1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,960 Welcome to the Liberty Baptist Sermon Archives. 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,040 The message you're about to hear was preached at Liberty Baptist 3 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:13,040 Church in Easton, MA. You can find out more about us 4 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:17,120 or contact us at mylibertybaptist.org or just 5 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,760 look us up on Facebook. And now we hope that this 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,040 message from God's Word will be a blessing to you. 7 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:26,680 Turn your Bibles, please, to Second Samuel. 8 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:31,360 Chapter #15 Second Samuel chapter #15 In the message that 9 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,480 I have entitled this evening, stay loyal to the king. 10 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:37,560 Stay loyal to the king. I know I've mentioned this 11 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,400 before a time or two, but probably has been a little bit 12 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,720 of a while since I had. But one of the things that 13 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:46,800 annoys me really, I mean really, really annoys me is when a 14 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:48,560 business will say something like this. 15 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,720 Thank you for your loyalty. You know, thank you for your 16 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:53,800 loyalty. I hear all the time from 17 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,760 American Airlines, almost always fly American Airlines when I 18 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:00,240 fly, not because I have some great love for American 19 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:02,160 Airlines. It just happens to be the 20 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,640 airline that goes to places that I need to go when I need to go 21 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:05,920 there. But there are times they will 22 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,040 say, oh, you know, as an advantage member, thank you so 23 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:10,560 much for your loyalty. It's incredible that I have 24 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:12,800 given them so much loyalty, quote UN quote. 25 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:17,920 But when there's a problem with the plane or I have an issue or 26 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,680 need a refund, that whole loyalty thing goes out the 27 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:22,200 window. That's their way of just kind of 28 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,720 saying, hey, thanks a lot. Will you keep giving us more 29 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:26,480 money? There's actually no loyalty 30 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:28,560 other than the loyalty I give them. 31 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:29,920 Really. There's no loyalty. 32 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:32,240 There's no acknowledging of the loyalty. 33 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,000 A credit cards will call you call them and you say, hey, we 34 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,720 see you've been a member for the last seven years. 35 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:40,160 Thank you so much for your loyalty. 36 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:41,880 Hey, that late fee, could I get that off? 37 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:43,360 They're like, hello, is anyone there? 38 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:48,080 There's no loyalty there. Is there loyalty clubs? 39 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:53,560 Whether it's CVS or Walmart or Target or whatever it is, these 40 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,760 loyalty clubs they want you to be a part of. 41 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:59,000 And really it's not about giving you stuff for shopping there. 42 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,520 It's really kind of just to track what you buy more than 43 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:03,680 anything. They want you to scan that 44 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,680 little fob or whatever it is. They're not really giving you a 45 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,320 lot back. There's this word loyalty that 46 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:12,440 is thrown around so much by the world, but really the world is 47 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:16,080 light on loyalty and honor. We expect that from the world, 48 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,000 don't we? Because there's no honor among 49 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:19,560 thieves. And when you consider the world, 50 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,280 it shouldn't surprise us that the world is not loyal, even not 51 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,080 loyal to itself, certainly not loyal to us. 52 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:30,000 We shouldn't be surprised that there is no honor when it comes 53 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,560 to the things of the world. But what about amongst God's 54 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:35,800 people? Should we be the type of people 55 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,200 that have loyalty when it's put in the right place? 56 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:40,960 Shouldn't we be the type of people have honor when we're 57 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:44,200 dealing with the things of God? Well, tonight we are going to 58 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,600 look at Absalom's coup. Absalom was dishonorable. 59 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:51,120 Absalom was disloyal. But I want us to look at this 60 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:55,120 event as David is going to make his retreat from Jerusalem and 61 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:56,920 look at 1 gentleman in particular. 62 00:02:56,920 --> 00:02:58,840 There's going to be a lot of different people that we can 63 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:00,720 look at. Interestingly enough, when you 64 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,480 look at David escaping Jerusalem, there's kind of this 65 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,120 merry band of men that seemed to follow him. 66 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,440 And there's these stories that take place as David leaves, and 67 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,840 then we follow up as these same men come back to Jerusalem with 68 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,040 David after Absalom is vanquished. 69 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,960 By the way, some of these men, really great men. 70 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:23,080 Some of these men not so great. Some are giving David praise. 71 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,520 Others are literally cursing him out and throwing rocks at him. 72 00:03:26,920 --> 00:03:30,640 So you've got all of this taking place as David is evacuating 73 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:33,440 Jerusalem with those who are remaining loyal to him. 74 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,920 But there's one gentleman that I want us to focus on here 75 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:38,120 tonight. There's one man that truly wants 76 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,360 to spend a few minutes to consider and to remind us to 77 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,840 stay loyal to the king. Will you stand, please, for the 78 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:46,200 reading? God's Word, Second Samuel 79 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,160 chapter 15. We'll read a part of this 80 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:54,000 passage here tonight. Beginning of verse #13 We'll 81 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,520 pick up where we left off last week. 82 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,160 And it says, And there came a messenger to David, saying, The 83 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,520 hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom. 84 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,800 And David said unto all his servants that were with him in 85 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:10,400 Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee, for we shall not else 86 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:14,000 escape from Absalom. Make speed to depart, lest he 87 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,160 overtake us suddenly and bring evil upon us, and smite the city 88 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,760 with the edge of the sword. And the King's servant said unto 89 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,880 the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever, my 90 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,200 Lord, the king shall appoint. And the king went forth, and all 91 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,200 his household after him. And the king left ten women 92 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,400 which were concubines, to keep the house. 93 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:34,680 And the king went forth and all the people after him, and 94 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,080 tarried in a place that was far off. 95 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,240 And all the servants passed on beside him, and all the 96 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,640 Cherithites, and all the Palathites, and all the 97 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:47,080 Gittites, 600 men which came after him from Gath, passed on 98 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,480 before the king. Then say the king to Itai the 99 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:54,320 Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also among us, or with us? 100 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,120 Return to thy place and abide with the King, for thou art a 101 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:02,200 stranger and also an exile, whereas thou camest but 102 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,560 yesterday should I this day make thee go up and down with us, 103 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:10,400 seeing I go whither I may return thou and take back thy brethren. 104 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:14,560 Mercy and truth be with thee. And it's I answered the King, 105 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,920 and said, As the Lord liveth, and as my Lord the King liveth, 106 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:21,840 surely in what place my Lord the King shall be, whether in death 107 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:25,480 or in life, even there also will thy servant be. 108 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:28,320 And David said to Itai, go and Passover. 109 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,480 And Itai the guitar passed over, and all his men and all the 110 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,440 little ones that were with him, and all the country wept with a 111 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:36,760 loud voice, and all the people passed over. 112 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,680 The king also himself passed over by the Kidron, and all the 113 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,560 people passed over toward the way of the wilderness. 114 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,960 Now drop down to verse #30 we'll read just verse #30 And David 115 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,960 went up by the ascent to mount all of it, and wept as he went 116 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,960 up and had his head covered. And he went barefoot. 117 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:56,440 And all the people that was with him covered every man his head, 118 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:58,800 and they went up weeping as they went. 119 00:05:59,280 --> 00:06:01,360 So David has now escaped Jerusalem. 120 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,600 He's passed over the Kidron. He is now ascended up to mount 121 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,760 all of it, and then he is going to proceed into the wilderness 122 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,920 where he is going to eventually decide how he is going to 123 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,280 approach Absalom, who is now going to take the place of what 124 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:16,520 David has abdicated in Jerusalem. 125 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,520 But I really want us to focus on this gentleman, Itai, and we'll 126 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,320 talk more about him in just a few moments and why he should 127 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:23,840 bring some bearing to us this evening. 128 00:06:23,840 --> 00:06:27,440 When it comes the issue of honor and loyalty, you may be seated 129 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:33,760 and let's pray together. Heavenly Father, thank you for 130 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:35,520 this evening. I do pray that you would help me 131 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,000 as I preach the word of God. Thank you for what you've given 132 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,960 me through study, through prayer. 133 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,640 Lord, I believe of what I need to preach here tonight. 134 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,200 Help those who are here to realize however relevant, 135 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:47,320 however helpful it is to us tonight. 136 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:49,600 Lord, we need your word, I need your help. 137 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,160 And so we ask that you would do that which only you can do this 138 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:54,080 evening. And we ask it in Jesus name, 139 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,320 Amen. So we start by asking ourselves 140 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:59,200 this question. What is loyalty? 141 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:02,080 It's not a card that you have on your key chain from a store. 142 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:05,120 It's not something that a credit card or an airline gives you. 143 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,920 What is this real issue of loyalty? 144 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,000 And if we go to the dictionary, it would say this something like 145 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,560 this. I saw this from several 146 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,360 different dictionaries. The general idea is that is the 147 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,520 state or quality of being loyal. Now, I don't know about you, but 148 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,480 that really burns my biscuits when I go and do it. 149 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,320 A yes, I know what that that's, that's a southern thing. 150 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,200 All right. But the idea that you go and 151 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,680 want to find out what loyalty is, and it says it's the state 152 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,520 of being loyal, that doesn't help me. 153 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,960 You have defined the word with the word itself, but it does 154 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,000 continue and it helps me in this. 155 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,920 When it says faithfulness to commitments or obligations, OK, 156 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,160 that's a little bit more helpful to us, isn't it, That loyalty is 157 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,480 faithfulness to commitments or obligations. 158 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:47,640 When you make a commitment, you're to keep it. 159 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,840 That is the true definition of being loyal. 160 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,280 Now, when I talk about making commitment, I'm not just talking 161 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,360 about an appointment at the doctor's office or I have having 162 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,400 a lunch date with someone or something of that nature. 163 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,880 Although certainly we should make sure that our yay is yay, 164 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:03,760 the Bible says, and our nay is nay. 165 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,200 We should make sure that we give our word the best that we are 166 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,920 able to give our word that we are doing what we were supposed 167 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:10,280 to do. But when I'm talking about 168 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:13,360 loyalty, I'm talking about something much deeper than just 169 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:14,880 an appointment at the doctor's office. 170 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:17,200 I'm talking about something deeper than just making sure 171 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,680 that the check is supposed to go out on the 15th and it goes out 172 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,040 on the 16th. No, no, I'm talking about the 173 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,640 deeper issues of life. Many people are very comfortable 174 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:29,760 throwing loyalty away for the sake of their own convenience or 175 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:31,640 for the sake of their own selfish desires. 176 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,520 Many people are very comfortable throwing away loyalty as long as 177 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,159 they get what they want. In fact, if I was to say it this 178 00:08:38,159 --> 00:08:39,360 way, it would probably be like this. 179 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,159 Most people are simply just loyal to themselves. 180 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,440 Their loyalty goes to themselves, their loyalty goes 181 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,400 to their obligations, their loyalty goes to their needs. 182 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:50,440 And really, everyone else is there. 183 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:54,600 Every other business, every other organization, even a 184 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:58,320 church, could just be there to fulfill their own needs. 185 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,600 They're loyal really, to themselves, to thine own self. 186 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:05,280 Be true is a line from Act 1, Scene 3, Shakespeare's play 187 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:12,560 David. Be true. 188 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:15,080 No, that's all right, though. I This is why you don't call 189 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:19,280 people out during church. Hamlet is be true to thyself. 190 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:22,520 So listen, he had more of a chance than any of us did. 191 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:23,880 All right. So don't feel bad for him 192 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:26,040 because I had to look it up. Be true to thyself. 193 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:27,200 This is what the world tells you. 194 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:29,480 If you're going to be true to somebody, be true to yourself. 195 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:30,920 I do like the Merchant of Venice, though, Dave. 196 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:35,400 So we we see that this is what the world tells us is that this 197 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:37,320 is what if you're going to be loyal to somebody, listen, 198 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,720 you'll never let yourself down, which I feel like I let myself 199 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,320 down on a routine basis. But yet this is what the world 200 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:45,280 teaches. If if no one else will take care 201 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:47,720 of you, you need to take care of yourself. 202 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,600 Now, our text tonight gives us a stark contrast of loyalties that 203 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,600 I want us to focus on. Absalom has now successfully 204 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:58,360 pulled off the coup in Hebron. The hearts of Israel are now 205 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,280 divided. Remember, Absalom unveiled over 206 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:05,120 a long period of time this plan where he surreptitiously started 207 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:07,600 to steal the hearts of the people of Israel. 208 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:11,440 And then he took 200 men who had no idea what was taking place. 209 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:15,160 He brought them over to Hebron as a way to make it look like he 210 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:19,000 had a following, to make it look like these very royal men, these 211 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,520 very noble men, were following him when they had no idea of 212 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:26,240 what was taking place. But now Absalom has unveiled 213 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,960 what is taking place. They've sounded the trumpet, and 214 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:32,360 they are saying Absalom reigneth in Hebron. 215 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:36,520 But then as we see in verse #13 a messenger comes to David and 216 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,680 tells David, you've got to do something because certainly you 217 00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:42,160 are the king. But Abner, or rather Absalom, 218 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,520 not very far away, is saying that he is the king. 219 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,560 And it's very likely he is going to make his March on to 220 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:52,040 Jerusalem and there is going to be an armed conflict right here 221 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,040 in the streets of Jerusalem. Now, David does something that's 222 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,200 very honorable. Is he the king? 223 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,000 Yes, he is. Does he have the right to be the 224 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,160 king in Jerusalem? Absolutely. 225 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:04,680 He has the right to remain there in the palace. 226 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:08,120 He has a right to remain with his royal throne in Jerusalem. 227 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:11,640 But did you notice what he he said in verse #14? 228 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:13,840 It says. And David said unto all his 229 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:16,920 servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us 230 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:21,480 flee, because he was scared. No, for we shall not else escape 231 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:24,040 from Absalom. Make speed to depart, lest he 232 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,200 overtake us suddenly and bring evil upon us. 233 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,800 And what smite the city with the edge of the sword? 234 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:31,680 He said this between me and my son. 235 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,680 Other people have got involved that don't belong involved in 236 00:11:34,680 --> 00:11:36,520 this. The best way to make sure that 237 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:40,240 the people of Jerusalem are safe is if I leave Jerusalem, he may 238 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:43,800 have to lose before he wins. And he says I'm going to have to 239 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:46,480 retreat from here. My people, we're all going to 240 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:49,280 have to retreat because if Absalom comes into the city, 241 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,440 then he comes to the city. Now he leaves ten women behind. 242 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,520 It says so in verse #16 these were his concubines. 243 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:59,120 I do want to remind you that we see verses like 16 where it says 244 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,120 and the king went forth and all his household after him and the 245 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:05,080 king left the 10 women which were concubines to keep the 246 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:06,840 house. I do want to remind you that in 247 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:11,640 many ways the concubine system was having a legal mistress. 248 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,920 This is not God's plan and we should not be worried when we 249 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:17,640 see this in God's Word that this is God's approval. 250 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:19,400 I must remind you that we see this. 251 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:22,960 This is literally God reminding us or reporting to us by the 252 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,000 inspiration of himself of what's taking place. 253 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:27,400 This is not God's approval of it. 254 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,800 He is just literally telling us what's happening and it's 255 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,280 important that we know this because this is going to, they 256 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,280 become very important here in a couple of chapters that these 257 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:39,120 women have been left behind in Jerusalem because of Absalom and 258 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:42,160 his lewdness and his despicable plan of which is going to take 259 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:45,560 place, including those women that David left behind, not 260 00:12:45,560 --> 00:12:48,840 realizing how much danger he is putting them into. 261 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:53,400 But interestingly enough, verse 15, Verse 16, Verse 17, over and 262 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:55,560 over David is referred to as the king. 263 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:59,200 The King's servant said unto the king, the Lord the king shall 264 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,600 appoint. Verse 16, the king went forth. 265 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:05,320 Verse 17 the king went forth and we see over and over again the 266 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:08,680 king left ten women. What's the idea that God is 267 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:11,280 trying to remind us He is sending us a message here? 268 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,960 Who's really the king? Not Absalom. 269 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:17,960 Over and over David is referred to by the inspiration of God as 270 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,720 the king, the king, the king, the king, the king. 271 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:23,080 Why? Because God wants to make sure 272 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:27,080 we know Absalom has no part or parcel in the throne of David. 273 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:31,120 It is him trying to usurp that which God has already put into 274 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:33,320 place. And it says that in verse 18, 275 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,080 all of his servants passed on beside him. 276 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,120 There's the Cherithites and the Pelophites and the Gittites. 277 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:40,560 And if you're not sure who the Gittites are, it says that they 278 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:43,800 are the people from gaffe. Now you may not know where Gath 279 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:47,480 is, but if you are unsure where Gath is, Gath is from the land 280 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:49,840 of the Philistines. The most famous inhabitant of 281 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:53,280 Gath happened to be a man that well David killed many years ago 282 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:54,960 and that would have been Goliath. 283 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:58,680 But yet there is this group of Gentiles who is also following 284 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:03,400 along these one who are going to see or be a part of that which 285 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,040 takes place. Now go to verse #23 just drop 286 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,200 down a little bit. We didn't read this section. 287 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:12,080 It says in all the country wept with a loud voice and the people 288 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,360 passed over. The king himself passed over the 289 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:17,760 brook Kidron, and all the people passed over toward the way of 290 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:19,120 the wilderness. We actually did verse, read 291 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:23,520 verse #23, but going on to verse #24 and Lozadic also. 292 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,280 And all the Levites were with him bearing the ark of the 293 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:28,640 covenant of God. And they set down the ark of 294 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:30,920 God. And the Biathar went up until 295 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:33,280 all the people had done passing out of the city. 296 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,160 And the king said unto Zada, carried back the ark of the God 297 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:38,720 into the ark of God into the city. 298 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:42,120 If I shall find favor in the eyes of the Lord, He will bring 299 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:45,280 me again, and show me both it and his habitation. 300 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:49,400 But if he say thus, say, I have no delight in thee, Behold, here 301 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:53,720 am I, Let him do to me. I seemeth good unto him to see 302 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:55,640 what happens. As David is making his retreat 303 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:58,600 out of Jerusalem, the priests come and they're toting behind 304 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:01,920 them the ark of the Covenant. And David says, hold on a 305 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,400 second, what are you guys doing? And I imagine they're saying, 306 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,920 David, if you are leaving and you are the rightful king, then 307 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:08,560 we need to bring the ark of the Covenant with us. 308 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:11,560 And I believe that God has preserved this for us in his 309 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,640 word to show us the true honor of David and to show us the 310 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,720 mindset that David had. You remember Israel had this 311 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:20,520 really weird fascination with the Ark of the Covenant where 312 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:24,520 they played it very loose and free with how the the 313 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,400 presentation of the physical manifestation of God was there 314 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,760 before him. We understand that God is not 315 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:33,000 just contained in an ark, just like He is not contained in a 316 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,760 Tabernacle, but He had given it to the people of God as a 317 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:39,520 representation of who He was. The mercy seat was there where 318 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:43,000 the blood was applied to remind us of the foreshadowing of what 319 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,760 Jesus Christ would do with His own precious blood. 320 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:50,120 And so this was an important piece of furniture, if you will. 321 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:54,120 It was one that was blessed and particularly designed by God in 322 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,880 the book of Exodus and then built and carried out. 323 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,400 But they had this weird, as I mentioned, fascination. 324 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:01,800 You could go back to, don't go there now, go back to the 325 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,000 beginning of First Samuel and what happened when the 326 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,600 Philistines of all people were attacking Israel? 327 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:08,400 They lost in the first day of battle. 328 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:11,480 And instead of repenting and getting right with God, what did 329 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:12,960 they say? You know what we need? 330 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,720 We need the ark of the covenant. That's why we're not winning. 331 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,080 And they towed out the Ark of the Covenant, completely missing 332 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:20,800 the message that God's trying to teach them. 333 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:24,920 And they lose the battle the next day and they lose the Ark 334 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:28,080 of the Covenant. But David had a different idea. 335 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:30,920 He could have taken the Ark of the Covenant with him as a power 336 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:32,880 play. Say if I got the Ark of the 337 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:34,600 Covenant, who could question that? 338 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:36,440 I'm the king? But he says this. 339 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:40,360 I'm not playing games with God. I'm going to get down to where 340 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:43,360 the brass tacks are. He says if God's with me, he's 341 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:46,360 with me. If God's against me, then I fall 342 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,800 into his hands. There's a good lesson there for 343 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,480 us tonight, isn't there? That just because we go to a 344 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:54,240 Baptist Church and just because we read our Bible every day, 345 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:57,040 just because we do the things that we should do, quote UN 346 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,480 quote, we have to be careful that we're not just doing it 347 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,360 just so we can get God to have favor on our side. 348 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:05,119 I don't read my Bible so I can get anything out of it. 349 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:09,079 I got to be careful how I say that as soon as it came out like 350 00:17:09,079 --> 00:17:10,359 that's, I don't think that's in the notes. 351 00:17:10,839 --> 00:17:13,640 Understand what I mean? I want to get something out of 352 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,640 reading it, but this is not a quid pro quo. 353 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:18,880 God, I'll read my Bible so you can do something for me. 354 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:23,240 Now He blesses me greatly for reading His word, but I don't 355 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:27,040 read it so I can get a blessing or so that God can do something 356 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:28,880 for me. I don't come to church just so 357 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:30,520 well. If I come to church that God has 358 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:32,840 to do good things for me. Come to church because it's the 359 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:35,520 right thing to do. I come to church because every 360 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:39,400 time God I do come, God does bless me, but I'm not holding a 361 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:41,920 gun to his head, metaphorically speaking, of course. 362 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:43,840 You've got to bless me because of what I've done. 363 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,480 You, Hey, we've got to win because we've got the ark of the 364 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,200 Covenant. God says, if you think that's 365 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:52,520 the way it works and you misunderstand who I am, and here 366 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:54,920 is David who says this, I don't need that. 367 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,480 It's not that I don't respect the presence of God. 368 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,640 Listen, he was the one who at great cost tried to bring the 369 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:03,200 ark of the Covenant back. And then when they didn't follow 370 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,200 God's word, he was the one who was heartbroken and searched the 371 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,960 Scriptures and realized, no, no, we don't need a new cart like 372 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,320 the Philistines did. We're just copying the worship 373 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,600 of the Philistines. No, no, we got to go back and do 374 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,760 what the Word of God says and then remember how he rejoiced 375 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:19,600 when he brought the ark of the Covenant back there to 376 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,800 Jerusalem. David had great respect for the 377 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:25,880 Ark of the Covenant, but he had more respect for God, the God of 378 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:29,440 the Ark of the Covenant. He says, I fall into his hands, 379 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:34,080 take it back. And then we go to verse #30 380 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,480 which we just read. It says David went out by the 381 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:40,160 ascent of Mount, all of it, and wept as he went. 382 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:44,760 And this shows his mindset here. He had his head covered. 383 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:48,880 He went barefoot. All the people that was with him 384 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:54,000 covered every man his head and they went up weeping as they 385 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,520 went up. Now in looking at our text here 386 00:18:57,520 --> 00:18:59,520 this evening, there's one part that we read a little bit 387 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:03,560 earlier that I mentioned with the gentleman named Itai that I 388 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:06,600 do want us to look at here just a few moments for a few moments. 389 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:10,440 Go back to verse #19 it says then said the king to Itai the 390 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,640 get tight. So we understand his name was 391 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:15,280 Itai, but we also understand he was a get type. 392 00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:16,920 Now what did we just say a few moments ago? 393 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:21,080 If he was a get type, that means he was from Gaff, which means 394 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:25,360 that he was a Philistine. So here is this man named Itai 395 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,280 the Gitai, and as David is leaving, he is one of the men 396 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,720 who is going to approach David, and wants to follow David out of 397 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:35,640 the city. So here is this man Itai the 398 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:39,120 Gitai, who says this? Wherefore goest thou also? 399 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:42,000 Or rather the king says to him, Wherefore goest thou also with 400 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,840 us? Return to thy place? 401 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,760 Where's this place? It would be Gath, and abide with 402 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,120 the king. For thou art a stranger, and 403 00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:53,040 also an exile, whereas thou camest but yesterday should I 404 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,240 this day make thee go up and down with us, seeing I go 405 00:19:56,240 --> 00:20:00,200 whither I may return thou, and take back thy brethren, mercy 406 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,040 and truth. Be with thee now. 407 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:04,920 I do not know what Itai's relationship to David was. 408 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:08,480 I do not know when they meant. I do not know the circumstances 409 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:10,920 of how they met. But David in just those two 410 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,560 verses tells us several things about Itai. 411 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:16,640 First of all, he said to to Itai. 412 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:22,640 He said, this isn't your home. He says in in verse #19 Thou art 413 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:23,680 a stranger. Me this. 414 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:27,160 You're not from here. Could we put it this way, Itai? 415 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:30,120 This isn't your fight. You're not from here. 416 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,800 You don't have to come with me. He says from his he was a 417 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:37,720 stranger and he's also in exile, which means this, that probably 418 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:42,080 he wasn't welcome in Gath for whatever reason that we don't 419 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:43,840 know why. The Bible doesn't tell us why. 420 00:20:44,120 --> 00:20:45,760 But this is a man who had some troubles. 421 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,600 He wasn't in his home and he may not have been welcome in his 422 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:51,160 home. And it says in verse #20 where 423 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:52,760 as thou camest. But yesterday. 424 00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:56,480 Now, I don't know if that literally means that Itai showed 425 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:58,560 up in Jerusalem the exact day before. 426 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:03,800 If he did, that's awful timing. But it seems that David is 427 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:05,960 making the point. You've not have been around here 428 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:07,600 long. You've not been around these 429 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:11,680 parts here for a very long time. You don't have a dog in this 430 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:15,400 fight, he says. I'm telling you, Itai, don't 431 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,800 follow me. Don't, don't stay with me. 432 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,520 You have no reason to could we even put it this way? 433 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,760 You have no reason to be loyal to me. 434 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,720 You just got here. You're not even from this 435 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,640 nation. You're not even welcome in your 436 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,920 own nation it seems like. So maybe this isn't the place 437 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:35,880 for you to be loyal. But look at what verse #21 says. 438 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,080 I have this underlined in my Bible. 439 00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:42,120 This is such a good verse. It's I answered the king and 440 00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:46,040 said as the Lord liveth and as my Lord the king liveth, surely 441 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:50,200 what place my Lord the king shall be wither and death or 442 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:53,840 life even there also will I servant be. 443 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,200 He says, David, I hear what you're saying. 444 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,440 I'm not from here. I'm not welcome where I'm from, 445 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:06,560 and I've been here for just a cup of coffee, says, but you're 446 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:12,240 the king and where you go, I go where you die, I die. 447 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:17,080 The idea here is very similar to that of Ruth, isn't it? 448 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,080 In fact, my mind goes back to Ruth making that great 449 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:24,440 declaration to Naomi says this, wherever you go, I'm going to go 450 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:26,200 and where you lodge, I will lodge. 451 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:32,120 And the same ideas here. David, I hear you and you may 452 00:22:32,120 --> 00:22:35,440 think I've got here a few days ago and maybe I have, but I want 453 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,200 you to know you're the king and I'll be loyal to you. 454 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,520 And David is really taken by this in verse 22. 455 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:45,560 And David said to it, I go and Passover meaning this, you can 456 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,680 continue with us as we go Passover, the book Kidron. 457 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,200 And as we depart and go into the wilderness, go and Passover. 458 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:53,800 And it's either get type passed over. 459 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,160 And all his men and all the little ones were with him. 460 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:58,600 So this suggests that not only did he have some of his own 461 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,120 countrymen with him, perhaps even those that were mentioned 462 00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:04,520 from verse #18 but also they had some of his own family with him 463 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:06,920 as well. And he says, I'm going to go 464 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:08,080 with you. And he did. 465 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:12,680 And he passed over the brook verse #23 and went on. 466 00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:17,240 It's amazing to me that this man had such honor and loyalty for a 467 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:21,680 man he hardly even knew. Whether he met him yesterday or 468 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,600 whether it had been just a few days. 469 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,880 He barely knew David. In fact, probably what he knew 470 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:31,760 about David was even positive. He grew up or lived in Gath, 471 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,440 which wouldn't have been the place where people really love 472 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,000 David. But he said this. 473 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,840 I see something in David that I want to follow. 474 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:42,440 I see something in him and there's righteous. 475 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:46,600 I see something in him that is true and because of that, I want 476 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:50,960 to follow him. By David's reputation alone, he 477 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:53,240 knew that David was the man that he needed to stick with. 478 00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:57,680 In fact, I would argue this tonight, that honor and loyalty 479 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:01,600 demands you stay with the king no matter what anyone else does. 480 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:04,880 Now, I know there's a lot of people that stayed with the 481 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,400 king. It wasn't just it I I really 482 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:09,680 want to focus on him. And we'll, we'll, we'll dial it 483 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:11,200 in even a little bit more here in a moment. 484 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,360 But honor and loyalty demands that you stay with the king no 485 00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:17,200 matter what anyone else does. Now, you might say tonight, 486 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:20,880 Pastor, OK, that's great. But what does that have to do 487 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,640 with me? We don't have a monarchy today. 488 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:28,000 We don't live in the type of society that they lived in. 489 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,320 We don't have to worry about civil war or anything like that. 490 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:35,480 At least we pray not. What would earth would this have 491 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,720 to do with me? Well, I would argue that this 492 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:43,040 has everything to do with you and with me because 493 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,760 interestingly enough, David, as we see him in Second Samuel 494 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,760 chapter #15 presents to us a type of Christ. 495 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,760 Now, why is that? There were different characters. 496 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:55,920 And by characters you understand, I mean real people. 497 00:24:56,360 --> 00:24:58,040 There were different characters and there were different 498 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:01,720 situations in the Old Testament that were shadows of that which 499 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,280 Jesus Christ would have done in the New Testament. 500 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,280 And interestingly enough, Second Samuel 15 is one of those 501 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,040 places. Can I give you some of the 502 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,560 parallels that you see just in this text and how it relates to 503 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:14,920 Jesus? Can I do that? 504 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,440 I'm going to do it anyway, whether you agree, But I'm, I 505 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:18,560 like to know that you're coming with me. 506 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,680 All right #1 Rejected by his own people. 507 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:26,560 David Absalom, his son, publicly rebels, winning the hearts of 508 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:28,920 the people. David is rejected by those he 509 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:33,120 once ruled over, but Christ was rejected by his own people. 510 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,800 His teaching and authority were opposed by those He came to save 511 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:40,840 their humble departure. David left Jerusalem quietly, 512 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:43,280 avoids direct confrontation. At first. 513 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:47,080 Christ leaves Jerusalem in humility, entering willingly to 514 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:51,160 fulfill God's plan. Weeping in mourning, David weeps 515 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:55,200 for his city and people, showing deep sorrow without retaliation. 516 00:25:55,560 --> 00:26:00,040 Christ weeps over Jerusalem in Luke chapter #19 foreseeing its 517 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,040 destruction, that he does not retaliate against its 518 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:06,320 inhabitants. Endurance through betrayal. 519 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:11,120 David's servants and advisors, many of them deserted him, but 520 00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:14,760 he continued on faithfully. You know Christ's disciples, 521 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,960 many of them forsook him at the crucifixion. 522 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:23,560 Trust in God despite, despite the danger David expresses. 523 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:27,600 Trust in God's protection even in exile, as we see in verses 524 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:31,640 #25 and 26 as we talked about with the Ark of the Covenant, 525 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:36,000 Christ completely relies on the Father, even unto death. 526 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,400 Did you notice that there were two locations that David went to 527 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,600 that were very fundamental in the last hours of David's life? 528 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,840 1 He passed over to Brooke Kidron. 529 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,480 The other he ascended to the Mount of Olives. 530 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,760 What happened after Lord's Supper took place? 531 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,400 The Last Supper in the upper room? 532 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:59,360 The Bible says they passed over the brook Kidron, and they would 533 00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:02,240 have had to do so to ascend to the Mount of Olives to go to the 534 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,920 Garden of Gethsemane. So what do we see? 535 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:10,640 We see that David in this chapter is a type of Christ. 536 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,000 Now why do we find these types of Christ in the Old Testament? 537 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,680 We find many. I think of Joseph as an example, 538 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:21,000 a man who did write over and over and over again, but yet who 539 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,400 is not treated properly by his own brethren. 540 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:26,600 We find these types of Christs all over the Old Testament. 541 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,080 Why is it important? Again, it's not that these men 542 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,400 are Christ. We're not trying to say that 543 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,240 that's the case here tonight, but that we see the shadow of 544 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,800 things to come with the Savior. Why is it important? 545 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,560 Well, I have several reasons. One, because it shows the unity 546 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,560 of God's plan. These are not haphazard stories 547 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:46,240 that are thrown into 66 books of the Bible, but the Bible that 548 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,400 you have in front of you is the most harmonious book that has 549 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,920 ever been written on earth because it is from the hands of 550 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:54,240 God. It is perfect. 551 00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:58,120 And there's not just verses or stories that are just kind of 552 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:01,680 jumbled up and thrown in there, but that even as this was 553 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,520 written, and even this was inspired by the Holy Spirit, 554 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:08,600 Jesus Christ is in mind. It shows things in shadows that 555 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,240 God reveals later. It gives us confidence in God's 556 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:17,480 purposes to know that He is the one that has his purposes. 557 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:20,840 That will happen no matter what man may say. 558 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:25,600 But I'll also say this, it does give us examples and 559 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:29,000 understandings of how we can relate to Christ. 560 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:33,600 To be able to see David as a type of Christ helps us 561 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,240 understand how we can relate to Jesus Christ. 562 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,120 A lot of times. Sometimes we, we, we have 563 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:42,800 problems being able to relate to how would we act around him? 564 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:45,480 How would we be around him? How would how would we do in 565 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,360 different situations? But seeing these types of 566 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:51,560 Christ, the Old Testament help us to understand better how we 567 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:55,320 would respond and how we should respond in our Christian life 568 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:57,840 today. So I told you just a few moments 569 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:01,760 ago that honor and loyalty demands you stay with the King 570 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,080 no matter what anyone else does. So we're really talking about 571 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:10,040 David now. No, we're talking about Jesus. 572 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:16,360 If this man it tie with every reason not to be loyal, but he 573 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,800 looked at and listen imperfect King. 574 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,120 He says that's a man I need to follow. 575 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,440 I don't care who follows him. I don't care who doesn't follow 576 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,080 him. I just know for me and my house. 577 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:32,440 Can we put it this way? We will serve the King not to 578 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:34,840 change the word of God, but you understand, this is the heart of 579 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,520 it. I, I see David, I know he's not 580 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:40,600 perfect, but this is a man that follows God and I've got to be 581 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:44,400 loyal to him. If a man like Itai who had 582 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:48,160 everything going against him, follows an imperfect man, how 583 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:52,360 much more do we who are the saved people of God, How much 584 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:56,280 more do we that are not from the outside of the household of God, 585 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,760 but have been brought into and grafted into the very household 586 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,360 of God? How much more do you and I, who 587 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:06,800 have the Holy Spirit who lives inside of us, how much it was? 588 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:14,840 Lutheran preacher didn't get excited. 589 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:16,080 That would never happen. All right. 590 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,440 But something over the last few weeks, I can't get rid of this 591 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,160 golf. I could feel it coming and I was 592 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:25,040 trying to suppress it, and that was a bad time for it. 593 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:30,000 How much more so should we be loyal to our king? 594 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:35,160 How much more should we sow honor to the King of kings and 595 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:39,440 the Lord of Lords? David is an imperfect king and 596 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,880 still brought loyalty from those around him. 597 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:46,040 But yet when is Jesus Christ on you wrong? 598 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:51,800 When has he ever LED you astray? When is one of his teachings 599 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:55,760 ever got you in a place where you say this isn't right? 600 00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:02,240 He's never done us wrong and he'll never do you wrong, ever. 601 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:07,480 So shouldn't our loyalty be to him no matter what anyone else 602 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:11,120 does? Shouldn't we be an Itai, a man 603 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:15,800 who had every reason not to follow, but did How much more 604 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:20,160 more so should we as God's people be loyal to Him? 605 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:24,400 If that's true for a Gentile man who met David just days before, 606 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:27,560 how much more so does Christ deserve our loyalty? 607 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:33,200 Luke 9 verse 62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his 608 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:37,160 hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of 609 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,960 God. Galatians 220 I am crucified 610 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:45,040 with Christ. Nevertheless I live, yet not I, 611 00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:47,640 but what did we say this morning, but Christ that liveth 612 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,680 within me, and the life which I now live in the flesh. 613 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:55,240 I live by faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave 614 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,200 himself for me. We have every reason to be loyal 615 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:02,320 to the King, but unfortunately a lot of times we're more loyal to 616 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:05,520 our flesh. A lot of times, we're more loyal 617 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:09,200 to our preferences. We're more loyal to our quiet 618 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,080 time. I'm not talking about your quiet 619 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,600 time with the Lord. I'm talking about your time, 620 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:18,320 your downtime. We're more loyal to our hobbies. 621 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,240 We're more loyal to our families. 622 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:26,360 We're more loyal to our friends. And the one who's never let us 623 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:29,760 down is the one who always gets pushed to the side. 624 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:32,360 Why? Because He will meekly and 625 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:37,160 quietly be to the side and be there when we're ready to come 626 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,480 back. And so for some reason we think 627 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:43,000 that's a good reason to be able to push Him to the side when He 628 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:46,720 should be our first obligation and 1st above all else. 629 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:51,800 In fact, it was Jesus who said you love me and you hate father, 630 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:58,160 sister, mother, brother. And again, the idea was not that 631 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:01,560 you have actual animosity and hatred to your family, but that 632 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:04,960 the gap is so great between your love for God and the love for 633 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:07,920 everything else that it would seem like it would be hatred. 634 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:10,800 Our loyalty for Him must be first. 635 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,360 Our loyalty for Him must be vast. 636 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,640 I think of the hymn when I survey the wondrous cross on 637 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:21,600 which the Prince of Glory died. My riches gained, I count, but 638 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:24,640 lost, and pour contempt on all my pride. 639 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:29,120 But the last verse says this. We're the whole realm of nature, 640 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:32,320 mine that were a presence but far too small. 641 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:39,280 Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my 642 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:42,800 all. Love, so amazing, so divine, 643 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:46,120 demands my soul, my life and my all. 644 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:50,120 This is not a message. You be loyal to Liberty Baptist 645 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:51,840 Church. That's not the message. 646 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,680 This is not a message. You be loyal to the pastor. 647 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,360 Remember I told you that there was that line of theology last 648 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,520 week that would try to sometimes equate the king of Israel with 649 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:05,280 the pastor. Don't touch the Lord's anointed. 650 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:09,120 Be loyal to the Lord's anointed. Here's the issue. 651 00:34:10,199 --> 00:34:13,679 Don't be loyal to the church. Be loyal to Christ. 652 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:15,800 That will make you loyal to the church. 653 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:20,320 Don't be loyal to the pastor. I go into the category of David. 654 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:23,400 Not that I've done the things that David has done, but I'm a 655 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:27,920 Sinner and I'll let you down. But he's never let you down. 656 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,360 Be loyal to him, and you'll find that your other loyalties will 657 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:35,040 sort themselves out, as they ought to say. 658 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:36,840 You're telling me not to be loyal to my family? 659 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,840 Not first. Be loyal to him. 660 00:34:40,679 --> 00:34:42,679 What kind of family person will I be? 661 00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:46,360 One who has his or her priorities straight and will end 662 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:50,480 up being a better husband, a better wife, a better child. 663 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,320 Why? Because you're doing that which 664 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:59,600 God has called you to do. The Bible says that we're 665 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,360 crucified with Christ, as it said. 666 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:05,520 We just said a few moments ago, the best way and perhaps that we 667 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,880 can show our loyalty to him is to stay away from the very 668 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:09,240 things that put him on the cross. 669 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:16,720 Say, what was that sin? It seems kind of backwards that 670 00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:20,680 we want Christ to save us. We know that he paid the penalty 671 00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:24,760 for sin and death and judgment on the cross, but yet after 672 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,360 we're saved, we turn back to the very things of which he saved us 673 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,240 from. That seems awful. 674 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:34,480 Well, disloyal. And that's why oftentimes the 675 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:38,840 greatest way that we can really understand why living a holy 676 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,000 life is so important. I don't have to live a holy life 677 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:42,840 now. Well, we talked about Christian 678 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:44,280 liberty and 1st Corinthians, didn't we? 679 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:48,560 But the real question is why wouldn't you want to live a holy 680 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:52,960 life with his help? Because you don't want to go 681 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:55,960 back to the very things which put him on the cross. 682 00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:01,080 Like Peter warming himself by the enemy's fire as his savior 683 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:06,000 is being buffeted and mocked and beaten beyond recognition. 684 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:10,040 That's not who we are. So where do our loyalties lie 685 00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,160 tonight? To ourselves. 686 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,520 How well have you taken your care of yourself on your own? 687 00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:20,640 Probably not very well. I look at myself and the 688 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:24,000 decisions I make, I told you just earlier, usually don't turn 689 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,640 out very well. Well, why would you be loyal to 690 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:30,680 yourself before God when He's the one that makes the path 691 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:34,720 straight and we're the ones that make the paths into something 692 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,440 that is unrecognizable? Proverbs 25, verse 19, 693 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:40,200 Confidence. An unfaithful man at a time of 694 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:43,160 trouble is like a broken tooth and a foot out of joint. 695 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:47,120 You are that unfaithful man. You are that unfaithful woman. 696 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:50,440 I'm not talking about you being unfaithful in your vows or 697 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:52,800 anything like that, but I'm saying how faithful are we to 698 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:54,680 God? Let's not put that type of 699 00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:59,560 confidence in ourselves because we will let ourselves down our 700 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:01,880 loyalties with our sinful habits. 701 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:05,560 It's amazing to me that I can preach on sin in all of its 702 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:08,960 different forms. We try not to discriminate in 703 00:37:09,240 --> 00:37:10,720 the amount of sin that we preach on. 704 00:37:10,720 --> 00:37:14,160 We try to hit them all at some point or another, but the Holy 705 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:19,440 Spirit is speaking to you about, hey, that sin needs to go, bring 706 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:22,840 it to the altar. And the Holy Spirit does speak 707 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:26,320 to our heart in this way. The Holy Spirit tells us and 708 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:29,880 communicates to us the things that are not in line with God in 709 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:33,760 His word, because He is a Holy Spirit and He tells you and 710 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:36,960 beckons you to come forward or just kneel at your seat or just 711 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:40,960 kneel your heart and prayer after reading His word or 712 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:44,000 hearing a message and your answer is no. 713 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:48,600 Are you more loyal to Christ or to your sin? 714 00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:52,320 That's a question you're going to have to answer, but it's one 715 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:58,040 that begs us thinking about. I mentioned to our families our 716 00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,360 loyalties more to our families or many people who don't go to 717 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:02,080 church because they're trying to save their family. 718 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,640 The best way to save their family is to be in church, not 719 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:09,520 to be out of the House of God. Are we more loyal to our own 720 00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:12,640 emotions? Are we more loyal to our own 721 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:17,640 understanding Trust the Lord with all thine heart and say not 722 00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:22,240 all I don't understanding in all my ways acknowledge him and he 723 00:38:22,240 --> 00:38:25,960 shall direct thy paths. Our own understanding is faulty. 724 00:38:26,720 --> 00:38:28,680 His understanding will never let you down. 725 00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:35,520 Be loyal to him. Are we loyal to religion instead 726 00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:39,000 of Christ himself? You know forms cannot replace 727 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:40,640 faithfulness. I mentioned this this morning. 728 00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:42,640 Forms cannot replace faithfulness. 729 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:47,120 The idea of well, I read my Bible, well that's good. 730 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,440 But if you're just reading it to read it so you can check 731 00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:53,560 something off your list for the day, you've missed what reading 732 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:57,000 your Bible is really all about. So what do we do? 733 00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,080 Well, we don't want to trust in the fact that we are doing a 734 00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:03,200 spiritual To Do List. And that means we're right 735 00:39:03,720 --> 00:39:07,280 because the Bible talks much about the issues of the heart 736 00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:11,520 and not the externals. Why is this important? 737 00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:14,080 Because you can have the externals right and not have the 738 00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:16,760 heart right. But if you have the heart right, 739 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,200 eventually the externals will always work themselves out. 740 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,400 The Pharisees were great at externals, but they were more 741 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,760 loyal to their long robes. They're more loyal to their long 742 00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:29,960 prayers than they were loyal to the Savior when he stood right 743 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:32,320 in front of them. And we can't put ourselves in 744 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:36,520 the same position either. It'd be loyal even in the face 745 00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:40,520 of a world that would challenge us for our loyalty. 746 00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:42,720 There's a lot of people that would have looked at it tie and 747 00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:46,520 say, what are you doing, man? He says, I'm following the king. 748 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:49,920 I don't know what you are doing, but I'm going to follow the king 749 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:51,440 and my kids are going to follow the king. 750 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:56,280 And we have to be the same. Several years ago, when I was in 751 00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:59,120 Bible college, I interned at that church in Missouri and we 752 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:00,960 were about an hour away from Kansas City. 753 00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:04,160 Of course, I grew up in Tampa. And I remember the pastor who 754 00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:06,560 was there at that church says, hey, do you want to go see the 755 00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:09,400 Kansas City Royals? And I did, I wanted to go down 756 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:11,120 to Kauffman Stadium and to see the game. 757 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:15,160 And to my surprise and enjoyment, they were playing at 758 00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,960 the time what were called the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. 759 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:19,440 Now I'm glad I got the devil out of them. 760 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:21,240 Amen. They're just the Rays now. 761 00:40:21,240 --> 00:40:24,480 But I remember going down to see the Tampa Bay Rays and I had a 762 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:28,040 Tampa Bay Rays shirt and I grew up in Tampa. 763 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,640 I was a Rays fan. And so I walked into Kauffman 764 00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:33,880 Stadium about 30,000 people. You know how many people in 765 00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:35,560 Kansas City were rooting for Tampa? 766 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:40,240 Probably three. And I was one of them. 767 00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:44,480 And I was the most alone I may have ever felt in my life. 768 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:47,200 Yeah, though I walked through the valley of the shadow. 769 00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:49,920 I can't even say it right. The valley of the shadow of 770 00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:52,920 death. No, I I remember being there, 771 00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:53,760 felt so alone. And. 772 00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:55,200 And the team was bad. They were awful. 773 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,200 The Rays were awful. Those years especially. 774 00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:00,240 Interestingly enough, they were ahead. 775 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:03,680 Even more interestingly enough, at the end, they won. 776 00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:09,280 And I remember walking out of that stadium, my chest was out. 777 00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:11,720 I felt good. Like, that's my team. 778 00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:14,240 Yeah, they lost 100 games last year, but that's my team. 779 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:18,160 They won tonight. And then I remember moving up 780 00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:21,640 here, and I did something that caused a lot of people that I 781 00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:23,200 used to know in Tampa a lot of problems. 782 00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:25,960 I remember I thinking, well, if I'm going to move up here, I'm 783 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:28,960 going to live up here. When in Rome, you do as the 784 00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:31,560 Romans do. And I took a picture and I put 785 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:34,440 it on social media of me with a Red Sox hat on. 786 00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:40,720 You know, why live in Boston? My loyalties are to where I 787 00:41:40,720 --> 00:41:42,320 live. You can't do that. 788 00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:43,640 What are you doing? Like, I didn't know there were 789 00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:45,880 rules about this. Who says I can't do this? 790 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:48,840 But the idea was, if I'm going to live here, well, then I'm 791 00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:52,120 going to be loyal to this team. I was loyal to them before. 792 00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:56,400 And it's amazing to me how passionate people are about the 793 00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:58,480 teams. It's amazing to me. 794 00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:03,520 They're so loyal, like living in Tampa, growing up when people 795 00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:05,600 played the Rays, when teams played the Rays, a lot of times 796 00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:07,760 there's more of those fans from those other teams that came to 797 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:10,200 watch the game because they were snowbirds that were living from 798 00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:12,720 those other places. And we had more Red Sox fans 799 00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:16,880 than Rays fans in Tampa and more Yankees fans and Rays fans in 800 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:18,560 Tampa. And it happened on a regular 801 00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:22,480 basis. Say, Pastor, what's the 802 00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,200 spiritual value of all this? I'm glad you asked. 803 00:42:25,720 --> 00:42:29,240 Nothing. Nothing. 804 00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:33,880 And I understand of the shadow that looms over even us here 805 00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:37,320 tonight with the Patriots in a few moments, you know what it 806 00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:39,160 has to do with anything of value? 807 00:42:39,240 --> 00:42:42,120 Nothing. But if we can be loyal to that 808 00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:48,440 which has no value for eternity whatsoever and be so passionate 809 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:51,240 about it and they're going to be people out there tomorrow, go 810 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,240 pets. Hey, man, Pat well, maybe they 811 00:42:53,240 --> 00:42:53,680 won't. I don't know. 812 00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:55,520 It depends on what happens. Like, hey, man, what's it going? 813 00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:57,520 Drake May. How about the Drake may? 814 00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,120 How about Stefon Diggs? All right, man, what a game. 815 00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:02,440 You see that fourth quarter? Do you see that field goal? 816 00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,000 Man, that was awesome. Isn't that great? 817 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:06,440 People are strangers hugging each other, talking to each 818 00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:08,800 other, because if somebody has a patch jersey on the other guys a 819 00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,080 patch jersey, they'll walk up to each other with chest bump. 820 00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:12,160 They'll do all those different things. 821 00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:13,880 It's amazing. And don't tell me I'm not 822 00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:15,680 telling the truth because you know that's exactly the way 823 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:17,240 they'll be. There'll be people at bars 824 00:43:17,240 --> 00:43:19,000 tonight don't even know each other and they're going to be 825 00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,920 hugging and and tearing up on each other and snotting and 826 00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:26,200 probably vomiting on each other because if the if they win, they 827 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:28,840 are going to be so excited and it means nothing. 828 00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:33,520 But we're Christians saved by the King of kings and the Lord 829 00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:36,040 of Lords. And we don't, we don't really 830 00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:38,560 want to talk about Jesus. We don't want to talk about 831 00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:39,800 good. We do. 832 00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:42,000 We somebody might, somebody might get offended somebody, 833 00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:44,320 somebody might get offended. We don't want offend anybody. 834 00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:45,480 So we just don't talk about Jesus. 835 00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:46,760 Don't you? I don't know. 836 00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:48,120 I don't want to know. We go to church. 837 00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:52,360 If I have a Bible, I have my Bible. 838 00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:56,480 I don't want, I don't want anybody to know what are we 839 00:43:56,480 --> 00:44:00,640 afraid of? The world shows their loyalties 840 00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:04,120 on their sleeve. And we've got the ultimate 841 00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:10,000 loyalty to the ultimate and only Savior, and we want to hide it 842 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:14,160 under a bushel. Friend, you've got it backwards. 843 00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:18,840 We've got it so backwards. If a man who have been in 844 00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:23,760 Jerusalem for a total of 5 minutes from the city of Gath, 845 00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:29,040 if he could get it about a man that was imperfect, how much 846 00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:32,680 more do we have the spirit living inside of us and have a 847 00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:36,200 perfect King of kings? How much more so should we be 848 00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:40,440 loyal to him no matter what the world says or whether they 849 00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:43,600 follow him or not? Thank you for listening to the 850 00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:46,200 sermon from the pulpit of Liberty Baptist Church. 851 00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:49,800 If this message was a blessing to you, or if there's any way we 852 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:52,960 can serve you, please let us know by contacting us at 853 00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:57,840 info@mylibertybaptist.org. Or you can visit us this Sunday 854 00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:01,720 at 800 Washington St. in Easton, MA. 855 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,800 May the Lord bless you as you grow in His Word.