1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,240 Want to open with the scripture from Isaiah chapter 55 talking 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,160 about David? It says, incline your ear and 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,560 come to me here and your soul shall live. 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:14,440 I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure 5 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,320 mercies of David. Indeed, I've given him as a 6 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,520 witness to the people, a leader and commander for the people. 7 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,160 Surely you should call a nation you do not know and nations who 8 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,520 do not know you shall run to you because of the Lord your God, 9 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:31,600 the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you. 10 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:34,800 This scripture is very important because it's telling us 11 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:38,760 something that we all need to do in this hour as never before, 12 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,160 and that is incline your hear to hear. 13 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:44,840 Jesus said, My sheep know my voice. 14 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:48,200 Another they will not follow. John the Apostle in his 15 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:51,240 revelation said, let him who hath an ear to hear, let him 16 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:54,160 hear what the Spirit is speaking to the church. 17 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:56,880 It's very important that we would understand how important 18 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,480 it is that we would incline our ear to hear what it is that God 19 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,280 is speaking. When we are born again, we have 20 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,520 both the natural side and a spiritual side. 21 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:11,000 Our first impulses are typically natural, but after that, we have 22 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,680 to make sure that we're tuning into the spiritual in order to 23 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:19,280 correct ourselves, if you would. So then it's necessary for us to 24 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,840 incline our ear, just like in the story I just read to you, 25 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:24,880 Nathan the prophet went to David. 26 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,000 He said something to him and Nathan the prophet said of that 27 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,360 song's great. But then that night the word of 28 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:34,080 the Lord came to Nathan and said, no, that's not so great. 29 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,760 Go back and talk to David. So this is what he did. 30 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,480 And that's so important for us to understand that all of us 31 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:44,520 need to take time to incline our ear to hear what the Spirit is 32 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,000 speaking to the church. When you come to church on 33 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,960 Sunday morning, it shouldn't be just about learning something 34 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,880 from the message, but it's inclining your ear so you can 35 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,920 hear. Faith comes by hearing, hearing 36 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:58,880 by the word of God. How, you know, we need to be 37 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:03,440 people of faith, Amen. And this talks about the witness 38 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:07,080 of David, which is such a powerful witness for us to have. 39 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,280 We've been talking about people of the Old Testament, talking 40 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:14,080 about Joseph, talking about Joshua, talking about Jacob, 41 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:19,240 talking about different ones and recalling their life stories. 42 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,400 Because the Bible tells us that we can look back and look at 43 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,880 those stories and we can learn. Those Scriptures are for our 44 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:29,160 admonition, also for our exhortation. 45 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,040 A lot of times people say, well, experiences are the best 46 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:33,640 teacher. Well, that's only if you want to 47 00:02:33,640 --> 00:02:37,520 make mistakes and in those mistakes have some kind of a 48 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,400 mark on your life that makes you remember it. 49 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:41,800 Well, that's not the best teacher. 50 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,480 The best teacher is to learn by example. 51 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,600 And that's why the Bible was getting to us, so we can learn 52 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,320 by examples. And so many of the people, 53 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,640 especially in the Old Testament, have some good things we can 54 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:55,920 learn, but also some things that we should look at and say, I'm 55 00:02:55,920 --> 00:02:58,200 going to avoid that. And that's really the way it is 56 00:02:58,200 --> 00:02:59,800 with David. As we talk about him today, 57 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,640 we're going to learn about what he had that we surely should 58 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:06,440 want, but also be careful to understand that in his life 59 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,400 there is a lesson. Lesson also that we want to 60 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:12,080 avoid certain things that he ended up doing. 61 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:17,120 But truly the Bible tells us that there is a witness here and 62 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,160 it talks about the sure mercies of David. 63 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,480 And just like it was with Joshua being the Jesus of the Old 64 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,280 Testament, if you would, bringing the children of Israel 65 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,440 out of the bondage of the world to the promised land, so we have 66 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,400 a New Testament, Joshua, Jesus Christ. 67 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,040 It's also important for us to see in the story of David 68 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,160 something very beautiful that speaks to us about the Christ. 69 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,640 And also of course, I respond to the Lord in the process. 70 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,800 Luke chapter 20, Jesus is speaking here and he says to the 71 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,480 people, how can you say that the Christ is the Son of David? 72 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:53,000 Now David himself said in the book of Psalms, the Lord said to 73 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,400 my Lord, sit at my right hand till I make your enemies your 74 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,760 footstool. Therefore David calls him Lord. 75 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:05,080 How's it that He is his Son? And Jesus as the Son of David is 76 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:06,720 very important for us to understand. 77 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,640 Now, when Jesus Christ came as the fulfillment of the 78 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:15,360 Scriptures, He was the Messiah. But the people who were in the 79 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:19,160 positions of authority as far as religious leaders in the country 80 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,360 of Israel, they could not receive His witness nor His 81 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,040 testimony. Why? 82 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,920 Because they only had a natural interpretation of the 83 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,440 Scriptures. Again, from the story I read to 84 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:34,360 you today, God speaks about David having a son and how that 85 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,280 son would have a very special place. 86 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:40,560 We know that one of those things that was referencing is Solomon, 87 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:44,440 but the Jews also believed that there would be of the lineage of 88 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,800 David another son who would be the Messiah. 89 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:50,880 That's why when we read the Gospels and talk about the 90 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,160 Christmas story, we have this lineage that you can go through 91 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:58,040 to prove that he was indeed of the seed of David because the 92 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,080 Messiah had to be of the seed of David. 93 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,840 But they thought he would be like David in the sense that he 94 00:05:03,840 --> 00:05:07,800 would be a commander as a military leader and how we know 95 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,680 Jesus just wasn't that. And so they had a natural 96 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,680 interpretation and were unable to receive the spiritual 97 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,040 interpretation. That's where the Scripture comes 98 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:20,280 in, because he just is challenging everybody and he's 99 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:24,560 quoting from Psalm 110, a scripture that says the Lord 100 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:28,400 said to my Lord, sit while I make your enemies your 101 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,760 footstool. And Jesus was saying to the 102 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,360 people who have the natural interpretation, Well, do you 103 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:37,240 understand that? The psalmist himself was David 104 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:42,280 and he gave a prophecy and he said that the Son would be the 105 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:45,840 Son of God. And so the Lord, which was their 106 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:49,560 name for God, said that the Lord sit here while I make your 107 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,560 enemies your footstool. So he's like, don't you 108 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,680 understand? He's not just a man Jesus 109 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,680 claimed himself to be, not just the Messiah, not just a 110 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:02,760 deliverer, but he came as God manifested in the flesh and that 111 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,880 they couldn't receive. Again, it was in their 112 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:10,400 scripture, but because they only could interpret it naturally and 113 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:14,600 not inclining their ear to hear, they could not receive what God 114 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:16,720 had for them. How many want to receive what 115 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:18,920 God has for you? Church say Amen to that. 116 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:20,920 Amen. We want to be a people that 117 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:25,160 follow God, and that's an especially important admonition. 118 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:29,320 God spoke to us as a people. As he said many years ago, go 119 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,840 the way of Spirit and you'll possess things that others have 120 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:34,760 not possessed before. And that means we got to tune in 121 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,800 our ear to hear what it is that God is speaking. 122 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,520 Now I want to go to the Scripture in First Samuel 123 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:44,920 chapter 16, because this tells us about when David was called 124 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:49,240 to be the king. And it was when they came that 125 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:53,120 he Speaking of the prophet Samuel, who had been sent there 126 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:55,920 by God to the House of David to anoint king. 127 00:06:56,040 --> 00:07:00,520 He looked at Eliab who was the oldest brother, and said, surely 128 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:02,560 the Lord's anointed is before him. 129 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,560 But the Lord said to Samuel, do not look at the appearance of 130 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,160 his physical stature, because I have refused him. 131 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,840 For the Lord is not see as man does, For man looks at the 132 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:17,480 outward appearance, but what the Lord looks at the heart. 133 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:19,640 So he sent and brought him David in. 134 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,640 Now he was ready with bright eyes and good looking. 135 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:27,000 And the Lord said, arise, anoint him, for he is the one. 136 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,040 Now this is a very important thing because again, here's a 137 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,920 prophet. He goes into the House of David, 138 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,720 just excuse me, the House of Jesse, and he's going to pick 139 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:38,600 out a king. And he looks at somebody from a 140 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,680 natural perspective and says, surely this is God's anointed 141 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:46,000 Eliah. His name is from 2 words in the 142 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,760 Hebrew language as you speak about God as a father, or the 143 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:51,920 name L, which is one of the names of God. 144 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:56,120 So he had the name and when he looked at him, he had the look 145 00:07:56,120 --> 00:08:01,160 of it because Sami had also anointed the very first king of 146 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:05,360 Israel and his name was Saul. And King Saul, the Bible says 147 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,520 that when he was first seen by the prophet to stand in a group 148 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:12,240 of people and everybody in the crowd only came up to Saul's 149 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:15,360 shoulder. So he was this big, tall, I'm 150 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,400 assuming charismatic person because everybody was flocking 151 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,520 around him. And that's whom the prophet 152 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:23,840 assumed, hey, God's wanting another king. 153 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:25,080 This is what he's going to look like. 154 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,480 How many know You can't just assume God's going to do the 155 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:31,040 same old thing, Church. As a matter of fact, I found out 156 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,400 that when we walk with God, he's oftentimes doing something 157 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,159 totally different because he wants to know, are they going to 158 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,360 hear the voice of the Spirit or are they just going to go by 159 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:46,160 their natural inclinations? So he had all the factors or all 160 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:50,240 the qualifications that would naturally be a leader, but then 161 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,040 he has David. And why is he picked David? 162 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:57,000 Because he was a man after God's own heart. 163 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:00,120 You wouldn't have known that just talking to the family, 164 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:04,760 because when the Lord had sent the prophet there, he said to 165 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:08,000 Jesse, bring all your sons here. They didn't even bring David in. 166 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:11,080 They're kind of like, of course, he couldn't be talking about 167 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,960 David. He was just the young boy out in 168 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,880 the fields keeping the sheep. And so he didn't seem to have 169 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:20,960 the attributes to be a king. That wasn't that he didn't have 170 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,080 attributes. He was, as the scripture said, 171 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,480 good looking. He was obviously a musician, a 172 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,880 singer, a songwriter, if you would. 173 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:32,840 He had a lot of great things going for him, just not the kind 174 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:36,080 that you would think would qualify him to be the king. 175 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,000 I'm assuming that his age has something to do with it. 176 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:43,240 I remember when I graduate from ministry training, I had what 177 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,400 was called the laying on hands with prophecy and Sister Bill 178 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:49,440 prophesied over me who was the founder of the church I was 179 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:51,600 trained in. She said this is just like when 180 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:55,640 the Lord called David, you're not a king nor are you a King's 181 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,360 son, but you were one that God has chosen. 182 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:01,600 And so David's life has always been very special to me based on 183 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,520 that prophecy. And the chapter I read to you 184 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:07,240 today is probably the most important of all the things I've 185 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:09,280 learned. So that's I'm actually excited 186 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:12,840 to share this today because as I've been walking with God by 187 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,080 faith, I've seen that as I walk with him, he always takes us to 188 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:19,280 a new dimension if we let him. And so I'm like, I've 189 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:22,840 experienced this before and I can say I experience it again, 190 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:27,040 but I'm going to experience it all over again because the judge 191 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:28,400 shall live by faith. Amen. 192 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:32,720 Church And the Bible says that we go from faith to faith. 193 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:37,640 So the thing about it was is David had the right heart and 194 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,720 that's what God is looking for. Now this is important for us to 195 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:43,360 understand. 2 concerning Jesus Jesus Christ, because when he 196 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:46,120 came to the earth, he said, repent, for the Kingdom of 197 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:50,720 heaven is at hand, and if you want to be a part of this 198 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:54,240 Kingdom and you want to see it, you have to be born again. 199 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,040 He's at another place. The Kingdom of God does not come 200 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:03,120 with observation, but it arises in the hearts of men. 201 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:07,480 So again, if we're going to be a Kingdom oriented people, and I 202 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,240 believe that's something that God wants us to recognize today 203 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:14,280 as never before, then we've got to understand we've got to be 204 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,920 willing to look at the heart and we have to be willing to open up 205 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:19,520 our heart to God. Amen. 206 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:23,800 Church, we need to open up our hearts today as never before 207 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:27,600 because God's doing something that he hasn't done before and 208 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,920 we just so happened to be alive and get to be a part of it. 209 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:33,600 Amen. So this is an exciting time in 210 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:37,520 the camp, the plans and purposes of God and each and every one of 211 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:40,400 us must make ourselves available to this. 212 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:46,000 Now in First Samuel chapter 17, this is the story about Goliath. 213 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,520 I'm going to read this little part and then we'll review this 214 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,240 story. It says you're has killed both 215 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:55,080 line and bear and this uncircumcised Philistine will be 216 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,520 like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living 217 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:01,360 God. Moreover, David said, the Lord 218 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:04,920 who delivered me from the Paul the line and from the Paul the 219 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:08,440 bear, he will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine. 220 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,480 And Saul said to David, Go, and the Lord be with you. 221 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:15,560 Then all his assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with 222 00:12:15,560 --> 00:12:20,800 sword and spear, for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give 223 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:24,480 it into your hands. Now, I think that of all the 224 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:28,760 stories about David, the Goliath story is the most well known, 225 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:31,920 not just for people in church, but it's one of those stories 226 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:34,880 that is out in secular culture as well, part of Western 227 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:38,400 civilization is at least, because it's such an amazing 228 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:41,160 story. So the children of Israel in a 229 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:44,600 battle with the Philistines, which are an enemy that just 230 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:48,200 keeps coming back, they defeat him and they come back, and now 231 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,840 they're back again. So this man by the name of 232 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:55,720 Goliath comes out and he says, basically, I'm a champion for 233 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,280 the Philistines. There's no sense in us having a 234 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:02,240 war and everybody get engaged in this war and so many people 235 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:04,640 dying, I'm going to fight for my side. 236 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:08,120 You pick out somebody from your side and the two of us will 237 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,120 fight it out. Whoever wins, be the winner of 238 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,600 the war. Well, the children of Israel, 239 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,160 I'm sure at first we think, well, this is a pretty good idea 240 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:17,760 because we don't all want to risk our lives in this thing. 241 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:20,520 The problem is Goliath was a monster of a person. 242 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:23,400 When you read Bible commentaries, there will be 243 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:28,840 pinions different different ideas about him and some say he 244 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:32,800 was like 7 foot tall, some will say he's as high as 9 foot 9 245 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:34,600 inches. We just know this. 246 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:38,040 He was a giant of a person. Just picture this. 247 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:43,240 His armor that he wore they said weighed 125 lbs. 248 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,800 I mean, you know, you'd have to be a pretty good big guy to 249 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:49,800 carry that all around. And he had, and it describes his 250 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:53,800 helmet that it was of bronze and the things that were covering 251 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:57,520 his feet were of bronze. And it talked about his weapons 252 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:00,560 that he had the javelin, the sword and all these things. 253 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,360 Plus he just seemed like 1 mean person. 254 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:07,640 And so when he said who's going to fight against me? 255 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,280 All the children visitor like, oh, I don't know. 256 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:16,200 Who do you think it'll be? Well, along comes David because 257 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,360 he's actually just bringing food to his brothers as a part of 258 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,600 their contribution to the war. He's taking the food to them. 259 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:26,760 He's not a part of the war and he knows what's going on or sees 260 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:28,680 what's going on. Then he asks for the details. 261 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:33,320 Well, King Saul had said whoever can defeat this guy, I'm going 262 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:37,360 to give my daughter as a wife. But that's not going to do you 263 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,400 any good if you're dead. So that's why there were no 264 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,640 takers on this offer. But Dave, it's kind of like, 265 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:46,680 I'll fight, I'll go. And his brother basically said, 266 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,200 why don't you just shut up? You're just a little brother's 267 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:53,160 always wanting attention. And Davis, like, no, you guys 268 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,480 don't understand something. I was out there as a shepherd. 269 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,240 You thought I was just out keeping the sheep as if it's a 270 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:02,920 small menial job. But one day a lion came and 271 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:05,760 another day a bear came. Guess what I did? 272 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:11,200 I defended the sheep and God give me the power to kill a 273 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:15,320 lion, to kill a bear. And that's when he said you got 274 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:19,480 to understand something that same God is able to help me 275 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:22,440 right now in this present distress. 276 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,800 Now, again, most people, when they tell the story of David and 277 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:30,040 Goliath, they're going to talk about David's courage, his 278 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,840 willingness to face a giant when nobody else would. 279 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,280 And people will take a story like that and be very encouraged 280 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:39,480 by the thought. That's the human perspective of 281 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,480 the story. But the spiritual perspective at 282 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:45,240 this point is one that David is telling people. 283 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,880 He's not saying I can go and kill Goliath. 284 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:50,880 He said I'll be a part of this thing. 285 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:55,600 But I found out if God can kill a bear and God can kill a lion, 286 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,920 he can surely help me kill this giant as well. 287 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:02,120 That's why I put up here. Give him a praise on that. 288 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:06,800 That's good. That's why I put it there first 289 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:10,200 the human perspective and then God's perspective. 290 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:13,600 So when you think about this for a minute, if God's looking at 291 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:17,200 the story, how many you know from God's perspective? 292 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,720 David didn't kill a bear, and David didn't kill a lion. 293 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:24,720 God did. And that was the same confession 294 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:28,560 that David had here. If God can help me take down a 295 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:32,480 bear and also a lion, how many know he can also help me take 296 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,880 this giant down? And everybody will know that 297 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:39,680 it's not through human weapons that the war has won, but it's 298 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:44,760 by the power of the living God. And so David had God's 299 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:48,760 perspective, which is this is what I can do Now, church, this 300 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,800 is so powerful because from the very beginning of time, God has 301 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,360 wanted mankind to take a place in his creation. 302 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,160 Who is man, that you were mindful of him or the Son of 303 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:59,680 man? You visited him, you created him 304 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:03,240 lower than the angels, and yet you have crowned him with glory, 305 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:05,400 honor, and life, and that you have put all the works of your 306 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,920 hands under him. That's what the psalmist said. 307 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:12,040 And David was that psalmist and going back into Genesis chapter 308 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:15,680 1, God said, let us make man in our image and in our likeness. 309 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:19,920 Let them be fruitful, multiply, fill up their take dominion as 310 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:22,800 well. Now God's plan is we would be 311 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,280 his partners in this partnership. 312 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:29,640 God's going to have the power. We just have to be the vessel. 313 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,880 And we have to remember that so that when we're going through 314 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:37,320 life, it's not what you can do, it's what God can do. 315 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:41,760 It's not by might, it's nor by power, but it's by my spirit 316 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:43,480 says the Lord. Can you give the Lord a praise 317 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:44,240 on that? Amen. 318 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:50,720 So at this point, David has God's perspective, which is I'm 319 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:52,440 the one that's going to kill the giant. 320 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,560 I'm just wondering if anybody can be a part of this plan. 321 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:58,640 Amen. Now in First Timothy chapter 1, 322 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:00,040 it says something very important. 323 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:04,360 Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure 324 00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:09,240 heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith, from 325 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:13,000 which some having straight have turned aside to I'll talk, 326 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:16,520 desiring to be teachers of law, understanding neither what they 327 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,320 say nor the things which they affirm. 328 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:23,200 Now this is the Apostle Paul writing to Timothy about the New 329 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:26,040 Testament and in the New Covenant. 330 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:30,240 He wants them to understand, just like God said, it starts in 331 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:32,680 the heart. So we have to open up our heart 332 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:34,800 to God. Now where is that going to go? 333 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,680 Well, it needs to go to a place of faith. 334 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,400 How do we get to that place of faith? 335 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:44,280 Well, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. 336 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:48,200 But I wanted to point out this word conscience here because God 337 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:52,200 has given us a conscience. The literal translation of that 338 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:55,120 word in the Scriptures is a Co perception. 339 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:58,960 So we have this natural mind that we have that thinks and 340 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,520 plans and has purposes, whatever, but then God has given 341 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:06,480 us his human spirit, his God breath inside of us. 342 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,440 And from that we also have a conscience. 343 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:12,640 And the conscience is a Co perception because our mind 344 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:15,240 might be telling us one thing, but if we're sensitive enough, 345 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,040 how many know? We can say to ourselves, well, 346 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,160 that sounds good, but it's really not good. 347 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,400 When we go real deep with that. We'll call it intuition. 348 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,600 And they say women have an intuition because of how they 349 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:31,560 are called as mothers to minister to their children. 350 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:35,800 But we have to understand that being sensitive is a very 351 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:41,320 important part of the walk of faith and the heart relationship 352 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:44,960 we have with God. When we have that sensitivity, 353 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:49,440 we can walk in the fullness of God, caring about other people 354 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,440 and certainly caring to the voice of God. 355 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:56,560 So it's very important that we have a heart that's available to 356 00:19:56,560 --> 00:20:00,680 God, a heart that we let God deal with, because then we can 357 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:05,480 move into the faith realm. But when we give Him our heart, 358 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:08,840 we got to make sure that we keep that sensitive side going 359 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,680 because it's through that sensitivity that we have to God 360 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:16,480 that we can tap into the Word that He has for each and every 361 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,120 one of us. Christianity is not just a 362 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:22,080 religion of the head church. It's a religion of the heart, 363 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,320 and if it's a religion of the heart, it has to do with our 364 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:29,000 conscience, our human spirit being connected to the divine 365 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:33,240 Spirit of God in order that we can know well, what is it that 366 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:37,240 God is actually saying here? So I'm not just operating in my 367 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:39,600 natural mind, but I'm operating in the spirit. 368 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:44,440 Now here's another story here in First Chronicles chapter 17 that 369 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:47,720 I read to you today. Now it came to pass when David 370 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,960 was dwelling in his house that David said to Nathan the 371 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:55,480 prophet, see now I dwell in a House of cedar, but the ark of 372 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,040 the continent of the Lord is under 10 curtains. 373 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:03,520 Then Nathan said to David, do all that is in your heart, for 374 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:08,360 God is with you. Now again, the prophet assumed 375 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:13,040 that sounded good, and so it must be good, sounded right, so 376 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:14,960 it must be right. And God said, no, there's 377 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,640 something wrong here. See, what happened is David had 378 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:21,360 become very successful, literally the children of Israel 379 00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:25,160 who had, like in the story of Goliath, been under constant 380 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,120 threat of the enemies wronged about them. 381 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:30,440 David had actually secured all the borders of the country. 382 00:21:31,120 --> 00:21:32,960 The country was finally at peace. 383 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,440 They began to prosper. And so there was all kinds of 384 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,000 things there, the people who were able to enjoy like they 385 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,720 hadn't before. And David, of course, as the 386 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,560 king, was one of them. And so he's kind of like, hey, 387 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:46,240 I'm going to build myself a palace. 388 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,960 And he built something awesome, you can imagine, because he had 389 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:52,280 the money, he had the time, and everybody was contributing. 390 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,520 So he's sitting in his palace and he's thinking, wait a 391 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:59,680 minute, I'm in a palace. But the Ark of the coming of the 392 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:03,240 Lord, it's in a tent. Now, the reason it was in a tent 393 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:06,160 is because David had a heart after God and after his 394 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:08,160 presence. And one day the ark of the 395 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,920 covenant was in a foreign place. So he sent for it, had it 396 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,640 brought, they set up a tent and they had all kinds of choirs and 397 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:19,280 music and worship and praise. It was a beautiful place of 398 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:22,480 experiencing God. But now David has this idea. 399 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,440 Well, based on the fact that I have a palace, God should have a 400 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,280 palace. But I want you to note something 401 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,240 here. It seems subtle, but David no 402 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,920 longer is thinking about what God can do through him. 403 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:36,920 How do you know he's taken the initiative? 404 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:42,040 He's saying, wait a second, this is what I'm going to do for God. 405 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:46,840 And basically the message of this story is, David, I didn't 406 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:50,640 ask you to do that, so I don't want you to do it. 407 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:55,400 But he was doing something that seemed right, but it did not 408 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:59,200 fulfill the purposes of God. And that's why it's so important 409 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,640 that we have our heart open to God because it isn't about our 410 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,720 good intentions. It's about our desire to be 411 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:07,760 pleasing to God. Can I hear an Amen to that? 412 00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:10,480 It's not about just doing something for God. 413 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:16,200 It's about doing what God has asked us to do, and God's 414 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:18,800 looking for people because the Bible says that about David. 415 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:22,320 He had a heart after God because he did his will. 416 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,720 And so the heart is this connection that's so very 417 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,760 important. And it's in that heart that God 418 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:32,560 has an opportunity for us to just truly walk in the power of 419 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:35,240 his Kingdom. Now I want to share this because 420 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,120 I really believe this is something God spoke to me in 421 00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:40,040 prayer yesterday is because he said, you know, when my people 422 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:41,600 come to me, they have to remember. 423 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:45,080 And of course I quote this often, we didn't choose Jesus 424 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:46,560 Christ. How do you know he chose you? 425 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:49,640 Aren't you glad about that today? 426 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,640 The Bible actually says he called us in him before the 427 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:58,760 foundation of the world. That's amazing church and it 428 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:02,160 should make you feel like the luckiest person in the world. 429 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:04,800 You know, some people don't like the word lucky in church because 430 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,360 it's not that spiritual, but I want to use a natural word 431 00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:10,200 because it describes a feeling that somebody to have when 432 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,640 they're going through like say wow, things are going good for 433 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:15,160 me. How do you know if God chose you 434 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,520 out of all the people on planet earth and said that's going to 435 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:21,320 be 1 of mines? How do you know that that within 436 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:24,480 itself should have you walking around like wow, just think I'm 437 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:28,960 a child of the most high God, the God who is eternal, the God 438 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,760 who is omnipresent. You look at the telescopes and 439 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,320 you see the Alexis and how vast they are. 440 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,200 We can't even begin to imagine it. 441 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:43,560 The God who's present everywhere has singled out you and said, I 442 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:46,720 want that one for me. And that's what we have to 443 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:50,680 always remember. It wasn't us, it was him. 444 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:55,400 And it is something that we should always respond to from a 445 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:59,160 heart that says, wow, I'm being called of God. 446 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,680 God has a plan for my life. God has something for me to do. 447 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,360 That's the way David looked at at church now. 448 00:25:06,360 --> 00:25:09,920 David rose to his feet and said, hear me, my brother and my 449 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:13,520 people. I had it in my heart to build a 450 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:17,400 House of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the 451 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:22,000 footstool of our God, and had made preparations to build it. 452 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:27,120 But God said to me, you shall not build a house for my name, 453 00:25:27,120 --> 00:25:31,280 because you have been a man of war and have what shed blood. 454 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:35,720 So the story that made him most famous is the kind of stories 455 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:40,240 that disqualified him from fulfilling his heart's desire. 456 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:44,480 Now God's purpose is Davis's heart was certainly fulfilled, 457 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:48,560 and you could see that in one sense he was a man of that time 458 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:51,320 and God had another time. I wanted to throw that in 459 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:55,080 because I believe this, this is a new time church, and you're 460 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:56,880 appointed for this time. Amen. 461 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:02,160 But it also reflects on the idea that although he was a man who 462 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,840 was willing to fight Goliath, there came a time in his life 463 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:09,320 when he forgot about the fact that you got to do it with the 464 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,520 Lord's help. And so know what he did instead? 465 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:15,640 Well, he did what was common for kings in those days. 466 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:17,760 He appointed somebody to work for him. 467 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,240 And this was a man by the name of Joab and he made him the 468 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:22,960 captain of his army. Army. 469 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,480 And so David just had to make the decisions of what to do. 470 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,440 And Johab was the one who did it. 471 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:33,680 Well, Joab actually was the man of war who did wicked things. 472 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,120 One time David had a son who was in rebellion and Davis heart 473 00:26:37,120 --> 00:26:39,640 was, hey, that's my son, don't hurt him. 474 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,600 He killed him. There was another man who was 475 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,080 kind of like one of David's enemies, but he made peace with 476 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:46,800 him. Joab didn't trust him. 477 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:50,080 He killed him, and Joab was just that kind of person. 478 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,880 He had deceptive ideas and plans that were nothing about God. 479 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,960 So in that sense, it wasn't the sin of Commission for him. 480 00:26:57,120 --> 00:27:00,320 It was the sin of omission, if you would, because he didn't 481 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,600 make sure that this process was working out the way it was 482 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:07,120 supposed to. So now David had become a man of 483 00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:12,040 war and now he wasn't able to fulfill the purposes that God 484 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:15,000 had for him. Now as the story goes forward in 485 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:19,080 chapter 22, it says, behold, a son shall be born who shall be a 486 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:22,720 man of rest, and I will give him rest from all of his enemies all 487 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,600 around. His name shall be Solomon, for I 488 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,600 will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days. 489 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:30,680 He should build a house for my name. 490 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:35,320 He shall be my son and I will be his father, and I will establish 491 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:39,480 His throne and His Kingdom over Israel forever. 492 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:43,280 Now, this was God's promise. And this is something important 493 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,960 to understand because This is why I said this scripture has 494 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,800 been so, so important to me. Because one of the things the 495 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:53,320 Lord spoke to me from the very beginning is I'm going to use a 496 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:58,280 man of rest to build my house in these latter days of time. 497 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:02,160 Back then I preached about it, about Solomon and different ones 498 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:03,800 that God would raise up in this day. 499 00:28:04,360 --> 00:28:07,000 I believe with all my heart, this is the day that God had 500 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,960 told me about so long ago. Like I said, I've experienced it 501 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:14,920 to certain dimensions, but now it's time for me to lead a whole 502 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:19,440 army of people of arrest to go in and take possession of the 503 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:23,280 promised land if you would. Now this is talking first of all 504 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:28,200 about Solomon, whose name means peace and rest and he was the 505 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:32,680 son that God would raise up. But it also speaks about Jesus 506 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:36,240 Christ because in the Psalm that was quoted earlier from Psalm 507 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:40,760 110 when he said the Lord said to my Lord, sit, why I make your 508 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:44,880 enemies your footstool. Basically, when Jesus Christ was 509 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,720 obedient unto death, how many know that secured his victory? 510 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,440 And that's what God says to us. When our obedience has been made 511 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:54,800 complete, he will avenge all disobedience. 512 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,560 So the man of rest is the person who does what the will of God is 513 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:01,680 and knows that well, God's going to take care of all the rest. 514 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,920 And what I like this is I will establish because that's God 515 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:12,520 saying you do your part. I will do my part, says the 516 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,120 Lord. And that's why we can say I can 517 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:18,160 do all things through Christ who strengthens me. 518 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:21,960 Because just like with David, if we're willing to stand up 519 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:25,480 against Goliath, God's going to give us the victory. 520 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,040 I believe that we're living in a time when God needs a people who 521 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:32,360 will rise up and say, I'm going to stand up against Goliath. 522 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:35,080 Can I hear an Amen in the church today? 523 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,800 The God of this world, the spirit of this age, is standing 524 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,720 up and blasphemy in the name of God and his people. 525 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:46,080 And God says, I'm going to raise up a remnant in the earth who 526 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:48,160 are going to be my witnesses like David. 527 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,920 And they're going to stand and they're going to have confidence 528 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:54,040 in the Lord and know that no weapon that's formed against 529 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,320 them can prosper, says the mighty God. 530 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,360 Because God says I will establish. 531 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:02,000 Amen. Again, back to the chapter it 532 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,840 says. Furthermore, I tell you that the 533 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:08,560 Lord will build you a house, and it shall be when your days are 534 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,960 fulfilled, when you must go to be with your Father's, that I 535 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:15,880 will set up your seat after you, who will be your sons, and I 536 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:19,040 will establish His Kingdom. He shall build me a house, and I 537 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:20,760 will establish His throne forever. 538 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,720 I will be his father, He should be my son, and I will not take 539 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:28,520 my mercy away from him as I took it from him who was before you. 540 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,560 And I will establish in him, him and in my house and in my 541 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:37,360 Kingdom forever and his throne shall be established forever. 542 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,320 Now this is important to understand the furthermore, 543 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,440 because God says, not only are you not going to do that, the 544 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:46,400 furthermore's I'm going to do something for you, David. 545 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:49,200 And this is what we call the sure mercies of David. 546 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,240 That goes back to the very first scripture I read because in the 547 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,360 sure mercy to David, God says to David, I'm going to raise up 548 00:30:55,360 --> 00:31:00,400 after you a son. And when I raise him up, it 549 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,760 doesn't matter what he does. He's not going to lose his place 550 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:07,280 as the king of Israel. It's not going to be like it was 551 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,280 with the first king because Saul was disobedient and God took the 552 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,200 Kingdom away from him and gave it to David. 553 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:16,680 But God says to David, your son's Kingdom is not going to be 554 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,400 taken away from him. The sure mercies of David is 555 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,320 doesn't matter what your son does, I'm going to be merciful 556 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:25,400 to him. I believe that as Christians, we 557 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,240 are in this covenant of the sure mercies of David. 558 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,480 That's why when we pray for our children, we should understand, 559 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,840 just like with David, Hey, the sure mercies of David are going 560 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,360 to cover God's going to do a work, Amen, Church. 561 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:41,440 That's why we should know that God's plan for his people to do 562 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,840 awesome things in the earth today, it's going to be 563 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:47,520 accomplished because that's the sure mercies of David. 564 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:52,120 And that's of course fulfilled primarily in the person of Jesus 565 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:57,680 Christ who established his church and also established his 566 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:01,640 Kingdom. And his further more word is 567 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:05,720 also a forever more word. Now this is important to 568 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:08,000 understand because when we're born again, how do you know 569 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,080 we're living in an eternal Kingdom? 570 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,360 Some people think, oh, I've been born again, so I'm going to go 571 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,200 to heaven when I die. When I enter into eternity 572 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:19,320 Church, when you're born again, you have already entered into 573 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,960 eternity. How many out there know you're 574 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:26,320 an eternal being right now? Your physical body, it will run 575 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:28,440 its course. But God says you're going to 576 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:31,600 live forever. Death has no power over you. 577 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:35,480 But he also said you have to understand as a citizen of an 578 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,440 eternal Kingdom, you've got to understand how important it is 579 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:42,800 to sow eternal things. And that's what this message is, 580 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,640 is there's eternal things and there's temporal things. 581 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:49,240 There's a scripture in the book of Ecclesiastes that says God 582 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,920 puts eternity in our hearts. So there's something within all 583 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:55,680 of us that we want our life, our legacy or whatever we are to 584 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:59,000 continue forever, whatever, because God put that in us for a 585 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,560 purpose. And that's why in the book of 586 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:04,320 Psalms, it says sometimes people build buildings and put their 587 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:07,160 name on it or build organizations with their name on 588 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,160 it. We can see that in the church 589 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:11,880 history because there's a lot of churches that have somebody's 590 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:12,960 name on it. Amen. 591 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:16,280 That's something we try to do within ourselves. 592 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:19,520 We try to build buildings to preserve our legacy. 593 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,400 I was in a Henry Ford Hospital this week to minister to 594 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,200 somebody. And of course, I love history. 595 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,040 So I know all about Henry Ford's life. 596 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:29,440 And I I know that he he built the assembly system, the 597 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:33,680 assembly line, he built the Model T, which made it possible 598 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,280 for average Americans to get a car. 599 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:40,880 And he had an amazing impact. But for most people who walk 600 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,480 under the Henry Ford sign, how we know they don't remember his 601 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,480 history? How many out there really like 602 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,080 history? I wouldn't even ask you to 603 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,360 respond because most people actually don't. 604 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:52,920 That's why I often times when I tell history, I say, now let me 605 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:58,160 tell a little history, please. All those things are temporary. 606 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,920 I remember my mom, I was in charge of their affairs when 607 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,520 they got older. And my mom said, now, you know, 608 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:08,360 your daddy's going out and he's buying him a headstone for our 609 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:10,280 grave sites over there in Ottawa Park. 610 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:12,600 And he, you know he's doing that because he expects you to visit 611 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,880 him, right? Well, you promise you'll visit 612 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:17,560 him? Yeah, Mom, I'll go to the 613 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:21,239 gravestone. I like better the picture I have 614 00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:23,880 of them that sits next to my computer in the morning because 615 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:27,040 I can't say, hey, Mama Jean and Papa Bill, you know, reminds me 616 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,880 of them. So the the monuments and 617 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,040 memorials that we do, people soon forget about those things, 618 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:35,719 don't they? But when we're involved in the 619 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:38,920 Kingdom of God, you know, when you tell somebody about Jesus 620 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,800 Christ and if they're born again, how do you know you've, 621 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:45,800 you've sown an eternal seed? And you know, when you tell 622 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,639 somebody about the Lord, they might not respond now, they 623 00:34:48,639 --> 00:34:51,840 might respond later, or they might even tell your story to 624 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:53,840 somebody else. But churches, you got to 625 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,920 understand something. When we sow into the Kingdom of 626 00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:02,320 God, we're sowing eternal seeds. And we have to understand that 627 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:05,200 that there's two things we do. We live our natural life and 628 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,000 that we're going to do. We're going to have natural 629 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,920 motivations. There's a certain things bad, 630 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,560 but not everything's bad. We can enjoy the natural life 631 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:15,120 and do what we undo, but we got to remember something. 632 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:19,320 Just as we have an eternal life that we're living now, we need 633 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:22,840 to understand how important it is for us to sow eternal hint 634 00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:24,440 things. Can I hear an Amen on that? 635 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,120 That's so important. That's why in closing, I read 636 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:31,720 this Scripture to you, because again, he designates a certain 637 00:35:31,720 --> 00:35:37,640 day, saying in David today, after such a long time, as it 638 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:42,640 has been said today, if you will hear his voice, do not harden 639 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:45,720 your hearts. Or if Joshua had given them 640 00:35:45,720 --> 00:35:49,480 rest, then he would not afterward have spoken of another 641 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,360 day. There remains there for a rest 642 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:56,240 for the people of God. For he who has entered his rest 643 00:35:56,440 --> 00:36:03,360 has himself also ceased from his works, as God did from his. 644 00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:06,240 Now I'm going to ask everyone want to bow your heads and close 645 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,880 your eyes because you need to know something. 646 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:14,400 We're living in a world of turmoil, but our testimony is 647 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:16,720 going to be we're going to be a people of rest. 648 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:21,680 We're going to walk in the peace that passes all understanding 649 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:29,280 the world wants you in turmoil. They promote turmoil, get you on 650 00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:33,200 their side, but we got to understand we're on God's side. 651 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:37,680 And when you're on God's side, you don't have to push, You 652 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:40,640 don't have to shove. You just have to walk in his 653 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:47,440 power knowing that he is able to bring it to pass, that he is 654 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:50,400 able to do whatever he said he's going to do. 655 00:36:51,240 --> 00:36:55,120 And so this is a time when we need to enter into that rest 656 00:36:55,440 --> 00:37:01,240 that can only come when we say, well, David said today, if 657 00:37:01,240 --> 00:37:05,600 you'll hear his voice and do not harden your heart, but keep your 658 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:09,560 heart open. God, what, what, what can I do 659 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:15,080 to open my heart? Be sensitive, listen to the 660 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:18,400 voice. Let me give you faith, says the 661 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,880 mighty God. Father, I just thank you for 662 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:25,960 that word today and let it come to each and every one of us that 663 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:29,400 we would have hearts fully walking in faith with you. 664 00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:34,960 Ask it in Jesus name, Amen. This is Pastor Lauren Coverbius 665 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,520 from Mount Zion Church. We thank you for joining us 666 00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:40,520 today and invite you to connect with our church family by 667 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:44,280 visiting mountzion.org and following us on social media. 668 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:45,280 God bless you.