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You're listening to the 
Bridgetown Church Podcast. 

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With Pastor Chris Ochoa. 
Where our vision is Jesus, our 

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mission is people, and our cause
is love. 

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Thanks for tuning in. 
Let's dive in. 

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OK, Bridgetown Church. 
My name is Pastor Chris Ochoa. 

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I'm the pastor of Preaching and 
Vision here at Bridgetown 

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Church. 
It's so great to see you this 

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Sunday. 
This morning we're going to 

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continue our series of hearts in
the book of Second Samuel. 

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Today we'll find ourselves in 
chapter 6 of Second Samuel. 

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The title of our sermon this 
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the City, and the whole theme of
today is the Presence of the 

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Lord. 
A main idea I want you guys to 

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think about as you turn to 
Second Samuel 6 is what happens.

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How do you respond when the 
presence of the Lord really 

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shows up? 
When the presence of the Lord 

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really shows up? 
Before we read our scripture 

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text this morning, a few 
announcements. 

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Someone I want to just highlight
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gathering on Wednesdays. 
Guys, for those of you who have 

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youth, know of youth, have youth
at home that are bored on 

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Wednesday nights, make sure they
hit up our youth ministry on 

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Wednesdays at 6:00 PM at the 
Hamilton House, OK? 

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Everybody's invited. 
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whether you don't attend the 
church, we want Bridgetown to 

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have a youthful arm here, a 
youthful ministry. 

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So with that being said, 
Wednesdays at six at the 

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Hamilton House for your youth, 
those in your household and 

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those not in your household, 
make sure to invite them out. 

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7:00 at six, it's too early for 
Rudy. 7:00 All right, so we'll 

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bring up the sermon text on the 
screen for you today. 

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We'll be in chapter 6 starting 
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go all the way to the verse 23. 
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I'll be reading out of the ESV 
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Hear the word of the Lord. 
It says David again gathered all

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the chosen men of Israel, 30,000
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all the people who were with 
them from Baal Judah, to bring 

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up the ark of God, which is 
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of hosts, who sits and Thrones 
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And they carried, and they 
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cart, and brought it out of the 
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the hill. 
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Abenadab, were driving the new 
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Ahiyo went before the ark. 
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House of Israel were celebrating
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liars and harps and tambourines,
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And when they came to the 
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put out his hand to the ark of 
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For the oxen stumbled, and the 
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against Ouza, and God struck him
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and he died there beside the ark
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And David was angry because the 
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Ouza, and that place is called 
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And David was afraid of the Lord
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And he said, How can the ark of 
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So David was not willing to take
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city of David, But David took it
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the Ghetite. 
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in the House of Obed Edom the 
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And the Lord blessed Obed Edom 
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And it was told King David verse
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household of Obed Edom and all 
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the ark of God. 
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ark of God from the House of 
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with rejoicing. 
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of the Lord had gone 6 steps, he
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animal. 
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with all his might. 
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ephod. 
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Israel brought up the ark of the
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sound of the horn. 
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Lord came into the city of 
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Saul looked out of the window 
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dancing before the Lord, and she
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Verse 20. 
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household. 
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Saul, came out to meet David and
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honored himself today, 
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the eyes of his servants, female
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fellows famously uncovers 
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And David said to McCall, It was
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above your father and above all 
his house, to appoint me as 

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Prince over Israel, the people 
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And I will celebrate before the 
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I will make myself yet more 
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will be abased in your eyes, but
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you have spoken. 
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honor. 
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daughter of Saul had no child to
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This is the word of the Lord. 
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Let's pray, Father, as we 
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pray that you would show us the 
glory of Jesus, that we would 

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learn and ponder about your 
holiness and what it means to be

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in your presence. 
I pray that you would change us 

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and transform us by the 
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word. 
Would your Holy Spirit go forth 

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and illuminate the text that we 
may learn and be the people that

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you've called us to be? 
We love you and we praise you 

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and we pray this in your son's 
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Amen. 
Amen. 

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I want to take you back to 
college for me my sophomore 

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year, Cal State Fullerton. 
Do we have any Titans out there?

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Shannon, I didn't know you went 
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Amen. 
Sophomore year of of of college 

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for me, I remember writing a 
specific paper for my history 

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class, my ancient history class.
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It was on the defense of the 
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right? 
A secular institution. 

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I get to write about the Bible. 
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probably the only essay my whole
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actually cared about and I'm 
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essay. 
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tirelessly. 
I wrote probably it was like a 

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three page paper. 
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I wrote 4 pages. 
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this is my chance as a believer.
One, I'm going to pass this 

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class through this paper to I'm 
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preach to the professor. 
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because this paper is going to 
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That's that was my mentality 
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Well, I turned it in one day. 
A week later I get my grade 

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back. 
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This was the worst paper I ever 
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it had to be the one paper on Is
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So me being a Christian what's 
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So I went to the professor's 
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ask professor why? 
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Like this is like my only 
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What happened? 
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listen, your essay was good. 
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It's a little bit too good. 
You didn't cite any sources, you

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didn't cite anything. 
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to be that good, it's suspicious
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So there were a little bit of 
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plagiarism because it was too 
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Little did I know all I cited. 
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If you look at my footnotes, I 
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What did I know? 
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the protocol for this essay was 
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citations to show that I put in 
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research to write this paper. 
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I failed. 
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otherwise. 
No, you don't understand, 

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professor. 
I'm a Christian. 

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I my sources, my citation is up 
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this is what I believe. 
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It didn't go anywhere because I 
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I broke the guidelines. 
I did not cite my sources like I

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should have. 
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one of the few essays that I 
truly cared about during my 

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college experience, I ended up 
receiving like one of my only 

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failing grades on the paper that
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I didn't follow established 
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protocols that were set by the 
professor and I reaped the 

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consequences. 
I had to retake that class the 

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summer following. 
Because of that, it cost me an 

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extra year of college. 
So I was a five year super 

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senior. 
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I love college so much. 
I did an extra year. 

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You know, I bring that up 
because in our story today, 

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Second Samuel chapter 6, we have
a story of somebody that did not

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follow the protocol, that did 
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forth by God in the Torah, in 
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humanity is to approach the 
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We're going to see what happens 
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guidelines established by God in
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not kept. 
When humanity fails to take its 

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Creator at His Word, the 
consequences can be drastic and 

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severe. 
This is a heavy text today and a

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little bit of a disclosure as we
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Samuel. 
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they're going to get really raw.
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heavy because we're dealing with
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willingness to put humanity out 
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willingness to rejoice in the 
truth that doesn't pull any 

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punches. 
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Scripture was written for our 
instruction, us, these 

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believers, so that we can see 
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With that being said, I want to 
put out disclosure some of the 

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things we're going to talk about
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Second Samuel. 
They will be raw. 

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They will be emotional. 
There will be some adult themes 

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that I want to prepare you for. 
When those times come up, I want

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to let you know that I will give
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that we have maybe some little 
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that have some baggage, things 
they've struggled to win in with

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their life. 
I want you parents first and 

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foremost, to be comfortable for 
you to, if these are issues, if 

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these are adult themes that you 
don't feel comfortable talking 

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about here in this sermon, that 
you would go home and talk about

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it with them, OK? 
I don't want to drag your little

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ones into adult themes if you 
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hear that yet, OK? 
I want to give you Full 

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disclosure. 
What that means is though, we're

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We're going to teach and preach 
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OK, that being said, here's the 
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text today. 
What happens when the presence 

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of God shows up in your life? 
What does that look like? 

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Well, with my friends, we don't 
stay the same. 

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We don't stay the same. 
The presence of God is both 

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glorious and it is dangerous 
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He's waiting. 
So where have we been? 

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Chapter 5 give a quick recap. 
David has finally, after 20 long

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years of waiting, has been 
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All 12 tribes are unified. 
They give David their vote of 

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affirmation. 
Yes, you are the anointed 1. 

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You are the one that you always 
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It was always you. 
It wasn't Saul. 

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You are the new king. 
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conquers the city of Jebus, the 
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and he takes that city, makes 
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Jerusalem is now going to be the
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it's established as a city of 
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David now is motivated. 
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ark of God into Jerusalem, into 
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Where has it been this whole 
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Well, let's study that. 
Let's check it out. 

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So picking up in verse one 
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gathered all the chosen men of 
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And David arose and went with 
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from Beil Judah, to bring up 
from there the ark of God, which

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is called by the name of the 
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on the cherubim. 
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David as the anointed king, his 
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of God from its resting place in
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Jerome. 
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Judah goes by to the capital 
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Now we want to talk about what 
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about the Ark, the what, the 
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What is the ark? 
Where has it been this whole 

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time? 
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want to move it in the first 
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Well, what is the Ark of God? 
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names as well. 
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the Ark of the Covenant and the 
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The reason it's called the Ark 
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the Testimony is because of what
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What God instructed the 
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the Decalogue, the 10 
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stone that God gave as the 
charter, the deed, the 

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guidelines, the protocols of 
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We remember at Mount Sinai, God 
chooses these people, calls them

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out of Exodus, out of Egyptian 
slavery, brings them to the foot

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of Mount Sinai. 
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he says, hey, I'm going to be 
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people. 
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regulations, the guidelines of 
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And as you remember it, I want 
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Ark of the Covenant, in the Ark 
of the Testimony. 

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It's actually the Ark of God is 
one of seven holy objects in all

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of Israel, one of seven and all 
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housed in what's called this the
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The Tabernacle. 
The Tabernacle is this giant 

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tent. 
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the tent of meeting. 
The reason it's called the tent 

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of meeting is this is where the 
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presence of God, would manifest 
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Meaning all 7 objects, of which 
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object, are all housed in the 
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You can study and read all about
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Exodus chapter 25. 
Write that down in your notes 

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for later on. 
What I want to bring you to your

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attention is the build, the 
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Covenant. 
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It's Acacia wood. 
It's just a little rectangle 

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box, Acacia wood overlaid with 
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It's got four rings on each 
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It's got a lid, and it's got 
poles that are supposed to slide

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through the rings in order to be
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So what is the arc, really? 
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with gold. 
Nothing necessarily special 

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about the box itself. 
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about the box is not what's in 
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but who sits on top of the box? 
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Now here's the textual note in 
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It says that the ark of God is 
called by the name of the Lord 

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of hosts, who sits enthroned on 
the cherubim. 

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You see, on top of the ark were 
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creatures called cherubim. 
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And what the most important 
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necessarily the box itself, but 
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top of the ark. 
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himself. 
That's why these seven holy 

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objects needs to be in the tent 
of Meaning, and they can't be 

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brought outside of the tent, 
because God's holy presence must

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be kept inside the tent of 
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Really what the Ark of God is, 
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It's a divine throne of God. 
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the ark is not the ark itself, 
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It was housed in the holiest 
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behind the veil, behind the 
curtain. 

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You could only go behind that 
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of Atonement, and only one 
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curtain. 
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year, whoever was the high 
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on one day of the year could 
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to interact with the ark, 
interact with the presence of 

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God. 
So where has it been this whole 

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time? 
Well, it's been missing for over

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20 years. 
It's been in First Samuel 

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chapter 5 and 6. 
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It was actually captured by the 
Philistines, the enemies of 

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Israel. 
The Philistines brought it into 

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their camp and it's one of the 
funniest stories in all of the 

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Old Testament. 
The Ark of God starts causing 

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mayhem in trouble in the 
Philistine camp. 

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It's the most awesome thing. 
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Covenant in their temple, and 
the Ark of the Covenant starts 

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exuding the holy presence of 
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All the other idols, the idols 
of their false gods, Dagon, they

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keep getting toppled, they keep 
getting broken. 

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There's plagues, there's mice 
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the Philistine camp, because the
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in their camp and it shouldn't 
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So the Philistines freak out and
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anything to do with this holy 
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Get rid of it. 
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acquiesce. 
They put the Ark of the Covenant

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on a cart, they tie it to oxen, 
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They didn't even guide the oxen.
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covenant onto this cart and just
get it away from us. 

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Isn't it funny that the oxen 
automatically pull it to Israel?

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It's like the ark was just going
home right where it's been this 

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whole time. 
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Israel, it says in First Samuel 
chapter 5 and 6 that the ark 

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went to the House of Aminidab. 
Aminidab. 

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That's where it's been sitting 
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So now why does David want to 
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Jerusalem? 
Well, his desire is to make 

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Jerusalem not just the political
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city, but the theological 
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for all of Israel. 
Because you remember the whole, 

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the whole land of Israel, all 12
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David's mind, we're going to 
unite all 12 tribes and make 

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Jerusalem this the capital city,
the place where God will meet 

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His people. 
People will now have to travel 

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to Jerusalem to worship Yahweh. 
That's why you hear Psalm 

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chapter 24, David writes. 
Who will ascend the mountain of 

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the Lord? 
Who will ascend the mountain of 

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the Lord? 
The mountain of the Lord is 

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Jerusalem, Zion. 
Who will ascend the mountain of 

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the Lord to worship him? 
And then it goes on to say, only

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he whose hands are clean and 
heart is pure, because when you 

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approach Yahweh, you must be 
holy. 

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So David's motivation is to make
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center of Israelite worship, and
it actually becomes the symbolic

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center of the earth. 
If you look at ancient Near 

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Eastern Jewish maps of the 
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Israel's at the center, and it 
doesn't look like the globe we 

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know, but Israel's at the 
center. 

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Why? 
It's not that it's 

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geographically accurate. 
The whole point in the Jewish 

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mind is here. 
Jerusalem, Zion, the city of 

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David. 
This is the center of the world 

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because this is where Yahweh 
dwells. 

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This is where heaven and earth 
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Understand the Ark's mobile 
nature and its symbolism as the 

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throne of God. 
They reveal that God's ultimate 

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desire is to dwell with humanity
again. 

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This is the heart of God, that 
he would dwell with humanity 

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again. 
This is the main storyline of 

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scripture. 
If anybody was to ever ask you 

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what is the Bible about, it's 
not just about Jesus. 

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Jesus is the means to the end. 
Here's the main storyline. 

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Ready. 
God dwelling with His people 

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once again, from beginning to 
end, it begins, Scripture begins

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in the garden with God dwelling 
with humanity as a whole in 

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mass. 
And then Genesis Chapter 11, it 

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narrows its focus to one 
specific family, the family of 

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Abraham, the Israelites. 
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again with God dwelling with all
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tribe, and nation. 
That includes you this morning. 

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For those of you who are feeling
a little bit empty, those of you

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who are feeling maybe a little 
bit lonely, understand that you 

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have a part to play in God's 
divine plan of redemption. 

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He wants you today. 
He longs to dwell with you 

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today. 
For some of you who are far off,

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you feel like God doesn't care 
about you. 

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No, my friends, He does. 
His heart is that He would dwell

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with you in unity, but you must 
be able to come to Him. 

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That's what we're going to talk 
about today. 

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How do we come to Him, a holy 
God when we know we ourselves 

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are not who we should be? 
We ourselves are not holy. 

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Understand the whole point of 
Scripture is that God would 

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dwell with humanity. 
Again, what the Ark of the 

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Covenant is, it's God dwelling 
with His people above His 

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throne. 
David wants that now at the 

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heart of Jerusalem. 
Let's pick up in verse 3, it 

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continues. 
And they carried the ark of God 

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on a new cart and brought it out
of the House of Abinadab, which 

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was on the hill. 
And Uzzah and Ahiyo, the sons of

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Abinadab, were driving the new 
cart with the ark of God, and 

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Ahiyo went before the ark. 
So what's happening here? 

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The Ark of God's beginning its 
parade route from Abinadab's 

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house, and it's being pulled on 
a cart by oxen. 

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The cart is directed under the 
supervision of Abhinadab's sons,

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Uzanahil. 
Maybe the motivation was it's 

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been in Abhinadab's house for 
the past 20 years. 

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So Uzanahil know how to handle 
it, if you will. 

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Regardless, it's been residing 
in Abhinadab's house for 20 

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years. 
It's now going to move to 

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Jerusalem and they're pulling it
on the cart. 

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A little overview on this cart. 
Now you remember, You remember 

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who made the cart? 
The first cart? 

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The Philistines. 
The Philistines made this 

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wheeled car in order to get the 
ark out of our camp because we 

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don't want it here. 
It was the Philistines invention

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to put on the car. 
Now I wonder if David saw the 

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way the Philistines had 
transported it and thought what 

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a brilliant idea, How clever 
wheels. 

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Surely that's going to make it 
easier. 

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We, we want to move it from the 
House of Amanda, but it's, it's 

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a couple miles out. 
We want to get it to Jerusalem 

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as fast as possible. 
You know what? 

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Let's just put it on a cart. 
That's a genius idea, 

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Philistines. 
This would make moving the thing

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easier. 
The text actually says here that

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David put it on a new car, which
means it's not the same cart the

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Philistines made. 
It was a new cart, which means 

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he copied the idea. 
He didn't just take the cart and

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move it. 
They went out of the way to 

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build a brand new cart. 
Why is this problematic? 

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Well, in the Torah, God gave a 
command. 

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He gave protocol. 
He gave guidelines for how the 

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ark was to be transported and it
wasn't a cart. 

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In Numbers chapter 4, you can 
read this, it says in verse 15 

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and when Aaron and his sons, 
Aaron's, the priest and his sons

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are the priesthood, where they 
have finished covering the 

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sanctuary, that is the 
Tabernacle and all the 

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furnishings of the sanctuary as 
the camp sets out after that, 

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the sons of Kohath shall come to
carry these, but they must not 

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touch the holy things lest they 
die. 

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These are the things of the 
tentative meeting that the sons 

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of Kohath are to carry. 
God gave clear instruction in 

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Torah. 
David, you king, you leader, who

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lead your people. 
God gave you clear instructions 

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in Scripture on how the ark was 
to be transported. 

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Yet David bypasses the commands 
given by God, and he allows 

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Israel to move the ark toward 
Jerusalem on a cart. 

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He bypasses what he knows he 
shouldn't be doing. 

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He bypasses God's guidelines. 
Where do you and I receive 

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instruction and counsel for our 
lives? 

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00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:26,960
Should be the Bible. 
My friends, beware of looking to

448
00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:30,680
the world for guidance 
concerning righteousness. 

449
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:37,640
David borrowed from the world a 
tribe who was in the left. 

450
00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:40,080
They don't know any better. 
The reason? 

451
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,160
They can put it on a cart and 
you can't. 

452
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,240
They don't know any better. 
But you, David, you receive the 

453
00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,760
oracles of God. 
Part of you are sent to the 

454
00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:49,840
throne. 
It says in Deuteronomy is that 

455
00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,040
you will keep a copy of the book
of the law. 

456
00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,560
You will write out, hand write a
copy of the book of the law. 

457
00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,520
You're supposed to know the 
Torah front and back. 

458
00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:02,080
He had his own copy. 
David isn't doing this in the 

459
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,240
dark. 
He knows what's happening. 

460
00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,560
He borrowed from the world and 
thought this is this is a better

461
00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,080
idea. 
God, I got something for you, 

462
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,080
got technological innovation for
you, God. 

463
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:15,080
We'll get it to Jerusalem in 
record time. 

464
00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:18,800
We just got to borrow from the 
idea of the Philistines. 

465
00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:23,120
Where do you receive your 
instruction and counsel for your

466
00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:25,440
life? 
Here's some questions to ask 

467
00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,480
yourself. 
Do you believe church? 

468
00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:32,320
Do you believe that the Bible is
literally the word of God? 

469
00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:40,920
Do you believe that the Bible's 
instruction is all you need, is 

470
00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:45,640
sufficient for all matters 
pertaining to salvation and 

471
00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:51,560
living righteously? 
Do you go to TikTok for your 

472
00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:58,160
life advice regarding scripture?
Do you believe that the 

473
00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,480
scriptures say what they mean 
and mean what they say? 

474
00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:04,680
Or do you find yourself in the 
uncomfortable parts trying to 

475
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,760
find loopholes, maybe doing 
theological gymnastics to 

476
00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:11,520
justify your decisions? 
So David's doing here. 

477
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:13,960
David's the king. 
He's the leader. 

478
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:18,560
He should have known better. 
Where do you and I get our 

479
00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:24,560
guidance for living life? 
This is not how the Ark should 

480
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:28,120
be transported. 
David and Israel are in direct 

481
00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:30,480
violation of protocol given in 
Torah. 

482
00:27:31,120 --> 00:27:33,640
Let's see how that turns out. 
Verse 5. 

483
00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:37,160
And David and all the House of 
Israel were celebrating before 

484
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,520
the Lord with songs and liars 
and harps and tambourines and 

485
00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,400
castanets and cymbals. 
Nothing's wrong. 

486
00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,280
They're dancing for joy. 
This is working smoothly. 

487
00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:49,440
This is exactly what I 
envisioned with this car. 

488
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:54,920
But then verse 6 happens, and 
when they came to the threshing 

489
00:27:54,920 --> 00:28:00,160
floor of Nakon, Uzza put out his
hand to the ark of God and took 

490
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,840
hold of it, for the oxen 
stumbled. 

491
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:08,240
Verse 7 and the anger of the 
Lord was kindled against Uzza 

492
00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:13,840
and God struck him down there 
because of his error, and he 

493
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,240
died right there beside the ark 
of God. 

494
00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:24,040
The consequences for breaking 
protocol guidance given by God 

495
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:27,120
in scripture. 
As the ark is approaching 

496
00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:29,480
Jerusalem on its cart, the 
catastrophe happens. 

497
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:34,200
The oxygen pulling the cart 
stumble, probably going over a 

498
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:41,600
little ditch, a hill, and a well
meaning Ooza puts his arm out to

499
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,840
keep the ark from tipping over 
just feet from the ground. 

500
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,360
With the best of intentions he 
throws his arm out to stabilize 

501
00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:52,320
the Ark. 
Yet as he's standing, the text 

502
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,760
records that the anger of the 
Lord was kindled against Uzza 

503
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:59,760
for touching the Ark. 
Suddenly in a moment, Uzza is 

504
00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:04,320
lying dead on the ground beside 
the Ark. 

505
00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,720
God had struck down Uzza for his
error in handling the Ark. 

506
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,760
This is a heavy, heavy, uneasy 
passage. 

507
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:20,200
It should unnerve you a bit. 
Why would God do this? 

508
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,360
Why would he strike down 
somebody so well-intentioned, 

509
00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:28,160
some somebody so well meaning? 
Ouza was trying to protect the 

510
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:29,760
ark. 
God, don't you understand? 

511
00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:31,040
Why would you kill him like 
that? 

512
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,320
Understand this what the ark 
was. 

513
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,400
Here's what Israel and David 
failed to understand. 

514
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:41,720
The Ark didn't need protecting. 
You need protection from the 

515
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:44,800
Ark. 
The Ark can handle itself. 

516
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,920
The Ark destroyed the camp of 
the Philistines to the point 

517
00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:52,280
where they wanted it gone. 
The Ark steered its way home. 

518
00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:55,920
The Ark doesn't need you and I 
to protect it. 

519
00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,240
We need protection from the Ark 
itself. 

520
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:04,200
Here's some potential reasons 
why God strikes down Uzo. 

521
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:09,280
We're not given the background 
of why God would so quick 

522
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:12,720
destroy somebody who's so 
well-intentioned. 

523
00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,360
We don't know. 
Here's some possible reasons. 

524
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:21,240
Perhaps it was a was morally 
ritually impure at that moment. 

525
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,680
Perhaps when he touched the ark,
he he wasn't clean. 

526
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:28,560
Maybe he had some thoughts in 
his mind. 

527
00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:30,200
Maybe he was dealing with some 
hidden sins. 

528
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:34,880
We don't know. 
Maybe God was judging David's 

529
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:39,640
leadership like he's going to 
tell David later on through the 

530
00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,080
prophet Nathan. 
David, you are the man. 

531
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:43,440
You're the one responsible for 
this. 

532
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,560
I'm teaching you a lesson. 
You're the first world of 

533
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:48,080
leadership is it's always your 
fault. 

534
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:52,080
You lead these people, you set 
the tone, and you authorize this

535
00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:54,600
cart to be built. 
We don't know. 

536
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:59,640
We don't know why God strikes 
down Ooza so fast. 

537
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,080
But what we do know, here's the 
major point of this passage. 

538
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:09,600
Above all things, this story 
reveals that God is holy. 

539
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,640
He's holy, and the presence of 
God is holy. 

540
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,880
What does that mean? 
If somebody was to ask you, 

541
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:23,000
church, what is your favorite 
attribute about God? 

542
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:27,320
What would you say? 
Steve talked earlier during 

543
00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:32,400
announcements about God being 
Jira, being our helper, being 

544
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:35,080
our sustainer. 
If somebody was to ask you 

545
00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:37,640
what's your favorite thing about
God, what's your favorite 

546
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:41,800
attribute, maybe some of us 
would say, well, his love, His 

547
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:51,160
love, His faithfulness, His 
mercy, His justice, His grace. 

548
00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,000
These things are all attributes 
of God, and they're all true, 

549
00:31:55,560 --> 00:32:00,200
But understand they are merely 
extensions and outflow of His 

550
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,160
true divine nature. 
Holiness. 

551
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:08,360
He's holy. 
So what does it mean when we 

552
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,080
talk about holy? 
What does it mean for something 

553
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:14,560
to be holy? 
Well, we would fall back on two 

554
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:16,560
options. 
Holiness. 

555
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:21,960
In our common mind we think it's
moral goodness, moral purity, me

556
00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,680
doing the right thing, me not 
doing the bad things. 

557
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:29,080
And yes, there is something 
about moral behavior, about 

558
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:30,760
being holy. 
That's part of it. 

559
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,520
There's also in Scripture we 
have something holy because it's

560
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:38,720
sanctified, set apart, 
consecrated for a holy purpose. 

561
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,480
It's not an object meant for 
everyday use. 

562
00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:44,440
It's different. 
Like that Day of Atonement, that

563
00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:48,040
one day of the year, that holy 
day, the high priest would wear 

564
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:52,360
specific garments consecrated 
for that day, holy for that day,

565
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:53,920
because it's different from all 
the rest. 

566
00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:58,240
That also carries into the term 
of being holy. 

567
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:04,920
You see, holiness is both moral 
purity and sanctification. 

568
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:09,240
And even more than that, 
holiness is a loaded, heavy 

569
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,440
term. 
So what does it mean to say that

570
00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:14,840
God is holy? 
Well, let's, let's think about 

571
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:16,600
God and his nature. 
Let's put our thinking caps 

572
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:17,840
here. 
It's going to get a little 

573
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:19,640
intellectual, and I know you can
do it. 

574
00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:23,680
There are only two ways for 
something to exist in all of 

575
00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:26,120
reality. 
There's two ways of existence. 

576
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:33,800
Either something depends upon 
something else, or its existence

577
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:38,920
is a basic necessity, property 
of its nature. 

578
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:43,400
And here's what I mean by that. 
You and I, we exist because 

579
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:47,760
we're dependent upon something 
else, cause and effect. 

580
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:51,080
You and I are here because of 
our mom and dad. 

581
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,800
We are here right now dependent 
upon air. 

582
00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:00,560
You're dependent upon the law of
gravity working. 

583
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:06,440
You are here dependent upon 
something else to exist. 

584
00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:09,800
The thing that sustains your 
life isn't interesting, is like 

585
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:13,159
clear, odorless, tasteless 
water. 

586
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:17,800
You need to drink water to live.
You're dependent upon something 

587
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,760
else for your existence. 
There's another mode of 

588
00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:26,000
existence where beings aren't 
dependent upon anything else for

589
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:27,840
their existence. 
They just are. 

590
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,719
Their existence is a necessary 
part of their nature. 

591
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:36,880
There's only two category, the 
two things in that categories, 

592
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:41,239
category of a basic necessity, 
necessary property. 

593
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:45,440
Only two things, numbers. 
You think about. 

594
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:46,800
Numbers don't depend on anything
else. 

595
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,320
They're just, they're there. 
Who made numbers? 

596
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:51,880
OK? 
And there's only one other 

597
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:53,280
thing. 
God. 

598
00:34:54,679 --> 00:34:59,880
God. 
God is the uncaused 'cause he's 

599
00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:03,480
the uncaused being. 
He's the source of everyone and 

600
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:06,360
everything. 
It is in His nature to exist. 

601
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:11,360
He cannot cease to be. 
Everything else in all of 

602
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:15,720
creation, in all of the 
universe, is dependent upon Him.

603
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:21,040
So when we're talking about God 
being holy, we're talking about 

604
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:23,400
his elderness. 
He's completely different. 

605
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:27,920
He's the source of everything 
good, the source of all things 

606
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:29,080
good. 
He's abundant. 

607
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:34,160
He's full to the NTH degree. 
He's completely other. 

608
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:38,560
What happens when that 
completely other thing, that 

609
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:42,040
grand being, this uncaused 
'cause that created the heavens 

610
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,160
and the earth? 
What happens when his presence 

611
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:49,320
moves into the Israelite camp? 
It's dangerous. 

612
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:54,080
It's holy. 
When we say God is holy, we're 

613
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:56,760
saying he's completely other. 
He's completely the source of 

614
00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:59,080
everyone and everything. 
He's the source of all things 

615
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:00,080
good. 
He's a pundant. 

616
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:02,880
He's fullness. 
That's who God is. 

617
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:05,120
That's what we mean when we say 
God is holy. 

618
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,520
Now this holiness is tied to 
this other term. 

619
00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:11,840
You've heard it, glory. 
What does it mean to be 

620
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:13,720
glorious? 
Well, the word glory in 

621
00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:17,080
Scripture, all it means is 
weighty, heavy. 

622
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:22,640
So when we say the holiness of 
God is glorious, we're saying 

623
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:28,040
His being His Holiness. 
It's weighty, it's heavy. 

624
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:31,560
Being in his presence is heavy. 
This is why when everybody in 

625
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:33,560
the Old Testament, all these 
prophets have a divine 

626
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:36,240
encounter. 
Isaiah chapter 6, when he's in 

627
00:36:36,240 --> 00:36:39,520
the throne room, he sees the 
Lord sitting on the throne in 

628
00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:43,400
the cherubim and seraphim saying
that he's thrice holy, holy, 

629
00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:46,760
holy, holy is the Lord. 
This is why he falls prostate 

630
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:48,320
before the Lord, because it's 
heavy. 

631
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,240
I can't be in your presence God,
it's heavy. 

632
00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:56,520
He's completely pure, separated 
from the impure. 

633
00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:00,040
This is why in the Moses with 
Moses in the burning Bush, 

634
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:04,760
Exodus chapter 3 verse four and 
five, Yahweh speaks to Moses 

635
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:07,720
from the Bush and he says do not
come near. 

636
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:12,040
Take your sandals off your feet 
for this place on which your 

637
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,200
standing is holy ground. 
Holy ground. 

638
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,800
If God is the source of 
holiness, then what makes 

639
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:26,320
everything else holy is it's 
relation to Him, it's nearness 

640
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:29,880
to Him. 
This is why those seven holy 

641
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:33,360
objects in the Tabernacle, in 
the tent of Meeting, the reason 

642
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:36,120
they're holy is because God's 
presence dwells there and 

643
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:40,040
they're in his vicinity. 
It's called sacred space. 

644
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:44,720
The space where God Yahweh 
dwells becomes sacred. 

645
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:49,480
And in order to enter that 
sacred space, you yourselves 

646
00:37:49,720 --> 00:37:52,360
must be sacred. 
You yourselves must be holy, 

647
00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:57,200
because the closer and closer 
you get to God's holiness, the 

648
00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:04,560
more and more holy you are. 
So because the presence of God 

649
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:08,000
is holy, and because it is holy 
is glorious, because it is 

650
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:12,720
glorious, it is dangerous. 
With this in mind, I want you to

651
00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:15,400
think about this. 
When you enter into Sunday 

652
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:19,320
morning gathering and worship, 
what is the posture of your 

653
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:23,000
heart when you gather together 
with the church for Sunday 

654
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,360
morning worship? 
How are we coming in? 

655
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:32,560
Do we recognize and remember 
that, Oh my goodness, the 

656
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:35,160
presence of the Lord is here 
because His people are here? 

657
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:40,480
Are we coming in with expectant 
hearts, ready to encounter 

658
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:45,560
Jesus, ready to encounter the 
divine presence in the lives of 

659
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:49,560
our brothers and sisters here 
together as we face the stage? 

660
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:51,800
What we're doing is we're not 
worshipping Mike. 

661
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:54,480
We're not worshipping his 
wonderful family. 

662
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:59,280
They're leading us in worship to
Jesus, the Holy One. 

663
00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:05,720
Do we come into service like 
it's a normal Sunday morning, 

664
00:39:05,720 --> 00:39:08,960
like it's every other day of the
week, Monday through Saturday? 

665
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:13,840
Or do we come and expect, ready 
to receive from the holiness of 

666
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,560
the Lord, His presence? 
There's something to think about

667
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:21,360
as we gather for Sunday worship.
God calls you near to His 

668
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:25,600
Holiness, and that's the most 
amazing, scary, dangerous thing.

669
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:33,040
Let's continue in verse 8, 
Scripture says David was angry 

670
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:36,440
because the Lord broke out 
against Uzza, and that place is 

671
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:40,080
called Perez Uzza to this day. 
David was afraid of the Lord 

672
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:42,760
that day, and he said, how can 
the ark of the Lord come to me? 

673
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,920
So David was not willing to take
the Ark of the Lord into the 

674
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:49,680
city of David, but David took it
aside to the House of Obed Edom 

675
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:52,160
the Getite. 
And the Ark of the Lord remained

676
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:55,880
in the House of Obed Edom the 
Getite 3 months and the Lord 

677
00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:57,920
blessed Obed Edom and all his 
household. 

678
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:00,960
The parade has come to an abrupt
halt. 

679
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:10,840
It's like that record scratch. 
David is confused and he's angry

680
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:12,280
at the Lord for what just 
happened. 

681
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:16,760
God, why would you strike down 
Ooza the way that you did? 

682
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:21,320
Don't you see his heart? 
He was just trying to do the 

683
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,120
right thing. 
God, why would you do this? 

684
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:27,320
He feels remorse. 
He's feeling remorse because 

685
00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:29,000
this happened under his 
leadership. 

686
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:32,640
This was his direction. 
He is now terrified to bring the

687
00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:36,320
ark any closer to Jerusalem. 
That I can't do it. 

688
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:38,880
I'm at, I'm in jeopardy. 
The people of Israel are in 

689
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:40,720
jeopardy. 
You need to stop this. 

690
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:46,040
So the funniest thing happens, 
David, in his savviness, he 

691
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:49,360
sends it to Obed Edom, Obed 
Edom's house. 

692
00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:52,160
Here's The funny thing, Obed 
Edom isn't an Israelite. 

693
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:58,080
He's a get type. 
David is so afraid he sends it 

694
00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:01,640
to somebody who's not even part 
of God's elect people. 

695
00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:04,960
Hey, if it's going to kill 
anybody, I wanted to kill that 

696
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:09,600
guy, not one of mine. 
Again, David exhibiting flawed 

697
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:12,520
leadership. 
He sends it to obedient to get 

698
00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:15,120
tight, and it stays there for 
three months. 

699
00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:18,800
Now I want you to see some 
reactions to God's holiness, the

700
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:19,960
reactions to the presence of 
God. 

701
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:23,680
David, he's confused and angry 
for the first time in his 

702
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:25,280
kingship. 
Up to this point, it's been 

703
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:28,600
smooth sailing. 
All 12 tribes have anointed me. 

704
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:31,960
Can this get any better? 
For the first time in his 

705
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:36,720
kingship, he fears the Lord. 
He's afraid. 

706
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:41,760
He had presumed upon God's 
kindness and grace toward him. 

707
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:47,920
He's afraid. 
My friends, The holy presence of

708
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:52,240
God is glorious. 
It's weighty, and it produces 

709
00:41:52,240 --> 00:41:54,760
fear. 
It is a fearful thing to be in 

710
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:58,960
the presence of God. 
What does Proverbs 910 say? 

711
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:03,240
Remember this. 
Put it on your heart. 

712
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:08,680
The fear of the Lord is the 
beginning of wisdom, and the 

713
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:10,520
knowledge of the Holy One is 
insight. 

714
00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:15,440
The fear of the Lord. 
You think about the book of 

715
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:17,920
Leviticus, and none of us really
study the book of Leviticus 

716
00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:21,360
because we think it's boring. 
But the book of Leviticus with 

717
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:24,040
all of its guidelines and 
protocols about the Tabernacle, 

718
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:27,280
how you wash things, how you 
enter the tent, it's actually an

719
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:30,760
act of God's kindness that 
they're there because he's 

720
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:34,480
saying as me, the Holy 1 is 
coming into your camp, your camp

721
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:39,280
of an unholy, impure people. 
As I settle in as your king, I 

722
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:43,240
am dangerous to you. 
My holiness is dangerous to you.

723
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:45,800
So really what the book of 
Leviticus is, these guidelines 

724
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:48,280
and protocols are an act of 
God's kindness. 

725
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:51,640
I want to dwell with you, I want
relationship with you, but you 

726
00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:54,480
need to approach me on my terms,
lest you die. 

727
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:59,000
Here's how you approach me. 
The book of Leviticus, to give 

728
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:02,640
you a backdrop, are acts of 
God's kindness to you, His 

729
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:06,880
people who approach him. 
David is afraid he won't bring 

730
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:10,920
the ark any closer. 
Let's turn the camera now to the

731
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:13,560
House of Obed Edom For the next 
three months. 

732
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:18,840
This dude's winning the lottery 
over and over and over again as 

733
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:21,000
the ark remains there for three 
months, he's experiencing 

734
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:24,400
nothing but blessing from the 
ark. 

735
00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:27,280
The presence of God is blessing.
Guess what? 

736
00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:34,280
The presence of God is blessing 
a non Israelite, a Gentile in 

737
00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:36,200
the Old Testament. 
Remember what I said? 

738
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:39,560
What was God's ultimate 
intention, the main storyline of

739
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:42,840
the Bible, that every tongue, 
tribe and nation would dwell 

740
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:45,560
with him forever. 
So even here we have little 

741
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:48,240
hints, little bread crumbs of 
what's to come, God blessing a 

742
00:43:48,240 --> 00:43:51,520
Gentile because that's just what
the presence of God does. 

743
00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:55,880
Obed Edo makes an experiencing 
blessing and you can read all 

744
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:59,520
about it in First Chronicles, 
the sister passage of our 

745
00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:02,040
passage this morning. 
He's having babies left and 

746
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:05,920
right. 
His house is growing my friends,

747
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:09,880
not only is the holy presence of
God glorious and dangerous, but 

748
00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:11,680
it's glorious and it produces 
blessing. 

749
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:15,280
It produces blessing the closer 
and closer you get to him. 

750
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:17,240
He blesses you because he loves 
you. 

751
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:21,960
Proverbs 910 goes on in verse 
11. 

752
00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:24,760
We don't think about this verse.
We always we, you know, we, we, 

753
00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:27,520
we memorize the Proverbs 910 
part. 

754
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:28,960
The fear of the Lord is 
beginning of wisdom. 

755
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:33,000
Well, let's continue. 
What does verse 11 say for by 

756
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:36,240
me? 
Your days will be multiplied, 

757
00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:37,840
and years will be added to your 
life. 

758
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:44,240
The same presence of God that 
strikes fear is the same 

759
00:44:44,240 --> 00:44:48,840
presence that blesses and 
provides years to your life, and

760
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:52,320
it's fruitful. 
The same holy God whose presence

761
00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:56,240
is dangerous calls to humanity 
to draw near and experienced 

762
00:44:56,240 --> 00:45:00,040
life. 
I'm reminded of the classic CS 

763
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:03,040
Lewis quote from the Chronicles 
in the Narnia series when he 

764
00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:05,960
talks about Aslan being a 
dangerous lion. 

765
00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:10,160
All right, as the land who's 
representative of Christ, it 

766
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:13,080
says he's a lion, but he's not a
tame lion. 

767
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:17,760
He's dangerous. 
He's dangerous, but he's also 

768
00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:20,160
good. 
This is the presence of God, 

769
00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:23,040
Dangerous but good. 
So question, how can the 

770
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:26,320
presence of God, this holy 
presence of God, move from being

771
00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:30,280
dangerous to us to being a 
blessing to us? 

772
00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:37,000
We must be made fit to occupy 
that sacred space where he 

773
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:40,600
dwells. 
We must be made holy. 

774
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:47,200
So how can you and I be made 
holy to come near to the 

775
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:50,080
presence of God? 
Well, what was the ark? 

776
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:52,120
The ark? 
It wasn't just this box. 

777
00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:53,880
It wasn't about the box. 
It wasn't about the gold. 

778
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:56,640
It wasn't about where it's at. 
It was about who sat on it. 

779
00:45:56,640 --> 00:45:58,240
It's the presence of God. 
Is there? 

780
00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:03,920
The Ark in the Old Testament is 
a type, a foreshadow of the true

781
00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:12,520
ark to come, a vessel of honor 
whose presence is also the 

782
00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:14,360
presence of God. 
Where the presence of God not 

783
00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:19,200
just dwells on, but in that 
foreshadowing, that true vessel 

784
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:25,000
to come is none other than Jesus
Christ, the Ark of God. 

785
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:28,520
The Ark of the Covenant is a 
foreshadow, a type of the true 

786
00:46:28,520 --> 00:46:31,000
vessel of God to come, Jesus 
Christ. 

787
00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:34,440
He is the ultimate place where 
the presence of God dwells, 

788
00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:38,920
where heaven and earth meets 
100% God, 100% man. 

789
00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:42,880
In him the Spirit, the fullness 
of God dwells. 

790
00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:46,960
Hebrews chapter one verse 3 says
in him is the radiance of the 

791
00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:50,440
glory of God, the exact imprint 
of his divine nature. 

792
00:46:51,560 --> 00:46:53,520
I said earlier, his divine 
nature is holy. 

793
00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:59,640
Jesus nature is holy, Colossians
chapter 2 verse 9 and him the 

794
00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:04,800
fullness of deity dwells bodily.
Jesus is the ultimate 

795
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:12,000
fulfillment of what the ark is. 
Now how does Jesus purify us and

796
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:15,640
make a way for us to draw near 
to the presence of God without 

797
00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:17,760
dying? 
How does he do it? 

798
00:47:18,840 --> 00:47:23,080
Through giving his life, dying 
on our behalf through the cross.

799
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:27,440
You see, what happens on the 
cross is atonement. 

800
00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:30,160
Atonement. 
This is a loaded theological 

801
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:31,880
term, but I want to break it 
down simply for you. 

802
00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:34,720
What does atonement mean when we
say Jesus went to the cross to 

803
00:47:34,720 --> 00:47:37,360
make atonement for our sin? 
Here's what we're saying. 

804
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:44,120
Atonement at the heart of it is 
at 1 meant oneness, unity, 

805
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:47,520
dwelling with God. 
Again, Jesus provides atonement 

806
00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:51,920
for us, this broken image of 
humanity, by dying for our sins,

807
00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:54,680
offering a perfect life on the 
cross. 

808
00:47:55,120 --> 00:48:01,040
Atonement does two things. 
Jesus on the cross redeems us 

809
00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:07,360
from our sin, paying the penalty
that you and I owe, the things 

810
00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:11,120
that would keep us out of this 
holy presence of God, the things

811
00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:14,880
that would destroy us just like 
Ooza was destroyed. 

812
00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:18,280
Those things Jesus redeems on 
the cross. 

813
00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:23,000
He takes the punishment, He 
becomes ouza, becomes destroyed 

814
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:27,000
on your half and my behalf as he
goes to the cross, even though 

815
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:30,760
he lived a perfect life. 
The second aspect of atonement 

816
00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:33,120
is not just redemption, but 
purification. 

817
00:48:34,320 --> 00:48:37,960
He purifies you and I because 
when he goes to the cross, he 

818
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:40,480
doesn't just die for our sin on 
our behalf. 

819
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:45,000
He offers a holy perfect life to
God. 

820
00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:48,760
There was this great exchange 
that happens at the cross. 

821
00:48:49,240 --> 00:48:54,320
Jesus takes our sin, redeems us 
from it, cleans us up, makes us 

822
00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:58,880
fit to occupy sacred space, and 
then he purifies us and makes us

823
00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:03,480
holy. 
Does it feel strange to you to 

824
00:49:03,480 --> 00:49:08,480
say right now for you who've 
trusted in Jesus, that he looks 

825
00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:15,120
at you holy? 
Do you feel weird saying that 

826
00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:19,400
you are holy, that you are 
Saints, that you are holy ones? 

827
00:49:20,080 --> 00:49:21,920
That term in the New Testament, 
Did you know what that that 

828
00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:23,480
mean? 
That's that's what that means 

829
00:49:24,600 --> 00:49:28,600
when Paul writes you who are 
called to be Saints, the word 

830
00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:33,520
for Saints is holy ones. 
Jesus makes you holy. 

831
00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:38,960
Take it from Peter. 
He says as obedient children, do

832
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:42,040
not be conformed to the passions
of your former ignorance, that 

833
00:49:42,040 --> 00:49:44,200
he as he who was called you is 
holy. 

834
00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:46,920
You also be holy in all your 
conduct since it is written. 

835
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:49,320
You shall be holy, for I am 
holy. 

836
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:52,320
I've made you holy, Jesus. 
I am your holiness. 

837
00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:56,480
I am the new ark. 
You can approach the ark through

838
00:49:56,480 --> 00:49:58,360
my holiness. 
You are now made holy. 

839
00:49:59,920 --> 00:50:02,520
Thought experiment. 
If the ark still existed today, 

840
00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:08,400
if the Nazis didn't take the 
ark, that's an Indiana Jones 

841
00:50:08,400 --> 00:50:11,240
joke for you, by the way. 
If the ark was still in 

842
00:50:11,240 --> 00:50:14,040
existence today for you where it
was, you could theoretically, 

843
00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:15,600
through the holiness of Jesus, 
you could touch it. 

844
00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:18,320
You could enter into the 
presence of God. 

845
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:20,400
Why? 
Not because of your holiness, 

846
00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:22,400
but because of the holiness of 
Jesus who covers you. 

847
00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:26,240
So practically, though, what 
does that holiness look like in 

848
00:50:26,240 --> 00:50:28,680
us? 
Now that we are holy, What does 

849
00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:34,680
holiness look like in US? 
Well, it's belief plus behavior,

850
00:50:36,280 --> 00:50:37,960
but you cannot have one without 
the other. 

851
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:41,680
Practically speaking, holiness 
in US looks like belief in 

852
00:50:41,680 --> 00:50:45,400
behavior. 
Regarding belief, you may be a 

853
00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:50,600
very good person, do many 
philanthropic things, go on 

854
00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:54,560
missions trips, do all these 
things, but what do you believe 

855
00:50:54,560 --> 00:50:57,880
about Jesus? 
Who do you say he is? 

856
00:50:59,080 --> 00:51:00,400
Do you believe that he's the 
Messiah? 

857
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:02,240
Do you believe that he is your 
holiness? 

858
00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:06,280
You must believe that because 
there's something to be believed

859
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:07,840
as a Christian. 
It's not that just about being a

860
00:51:07,840 --> 00:51:11,840
good person, but belief is not 
enough either. 

861
00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:17,000
You must have behavior, and I'm 
not saying earn your salvation. 

862
00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:19,640
Here's what I am saying. 
You could have all the correct 

863
00:51:19,640 --> 00:51:23,240
theology in the world, but if 
your correct theology doesn't 

864
00:51:23,240 --> 00:51:29,160
move you to love your neighbor, 
to pray for your enemies, to 

865
00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:33,920
give away all that you have for 
the sake of another, you are not

866
00:51:33,920 --> 00:51:38,400
acting holy. 
Holiness, quite simply, is 

867
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:42,240
practiced true belief. 
What I believe about Jesus has 

868
00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:44,720
changed my life because I've 
encountered His presence and I 

869
00:51:44,720 --> 00:51:50,560
don't stay the same. 
Let's wrap up here, verse 12. 

870
00:51:51,640 --> 00:51:54,880
And it was told, King David, the
Lord has blessed the household 

871
00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:57,000
of Obed Edom and all that 
belongs to him because of the 

872
00:51:57,000 --> 00:51:59,440
ark of God. 
So David went and brought up the

873
00:51:59,440 --> 00:52:02,440
ark from the House of God, from 
the House of Obed Edom to the 

874
00:52:02,440 --> 00:52:05,680
city of David with rejoicing. 
And when those who bore the ark 

875
00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:08,640
of the Lord had gone 6 steps, he
sacrificed an ox and a fattened 

876
00:52:08,640 --> 00:52:11,240
animal. 
And David danced before the Lord

877
00:52:11,240 --> 00:52:14,360
with all of his might. 
And David was wearing a linen 

878
00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:16,600
ephod. 
So David and all the House of 

879
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:20,040
the Lord, how all the House of 
Israel brought up the ark of the

880
00:52:20,040 --> 00:52:21,760
Lord was shouting at the sound 
of a horn. 

881
00:52:22,560 --> 00:52:25,680
This is a do over. 
David sees what's happening at 

882
00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:27,880
the House of Obed Edom. 
He says it's time, let's bring 

883
00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:29,600
the art to Jerusalem. 
Let's do this the right way 

884
00:52:29,600 --> 00:52:31,400
though. 
Two things I want you to notice.

885
00:52:31,720 --> 00:52:33,680
They're carrying the ark again 
like they should have been. 

886
00:52:36,760 --> 00:52:40,080
Second thing to notice what's 
David wearing as opposed to the 

887
00:52:40,080 --> 00:52:42,760
first time he's wearing a linen 
ephod. 

888
00:52:43,280 --> 00:52:45,640
These are priestly garments. 
Round of his Royal. 

889
00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:49,200
Robes. 
He's clothed in humility. 

890
00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:52,560
Because of what happened. 
The fear of the Lord has 

891
00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:53,880
produced wisdom. 
And knowledge in. 

892
00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:58,280
Him this isn't. 
Like the first time he's 

893
00:52:58,360 --> 00:52:59,600
demonstrating. 
Humility. 

894
00:52:59,600 --> 00:53:02,360
He's repented. 
He is now rejoicing before the 

895
00:53:02,360 --> 00:53:04,600
Lord in the land and ephod, 
because this is a holy moment. 

896
00:53:05,240 --> 00:53:08,000
You see, church, when we truly 
encounter the presence of the 

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Lord, we will not stay the same.
The closer and closer that you 

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get to the presence of the Lord,
the more we are forced to. 

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Confront our sin. 
And our impurity and His 

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Holiness produces our humility 
and it changes us. 

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The last part of our message 
here, it's a very. 

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Sad part. 
And I kind of want to 

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demythalize, demythologize David
for you, if I can for a moment. 

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Let's read. 
Real quick, verse 16. 

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Michael this McCall, the 
daughter of Saul, looked out the

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window and saw King David 
leaping and dancing before the 

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Lord. 
And she despises him in her 

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00:53:56,840 --> 00:54:01,040
heart as David returns. 
To bless his household. 

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McCall, the daughter of Saul. 
Came out to meet him and said. 

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How the King of Israel honored 
himself today, uncovering 

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00:54:09,440 --> 00:54:12,520
himself today before the eyes of
his servants, female servants, 

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00:54:12,520 --> 00:54:17,000
as one of the vulgar fellows 
famously uncovers himself, David

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says to McCall. 
It was. 

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Before the Lord who I. 
Danced, Who chose me before your

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father, and above all this 
house, to appoint me as Prince 

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00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:25,800
over Israel and the people of 
the Lord. 

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00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:28,160
I will celebrate before the 
Lord. 

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00:54:28,160 --> 00:54:31,360
I will make myself yet more 
contemptible than this, and I 

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will be a base in your eyes. 
But by the female servants of 

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whom you have spoken, by them I 
shall be held an honor. 

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And McCall, the daughter of 
Saul, had no child to the day of

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her death. 
Here, we're a family on the 

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wall. 
For an argument between a 

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husband and a wife married. 
Couples, have you ever been 

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00:54:54,160 --> 00:54:57,720
there? 
You have, of course you have, of

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course you have this. 
Is a mess. 

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Do you know who McCall is? 
This is David's first wife. 

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This was the love of his life 
and what we're. 

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Witnessing is a in real time. 
Breakdown of their marriage and 

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though we pull out theological. 
Instruction from it. 

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The situation itself is messy 
and it's sad. 

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McCall, Acosta, David for 
uncovering himself in her eyes. 

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Why are you wearing that linen 
and ephod? 

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Where's your royal regalia? 
Where's your robes? 

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I thought you were a king. 
She wanted to play the part of 

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Princess. 
She wanted to be an influence 

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00:55:41,960 --> 00:55:48,120
influencer. 
She wanted all the world, but 

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she wanted it so bad. 
She didn't realize that the. 

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Presence of the Lord is moving 
into Jerusalem. 

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I want to notice something too. 
Why was McCall not at the 

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parade? 
Says in the text. 

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She was watching from the 
window, presumably the palace 

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window. 
She's not dancing. 

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She's not leaping for joy. 
At the presence of the Lord. 

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She's too busy to see the 
presence of the Lord coming into

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Jerusalem, and so she accosts 
David because she believes David

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has made a fool of himself. 
You're not acting like a king. 

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00:56:24,240 --> 00:56:26,640
David has a pointed rebuttal and
it. 

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Hurts, he retorts. 
That I was. 

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00:56:29,560 --> 00:56:31,000
Dancing before the Lord. 
But you wouldn't. 

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00:56:31,000 --> 00:56:34,680
You wouldn't. 
Get that David now. 

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Knows that the Holy Presence the
Lord has entered. 

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Jerusalem and his. 
Reply as true as it is. 

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00:56:42,840 --> 00:56:49,320
It's intended to sting the call.
God chose me above your father. 

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00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:55,280
Me. 
At least those other wives and 

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00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:57,280
concubines. 
Remember I talked about last 

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week the harem that's also 
violating Torah, David. 

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But here we are, at least those 
otherwise. 

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And concubines, they honor me in
the honor of the Lord. 

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Here's a textual note. 
It refers to McCall as this, the

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daughter of Saul, but not the 
wife of David. 

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She's no longer. 
The wife of David, she's the 

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daughter of Saul. 
What we have here is the Saul 

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line family line, their view of 
who King David is and they hate 

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00:57:31,840 --> 00:57:35,680
him and they're jealous. 
This is a very, very sad thing. 

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We're watching a marriage of 
broken a relationship breakdown 

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in real time. 
We have this text here that she 

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will never have a child again. 
She'll be barren the rest of her

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life. 
Presumably either they are never

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sexually intimate again or God 
like. 

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Who's that? 
Just strikes her womb. 

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You will never bear a child. 
What we have here is with 

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Nicole, the line of salt dies 
fulfilling the prophet Samuel's 

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words. 
God has rejected you and your 

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00:58:11,320 --> 00:58:14,400
whole entire line. 
It's sad. 

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The only remaining. 
Male known is Mephibosheth. 

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Jonathan's son, who will pop up 
as a reoccurring. 

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Character in a couple weeks. 
But what I want to preach? 

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To you as we. 
End here and enter into a time 

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of worship. 
I want to demythologize, if I if

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that's even a word, the myth of 
David. 

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00:58:39,760 --> 00:58:44,000
We look at him, we romanticize. 
Him. 

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Oh, he's the shepherd. 
Boy, he's the giant Slayer. 

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00:58:48,760 --> 00:58:51,680
He's the worshipping psalmist. 
If only I had a heart like 

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David. 
Let's knock him down a peg. 

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His life is a mess. 
His life is a mess. 

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Make no mistake. 
David will be the best king that

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Israel has ever had, but he 
isn't good enough. 

989
00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:11,360
Hear me loud and. 
Clear he isn't good enough. 

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To enter into the presence of 
God. 

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00:59:14,760 --> 00:59:19,960
He wasn't holy enough. 
But understand this. 

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00:59:19,960 --> 00:59:24,080
Here's why David is a man. 
After God's own heart, He never 

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00:59:24,080 --> 00:59:27,720
once devotes his worship to a 
different God other than Yahweh.

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00:59:29,280 --> 00:59:31,640
He will mess up time. 
And time and time again. 

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00:59:31,880 --> 00:59:36,440
But he's the king of repenting. 
He's the king of seeking. 

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He's the king, the man after 
God's own heart. 

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He constantly pursues Yahweh. 
Unlike Saul before him who 

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leaves Yahweh, David never 
quits. 

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Next thing I want you to 
remember the presence of God is 

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both glorious. 
And dangerous his. 

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01:00:02,600 --> 01:00:05,000
Purity is dangerous to anything 
that. 

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01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:08,120
Is impure. 
And you and I, my friends, we 

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01:00:08,120 --> 01:00:11,960
must be made pure, we must be 
made holy to have any 

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01:00:11,960 --> 01:00:16,720
relationship, to be made fit to 
occupy sacred space and to 

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01:00:16,720 --> 01:00:19,400
experience the blessing of His 
presence, not the danger. 

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01:00:20,200 --> 01:00:23,720
The only way to do that is 
through Jesus Christ. 

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01:00:24,880 --> 01:00:29,840
He is our holiness, and through 
Him we ourselves are made holy. 

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01:00:30,040 --> 01:00:35,800
So you and I can now approach 
the throne of God as the author 

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of Hebrews writes with boldness,
with confidence. 

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01:00:38,680 --> 01:00:40,320
Why? 
Because you and I have been made

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01:00:40,720 --> 01:00:45,720
holy just as He is holy. 
So we've now been commissioned 

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as the church Paul writes in 
First Corinthians. 

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Chapter 3. 
Verse 16. 

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I'll end with this verse. 
Do you not know that you are 

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God's temple and that God's 
Spirit now? 

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01:00:59,080 --> 01:01:02,760
Dwells in you. 
If anyone. 

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01:01:02,760 --> 01:01:04,960
Destroys God's temple. 
God will destroy him. 

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01:01:05,560 --> 01:01:09,720
For God's temple is holy, and 
you are that temple. 

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01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:10,840
Do you see what's happening 
here? 

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01:01:10,840 --> 01:01:16,000
Which is the most amazing thing?
You imperfect people, me, this 

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01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:19,360
loser, this Sinner, because of 
Jesus I've been made holy. 

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01:01:19,920 --> 01:01:25,760
You and I are now the new ark. 
The Ark is now more mobile than 

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01:01:25,760 --> 01:01:29,440
it's ever been. 
The temple of the Lord. 

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01:01:29,440 --> 01:01:32,800
The presence of God, that. 
Dwells in US, goes to the ends 

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01:01:32,800 --> 01:01:35,920
of the earth to proclaim the 
blessing. 

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01:01:36,080 --> 01:01:39,040
Of the presence of God. 
To call people to repentance. 

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01:01:39,720 --> 01:01:42,120
To call people from impurity to 
purity. 

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01:01:42,320 --> 01:01:47,000
To call people to put their 
faith in God through the life, 

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01:01:47,000 --> 01:01:48,360
death and resurrection. 
Of Jesus. 

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01:01:49,120 --> 01:01:55,600
You and I are now the mobile 
temple, so how we live matters. 

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01:01:56,000 --> 01:02:01,680
We must be holy as the presence 
that lives inside of us is now 

1032
01:02:01,680 --> 01:02:05,080
holy. 
What does it mean to be holy? 

1033
01:02:05,560 --> 01:02:08,080
It means to. 
Be morally pure, to be set 

1034
01:02:08,080 --> 01:02:11,840
apart, to be completely other. 
You, Paul says, are being 

1035
01:02:11,840 --> 01:02:14,680
transformed from 1° of glory to 
another. 

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01:02:15,720 --> 01:02:18,080
And one day when the Lord 
returns, when you meet him, 

1037
01:02:18,080 --> 01:02:20,400
whether it be for us 
corporately, whether it be for 

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01:02:20,400 --> 01:02:23,040
you individually, that day you 
meet Him, that work will be 

1039
01:02:23,040 --> 01:02:26,920
finished and you will you will 
be transformed into His glorious

1040
01:02:26,920 --> 01:02:28,760
nature. 
You will experience Him just as 

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01:02:28,760 --> 01:02:31,680
He is, and He will partake in 
the divine nature. 

1042
01:02:32,280 --> 01:02:35,760
Second, Peter 1/3 says you will 
partake in that one day. 

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We hope you enjoyed. 
This message and we'd love for 

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01:02:39,960 --> 01:02:42,360
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1045
01:02:42,440 --> 01:02:44,040
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1046
01:02:44,040 --> 01:02:46,240
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01:02:46,520 --> 01:02:48,520
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