 --> 00:45:14,700
But listen, you still have 
Christians who are more 

743
00:45:14,700 --> 00:45:17,500
concerned that they can't go to 
their favorite spots or go to 

744
00:45:17,500 --> 00:45:19,300
Vacations, or they're worried 
about their future than about 

745
00:45:19,300 --> 00:45:22,000
how this relates to the 
prophetic timetable of the 

746
00:45:22,008 --> 00:45:25,900
return of Christ. 
I heard more Christians complain

747
00:45:25,900 --> 00:45:27,900
how they couldn't go to this and
couldn't go to that when 

748
00:45:27,900 --> 00:45:31,100
everything broke out initially 
with the pandemic or whatever 

749
00:45:31,100 --> 00:45:34,700
you want to call it. 
More concern about all of that. 

750
00:45:34,700 --> 00:45:37,100
Now I can do this and I can do 
that in the fact that you 

751
00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:39,700
realize that nothing like this 
has ever happened in our 

752
00:45:39,700 --> 00:45:43,300
history. 
Like if this is that forget your

753
00:45:43,300 --> 00:45:46,300
little vacation spot, forget 
that you can't sit in your 

754
00:45:46,300 --> 00:45:48,900
favorite restaurant. 
We're closer to the return of 

755
00:45:48,900 --> 00:45:57,100
Christ more than ever. and so, 
to be honest, In the in the past

756
00:45:57,100 --> 00:46:02,000
two years, there was a lot of 
lack of discernment of anything 

757
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:06,200
else, so much lack of 
discernment to be honest. 

758
00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:10,700
The secular people had more 
discernment, the most of people 

759
00:46:10,700 --> 00:46:14,800
who are Christians They were 
able to see the severity. 

760
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:18,500
They were able to see how all of
this will affect our future in a

761
00:46:19,300 --> 00:46:23,000
no-return policy way. 
And most Believers are just 

762
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:27,500
dragging their feet and Just 
wake up. 

763
00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:30,100
Be alert. 
This is what we hear with this. 

764
00:46:30,100 --> 00:46:34,400
What, we see here, these people 
who came to the ranks of David 

765
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:38,300
were an alert, people weren't 
aware, people were sensitive. 

766
00:46:38,300 --> 00:46:42,000
People were calculated. 
People were serious, people, and

767
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:46,100
Believers should be the same. 
Let's end with zebulun, shall 

768
00:46:46,100 --> 00:46:48,700
we? 
Verse 33 of zebulun 50,000 

769
00:46:48,700 --> 00:46:53,100
seasoned troops equipped for 
battle with all the weapons of 

770
00:46:53,100 --> 00:46:55,500
war to help David. 
Now, here's the point with 

771
00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:59,100
Singleness of purpose with 
singleness of purpose. 

772
00:46:59,300 --> 00:47:00,900
This is what's brought forth to 
the surface. 

773
00:47:00,900 --> 00:47:04,800
Okay? 
These men had undivided 

774
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:09,500
commitment to David and his 
kingdom, they were sold out. 

775
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:12,300
There is no other desire that 
they had. 

776
00:47:12,300 --> 00:47:15,600
There is nothing to had 
preeminence more than the fact 

777
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:19,600
that David is our King, and we 
will do what he wishes and what 

778
00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:21,300
you see here. 
It's pretty straightforward as 

779
00:47:21,300 --> 00:47:25,100
a, not, if David had this, how 
much more the King of Kings, the

780
00:47:25,100 --> 00:47:30,200
true anointed, one capital, a 
capital O singleness of purpose.

781
00:47:31,300 --> 00:47:34,800
My affections are Divided here. 
I don't have like the pie. 

782
00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:40,100
I don't have 75% for Jesus, five
percent for my job. 10% for this

783
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:43,200
and 2.5% for that. 
It's Jesus. 

784
00:47:43,900 --> 00:47:49,400
All of it. 
And everything orbits around it.

785
00:47:51,500 --> 00:47:54,500
Jesus is not something orbiting 
around something else, 

786
00:47:54,700 --> 00:47:58,200
everything revolves around that 
and that's exactly what these 

787
00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:00,800
men are reflecting. 
And so you and I have to 

788
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:04,000
understand that if this is what 
David demanded, how much more 

789
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:09,100
our Lord David say these men 
politically economically. 

790
00:48:10,700 --> 00:48:15,900
Christ saved us eternally. 
You know, it's one thing to 

791
00:48:15,900 --> 00:48:19,200
volunteer for the kingdom of God
when you feel extra motivated, 

792
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:22,300
or when you are not so worldly 
for a stretch of a few weeks, 

793
00:48:22,300 --> 00:48:24,000
but that is not what Jesus asks 
of us. 

794
00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:31,400
Unwavering commitment and 
conviction and faithfulness to 

795
00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:37,300
the Cross of Christ. 
And here's what's amazing, it 

796
00:48:37,300 --> 00:48:41,200
wasn't just zebulun, scroll down
to verse 38 and what do we read?

797
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:46,800
All these Men of War rate in 
battle order came to Hebron with

798
00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:49,300
a whole heart to make David King
over all Israel. 

799
00:48:49,700 --> 00:48:52,800
Likewise all the rest of Israel 
have single mind to make David 

800
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:54,200
King. 
That's the overarching 

801
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:57,200
commentary over every tribe, a 
whole heart. 

802
00:48:57,200 --> 00:49:02,400
Like this is why we live. 
This is, this is what we exist 

803
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:05,400
for. 
This is why we're here. 

804
00:49:07,600 --> 00:49:10,800
And notice the fruit of that, I 
want you to see the sequence of 

805
00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:14,800
events and this is how it 
concludes in verse 40, be 

806
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:17,900
patient, as I read this and pay 
attention to the last few verse 

807
00:49:17,900 --> 00:49:21,700
versus the last few words of the
last first, and also their 

808
00:49:21,700 --> 00:49:24,400
relatives from as far as it's a 
car and zebulun and naphtali 

809
00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:28,800
came, bringing food on donkeys, 
and on camels, and on mules, and

810
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:31,100
on auction, abundant provisions 
of flour. 

811
00:49:31,100 --> 00:49:35,600
Cakes of figs, clusters of 
raisins and wine and oil, oxen, 

812
00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:39,800
and sheep for there was Hawaii 
and Israel. 

813
00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:45,800
There should be like a sigh for 
the reader because up to this 

814
00:49:45,800 --> 00:49:51,300
point for years, for decades, 
there was enjoying Israel. 

815
00:49:51,300 --> 00:49:54,900
And if there was any Joy, it was
just bursts of superficial Joy. 

816
00:49:54,900 --> 00:49:58,300
When they made Saul King that 
wasn't God's will, but it was a 

817
00:49:58,300 --> 00:50:03,900
temporary relief but the pain 
that they knew the loss, the 

818
00:50:03,900 --> 00:50:05,700
disappointment and then Abner 
came in. 

819
00:50:05,707 --> 00:50:07,900
He made it even worse for 
another seven years. 

820
00:50:09,500 --> 00:50:12,600
But everything was made, right 
and true Joy erupted in the 

821
00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:15,700
hearts of the people, once David
became king. 

822
00:50:18,300 --> 00:50:20,500
What this is all about if you 
want to, if you want to just 

823
00:50:20,900 --> 00:50:27,000
simplify the quest of every 
single person in life, is that 

824
00:50:27,100 --> 00:50:29,600
every person is searching for 
joy. 

825
00:50:30,100 --> 00:50:32,400
And they are experimenting to 
know what it is. 

826
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:39,000
That brings the most lasting and
pain-free happiness in life if 

827
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:43,800
that's you in this place. 
Or if you're a person, Who can 

828
00:50:43,800 --> 00:50:48,100
honestly examine your heart and 
say, I don't know if I have 

829
00:50:48,100 --> 00:50:51,200
lasting joy. 
That doesn't mean if you have 

830
00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:54,500
lasting joy that you won't shed 
tears and you won't be 

831
00:50:54,500 --> 00:50:57,100
conflicted and you won't be 
tested and you won't endure 

832
00:50:57,100 --> 00:50:59,200
trials. 
But with that it does mean is 

833
00:50:59,207 --> 00:51:01,400
that down deep inside? 
There's this deep-seated 

834
00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:05,300
contentment listen if you're a 
person in this place who can say

835
00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:08,400
look that's not really real 
here. 

836
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:12,200
I mean most my Christian 
experience is being stimulated 

837
00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:15,100
emotionally because of Sure, had
a good day and he preached a 

838
00:51:15,100 --> 00:51:20,100
pretty well thought-out sermon. 
I want to just give you a 

839
00:51:20,100 --> 00:51:22,700
question based on this, that 
will help. 

840
00:51:22,700 --> 00:51:26,800
You know why it is, you're in 
that place because the sequence 

841
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:30,200
of events is clear, right? 
After certain things were done, 

842
00:51:30,400 --> 00:51:33,800
then the joy was made known. 
So all you have to do is go back

843
00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:39,900
to verse 38 and ask yourself. 
Does Jesus Christ have my whole 

844
00:51:39,900 --> 00:51:45,300
heart and a my of single mind to
make him my king. 

845
00:51:47,100 --> 00:51:51,100
If you can't answer that, that 
is the answer to the lack of joy

846
00:51:51,100 --> 00:51:55,400
in your life. 
Pretty, pretty simple, right? 

847
00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:58,700
No program. 
You have to join no pyramid 

848
00:51:58,700 --> 00:52:02,000
scheme. 
I don't have to yell at you and 

849
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:06,800
try to get you motivated. 
It's very simple with my whole 

850
00:52:06,800 --> 00:52:11,900
heart and with singleness of 
purpose is Jesus. 

851
00:52:11,900 --> 00:52:15,300
My king do. 
I want to make him my Lord? 

852
00:52:15,300 --> 00:52:19,900
Do I really want to know him? 
If not, you will be insecure. 

853
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:24,400
Unfulfilled disappointed, 
hitting your head against the 

854
00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:27,000
wall. 
Trying one thing after the next 

855
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:29,900
and you will be no different 
than the nation of Israel before

856
00:52:29,900 --> 00:52:32,800
this. 
Where they try different Kings 

857
00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:35,400
before they came to the right 
one. 

858
00:52:38,300 --> 00:52:42,800
And so answer that settle that, 
and I assure you that a joy that

859
00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:44,900
you've never known will be 
unlocked. 

860
00:52:44,900 --> 00:52:49,400
But remember this, Joyce was 
preceded by a willful decision 

861
00:52:49,400 --> 00:52:54,400
to say, Jesus Christ, take this 
stubborn brain of mine and 

862
00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:57,300
rewire it so that it has single 
purpose for you. 

863
00:52:57,600 --> 00:53:01,000
Take this heart that loves to 
flirt with myself and with 

864
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:05,500
everything else rewire it so 
that it is devoted to you and 

865
00:53:05,500 --> 00:53:07,800
watch how the joy will flush 
out. 

866
00:53:08,100 --> 00:53:12,400
Thing else in your life and keep
you sustained in that Joy. 

867
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:20,200
It's as simple as that. 
Let's go back and with the two 

868
00:53:20,200 --> 00:53:26,400
verses 2nd, Samuel 5, 4 and 5. 
And then we're done. 

869
00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:29,300
But you don't have anywhere to 
go anyway, right? 

870
00:53:37,300 --> 00:53:41,900
David was 30 years old when he 
began to Reign and he reigned 40

871
00:53:41,900 --> 00:53:45,000
years at Hebron. 
He reigned over Judah, seven 

872
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:47,400
years in six months and a 
Jerusalem he reigned over all 

873
00:53:47,400 --> 00:53:53,600
Israel and Judah, 33 years The 
Bible has a tendency. 

874
00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:58,900
To give a summary about 
something or someone and then to

875
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:02,700
flesh it out in detail. 
So seems strange to read about 

876
00:54:02,700 --> 00:54:07,100
David's full years in rain, and 
then describe the beginnings of 

877
00:54:07,100 --> 00:54:15,600
his His government. but you 
can't skip over this because 

878
00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:17,800
there's so much to learn just 
from that verse first verse in 

879
00:54:17,800 --> 00:54:23,800
verse 4, David was 30 years old 
when he began to reign Just 

880
00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:27,400
meditate on that. 
So, if he was 30 when he began 

881
00:54:27,400 --> 00:54:30,100
to reign as the king of Israel, 
how long was he King overhead 

882
00:54:30,100 --> 00:54:33,200
Braun? 
Seven years. 

883
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:37,800
So how old was he when he became
king of Hebron 23 safely. 

884
00:54:38,900 --> 00:54:43,300
So if he was 20 and whose years 
23 years old, 23. 

885
00:54:43,300 --> 00:54:48,400
Imagine becoming a king over a 
tribe at 23 years old now, that 

886
00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:51,000
means he was 23 when he became 
king of Hebron. 

887
00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:55,800
Then how old must have been when
he was first anointed by Samuel.

888
00:54:57,300 --> 00:54:59,000
For sure he was under 20 years 
old. 

889
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:01,800
Most people believe you want to 
know what age 15. 

890
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:09,000
So who here is 15 years old. 
Evan, you lifted your hand. 

891
00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:14,300
Some people even believe he was 
as young as 12 13. 

892
00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:17,700
That's kind of hard to imagine, 
but here's the point, I want to 

893
00:55:17,700 --> 00:55:21,600
make, he was anointed. 
Definitely under 20. 

894
00:55:23,300 --> 00:55:29,300
Let's say, 15. he wasn't walking
in the call of God for his life 

895
00:55:29,300 --> 00:55:34,400
until 15 years went by And the 
point is very simple, God takes 

896
00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:40,700
his time when he makes his men. 
God takes his time when he makes

897
00:55:40,700 --> 00:55:44,000
his men. 
I hope this point encourages the

898
00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:45,500
point. 
Before, this point, was to wake 

899
00:55:45,500 --> 00:55:49,500
up, the person who's still at 
the ABCs of Christianity, like, 

900
00:55:49,500 --> 00:55:52,300
you're still wondering if the 
Lord is really worth, giving 

901
00:55:52,300 --> 00:55:55,100
everything to in your practical 
day-to-day. 

902
00:55:55,100 --> 00:55:56,600
You love him. 
You know, he died for you, but 

903
00:55:56,600 --> 00:56:00,800
you're just like, you have other
things in life that are rivaling

904
00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:03,900
against that. 
I'm not we talk to you, okay? 

905
00:56:04,200 --> 00:56:07,700
You can still pay attention, but
who I'm talking to Is the person

906
00:56:07,700 --> 00:56:10,400
who really really wants to be 
used by God. 

907
00:56:11,100 --> 00:56:14,500
You pray about it all the time. 
You have dreams about it. 

908
00:56:14,500 --> 00:56:17,700
You long for it, you yearn for 
you have no you have no other 

909
00:56:17,700 --> 00:56:20,300
desire in this life. 
I want to encourage you with 

910
00:56:20,300 --> 00:56:25,700
this point, God takes his time 
when he makes his men / woman. 

911
00:56:28,800 --> 00:56:30,900
I'm still in the process of 
breaking this out on my own 

912
00:56:30,900 --> 00:56:33,400
mind, but it was just an 
observation I made today. 

913
00:56:33,700 --> 00:56:36,800
When I realized that, the 
scripture says that he rained 

914
00:56:36,800 --> 00:56:43,000
for 40 years, Because the first 
three kings of Israel each 

915
00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:49,200
rained for 40 years, saw 
according to acts rained for 40 

916
00:56:49,200 --> 00:56:52,000
years. 
David who followed? 

917
00:56:52,100 --> 00:56:56,200
We were just told 40 years. 
You go at the end of Solomon's 

918
00:56:56,200 --> 00:57:02,800
life First, Kings 11. 
He reigned for forty years So 

919
00:57:02,800 --> 00:57:07,500
they share the same term of 
office, but how different that 

920
00:57:07,500 --> 00:57:13,600
they all look. 
If you were to put Saul David 

921
00:57:13,600 --> 00:57:19,200
and Solomon here and compare 
compare not just their Journeys 

922
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:22,700
but how they ended? 
How would you categorize it? 

923
00:57:22,700 --> 00:57:26,500
Here's how it categorize. 
It David had a much different 

924
00:57:26,500 --> 00:57:30,500
journey through that. 
Then the other to the other to 

925
00:57:30,500 --> 00:57:33,600
ended in Devastation. 
The other two you can argue 

926
00:57:33,600 --> 00:57:36,500
ended in apostasy the last that 
we see of solids, that he 

927
00:57:36,500 --> 00:57:40,300
consults a witch, Which was 
punishable by death. 

928
00:57:40,300 --> 00:57:43,600
And the last that you see of 
Solomon is what he's worshiping 

929
00:57:43,600 --> 00:57:46,100
Idols because he thought it'd be
a good idea to marry a thousand 

930
00:57:46,100 --> 00:57:52,200
people. 700 wives and 300 
concubines and they led him into

931
00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:54,200
apostasy that's how they ended 
David. 

932
00:57:54,200 --> 00:57:57,400
You can't say that about David, 
he had hiccups, he sinned 

933
00:57:57,400 --> 00:58:02,100
greatly during his Reign but he 
was a man after God's heart, 40 

934
00:58:02,100 --> 00:58:08,200
years for Saul 40 years for 
Solomon, 40 years for David, and

935
00:58:08,200 --> 00:58:10,200
yet David stands out from all of
them. 

936
00:58:11,300 --> 00:58:15,000
What was the the factor? 
What was the Difference Maker? 

937
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:18,900
I think it's many things and 
it's worthy of an in-depth 

938
00:58:18,900 --> 00:58:22,000
study, especially for leaders. 
How is it that David and 

939
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:25,200
comparison to the other two had 
an equal chance with the equal 

940
00:58:25,200 --> 00:58:28,600
task do something. 
So, different and up with 

941
00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:32,400
different results and a 
different Commendation from God,

942
00:58:33,100 --> 00:58:40,200
and based on this, I argue and 
I'm still processing perhaps. 

943
00:58:40,200 --> 00:58:45,800
Part of the success was God's 
patient preparation with David 

944
00:58:51,100 --> 00:58:55,000
You don't get anything close to 
David's, Journey to the throne. 

945
00:58:56,100 --> 00:58:58,100
With Solomon and wood saw, do 
you? 

946
00:58:59,500 --> 00:59:03,200
No. 
And it makes you wonder does it 

947
00:59:03,200 --> 00:59:06,100
not during those years those 15 
years. 

948
00:59:06,700 --> 00:59:10,800
Did God do such a work in David 
that it was able to sustain him 

949
00:59:10,800 --> 00:59:16,600
to the end. 
And that is not my subjective. 

950
00:59:16,600 --> 00:59:19,600
Hermeneutic my interpretation of
this to try to come up with 

951
00:59:19,600 --> 00:59:23,400
something clever. 
That's a Biblical truth. 

952
00:59:24,100 --> 00:59:26,100
What do I mean? 
Because when you take into 

953
00:59:26,100 --> 00:59:30,800
account, David's preparation, it
was riddled with suffering. 

954
00:59:32,200 --> 00:59:37,300
So much suffering. 
And there is so much 

955
00:59:37,300 --> 00:59:40,400
faithfulness that was demanded 
of him while he was hidden. 

956
00:59:41,500 --> 00:59:45,000
But don't forget the pain, don't
forget the Betrayal, don't 

957
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:47,900
forget the doubts. 
Don't forget the moments that 

958
00:59:47,900 --> 00:59:51,800
were crushing to his soul. 
We explored so many Psalms that 

959
00:59:51,800 --> 00:59:57,400
were birth in those years. 
And here's why I bring this up 

960
00:59:57,400 --> 01:00:02,700
because the Bible tells us how 
character is develop and 

961
01:00:02,700 --> 01:00:06,200
character is the necessary 
ingredient for longevity and 

962
01:00:06,200 --> 01:00:10,100
Ministry. 
Romans 5, 3 and 5. 

963
01:00:11,300 --> 01:00:14,000
Not only you don't have to turn 
there, just listen, just pause 

964
01:00:14,400 --> 01:00:21,300
and just hear these words, not 
only that, but we rejoice in our

965
01:00:21,300 --> 01:00:27,200
sufferings Christian didn't say 
we endure in our sufferings that

966
01:00:27,200 --> 01:00:29,700
would make sense. 
We can endure. 

967
01:00:29,900 --> 01:00:31,900
We have a good God, he gives us 
power. 

968
01:00:31,900 --> 01:00:35,900
No no more than that, we 
rejoice. 

969
01:00:38,500 --> 01:00:41,200
That's the infusion of the holy 
spirit in us. 

970
01:00:41,800 --> 01:00:46,400
That's the work we Rejoice. 
Have you met a rejoicing 

971
01:00:46,400 --> 01:00:49,500
suffering Christian lately 
rejoicing? 

972
01:00:49,700 --> 01:00:53,700
I've met many suffering 
Christians, very few and I know 

973
01:00:53,700 --> 01:00:58,000
the temptation to not very few 
rejoicing suffering Christians. 

974
01:00:58,400 --> 01:01:01,300
And yet that's the standard Paul
says we rejoice in our 

975
01:01:01,300 --> 01:01:03,500
sufferings. 
Well why Paul tell us why 

976
01:01:03,600 --> 01:01:06,700
knowing should Joyce connected 
to knowledge? 

977
01:01:08,200 --> 01:01:11,300
Not something miraculous to come
before you. 

978
01:01:11,300 --> 01:01:14,200
That you can have a monopoly on 
and say, look what God did for 

979
01:01:14,200 --> 01:01:17,200
me. 
And no no knowing something that

980
01:01:17,200 --> 01:01:21,700
suffering. 
Produces endurance and endurance

981
01:01:21,700 --> 01:01:29,200
verse for produces character. 
Suffering, produces character. 

982
01:01:30,600 --> 01:01:36,100
With David and during those 15 
years was powerful pruning that 

983
01:01:36,100 --> 01:01:41,700
can only be known. 
Through sovereignly ordained 

984
01:01:41,700 --> 01:01:47,800
trials and tribulations. 
He was developed in those years,

985
01:01:48,300 --> 01:01:52,300
there was something that was 
chiseled in the man and it hurt 

986
01:01:52,300 --> 01:01:55,900
in the moment. 
But not as much as it would hurt

987
01:01:55,900 --> 01:01:58,100
to fall on your face and 
idolatry. 

988
01:02:00,400 --> 01:02:03,700
Because of the lack of 
conviction because the lack of 

989
01:02:03,700 --> 01:02:06,200
the fear of God, because of a 
lack of an experience of the 

990
01:02:06,200 --> 01:02:07,900
goodness of God, through your 
suffering. 

991
01:02:09,700 --> 01:02:11,600
So don't despise it, don't 
shrink from it. 

992
01:02:11,600 --> 01:02:15,400
Don't don't don't shriek when 
you suffer. 

993
01:02:15,400 --> 01:02:18,700
I'm speaking to the person who 
really wants to be used by God. 

994
01:02:21,000 --> 01:02:25,100
Christian character is often 
matured in the school of 

995
01:02:25,100 --> 01:02:30,800
suffering. 
So embrace it embrace it with a 

996
01:02:30,808 --> 01:02:35,200
tight grip and rejoice as you 
embrace it, because Christ is 

997
01:02:35,200 --> 01:02:39,400
producing something in you, 
producing something in you that 

998
01:02:39,400 --> 01:02:44,100
Seminary, cannot give you 
producing something in you that 

999
01:02:44,200 --> 01:02:46,600
a load of money. 
From your denomination. 

1000
01:02:46,900 --> 01:02:53,800
Can I give you? 
Christ takes his time to make 

1001
01:02:53,800 --> 01:02:57,800
his men and oftentimes the tools
on his belt. 

1002
01:02:57,800 --> 01:03:01,400
That he will use our painful in 
the moment but glorious in the 

1003
01:03:01,400 --> 01:03:06,100
results. 
I'm wondering if I should finish

1004
01:03:06,100 --> 01:03:14,400
on a different note. 
David was thirty years old, when

1005
01:03:14,400 --> 01:03:21,400
he began to Reign and he reigned
40 years, 30 plus 40. 

1006
01:03:23,200 --> 01:03:27,500
When did David die? 
At the end of his Reign. 

1007
01:03:27,900 --> 01:03:31,700
So what age? 
Is that mess with anybody's 

1008
01:03:31,700 --> 01:03:36,300
sunday-school imagination? 
It's even more strange. 

1009
01:03:36,300 --> 01:03:38,900
When you go to First Kings 
chapter 1, and you see his 

1010
01:03:38,900 --> 01:03:42,600
physical condition, he could not
even warm himself, no matter. 

1011
01:03:42,600 --> 01:03:44,300
How many blankets they put on 
him. 

1012
01:03:44,500 --> 01:03:47,400
I mean, when you read about the 
man and his dying days, you 

1013
01:03:47,400 --> 01:03:56,700
think he was in his late 90s or 
early 100s, the man died at 70. 

1014
01:03:59,300 --> 01:04:01,800
And here's what I find 
fascinating and I will end on 

1015
01:04:01,800 --> 01:04:05,200
this now. 
If your hand is still tucked in 

1016
01:04:05,200 --> 01:04:08,300
first Chronicles, go to the last
chapter. 

1017
01:04:09,300 --> 01:04:16,800
And if it's not turn there, And 
notice how the Bible parallels, 

1018
01:04:16,800 --> 01:04:21,300
the description of David's Reign
and concluding fashion. 

1019
01:04:28,000 --> 01:04:35,900
Verse 26 of chapter 29. 
Thus David, the son of Jesse 

1020
01:04:35,900 --> 01:04:39,100
reigned over all Israel. 
We've been reading that the time

1021
01:04:39,100 --> 01:04:42,000
that he reigned over Israel was 
40 years. 

1022
01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:46,100
We just read that he reigns 
seven years in Hebron and 33 

1023
01:04:46,100 --> 01:04:48,900
years in Jerusalem. 
We just read that but notice the

1024
01:04:48,900 --> 01:04:53,100
added, notice the complement of 
this portion of scripture. 

1025
01:04:54,100 --> 01:04:58,500
Verse 28, then he died at a good
age. 

1026
01:04:59,500 --> 01:05:04,600
Now, notice this full of days. 
Full of days. 

1027
01:05:06,300 --> 01:05:12,200
Riches and honor and Solomon. 
His son reigned in his place. 70

1028
01:05:12,200 --> 01:05:17,900
years old, and he died at a good
old age, right? 

1029
01:05:18,500 --> 01:05:25,500
Full of days. now, even in our 
standard and Society to hear of 

1030
01:05:25,500 --> 01:05:29,800
somebody dying at 70, you don't 
get the sense. 

1031
01:05:30,000 --> 01:05:31,800
Yeah, that person was ready to 
go. 

1032
01:05:33,500 --> 01:05:36,800
We know people who are in their 
late 60s, approaching 70s, like 

1033
01:05:36,800 --> 01:05:41,700
my father is in his late. 60s is
approaching 70 soon to me 70, 

1034
01:05:42,300 --> 01:05:44,100
there's still life there. 
They're still there still 

1035
01:05:44,100 --> 01:05:47,700
memories to be made there still 
fruit to be produced and so when

1036
01:05:47,700 --> 01:05:51,000
we think 70, we can still equate
that with a tragedy as a loss, 

1037
01:05:51,200 --> 01:05:54,200
but in our human reasoning. 
Because here the holy spirit 

1038
01:05:54,200 --> 01:06:00,100
says David died, full of days. 
Because the Bible does not 

1039
01:06:00,100 --> 01:06:03,700
equate fullness of life with the
length but with the substance, 

1040
01:06:04,600 --> 01:06:08,200
huh? 
The Bible equates, the fullness 

1041
01:06:08,200 --> 01:06:12,300
of life, not in length, but in 
substance her go. 

1042
01:06:12,600 --> 01:06:14,500
Jesus died. 
At 30. 

1043
01:06:14,700 --> 01:06:18,400
Did he die? 
Prematurely no. 

1044
01:06:18,500 --> 01:06:19,900
Did he die full? 
Yes. 

1045
01:06:19,900 --> 01:06:21,300
Did he die satisfying? 
The will of God. 

1046
01:06:21,400 --> 01:06:23,600
Absolutely. 
So we have to change our 

1047
01:06:23,600 --> 01:06:28,800
thinking here. 
You can live 70 years and Die, 

1048
01:06:28,800 --> 01:06:37,000
full full of days with richness.
And you can live up to 300 years

1049
01:06:37,000 --> 01:06:42,800
and be a waste. 
Think about that, God forbid, 

1050
01:06:42,800 --> 01:06:49,200
you can die like your lord at 33
years of age. 

1051
01:06:51,600 --> 01:06:54,500
And still die with glorious 
purpose. 

1052
01:06:54,500 --> 01:06:57,600
In comparison to somebody who 
lived three times as long as 

1053
01:06:57,600 --> 01:07:01,700
you. 
So as Christians we don't we 

1054
01:07:01,700 --> 01:07:05,400
don't again we don't equate 
success or blessing with 

1055
01:07:05,400 --> 01:07:08,900
numbers. 
But that's not how we think. 

1056
01:07:09,900 --> 01:07:12,400
Success is Not based on the 
number of people here, but on 

1057
01:07:12,400 --> 01:07:15,000
the substance of each person 
that represents this ministry. 

1058
01:07:15,900 --> 01:07:20,200
Success is Not equated to the 
number of dollars you have in 

1059
01:07:20,200 --> 01:07:23,500
your bank account, but where 
your treasure is there, your 

1060
01:07:23,500 --> 01:07:26,300
heart will be. 
Also Success is Not acquainted 

1061
01:07:26,300 --> 01:07:30,700
to how long you live but what 
you do with your years and David

1062
01:07:30,700 --> 01:07:35,400
was a man who died at 70? 
No wonder I mean the guy went 

1063
01:07:35,400 --> 01:07:38,500
through so many battles the 
brutality. 

1064
01:07:38,500 --> 01:07:41,200
He put his body through Through 
it makes sense. 

1065
01:07:41,200 --> 01:07:45,200
And yet God and his perfect with
his, a time to go home, may we 

1066
01:07:45,200 --> 01:07:49,500
live a full life. 
Full of days for the glory of 

1067
01:07:49,500 --> 01:07:52,200
God though, we thank you for 
this Bible study. 

1068
01:07:54,300 --> 01:07:58,500
Louis, thank you that even 
Through sickness, you're able to

1069
01:07:58,500 --> 01:08:03,800
be gracious to us. 
We just pray that the truths 

1070
01:08:03,800 --> 01:08:06,700
that we heard would with 
minister to our hearts. 

1071
01:08:11,700 --> 01:08:13,900
And that Lord, we would be able 
to leave here with instruction 

1072
01:08:13,900 --> 01:08:17,200
from the holy spirit for our 
lives, but we worship you now. 

1073
01:08:17,200 --> 01:08:22,600
We adore you and we remind 
ourselves that we are. 

1074
01:08:24,100 --> 01:08:27,399
Subjects to your kingdom. 
You are a king and gladly 

1075
01:08:27,899 --> 01:08:30,000
gladly, do we declare that you 
are King. 

1076
01:08:31,300 --> 01:08:35,300
You are the greater David, the 
son of David, the ruling 

1077
01:08:35,300 --> 01:08:37,300
raining, Lord, who will come 
back again. 

1078
01:08:37,800 --> 01:08:41,200
And we will be hold you on a 
throne with a scepter in your 

1079
01:08:41,200 --> 01:08:45,500
hands and the Nations will come 
to bow at your feet. 

1080
01:08:46,000 --> 01:08:48,500
Thank you for calling us to be a
part of that. 

1081
01:08:49,000 --> 01:08:52,500
We are overwhelmed by your grace
in our lives, in Jesus name, we 

1082
01:08:52,500 --> 01:08:53,800
pray. 
Amen. 

1083
01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:55,399
Let's stand worship together.