1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,480 Good morning. We are starting a new series 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:05,880 today. The King We Need. 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:10,320 Throughout history we have thought we knew what was best 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,520 for ourselves. Starting early on in the Bible, 5 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:15,280 we see the people call for a king. 6 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:17,680 They say we need a king. We want to be like everyone 7 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:19,720 else. And God says, hey, that's a bad 8 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,560 idea and and they say we want it anyway. 9 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:27,000 And so God gives them a king. But but throughout time, even to 10 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,840 today, we, we think we know the answers, don't we? 11 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:31,360 How many of you know the answers? 12 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:33,960 Come on. I'm friends with some of you on 13 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,200 Facebook and some of you think you know the answers. 14 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:40,440 We think we know what we need. But. 15 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,840 But this is the season of Lent leading up to Easter. 16 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,680 And so in the season of Lent, it's a time for us to refocus, 17 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,440 to make sure we're focused on Christ and allow him to do what 18 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,480 he wants to do in our hearts and lives. 19 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,160 And so the King we need is really looking at who Jesus is. 20 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,920 And even though we might get it wrong sometimes, God says, I've 21 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:05,319 got the answer for you and it's King Jesus. 22 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:09,920 So I want to start by just saying, listen, we're in this 23 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,520 this Easter, this Lent season, and this is the time we we've 24 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,440 talked over the last several years about bearing fruit. 25 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:20,280 Scripture tells us that if you abide in Christ, if you are a 26 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,760 follower of Christ, you will bear fruit. 27 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,840 And so I just want to encourage you that this is a season that 28 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:30,400 we are to be inviting others sharing our faith. 29 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:32,920 This is one of those times of the year that people will 30 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:36,120 consider coming to church when maybe they want the rest of the 31 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:37,640 year. And so I just want to encourage 32 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,040 you to be thinking about who is it that God has put in your life 33 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,200 that maybe you should be inviting to church or or sharing 34 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,560 your faith without. I was, it was made clear to me 35 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:53,920 even just yesterday I came to church and was it upward and and 36 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,080 saw a friend that I hadn't seen in a while. 37 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:59,080 And the story is a couple years ago I met this person and I 38 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:03,240 really felt like God said, Hey, I need you to share your faith 39 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,640 and invite. And so so about a year, a year 40 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:09,600 and a half ago, it seems like I kind of lost communication and 41 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,320 then boom, yesterday, and I don't think it's a coincidence 42 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,680 that it's in this season. And God once again said, Hey, 43 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:21,760 don't forget that you are my plan to reach your neighbors and 44 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:23,480 your community. I want to say this to you. 45 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:29,760 You are God's plan to reach your coworkers, your neighbors, your 46 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,800 family, your community. God's plans to use his church. 47 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:34,120 We're going to talk about his church today. 48 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,360 We're going to be in Second Samuel Chapter 7, and we're 49 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,160 going to see the promise of a coming king. 50 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,920 But first I want to say about a year ago, I was in the car with 51 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:48,000 one of my boys and we were talking and most young men that 52 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:52,800 grow up loving sports dream of being a professional athlete. 53 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:54,920 How many of you guys dreamed of being a professional athlete 54 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:58,080 growing up? All right, well, come on guys. 55 00:02:58,080 --> 00:02:59,760 You guys are just not going to help me out today. 56 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:01,600 That's fine. I'll talk to myself up here. 57 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,040 You guys take what you want from it. 58 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:04,680 It's OK. You dreamed of professional 59 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:05,520 sports. That's great. 60 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:12,160 So, so my son, about a year ago, we're sitting in the car and he 61 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:17,760 said, Dad, when I get to the NFL, I'm going to buy you a 62 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,960 Ferrari. Yes. 63 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:26,200 I didn't make it myself. I think that ship has sailed. 64 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,360 I don't think I'm going to make the NFL or the NBA. 65 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,960 But he said when I make it to the NFL and I get rich, I'm 66 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,960 going to buy you a Ferrari. So listen, in about a decade, if 67 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:42,480 I roll in here in a Ferrari, you know that one of my boys made it 68 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,240 and you know, the, the odds of that are pretty low. 69 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,120 But man, I, I'll tell you what, that what a beautiful thing. 70 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:53,320 And I said, son, please don't waste $300,000 on a car. 71 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,800 Please don't. But man, I, I just want you to 72 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,200 make. I just want you to do well in 73 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:00,000 life. If you make it to the NFL, I'm 74 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,000 just going to be excited to come watch your games to celebrate 75 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,680 with you. That's all I care about. 76 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,160 I don't care about a Ferrari. I mean, I Ferrari would be fun, 77 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,000 but but what, what a great thing. 78 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,960 So we're going to kind of see in the scripture today, second 79 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:17,519 Samuel 7, we see that King David kind of makes a, you know, a 80 00:04:17,519 --> 00:04:21,160 plan that he's going to do something good for God. 81 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:25,240 And and so Second Samuel 7, King David has become the king of 82 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:26,720 Israel, the king of God's people. 83 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:29,960 And King David is known as one of the greatest kings in 84 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,160 Israel's history. Obviously Jesus is the king of 85 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:34,600 kings, but King David is one of the greatest kings. 86 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,480 He's known as a man after God's own heart in the Bible. 87 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:41,080 And so and so David takes over and he's leading the people and 88 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:45,160 things are going really well. And they established Jerusalem 89 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:48,680 as kind of the political capital for God's people. 90 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,200 And David decides, hey, it shouldn't just be the political 91 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,760 capital, but we also should make this kind of the spiritual 92 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,440 capital for God's people. And so he takes the ark of the 93 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,080 covenant. Now the ark of the covenant was 94 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,160 a place that they believed was the the dwelling place or the 95 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,240 resting place of God. And so he brings the ark of the 96 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,160 covenant into the city. And he has these plans. 97 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,040 And, and so that's where you pick it up in Second Samuel 98 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:13,360 Chapter 7. Would you stand with me and 99 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:17,400 honor God's word? And my prayer is as always 100 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:21,880 because this was written a long time ago and it was written for 101 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,480 people a long time ago, but I believe it was also written for 102 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,240 us today. And I believe that God wants to 103 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,880 speak to us today through it. So my prayer is that your heart 104 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,560 will be open and that you'll allow him to speak to you today. 105 00:05:34,280 --> 00:05:37,480 The second Samuel Chapter 7, starting in verse one, it says 106 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,840 after the king was settled in his palace and the Lord had 107 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:43,960 given him rest from all his enemies around him, he said to 108 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:49,160 Nathan the prophet, here I am living in a House of cedar while 109 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,920 the ark of God remains in a tent. 110 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:56,840 Nathan replied to the king, whatever you have in mind, go 111 00:05:56,840 --> 00:05:59,040 ahead and do it for the Lord is with you. 112 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:03,400 But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan saying, Go, 113 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,760 tell my servant David, this is what the Lord says. 114 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,920 Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in? 115 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,640 I have not dwelt in a house. From the day I brought the 116 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:16,240 Israelites up out of Egypt to this day, I've been moving from 117 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,120 place to place with a tent as my dwelling. 118 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,840 Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites. 119 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:25,320 Did I ever say to any of the rulers whom I commanded to 120 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,400 shepherd my people Israel, why have you not built me a House of 121 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:32,360 cedar? Now then, tell my servant David, 122 00:06:32,840 --> 00:06:34,960 this is what the Lord Almighty says. 123 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:40,040 I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and 124 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,160 appointed you ruler over the people of Israel. 125 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,680 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut 126 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,560 off all your enemies from before you. 127 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,240 Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest 128 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:55,400 men on earth, and I will provide a place for my people Israel, 129 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:59,120 and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and 130 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,400 no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress 131 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:05,400 them anymore, as they as they did at the beginning and have 132 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,920 done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my 133 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,960 people. Israel, I will also give you 134 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,840 rest from all your enemies. The Lord declares to you that 135 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:20,160 the Lord Himself will establish a house for you when your days 136 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,960 are over and you rest with your ancestors. 137 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,760 I will raise up an offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and 138 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,280 blood, and I will establish His Kingdom. 139 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,080 He is the one who will build a house for my name, and I will 140 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,480 establish the throne of his Kingdom forever. 141 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,760 I will be his father, and He will be my son. 142 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,640 When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by 143 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,320 men with the floggings and inflicted by human hands. 144 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:48,680 But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away 145 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,000 from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 146 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,000 Your house and your Kingdom will endure forever. 147 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:58,760 Before me Your throne will be established forever. 148 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:00,200 Praise the Lord, you can have a seat. 149 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:05,920 So. So the first thing we see here 150 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,440 is, is David making a gesture for God? 151 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,680 David is sitting in his House of cedar, it says after he's kind 152 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,040 of gotten rest. So, you know, they've been in 153 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,760 some battles and some wars and God at this point has given them 154 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:21,920 a time of rest and things are good. 155 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,600 And so David is sitting in his his House of cedar, which is an 156 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:27,360 elegant thing. It's a good, I mean, it's 157 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,280 probably a palace. It's a beautiful place. 158 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:33,600 And he's sitting there, but he's looking out and he sees the Ark 159 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:37,080 of the Covenant. And once again, the ark was was 160 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,840 a place that they believed held the presence of God. 161 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:43,559 And so he sees the ark of the covenant and it's in a tent. 162 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:48,360 And I don't know if it was maybe feeling a little guilty. 163 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:53,320 How can I be in this nice house while while God's presence is 164 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,800 dwelling in a tent? Or maybe it was just from a 165 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,880 heart of thankfulness. Like God has done so much good 166 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:02,240 for me. I want to do something good for 167 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,560 God. And so David gets this plan, 168 00:09:05,560 --> 00:09:10,080 this offer. He is going to build God a 169 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:14,160 house, a temple, a beautiful place. 170 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,600 I mean, if David's got a good one, why shouldn't God have a 171 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,520 better one? And so David has this plan now. 172 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:24,840 Now, First off, this is a good offer. 173 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:27,720 This is nice, this is a good thing. 174 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:31,280 David wants to honor God and glorify God. 175 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:36,080 That's a good thing, right? It was a nice thing when my son 176 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:37,720 said I'm going to buy you a Ferrari. 177 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,320 It's probably not ever going to happen, but what a kind thought. 178 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:45,000 And David is is coming, I think, from a good place saying, hey, I 179 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,760 want to I want to do something for you. 180 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:50,200 God, I've got a great plan. All right, let me ask you this. 181 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:53,520 Have you ever wanted to do something great for God? 182 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,600 Nod your head if you have, OK, I'm just going to assume that 183 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:59,640 you're all saying yes. Thank you for nodding your head. 184 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:01,000 Those of you that are thank you. OK. 185 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,720 You've ever want to do something great for God? 186 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:04,800 That's where David is. He's saying, hey, God's been 187 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:08,240 good and, and I want to do something for him now. 188 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:12,320 I want to build him a house, a temple. 189 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:19,600 And and so David offers, but God counters by reminding David who 190 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:23,360 it's all about. Listen, I I know that we want to 191 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:27,800 do great things for God. I want to bear fruit for God's 192 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:31,200 Kingdom, but, but I want you to understand this. 193 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,600 It's not about what we can do for God. 194 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:40,280 It's about what God wants to do in and through us. 195 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:45,160 Please don't miss this guys. It's, it's not that God needs us 196 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:48,360 to take all of our goodness and all of our talent and all of our 197 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:50,640 ability so we can do great things for him. 198 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,240 God is good. He's all powerful. 199 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:55,480 He could do any. If he wants a house built, he'll 200 00:10:55,480 --> 00:11:01,720 build a house. God says, I appreciate the 201 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:05,200 offer, but I've got some things I want to do. 202 00:11:05,680 --> 00:11:07,960 It's not about what we can do. Listen, I want to be really 203 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:09,240 clear. We talked, I talked about 204 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,960 bearing fruit a couple minutes ago, and I believe 205 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:16,000 wholeheartedly that God's plan is that His people in His church 206 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,720 will bear fruit for His Kingdom. But I want to be really clear, 207 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:23,680 that's not about you coming up with a good plan or you being 208 00:11:23,680 --> 00:11:26,600 super talented. It's about you being close to 209 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:31,040 Him and Him working and leading and guiding in His power, moving 210 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:36,560 in you to fulfill His purposes. That's what bearing fruit is all 211 00:11:36,560 --> 00:11:39,680 about. When I say go bear fruit, you're 212 00:11:39,680 --> 00:11:42,160 called to bear fruit. That doesn't mean hey be 213 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:45,040 awesome. That means be surrendered. 214 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:50,520 Know him and walk with him and allow him to bear fruit in you. 215 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:53,360 It's not about what we can do for God. 216 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,800 It's about what He wants to do and us and and so next we move 217 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:00,200 into what I would call the I portion. 218 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:01,440 You heard this when I was reading it. 219 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,960 We're going to look at verse 8 through 11 and we, we see all 220 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,880 the eyes because God is reminding David here. 221 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:09,640 Hey, David, thank you for the gesture. 222 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:13,560 I I think it was a good gesture, but he says, I want to remind 223 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:18,240 you of something. I took you from the pasture, 224 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:22,160 from tending the flock. I appointed you ruler over my 225 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:25,720 people, Israel. I have been with you everywhere 226 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,000 you have gone. I have cut off all your enemies 227 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:33,120 from before you. Now I will make your name great, 228 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:34,440 like the names of the greatest men on earth. 229 00:12:34,680 --> 00:12:39,120 I will provide a place for my people, Israel, and I will plant 230 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:41,400 them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer 231 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:43,480 be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress 232 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:46,320 them anymore as they did at the beginning and have done ever 233 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:50,000 since the time that I appointed leaders over my people, Israel, 234 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:54,320 I, I will also give you rest from all your enemies. 235 00:12:54,560 --> 00:13:00,040 The Lord declares to you that the Lord himself will establish 236 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:04,000 a house for you. So it's as if God is saying 237 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,760 thank you, David, but I've got this. 238 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:12,120 I've always had this. I'm the reason you're where you 239 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,920 are, and I will be the reason that you go where you go. 240 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:19,520 I am God. Thank you for the offer, but 241 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:24,320 I've got plans. We have the eyes Recently I was 242 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,920 I got sucked into the comment section on on an article. 243 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:32,640 You guys ever do that get sucked into the comments on an it is a 244 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:35,400 really dangerous place to go. Guys be really careful. 245 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,880 And this article was about a church and there were people 246 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:42,200 going back and forth about the church and one of the people 247 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,880 commented and and it was about the pastor of the church. 248 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:48,680 And one of the people commented and said he built the church 249 00:13:48,680 --> 00:13:56,200 from the ground up. Oh man, so backwards. 250 00:13:56,560 --> 00:14:00,680 If we think the pastor builds the church, we have it so 251 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:04,280 backwards when we think that we are the brains and the power 252 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:12,080 behind God's church. It's not us, it's him, guys. 253 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:16,160 It's not about what we can do. God reminds David, he says I'm 254 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:20,800 the one who's been faithful. I put you in the position you're 255 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,120 in. I blessed you, I delivered you 256 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:27,560 from your enemies. I have been faithful and then he 257 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:31,640 transitions to the I wills. It's not just what I've done, 258 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:35,560 but I will do all of this. I will make your name great. 259 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:39,360 I will establish a house, I will bring a king, all of these great 260 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:41,280 things. And so God says I've got a plan. 261 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:43,200 Thank you, David. You have a plan. 262 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,120 That's great. But I have a plan and that's 263 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:47,920 what matters. So the second thing we see is 264 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:52,840 that God promises a king. God started by saying he would 265 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:56,840 establish a house for David. He wasn't talking about a new 266 00:14:56,840 --> 00:15:00,680 home. He was talking about a line, a 267 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:02,800 dynasty. He was talking about his 268 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:07,000 Kingdom, God's Kingdom, working through David. 269 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:09,960 So he says I'm going to establish a house, but the first 270 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:12,360 step is that I'm going to bring a king. 271 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:16,920 Second, Samuel 7 verse 12 says I will raise up your offspring to 272 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:21,800 succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his 273 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,760 Kingdom. He is the one who will build a 274 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:28,080 house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his 275 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,440 Kingdom forever. And and so God starts by saying 276 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,000 thank you for the idea. David has this great gesture, 277 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,120 but God says I've got a plan of my own. 278 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:41,600 And the first thing is this, I'm going to bring a king, not just 279 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:49,200 another king, the king of kings, the Messiah, the Savior, not 280 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,160 just another president, not just another king that rules for a 281 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:56,480 little while, but a king that will reign forever. 282 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:00,000 And so this is a this is a great blessing for David. 283 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,640 We ended last week and ended the book of Ruth talking about the 284 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,800 genealogy and genealogies, if we read them on our on their own 285 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:09,600 aren't really that exciting. But when you really get into it 286 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:13,360 and you realize that when we're faithful and we walk with God, 287 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:17,040 God brings us into his story. That's where we ended last week. 288 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:21,360 And so Ruth and Boaz were part of God's story in the genealogy. 289 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,040 And now we Fast forward a little bit and here's David. 290 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:27,560 And God says, by the way, I'm going to bring the king of 291 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:30,800 kings, the Savior of the world through you. 292 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:37,240 And so now the line continues. The story continues. 293 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,920 This is a great blessing. God, David has made this this 294 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,680 great gesture to God. God, I'm going to build you a, a 295 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:45,120 temple. I'm going to build you a house. 296 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:46,440 I'm going to do a great thing for you. 297 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:50,000 And God says, no, no, no, I'm going to do a great thing 298 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:54,840 through you. I'm going to bring the Messiah, 299 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:59,080 the Savior of the world. David's promise was of a house, 300 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:01,560 a temple, a palace. Those are temporary things. 301 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:06,440 God's promise was a king that would be eternal. 302 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:11,400 God's plan was to raise up a king that would reign forever. 303 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:16,640 And he did. And he is, and he will. 304 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:22,319 Jesus Christ, the King we need. And so that brings us to the 305 00:17:22,319 --> 00:17:25,640 third part. David made a gesture. 306 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,000 God said, I've got a plan of my own. 307 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:33,200 I'm going to raise up a king. And then he says the king is 308 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:38,160 going to raise the House of God. So he's going to raise up the 309 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:42,160 king of kings, but then that king is going to establish the 310 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:46,120 House of God that will reign forever. 311 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,080 Now another I want to point this out. 312 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,800 There is some short term fulfillment to this prophecy. 313 00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:56,880 Solomon comes after David and he does build a temple and Solomon 314 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:00,680 is is a good king, but that's not the ultimate thing this is 315 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:02,760 talking about. This is talking about Jesus 316 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:05,760 Christ, the Messiah, the Savior, the king of kings. 317 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,880 And so the ultimate fulfillment is he's going to build the House 318 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,240 of God. Now I want to be really clear. 319 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:16,920 See, when we think of the House of God, what do we think of? 320 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:22,240 We think of churches, don't we? We think of buildings. 321 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:24,760 I mean, this is a beautiful place. 322 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:26,920 Do you ever just, do you ever come in here and sit down and 323 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:30,840 just think, this is beautiful? Am I the only one? 324 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:35,760 I drive by this church and I think I am so blessed to get to 325 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:37,960 worship there. That is a beautiful place. 326 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,880 And see, throughout time, we have often thought of the House 327 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:47,240 of God as buildings. I want you to understand that 328 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:49,680 the house that God is talking about is something different. 329 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,720 See, buildings are temporary. Buildings are temporary. 330 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:55,440 I've had the the privilege to go to different countries. 331 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,400 I was in Ukraine with, with the church a while back and we went 332 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:04,160 through some, some beautiful cathedrals that were empty. 333 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:07,680 I've been in, in some European countries over there where 334 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:11,240 they're beautiful London, different places, beautiful 335 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:14,480 temples, beautiful cathedrals, beautiful places that are 336 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:17,160 thought of as and you walk in and you think, man, this is 337 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,560 beautiful and it reminds you of God's beauty. 338 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:22,600 But the reality is they're empty. 339 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,120 I, I remember we lived in Charleston. 340 00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:29,080 One of the cool historical things about Charleston is that 341 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:33,200 when the war broke out and the enemy was firing on Charleston, 342 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,840 the tallest points in the city of Charleston were the church 343 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:39,440 steeples. And so they were, they were 344 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:43,240 literally aiming at the churches because churches are they're, 345 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:45,360 they're not indestructible. They're not forever. 346 00:19:45,360 --> 00:19:49,160 And so we have these church buildings and they had to paint 347 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:52,680 the steeples black so that the enemy couldn't see where to aim 348 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,640 and be. See, churches are are temporary. 349 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:59,080 There are mega churches across our country that sit empty. 350 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:03,440 You know what that doesn't mean that God lost a house. 351 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,320 Those aren't God's houses. Sure, this is God is here. 352 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,840 This is his church. But when he says I'm going to 353 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:17,400 raise up a house, he's not talking about buildings. 354 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:22,600 These aren't the home of God. The tent isn't the home of God. 355 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,520 When God promised a king would build his house, he was talking 356 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:27,920 about something completely different and I want you to see 357 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:31,480 it in scripture first. Peter chapter 2 verse 4 says as 358 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:33,360 you come to him, the living stone. 359 00:20:33,360 --> 00:20:37,080 This is talking about Jesus. As you come to Jesus, the living 360 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:40,560 stone, rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to 361 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:47,160 him, you also are like living stones are being built into a 362 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:51,720 spiritual house to be a holy priesthood offering spiritual 363 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:54,720 sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 364 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:58,200 Another scripture, Ephesians chapter 2 verse 19 says. 365 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,240 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but 366 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:04,400 your fellow citizens with God's people and also members of his 367 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,600 household built on the foundation of the apostles and 368 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:12,080 prophets with Christ Jesus the king himself as the chief 369 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:15,880 cornerstone in him. The whole building is joined 370 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:20,400 together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord, and in 371 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:26,200 him you 2 are being built together to become a dwelling in 372 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:30,160 which God lives by his Spirit. This guy's the second. 373 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:34,640 Samuel 7 is beautiful because David says, God, you're good and 374 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,120 you're worthy of it all. So I'm going to build you a 375 00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:39,960 house and God says, no, no, no. I've got a plan, David. 376 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:42,600 I'm going to raise up the cornerstone. 377 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:44,360 I'm going to raise up the King of kings. 378 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:45,800 I'm going to raise up the Messiah. 379 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:47,840 I'm going to raise up the Savior of the world. 380 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,160 And he's going to build my house. 381 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:58,720 Not a temple in Jerusalem, not a church in Westchester, Ohio, not 382 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:03,720 a cathedral in Europe, not an old church in Charleston, SC. 383 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:12,920 But we, we are being built and to the holy temple of God, guys, 384 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:17,560 this is such good news because this building is temporary. 385 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:21,680 If a storm hits, if something bad happens, this building can 386 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:25,840 go away really quickly. His church doesn't. 387 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:32,080 His church doesn't because we the church. 388 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:36,560 So Jesus is the king of kings. He is the chief cornerstone. 389 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:40,880 It says he is the cornerstone on on which all of the whole the 390 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:44,720 the church is built and we are the stones that are built into 391 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:48,120 the church. Jesus is the King and he's 392 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:55,680 building his temple in us, not in a building, not in a 393 00:22:55,960 --> 00:23:01,640 cathedral in us as Jesus. When you accept Christ, he, his 394 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:04,440 Spirit comes into your heart. He lives in your heart and he 395 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:08,000 begins to transform you. He begins to shape you. 396 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,760 He continues, He begins to mold you. 397 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:14,040 And we as the body of Christ become his dwelling place so 398 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:20,160 that when we leave church, when we leave church, the building or 399 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:24,600 the worship service, we go as the church. 400 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:31,280 We don't leave the church. We leave as the church. 401 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:38,160 He's building his temple in US. And so God promises a king. 402 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:41,600 David says, I want to build you a house. 403 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,680 God says, no, no, no, no. I'm going to raise up a king. 404 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:47,520 And that king will have a throne. 405 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,400 And it's not behind these walls somewhere. 406 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:54,320 It's not in some, you know, special spiritual place in this 407 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:58,680 building. The throne is right here in our 408 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:04,880 hearts and He's building His holy temple in us. 409 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:11,160 That that leads to the response as we respond to God's word 410 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:12,520 today. I know that we want to do good 411 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:14,040 things for God. I know that we want to bear 412 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,600 fruit. I know that we want to build his 413 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,200 church. I, I guys, I would love nothing 414 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,680 more than to see people saved. I would love nothing more than 415 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:25,840 to see people fill this place. I would love nothing more than 416 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:30,160 to see the Kingdom grow and grow and grow and listen, we, we want 417 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:34,160 that to happen, right? But it's not about what I can do 418 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:38,760 for God today. The question isn't God, what do 419 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:43,440 you want me to do for you today The question is what does God 420 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:48,400 want for me today? What does he want to do in and 421 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:52,000 through my heart, your heart today. 422 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,120 See, we tend to think buildings, assets, power structures, large 423 00:24:56,120 --> 00:24:57,560 churches, that's what it's all about. 424 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,840 A church is successful if they get big buildings and more 425 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,120 people. That's how that's when that's 426 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:04,920 when the church is really being what it did. 427 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,080 No, no guys, please listen. That's I love seeing people come 428 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:11,120 to know Jesus and we want the church building to grow and the 429 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:14,960 attendance to grow. But but God builds his church in 430 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:19,720 each and every one of us and he wants to do it today. 431 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:26,040 If you'll give him your heart, he will build his temple and you 432 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:29,960 and he can do far more than we can ever dream of. 433 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:35,080 We can have our plans. God's plans are bigger and 434 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:39,560 better. Last week I, I went up to a a 435 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:43,320 brother in Christ here in the church before I got up to preach 436 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:46,680 and I just said, hey man, could you pray for me? 437 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:56,160 And I asked a friend to pray for me and Monday that friend showed 438 00:25:56,160 --> 00:26:01,000 up to the church, didn't call, didn't text, didn't make a big 439 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:05,240 announcement. I actually heard them outside my 440 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,400 door and I went and looked and they were standing there 441 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:15,880 praying, and this man of God came and prayed over this whole 442 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:17,840 church. I want you to understand what's 443 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,240 happening there. It's not a person praying for 444 00:26:21,360 --> 00:26:27,200 the church, it's the church praying for God's will. 445 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,080 It's beautiful, isn't it guys? When you go out and you serve 446 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,760 and you love others, when you go out and serve your community, 447 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,480 when you love others and you forgive others and you show 448 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:40,320 grace and you help each other out, that is the church. 449 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,600 That is the holy temple. It's beautiful. 450 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,920 We see these cathedrals in this building is beautiful, but 451 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:50,760 what's really beautiful is when God is building His church in US 452 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,600 and we are obedient and surrendered to who He is. 453 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:58,040 Worship team, come on up. We're going to respond to his 454 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:01,280 word today. And, and here's here's where we 455 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:05,000 should be. Don't come up with some great 456 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,920 plan right now. Don't take these next 5 minutes 457 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,600 to come up with your plan for how you're going to bless God or 458 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:16,360 honor God as we sing this song, which by the way, this song is 459 00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:19,080 written by people in our church through what God's doing in 460 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:20,480 their heart. This is beautiful. 461 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:26,080 As we sing this song, I want to encourage you to offer your 462 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,880 heart to God, not to come up with some big plan and tell God 463 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:33,040 what you're going to do, but to surrender your heart to him and 464 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:34,800 say, God, what do you want to do? 465 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:38,360 The altars are open. Listen, maybe some of you today 466 00:27:38,360 --> 00:27:41,480 just want to come up and kneel and say, God, I'm all yours. 467 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:44,240 What do you want to do in my heart? 468 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,880 What do you want to change? Where do you want me to go? 469 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:54,200 What do you want to do? And me, stand with me. 470 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:57,440 Maybe you want to come to an altar and respond. 471 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,920 Maybe you want to sit where you're at and pray. 472 00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:03,240 Maybe you want to put your hands up and worship Whatever it is, 473 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:06,560 please, please, please understand that the God of the 474 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:10,240 universe loves you. He's given us a king. 475 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,280 If you don't know Jesus is your Lord and Savior today. 476 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,560 He can be the King of your heart today. 477 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,680 It's simple. All you have to do is surrender 478 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:24,720 your heart to him and say, Lord, I want you to be my Savior and 479 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,960 he, he's your savior, He's your king. 480 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:30,560 Today let's respond to his word and ask him, what do you want to 481 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:34,280 do in US? Lord, speak to us, help us to 482 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:38,280 worship you, not just with good sounds, not just with good 483 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,680 voices, but with surrendered hearts. 484 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,600 I pray continue to lead us and guide us and transform us in 485 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:45,360 Jesus name, Amen.