{"id":1241,"date":"2024-12-22T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/327-josh-robinson-exhortation-a-green-olive-tree-in-the-house-of-god-psa-52\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T08:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T08:29:42","slug":"327-josh-robinson-exhortation-a-green-olive-tree-in-the-house-of-god-psa-52","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/327-josh-robinson-exhortation-a-green-olive-tree-in-the-house-of-god-psa-52\/","title":{"rendered":"327: Josh Robinson – Exhortation: A Green Olive Tree in the House of God (Psa. 52)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening an exhortation by Bro. Josh Robinson entitled \u201cA Green Olive Tree in the House of God\u201d based on Psalm 52 that was given at the Brighton Ecclesia on January 29, 2023.<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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\nHello.
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\nwith another talk to share with
\nyou for this week. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re listening to an
\nexhortation that was given by <\/p>\n

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\nBrother Josh Robinson at the
\nbeginning of 2023, and the topic<\/p>\n

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\nof this one is taken from Psalm
\n52 and the title is A Green <\/p>\n

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\nOlive Tree in the House of God.
\nNow what I really appreciate <\/p>\n

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\nabout this exhortation is how
\nimpassioned Brother Josh is <\/p>\n

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\nabout the heartfelt appeal he is
\nmaking to us and those that were<\/p>\n

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\nlistening live.
\nAnd to also make a point of <\/p>\n

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\nfocusing on our perspective when
\nit comes to serving in the House<\/p>\n

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\nof God, to make sure that we are
\nbeing outward facing and looking<\/p>\n

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\nand being introspective as well
\nabout how it is that we impact <\/p>\n

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\nthose around us.
\nThe value of the community that <\/p>\n

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\nwe have and the faith that we
\nhave and the family that we’ve <\/p>\n

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\nbeen called to is so incredibly
\nimportant. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Brother Josh did a fabulous
\njob outlining that by looking at<\/p>\n

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\nthe example of David in Psalm
\n52. <\/p>\n

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\nI want to also especially thank
\nBrother Josh. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause this.
\nWas sent in as a recommendation.<\/p>\n

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\nHowever the original recording
\nwas missing the first like <\/p>\n

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\n3:00-ish minutes of the talk,
\nwhich was his opening remarks, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich kind of derails it
\notherwise. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd brother Josh was very nice
\nto re record those opening few <\/p>\n

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\nminutes and we were able to edit
\nthose back in. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if you notice after the first
\nfew minutes the audio sounds <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent.
\nOr he recorded it after the fact<\/p>\n

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\nand then we’ve spliced it into
\nthe exhortation as it was <\/p>\n

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\nrecorded live when he gave it.
\nSo thank you, brother Josh, for <\/p>\n

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\ngetting that over to us.
\nSo. <\/p>\n

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\nThat we could share this.
\nExhortation with everybody. <\/p>\n

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\nSo with that, I will now turn it
\nover to Brother Josh for his <\/p>\n

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\nexhortation entitled A Green
\nOlive Tree and the House of God.<\/p>\n

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\nLet us begin with two questions.
\nThe first question, did you want<\/p>\n

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\nto be here this morning?
\nIt. <\/p>\n

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\nCan be an effort making.
\nSure we have. <\/p>\n

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\nAll the belongings for the whole
\nfamily. <\/p>\n

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\nPlanning ahead for lunch.
\nFinding a seat where we feel <\/p>\n

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\ncomfortable.
\nSometimes you have other <\/p>\n

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\ncommitments that pull us in
\ndifferent directions. <\/p>\n

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\nComing here can be difficult.
\nSometimes it’s an issue of <\/p>\n

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\nwanting to be here that for
\nwhatever reason, we are hesitant<\/p>\n

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\nto walk in the door to see a
\nparticular person or to interact<\/p>\n

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\nwith others.
\nA second question. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat simile or metaphor would
\ndescribe you in the ecclesia? <\/p>\n

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\nPerhaps we are an ecclesial.
\nPillar stable. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd unwavering amongst change
\naround us, others might. <\/p>\n

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\nLean on us for support.
\nAnd advice? <\/p>\n

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\nPerhaps we are the ecclesial
\nhand, putting our hand up first <\/p>\n

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\nwhenever a volunteer is needed.
\nFor a job. <\/p>\n

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\nPerhaps we are the ecclesial
\nelephant with a memory. <\/p>\n

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\nFor every speaker, every topic.
\nEvery event, perhaps we are the <\/p>\n

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\necclesial gardener, going around
\nand checking on the well-being <\/p>\n

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\nof every member, sharing a word
\nor deed to help them grow <\/p>\n

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\nperhaps.
\nWe are the ecclesial. <\/p>\n

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\nSpreadsheet keeping everything
\norganised and running smoothly. <\/p>\n

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\nOr perhaps we are the ecclesial
\nflower, creating a happy, even <\/p>\n

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\nbeautiful environment.
\nWe can all think of our own <\/p>\n

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\nanalogies.
\nOr perhaps the analogy is not so<\/p>\n

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\npositive.
\nPerhaps via the ecclesial <\/p>\n

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\nparasite taking but never
\ngiving. <\/p>\n

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\nPerhaps the ecclesial skeptic
\nalways making negative remarks <\/p>\n

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\nand not listening to replies.
\nPerhaps the ecclesial millstone <\/p>\n

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\na heavy burden on everyone else.
\nPerhaps the ecclesial thorn <\/p>\n

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\ncausing hurt and damage, or the
\necclesial weed a nuisance, <\/p>\n

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\ndepriving others of energy and
\ntime. <\/p>\n

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\nHow did David though?
\nDescribe himself within the <\/p>\n

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\necclesia.
\nWell in Psalm 52 and verse 8 he <\/p>\n

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\nsays I am like a green olive
\ntree in the House of God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in Psalm 50. 2 The whole.
\nContext is about the. <\/p>\n

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\nTreatment of the priests how
\nDoeg had. <\/p>\n

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\nActed in the House of God.
\nAnd it is in this house that <\/p>\n

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\nDavid is wanting to be a green
\nolive tree. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we want to look at this
\nmetaphor this morning of I am <\/p>\n

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\nlike a green olive tree.
\nAnd we find that the context is <\/p>\n

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\nwithin the ecclesia, and we want
\nto look at each element of this <\/p>\n

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\nmetaphor.
\nTo help us with how we should <\/p>\n

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\nbehave within the House of God,
\nbecause we want to cultivate. <\/p>\n

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\nAn environment where everyone
\nwants to be here. <\/p>\n

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\nSo So what is the the context in
\nSamuel? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, the whole context of Psalm
\n52 is from first book of Samuel,<\/p>\n

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\nchapters 21 and 22.
\nIt’s one of the most mournful <\/p>\n

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\nevents in the priesthood, is it
\nnot? <\/p>\n

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\nIt was going to be an entire
\nline of priests wiped out. <\/p>\n

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\nDoeg saw the priests at Nob
\nharbouring David and he told <\/p>\n

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\nSaul and then taught Saul in his
\njealous rage said to slay them. <\/p>\n

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\nThe other servants would not,
\nbut Doek did. <\/p>\n

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\nHe went and killed all the
\npriests except Tobiatha. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd let’s turn to 1st book of
\nSamuel and chapter 22 because <\/p>\n

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\nthis is this is the only comment
\nwe get in the Samuel record of <\/p>\n

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\nof what David thought of the
\nsituation. <\/p>\n

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\nThe first book of Samuel and
\nchapter 22 and the end of the <\/p>\n

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\nchapter beginning of verse 20.
\nAnd one of the sons of <\/p>\n

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\nAhimelech, the son of a hight up
\nnamed Abiatha, escaped and fled <\/p>\n

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\nafter David.
\nAnd Abiatha showed David that <\/p>\n

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\nSaul had slain the Lord’s
\npriests. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd David said unto Abiatha, I
\nknew it that day when Derek the <\/p>\n

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\nEdomite was there, that he would
\nsurely tell Saul, I have <\/p>\n

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\noccasioned the death of all the
\npersons of thy father’s house. <\/p>\n

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\nAbide thou with me.
\nFear not, for he that seeketh my<\/p>\n

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\nlife seeketh thy life, but with
\nme thou should be in safeguard. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is the only comment we get
\nin the book of Samuel about <\/p>\n

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\nthese events.
\nAnd, and this is where Psalm 52 <\/p>\n

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\nfits in, because in Psalm 52,
\nDavid doesn’t hold back. <\/p>\n

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\nHe gives us more thoughts on the
\nevent. <\/p>\n

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\nHe gives us a lot more thoughts
\non this character of Doeg, of <\/p>\n

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\nall he did, his criminal, his
\nevil acts, the drama, the <\/p>\n

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\nemotion, although there in these
\nfew phrases, is contained more <\/p>\n

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\nfully in Psalm 52.
\nAnd what do we see in Psalm 52? <\/p>\n

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\nIf we turn back there, we see
\nDoeg, the typical Edomite <\/p>\n

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\nvicious hating of Israel,
\napostates just like Esau and the<\/p>\n

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\nwhole of the Edomite nation.
\nBut so often we might have come <\/p>\n

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\nacross Psalm 52, we might have
\nread it in our readings, heard <\/p>\n

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\nexhortations on it.
\nAnd we so often focus on Doeg, <\/p>\n

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\nwe we focus on him, we learn to
\nhate him as David did. <\/p>\n

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\nBut how often do we look at this
\nresponse of David in verse 8 and<\/p>\n

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\n9?
\nThe contrast is there in the <\/p>\n

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\nPsalm.
\nSo for instance, Doeg, whose <\/p>\n

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\ntongue is boasting in verse one,
\nit’s scheming, it’s sharp in <\/p>\n

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\nverse 2.
\nWhat does David’s tongue do in <\/p>\n

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\nverse 9?
\nIt praises God in verse three. <\/p>\n

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\nDo egg loves evil more than
\ngood? <\/p>\n

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\nIn verse 9, David loves the name
\nof God because it is good. <\/p>\n

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\nHe defines good by the name of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\nDo egg in verse 5 would be
\ndestroyed forever. <\/p>\n

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\nDavid, what will he do forever?
\nVerse 9? <\/p>\n

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\nHe will praise forever.
\nDo egg in verse 5 would be <\/p>\n

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\nplucked up.
\nHe will be rooted out of the <\/p>\n

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\nland of the living.
\nDavid in verse 8 would be <\/p>\n

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\nplanted like a green olive tree
\nin the House of God. <\/p>\n

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\nVerse 7 Doeg didn’t make God his
\nstrength, but David. <\/p>\n

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\nDavid was fully reliant.
\nHe trusted in the mercy of God <\/p>\n

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\nforever and ever.
\nIn verse 8. <\/p>\n

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\nWe know in Samuel that that Doeg
\ndidn’t care about the priests of<\/p>\n

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\nGod, but David valued God and
\nhis house. <\/p>\n

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\nDoeg wanted a good name before
\nSaul, but David, he wanted a <\/p>\n

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\ngood name before his guard.
\nHe wanted to wait on God’s name.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd so we have this contrast
\nthat Doeg in verse 5 would be <\/p>\n

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\nplucked up, would be rooted out
\nof the land of the living, while<\/p>\n

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\nDavid would be a firmly fixed
\ngreen olive tree. <\/p>\n

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\nDoeg, who had been so
\ndestructive in in plucking up <\/p>\n

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\nthe priests from their dwelling
\nplace and rooting them out of <\/p>\n

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\nthe land of the living will, God
\nwould root him out. <\/p>\n

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\nGod would do the same to him as
\nhe treated others. <\/p>\n

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\nBut we might think, surely Doeg
\nis an extreme example. <\/p>\n

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\nDoes such a thing happen in our
\nEcleses today? <\/p>\n

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\nWhy does this all specifically
\napply to us? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, think of the words at the
\nend of Matthew chapter 24 verse <\/p>\n

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\n48 to 51, because we are warned
\nof people like Doek in the <\/p>\n

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\nbrotherhood in the last days.
\nMatthew 24 verse 4851 talks <\/p>\n

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\nabout this evil servant who
\nshall say in his heart, my Lord <\/p>\n

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\ndelayeth his coming, and shall
\nbegin to smite his fellow <\/p>\n

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\nservants.
\nWe have the description in the <\/p>\n

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\nlast days of a servant very much
\nlike Doek smiting his fellow <\/p>\n

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\nservants, and that servant
\nlikewise would be cut asunder, <\/p>\n

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\njust as Doeg would be removed
\nand plucked out of his place. <\/p>\n

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\nBut the question is, well, how
\ndo we smite our fellow servants <\/p>\n

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\ntoday?
\nThankfully, we don’t feel the <\/p>\n

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\nedge of the sword too often, but
\nwe might feel the edge of sharp <\/p>\n

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\ncriticism or accusations or
\ncomments that lack a perspective<\/p>\n

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\nof the bigger picture.
\nPerhaps even more so, we can <\/p>\n

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\nsmite our fellow servants with
\nour lack of enthusiasm when they<\/p>\n

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\nmake suggestions we’re just
\nindifferent or or they plan <\/p>\n

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\necclesial events, ecclesial
\noutings on this Saturday, and we<\/p>\n

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\nhave something else we’d we’d
\nrather do. <\/p>\n

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\nPerhaps we smite our fellow
\nservants by ignoring them <\/p>\n

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\naltogether, that we have the
\npeople that we like to talk to, <\/p>\n

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\nthat we like to have over and we
\nignore the rest. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd, and sometimes it is those
\nthat labour within the eclosure <\/p>\n

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\nthat can be smitten the most.
\nAnd so we must make the clear <\/p>\n

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\ndecision whether or not we
\nsupport or smite those that <\/p>\n

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\nlabour.
\nAnd what we see in Psalm 52 is a<\/p>\n

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\nwonderful example of, of, of the
\nsaying that whilst we can’t <\/p>\n

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\nchange the behaviour of others,
\nwe can change ourselves. <\/p>\n

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\nWe whilst we may look at the
\nbehaviour of others and think, <\/p>\n

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\nwhy are they doing that?
\nHow can you possibly act in such<\/p>\n

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\na way?
\nWe can ensure that we are very <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent.
\nAnd, and this is the contrast we<\/p>\n

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\nhave.
\nDavid verse one to seven <\/p>\n

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\ndescribes Doeg, describes Doeg,
\nhis evilness, his wickedness, <\/p>\n

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\nhis self centeredness.
\nAnd verse 8 begins with that <\/p>\n

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\ncontrasting word.
\nBut while he can’t do anything <\/p>\n

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\nabout Derek, he can do something
\nabout himself. <\/p>\n

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\nBut I am like a green olive tree
\nin the House of God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this is David’s personal
\nreflection on what, on what he <\/p>\n

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\ncan do in the context of, of
\necclesial strife, ecclesial <\/p>\n

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\nstruggles, in the context of, of
\none that’s going around smiting <\/p>\n

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\nthe fellow servants.
\nAnd it’s this positive contrast <\/p>\n

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\nthat we, we, we have to look a
\nlittle bit more at, at this <\/p>\n

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\nmorning.
\nAnd David is saying that he’s <\/p>\n

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\nnot just planted, but he’s like
\na tree. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s not just like any tree,
\nbut, but like an olive. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s not just like an olive
\ntree, but he’s a green olive <\/p>\n

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\ntree.
\nIn each element of of this <\/p>\n

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\nanalogy, we’re being drawn to
\nspiritual characteristics. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re being drawn to lessons
\nthat continue to highlight the <\/p>\n

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\ncontrast between David and
\nStoeck. <\/p>\n

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\nSo therefore we ask the
\nquestion, well, what’s this <\/p>\n

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\nelement of being green?
\nWhen David says he is green, <\/p>\n

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\nwhat does that mean?
\nStrong’s definition says it <\/p>\n

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\nmeans to be luxuriant, fresh,
\nverdant, flourishing, or new. <\/p>\n

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\nThe same word green as used
\nelsewhere of trees in the Bible,<\/p>\n

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\nDeuteronomy 12 verse two or
\nFirst Kings 14, various other <\/p>\n

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\nplaces in Kings and Chronicles,
\nJeremiah, we find that the <\/p>\n

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\ncontext of idols being planted
\nunder every green tree. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy is that?
\nWell, that’s because they’re the<\/p>\n

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\nplaces that looked good.
\nEvery green tree, they look good<\/p>\n

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\nand appealing.
\nPsalm 92 verse 14 uses the same <\/p>\n

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\nword green in the context of
\ntrees that are also planted in <\/p>\n

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\nthe House of God.
\nWe’ll look at that a little <\/p>\n

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\nlater, but it just translates
\nthe word as flourishing, <\/p>\n

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\nflourishing trees.
\nJeremiah 17, verse 8. <\/p>\n

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\nThe greenness is a a
\ndemonstration of the vitality of<\/p>\n

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\na tree.
\nWhen a tree is described as <\/p>\n

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\ngreen, it’s described as as
\nhaving life in it, even in a <\/p>\n

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\ntime of drought.
\nLikewise in in Hosea 14 verse 8,<\/p>\n

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\nthe renewed Ephraim taken back
\ninto the arms of God after he’s <\/p>\n

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\nhealed.
\nThe backslidings after he’s <\/p>\n

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\nforgiven them is described as
\ngreen, a symbol of new growth, <\/p>\n

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\nnew life, literally turning over
\na new leaf. <\/p>\n

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\nBut let’s come to one that’s a
\nlittle closer to Psalm 52. <\/p>\n

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\nPsalm 37, please.
\nAnd we see another use of the <\/p>\n

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\nword green.
\nBut this is going to be a <\/p>\n

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\ncontrast to Psalm 52, Psalm 37,
\nverse 35. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says I have seen the wicked
\nin great power and spreading <\/p>\n

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\nhimself like a Green Bay tree,
\nand it’s brother Dudley Fifield,<\/p>\n

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\nin his book on the Praises of
\nIsrael that comments on this <\/p>\n

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\ncontrast.
\nHe says the Bay tree is an <\/p>\n

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\nEvergreen and so perhaps it
\nconveys the conviction of the <\/p>\n

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\nwicked that they will never be
\nmoved, determined to live their <\/p>\n

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\nlives as they were, they were
\ngoing to continue forever. <\/p>\n

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\nThe olive is also an Evergreen,
\nhe says, and it is said never to<\/p>\n

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\ndie, for it sends forth fresh
\nshoots in even when cut down. <\/p>\n

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\nIt would therefore be a fitting
\nsymbol for the righteous who, <\/p>\n

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\nthough they fall 7 times, rise
\nup again. <\/p>\n

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\nSo what do we see?
\nBut in the fact in, in the <\/p>\n

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\nwickedness, in the wicked, the
\ngreenness is a facade. <\/p>\n

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\nIt looks good, it looks
\npermanent, but it’s all show. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so taking all these
\nelements, this element of, of <\/p>\n

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\nfreshness, of newness, of, of
\nflourishing, do you see the <\/p>\n

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\ncontrast that David and God is
\nis painting in Psalm 52? <\/p>\n

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\nDavid is full of new growth,
\nencased in glorious foliage in <\/p>\n

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\ncomparison to Doeg, who might
\nlook leafy, but on the inside <\/p>\n

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\nhe’s dead.
\nHe’s soon to be plucked up and <\/p>\n

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\nremoved.
\nOr in terms of characteristics, <\/p>\n

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\nwe might say that David is young
\nand innocent, but Doeg is a <\/p>\n

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\nseasoned, godless and worldly
\nindividual. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat might being green look like
\nin the in the ecclesia, in the <\/p>\n

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\nHouse of God today?
\nWell, David is like the vibrant <\/p>\n

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\nyouth who considers the ecclesia
\nas a real haven. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a place of encouragement, a
\nplace of healing, a joy to <\/p>\n

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\nattend.
\nBut sometimes in our lives, <\/p>\n

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\nthrough the truth, we can, we
\ncan lose that enthusiasm, that <\/p>\n

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\nthat vibrancy, that energy.
\nWe can become more sceptical and<\/p>\n

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\ncynical.
\nThink about maybe when you join <\/p>\n

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\nthis ecclesia, everyone seems so
\nfriendly, seemed so welcoming. <\/p>\n

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\nIt seemed like a great place to
\nbe. <\/p>\n

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\nWe, we want to join.
\nBut then over time, you, you get<\/p>\n

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\nto know that maybe my brother
\nand sisters are a little bit <\/p>\n

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\nflawed after all.
\nFancy that. <\/p>\n

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\nPerhaps we begin to work with
\nthem on committees. <\/p>\n

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\nPerhaps we see a bit more of
\nhuman nature coming to the <\/p>\n

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\nforum.
\nWe show them that ourselves. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd sometimes we can lose that
\nvibrancy, we can lose that <\/p>\n

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\nnewness, and we can start
\nfocusing on the negatives <\/p>\n

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\ninstead of the positives.
\nAnd even if we don’t say it <\/p>\n

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\naloud, we can pull others down
\nin our thoughts, as Derrick did.<\/p>\n

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\nWe had an exhortation recently
\nthat challenged us for the week <\/p>\n

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\nto talk positively about others
\nin our ecclesia. <\/p>\n

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\nHow often do you talk about
\npositives in the ecclesial house<\/p>\n

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\ninstead of ecclesial issues?
\nMaybe things to discuss over <\/p>\n

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\nlunch?
\nWell, what are some of the <\/p>\n

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\namazing positives of the
\necclesia that God has given us? <\/p>\n

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\nIs it the friendliness that
\nalthough we might be shy, there <\/p>\n

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\nis always someone to talk to?
\nIs it the encouragement we so <\/p>\n

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\nregularly get from the word of
\nGod? <\/p>\n

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\nIs it the enthusiasm of the
\nSunday school teachers that they<\/p>\n

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\ngo an extra mile for their
\nlittle classes? <\/p>\n

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\nOr is it the faithful older
\nbrother or sister who comes week<\/p>\n

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\nin, week out, rain come rain or
\nshine? <\/p>\n

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\nIs it the fervor to preach?
\nThere are many elements of <\/p>\n

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\ngreenery, of vibrancy, of
\nnewness, of life within the <\/p>\n

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\necclesia that we can be positive
\nabout. <\/p>\n

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\nWe can all be green within the
\necclesia, but there’s another <\/p>\n

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\ndetail in this analogy.
\nHe is a green olive. <\/p>\n

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\nDavid’s.
\nDavid’s not just comparing <\/p>\n

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\nhimself to any tree, but the
\nolive specifically. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:02,680 –> 00:20:04,760
\nWell, what do we learn about the
\nolive through Scripture? <\/p>\n

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\nGenesis chapter 8.
\nThe olive was the sign of the <\/p>\n

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\nrejuvenated earth.
\nWhen the dove came back to the <\/p>\n

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\nark with the olive leaf, the
\nolive had had weathered the <\/p>\n

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\nflood and it was sprouting
\nagain. <\/p>\n

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\nIn Exodus 27 and verse 20 the
\nthe olive was a source of oil <\/p>\n

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\nrepresentative of the word of
\nGod that the the olives were <\/p>\n

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\nwere pressed and it was for the
\nlampstand to burn continually <\/p>\n

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\nfrom the oil.
\nIn Judges 9 verse 9 the olive <\/p>\n

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\ntree is described as having
\nfatness abundance. <\/p>\n

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\nIn First Kings chapter 6 we find
\nthat it was olive wood that <\/p>\n

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\nSolomon used to carve the Oracle
\non which the Ark of the Covenant<\/p>\n

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\nsat.
\nIt was olive wood that he used <\/p>\n

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\nfor the doors with carvings of
\nthe Caribbean on each olive <\/p>\n

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\nwood.
\nThe very beautiful ornate wood. <\/p>\n

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\nIn Psalm 128, verse 3, the
\nOlivers seen as a simile for <\/p>\n

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\nyoung children round about the
\ntable in a family that God has <\/p>\n

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\nblessed a fruitful family in in
\nin Hosea 14 verse 6, the olive <\/p>\n

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\ntree is described as a beautiful
\ntree. <\/p>\n

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\nIn Romans 11, verse 14, verse
\n17, the olive is a tree <\/p>\n

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\ndescribed as having fatness or
\nthe ESV actually calls it a <\/p>\n

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\nnourishing root for those who
\nare to be grafted in to the <\/p>\n

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\neclosure.
\nAnd let us go to 11 passage <\/p>\n

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\nJeremiah.
\nLet’s go to Jeremiah Chapter 11.<\/p>\n

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\nWhat do we learn about the olive
\ntree in the book of Jeremiah? <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re seeing these themes of of
\nfruitfulness, of fatness. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat does Jeremiah say?
\nJeremiah Chapter 11 and verse <\/p>\n

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\n15.
\nAnd interestingly enough, it’s <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:58,200 –> 00:22:01,200
\nthe only other time in Scripture
\nthat we get this phrase, a green<\/p>\n

326
\n00:22:01,640 –> 00:22:05,640
\nolive tree.
\nYou can see that there in verse <\/p>\n

327
\n00:22:05,640 –> 00:22:09,400
\n16.
\nSo Jeremiah 11, verse 15 says, <\/p>\n

328
\n00:22:10,080 –> 00:22:12,080
\nwhat hath my beloved to do in
\nmine house? <\/p>\n

329
\n00:22:12,400 –> 00:22:14,960
\nOh, the context again is in the
\nHouse of God. <\/p>\n

330
\n00:22:15,280 –> 00:22:18,320
\nWhat a what a similarity, seeing
\nshe hath wrought lewdness with <\/p>\n

331
\n00:22:18,320 –> 00:22:20,600
\nmany.
\nAnd the holy flesh is passed <\/p>\n

332
\n00:22:20,600 –> 00:22:25,640
\nfrom thee when thou doest evil,
\nthen thou rejoicest another echo<\/p>\n

333
\n00:22:25,640 –> 00:22:29,280
\nof Doeg of the evil that he
\ncommitted in the in the House of<\/p>\n

334
\n00:22:29,280 –> 00:22:31,280
\nGod.
\nAnd they’re rejoicing over the <\/p>\n

335
\n00:22:31,280 –> 00:22:34,480
\nevil just in the same way that
\nDoeg boasted himself in <\/p>\n

336
\n00:22:34,480 –> 00:22:39,680
\nwickedness in Psalm 51.
\nThe Lord called thy name a green<\/p>\n

337
\n00:22:39,680 –> 00:22:42,840
\nolive tree, fair and of goodly
\nfruit. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:22:44,280 –> 00:22:47,120
\nWith the noise of great tumult
\nHe hath kindled fire upon it, <\/p>\n

339
\n00:22:47,360 –> 00:22:48,560
\nand the branches of it are
\nbroken. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:22:49,320 –> 00:22:51,280
\nFor the Lord of hosts that
\nplanted thee have pronounced <\/p>\n

341
\n00:22:51,320 –> 00:22:53,960
\nevil against thee, for the evil
\nof the House of Israel and of <\/p>\n

342
\n00:22:53,960 –> 00:22:56,840
\nthe House of Judah, which they
\nhave done against themselves, to<\/p>\n

343
\n00:22:56,840 –> 00:22:59,640
\nprovoke me to anger in offering
\nincense unto bail. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:23:00,760 –> 00:23:02,600
\nWhat?
\nWhat’s this passage saying is <\/p>\n

345
\n00:23:02,600 –> 00:23:05,000
\nthat God was looking to Israel
\nas a green olive tree. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:23:05,000 –> 00:23:11,080
\nFor what?
\nFor goodly fruit, but there was <\/p>\n

347
\n00:23:11,080 –> 00:23:13,720
\nnone on it.
\nInstead they loved evil. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:23:14,000 –> 00:23:16,360
\nThey were boasting themselves in
\nmischief like Doig. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:23:16,960 –> 00:23:20,560
\nAnd another interesting parallel
\nwith this chapter is that verse <\/p>\n

350
\n00:23:20,560 –> 00:23:25,200
\n21 to 23 talks about the men of
\nAnoth, which we know were the <\/p>\n

351
\n00:23:25,200 –> 00:23:29,520
\npriests from Jeremiah.
\nOne verse one and the edge of <\/p>\n

352
\n00:23:29,520 –> 00:23:33,000
\nthe sword being brought against
\nthe city of the priests. <\/p>\n

353
\n00:23:33,800 –> 00:23:36,360
\nAnother parallel with with Psalm
\n52. <\/p>\n

354
\n00:23:37,560 –> 00:23:41,280
\nAnd what are we reading here but
\nthe fact that Israel instead of <\/p>\n

355
\n00:23:41,280 –> 00:23:44,080
\nbeing a nation of Davids, they
\nwere a nation of do eggs. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:23:44,600 –> 00:23:48,080
\nThey were called to be green
\nolive trees and instead they <\/p>\n

357
\n00:23:48,080 –> 00:23:51,640
\nwere mischievous and they hurt
\none another. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:23:54,280 –> 00:23:57,000
\nBut what’s particularly
\ninteresting to us is the fact <\/p>\n

359
\n00:23:57,000 –> 00:23:59,880
\nthat they were rejoicing in the
\nHouse of God. <\/p>\n

360
\n00:24:01,080 –> 00:24:03,560
\nThat’s what we read at the end
\nof verse verse 15. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:24:04,760 –> 00:24:09,480
\nWe might say, well that’s
\nvibrancy, that’s life, that’s <\/p>\n

362
\n00:24:09,480 –> 00:24:14,920
\ngreenness in the House of God.
\nBut there were no fruits, there <\/p>\n

363
\n00:24:14,920 –> 00:24:19,680
\nwere no godly fruits or goodly
\nfruits in that house. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:24:21,400 –> 00:24:26,640
\nSo what would be like a green
\nolive tree in the House of God <\/p>\n

365
\n00:24:26,640 –> 00:24:28,160
\ntoday?
\nWhat would an olive look like <\/p>\n

366
\n00:24:28,360 –> 00:24:31,960
\ntoday?
\nWell, it it might be simple to <\/p>\n

367
\n00:24:31,960 –> 00:24:35,400
\nsay this, but firstly there’s a
\nthere’s a demonstration of fruit<\/p>\n

368
\n00:24:35,400 –> 00:24:39,200
\nwithin the ecclesia to be an
\nolive within the ecclesia. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:24:42,040 –> 00:24:47,720
\nIt can be easy in life to spend
\nso much time, so much energy on <\/p>\n

370
\n00:24:48,400 –> 00:24:51,960
\nour friends, our family, maybe
\nhelping other work colleagues <\/p>\n

371
\n00:24:51,960 –> 00:24:56,080
\nout, doing a few extra hours and
\nwe can get to the point that <\/p>\n

372
\n00:24:56,480 –> 00:24:58,160
\nwe’ve almost exhausted
\nourselves. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:24:59,120 –> 00:25:04,360
\nSo that when it comes to bearing
\nfruit within the ecclesia, we <\/p>\n

374
\n00:25:04,360 –> 00:25:09,840
\nhave almost nothing left to give
\nbut fruit. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:25:10,920 –> 00:25:14,400
\nThe practical outworking of
\nGod’s command needs to be <\/p>\n

376
\n00:25:14,400 –> 00:25:17,120
\ndemonstrated by each member
\nwithin the ecclesia. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:25:18,680 –> 00:25:20,200
\nThe ecclesia is like any
\nrelationship. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:25:22,040 –> 00:25:23,920
\nThere needs to be giving from
\nevery member. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:25:26,640 –> 00:25:30,480
\nAnd Dowig, we said he looked
\nleafy, he looked green. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:25:30,960 –> 00:25:34,080
\nHe seemed like a good, obedient,
\nnotable servant. <\/p>\n

381
\n00:25:34,600 –> 00:25:36,800
\nFrom the outside he looked good.
\nIn fact, that’s how we’re <\/p>\n

382
\n00:25:36,800 –> 00:25:39,840
\nintroduced to him in First
\nSamuel 21, verse 7, which says <\/p>\n

383
\n00:25:39,840 –> 00:25:43,400
\nhe was the chiefest of the
\nherdsman. 00 La La, what a what <\/p>\n

384
\n00:25:43,400 –> 00:25:45,680
\na what a man, the chiefest of
\nthe herdsman. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:25:46,240 –> 00:25:48,680
\nDoe egg.
\nLet’s, let’s sit at his table <\/p>\n

386
\n00:25:48,680 –> 00:25:50,640
\nnext time we have a meal
\ntogether. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:25:52,200 –> 00:25:54,080
\nHe looked the part.
\nHe sounded the part. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:25:54,720 –> 00:25:58,320
\nWhat we find in First Samuel 21
\nis he even attended the <\/p>\n

389
\n00:25:58,320 –> 00:25:59,920
\nTabernacle.
\nHe was there at the House of <\/p>\n

390
\n00:25:59,920 –> 00:26:01,720
\nGod.
\nHe even followed the Sabbath. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:26:01,920 –> 00:26:07,360
\nOh no, I’m detained.
\nAlthough we wonder why such an <\/p>\n

392
\n00:26:07,360 –> 00:26:09,120
\napostate man was even in the
\nTabernacle. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:26:10,000 –> 00:26:13,280
\nIn fact, from a from a distance,
\nhe looked like a green tree. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:26:13,280 –> 00:26:14,840
\nHe could have even been a green
\nolive tree. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:26:15,840 –> 00:26:20,640
\nBut when we got closer, when
\nDavid got closer, there was no <\/p>\n

396
\n00:26:20,640 –> 00:26:22,360
\nsoundness.
\nThere was no fatness. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:26:22,360 –> 00:26:24,600
\nThere was no fruit.
\nThere was no abundance. <\/p>\n

398
\n00:26:25,080 –> 00:26:27,880
\nThere was no nourishing root.
\nHe was no olive. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:26:29,520 –> 00:26:32,920
\nNo one would ever survive being
\ngrafted onto the rootstock of <\/p>\n

400
\n00:26:32,920 –> 00:26:36,960
\nDoek.
\nAnd this is the marvellous <\/p>\n

401
\n00:26:37,040 –> 00:26:40,280
\ndescription that we have in in
\nScripture of the olive, this <\/p>\n

402
\n00:26:40,280 –> 00:26:42,520
\nfatness, this abundant, this,
\nthis fruitfulness, this <\/p>\n

403
\n00:26:42,520 –> 00:26:46,440
\nnourishing root that that others
\ncan come and, and be grafted <\/p>\n

404
\n00:26:46,440 –> 00:26:50,040
\ninto this olive, other branches,
\nother trees grafted in. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:26:50,360 –> 00:26:53,440
\nRomans 11 uses it as an example
\nof the Jews and the Gentiles <\/p>\n

406
\n00:26:53,440 –> 00:26:56,600
\nbeing grafted together.
\nBut doesn’t it also apply in an <\/p>\n

407
\n00:26:56,600 –> 00:26:58,880
\necclesial, in an ecclesia
\nmade-up of Gentiles? <\/p>\n

408
\n00:27:00,240 –> 00:27:05,560
\nHave you ever thought about how
\nwe can be a nourishing route in <\/p>\n

409
\n00:27:05,560 –> 00:27:08,680
\nthe ecclesia?
\nHow others might be able to be <\/p>\n

410
\n00:27:08,680 –> 00:27:14,760
\ngraft unto us?
\nBecause there are there are <\/p>\n

411
\n00:27:14,760 –> 00:27:18,280
\npeople that need that.
\nThere are people who are new to <\/p>\n

412
\n00:27:18,280 –> 00:27:20,920
\nthe truth.
\nThere are those who are newly <\/p>\n

413
\n00:27:20,920 –> 00:27:25,080
\nbaptised, there are those who
\nmaybe have grown a little more <\/p>\n

414
\n00:27:25,080 –> 00:27:28,760
\ndisconnected.
\nNot to mention that the fact <\/p>\n

415
\n00:27:28,760 –> 00:27:32,280
\nthat we even need to strengthen
\nthe bonds that we already have <\/p>\n

416
\n00:27:33,000 –> 00:27:37,600
\nbeing grafted on to one another,
\nand it needs to be the duty of <\/p>\n

417
\n00:27:38,160 –> 00:27:41,920
\neach ecclesial member.
\nAnd sometimes we might have a <\/p>\n

418
\n00:27:42,000 –> 00:27:45,000
\nslightly warped perception of of
\nthis idea of being graphed on <\/p>\n

419
\n00:27:45,800 –> 00:27:49,480
\nbecause sometimes we’ve seen a
\ngroup of 20 or an eclisure of 50<\/p>\n

420
\n00:27:49,600 –> 00:27:52,480
\nor an eclisure of 200 try and be
\ngrafted onto one person. <\/p>\n

421
\n00:27:52,920 –> 00:27:54,920
\nYou know, there might be one
\nparticular speaking brother that<\/p>\n

422
\n00:27:55,120 –> 00:27:56,720
\nthe whole ecclesia wants to be
\ngraphed on. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:27:56,720 –> 00:27:58,880
\nThey’re going to be grafted onto
\nthat nourishing route. <\/p>\n

424
\n00:28:01,240 –> 00:28:05,240
\nBut you don’t see 200 trees.
\nIt’s trying to be graphed under <\/p>\n

425
\n00:28:05,240 –> 00:28:08,680
\n1 olive.
\nNo, it’s something that we each <\/p>\n

426
\n00:28:08,680 –> 00:28:16,240
\nneed to do individually, an
\nongoing nourishing influence to <\/p>\n

427
\n00:28:16,880 –> 00:28:22,600
\na smaller number.
\nSo in in the ecclesia, is there <\/p>\n

428
\n00:28:22,600 –> 00:28:28,400
\na specific person, or maybe no
\nmore than five people that we <\/p>\n

429
\n00:28:28,400 –> 00:28:34,600
\nlook out for, that we as
\nindividuals seek to nourish and <\/p>\n

430
\n00:28:34,600 –> 00:28:39,480
\nsupport?
\nDoes our input, our presence, <\/p>\n

431
\n00:28:40,240 –> 00:28:45,240
\nour warmth provides nourishment?
\nIf you’re not sure what to do, <\/p>\n

432
\n00:28:45,240 –> 00:28:50,400
\nwhat to say, think about people
\nwho have nourished our spiritual<\/p>\n

433
\n00:28:50,400 –> 00:28:55,000
\nwalk.
\nCan we pass on those lessons to <\/p>\n

434
\n00:28:55,000 –> 00:28:59,920
\nsomeone else?
\nWe each need to be a nourishing,<\/p>\n

435
\n00:29:00,560 –> 00:29:03,240
\nfruitful olive in the House of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

436
\n00:29:05,760 –> 00:29:08,160
\nAnd now we come to the final
\ndetail in this analogy. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:29:09,320 –> 00:29:12,480
\nHe’s not just green, He’s not
\njust a green olive. <\/p>\n

438
\n00:29:13,120 –> 00:29:17,280
\nHe’s a green olive tree in the
\nHouse of God. <\/p>\n

439
\n00:29:18,520 –> 00:29:21,920
\nWhy is the metaphor of a tree
\nplanted in the House of God such<\/p>\n

440
\n00:29:21,920 –> 00:29:26,120
\nan appropriate metaphor?
\nWell, Job 19 and verse 10 says <\/p>\n

441
\n00:29:26,120 –> 00:29:28,200
\nthat his hope has been removed
\nlike a tree. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:29:28,880 –> 00:29:30,560
\nHe says he feels completely
\nuprooted. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:29:30,960 –> 00:29:34,240
\nThe hope that was once something
\npermanent, something dependable,<\/p>\n

444
\n00:29:34,240 –> 00:29:37,680
\nsomething reliable, resilient,
\nnow gone. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:29:39,600 –> 00:29:41,920
\nWell, Psalm one, we sang about
\nit. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:29:42,280 –> 00:29:45,440
\nThe righteous who meditate in
\nGod’s law day and night are like<\/p>\n

447
\n00:29:45,440 –> 00:29:47,600
\nthis tree planted by rivers of
\nwater. <\/p>\n

448
\n00:29:47,920 –> 00:29:50,600
\nNot only are they rooted and
\nfixed, but they have a constant <\/p>\n

449
\n00:29:50,600 –> 00:29:53,040
\nsource of nourishment and
\nnourishment and enrichment. <\/p>\n

450
\n00:29:55,000 –> 00:29:59,560
\nBut let’s turn to Psalm 92 and
\nlet’s have a look at another <\/p>\n

451
\n00:29:59,560 –> 00:30:03,880
\nPsalm which talks about the
\nrighteous as trees in the House <\/p>\n

452
\n00:30:04,120 –> 00:30:12,800
\nof God.
\nPsalm 92 and verse 12. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:30:17,320 –> 00:30:21,080
\nThe righteous shall flourish
\nlike the palm tree. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:30:22,640 –> 00:30:24,600
\nHe shall grow like a cedar in
\nLebanon. <\/p>\n

455
\n00:30:25,920 –> 00:30:28,520
\nThose that be planted in the
\nHouse of the Lord shall flourish<\/p>\n

456
\n00:30:28,520 –> 00:30:32,200
\nin the courts of our guard.
\nThey shall still bring forth <\/p>\n

457
\n00:30:32,200 –> 00:30:37,560
\nfruit in old age.
\nThey shall be fat and <\/p>\n

458
\n00:30:37,960 –> 00:30:42,760
\nflourishing.
\nThere’s 2 two more types of <\/p>\n

459
\n00:30:42,760 –> 00:30:45,880
\ntrees that the righteous are
\nlikened to, the palm and the <\/p>\n

460
\n00:30:45,880 –> 00:30:48,640
\ncedar.
\nThe palm that’s able to weather <\/p>\n

461
\n00:30:48,640 –> 00:30:51,960
\nall sorts of storms, all sorts
\nof winds due to the way it’s <\/p>\n

462
\n00:30:51,960 –> 00:30:59,440
\nable to flex.
\nOr the cedar, a tree known for <\/p>\n

463
\n00:30:59,440 –> 00:31:05,120
\nits height, for its strength,
\nfor the ability to build with <\/p>\n

464
\n00:31:05,120 –> 00:31:07,880
\nit.
\nAnd where are these trees? <\/p>\n

465
\n00:31:08,920 –> 00:31:13,840
\nThey’re planted in the House of
\nof God, just like David in Psalm<\/p>\n

466
\n00:31:13,840 –> 00:31:16,120
\n52.
\nAnd if we’re in any doubt, we <\/p>\n

467
\n00:31:16,120 –> 00:31:18,840
\nhave this lovely Hebrew
\nparallelism which says they <\/p>\n

468
\n00:31:18,840 –> 00:31:22,480
\nshall flourish in the courts of
\nour God. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:31:25,400 –> 00:31:27,200
\nAnd how are they described in
\nverse 14? <\/p>\n

470
\n00:31:29,240 –> 00:31:31,040
\nThey’re still bringing forth
\nfruit in old age. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:31:32,520 –> 00:31:34,560
\nAge is not a hindrance to
\nbringing forth fruit. <\/p>\n

472
\n00:31:35,880 –> 00:31:39,400
\nThey are fat and flourishing and
\nand that word flourishing, the <\/p>\n

473
\n00:31:39,400 –> 00:31:44,560
\nsame word as green in Psalm 52
\nand verse 8. <\/p>\n

474
\n00:31:45,520 –> 00:31:49,640
\nThey are green trees in the
\nHouse of God. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:31:50,880 –> 00:31:53,160
\nThey are planted in the House of
\nthe Lord. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:31:54,000 –> 00:31:56,040
\nAnd So what do we know of a
\ntree? <\/p>\n

477
\n00:31:56,400 –> 00:32:00,760
\nBut it’s this rooted permanence
\nthat a tree has. <\/p>\n

478
\n00:32:00,760 –> 00:32:04,880
\nAnd, and the analogy and this
\npart of the metaphor of, of the <\/p>\n

479
\n00:32:04,880 –> 00:32:08,440
\ntree is about our commitment to
\nour ecclesia. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:32:09,800 –> 00:32:12,960
\nBecause sometimes we can think
\nthat it’s, it’s the speakers <\/p>\n

481
\n00:32:12,960 –> 00:32:15,840
\nthat keep the ecclesia going.
\nThey’re the ones we come to <\/p>\n

482
\n00:32:15,840 –> 00:32:18,480
\nlisten to each week.
\nSometimes we think that it’s the<\/p>\n

483
\n00:32:18,560 –> 00:32:20,320
\nABS that keep the ecclesia
\ngoing. <\/p>\n

484
\n00:32:21,200 –> 00:32:25,920
\nThey make all the administrative
\ndecisions, but no, it it’s the <\/p>\n

485
\n00:32:25,920 –> 00:32:30,280
\ncommitment of all who turn up
\nand do their duties that keep an<\/p>\n

486
\n00:32:30,280 –> 00:32:32,400
\necclesia going.
\nIt’s the commitment of of <\/p>\n

487
\n00:32:32,400 –> 00:32:34,520
\nregular attendees that keep an
\necclesia going. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:32:35,120 –> 00:32:37,640
\nIt’s the commitment of those who
\nprovide meals for the sick, the <\/p>\n

489
\n00:32:37,640 –> 00:32:40,160
\nunable, or the lonely that keep
\nan ecclesia going. <\/p>\n

490
\n00:32:40,520 –> 00:32:42,840
\nIt’s the commitment of those who
\ntalk to the mothers with young <\/p>\n

491
\n00:32:42,840 –> 00:32:45,560
\nones, making sure that they have
\nsupport and encouragement that <\/p>\n

492
\n00:32:45,560 –> 00:32:51,440
\nkeep an ecclesia going.
\nThere are many things, many <\/p>\n

493
\n00:32:51,440 –> 00:32:54,600
\ntypes of commitment that keep an
\neclosure going. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:32:55,520 –> 00:32:57,920
\nAnd sometimes there are
\ncircumstances which prevent us <\/p>\n

495
\n00:32:57,920 –> 00:33:01,240
\ncommitting to the eclosure.
\nWe we decline roles or we find <\/p>\n

496
\n00:33:01,240 –> 00:33:02,760
\nfeelings.
\nAnd sometimes these <\/p>\n

497
\n00:33:02,760 –> 00:33:04,880
\ncircumstances are are outside of
\nour control. <\/p>\n

498
\n00:33:05,680 –> 00:33:09,040
\nWe might have the burden of
\nsickness, family <\/p>\n

499
\n00:33:09,200 –> 00:33:12,720
\nresponsibilities, maybe that
\noutweigh the norm, children <\/p>\n

500
\n00:33:12,720 –> 00:33:16,800
\nrequiring more attention, or
\nperhaps we’re struggling in the <\/p>\n

501
\n00:33:16,800 –> 00:33:22,000
\nfaith.
\nBut sometimes we bring we bring <\/p>\n

502
\n00:33:22,000 –> 00:33:26,400
\ncircumstances upon ourselves,
\ndon’t we, that hinder our <\/p>\n

503
\n00:33:26,400 –> 00:33:31,160
\ncommitment to the ecclesia.
\nPerhaps we choose a job or a <\/p>\n

504
\n00:33:31,520 –> 00:33:34,480
\ncareer path that’s more
\ndemanding than others, and we <\/p>\n

505
\n00:33:34,480 –> 00:33:37,960
\nknow that it it might impede our
\nability to give to the ecclesia.<\/p>\n

506
\n00:33:39,080 –> 00:33:44,200
\nOr perhaps we we we book regular
\nweekends away, or perhaps we <\/p>\n

507
\n00:33:44,200 –> 00:33:46,440
\nchoose to visit other ecclesia’s
\nrather than our own. <\/p>\n

508
\n00:33:48,200 –> 00:33:50,680
\nSometimes we can bring these
\ncircumstances upon ourselves <\/p>\n

509
\n00:33:50,680 –> 00:33:53,760
\nwhich challenge our ability to
\ncommit to the ecclesia. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:33:53,760 –> 00:33:57,880
\nI think of the Apostle Paul,
\neven though he was moving about <\/p>\n

511
\n00:33:57,880 –> 00:34:01,040
\nso much, we we think of his
\nmissionary journeys, he actually<\/p>\n

512
\n00:34:01,040 –> 00:34:03,800
\nspent a, a long time, a
\nconsiderable time in each place.<\/p>\n

513
\n00:34:04,280 –> 00:34:06,200
\nWe might say it was, it wasn’t a
\nfleeting visit. <\/p>\n

514
\n00:34:06,200 –> 00:34:09,960
\nHe had time to put down roots in
\neach ecclesia. <\/p>\n

515
\n00:34:11,280 –> 00:34:13,840
\nAnd because of that he knew the
\necclesias. <\/p>\n

516
\n00:34:14,600 –> 00:34:17,600
\nAnd because he knew the
\necclesias, the care of each of <\/p>\n

517
\n00:34:17,600 –> 00:34:24,920
\nthem came upon him daily.
\nAnd what do we see in Psalm 52? <\/p>\n

518
\n00:34:24,920 –> 00:34:26,719
\nAnd what do we see in the life
\nof David? <\/p>\n

519
\n00:34:26,719 –> 00:34:30,520
\nWe see a tree stoically planted
\nin the House of God. <\/p>\n

520
\n00:34:30,520 –> 00:34:34,480
\nDo you remember what you read in
\nthe first book of Samuel, <\/p>\n

521
\n00:34:34,480 –> 00:34:37,120
\nchapter 22, verse 22 of what
\nDavid said to Abiathan? <\/p>\n

522
\n00:34:39,040 –> 00:34:43,400
\nDavid makes his comment.
\nI knew it that day when Doek the<\/p>\n

523
\n00:34:43,400 –> 00:34:48,199
\nEdomite was there, that he would
\nsurely tell Saul, I have <\/p>\n

524
\n00:34:48,199 –> 00:34:51,560
\noccasion to the death of all the
\npersons of thy Father’s house. <\/p>\n

525
\n00:34:53,400 –> 00:34:57,880
\nIf you think you had even one
\nlife on your conscience, how <\/p>\n

526
\n00:34:57,880 –> 00:35:01,160
\nwould that would plague you?
\nHow that would plague me? <\/p>\n

527
\n00:35:03,080 –> 00:35:07,800
\nThink of what’s now in David’s
\nmind, all the what if scenarios.<\/p>\n

528
\n00:35:08,360 –> 00:35:10,280
\nWhat if I hadn’t gone to the
\nTabernacle? <\/p>\n

529
\n00:35:10,600 –> 00:35:13,520
\nWhat if Doek had not been there?
\nWhat if I had been more <\/p>\n

530
\n00:35:13,520 –> 00:35:16,360
\nsecretive?
\nWould the priests have survived?<\/p>\n

531
\n00:35:17,640 –> 00:35:21,360
\nThink about the mental turmoil,
\nDavid thinking it probably would<\/p>\n

532
\n00:35:21,360 –> 00:35:24,440
\nhave been best if I hadn’t gone
\nthere that day. <\/p>\n

533
\n00:35:25,520 –> 00:35:28,680
\nIs that what David thought?
\nWe don’t have a response in <\/p>\n

534
\n00:35:28,680 –> 00:35:31,880
\nSamuel, but what do we have?
\nWe have a response in Psalm 52. <\/p>\n

535
\n00:35:32,320 –> 00:35:36,000
\nWhat does David say?
\nNo, I am like a green olive tree<\/p>\n

536
\n00:35:36,480 –> 00:35:41,600
\nplanted in the House of God.
\nThere is no doubt in David’s <\/p>\n

537
\n00:35:41,600 –> 00:35:47,480
\nmind, even though him being
\nthere had caused and occasioned <\/p>\n

538
\n00:35:47,480 –> 00:35:51,400
\nthe priest to be killed, it it
\nwas not on his conscience but on<\/p>\n

539
\n00:35:51,400 –> 00:35:55,960
\nsouls and on doex.
\nBeing in the House of God was <\/p>\n

540
\n00:35:55,960 –> 00:36:01,040
\nstill the correct decision, a
\nlesson for us. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:36:01,040 –> 00:36:06,640
\nWhenever ecclesial life is
\ntumultuous, being here is still <\/p>\n

542
\n00:36:07,400 –> 00:36:12,320
\nthe correct decision.
\nAnd although David did wander <\/p>\n

543
\n00:36:12,320 –> 00:36:15,720
\naround the wilderness, we know
\nhis heart was always in the <\/p>\n

544
\n00:36:15,720 –> 00:36:18,560
\nHouse of God.
\nThink of these other comments in<\/p>\n

545
\n00:36:18,560 –> 00:36:22,160
\nother psalms.
\nPsalm 23, verse 6. <\/p>\n

546
\n00:36:22,200 –> 00:36:26,760
\nDavid says, Surely goodness and
\nmercy shall follow me all the <\/p>\n

547
\n00:36:26,760 –> 00:36:29,840
\ndays of my life, and I would
\ndwell in the House of the Lord <\/p>\n

548
\n00:36:29,840 –> 00:36:33,200
\nforever.
\nPsalm 26, verse 8. <\/p>\n

549
\n00:36:33,760 –> 00:36:37,760
\nLord, I have loved the
\nhabitation of thy house, and the<\/p>\n

550
\n00:36:37,760 –> 00:36:39,120
\nplace where thine honour
\ndwelleth. <\/p>\n

551
\n00:36:41,240 –> 00:36:45,680
\nPsalm 27 verse 4 One thing have
\nI desired of the Lord, that will<\/p>\n

552
\n00:36:45,680 –> 00:36:49,800
\nI seek after, that I may dwell
\nin the House of the Lord all the<\/p>\n

553
\n00:36:49,800 –> 00:36:52,600
\ndays of my life, to behold the
\nbeauty of the Lord, and to <\/p>\n

554
\n00:36:52,600 –> 00:36:56,760
\ninquire in his temple or
\nanother. <\/p>\n

555
\n00:36:56,760 –> 00:36:59,240
\nPsalm of David, Psalm 122 and
\nverse one. <\/p>\n

556
\n00:37:00,200 –> 00:37:04,800
\nI was glad when they said unto
\nme, Let us go into the House of <\/p>\n

557
\n00:37:04,800 –> 00:37:12,840
\nthe Lord.
\nHow we act, how we react, what <\/p>\n

558
\n00:37:12,840 –> 00:37:20,080
\nwe do, whether we are a green
\nolive tree or not, so often <\/p>\n

559
\n00:37:20,720 –> 00:37:23,920
\nimpacts how other people view
\nthe ecclesia. <\/p>\n

560
\n00:37:26,000 –> 00:37:31,120
\nIt so often impacts whether or
\nnot other people want to be <\/p>\n

561
\n00:37:31,120 –> 00:37:35,480
\nhere.
\nAnd in all that we’ve considered<\/p>\n

562
\n00:37:35,480 –> 00:37:38,240
\nthis morning, we we pray that we
\nmight foster an environment <\/p>\n

563
\n00:37:38,240 –> 00:37:41,200
\nwithin our ecclesia where where
\npeople want to come, where they <\/p>\n

564
\n00:37:41,400 –> 00:37:43,080
\ncan be strengthened in their
\nwalk. <\/p>\n

565
\n00:37:43,520 –> 00:37:47,040
\nWe want to foster an environment
\nwhen that when someone says, <\/p>\n

566
\n00:37:47,200 –> 00:37:49,880
\nlet’s go, let’s go to the
\nmeeting, we’re glad when they <\/p>\n

567
\n00:37:49,880 –> 00:37:54,320
\nsay that to us.
\nSo what have we seen from the <\/p>\n

568
\n00:37:54,320 –> 00:37:57,960
\nexample of David, a green olive
\ntree in the House of God <\/p>\n

569
\n00:37:57,960 –> 00:38:01,240
\ncompared with Doeg?
\nWell, firstly, the idea of being<\/p>\n

570
\n00:38:01,240 –> 00:38:04,200
\ngreen is about, it’s about
\ntrust, it’s about life, it’s <\/p>\n

571
\n00:38:04,200 –> 00:38:09,760
\nabout vibrancy instead of
\nnonchalance and scepticism. <\/p>\n

572
\n00:38:11,440 –> 00:38:14,320
\nThere is the olive, which is
\nabout being fruitful, about <\/p>\n

573
\n00:38:14,320 –> 00:38:20,160
\nbeing nourishing rather than
\nhaving a facade and <\/p>\n

574
\n00:38:20,400 –> 00:38:24,560
\ndisconnectedness.
\nAnd lastly, the tree element, <\/p>\n

575
\n00:38:25,160 –> 00:38:29,560
\nSpeaking of permanence, Speaking
\nof commitment rather than <\/p>\n

576
\n00:38:29,560 –> 00:38:35,440
\ntransiency and disinterest.
\nAnd we turn our attention this <\/p>\n

577
\n00:38:35,440 –> 00:38:38,480
\nmorning and and think of the
\nemblems of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

578
\n00:38:38,480 –> 00:38:41,960
\nChrist.
\nWe think of his life, we think <\/p>\n

579
\n00:38:41,960 –> 00:38:44,920
\nof His death, His resurrection.
\nWe think of His ministry. <\/p>\n

580
\n00:38:45,400 –> 00:38:48,440
\nWe think of the fact that in
\nIsaiah 53 verse 2, He is <\/p>\n

581
\n00:38:48,440 –> 00:38:52,480
\ndescribed as a tender plant.
\nHe was always fruitful in every <\/p>\n

582
\n00:38:52,480 –> 00:38:57,760
\ngood work.
\nAnd Christ has zeal, a zeal for <\/p>\n

583
\n00:38:57,760 –> 00:39:02,840
\nHis Father’s house.
\nBut the contrast with John <\/p>\n

584
\n00:39:02,840 –> 00:39:08,600
\nchapter 2 and Psalm 52 is the
\nfact in John chapter 2 verse 15,<\/p>\n

585
\n00:39:08,600 –> 00:39:10,800
\nthat Christ makes a whip of
\nsmall cords. <\/p>\n

586
\n00:39:11,280 –> 00:39:13,840
\nHe drives the money changers,
\nthe merchants, the animals out <\/p>\n

587
\n00:39:13,840 –> 00:39:16,600
\nof the temple.
\nChrist is the one smiting others<\/p>\n

588
\n00:39:16,600 –> 00:39:20,880
\nin the House of God.
\nAnd the reason? <\/p>\n

589
\n00:39:21,600 –> 00:39:24,160
\nBecause they were making His
\nFather’s house a den of thieves.<\/p>\n

590
\n00:39:25,040 –> 00:39:28,680
\nChrist was driving out the weeds
\nand the thorns. <\/p>\n

591
\n00:39:29,280 –> 00:39:33,000
\nChrist was creating an
\nenvironment in which the green <\/p>\n

592
\n00:39:33,000 –> 00:39:41,440
\nolive trees could thrive instead
\nof being squeezed by the greedy,<\/p>\n

593
\n00:39:41,440 –> 00:39:45,960
\nthorny money changers.
\nChrist was zealous about making <\/p>\n

594
\n00:39:45,960 –> 00:39:49,840
\nthe House of God a House of
\nprayer, a haven for the weary, a<\/p>\n

595
\n00:39:50,160 –> 00:39:54,840
\nplace to draw the meek, a place
\nfor those who seek. <\/p>\n

596
\n00:39:56,920 –> 00:40:03,680
\nIf we have any doubt that Christ
\nwas interested in how each of us<\/p>\n

597
\n00:40:04,520 –> 00:40:08,720
\nbehave in the House of God, we
\nhave that example to look to. <\/p>\n

598
\n00:40:09,480 –> 00:40:13,160
\nThere was a driving passion in
\nChrist for how people treated <\/p>\n

599
\n00:40:13,160 –> 00:40:18,640
\neach other in God’s house.
\nSo now we come to take the <\/p>\n

600
\n00:40:18,640 –> 00:40:25,880
\nemblems and may we examine
\nourselves in the light of our <\/p>\n

601
\n00:40:25,880 –> 00:40:29,680
\nMasters example.
\nAnd may we ponder. <\/p>\n

602
\n00:40:31,280 –> 00:40:36,360
\nAm I?
\nLike a green olive tree in the <\/p>\n

603
\n00:40:36,360 –> 00:40:54,110
\necclesia of my God.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

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\n00:40:54,110 –> 00:40:55,710
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327: Josh Robinson – Exhortation: A Green Olive Tree in the House of God (Psa. 52)<\/a><\/blockquote>