1 00:00:00,300 --> 00:00:05,500 Let's pray. There is we come into your 2 00:00:05,500 --> 00:00:08,600 presence. We do come as a broken people, 3 00:00:09,500 --> 00:00:12,700 we come as weak people. We come as needy people. 4 00:00:12,700 --> 00:00:17,200 We come as people who are full of stunts. and because of that, 5 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,500 we fall. And we shattered to pieces. 6 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:26,000 And we need you to put us back together. 7 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:32,299 So this morning I pray that through the gospel and by your 8 00:00:32,299 --> 00:00:39,800 spirit you might convince us again of your great love, may it 9 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:45,000 be more real to us this morning and may we leave here? 10 00:00:46,100 --> 00:00:51,400 after hearing good news knowing That you love us. 11 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:57,400 You forgive us, you? Pardon us and you will always 12 00:00:57,700 --> 00:01:03,700 welcome us back when we return to you, But we need your spirit 13 00:01:03,700 --> 00:01:06,400 to do a great work and I pray that through the preaching of 14 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,900 your word. You would unleash Heaven upon us 15 00:01:09,900 --> 00:01:15,000 this morning so that we may be filled that we may be convicted 16 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,900 where we need to be convicted. That we may be comforted where 17 00:01:17,900 --> 00:01:22,100 we need to be comforted, that we may be assured where we need to 18 00:01:22,100 --> 00:01:26,200 be assured. So God, do this great work by 19 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:31,300 the power of your spirit in and through us and among us even 20 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:33,300 now. And we ask that you would be 21 00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:35,600 pleased to do this in Jesus's name. 22 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,000 Amen. All right, I'm changing things 23 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,300 up a little bit. I'm going to introduce the text 24 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:45,800 before we actually read it and what I want to look at this 25 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:50,100 morning is what one pastor called, the sin, underneath the 26 00:01:50,100 --> 00:01:54,600 sin. The sin of idolatry and my taxes 27 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,700 first am ye 8, but before we read it, we need to get a little 28 00:01:57,700 --> 00:02:00,200 context and we need to get some background information. 29 00:02:00,500 --> 00:02:05,100 Samuel is the last judge and he's serving also as priest. 30 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,400 So he's this transitional figure between the judges and the Kings 31 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,400 and to understand what it was like back in those times, the 32 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:17,500 writer of Judges sums it up in the last verse of the book, in 33 00:02:17,500 --> 00:02:21,100 chapter 21 verse 25. He says, in those days there, 34 00:02:21,300 --> 00:02:25,600 There was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in 35 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,200 their own eyes. So, what was it? 36 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,200 Like, during these days? Well, imagine you doing, what's 37 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:34,400 right in your eyes and I doing what's right in my eyes, imagine 38 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,500 they compete with one another. What will we have chaos? 39 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:43,700 Absolute chaos. And this is the time period that 40 00:02:43,700 --> 00:02:47,700 first Samuel is written. So first, Samuel begins with a 41 00:02:47,700 --> 00:02:52,500 wicked priesthood and it begins with the need for God to raise 42 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:57,600 up a faithful priests and Samuel is that priest in chapters 1 43 00:02:57,700 --> 00:03:00,400 through 3. But in chapter 4 because of 44 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,700 Israel's idolatry, God allows the Philistines to defeat Israel 45 00:03:04,700 --> 00:03:08,000 and they capture the ark, and they take the ark back into 46 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,200 their Temple, to their God Dagon. 47 00:03:10,300 --> 00:03:12,700 And they place the Before dag on. 48 00:03:13,100 --> 00:03:17,200 But then the next day when the priest come, they see dag on is 49 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,000 actually face down, prostrate before the ark. 50 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,400 So, you know, maybe they thought of the wind blew it over solo, 51 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,600 just put it back up, they put him back up and then next day 52 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,000 they come in and there he is. Again, prostrate before the ark. 53 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,100 But this time his hands are cut off and so's. 54 00:03:32,100 --> 00:03:36,000 His head signifying. How foolish it is to worship? 55 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,900 An idol? That is powerless to save you. 56 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:43,900 And then God in flicks, tumors. On the Philistines, which is fun 57 00:03:43,900 --> 00:03:46,200 to read about but not very fun if you have to go through that, 58 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,100 right? And so they begin to realize 59 00:03:49,100 --> 00:03:51,800 that they are powerless against Israel's God. 60 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,200 So like we got to get rid of this thing because if we don't 61 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:56,200 get rid of it, more bad stuff is going to happen. 62 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:00,300 So in chapter 6 they send the ark back to Israel with a 63 00:04:00,308 --> 00:04:02,900 tribute. And then in chapter 7, when the 64 00:04:02,900 --> 00:04:06,800 ark is returned Samuel, he leads the people and the national 65 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:11,500 repentance worship service, which leads us to chapter 8 Were 66 00:04:11,500 --> 00:04:16,500 the people demand, that Samuel? Give them a king so they can be 67 00:04:16,500 --> 00:04:20,899 like the other nations. So what we're seeing unfold in 68 00:04:20,899 --> 00:04:23,500 first Samuel chapters 1 through 7. 69 00:04:23,500 --> 00:04:26,900 It's not just a need of a faithful priest who's going to 70 00:04:26,900 --> 00:04:30,100 intercede to God on behalf of sinful Israel. 71 00:04:30,100 --> 00:04:34,600 Know what we're seeing is a need for a king, a king, who would 72 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:38,500 lead the people and faithfulness to God, but the question is, 73 00:04:38,500 --> 00:04:43,600 what kind of King can do this? This what kind of keying can 74 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,100 lead people to be faithful to God. 75 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:52,800 Now, before we read our text, I want to read an excerpt from a 76 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:56,800 book, by Steve Brown, who is a former pastor, and Seminary 77 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:01,300 professor, and the book is called three free sins. 78 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,700 What Steve says about being a pastor, I think sums up our text 79 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:06,600 now. It's long. 80 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:08,500 But I think it's, I think it's pretty good. 81 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:12,200 I've had a lousy job for most of my life. 82 00:05:12,700 --> 00:05:16,200 I'm a preacher. I'm a pastor and my job 83 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,600 description is to keep people from doing what they obviously 84 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,800 want to do with a job description like mine. 85 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:24,900 I hardly ever get invited to parties. 86 00:05:25,100 --> 00:05:29,200 At least not the good ones. Sometimes I feel like a wet 87 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,700 Shaggy Dog, shaking himself at a wedding. 88 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,200 I tell the guests that I'm trying to help and that God 89 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,700 anointed me to reach out to you, but they simply don't care. 90 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,100 Preachers are supposed to keep people from sinning. 91 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,900 I haven't been very successful so far and I've been trying for 92 00:05:44,900 --> 00:05:48,500 40 years. There are times when I feel like 93 00:05:48,500 --> 00:05:52,200 I'm standing by the sheer edge of a high cliff that people 94 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,400 frequently approached be careful. 95 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:58,600 I tell them it's a long way down and coming to an abrupt stop at 96 00:05:58,608 --> 00:06:00,900 the bottom will be quite unpleasant. 97 00:06:01,700 --> 00:06:04,800 They look at me. They sometimes even thank me. 98 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:08,500 And then they jump, but I keep at it. 99 00:06:08,900 --> 00:06:12,300 I say, hey to the next group who approaches a cliff not too long 100 00:06:12,300 --> 00:06:16,000 ago, I saw people go off that cliff and if you bend over and 101 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,800 look you could see the bloody mess, it made like everyone 102 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:21,300 else. They seemed grateful for my 103 00:06:21,300 --> 00:06:25,200 concern, they may even say something about my compassion 104 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:31,400 and wisdom and then they jump. It happens again and again and 105 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:36,500 again, frankly I'm tired of it. In fact, I've given up standing 106 00:06:36,500 --> 00:06:40,000 by this stupid Cliff. I'm tired of trying to prevent 107 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,900 the unpreventable. I'm tired of talking to people 108 00:06:43,100 --> 00:06:45,800 who don't want to listen and I'm tired of pointing out the 109 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,400 obvious. And just, when I determined to 110 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:53,400 leave my position by the cliff to my horror and to my surprise 111 00:06:54,300 --> 00:06:58,600 I jump. Why do we get close to the 112 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,600 cliff? And then jump off. 113 00:07:02,700 --> 00:07:07,100 Why are we drawn to the cliff? Even though we know the method 114 00:07:07,100 --> 00:07:12,400 it'll make in the pain that it will cause and then if we 115 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,400 survive the impact after we jump, why don't we climb right 116 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,000 back up? Only to jump off again. 117 00:07:19,300 --> 00:07:22,100 Well, first Samuel 8 is the answer. 118 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:24,800 I'm gonna have you all come up and read and then I'm going to 119 00:07:24,808 --> 00:07:27,800 have you stand for the reading of God's word. 120 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:45,000 When Samuel became old, he made saw his sons judges over Israel, 121 00:07:45,500 --> 00:07:48,100 the name of the first born, son was Joel and the name of his 122 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:52,000 second abijah. They were judges in Beersheba, 123 00:07:52,700 --> 00:07:55,400 yet his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after 124 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,300 gain, they took bribes and perverted Justice. 125 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,500 Then all the Elders of Israel gathered together. 126 00:08:01,500 --> 00:08:06,000 And came to Samuel A trauma and said to him behold you are old 127 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,700 and your son's do not walk in your ways. 128 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,100 Now, appoint for us a king to judge us, like all the nations. 129 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,800 But the thing displease Sammy when they said, give us a king 130 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,500 to judge us and Samuel prayed to the Lord and the Lord said to 131 00:08:18,500 --> 00:08:21,900 Samuel obey the voice of the people and all that, they say to 132 00:08:21,900 --> 00:08:25,000 you, for they have not rejected you but they have rejected me 133 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,500 from being King over them. According to all the Deeds that 134 00:08:28,500 --> 00:08:31,400 they have done from the day, I brought them up out of Egypt, 135 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:34,600 even to this day forsaking me and serving other gods. 136 00:08:34,900 --> 00:08:39,600 So are also doing to you Now then obey their voice, only you 137 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:42,100 shall solemnly warned them and show them the ways of the king 138 00:08:42,100 --> 00:08:47,100 who shall reign over them. So Samuel so Samuel told all the 139 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:49,700 words of the Lord to the people who were asking for a king from 140 00:08:49,700 --> 00:08:53,300 him and he said these will be the ways of the king who ran 141 00:08:53,300 --> 00:08:55,300 over you. He will take your sons and 142 00:08:55,300 --> 00:08:58,500 appoint them to his chariots and to be his Horsemen and to run 143 00:08:58,500 --> 00:09:04,400 before his chariots. And he will appoint for himself, 144 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:08,000 commanders of thousands and commanders of 50s in some to 145 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,600 plow his ground and to reap his Harvest and to make his 146 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,800 Implements of war and they equipment of his chariots, he 147 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:18,400 will take your daughters to be perfect perfumers and cooks and 148 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,500 Bakers. He will take the best of your 149 00:09:20,500 --> 00:09:24,200 fields and Vineyards and Olive Orchards and give them to his 150 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,000 servants. He will take the tenth of your 151 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,300 grain and of your Vineyards and give it to his officers, and to 152 00:09:30,300 --> 00:09:33,000 his servants. He will take your male servants, 153 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,700 and your female servants. And the best of your young men, 154 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:39,000 and your donkeys and put them to his work, he will take the tenth 155 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,100 of your flocks and you shall be his slaves. 156 00:09:41,500 --> 00:09:44,600 And in that day, you will cry out because of your king whom 157 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:47,700 you've chosen for yourselves. But the Lord will not answer you 158 00:09:47,700 --> 00:09:51,000 in that day. But the people refused to obey 159 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,500 the voice of Samuel and they said, no, but there shall be a 160 00:09:54,500 --> 00:09:57,500 king over us. That we may also be like all the 161 00:09:57,500 --> 00:10:01,100 nations and then our King May judge us and go out before us 162 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:03,900 and fight our battles. And when Samuel had heard all 163 00:10:03,900 --> 00:10:06,700 the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of the 164 00:10:06,700 --> 00:10:09,500 Lord. And the Lord said to Samuel obey 165 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:12,800 their voice and make them a King Samuel then said to the men of 166 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:14,900 Israel, go, every man to his City. 167 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:21,500 This is the word of the Lord. Thank you, and you may take your 168 00:10:21,500 --> 00:10:25,700 seats. If y'all haven't figured it out 169 00:10:25,700 --> 00:10:28,400 yet even though it's a day of rest Presbyterians love to get 170 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,800 their exercise in right with all the standing and sitting we do 171 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:35,700 during the service. And did you see the cliff that 172 00:10:35,700 --> 00:10:38,100 we all get real close to and then jump off? 173 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,400 You see chapter 8, it shows us the root of Israel's problem and 174 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:46,400 it isn't just Israel's problem. It's our problem as well. 175 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:52,000 Two things struck me as I was studying this first, it's found 176 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,200 in verse 8. Look at where it says ever since 177 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:57,200 God redeemed his people out of Slavery to Egypt. 178 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:00,600 What do they still do? They still jump off the cliff. 179 00:11:01,900 --> 00:11:09,400 I mean they saw the ten plagues, they saw the death pass over 180 00:11:09,500 --> 00:11:12,400 their house because of the blood of the Lamb. 181 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:17,400 On the door, they saw the death of all of the firstborn in 182 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,800 Egypt. I mean, they saw the waters part 183 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:23,800 and they saw a Pharaoh's chariots in their horses. 184 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,800 Get engulfed in the water so that they would never be a 185 00:11:26,808 --> 00:11:32,300 threat to Israel ever again. They saw how God provided for 186 00:11:32,300 --> 00:11:36,400 them for 40 years, in the wilderness every day, they had 187 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:41,400 food in a place where there was no food everyday, they had water 188 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:46,900 from a rock for 40 years. Their clothes not did not fade. 189 00:11:47,900 --> 00:11:52,600 Nor do they ever get holes? Their sandals never wore out. 190 00:11:53,100 --> 00:11:55,800 They saw the walls of Jericho fall. 191 00:11:56,100 --> 00:11:59,600 They saw God scatter all of their enemies before them. 192 00:11:59,700 --> 00:12:04,800 And they saw God deliver them over and over and over again by 193 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,900 raising up judges. So time and time again, they saw 194 00:12:08,900 --> 00:12:12,900 God's faithfulness and yet, time and time again, they keep 195 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,100 approaching the cliff and jump off. 196 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:20,900 And the second thing that struck me as in verses 9 to 18, saying 197 00:12:20,900 --> 00:12:23,900 you are standing besides a cliff telling the people not to jump, 198 00:12:24,900 --> 00:12:29,000 they still jump. Samuels telling him how painful 199 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:33,100 it will be when they abruptly hit bottom, he's warning them 200 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:37,600 what it'll be like if they jump and they still jump. 201 00:12:38,500 --> 00:12:40,300 I mean this Israel has Alzheimer's. 202 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,000 Are they masochist who enjoy paying? 203 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,400 Hey, that was fun. Let's run up and jump off again. 204 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:49,600 Sadly, this is where many Christians go wrong. 205 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,300 We look at Israel continually jumping off the cliff and we 206 00:12:53,300 --> 00:12:55,400 conclude, we would never do that. 207 00:12:56,300 --> 00:13:01,300 What's wrong with these people? We're better than that. 208 00:13:02,700 --> 00:13:06,700 I mean, you would think after so many broken bones and gashes 209 00:13:07,300 --> 00:13:11,500 after so much pain and blood loss, you would think they would 210 00:13:11,500 --> 00:13:16,400 finally learn don't jump Have you? 211 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:23,200 Have you learned not to jump off the cliff? 212 00:13:24,100 --> 00:13:27,000 I mean, sure, you may set up barriers which is going to keep 213 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,400 you from getting close to the cliff. 214 00:13:28,900 --> 00:13:32,100 It may prolong you from jumping over. 215 00:13:34,100 --> 00:13:38,000 You make all these promises to God to yourself and to other 216 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:43,300 people that you won't ever jump again, but have the barriers and 217 00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:46,400 the promises really stop you from jumping. 218 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,600 She haven't you figured it out yet? 219 00:13:50,900 --> 00:13:55,000 You and I want to jump, and because we do, there is no 220 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,400 amount of accountability. There is no amount of pleading, 221 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,700 there is no amount of warnings. There's no amount of laws. 222 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:04,700 There's no amount of commands. There is no amount of the 223 00:14:04,700 --> 00:14:07,800 threats of the consequences of what will happen that is going 224 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,800 to stop. You us from jumping off the 225 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:14,200 cliff. It doesn't matter how much 226 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:15,600 wisdom you've gained over the years. 227 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:17,900 Just read the book of Ecclesiastes to figure that one 228 00:14:17,900 --> 00:14:20,900 out. It doesn't matter how many 229 00:14:20,900 --> 00:14:23,800 lessons you've learned. It doesn't matter how well, you 230 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:25,900 know, your Bible. It doesn't matter how many Bible 231 00:14:25,900 --> 00:14:31,600 verses you've memorized you, and I will still jump and I got to 232 00:14:31,608 --> 00:14:34,600 be honest. The sooner, we admit that the 233 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:38,300 better. I wish Christians would stop 234 00:14:38,300 --> 00:14:40,400 acting like they would never jump. 235 00:14:41,300 --> 00:14:43,700 I wish myself. Another Christians would stop 236 00:14:43,700 --> 00:14:46,700 pretending that they didn't jump when they did. 237 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,300 I mean after all, everyone can see it. 238 00:14:51,100 --> 00:14:54,600 I see that broken bone dangling from your arm. 239 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:58,900 I see that open wound that you try to cover with a Band-Aid. 240 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,400 I see you walking with a limp and I know you see me scooting 241 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,100 around my wheelchair because of how many times I've jumped and 242 00:15:05,100 --> 00:15:10,100 will continue to jump. Are you tired of pretending 243 00:15:10,100 --> 00:15:13,600 though? To be something you're not. 244 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:19,300 Are you tired of wearing the mask to give the impression 245 00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:21,400 you're doing better than you really are? 246 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,800 I know I'm tired of it but here's the thing. 247 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:31,400 I still pretending wear a mask and so do you But isn't there 248 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:33,700 something freeing about admitting it? 249 00:15:35,500 --> 00:15:38,800 Admitting that you're broken emitting that you're needy 250 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:43,700 admitting that you're full of sin that you are selfish and 251 00:15:43,700 --> 00:15:46,400 you're far worse than anybody else really knows. 252 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,800 But for some of us admitting that you're broken, it isn't 253 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:52,900 freeing instead it fills you with fear. 254 00:15:54,100 --> 00:15:56,600 The fear that others are going to know that the emperor really 255 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:02,200 does not have any clothes on. This is why you aren't free to 256 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:06,700 be yourself around other people. This is why you keep people at a 257 00:16:06,700 --> 00:16:11,100 distance, this is why you don't allow them to get close to you. 258 00:16:11,700 --> 00:16:15,500 You aren't free to let others see and know your Brokenness 259 00:16:15,500 --> 00:16:19,200 because you're so afraid of what they will think of you if they 260 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:22,500 do. See the point of our text is to 261 00:16:22,500 --> 00:16:27,600 serve as a mirror for us to look into to see that we're all 262 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:32,300 broken and that we cannot fix ourselves. 263 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,900 So, you would think that after God delivered Israel from their 264 00:16:35,900 --> 00:16:40,200 slavery to Egypt and after he continued to deliver them over 265 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:44,300 and over and over again, you would think that Israel would 266 00:16:44,300 --> 00:16:48,500 have learned only God, can save them, only God can deliver them. 267 00:16:49,300 --> 00:16:53,600 You would think that they would more easily trust in him but 268 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:59,000 they don't and neither do we? You would think that after 269 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,500 repenting and putting their Idols away and returning to God. 270 00:17:02,500 --> 00:17:05,000 You would think that they wouldn't run back to their Idols 271 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:09,200 again, but they do. And so, do we? 272 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:13,300 You would think that, after all these years of seeing how 273 00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:17,500 patient God is with them, how gracious and merciful, he's been 274 00:17:17,500 --> 00:17:20,300 with them. You would think that they would 275 00:17:20,300 --> 00:17:25,099 return to him more quickly, but they don't and neither do we? 276 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:31,100 There's something terribly wrong with us that we can be drawn to 277 00:17:31,100 --> 00:17:35,600 the cliff Time After Time After Time. 278 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:42,400 So what is the cliff that we all get real close to and then jump 279 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:46,200 off? Breaking us bruising us, 280 00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:50,300 bloodying us every time we do answer. 281 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:56,700 We think there's a better King than God to rule over us. 282 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,800 So what do we do? We jump out of God's arms, run 283 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:04,300 to the cliff to jump into the arms of a god replacement, a 284 00:18:04,300 --> 00:18:08,200 false, god, an idol that can't catch you. 285 00:18:08,700 --> 00:18:12,600 That can't fill you. That can't satisfy you that 286 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:17,100 can't give you what you ultimately long for and because 287 00:18:17,100 --> 00:18:23,200 it can't every time we jump into its arms, we fall Look at 288 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:26,700 verses, four through nine, the elders, they come the Samuel, A 289 00:18:26,700 --> 00:18:30,000 trauma, and they request for Samuel to a point for them, a 290 00:18:30,008 --> 00:18:32,600 king to judge them like the other nations. 291 00:18:34,300 --> 00:18:37,000 This displeases Samuel because he's been acting as judge. 292 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,200 He's been acting as priest. He's been acting as the prophet 293 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,000 and he feels like they're rejecting to him. 294 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,600 So he goes to the Lord and he prays, and he says, what shall I 295 00:18:45,608 --> 00:18:47,400 do? And God says, to Samuel obey 296 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:51,800 their voice. Give them what they want. 297 00:18:53,100 --> 00:18:55,900 Now, we got understand it's their request for a king is not 298 00:18:55,900 --> 00:18:59,800 wrong. God told Abraham that Kings were 299 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:03,100 going to come from him and Deuteronomy 17. 300 00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:06,400 Moses said that this day was going to come and now it's 301 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:10,100 happening. So the request is not wrong. 302 00:19:11,100 --> 00:19:13,400 What's wrong is they don't want to be different. 303 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:21,100 They don't want to be distinct, they don't want to be unique as 304 00:19:21,100 --> 00:19:24,900 God's people. Now, they want to look like 305 00:19:25,100 --> 00:19:30,600 everybody else. They want to be like the Nations 306 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:34,700 around them. So the request is not wrong. 307 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,000 And then it gets even worse. Because according to verse 7 308 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,400 it's not just that they want to be like other nations. 309 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,900 It's they don't want God to be their King anymore. 310 00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:49,100 And in verse 8, we see that this has always been the case ever 311 00:19:49,100 --> 00:19:51,300 since God brought Israel out of Egypt. 312 00:19:52,700 --> 00:19:55,600 See, Israel has quite the history of leaving God's arms in 313 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,800 order to jump into the arms of a god replacement that can't catch 314 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:01,800 them. Israel has a long history of 315 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:06,200 throwing God's rule off so that they can be ruled by something 316 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,500 else either. They want to rule their own 317 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:13,800 lives or they subject themselves to the rule of something else. 318 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,900 So what is Israel? There are a bunch of idolaters 319 00:20:20,300 --> 00:20:25,800 they want something other than God to rule them and control 320 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:29,000 them. They aren't satisfied with God 321 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,300 as their King. They don't think God is good 322 00:20:32,300 --> 00:20:35,600 enough. They don't believe that God can 323 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:41,900 give them what other things can. Israel has a history of Treasury 324 00:20:41,900 --> 00:20:44,400 and created things rather than their creator. 325 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:49,300 They have a long history of putting worthless things in 326 00:20:49,300 --> 00:20:52,900 God's Place. Israel is bent on turning away 327 00:20:52,900 --> 00:20:57,000 from God in order to worship and serve an idol. 328 00:20:58,100 --> 00:21:03,100 And so, are we? See, if you miss seeing yourself 329 00:21:03,100 --> 00:21:05,900 in the mirror of chapter 8, and you not only miss the point of 330 00:21:05,908 --> 00:21:07,900 our text but you missed the point of the whole Bible. 331 00:21:09,900 --> 00:21:12,900 Look at verse 9, God, tell Samuel to give the people what 332 00:21:12,900 --> 00:21:16,900 they want, obey their voice but solemnly warned them. 333 00:21:16,900 --> 00:21:21,000 What it'll be like to have a god replacement ruling over them and 334 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,200 you can't miss the main verb because it's repeated six times 335 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:28,400 in verses 10 through 18. He will take your sons and 336 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:32,600 daughters. Take the best of your Fields, 337 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:36,400 Vineyards, and Orchards. He will take the tenth of your 338 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,400 grain. Take your servants, take your 339 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,700 flocks and you shall be as slaves. 340 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,900 And then that day when you cry out, because of your king whom 341 00:21:46,900 --> 00:21:50,600 you have chosen for yourself, the Lord will not answer you in 342 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,700 that day. Samuels. 343 00:21:53,700 --> 00:21:56,500 Warning them about the dangers of jumping off the cliff. 344 00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,900 And sadly. According to verse 19, they 345 00:21:59,900 --> 00:22:02,700 refused to obey the voice of Samuel. 346 00:22:04,300 --> 00:22:07,800 See what is Samuel telling, the people this false King, this God 347 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:09,200 replacement that you're looking to. 348 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:13,500 It can only take from you. It can never give. 349 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,700 Now, what's interesting is that the reason why they want a god 350 00:22:17,700 --> 00:22:21,700 replacement is to protect them and for their own security. 351 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,800 But because this God replacement takes the very things that they 352 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:33,100 want protected and secured. This is exactly what Idols do 353 00:22:33,100 --> 00:22:37,400 when we put them in God's Place. See, I don't can't. 354 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:41,600 Give it can only take and because they can only take we 355 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:46,300 become enslaved to them. We become like them. 356 00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:52,600 In Psalm 115 verses four through eight, their Idols are silver 357 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:55,600 and gold. The Works of human hands. 358 00:22:56,200 --> 00:23:00,100 They have mouths, but do not speak eyes, but do not see. 359 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,700 They have ears, but do not hear noses, but do not smell. 360 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:08,400 They have hands, but do not feel feet, but do not walk those who 361 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:15,400 make them will become like them. And so will all who trust in 362 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,300 them. You see worshipping an idol is 363 00:23:18,300 --> 00:23:23,600 so destructive because we become like them, Idols, they twist and 364 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:31,300 they distort us into their image Idols, deform and dehumanize us. 365 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,600 And is it the greatest illustration of this and the 366 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:40,700 Lord of the Rings were a Hobbit named, Smeagol finds the one 367 00:23:40,700 --> 00:23:44,400 ring to rule them all? All and it becomes his precious. 368 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:50,900 And what is this ring? Do to Smeagol it twists, it 369 00:23:50,900 --> 00:23:58,500 distorts him into Golem. Looking to something other than 370 00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:01,800 God to fill us. It deforms us. 371 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:07,200 It dehumanizes us because when we are not filled, we act more 372 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,300 like animals, and we do human beings. 373 00:24:11,300 --> 00:24:13,900 Why? Because we're living our lives 374 00:24:13,900 --> 00:24:20,500 trying to get from others. Not able to give to others. 375 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:25,900 You see, God made us for himself, which means only he can 376 00:24:25,900 --> 00:24:28,800 fill us. But God also made us in His 377 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,200 image, which means, we are to reflect him. 378 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,000 And the way we reflect him. As, when we revolve our lives 379 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:40,500 around him, and receive from him, when we are receiving from 380 00:24:40,500 --> 00:24:43,000 him. Now, we have something to give 381 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:47,300 and we reflect and display him by living for the good. 382 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:51,800 Of others. So as a human being made for God 383 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:55,000 and Made In His Image to reflect him to others. 384 00:24:55,100 --> 00:24:59,600 When I revolve my life around something other than God, what 385 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:04,600 happens, I'm revolving my life around, something that can only 386 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:07,700 take. Can never give. 387 00:25:08,900 --> 00:25:10,700 And because it can't give it leaves me. 388 00:25:10,700 --> 00:25:19,400 Empty, It leaves me unsatisfied. It leaves me, unfulfilled, and 389 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,600 the longer I remain unfulfilled than the more desperate. 390 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:32,600 I become to be filled so I'm always seeking to get Not able 391 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,500 to give. Dale children. 392 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,300 How do you treat your friends when they don't give you what 393 00:25:38,300 --> 00:25:43,200 you want? Husband and wife, how do you 394 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:47,400 view your spouse? When they don't love you, the 395 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:53,400 way you long to be loved. When we are ruled by something 396 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:57,700 other than God God's image, it gets twisted, it gets distorted 397 00:25:57,700 --> 00:26:01,300 and we no longer reflect him by living for the good of others. 398 00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:06,800 Instead, we reflect our idle by trying to get from others. 399 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:12,300 What's interesting about verses 9 to 18, wisdom is not enough to 400 00:26:12,300 --> 00:26:14,400 stop us from jumping off the cliff. 401 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:20,500 Commandments laws, warnings, threats of the consequences, 402 00:26:20,700 --> 00:26:28,400 won't stop us from doing what we want to do. so, no matter how 403 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:33,500 many warnings we receive, No matter how messy and painful, we 404 00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:39,100 know that abrupt stop will be, we will still jump. 405 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,500 Now, we're beginning to see the real purpose of our text. 406 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:50,100 We don't just need a faithful priest who intercede to God on 407 00:26:50,100 --> 00:26:51,900 our behalf when we sin against them. 408 00:26:51,900 --> 00:26:57,300 No, we need a king. We need a king who is glorious 409 00:26:57,300 --> 00:27:00,600 enough to conquer and capture our hearts. 410 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,700 We need a king who is so radiant that we don't want to leave 411 00:27:04,700 --> 00:27:08,600 God's arms to jump into the arms of a god replacement. 412 00:27:09,100 --> 00:27:13,000 We need a king who was strong enough to set us free from our 413 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:18,900 desire to want to jump. The whole point of first and 414 00:27:18,900 --> 00:27:21,800 second, Samuel was to show us how God provides the king we 415 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:27,100 need. So if chapter 8 is meant to be a 416 00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:31,900 mirror than what do we see? That you and I are broken. 417 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:38,400 You and I are full of sin and cannot fix ourselves. 418 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,500 No amount of laws. No amount of warnings. 419 00:27:43,700 --> 00:27:47,000 No amount of threats can stop us from jumping off the cliff. 420 00:27:47,100 --> 00:27:53,200 We need something else. We need a king. 421 00:27:54,100 --> 00:27:56,400 Whose radiant Beauty Is So Glorious. 422 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:01,400 That he melts our hearts to the point where we don't want to 423 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:06,900 jump anymore. A king, whose love for us is so 424 00:28:06,900 --> 00:28:13,200 great that we want to submit to his will not throw it all off. 425 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:21,300 In 1st Samuel David's that King David doesn't arrive on the 426 00:28:21,300 --> 00:28:26,100 scene yet till chapter 16, which means chapter 8 is preparing us 427 00:28:26,100 --> 00:28:30,000 for what happens in chapters 9 through 15 where the king we 428 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,200 want. It's not always the king, we 429 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:37,000 need. And saw we see that getting the 430 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,600 king, we want is not a good thing. 431 00:28:42,700 --> 00:28:44,800 And I went to end and I need to end. 432 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,100 I want to end with some implications of our text. 433 00:28:48,100 --> 00:28:53,200 What do we learn from Israel's long history of jumping off the 434 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:57,800 cliff into the arms of God? Replacements, the first thing we 435 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,300 learn is this repentance is not a one-time thing. 436 00:29:01,500 --> 00:29:08,500 It's an all the time thing. See the Christian life is more 437 00:29:08,500 --> 00:29:11,600 than setting up barriers, to keep you to prevent you and to 438 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:16,800 prolong you from jumping off the cliff know, the power of the 439 00:29:16,808 --> 00:29:19,800 Christian Life is repenting after you jump. 440 00:29:21,700 --> 00:29:24,700 See brown, he calls it, the Bingo retort, so it goes like 441 00:29:24,700 --> 00:29:26,800 this. Someone says you're wrong. 442 00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:31,300 Bingo, I've been wrong. Almost 50% of the time. 443 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,700 You're selfish. Bingo. 444 00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:38,500 My mom said the same thing and my wife knows it too. 445 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,700 You're not living up to your potential. 446 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,200 Bingo, and if it's all right with you, I'm not going to live 447 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:50,500 up to my potential for a while. You're not fit to be a Christian 448 00:29:50,900 --> 00:29:54,300 bingo. That's why Jesus died for me. 449 00:29:56,300 --> 00:30:01,100 There are something freeing. About admitting that you are 450 00:30:01,100 --> 00:30:03,400 broken and you can't fix yourself. 451 00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:08,400 It's freeing because you can stop pretending. 452 00:30:10,500 --> 00:30:13,800 Can stop pretending that you aren't week, that you aren't 453 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:17,700 broken, that you aren't needy that you aren't full of sin. 454 00:30:19,100 --> 00:30:22,000 See, here's the irony to not admit that you're broken needy 455 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,700 and full of sin that slavery. Why? 456 00:30:24,900 --> 00:30:30,800 Because you're enslaved to fear. Fear of what God thinks of you, 457 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:34,400 fear of what, others think of you fear, that you have to 458 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:38,200 perform for God, fear that you have to be perfect. 459 00:30:41,100 --> 00:30:44,000 Fear that God is angry with you when you mess up. 460 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:48,800 So instead of being afraid, why don't you just admit it? 461 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,800 Steve Brown goes on to say we have not been called to tell the 462 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,700 world how good we are and how God made us that way. 463 00:30:57,300 --> 00:30:59,800 See you in that what we think it means about to be a good 464 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:02,600 witness. Look at how good we are. 465 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:07,300 Look at how moral we are. Look at how we got it all 466 00:31:07,300 --> 00:31:12,000 together. But that's not what we call to 467 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:16,000 witness two. See Brown says we have been 468 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,800 called to stand before God and the world naked. 469 00:31:20,700 --> 00:31:23,800 Honest. And loved. 470 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:31,600 See. To admit your broken to admit, 471 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:36,200 you're weak and needy and full of sin is freeing. 472 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,100 Because what's the message of the Gospel? 473 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:46,400 That God has provided the king we need. the king, we need to 474 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:50,400 free us, not just from sins, power and sins penalty, but to 475 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:55,400 free us from our slavery to fear It's five hours, Apostle, Paul, 476 00:31:55,400 --> 00:32:00,700 I'd say it this way as he does in Galatians 5:1, it is for 477 00:32:00,700 --> 00:32:03,600 Freedom that Christ has set you free. 478 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:10,300 Therefore, do not allow yourself to be subjected again to the 479 00:32:10,300 --> 00:32:16,600 Yoke of slavery. This may shock some of you and 480 00:32:17,100 --> 00:32:20,400 hopefully I won't get any emails but I won't be able to read them 481 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:22,100 till Wednesday so don't worry about it. 482 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:30,800 Jesus did not come to keep you from jumping off the cliff. 483 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,300 Came to put you back together when you do. 484 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:43,900 We've already jumped. So, the goal of the Christian 485 00:32:43,900 --> 00:32:47,500 life is not to prevent you from jumping, although that may be 486 00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:51,300 part of it. The goal of the Christian Life 487 00:32:51,300 --> 00:33:00,000 is for you to know that you are forgiven. when you do, Jesus is 488 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:03,500 a radiant King we need because as king, what did he do? 489 00:33:05,300 --> 00:33:11,400 Jesus gave up his greatness. in order to stoop down to serve, 490 00:33:11,900 --> 00:33:18,000 you But becoming like us, he understands us. 491 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:24,300 He suffers with us, he suffers for us. 492 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:30,700 Jesus sacrificed and gave up everything, so that we could 493 00:33:30,700 --> 00:33:35,300 have everything in him. On the cross. 494 00:33:35,300 --> 00:33:38,200 Jesus Takes everything that is bad about you. 495 00:33:39,700 --> 00:33:44,300 He takes all of your desires for God, Replacements and he becomes 496 00:33:44,300 --> 00:33:47,800 it. And by becoming it, he then 497 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:53,300 became the object of God's Wrath to punish all of your sin. 498 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:58,900 Jesus takes everything that is bad about you and then he gives 499 00:33:58,900 --> 00:34:02,600 to you everything that is good about him. 500 00:34:04,500 --> 00:34:09,800 Jesus sacrificed himself for you so that you could find life in 501 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:13,699 him. Jesus gave up his greatness for 502 00:34:13,699 --> 00:34:16,400 our good so that we would live free. 503 00:34:17,900 --> 00:34:22,500 Free from condemnation free from believing that we have to 504 00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:26,100 perform for God. Free from the enslaving fear to 505 00:34:26,100 --> 00:34:32,400 be perfect, to be enough to meet some standard but you can't. 506 00:34:33,500 --> 00:34:35,500 So it's the free you from trying. 507 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:44,300 Jesus sets, you free from your fear to know that God is not 508 00:34:44,300 --> 00:34:49,600 angry with you? That God deeply loves you in 509 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,699 spite of the fact that you're a failure. 510 00:34:55,300 --> 00:34:59,300 See when Jesus set you free. It frees you to admit, you're 511 00:34:59,300 --> 00:35:02,300 broken. It frees you to admit that, 512 00:35:02,300 --> 00:35:06,600 you're needy it, frees you to admit your sin, and your sinful, 513 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:11,500 and you can't fix yourself. See here, it is. 514 00:35:11,700 --> 00:35:17,200 When you jump Jesus, set, you free to know that you can always 515 00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:23,600 come back to him. He set you free to know that he 516 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:26,600 will always put you back together. 517 00:35:27,700 --> 00:35:31,500 He will mend your broken bones. He will cleanse your wounds. 518 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:35,800 He will cover your holes, he will embrace you and take you 519 00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:40,900 in. So Christian come home. 520 00:35:42,500 --> 00:35:49,700 And experience his forgiveness. Stop living in fear come to your 521 00:35:49,700 --> 00:35:55,100 king who has saved you and who will continue to forgive you 522 00:35:55,400 --> 00:36:00,400 every time you jump. Amen. 523 00:36:01,100 --> 00:36:13,900 Let's pray. our gracious, Heavenly Father Yeah. we sang 524 00:36:13,900 --> 00:36:18,800 Amazing Grace, but a lot of times, We have to confess. 525 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:25,800 It's not really amazing. It's not really amazing because 526 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:28,600 a lot of times we live as if we don't need it. 527 00:36:30,700 --> 00:36:33,400 But the reality of first Samuel 8, it shows us. 528 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:38,900 We need it all the time. Because we are prone to wander 529 00:36:39,500 --> 00:36:40,600 Lord. I feel it. 530 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:49,300 We are prone to leave the God. We say we love So now would you 531 00:36:49,300 --> 00:36:54,300 bind our hearts to your great love for us so that we don't 532 00:36:54,300 --> 00:36:59,200 want to jump anymore? Open our eyes to see the radiant 533 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:02,700 Beauty, And Glory of Jesus, who gave up everything, so that we 534 00:37:02,700 --> 00:37:10,600 could have everything in him. Do this for your glory and do 535 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:12,500 this for the good of your people. 536 00:37:12,900 --> 00:37:15,800 We ask of this in Jesus's name. Amen. 537 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:11,800 Do this for your glory and do this for the good of your 538 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:15,100 people. We ask of this in Jesus's name. 539 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:15,800 Amen.