Class 1 from this series was used in GCT Episode 386.<\/p>\n
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\nreading, and the reading is not
\nwhat the plan says. <\/p>\n
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\nThe reading is going to be
\nSecond Samuel 7 verses 1 to 18. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Second Samuel 7, verses 1 to
\n18. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it came to pass, when the
\nking sat in his house, and <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh had given him rest round
\nabout from all his enemies, that<\/p>\n
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\nthe king said unto Nathan, The
\nprophet, See now I dwell in a <\/p>\n
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\nHouse of cedar, but the ark of
\nGod dwelleth within curtains. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Nathan said to the king, Go,
\ndo all that is in thine heart, <\/p>\n
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\nfor Yahweh is with thee.
\nAnd He came to pass that night, <\/p>\n
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\nthat the word of Yahweh came
\nunto Nathan, saying, Go and tell<\/p>\n
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\nmy servant David, Thus saith
\nYahweh, Shalt thou build me an <\/p>\n
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\nhouse for me to dwell in?
\nWhereas I have not dwelt in any <\/p>\n
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\nhouse since the time that I
\nbrought up the children of <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael out of Egypt even unto
\nthis day, but have walked in a <\/p>\n
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\ntent and in a Tabernacle, in all
\nthe places wherein I have walked<\/p>\n
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\nwith all the children of Israel,
\nspake I word with any of the <\/p>\n
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\ntribes of Israel whom I
\ncommanded to feed my people. <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael saying, Why build ye not
\nme in House of cedar? <\/p>\n
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\nNow therefore so shalt thou say
\nunto my servant David, Thus <\/p>\n
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\nsaith Yahweh of hosts, I took
\nthee from the sheep coat, and <\/p>\n
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\nfrom following the sheep, to be
\nruler over my people, over <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael, and I was with thee
\nwither so ever thou wentest, and<\/p>\n
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\nhave cut off all thine enemies
\nout of thy sight, and have made <\/p>\n
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\nthee a great name, like unto the
\nthe name of the great men that <\/p>\n
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\nare in the earth.
\nMoreover, I will appoint a place<\/p>\n
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\nfrom My people Israel, and will
\nplant them, that they may dwell <\/p>\n
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\nin a place of their own and move
\nno more. <\/p>\n
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\nNeither shall the children of
\nwickedness afflict them anymore.<\/p>\n
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\nAs before time and as since the
\ntime that I commanded judges to <\/p>\n
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\nbe over My people Israel.
\nAnd of course Thee to rest from <\/p>\n
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\nall thine enemies also.
\nYahweh telleth thee that He will<\/p>\n
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\nmake thee in house.
\nAnd when thy days before filled,<\/p>\n
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\nand thou should sleep with thy
\nfathers, I will set up thy seed <\/p>\n
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\nafter thee, which shall proceed
\nout of thy bowels, and I will <\/p>\n
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\nestablish His Kingdom.
\nHe shall build in house for My <\/p>\n
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\nname, and I will establish the
\nthrone of His Kingdom forever. <\/p>\n
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\nI will be His father, and He
\nshall be my son. <\/p>\n
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\nIf he commit iniquity, I will
\nchasten him with the rod of men,<\/p>\n
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\nand with the stripes of the
\nchildren of men. <\/p>\n
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\nBut my mercy shall not depart
\naway from him, as I took it from<\/p>\n
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\nSaul, whom I put away before
\nthee and thine house. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd thy Kingdom shall be
\nestablished forever before thee.<\/p>\n
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\nThy throne shall be established
\nforever. <\/p>\n
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\nAccording to all these words,
\nand according to all this <\/p>\n
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\nvision.
\nSo did Nathan speak unto David. <\/p>\n
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\nThen went King David in and SAT
\nbefore Yahweh. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is Watchun Lake Bible
\nSchool 2025. <\/p>\n
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\nOur speaker for our third series
\nof classes is Brother David <\/p>\n
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\nWisniski.
\nThis is class number six. <\/p>\n
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\nHis overall title is Developing
\nSpiritual Intelligence in the <\/p>\n
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\nLives of Jonathan and David, and
\nthe title for this class is <\/p>\n
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\nHumility and our reading was
\nSecond Samuel 7 verses one <\/p>\n
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\nthrough 18.
\nBrother David, please. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, it’s my last good morning
\nto you, although I hope to say <\/p>\n
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\ngood morning to you tomorrow
\nmorning at breakfast. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s been wonderful to be with
\nyou this week. <\/p>\n
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\nSister Nicole and I have
\nthoroughly enjoyed our time <\/p>\n
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\ntogether, and I wanted to thank
\nespecially the committee for <\/p>\n
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\nmaking all of this possible.
\nBut of course, our Heavenly <\/p>\n
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\nFather who enabled all of this,
\nbut also all of you for making <\/p>\n
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\nus feel very welcome and
\nfriendly this week. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we really appreciate the time
\nwe’ve been able to spend with <\/p>\n
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\nyou.
\nYesterday we saw behavior in <\/p>\n
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\nDavid’s life that was not
\ninspiring. <\/p>\n
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\nIn fact, his house became a
\nreproach because of it. <\/p>\n
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\nThe sword would not depart from
\nthe House of David and through <\/p>\n
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\nthe rest of his life.
\nBut today we’re going to see an <\/p>\n
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\nincident that we had read for
\nAspire Brother Bernard this <\/p>\n
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\nmorning where David is
\nhumiliated. <\/p>\n
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\nIt may not come out at first
\nwhen we read through Second <\/p>\n
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\nSamuel Chapter 7, but I assure
\nyou he is by the response that’s<\/p>\n
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\ngiven.
\nAnd David’s response to the <\/p>\n
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\nhumiliation is one that will
\ninspire his own generation and <\/p>\n
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\nfuture generations of both Jew
\nand Gentile. <\/p>\n
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\nRegarding humility, Micah 6
\nverse 8 says He has showed thee,<\/p>\n
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\nO man, what is good, and what
\ndoes the Lord require of thee <\/p>\n
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\nbut to do justly, to do justly
\nwhile loving mercy, and to walk <\/p>\n
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\nhumbly with thy God.
\nAnd so if we wish to walk with <\/p>\n
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\nGod, we must learn this
\nspiritual quotient this morning <\/p>\n
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\nof humility.
\nNow as David’s sitting on the <\/p>\n
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\nthrone, perhaps you noticed at
\nthe end of verse 2 and the <\/p>\n
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\nbeginning of verse three that
\nNathan interrupted David. <\/p>\n
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\nDavid actually didn’t get to
\nfinish his thought. <\/p>\n
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\nSee what it says in verse 2.
\nThe king said unto Nathan the <\/p>\n
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\nprophet.
\nSee now I dwell in and house a <\/p>\n
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\ncedar, but the ark of God
\ndwelleth within curtains. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Nathan said to the king, Go
\ndo all that is in thine heart, <\/p>\n
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\nfor Yahweh is with thee.
\nHe doesn’t even get to to spell <\/p>\n
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\nit out.
\nI want to build a house for the <\/p>\n
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\nLord.
\nNathan cuts him off. <\/p>\n
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\nHow does he know that building
\nin house for the Lord is in <\/p>\n
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\nDavid’s heart?
\nWell, it had been in David’s <\/p>\n
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\nheart for a very long time.
\nTurn with me to First Chronicles<\/p>\n
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\nChapter 9.
\nIn First Chronicles Chapter 9, <\/p>\n
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\nwe have a genealogy, A genealogy
\nwhich the author, perhaps Ezra <\/p>\n
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\nstates was reckoned of the Jews
\nwho were carried away to Babylon<\/p>\n
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\nfor their transgression.
\nSo this is much later, of <\/p>\n
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\ncourse.
\nAnd then the time period we’re <\/p>\n
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\nconsidering this morning in
\nSecond Samuel Chapter 7. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd yet it’s going to take us
\nback in First Chronicles Chapter<\/p>\n
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\n9.
\nIt’s going to take us back to an<\/p>\n
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\nearlier time in David’s life.
\nSo what do we have in in First <\/p>\n
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\nChronicles Chapter 9, we have a
\ngenealogy and it’s a genealogy <\/p>\n
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\nof the priests and the Levites.
\nWe see that at verse 10 and of <\/p>\n
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\nthe priests.
\nAnd then it lists the priests <\/p>\n
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\nthat were counted.
\nAnd at verse 14 it says and of <\/p>\n
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\nthe Levites, and it lists the
\nLevites that were counted. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then we come down to verse
\n17 and it says, And the porters <\/p>\n
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\nwere, and it lists then all the
\nporters who would serve at the <\/p>\n
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\ndoor of the Tabernacle of the
\ncongregation, as it says at the <\/p>\n
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\nend of verse 21.
\nAnd then it says in verse 22 <\/p>\n
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\nthis all these which were chosen
\nto be porters in the gates were <\/p>\n
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\n212.
\nThese were reckoned by their <\/p>\n
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\ngenealogy in their villages,
\nwhom David and Samuel the seer <\/p>\n
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\ndid ordain in their set office.
\nNow let’s think about that for a<\/p>\n
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\nminute.
\nWhen did David and Samuel plan <\/p>\n
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\nout service for the temple?
\nThere was no temple. <\/p>\n
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\nSamuel died while David was
\nfleeing from Saul, while he was <\/p>\n
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\ndwelling in caves and in
\nmountains and in wildernesses <\/p>\n
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\nand fields and in woods.
\nSo it wasn’t while David was <\/p>\n
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\nfleeing from Saul, it had to
\nhave been before he fled from <\/p>\n
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\nSaul.
\nAnd in fact, if we turn over <\/p>\n
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\nthen to First Samuel chapter 19,
\nI believe we have the time <\/p>\n
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\nperiod that David spent with
\nSamuel that First Chronicles <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 9 is giving us some
\ninsights into. <\/p>\n
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\nSo in First Samuel 19, Saul
\nseeks to kill David. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s tried to kill him in his
\nown bed in verses 13 to 15, and <\/p>\n
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\nnow we read at verse 18.
\nSo David fled and escaped and <\/p>\n
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\ncame to Samuel and Rama and told
\nhim all that Saul had done. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he and Samuel went and dwelt
\nand naoth. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd because David was with
\nSamuel, Saul backed off for a <\/p>\n
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\nperiod of time and is during
\nthis time. <\/p>\n
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\nNow David is perhaps 1819 years
\nof age that he’s spending time <\/p>\n
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\nwith Samuel that it’s revealed
\nto us in the divine record in <\/p>\n
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\nFirst Chronicles Chapter 9 and
\nverse 22, that David and Samuel <\/p>\n
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\nspent time by planning for a
\ntemple to be built. <\/p>\n
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\nThey put together the
\norganization for worship at the <\/p>\n
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\ntemple.
\nSo how long had David been <\/p>\n
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\nthinking about building in house
\nfor God? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, since he was in his late
\nteens. <\/p>\n
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\nSo when David’s sitting upon the
\nthrone and God has given him <\/p>\n
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\nrest from all of his enemies in
\nSecond Samuel Chapter 7 and <\/p>\n
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\nNathan comes before him, of
\ncourse Nathan can finish the <\/p>\n
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\nsentence.
\nHe knows exactly where David’s <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to go and he knows that
\nit’s been in David’s heart for <\/p>\n
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\nover 20 years.
\nThis was not a a fleeting <\/p>\n
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\nthought that David had.
\nThis was a dream of a work that <\/p>\n
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\nDavid wanted to accomplish to
\nstrengthen the nation, and <\/p>\n
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\nNathan at the hand of God
\nrejects David’s dream. <\/p>\n
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\nFurthermore, turn over with me
\nto Psalm 132 and we find again <\/p>\n
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\nhow much this was on David’s
\nmind. <\/p>\n
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\nNow we know that Psalm 132 is
\nwritten after Second Samuel <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 7 because David quotes
\nthe promise that God had made in<\/p>\n
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\nverses 11 and 12 of Psalm 132.
\nBut consider what he says at <\/p>\n
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\nverse one.
\nYahweh remembered David and all <\/p>\n
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\nhis afflictions, how he swear
\nunto the Lord, and vowed unto <\/p>\n
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\nthe mighty God of Jacob.
\nSurely I will not come into the <\/p>\n
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\nTabernacle of my house, nor go
\nup into my bed. <\/p>\n
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\nI will not give sleep to mine
\neyes or slumber to my eyelids <\/p>\n
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\nuntil I find a place for Yahweh
\nand habitation for the Elohim of<\/p>\n
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\nIsrael, for the mighty God of
\nJacob. <\/p>\n
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\nSo there’s David’s covenant oath
\nthat he swears with God. <\/p>\n
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\nHe will not go to his house.
\nHe will not go to his bed. <\/p>\n
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\nHe will not sleep until God
\nreveals where he wanted to place<\/p>\n
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\nhis name.
\nDavid’s on a sleep strike. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s made an oath to God that
\nuntil you reveal where you want <\/p>\n
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\nin my sight.
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\nWhy?
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\nNow, let’s just back up.
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\nhumiliating once again?
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\nscene when Nathan tells David <\/p>\n
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\njust the day before, Nathan had <\/p>\n
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\nsaid, yes, do all that is in
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\nof the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nbefore the captains of the army,
\nbefore his mighty men, before <\/p>\n
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\nyesterday. <\/p>\n
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\nscientist, but what I have been <\/p>\n
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\nlittle part in the middle there,<\/p>\n
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\nthe base of our brain, and it is<\/p>\n
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\nflight. <\/p>\n
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\nthe face, which hopefully <\/p>\n
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\ndoesn’t happen very often, and
\nsomebody slaps us or punches us,<\/p>\n
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\nAnd according to scientists who <\/p>\n
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\nwithin 74 milliseconds. <\/p>\n
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\nbrain has a response to either <\/p>\n
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\nBut scientists have said that in<\/p>\n
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\nas I said yesterday, Take a deep
\nbreath because the frontal <\/p>\n
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\nNow the frontal cortex is the
\nreasoning part of the brain. <\/p>\n
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\nand we develop the mind of the <\/p>\n
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\namygdala, in the frontal cortex.
\nSo the part of the brain that <\/p>\n
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\nbetter thing to meditate on than<\/p>\n
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\nlistening to the Word of God or <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s a chemical response that<\/p>\n
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\nprayer. <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:27,760 –> 00:24:32,320
\nDavid didn’t protest.
\nNow this one I think would have <\/p>\n
337
\n00:24:32,320 –> 00:24:36,200
\nbeen even more difficult because
\nremember what it said in Second <\/p>\n
338
\n00:24:36,200 –> 00:24:42,960
\nSamuel Chapter 7 at verse 1, the
\ncontext of David expressing that<\/p>\n
339
\n00:24:42,960 –> 00:24:45,080
\nhe wanted to build in house for
\nthe Lord. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:24:45,920 –> 00:24:51,520
\nIt was when God had given him
\nrest from all his enemies who <\/p>\n
341
\n00:24:51,520 –> 00:24:53,600
\ngave him rest.
\nGod gave him rest. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:24:54,240 –> 00:24:59,080
\nAnd in fact, what we find is
\nthat David had a pattern of <\/p>\n
343
\n00:24:59,080 –> 00:25:02,160
\npraying to God when the
\nPhilistines came up against the <\/p>\n
344
\n00:25:02,160 –> 00:25:05,160
\nmen of Keela, that he would
\nlater go down and hide and then <\/p>\n
345
\n00:25:05,160 –> 00:25:07,040
\nfind out they would turn him
\nover to Saul. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:25:07,400 –> 00:25:10,840
\nWhen David goes down to the men
\nof Keela to save them from the <\/p>\n
347
\n00:25:10,840 –> 00:25:14,080
\nPhilistines, he inquires of the
\nLord and says, shall I go and <\/p>\n
348
\n00:25:14,080 –> 00:25:17,320
\nsmite these Philistines?
\nAnd God said, go. <\/p>\n
349
\n00:25:18,360 –> 00:25:21,000
\nAnd then in Second Samuel
\nchapter 5, when David’s sitting <\/p>\n
350
\n00:25:21,000 –> 00:25:24,880
\non the throne and he asked God,
\nshould I go up against the <\/p>\n
351
\n00:25:24,880 –> 00:25:28,400
\nPhilistines, God says go up for
\nI will doubtless deliver the <\/p>\n
352
\n00:25:28,400 –> 00:25:31,160
\nPhilistines into thine hand.
\nIn fact, there’s other places <\/p>\n
353
\n00:25:31,160 –> 00:25:34,320
\nwhere God specifically tells him
\ndon’t go up quite yet. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:25:34,320 –> 00:25:37,560
\nOK, go now when you hear the
\nrustling of the wind. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:25:39,440 –> 00:25:43,400
\nSo David could rightly have
\nsaid, well wait a minute God, I <\/p>\n
356
\n00:25:43,400 –> 00:25:45,440
\nasked you before I went out to
\nbattle. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:25:45,440 –> 00:25:51,480
\nEach time he could have
\nprotested and he did not. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:25:53,880 –> 00:25:57,280
\nThe third response is that he
\ncould have slipped into <\/p>\n
359
\n00:25:57,280 –> 00:26:02,080
\ndepression after dreaming about
\nbuilding the temple of the Lord <\/p>\n
360
\n00:26:02,080 –> 00:26:06,920
\nfor all these years and then to
\nhave that dream dashed in <\/p>\n
361
\n00:26:06,920 –> 00:26:10,760
\npieces.
\nAll we’ve wanted to do is 1 work<\/p>\n
362
\n00:26:10,800 –> 00:26:16,080
\nin the truth our whole life
\ngrowing up, and then something <\/p>\n
363
\n00:26:16,080 –> 00:26:18,120
\nhappens and it’s taken away from
\nus. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:26:18,120 –> 00:26:23,000
\nWe can’t pursue that which was
\nour dream of service in the <\/p>\n
365
\n00:26:23,000 –> 00:26:27,240
\nLord, and we could be like
\nJeremiah, crawling under a <\/p>\n
366
\n00:26:27,240 –> 00:26:31,680
\njuniker Bush and asking for God
\nto take our life, for we have no<\/p>\n
367
\n00:26:31,680 –> 00:26:35,960
\nmore purpose.
\nBut that wasn’t the response of <\/p>\n
368
\n00:26:35,960 –> 00:26:40,840
\nDavid.
\nHe could have just moved on. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:26:41,120 –> 00:26:45,360
\nOh well, what’s next?
\nThat was Saul’s response to <\/p>\n
370
\n00:26:45,360 –> 00:26:51,000
\nthings, but he didn’t move on.
\nHe didn’t say what’s next. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:26:51,920 –> 00:26:57,560
\nWell, what he did do was changed
\nhis behavior. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:26:59,920 –> 00:27:03,160
\nIt doesn’t tell us explicitly
\nthat I know of. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:27:03,360 –> 00:27:06,960
\nIf you do, please share it with
\nme after the class that David <\/p>\n
374
\n00:27:06,960 –> 00:27:10,520
\nnow goes out and stops killing
\nthe Gentiles and starts <\/p>\n
375
\n00:27:10,520 –> 00:27:14,080
\nconverting Gentiles.
\nIn fact, we do have evidence <\/p>\n
376
\n00:27:14,080 –> 00:27:17,120
\nthat he still did fight a few
\nbattles after this. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:27:18,760 –> 00:27:24,640
\nBut we know that David changed
\nhis behavior because when we <\/p>\n
378
\n00:27:24,640 –> 00:27:30,560
\ncome over to First Chronicles
\nChapter 11, we have, as we said <\/p>\n
379
\n00:27:30,560 –> 00:27:35,640
\nyesterday when we spoke of Uriah
\nbeing in David’s inner circle of<\/p>\n
380
\n00:27:35,640 –> 00:27:43,080
\ninfluence, we have Gentiles that
\nare part of David’s mighty men <\/p>\n
381
\n00:27:43,080 –> 00:27:46,440
\nof valor.
\nAnd we noted yesterday that Joab<\/p>\n
382
\n00:27:46,440 –> 00:27:50,280
\nwas not included in this list of
\nmighty men of valor. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:27:50,480 –> 00:27:53,080
\nJoab’s relatives are included,
\nbut not Joab. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:27:54,240 –> 00:27:58,120
\nAnd so that we don’t have to
\ndebate on what a name means and <\/p>\n
385
\n00:27:58,120 –> 00:28:01,000
\nwhether it’s Gentile or Jew,
\nlet’s go to three obvious <\/p>\n
386
\n00:28:01,000 –> 00:28:06,440
\nreferences in First Chronicles
\nChapter 11, verse 39. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:28:07,040 –> 00:28:12,120
\nZoellick the Ammonite was one of
\nDavid’s mighty men of valor, <\/p>\n
388
\n00:28:13,320 –> 00:28:18,280
\nverse 41.
\nUriah the Hittite was one of <\/p>\n
389
\n00:28:18,280 –> 00:28:20,880
\nDavid’s mighty men of valor, one
\nof the seven nations, by the <\/p>\n
390
\n00:28:20,880 –> 00:28:26,440
\nway, that they were to destroy,
\nand verse 46 at the end, and <\/p>\n
391
\n00:28:26,440 –> 00:28:31,080
\nIsma the Moabite.
\nAnd so in this list we have an <\/p>\n
392
\n00:28:31,080 –> 00:28:35,520
\nAmmonite, A Hittite, and a
\nMoabite that are listed in <\/p>\n
393
\n00:28:35,520 –> 00:28:40,240
\nDavid’s mighty Men.
\nIn fact, if we were to turn over<\/p>\n
394
\n00:28:40,240 –> 00:28:44,240
\nto Second Samuel 15 when David
\nis fleeing from Absalom, which <\/p>\n
395
\n00:28:44,240 –> 00:28:49,960
\nwe won’t forsake of time, we
\nwould see that 600 Gentiles <\/p>\n
396
\n00:28:49,960 –> 00:28:55,680
\nloyal to David go with him
\nacross the river as he flees <\/p>\n
397
\n00:28:55,680 –> 00:28:59,440
\nfrom Absalom’s rebellion.
\nAnd in fact, one of the most <\/p>\n
398
\n00:28:59,800 –> 00:29:04,200
\ntrusted people that David has,
\nthe one he’s going to send, one <\/p>\n
399
\n00:29:04,200 –> 00:29:08,120
\nof the few that he’s going to
\nsend back to Absalom, and in <\/p>\n
400
\n00:29:08,120 –> 00:29:14,760
\nthis case to be a spy, was Itai,
\nfrom no other place than Wygath,<\/p>\n
401
\n00:29:15,320 –> 00:29:21,000
\nItai the Gittite.
\nSo David was converting <\/p>\n
402
\n00:29:21,600 –> 00:29:24,400
\ngentiles.
\nWhen we come to Second Samuel <\/p>\n
403
\n00:29:24,400 –> 00:29:27,880
\nChapter 20, it reveals that
\nDavid had split his army into <\/p>\n
404
\n00:29:27,880 –> 00:29:31,360
\nthe Jewish army and a Gentile
\narmy, and that while Joab <\/p>\n
405
\n00:29:31,360 –> 00:29:34,760
\nremained captain over the Jewish
\narmy, it tells us in Second <\/p>\n
406
\n00:29:34,760 –> 00:29:39,880
\nSamuel 20 that Banaya was the
\ncaptain over the Gentile portion<\/p>\n
407
\n00:29:39,880 –> 00:29:44,280
\nof David’s army.
\nAnd so David heeded the words of<\/p>\n
408
\n00:29:44,280 –> 00:29:46,960
\nGod.
\nIt wasn’t going to change the <\/p>\n
409
\n00:29:47,000 –> 00:29:53,400
\noutcome, but he responded with
\nan open heart and an open mind, <\/p>\n
410
\n00:29:55,280 –> 00:30:00,000
\nand he slowed down in his
\nbattles against the Gentiles. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:30:00,000 –> 00:30:06,240
\nHe stopped cutting off the
\nGentiles and started focusing on<\/p>\n
412
\n00:30:06,240 –> 00:30:11,520
\nconverting the Gentiles.
\nWhat’s interesting, when we use <\/p>\n
413
\n00:30:11,520 –> 00:30:16,320
\nthat language, cutting off the
\nGentiles, he switched to <\/p>\n
414
\n00:30:16,320 –> 00:30:22,240
\nconverting the Gentiles.
\nSometimes we might wonder why it<\/p>\n
415
\n00:30:22,240 –> 00:30:27,240
\nis that God and his Son didn’t
\njust separate us. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:30:27,960 –> 00:30:30,360
\nWhy not tell all
\nChristadelphians to just come up<\/p>\n
417
\n00:30:30,360 –> 00:30:33,160
\nhere to the camp and we can all
\nlive together? <\/p>\n
418
\n00:30:33,600 –> 00:30:35,920
\nMaybe a few different spots
\naround the world where <\/p>\n
419
\n00:30:36,080 –> 00:30:39,240
\nChristadelphians could
\ncongregate and have their own <\/p>\n
420
\n00:30:39,240 –> 00:30:42,480
\ncommunity and their own schools
\nand their own places to work <\/p>\n
421
\n00:30:42,760 –> 00:30:45,280
\nlike some religions have tried
\nto do. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:30:46,840 –> 00:30:49,120
\nBut that wasn’t Jesus prayer,
\nwas it? <\/p>\n
423
\n00:30:49,120 –> 00:30:52,720
\nIn John 17 he said my prayer is
\nnot that you should take them <\/p>\n
424
\n00:30:52,720 –> 00:30:55,680
\nout of the world, but that you
\nshould protect them from <\/p>\n
425
\n00:30:55,680 –> 00:30:59,880
\nwickedness.
\nWhy didn’t Jesus pray to God <\/p>\n
426
\n00:31:00,400 –> 00:31:03,440
\ntake them out of the world?
\nDoesn’t that make a whole lot of<\/p>\n
427
\n00:31:03,440 –> 00:31:08,440
\nsense, especially in our day as
\nthe world has become so wicked, <\/p>\n
428
\n00:31:09,080 –> 00:31:13,200
\nexceedingly wicked.
\nWhy would Jesus not want us just<\/p>\n
429
\n00:31:13,200 –> 00:31:16,800
\nto go into isolation and to
\nsegregate ourselves? <\/p>\n
430
\n00:31:18,640 –> 00:31:23,080
\nWell, there’s only one reason,
\nand it was stated beautifully by<\/p>\n
431
\n00:31:23,080 –> 00:31:25,680
\none of the teenagers.
\nBecause we can’t hide our light <\/p>\n
432
\n00:31:25,680 –> 00:31:28,760
\nunder a bushel.
\nAnd that’s what we’d be doing if<\/p>\n
433
\n00:31:28,760 –> 00:31:34,200
\nwe segregated ourselves.
\nBut instead, we’re commanded to <\/p>\n
434
\n00:31:34,720 –> 00:31:38,160
\ngo out into the world and preach
\nthe gospel to every creature. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:31:38,160 –> 00:31:40,720
\nIt’s hard to do that if we’re in
\nisolation. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:31:41,240 –> 00:31:46,920
\nIf we cut everything else off
\nfrom our community, we can only <\/p>\n
437
\n00:31:46,920 –> 00:31:49,640
\nbe letting our light shine.
\nWe can only be preaching, We can<\/p>\n
438
\n00:31:49,640 –> 00:31:52,520
\nonly be converting Gentiles as
\nit were. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:31:53,080 –> 00:31:58,000
\nIf we’re out amongst the
\nGentiles like David started to <\/p>\n
440
\n00:31:58,000 –> 00:32:03,080
\nbecome one who would be out
\namongst the Gentiles and letting<\/p>\n
441
\n00:32:03,080 –> 00:32:07,400
\nhis behavior be honest among the
\nGentiles that while they might <\/p>\n
442
\n00:32:07,400 –> 00:32:12,960
\nspeak I’ll of him, they would in
\nthe day of visitation turn to <\/p>\n
443
\n00:32:12,960 –> 00:32:16,200
\nGod.
\nAnd so there’s an exhortation to<\/p>\n
444
\n00:32:16,240 –> 00:32:20,400
\nus that we although the world is
\nindeed evil and we can’t <\/p>\n
445
\n00:32:20,400 –> 00:32:23,360
\nparticipate in the works of the
\nworld, We must follow the <\/p>\n
446
\n00:32:23,360 –> 00:32:26,960
\ncommands of Christ to go into
\nthe world and preach the gospel.<\/p>\n
447
\n00:32:27,840 –> 00:32:30,640
\nAnd you know, a brother once
\nfrom Guyana said to Sister <\/p>\n
448
\n00:32:30,640 –> 00:32:36,440
\nNicole and I that when an
\necclesia stops preaching, when <\/p>\n
449
\n00:32:36,440 –> 00:32:40,760
\nan ecclesia becomes insular and
\nis cut off the world and <\/p>\n
450
\n00:32:40,760 –> 00:32:43,280
\nsegregated themselves from the
\nworld, guess what they start to <\/p>\n
451
\n00:32:43,280 –> 00:32:46,280
\ndo?
\nWell, first of all, what do we <\/p>\n
452
\n00:32:46,280 –> 00:32:47,720
\ndo when we’re preaching the
\nword? <\/p>\n
453
\n00:32:48,640 –> 00:32:51,760
\nWe’re out there in the world and
\nwe’re seeing all the tattoos and<\/p>\n
454
\n00:32:51,760 –> 00:32:56,640
\nall the earrings and the
\nhorrible dress and, and the, the<\/p>\n
455
\n00:32:56,640 –> 00:32:59,000
\nfoul language and we’re seeing
\nall of that. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:32:59,200 –> 00:33:01,360
\nAnd we come together on a
\nWednesday night or a Tuesday <\/p>\n
457
\n00:33:01,360 –> 00:33:03,120
\nnight or a Thursday night,
\nwhatever night it is for Bible <\/p>\n
458
\n00:33:03,120 –> 00:33:08,320
\nclass.
\nAnd we’re refreshed because our <\/p>\n
459
\n00:33:08,320 –> 00:33:11,640
\nsoul isn’t being vexed by the
\nunrighteousness of the world <\/p>\n
460
\n00:33:11,640 –> 00:33:13,760
\naround us.
\nAnd then we go back into the <\/p>\n
461
\n00:33:13,760 –> 00:33:17,320
\nworld to our workplaces or
\nschool and, and again, we’re <\/p>\n
462
\n00:33:17,320 –> 00:33:20,400
\nvexed daily by the wickedness of
\nthis world. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:33:20,400 –> 00:33:24,920
\nAnd we come together on a Sunday
\nmorning and we’re so happy to be<\/p>\n
464
\n00:33:24,920 –> 00:33:29,200
\nwith our brothers and sisters.
\nBut when we cut ourselves off <\/p>\n
465
\n00:33:29,200 –> 00:33:32,360
\nfrom the world and we’re insular
\nand we only see our brothers and<\/p>\n
466
\n00:33:32,360 –> 00:33:36,240
\nsisters, instead of seeing the
\ntattoos and hearing the foul <\/p>\n
467
\n00:33:36,240 –> 00:33:39,560
\nlanguage and seeing the gross
\nbehavior, now we start to see <\/p>\n
468
\n00:33:39,560 –> 00:33:43,680
\nall the little different
\ninadequacies of our brother and <\/p>\n
469
\n00:33:43,680 –> 00:33:47,360
\nour sister.
\nAnd we start to bite and chew at<\/p>\n
470
\n00:33:47,360 –> 00:33:50,680
\neach other.
\nAnd this brother from Guyana <\/p>\n
471
\n00:33:50,680 –> 00:33:54,480
\nsaid to us, if you see in
\nEcclesia that is biting and <\/p>\n
472
\n00:33:54,480 –> 00:34:01,280
\nchewing at each other, it’s
\nbecause they become insular and <\/p>\n
473
\n00:34:01,280 –> 00:34:03,760
\nthey’re not spending enough time
\nout in the world preaching the <\/p>\n
474
\n00:34:03,760 –> 00:34:07,880
\ngospel to every creature that
\nwhosoever believeth might be <\/p>\n
475
\n00:34:07,880 –> 00:34:12,040
\nbaptized.
\nAnd so let us learn the lesson <\/p>\n
476
\n00:34:12,040 –> 00:34:17,239
\nof David and stop cutting off
\nthe Gentiles and work on <\/p>\n
477
\n00:34:17,639 –> 00:34:20,320
\nconverting them.
\nAnd I’m not saying, of course, <\/p>\n
478
\n00:34:20,880 –> 00:34:24,920
\nthat we take on the Gentiles
\nlifestyle, but we go out to <\/p>\n
479
\n00:34:24,920 –> 00:34:27,239
\npreach the gospel and let our
\nlight shine. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:34:29,239 –> 00:34:33,840
\nWell, there’s another reason to
\nbe out there letting our light <\/p>\n
481
\n00:34:33,840 –> 00:34:36,920
\nshine.
\nBrother Roger quoted from <\/p>\n
482
\n00:34:36,960 –> 00:34:40,760
\nJeremiah 25 the other day when
\nhe was talking about the <\/p>\n
483
\n00:34:40,760 –> 00:34:43,679
\njudgment of the nations.
\nAnd it says there in the Hebrew,<\/p>\n
484
\n00:34:43,920 –> 00:34:48,000
\nthe dead in that day shall be
\nheaps upon heaps. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:34:48,199 –> 00:34:52,840
\nNot a pretty sight to think
\nabout, a most devastating sight <\/p>\n
486
\n00:34:52,840 –> 00:34:57,560
\nbecause God would that the
\nwicked repent from their way. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:34:58,360 –> 00:35:02,200
\nGod would that none should
\nperish, but that all would <\/p>\n
488
\n00:35:02,200 –> 00:35:06,080
\nrepent and come unto him and the
\ngospel of salvation. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:35:07,480 –> 00:35:09,720
\nAnd so another reason that we
\nneed to be out in the world <\/p>\n
490
\n00:35:09,720 –> 00:35:13,600
\nletting our light shine is found
\nin first Peter chapter 2, which <\/p>\n
491
\n00:35:13,600 –> 00:35:18,520
\nI’d like you to turn with me to
\nnow at verses 11 and 12. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:35:29,800 –> 00:35:35,240
\nFirst Peter, chapter 2, reading
\nat verse 11. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:35:35,440 –> 00:35:40,160
\nDearly beloved, I beseech you,
\nas strangers and pilgrims, <\/p>\n
494
\n00:35:40,760 –> 00:35:45,080
\nabstain from fleshly lusts which
\nwar against the soul. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:35:45,440 –> 00:35:47,720
\nYou see what Peter is saying,
\ndearly beloved. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:35:47,720 –> 00:35:51,120
\nHe’s writing to the ecclesia, to
\nbrothers and sisters who are <\/p>\n
497
\n00:35:51,120 –> 00:35:54,360
\nstrangers and pilgrims.
\nThey’re not segregated. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:35:54,360 –> 00:35:57,200
\nThey’re not clumped together and
\ncutting off the world. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:35:57,280 –> 00:36:00,320
\nThey’re out there as strangers
\nand pilgrims. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:36:00,320 –> 00:36:04,480
\nAnd the first thing he says,
\nAbstain from fleshly lusts, <\/p>\n
501
\n00:36:04,640 –> 00:36:07,800
\nwhich war against the soul.
\nBe careful because when you’re <\/p>\n
502
\n00:36:07,800 –> 00:36:11,440
\nout there as strangers and
\npilgrims, there’s a lot of <\/p>\n
503
\n00:36:11,440 –> 00:36:16,320
\ntemptation and a lot of pressure
\nto do what we shouldn’t do. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:36:16,360 –> 00:36:18,800
\nThere’s a lot of warring against
\nthe soul. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:36:19,120 –> 00:36:23,000
\nHave your conversation or your
\nbehavior as we should. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:36:23,000 –> 00:36:26,920
\nRead Honest among the Gentiles.
\nNow, what is he saying? <\/p>\n
507
\n00:36:27,240 –> 00:36:30,960
\nHe says we’re proclaiming that
\nwe’re followers of Christ. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:36:30,960 –> 00:36:33,840
\nIn fact, our name is that we are
\nChrist’s brethren. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:36:34,280 –> 00:36:39,040
\nSo if you claim to be Christ’s
\nbrethren, walk with integrity <\/p>\n
510
\n00:36:39,440 –> 00:36:42,080
\namongst the Gentiles.
\nDon’t get caught up in the <\/p>\n
511
\n00:36:42,080 –> 00:36:45,440
\nfleshly lusts of the Gentiles.
\nDon’t get caught up in their <\/p>\n
512
\n00:36:45,440 –> 00:36:50,200
\nlanguage, in their behavior.
\nWalk with integrity among the <\/p>\n
513
\n00:36:50,200 –> 00:36:52,840
\nGentiles.
\nAnd whereas they may speak <\/p>\n
514
\n00:36:52,840 –> 00:36:56,080
\nagainst you as evil doers, they
\nmay mock you, they may ignore <\/p>\n
515
\n00:36:56,080 –> 00:37:00,160
\nyou, They may by your good
\nworks, by your behavior, by your<\/p>\n
516
\n00:37:00,160 –> 00:37:05,320
\nexample, which they shall
\nbehold, and can only behold if <\/p>\n
517
\n00:37:05,320 –> 00:37:11,400
\nwe’re there in the midst of
\nthem, Glorify God in the day of <\/p>\n
518
\n00:37:11,400 –> 00:37:14,840
\nvisitation.
\nNow in the first instance, this <\/p>\n
519
\n00:37:14,840 –> 00:37:17,160
\nday of visitation would have
\nbeen AD 70. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:37:18,120 –> 00:37:21,080
\nBut as it relates to the latter
\nday prophecies, the day of <\/p>\n
521
\n00:37:21,080 –> 00:37:26,960
\nvisitation, I believe is the
\njudgment of the nations, not the<\/p>\n
522
\n00:37:26,960 –> 00:37:29,640
\njudgment of the nations.
\nRather sorry, the day of the <\/p>\n
523
\n00:37:29,640 –> 00:37:34,800
\ndelivering of the mid heaven
\ngospel proclamation before the <\/p>\n
524
\n00:37:34,800 –> 00:37:39,040
\njudgment of the nations.
\nAnd So what we’re being told is <\/p>\n
525
\n00:37:39,040 –> 00:37:44,000
\nthat our behavior now if we live
\na life of integrity, if we live <\/p>\n
526
\n00:37:44,000 –> 00:37:49,360
\nthe name that we have Christ’s
\nbrethren, that we will convert <\/p>\n
527
\n00:37:49,360 –> 00:37:53,120
\nsome now, yes, as as David did
\nGentiles. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:37:53,960 –> 00:37:59,280
\nBut there will be those who may
\nspeak evil of us now who will in<\/p>\n
529
\n00:37:59,280 –> 00:38:02,960
\nthe day when the mid heaven
\ngospel proclamation goes out to <\/p>\n
530
\n00:38:02,960 –> 00:38:07,240
\nglorify God and to submit to the
\nrulership of Christ, who will <\/p>\n
531
\n00:38:07,240 –> 00:38:13,320
\naccept the call to submit
\nbecause of your good example and<\/p>\n
532
\n00:38:13,320 –> 00:38:17,960
\npreaching now.
\nSo we can’t be discouraged, <\/p>\n
533
\n00:38:17,960 –> 00:38:21,760
\nbrothers and sisters, when we
\nhold a seminar or a lecturer and<\/p>\n
534
\n00:38:21,880 –> 00:38:25,320
\nand just a few people come out.
\nBecause what we’re being told by<\/p>\n
535
\n00:38:25,320 –> 00:38:29,640
\nPeter is that when the mid
\nheaven gospel proclamation is <\/p>\n
536
\n00:38:29,640 –> 00:38:34,000
\nproclaimed by Elijah and the
\nSaints as they go into every <\/p>\n
537
\n00:38:34,000 –> 00:38:36,840
\ncommunity, first into the
\nsynagogue as they did in the <\/p>\n
538
\n00:38:36,840 –> 00:38:39,800
\nActs of the Apostles to the Jews
\nand then to the public <\/p>\n
539
\n00:38:39,800 –> 00:38:45,080
\nmarketplace to the Gentiles as
\nPaul and his disciples did. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:38:46,320 –> 00:38:50,080
\nWhen they go out and proclaim
\nChrist has come and submit. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:38:50,080 –> 00:38:53,840
\nThere will be those who at that
\ntime will submit to Christ’s <\/p>\n
542
\n00:38:53,840 –> 00:38:56,760
\nrulership and will live as
\nmortals in the time period of <\/p>\n
543
\n00:38:56,760 –> 00:39:00,560
\nthe Kingdom.
\nBecause we were, by our <\/p>\n
544
\n00:39:00,560 –> 00:39:06,520
\npreaching and behavior, seeking
\nto convert Gentiles, not cut <\/p>\n
545
\n00:39:06,520 –> 00:39:11,720
\nthem off.
\nAnd if David had learned the <\/p>\n
546
\n00:39:11,720 –> 00:39:15,440
\nlesson earlier, perhaps he would
\nhave been able to build the <\/p>\n
547
\n00:39:15,440 –> 00:39:19,800
\nHouse of the Lord.
\nBut he sure did learn it. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:39:21,680 –> 00:39:25,800
\nHow do we know?
\nBecause in Acts chapter 15 at <\/p>\n
549
\n00:39:25,800 –> 00:39:29,520
\nthe Jerusalem conference, which
\nwas all about should the <\/p>\n
550
\n00:39:29,520 –> 00:39:36,880
\nGentiles be welcomed into the
\necclesia, James stands up at <\/p>\n
551
\n00:39:36,880 –> 00:39:42,000
\nverse 13 as was referenced by a
\nbrother John in one of his <\/p>\n
552
\n00:39:42,000 –> 00:39:44,960
\nclasses the other day.
\nStands up in verse 13 and says, <\/p>\n
553
\n00:39:44,960 –> 00:39:46,520
\nMen and brethren, hearken unto
\nme. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:39:46,840 –> 00:39:50,760
\nSimon Peter has declared how God
\nat the first did visit the <\/p>\n
555
\n00:39:50,760 –> 00:39:54,920
\nGentiles, read Babylon to take
\nout of them a people for His <\/p>\n
556
\n00:39:54,920 –> 00:39:56,640
\nname.
\nAnd who did he call out of <\/p>\n
557
\n00:39:56,640 –> 00:39:59,040
\nBabylon?
\nHe called out Abram and his <\/p>\n
558
\n00:39:59,040 –> 00:40:02,200
\nfamily, and to this degree the
\nwords of the prophets. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:40:02,200 –> 00:40:05,720
\nSo in other words, God did go to
\nthe Gentiles to call out of them<\/p>\n
560
\n00:40:05,720 –> 00:40:08,920
\na people for his name, to this
\ndegree the words of the prophets<\/p>\n
561
\n00:40:09,000 –> 00:40:11,880
\nas it is written.
\nNow quoting from Amos Chapter 9,<\/p>\n
562
\n00:40:12,360 –> 00:40:16,880
\nas your margin says.
\nAfter this I will return and <\/p>\n
563
\n00:40:16,880 –> 00:40:21,560
\nbuild again the Tabernacle of
\nDavid which has fallen down. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:40:22,160 –> 00:40:25,760
\nAnd I will build again the ruins
\nthereof, and I will set it up, <\/p>\n
565
\n00:40:26,200 –> 00:40:31,400
\nwhy, That the residue of men
\nmight seek after the Lord and <\/p>\n
566
\n00:40:31,480 –> 00:40:36,400
\nall the Gentiles upon whom my
\nname is called, saith the Lord, <\/p>\n
567
\n00:40:36,760 –> 00:40:41,920
\nwho doeth all these things.
\nAnd so at the Jerusalem <\/p>\n
568
\n00:40:41,920 –> 00:40:45,000
\nconference, when they’re trying
\nto decide, should we welcome the<\/p>\n
569
\n00:40:45,000 –> 00:40:50,360
\nGentiles into the ecclesia?
\nThe argument is finished when <\/p>\n
570
\n00:40:50,360 –> 00:40:55,040
\nJames says, men and brethren,
\nremember what David did. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:40:56,080 –> 00:40:59,840
\nHe didn’t go up and grab the
\nTabernacle and bring it down and<\/p>\n
572
\n00:40:59,840 –> 00:41:02,360
\nset it up in Jerusalem.
\nWhen he brought the ark to <\/p>\n
573
\n00:41:02,360 –> 00:41:05,440
\nJerusalem, he created a new
\nTabernacle. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:41:05,840 –> 00:41:08,600
\nWhy?
\nSo that not just his Jewish <\/p>\n
575
\n00:41:08,600 –> 00:41:12,880
\nbrethren, but his Gentile
\nconverts could worship there <\/p>\n
576
\n00:41:13,080 –> 00:41:18,440
\ntogether before Yahweh.
\nAnd when James brings this point<\/p>\n
577
\n00:41:18,440 –> 00:41:21,640
\nup, everybody says, Oh yeah, of
\ncourse we should be welcoming <\/p>\n
578
\n00:41:21,640 –> 00:41:24,480
\nthe Gentiles into the ecclesia.
\nIt’s already happened. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:41:24,480 –> 00:41:32,040
\nDavid did it before.
\nSo yes, David humbly accepted <\/p>\n
580
\n00:41:32,040 –> 00:41:37,000
\nthe rebuke of God and it changed
\nhis behavior. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:41:37,320 –> 00:41:43,240
\nAnd so the temple that Ezekiel
\nsees is called by name the <\/p>\n
582
\n00:41:43,240 –> 00:41:49,120
\nTabernacle of David, as says
\nAmos 9, verse 11 in Isaiah 16 <\/p>\n
583
\n00:41:49,120 –> 00:41:51,880
\nand verse 15.
\nWell, come back with me, please,<\/p>\n
584
\n00:41:51,880 –> 00:41:57,640
\nto First Chronicles chapter 22
\nto see another response of David<\/p>\n
585
\n00:41:58,200 –> 00:42:04,840
\nto this humiliation.
\nRemember, in First Chronicles <\/p>\n
586
\n00:42:04,840 –> 00:42:07,320
\n22, we’re at the end of David’s
\nlife. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:42:07,320 –> 00:42:16,080
\nNow Solomon, his son is older.
\nHe prays that God would give him<\/p>\n
588
\n00:42:16,080 –> 00:42:20,880
\nwisdom.
\nHe passes on the command that he<\/p>\n
589
\n00:42:20,880 –> 00:42:29,480
\nwould build a house, and he
\nrecounted to Solomon why he was <\/p>\n
590
\n00:42:29,480 –> 00:42:32,000
\nrejected from building the
\nhouse. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:42:33,240 –> 00:42:35,080
\nAnd then it says down at verse
\n14. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:42:35,320 –> 00:42:41,760
\nNow behold, in my trouble I have
\nprepared for the House of the <\/p>\n
593
\n00:42:41,760 –> 00:42:44,560
\nLord.
\nAnd that word trouble there <\/p>\n
594
\n00:42:44,560 –> 00:42:52,280
\nmeans to find oneself in a
\nstunted, humble, lowly position.<\/p>\n
595
\n00:42:53,280 –> 00:42:58,360
\nTo find oneself in a stunted,
\nhumble, lowly position, <\/p>\n
596
\n00:42:58,920 –> 00:43:01,320
\nhumiliated.
\nWhen was he humiliated? <\/p>\n
597
\n00:43:01,680 –> 00:43:05,080
\nWell, back in verse 8.
\nThou has shed blood abundantly <\/p>\n
598
\n00:43:05,080 –> 00:43:07,640
\nand made great wars.
\nThou shalt not build in house <\/p>\n
599
\n00:43:07,640 –> 00:43:11,760
\nfor my name, because thou has
\nshed much blood upon the earth <\/p>\n
600
\n00:43:11,800 –> 00:43:16,720
\nin my sight.
\nNow in my humiliation I have <\/p>\n
601
\n00:43:16,720 –> 00:43:21,760
\nprepared for the House of the
\nLord and 100,000 talents of <\/p>\n
602
\n00:43:21,760 –> 00:43:28,640
\ngold, etcetera.
\nSo in his lowly estate. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:43:29,680 –> 00:43:34,920
\nNow what’s interesting is David
\ndoesn’t shy away from the <\/p>\n
604
\n00:43:34,920 –> 00:43:39,520
\nhumiliating part of the story.
\nHe could have just moved on. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:43:39,520 –> 00:43:42,920
\nSecond Samuel Chapter 7 is a
\nwonderful chapter about the <\/p>\n
606
\n00:43:42,920 –> 00:43:46,320
\ncovenant that God made with
\nDavid. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:43:46,880 –> 00:43:49,960
\nIf this was us, wouldn’t we
\nrather just start there? <\/p>\n
608
\n00:43:50,880 –> 00:43:55,240
\nHey Solomon, God commanded that
\nyou will make the temple. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:43:55,680 –> 00:43:57,800
\nLet’s not worry about why I
\ncouldn’t make the temple. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:43:58,320 –> 00:44:00,080
\nWe’ll just start there.
\nAnd it would have been an <\/p>\n
611
\n00:44:00,080 –> 00:44:05,120
\nequally good passage.
\nBut no, he starts in my <\/p>\n
612
\n00:44:05,480 –> 00:44:08,880
\nhumiliation I prepared for the
\nHouse of the Lord. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:44:09,960 –> 00:44:12,880
\nNow that was to his son Solomon.
\nBut turn over a few pages to <\/p>\n
614
\n00:44:12,880 –> 00:44:19,120
\nfirst Chronicles 28, and now
\nread it verse one. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:44:19,600 –> 00:44:24,000
\nAnd David assembled all the
\nPrincess of Israel, the Princess<\/p>\n
616
\n00:44:24,000 –> 00:44:27,320
\nof the tribes, and the captains
\nof the companies that ministered<\/p>\n
617
\n00:44:27,520 –> 00:44:30,800
\nto the king by course, and the
\ncaptains over thousands, and the<\/p>\n
618
\n00:44:30,800 –> 00:44:35,040
\ncaptains over hundreds, and the
\nstewards of all substance and <\/p>\n
619
\n00:44:35,040 –> 00:44:39,200
\npossession of the king and of
\nhis sons, with the officers, <\/p>\n
620
\n00:44:39,200 –> 00:44:43,200
\nwith the mighty men, with all
\nthe valiant men, unto Jerusalem <\/p>\n
621
\n00:44:43,480 –> 00:44:46,040
\na massive assembly he calls
\ntogether. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:44:46,240 –> 00:44:50,040
\nThen David the king stood up on
\nhis feet and said, Hear me, my <\/p>\n
623
\n00:44:50,040 –> 00:44:55,040
\nbrethren and my people, As for
\nme, I had in mine heart to build<\/p>\n
624
\n00:44:55,040 –> 00:44:59,480
\nan House of rest for the ark of
\nthe covenant of the Lord, and <\/p>\n
625
\n00:44:59,480 –> 00:45:03,400
\nfor the footstool of our God,
\nand made ready for the building <\/p>\n
626
\n00:45:03,600 –> 00:45:05,640
\nhe had made ready before he
\nasked. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:45:06,160 –> 00:45:10,200
\nBut God said unto me, Thou shalt
\nnot build an house for my name, <\/p>\n
628
\n00:45:10,520 –> 00:45:14,640
\nbecause thou hast been a man of
\nwar and has shed blood. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:45:15,480 –> 00:45:22,080
\nNot only does he repeat it to
\nhis son, but he repeats it again<\/p>\n
630
\n00:45:22,080 –> 00:45:26,160
\nbefore all the leaders in
\nIsrael, and not only before all <\/p>\n
631
\n00:45:26,160 –> 00:45:29,280
\nthe leaders in Israel.
\nBecause when we go forward in <\/p>\n
632
\n00:45:29,280 –> 00:45:32,720
\nthe record to the the time of
\nSolomon, in the record of the <\/p>\n
633
\n00:45:32,720 –> 00:45:37,720
\nkings, it says Solomon sent to
\nHiram saying, Thou knowest how <\/p>\n
634
\n00:45:37,720 –> 00:45:41,440
\nthe David my father could not
\nbuild in house unto the name of <\/p>\n
635
\n00:45:41,440 –> 00:45:45,800
\nthe Lord his God, for the wars
\nwhich were about him on every <\/p>\n
636
\n00:45:45,800 –> 00:45:49,840
\nside, even the Gentiles knew.
\nHow did the Gentiles know? <\/p>\n
637
\n00:45:50,080 –> 00:45:57,960
\nBecause David repeated over and
\nover and over and over again his<\/p>\n
638
\n00:45:58,280 –> 00:46:01,480
\nhumiliation.
\nWhy would he do that? <\/p>\n
639
\n00:46:03,400 –> 00:46:09,840
\nI don’t understand.
\nWhat we’re being told is that <\/p>\n
640
\n00:46:09,840 –> 00:46:18,160
\nDavid embraced the humiliation
\nand David repeated the <\/p>\n
641
\n00:46:18,160 –> 00:46:20,080
\nhumiliation.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
642
\n00:46:20,480 –> 00:46:26,400
\nBecause every time he repeated
\nthat story, it counteracted the <\/p>\n
643
\n00:46:26,400 –> 00:46:30,040
\npride of life, which would have
\nbeen so easy for King David, <\/p>\n
644
\n00:46:30,920 –> 00:46:35,720
\nking over all Israel.
\nAnd so he repeated over and over<\/p>\n
645
\n00:46:35,720 –> 00:46:39,400
\nand over again before all
\nIsrael, before Gentiles. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:46:39,760 –> 00:46:42,400
\nIt didn’t matter.
\nWhoever would listen, he <\/p>\n
647
\n00:46:42,400 –> 00:46:44,720
\nrepeated the account of his
\nhumiliation. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:46:47,120 –> 00:46:54,120
\nBut David goes on, and he tells
\nthe nation how God chose before <\/p>\n
649
\n00:46:54,120 –> 00:46:57,480
\nhim the House of his father, and
\nhe to be king over Israel and <\/p>\n
650
\n00:46:57,480 –> 00:46:59,680
\nhis sons.
\nAnd he’s chosen Solomon to sit <\/p>\n
651
\n00:46:59,680 –> 00:47:04,280
\non my throne.
\nAnd then he says to all the <\/p>\n
652
\n00:47:04,280 –> 00:47:08,760
\nchildren of Israel that he wants
\nthem to respond in a perfect <\/p>\n
653
\n00:47:08,760 –> 00:47:13,640
\nheart, and to give.
\nHe says it verse 20, chapter 29 <\/p>\n
654
\n00:47:13,640 –> 00:47:16,120
\nand verse 3.
\nMoreover, because I have set my <\/p>\n
655
\n00:47:16,120 –> 00:47:20,800
\naffection to the House of my
\nGod, and I have of my own proper<\/p>\n
656
\n00:47:20,800 –> 00:47:25,160
\ngood of gold and silver, which I
\nhave given to the House of my <\/p>\n
657
\n00:47:25,160 –> 00:47:28,760
\nGod, over and above all that I
\nhave prepared for the holy <\/p>\n
658
\n00:47:28,760 –> 00:47:31,080
\nhouse.
\nAnd he recounts in verses four <\/p>\n
659
\n00:47:31,080 –> 00:47:34,720
\nand five of First Chronicles 29
\nall that he had given. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:47:35,040 –> 00:47:38,200
\nThen in verse 6, then the chief
\nof the fathers and the Princess <\/p>\n
661
\n00:47:38,200 –> 00:47:41,520
\nof the tribes of Israel, and the
\ncaptains of thousands and of <\/p>\n
662
\n00:47:41,520 –> 00:47:46,000
\nhundreds, and the rulers of the
\nkings, work offered willingly. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:47:46,840 –> 00:47:52,400
\nAnd so David spends the
\nremaining years of his life <\/p>\n
664
\n00:47:52,400 –> 00:47:55,880
\ndoing two things.
\nGod said you’re not going to <\/p>\n
665
\n00:47:55,880 –> 00:47:58,000
\nbuild a house because you were a
\nman of blood. <\/p>\n
666
\n00:47:58,160 –> 00:48:01,080
\nHe says OK, and he starts
\nconverting Gentiles. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:48:02,880 –> 00:48:04,480
\nGod says you’re not going to
\nbuild the house. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:48:04,480 –> 00:48:10,640
\nAnd David says, OK, but it was
\nmy lifelong dream, so I’m going <\/p>\n
669
\n00:48:10,640 –> 00:48:17,320
\nto do as much as I can to see
\nthat dream come true for the <\/p>\n
670
\n00:48:17,320 –> 00:48:21,160
\nnation.
\nAnd he made it his son’s dream <\/p>\n
671
\n00:48:21,760 –> 00:48:25,320
\nby sharing the humiliation.
\nAnd he made it the nation’s <\/p>\n
672
\n00:48:25,320 –> 00:48:27,600
\ndream by sharing the
\nhumiliation. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:48:28,520 –> 00:48:31,480
\nAnd he made it the King of Tyres
\ndream by sharing the <\/p>\n
674
\n00:48:31,480 –> 00:48:34,080
\nhumiliation.
\nAnd he made it the Queen of <\/p>\n
675
\n00:48:34,080 –> 00:48:39,320
\nSheba’s dream.
\nDavid took the opportunity of <\/p>\n
676
\n00:48:39,320 –> 00:48:47,320
\nhis humiliation to inspire Jew
\nand Gentile to build a place of <\/p>\n
677
\n00:48:47,320 –> 00:48:56,600
\nworship for all nations.
\nDo you know that word that we <\/p>\n
678
\n00:48:56,600 –> 00:49:00,560
\nsaw back in First Chronicles 22
\nand verse 14? <\/p>\n
679
\n00:49:01,080 –> 00:49:04,800
\nIn all my humiliation, I
\nprepared mightily for the House <\/p>\n
680
\n00:49:04,800 –> 00:49:11,200
\nof the Lord.
\nIt appears again in Isaiah 66. <\/p>\n
681
\n00:49:15,520 –> 00:49:21,480
\nWhen we go through the speech of
\nStephen in Acts, we see that <\/p>\n
682
\n00:49:21,480 –> 00:49:27,720
\nStephen actually connects
\nDavid’s rejection in Second <\/p>\n
683
\n00:49:27,720 –> 00:49:33,320
\nSamuel 7 with Isaiah 66.
\nDavid found favor before God, <\/p>\n
684
\n00:49:33,320 –> 00:49:36,840
\nsays Stephen, and desired to
\nfind to build a Tabernacle for <\/p>\n
685
\n00:49:36,840 –> 00:49:40,280
\nthe God of Jacob, but Solomon
\nbuilt him in house. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:49:40,520 –> 00:49:44,400
\nHowbeit the Most High dwelleth
\nnot in temples made with hands, <\/p>\n
687
\n00:49:44,400 –> 00:49:48,600
\nas Seth the prophet Isaiah.
\nHeaven is my throne, and earth <\/p>\n
688
\n00:49:48,600 –> 00:49:51,960
\nis my footstool.
\nWhat house will ye build me, <\/p>\n
689
\n00:49:51,960 –> 00:49:54,400
\nsaith the Lord?
\nOr where is the place of my <\/p>\n
690
\n00:49:54,400 –> 00:49:57,200
\nrest?
\nHath not my hand made all these <\/p>\n
691
\n00:49:57,200 –> 00:50:00,240
\nthings?
\nAnd he’s quoting from Isaiah 66.<\/p>\n
692
\n00:50:01,480 –> 00:50:04,440
\nAnd he can do so with
\nconfidence, because that were <\/p>\n
693
\n00:50:04,440 –> 00:50:07,200
\ntroubled from first Chronicles
\n22. <\/p>\n
694
\n00:50:08,240 –> 00:50:10,840
\nIn all of my humiliation I
\nprepared mightily. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:50:10,840 –> 00:50:15,400
\nFor the House of the Lord
\nappears in Isaiah 66, starting <\/p>\n
696
\n00:50:15,400 –> 00:50:17,280
\nat first one.
\nThus saith the Lord. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:50:17,600 –> 00:50:20,760
\nThe heaven is my throne, and the
\nearth is my footstool. <\/p>\n
698
\n00:50:21,480 –> 00:50:24,000
\nWhere is the house that ye build
\nunto mine? <\/p>\n
699
\n00:50:24,160 –> 00:50:26,800
\nBuild unto me?
\nAnd where is the place of my <\/p>\n
700
\n00:50:26,800 –> 00:50:29,800
\nrest?
\nFor all those things hath mine <\/p>\n
701
\n00:50:29,800 –> 00:50:34,360
\nhand made, and all those things
\nhath been, saith the Lord. <\/p>\n
702
\n00:50:35,120 –> 00:50:42,560
\nBut to this man will I look.
\nHere is my place of rest. <\/p>\n
703
\n00:50:43,360 –> 00:50:49,560
\nHere is where I will Tabernacle.
\nHere is where I will dwell in <\/p>\n
704
\n00:50:49,560 –> 00:50:54,720
\nthe man that is poor.
\nSame word. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:50:57,160 –> 00:51:04,320
\nIn the one instance it’s this
\nword, and in the other instance <\/p>\n
706
\n00:51:04,480 –> 00:51:08,640
\nit’s this word. 1 is an
\nadjective and the other is a <\/p>\n
707
\n00:51:08,640 –> 00:51:12,360
\nnoun.
\nSame word as was found back in <\/p>\n
708
\n00:51:12,680 –> 00:51:15,040
\nFirst Chronicles 22 and verse
\n14. <\/p>\n
709
\n00:51:15,640 –> 00:51:19,000
\nTo this man will I look, in this
\nman will I dwell. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:51:19,520 –> 00:51:24,160
\nEven to him that is poor, that
\nhas been humiliated and <\/p>\n
711
\n00:51:24,160 –> 00:51:30,080
\nembraced, the humiliation and of
\na contrite spirit, and that <\/p>\n
712
\n00:51:30,080 –> 00:51:38,880
\ntrembleth at my word.
\nIn the end, he would find a <\/p>\n
713
\n00:51:38,880 –> 00:51:45,800
\nplace to dwell in in David’s
\nlifetime, and that was inside <\/p>\n
714
\n00:51:45,800 –> 00:51:52,000
\nthe man that it embraced the
\nhumiliation, and it learned to <\/p>\n
715
\n00:51:52,000 –> 00:51:56,600
\nbe poor in spirit.
\nAs our Lord says, Blessed is he <\/p>\n
716
\n00:51:57,080 –> 00:52:01,840
\nthat is poor in spirit, for
\ntheirs is the Kingdom of heaven.<\/p>\n
717
\n00:52:04,960 –> 00:52:09,120
\nAnd so David ends his life
\npreparing mightily for the <\/p>\n
718
\n00:52:09,120 –> 00:52:12,920
\nbuilding of the Temple.
\nAnd just as we saw in First <\/p>\n
719
\n00:52:12,920 –> 00:52:15,880
\nChronicles 9, as we went through
\nthe priests and the Levites and <\/p>\n
720
\n00:52:15,880 –> 00:52:21,360
\nthe porters, and saw that David
\nand Samuel had together prepared<\/p>\n
721
\n00:52:21,720 –> 00:52:26,960
\na structure of worship at the
\ntemple that Solomon in the end <\/p>\n
722
\n00:52:27,320 –> 00:52:31,640
\nwould make, you know, that
\nstructure of service in the <\/p>\n
723
\n00:52:31,640 –> 00:52:36,880
\nTemple was still alive and well
\nwhen John the Baptist was born. <\/p>\n
724
\n00:52:37,920 –> 00:52:42,200
\nFor Zechariah went up to the
\ntemple and served in his course.<\/p>\n
725
\n00:52:42,920 –> 00:52:46,240
\nAnd the course that he served in
\nwas the courses that David and <\/p>\n
726
\n00:52:46,240 –> 00:52:50,080
\nSamuel had put together when
\nDavid was a late teenager. <\/p>\n
727
\n00:52:51,520 –> 00:52:56,000
\nAnd no doubt, no doubt David
\nfurther refined in his older <\/p>\n
728
\n00:52:56,000 –> 00:53:01,000
\nage.
\nAnd I believe, brothers and <\/p>\n
729
\n00:53:01,000 –> 00:53:05,880
\nsisters, that when we come to
\nthe time when the Tabernacle of <\/p>\n
730
\n00:53:05,880 –> 00:53:11,400
\nDavid is built up again, as
\nJames spoke of Indiana Acts 15, <\/p>\n
731
\n00:53:12,920 –> 00:53:17,080
\nthat once again there will be
\ncourses of priests that will <\/p>\n
732
\n00:53:17,080 –> 00:53:20,960
\ncome up.
\nAnd although we may be over one <\/p>\n
733
\n00:53:20,960 –> 00:53:24,200
\ncity, Oregon, 2 cities, or
\nmultiple cities, as the parable <\/p>\n
734
\n00:53:24,200 –> 00:53:30,360
\nstates, those that sing a new
\nsong in revelation, thou art <\/p>\n
735
\n00:53:30,360 –> 00:53:33,200
\nworthy to take the book to open
\nthe seals thereof. <\/p>\n
736
\n00:53:33,200 –> 00:53:37,120
\nFor thou was slain, and hast
\nredeemed us to God by thy blood,<\/p>\n
737
\n00:53:37,280 –> 00:53:40,760
\nout of every kindred and tongue
\nand people and nation, and has <\/p>\n
738
\n00:53:40,840 –> 00:53:45,760
\nmade us unto our God kings and
\npriests. <\/p>\n
739
\n00:53:47,320 –> 00:53:50,920
\nAnd we shall reign on the earth,
\nand we will as priests, as the <\/p>\n
740
\n00:53:50,920 –> 00:53:57,720
\nsons of Zadok, come up in our
\ncourse either for two weeks in <\/p>\n
741
\n00:53:57,720 –> 00:54:01,760
\nthe year or twice a year for the
\ncourses of the priests. <\/p>\n
742
\n00:54:01,760 –> 00:54:07,200
\nWe’re 24, probably 2 weeks in
\nthe year We’ll come up and we’ll<\/p>\n
743
\n00:54:07,600 –> 00:54:11,960
\nserve in the temple, the
\nTabernacle of David. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:54:12,640 –> 00:54:19,640
\nIndeed, Psalm 122 speaks of
\nseats of judgment, David’s seats<\/p>\n
745
\n00:54:19,640 –> 00:54:23,520
\nof judgments in the temple that
\nwill be built, where the Saints <\/p>\n
746
\n00:54:23,520 –> 00:54:27,200
\nwill come up and judge from time
\nto time and will serve in that <\/p>\n
747
\n00:54:27,200 –> 00:54:31,120
\nlarge, most holy place as
\nimmortal priests. <\/p>\n
748
\n00:54:34,080 –> 00:54:39,600
\nWell, humiliation is not fun.
\nIt goes against the natural man,<\/p>\n
749
\n00:54:39,600 –> 00:54:42,480
\ndoesn’t it?
\nBut David has shown us that we <\/p>\n
750
\n00:54:42,480 –> 00:54:47,360
\ncan use humiliation to grow our
\nspiritual intelligence, to <\/p>\n
751
\n00:54:47,360 –> 00:54:52,040
\ndevelop a spirit that God can
\nwork with, that God will walk <\/p>\n
752
\n00:54:52,040 –> 00:54:56,040
\nwith, and that God can choose to
\ndwell in. <\/p>\n
753
\n00:54:59,480 –> 00:55:03,200
\nAnd so if we wish to develop the
\nspirit of humility, as we see in<\/p>\n
754
\n00:55:03,200 –> 00:55:07,080
\nthe life of David, we need to if
\nwe wish to walk with God, we <\/p>\n
755
\n00:55:07,080 –> 00:55:11,960
\nneed to recognize first and
\nforemost that humility is a <\/p>\n
756
\n00:55:11,960 –> 00:55:18,040
\nrequirement.
\nSecondly, we need to embrace it <\/p>\n
757
\n00:55:18,240 –> 00:55:23,120
\nwhen it arrives in our life,
\nwhich is only done with that 3 <\/p>\n
758
\n00:55:23,120 –> 00:55:27,880
\nsecond breath and a short
\nprayer, else will flee or fight.<\/p>\n
759
\n00:55:29,720 –> 00:55:34,480
\nThird, we need to rise above the
\nbehavior of others if the <\/p>\n
760
\n00:55:34,480 –> 00:55:38,600
\ncircumstances leading to our
\nhumiliation were not well <\/p>\n
761
\n00:55:38,600 –> 00:55:42,920
\ndelivered.
\nOur behavior is not dependent <\/p>\n
762
\n00:55:42,920 –> 00:55:49,920
\nupon the behavior of others. 4th
\nas David did, rehearse the <\/p>\n
763
\n00:55:49,920 –> 00:55:55,040
\ncircumstances of our humiliation
\nthat we might combat against the<\/p>\n
764
\n00:55:55,040 –> 00:56:00,000
\npride of life.
\nAnd finally, remember that God <\/p>\n
765
\n00:56:00,000 –> 00:56:07,120
\ndwells with the humble, with
\nthis poor in spirit, whose is <\/p>\n
766
\n00:56:07,120 –> 00:56:12,960
\nthe Kingdom of heaven.
\nWell, what a journey this week <\/p>\n
767
\n00:56:12,960 –> 00:56:17,320
\nwith Jonathan and David.
\nStarting with Jonathan, we learn<\/p>\n
768
\n00:56:17,320 –> 00:56:21,840
\nprinciples of leadership and how
\nwe can inspire others unto <\/p>\n
769
\n00:56:21,840 –> 00:56:24,960
\ngreatness.
\nAnd then with the young man <\/p>\n
770
\n00:56:24,960 –> 00:56:29,480
\nDavid as a shepherd in his
\nfield, watching over his <\/p>\n
771
\n00:56:29,480 –> 00:56:33,320
\nfather’s flocks, we saw the
\ndevelopment of discernment that <\/p>\n
772
\n00:56:33,320 –> 00:56:38,360
\ncame by meditating upon the Word
\nof God and gave such clarity. <\/p>\n
773
\n00:56:38,360 –> 00:56:44,000
\nWhere Israel saw only a giant
\nman of flesh, David saw that it <\/p>\n
774
\n00:56:44,000 –> 00:56:47,960
\nwas a reproach against God.
\nWe saw the principle of honor in<\/p>\n
775
\n00:56:47,960 –> 00:56:52,040
\nboth Jonathan and David’s lives,
\nwho had every reason to despise <\/p>\n
776
\n00:56:52,040 –> 00:56:55,600
\nSaul and yet sought to build a
\ngood name for him. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:56:56,600 –> 00:56:59,680
\nWe saw the principles of
\nfriendship in David and <\/p>\n
778
\n00:56:59,680 –> 00:57:04,000
\nJonathan’s life, and that in the
\nend Jonathan was willing to lay <\/p>\n
779
\n00:57:04,000 –> 00:57:09,840
\ndown his life for his friend.
\nWe saw the principles of faith <\/p>\n
780
\n00:57:09,880 –> 00:57:15,560
\nin a surprising place in the
\nstruggle against sin and the <\/p>\n
781
\n00:57:15,560 –> 00:57:22,600
\nfailure that David had had shown
\nall of Israel and how his faith <\/p>\n
782
\n00:57:22,600 –> 00:57:26,480
\nrestored him both before Israel
\nand before his God. <\/p>\n
783
\n00:57:27,440 –> 00:57:32,440
\nAnd then today, the spiritual
\nquotient of humility so that we <\/p>\n
784
\n00:57:32,440 –> 00:57:36,320
\ncan walk with God and that God
\ncan dwell with us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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