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Give Us a King · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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Well, let's turn back to our reading in 1 Samuel.
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So the Philistines.
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But the Lord had thundered out and won the battle for the people.
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You see that in verse 10.
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But the Lord thundered with a mighty sound that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion.
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And they were routed before Israel.
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So they had won a battle.
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In the midst of danger, the Lord was with them.
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And then in verse 12, Samuel took a stone, the Ebenezer stone, the remembrance stone, and set it up.
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And these great words in verse 12.
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Till now, the Lord has helped us.
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So it was very much a sense of the Lord was with them in all of these things.
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And then in verse 15, it says, Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
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And he went around all the different places, bringing the word of God to the people.
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So that's the context of what was going on then.
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But then in chapter 8, as we come into chapter 8, there's a jump.
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There's a jump in the time frame now.
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And we see that in verse 1 when it says, when Samuel became old.
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So time has moved on.
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And there's a jump in the time frame here.
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And Samuel has become old.
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He's made his sons judges over Israel, his two sons.
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One commentator put it like this.
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There was one problem with Samuel.
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He was mortal.
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He couldn't go on forever.
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While Samuel was alive and judging the people, things were going well.
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Even in the midst of times of threat, like the Philistines there in chapter 7,
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they could still say, till now, the Lord has helped us.
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The Lord was with them.
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But now things are about to change.
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Samuel is an old man.
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He's got two sons, Joel and Abijah.
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But it says of them in verse 3, his sons did not walk in his ways.
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They didn't follow the way of Samuel following the Lord.
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Instead, they turned aside after gain.
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They took bribes and perverted justice.
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So this was now the leadership that was coming up behind.
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And it was already impacting the people.
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As you see, with the people of God, even up to this point,
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it's that recurring theme of turning away from God.
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And here it is again.
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The people's attitude is changing.
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Their desire towards God is changing.
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The repenting of their sins before God is on the way.
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And again, there's almost no thought of their sin coming in once more.
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It doesn't take long for change to come.
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And it's ongoing, as you see throughout the Bible,
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the sense of being near to God, blessing God, and then drifting away from God.
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You see it in the Old Testament.
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You see it in the New Testament.
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And you see it down through the ages of history to our own day.
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Today, it's the ongoing theme.
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Are we going to be with God?
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Are we going to be trusting God?
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Are we going to go our own way and do things in our own way?
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Well, having had God near and the blessing of God with them,
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we see a period of change is about to come here as well.
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And what do the people want?
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Do they want God with them?
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Do they see Joel and Abijah and their wicked ways,
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their bribery, their corruption, their perverting justice?
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Do they see this and say,
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Samuel, cry out to God for us?
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No, they come with their own ideas.
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And they want a king.
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They want a king over them as a people.
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In verse 5.
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Now, appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.
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And in many ways, it sounds right.
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And as we'll see in a moment, it does seem like a good request.
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But it's what is the motive behind it.
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What is behind what they're asking?
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They want a king just like all the other nations.
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But why?
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And for what purpose?
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They had been used to having judges over them,
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judges who were leading them towards God.
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But now their eyes were starting to wonder
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and see what else was going on around them
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and think, maybe we should go that way.
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And that's so often the problem for ourselves today as well.
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We can become so accustomed to calling ourselves
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maybe a Christian people or a Christian nation.
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And we think that we have everything in our hands that we need.
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But then we start to see little things around us
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that catch our attention and lead us away
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and make us think, well, maybe what we need
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is we can still have God to a degree,
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but we can have all these other things as well.
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And eventually, God is pushed out.
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And instead we're saying,
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we want to be just like everybody else around us.
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Just think back in our own lifetime.
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We had a queen, Queen Elizabeth II,
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who ruled for over 70 years,
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an incredible length of time.
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And for many of us, it's all we knew
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from a very young age up until 2022
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when she passed away.
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It's all we knew.
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Queen Elizabeth II was all we knew.
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And it's hard to imagine anybody saying
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during her reign,
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we don't want her as queen anymore.
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There would be maybe one or two
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who weren't royalists in that sense
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who would say it.
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But the majority of people would never come
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and say, we don't want you as queen over us anymore.
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You would never get like this,
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the elders of Israel or the parliament
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coming to the queen in our day and saying,
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we don't want you as queen anymore.
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We want something else.
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We want something different.
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But change often happens
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and it brings in a sense of a different perspective.
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So today, maybe many more would say,
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we don't want a king over us now.
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We had a queen for 70 years.
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That's long enough.
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Let's have something different.
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Let's go a different direction in our day and age.
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Do something different.
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Let's be like other nations.
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Let's get a president.
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Or let's just have somebody else over us.
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Or let's not have anybody at all ruling over us.
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Let's just do things the way we want to do it ourselves.
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Well, that's what was happening in Samuel's day.
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They'd had Samuel for a long period of time.
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But change is coming in and it's no longer,
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we don't want Samuel anymore.
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It's more we don't want the Lord anymore.
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So let's just see what our options are.
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And so we want to see just what this meant in Samuel's day.
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Sometimes we take peace for granted.
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Sometimes we take the blessing of God for granted,
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that he has given us days of peace and his goodness to us.
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And we start to suddenly think,
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maybe we don't want that anymore.
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We don't want the Lord anymore.
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And as we see the world in which we live,
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I almost could say it's at a tipping point today,
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where every nation is asking,
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well, who is going to be our king?
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Who is going to be our ruler?
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Who is going to help us in the midst of all that's going on?
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And it's all about egos and personalities.
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Instead of every nation of the world saying,
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may the Lord be king over us.
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We are always in danger of pushing God out.
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And with that, there are serious consequences.
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And there's three things I want us to see in this chapter today
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as we think of the people's request for a king.
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The first thing is just the request itself.
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We'll begin with that.
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The request that is made by the people.
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And like I say, the people's request,
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it's not a wrong request.
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In fact, if you go back to the book of Deuteronomy,
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it's something that the Lord has already told them
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that's going to be happening.
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And the Lord has said to them that,
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you will have a king over you.
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In Deuteronomy 17, verse 14, it says,
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when you come to the land,
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the Lord your God is giving you,
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and you possess it and dwell in it,
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and then say, I will set a king over me
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like all the nations that are around me.
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You may indeed set a king over you
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whom the Lord your God will choose.
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So the request itself wasn't wrong.
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They had heard from the Lord that this was going to happen,
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that this would take place.
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And here in this tipping point in their history,
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they're about to move from having judges over them
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to having a king over them.
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And you think, great, we're going to see the Lord
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working out his plan.
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But there's a problem.
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When you look at Deuteronomy,
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it says, a king over you
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whom the Lord your God will choose.
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But here in verse 5, it's saying,
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now appoint for us a king
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to judge us like all the nations.
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They are wanting to have their say.
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It's not about the Lord's choosing,
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but just their own desires.
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And so from here we see the request for a king,
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not itself wrong,
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but it's a motive behind it that is wrong.
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You could say the people were right to call for a change.
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They see, Samuel, you're old.
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Your sons are taking bribes and perverting justice.
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Something's got to change.
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So we're going to take it into our own hands.
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And we are going to sort out this mess.
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But what they want is to be like all the other nations.
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It's a testing time for the people.
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And they're wondering which direction to go in.
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And what they want is, as you see down in verse 20,
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we want a king,
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that our king may judge us
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and go out before us and fight our battles.
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It says there,
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they're wanting a king who's going to do what they want
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and the way they wanted.
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And the people did not trust God in their battles.
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That's what they're saying here.
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We need a king who will go before us in our battles.
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If we are going to be successful,
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we must be like all the other nations around us.
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Because we look at them,
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they've got a kings themselves.
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That's the way we need to go.
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They didn't want to be different to everybody else.
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And therein is the challenge
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that the people had to face up to.
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Who did they want to be?
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Where was their identity to be found?
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Just like everybody else around them
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or their identity in the Lord
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and the Lord as their king.
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And that's the challenge for ourselves today as well.
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Whether it's individually
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or collectively as a church
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or even as a nation,
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a nations of the world.
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It's what are we going to be like?
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You see in so many ways
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that every nation
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and all the leaders,
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they want to be the ones taking the lead.
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We want to be the ones going ahead
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of everybody else,
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setting the tone,
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setting the ways
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that others might follow us.
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You think of the discussion
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and the debate going on
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over assisted suicide just now.
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It's like,
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well, we're seeing other people doing it.
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We're seeing other nations doing it.
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Let's be like them.
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Let's be like them.
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Let's show that we are just like
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everybody else around us.
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That we're open-minded.
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That we're the ones in control.
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That we're the ones who have power.
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Let's just push what God is saying
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in his word away from us.
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And let's just be like the rest.
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But if we are to be God's people,
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we are to be different.
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We are called to be holy
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and to be set apart.
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And to stand apart
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from everything else
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that goes against
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the word of God
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and say,
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no,
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we are not just going to be like
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all the rest around us.
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We're not going to have
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the king over us
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as just the king of this world.
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When we have the king
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of the heavens and the earth.
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When we have the king
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who made all things,
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who has everything in his hands.
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Why would we want to be like
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everybody else around us?
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So what is our motive in life?
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The motive behind the request here
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was that they would be like
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all the other nations.
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Well, as a people,
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what do we want?
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Do we want to be like
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everybody else around us
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who pushes God out?
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Do we want to be like
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other nations
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that just do things
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their own way?
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At the end of the book of Judges,
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it says the people did
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what was right in their own eyes.
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They had no king over them.
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And that's what happens.
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We descend into that chaos.
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We just do what is right
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in our own eyes,
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but we are called to be holy,
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to be set apart.
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And what the Lord is saying here
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is the request of the people.
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They are not rejecting you, Samuel.
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They are rejecting me.
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In verse 7,
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Obey the voice of the people
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in all that they say to you,
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for they have not rejected you,
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but they have rejected me
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from being king over them.
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Rejecting the Lord as king.
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The same thing that Jesus speaks about
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in the parable of the 10 minutes
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in Luke chapter 19,
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where it says,
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we do not want this man
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to reign over us.
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They were rejecting
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the Lord as king.
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Are you?
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Are you rejecting
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the Lord as king today?
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Are you rejecting Jesus?
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I will not have this man
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reign over me.
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Think about what that means.
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You want to be like
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just the rest of the world
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around you.
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But where is the world going?
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Descending into darkness
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and chaos.
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When in the king,
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our king as Jesus,
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we have one who is light,
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who is truth,
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who is life.
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What are we asking for?
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Well, the second thing we see
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is the response that God gives.
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And herein we see
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the Lord make clear
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this is what you are asking for.
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Just so you may be aware,
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you need to hear
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this voice.
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It says in verse 9,
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Now then,
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obey their voice.
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Only you shall solemnly
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warn them
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and show them
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the ways of the king
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who will rule
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over them.
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So,
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the Lord is saying,
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Samuel,
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they're not just rejecting you,
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they're rejecting me
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as their king.
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But warn them.
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Warn them if this is the way
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they want to go,
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that this is the kind of king
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that they are going to have
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over them.
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So,
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he gives them a clear warning
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that things
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are not going to be
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what they might expect.
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And there's a lesson there
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for ourselves.
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Today's a lesson
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we see in Psalm 106,
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verse 15,
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where the psalmist says,
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He gave them their request.
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He gave them what they wanted,
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what the people wanted.
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And then it says this,
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He sent leanness
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into their soul.
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They got what they wanted,
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where did it take them?
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Leanness
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in their soul.
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They were missing out
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on the blessing
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of God.
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Be careful
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what you ask for,
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for you might just
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regret it.
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And that's the kind of world
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that we are living in
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today as well.
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Where our requests
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are saying,
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we don't want
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the Lord as king,
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we want the kings
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like other nations.
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Let's be careful
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what we ask for.
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What lesson do we learn
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in God's word
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in the Old and New Testament
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when we see the history
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of the nations
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in the world?
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Well, we see that
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when God gives the people
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the desires of their hearts,
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it so often descends
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into moral chaos
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and corruption.
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Like I mentioned,
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the days of the judges,
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they had no king over them,
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and they did what was right
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in their own eyes.
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The same is true
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in the book of Romans,
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chapter 1.
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When you go through
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that chapter,
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you see chaos descending.
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Why?
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Because in verse 22,
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it says,
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claiming to be wise,
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they became fools
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and exchanged the glory
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of the immortal God
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for images resembling
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mortal man
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and birds and animals
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and creeping things.
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Therefore,
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God gave them up
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in the lusts
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of their hearts
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to impurity.
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He gave them over
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to the desire
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of their hearts.
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Do you want to be
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just like the people
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around you?
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Do you want to find
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your fun
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and your satisfaction
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and your pleasure
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and wholeness
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in everything
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that the world
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has to offer?
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Is that the way
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you want to go?
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Well, be careful
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because there are consequences.
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Be careful
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the direction
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it takes you
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because it leads us
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away from the grace
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of God
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and leads us
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into chaos
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and that's what we see
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in the next few verses
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from verse 10
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down to verse 18.
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We see the chaos
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it leads to
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going completely
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the wrong direction.
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A world class
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runner
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was once
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invited
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to a race
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in a major city
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in America
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and they were
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very excited
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to go to this race
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a very prestigious race
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with a great reward
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if you won
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and so this runner
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she went
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to the city
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and thought
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she knew
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where she was going
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as she'd been
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given directions
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but as she came
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into the city
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she found herself
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thinking she was
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in the right place
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but not sure
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exactly where to go
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so she stopped
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at a shop
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and asked
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there's a race
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taking place today
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can you tell me
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where it is?
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Oh yes
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the shop assistant
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said there's this race
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it's just about
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a mile up the road
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there if you make
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your way up
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you'll find
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it's just about
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to start
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you'll find
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the runners there
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and so she left
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and hurried
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arrived just in time
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to register
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and enter the race
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there was fewer
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runners than she
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anticipated being there
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and she thought
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well it gives me
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a better chance
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and so she ran
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in this race
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and she came first
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a few minutes
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ahead of everybody else
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she was delighted
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at first
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but then she started
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to realise
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there's no talk
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of the prize
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being given
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she got a medal
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and that was it
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but she was expecting
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money
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and she said
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oh I'm sorry
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there was no prize
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fund for this
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is this not the race
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such and such
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oh no
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that's in a town
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seven miles away
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so she had just
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ran a race
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on the wrong
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course
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and missed the chance
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of winning the prize
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because she was given
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the wrong direction
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and that's the way
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we are living today
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we are seeking
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a prize
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but the prize
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of being offered
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is very different
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to what the Lord
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offers
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we're in the wrong
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race
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when we choose
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to reject God
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and to turn away
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from him
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and notice
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the way the Lord
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speaks
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here in these verses
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notice the word
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that is used
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so often
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he will take
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that's all
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that keeps appearing
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in verse 10
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through to verse 18
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he will take
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your sons
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he will take
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your daughters
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he will take
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the tenth
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of your great gain
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and he will take
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your male servants
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and female servants
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he will take
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the tenth
21:50
of your flocks
21:51
everything here
21:53
this king
21:54
is going to be
21:54
about taking
21:55
away
21:56
they are going
21:59
to lose
22:00
so much
22:01
he will take
22:03
he will take
22:04
he will take
22:06
and that's what
22:07
the king
22:07
of this world
22:08
offers
22:08
that's what
22:09
the world
22:10
offers to us
22:11
come in this
22:12
direction
22:12
but it's all
22:14
about
22:14
I will take
22:15
from you
22:16
I will take
22:17
from you
22:17
and we are
22:20
in danger
22:20
of losing
22:21
everything
22:22
we are in
22:25
danger of
22:25
losing
22:26
the blessing
22:27
of God
22:28
we are in
22:29
danger of
22:30
losing
22:30
the gospel
22:31
we are in
22:32
danger of
22:32
losing
22:33
our life
22:34
our very
22:34
soul
22:35
if we choose
22:37
to go in
22:38
this direction
22:39
because the
22:42
God of this
22:43
world is
22:43
the devil
22:44
and he
22:46
will take
22:47
take
22:49
everything
22:49
away from
22:50
us
22:51
take our
22:52
very soul
22:53
if he has
22:54
opportunity
22:55
he will
22:57
take
22:57
he will
22:58
take
22:59
he will
23:00
take
23:00
and we're
23:02
left
23:03
with nothing
23:04
this is
23:07
the king
23:07
that the
23:08
people
23:09
have asked
23:10
for
23:10
and look
23:11
at the
23:11
response
23:12
even when
23:12
God
23:13
says
23:13
this is
23:14
the kind
23:15
of king
23:15
you will
23:16
have in
23:17
verse 19
23:17
but the
23:17
people
23:18
refused
23:19
to obey
23:19
the voice
23:20
of Samuel
23:21
and said
23:22
no
23:22
but there
23:23
shall be
23:24
a king
23:24
over us
23:26
we are
23:28
warned
23:29
in the
23:29
gospel
23:30
of the
23:31
consequences
23:31
of rejecting
23:32
the lord
23:33
as our
23:34
king
23:34
everything
23:37
will be
23:38
taken
23:38
from us
23:39
will you
23:41
say
23:41
no
23:42
but I
23:43
will still
23:44
have
23:44
this world
23:45
as my
23:45
king
23:46
I will
23:46
have this
23:47
world
23:47
as my
23:48
domain
23:48
I will
23:49
have the
23:49
pleasures
23:49
of this
23:50
world
23:50
as my
23:51
playground
23:52
will you
23:52
have
23:52
that
23:53
but lose
23:55
your soul
23:55
he will
23:57
take
23:58
he will
23:58
take
23:59
he will
23:59
take
24:00
well let's
24:04
see
24:05
as we
24:06
think of
24:06
the response
24:06
of God
24:07
let's see
24:08
the reasoning
24:08
why we
24:09
must come
24:10
to our
24:11
senses
24:11
the people
24:14
refused
24:15
to obey
24:16
the voice
24:17
of Samuel
24:18
they wanted
24:19
their own
24:20
king
24:21
but what
24:22
should they
24:23
have asked
24:23
for
24:24
they should
24:25
have asked
24:26
for what
24:26
God gave
24:27
them in
24:27
Deuteronomy
24:28
the king
24:29
of his
24:30
choosing
24:31
and that's
24:33
the king
24:34
that we
24:34
need to
24:35
do
24:35
that's
24:37
the king
24:37
that you
24:37
and I
24:38
both need
24:38
to do
24:39
because what
24:41
will it
24:41
profit a
24:42
man if he
24:42
gains the
24:43
whole world
24:44
but yet
24:45
loses
24:46
his soul
24:47
we need
24:50
the Lord
24:50
as our
24:51
king
24:51
we need
24:52
Jesus
24:52
as
24:53
our
24:54
king
24:54
a king
24:56
not who
24:57
takes
24:58
who takes
24:59
who takes
25:00
but who
25:01
gives
25:02
a king
25:04
who came
25:05
not to be
25:06
served
25:07
but to
25:08
serve
25:09
a king
25:10
who came
25:11
not to
25:12
take life
25:13
but to
25:14
give his
25:14
life
25:15
and to
25:16
give his
25:16
life as
25:17
a ransom
25:17
for many
25:18
a king
25:20
who says
25:20
I have
25:21
come
25:21
that they
25:22
might have
25:22
life
25:23
and life
25:24
in abundance
25:25
the one
25:26
who has
25:26
come
25:26
to give
25:27
to give
25:28
and to
25:29
give
25:29
and yet
25:31
we would
25:32
say we
25:32
don't want
25:33
this king
25:33
it would
25:36
be madness
25:36
it would
25:37
be foolishness
25:38
to see a
25:40
selfish king
25:41
who would
25:41
take and
25:42
take and
25:42
take and
25:43
said
25:43
that's my
25:44
king
25:45
that's what
25:46
I want
25:46
instead
25:48
to see
25:48
Jesus
25:49
who says
25:49
I give
25:50
I give
25:52
my life
25:53
for you
25:53
I give
25:56
you life
25:57
I give
25:57
you life
25:58
eternal
25:59
so will
26:01
you not
26:01
come
26:01
to me
26:03
will you
26:04
not have
26:04
me
26:05
as king
26:06
over you
26:07
it's such
26:10
a difference
26:11
that Jesus
26:12
makes
26:13
as king
26:14
to his
26:15
people
26:15
the difference
26:18
he makes
26:19
to us
26:20
individually
26:20
the difference
26:22
he makes
26:22
to us
26:23
as a
26:23
church
26:24
the difference
26:25
he makes
26:25
to us
26:26
as a land
26:27
and as
26:27
nations
26:28
of the
26:28
world
26:28
if we
26:29
would
26:29
but say
26:29
lord
26:30
be king
26:31
over us
26:32
rule
26:34
over us
26:35
the world
26:37
will take
26:38
but Jesus
26:41
gives
26:41
and so
26:44
what is
26:45
our desire
26:45
today
26:46
what is
26:47
your desire
26:48
today
26:49
when you
26:49
think of
26:49
who is
26:50
king
26:50
over you
26:51
who do
26:53
you want
26:53
as king
26:54
do you
26:57
want the
26:58
world
26:58
that will
26:59
take your
27:00
soul
27:00
or do you
27:02
want Jesus
27:02
who will
27:03
give you
27:04
life
27:04
individually
27:07
every one
27:08
of us
27:08
should desire
27:09
to find
27:10
that life
27:10
in Jesus
27:11
as our
27:12
king
27:12
and collectively
27:15
as a
27:15
church
27:16
here
27:16
let's have
27:17
Jesus
27:18
as our
27:19
king
27:19
as our
27:21
focus
27:21
the one
27:22
who has
27:22
given
27:23
his life
27:24
for his
27:24
church
27:25
as a
27:27
nation
27:27
may we
27:28
pray
27:29
that Jesus
27:30
would be
27:31
king
27:31
that he
27:32
would rule
27:33
in all
27:33
things
27:34
in our
27:35
parliaments
27:35
in Westminster
27:37
in Holyrood
27:38
in all our
27:39
leadership
27:39
throughout our
27:40
land
27:41
in all
27:41
our
27:42
homes
27:42
and all
27:43
our
27:43
families
27:43
that Jesus
27:45
would be
27:46
king
27:46
and in
27:48
our world
27:49
in which we
27:49
see so
27:50
many
27:50
troubles
27:51
may we
27:52
pray
27:53
that Jesus
27:54
would be
27:55
king
27:55
and bring
27:57
peace
27:57
and stability
27:58
may we
28:00
as a
28:00
people
28:01
not refuse
28:02
the king
28:03
that is
28:03
before us
28:04
but receive
28:07
the king
28:08
of kings
28:09
and the
28:09
lord of
28:10
lords
28:10
with gladness
28:11
with joy
28:12
and with
28:13
praise
28:14
he is
28:16
there for
28:17
us
28:17
the people
28:19
in Samuel's
28:20
day they
28:20
wanted to be
28:21
like all
28:22
the other
28:22
nations
28:23
rejecting
28:24
the lord
28:25
as king
28:25
may we
28:27
not be
28:28
may we
28:29
instead
28:30
receive
28:31
our king
28:32
with joy
28:32
and look
28:34
to him
28:34
and give
28:35
thanks to
28:36
him
28:36
that he
28:37
has come
28:37
not to
28:38
take
28:39
but to
28:40
give
28:40
blessing
28:42
upon
28:43
blessing
28:43
to his
28:44
people
28:44
if they
28:45
will but
28:46
return
28:46
to him
28:47
let us
28:49
pray
28:49
our father
28:53
in heaven
28:53
we thank
28:54
you for
28:54
the one
28:55
who is
28:55
king
28:56
over all
28:57
and yet
28:58
the one
28:58
who is
28:58
rejected
28:59
by many
28:59
and we
29:00
pray
29:01
lord
29:01
that we
29:01
would
29:02
have
29:02
only
29:03
the lord
29:03
as our
29:04
king
29:04
jesus
29:05
as the
29:06
one
29:06
who is
29:07
on the
29:07
throne
29:08
high
29:08
may we
29:09
lift his
29:10
name up
29:10
and may
29:11
we praise
29:11
him
29:11
for all
29:12
his goodness
29:13
to us
29:13
that he
29:13
has come
29:14
that he
29:15
might give
29:15
for his
29:16
people
29:16
and give
29:17
to his
29:18
people
29:18
we ask
29:19
oh lord
29:20
that you
29:20
would guide
29:21
our every
29:21
step
29:22
in his
29:22
paths
29:23
as we
29:23
ask it
29:24
with the
29:24
forgiveness
29:24
of our
29:25
sin
29:25
in his
29:26
precious
29:26
name
29:27
amen
29:28
we're
29:33
going to
29:33
conclude
29:34
by singing
29:34
to god's
29:35
praise
29:35
in
29:36
psalm
29:36
106
29:37
page
29:39
378
29:40
psalm 106
29:45
at verse
29:46
1
29:46
we sing
29:50
from verse
29:50
1 to
29:51
verse
29:51
5
29:52
the tune
29:53
is
29:54
Huddersfield
29:54
give
29:54
praise
29:55
and
29:55
thanks
29:55
unto
29:56
the
29:56
lord
29:56
for
29:56
bountiful
29:57
is
29:57
he
29:58
his
29:58
tender
29:59
mercy
29:59
doth
29:59
endure
30:00
into
30:00
eternity
30:01
god's
30:02
mighty
30:02
works
30:03
who
30:03
can
30:03
express
30:04
or
30:04
show
30:04
forth
30:05
all
30:05
his
30:05
praise
30:06
blessed
30:07
are
30:07
they
30:07
that
30:07
they
30:08
that
30:08
judgment
30:09
keep
30:09
and
30:09
justly
30:10
do
30:10
always
30:11
we sing
30:11
from
30:12
verse
30:12
1 to
30:12
5
30:13
to
30:13
God's
30:14
praise
30:14
praise
30:16
to
30:19
wisdom
30:20
man
30:22
unto
30:23
the
30:25
lord
30:26
for
30:27
bountiful
30:28
is
30:30
he
30:32
his
30:34
strength
30:35
the
30:36
mercy
30:37
doth
30:40
endure
30:40
unto
30:42
eternity
30:47
!
30:48
O
30:49
mighty
30:52
words
30:52
to
30:53
come
30:54
express
30:56
our
30:57
show
30:58
for
30:59
love
31:00
his
31:01
praise
31:02
blessed
31:05
are
31:07
!
31:09
of
31:10
judgment
31:11
keep
31:12
our
31:13
judgment
31:14
justly
31:16
do
31:17
always
31:18
!
31:19
Remember
31:20
me
31:24
your
31:25
breath
31:27
and love
31:29
which
31:30
thou
31:31
to
31:32
thine
31:33
dost
31:34
fail!
31:35
with
31:37
thy
31:38
salvation
31:39
O
31:42
my
31:43
God
31:45
to
31:46
visit
31:48
me
31:49
you
31:50
near
31:51
I
31:52
chosen
31:54
to
31:55
!
31:57
chosen
31:58
to
31:59
see
32:00
!
32:01
and
32:02
in
32:03
their
32:05
joy
32:06
rejoice
32:07
!
32:08
and
32:09
may
32:10
with
32:12
love
32:13
love
32:14
and
32:15
with
32:16
cheerful
32:17
voice
32:18
after the
32:19
benediction
32:20
i'll go to the main door we'll close with the benediction
32:31
now may grace mercy and peace from god father son and holy spirit rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore amen
32:43
who
33:13
Thank you.