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1 Kings 1 (Part 2) Bible Study (Nathan and Bathsheba/Solomon Anointed King) | Pastor Daniel Batarseh · Bible Study with Pr. Daniel Batarseh | Verse by Verse Series | Maranatha Bible Church - Chicago

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  Meet me in First Kings chapter one, where we left off, verse
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  11, First Kings one, verse 11. And as returning there, allow me
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  to give you a brief recap from the 1st 11 verses of this
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  chapter. David, we are told, is very old
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  in age, so old and he is ready to depart from this world.
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  One of David's sons by the name of Adenija sees this as a great
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  opportunity to seize the throne for himself.
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  Though he was not the king chosen to succeed his father,
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  his pride was so inflated, his ego was so great that he thought
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  that he can actually thwart the purpose of God, and so he
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  attempts to overthrow the purpose of God for the people of
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  Israel, which is a very sad thing for Adenija to do.
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  Does anybody know what the name Adenija means?
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  You can probably guess based on his name if you understand basic
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  Hebrew words. Adonai ya.
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  Adonai ya. Any guess?
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  No more specific Daniel, you're not allowed to answer.
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  Did you hear it? The Lord is Jehovah or my Lord
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  is Jehovah. That is what David named his son
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  telling me and you that he had great hopes for Adonaija.
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  Did he not that he would live to serve God, honor God, reflect
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  the character of God, and instead Adonaija resists God,
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  challenges the will of God, exalts himself as king.
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  Which tells me that it doesn't matter what kind of hopes and
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  dreams, as godly as they are, you have for your children.
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  David named him Adonaija. But David didn't do his part as
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  a father to discipline Adonaija. He did not fulfill his role as a
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  father to chastise him, admonish him, rebuke him, correct him,
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  and direct him. And so now we see the maturity
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  of a of a unhinged boy who now is a man who can make adult
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  decisions. And all his life he has never
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  been told no. And so what's going to stop him
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  from saying and from pursuing something that doesn't belong to
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  him? And things seem to be promising
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  for Adenija because he was able to recruit people and two
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  prominent figures. Who are the two prominent
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  figures that Adenija was able to recruit?
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  Job is 1. And the other.
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  Yeah, sorry, the priest. So you have the commander of
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  David's army, and you have one of the chief priests in David's
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  camp now switching their allegiance over to Adenija.
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  There are other key figures who are with him and they are
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  celebrating his self promoting coronation at a legend, verse 9.
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  Sacrifice sheep oxen and fat and cattle by the serpent stone
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  which is beside and Rogle. And he invited all his brothers,
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  the king, sons, and all the royal officials of Judah.
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  But he did not invite Nathan the Prophet or Benaiya or the mighty
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  man or Solomon his brother. This looks pretty promising, and
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  it often does when you and I choose to resist the will of
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  God, oppose God, and to live according to our selfish
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  desires. It would be alive for me to
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  stand here tonight and tell you that there is no pleasure in
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  sin. There is pleasure in sin.
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  But Hebrews 11 is very careful to tell us that that pleasure is
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  fleeting. It's a season of reward, It's a
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  season of promise, but it's very short lived and the reward is
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  not really reward to begin with. Adam and I just plans are going
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  to crash and burn very quickly. And for the rest of this chapter
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  we're going to see how his plans are actually going to be
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  overturned by God's sovereign power and the primary ways
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  through one of David's most faithful friends, Nathan.
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  So let's read what happens now In verse 11 the Nathan said to
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  Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, Have you not heard that Adonija
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  the son of Haggeth has become king, and David our Lord does
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  not know it. Now therefore, come, let me give
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  you advice that you may save your own life and the life of
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  your son Solomon, going out once to King David, and say to him,
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  did you not, my Lord the king, swear to your servant saying,
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  Solomon, your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my
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  throne. Why then is Adam I Jack words?
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  Let's pray. Lord, your word is before us.
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  We are eager to understand your mind and your heart.
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  Give us the grace. Give us the spirit of wisdom and
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  revelation that we may know you and be conformed to your image
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  and walk in greater obedience to your purposes.
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  For our lives. We sincerely pray this together
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  as a church family. In Jesus name we pray.
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  Amen. Nathan.
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  Nathan realizes that Anaija is doing something quite dangerous,
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  something that David and the Kingdom of Israel has seen
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  before. And so Nathan reports about this
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  with emergency protocol. And right from verse 11, we have
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  something to learn. Nathan, as a faithful servant of
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  God, teaches us that as also servants of God, it is our duty
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  to expose sin. It's our duty to expose sin.
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  It's our duty to expose the darkness in the world.
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  It's our duty to expose sin in a brother or sister's life.
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  It's our duty to continually come to the presence of God and
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  allow His Word and His people to expose our sin.
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  But in the case of a community, in the case of let's say in our
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  context the local church, Nathan provides an example that there
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  are times where it is our responsibility to make known
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  things that are probably not known to others who are in
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  danger of not knowing it. Nathan here sees and understands
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  that if Adenide continues in the pattern that he is walking in,
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  there will be a massive disruption in the Kingdom.
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  And understanding the potential consequences of this, Nathan,
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  make sure, and he makes it a priority to bring this news to
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  those who would be at risk if this continues on.
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  And in like manner. As I just said, there are
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  moments and there are circumstances and there's the
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  nature of certain sins that demands us to be vigilant and
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  willing to be uncomfortable to deal with matters before they
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  get really ugly. In my brief time in ministry,
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  I've learned something very quickly that there are problems
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  in the local church. Usually, if not most of the
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  time, if not all the time, it's relational problems, right?
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  And most of those relational problems are very complicated to
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  untangle. They become very knotted.
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  And one of the reason why they become so knotted is because
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  parties involved who are aware of the issue were unwilling to
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  take the stance and expose certain sins, whether that sin
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  be slander, whether that sin be the spread of doctrinal error,
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  whether that sin be strife among parties within the Church.
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  Often times the reason why things get to a place where
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  there is damage, sometimes severe damage, that can cause
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  even trauma and and distress and broken relationships on the long
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  run, is because again, there are some who are unwilling to get
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  uncomfortable and to put themselves out there to say this
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  is wrong. We have to deal with this.
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  Nathan didn't care because Nathan understood that, one, it
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  was his duty and two, that there would be, there would be blood
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  on his hands and other people's hands based on what he
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  understood. And so the way that you and I
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  are going to see peace and protection in our family, in our
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  church family, it's not to be nosy individuals, it's not to
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  sniff out sin in people's lives. But when there is legitimate
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  concern within the church that we take the appropriate steps to
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  cut Satan schemes short. And one of the best ways to do
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  that is that when he attempts to sow discord among the brethren.
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  That you and I surfaced that while it is still in seed form,
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  I was meditating on Nathan's actions here.
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  And there were so many examples that came to mind.
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  And one example that came to mind.
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  Just a brief observation that I would like to bring to your
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  attention, but it it shows how significant that step can make,
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  what kind of what kind of reward and blessing and security it can
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  provide if we are people who honor the culture that Jesus
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  called us to have as a church. And what did he say, Matthew 18?
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  That if a brother sins, you rebuke him, you approach him,
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  and it becomes a community effort to ensure that sin does
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  not have breath to breathe in our midst.
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  That's the culture Jesus wants us to have.
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  One of humble, sincere, broken, loving, confrontation when
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  necessary, exposure of sin when necessary.
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  Did you know the Apostle Paul had his sister?
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  Anybody know that? Anybody know the impossible?
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  Had a sister? Can I show it to you in the
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  scriptures? Go to Acts 23.
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  I love quoting Acts 2311 whenever teaching about the
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  Providence and sovereign will of God for our lives in Acts 2311.
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  This is where Jesus appears to Paul when he was in prison in
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  Jerusalem and was promised. You must also testify about me.
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  Where? Where was Paul supposed to
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  testify at that point? Rome.
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  You're going to Rome, Paul, I assure.
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  You're going to Rome. And immediately after we're told
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  that, we're told that this band of Jews who conspired and came
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  up with a plot to kill Paul. And there was more than 40 who
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  even faceted until it was accomplished.
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  And so they had this whole plot to try to get Paul to, to enter
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  into a certain region, for them to create an ambush and to take
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  his life. And then we're told of an
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  interesting character, somebody who flashes into the scriptures
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  and then disappears just as quickly.
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  It's in verse 16 now. The son of Paul's sister, Paul
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  had his sister, and Paul had a nephew.
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  Now the son of Paul's sister heard of their ambush.
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  So he went and entered the barracks and told Paul, let's
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  look at this from a heavenly perspective.
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  This is an encouragement to you and I, Paul's nephew, unnamed,
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  never to be seen again. Oh, there's so much to say about
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  Paul's nephew, even in this one verse.
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  But from a heavenly perspective, we see that Paul's nephew chose
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  us. God's eyes and ears are
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  everywhere, and if you, like Paul, are serving the Lord, you
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  have nothing to worry about. Even when the enemy is brewing
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  up a scheme against you, God's already ahead of it.
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  He already knows about it, he already sees it, he already
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  considers it, and he already knows what he's going to do
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  about it. You have nothing to fear every
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  waking and sleeping moment of your life.
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  Because what I see here is that in Providence, nobody knows how
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  Paul's nephew heard about this. Nobody knows how he was.
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  It's just Providence. He was at the right place at the
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  right time. He received the news and he
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  brought it to Paul. Paul was able to pass that to
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  the Roman soldiers and they were able to evade a disaster.
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  God's eyes and ears are everywhere for his glory.
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  For your good. But let's look at this from a
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  human standpoint. Paul's nephew here, and
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  understanding what he has seen in this moment felt the urgency
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  to make this problem known and it saved Paul's life.
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  It saved Paul's life. When we are willing to get
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  uncomfortable, to expose and to correct, to bring things to even
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  spiritual authority for the sake of the preservation of the
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  unity, the love and the holiness of God's people, we could be
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  saving so much. I'm telling you you, you don't
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  know how many people I've talked to that are aware of certain
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  things. People committing spiritual
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  suicide. People committing spiritual
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  collateral damage and for fear of I don't know what they're
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  unwilling to step forward and say in the name of Christ, in
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  the name of His Holiness and the name of unity.
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  I have to say something, whether it be stripe, slander, doctrinal
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  error, anything and everything in between.
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  But Nathan here makes that decision, and and it's really
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  the hinge to what we're about to discover.
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  And his wisdom is proven further by this.
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  He comes to Bathsheba, not amazing Nathan, a prophet of
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  God. Knowing what this woman's past
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  was. He's the one who exposed the sin
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  between Bathsheba and David. And here's a man who's still
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  willing to relate to her, to work with her, to care for her.
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  Nathan was more than just a courageous, fearless man of God
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  who exposed sin. He was a man who was also
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  willing to relate to those who have repented of their sin, no
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  matter how grotesque their sin was.
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  What a man of God he he brings in Bathsheet and he says listen,
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  your life is in danger, Your son Solomon's life is in danger.
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  You need to listen to me. You need to go into your
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  husband's chamber. You need to ask him what
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  happened to the plan that you told me about that God had given
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  you. Where is this going?
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  And while you're explaining that I'm going to walk in at the
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  right time and I'm going to confirm, I'm going to confirm
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  your words. Now.
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  Why? Why this scheme?
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  Why this whole plan? Any ideas why?
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  Why didn't Nathan just barge into the chamber and
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  thunderously announced to David? Hey, listen, you're in trouble.
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  You're negligent here. We got to get things into order.
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  Why didn't he just do that? Any idea why?
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  Why work with Bathsheba? This is very good.
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  We're going to get to that in a moment.
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  There's something about David. There's a weakness in David that
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  required this kind of approach. So let's talk about the two
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  things. I think the first thing is
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  David's ignorance. So what are we told here in
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  verse 12, verse 11? Rather David at the end of it.
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  Our Lord does not know it. He's unaware, he's ignorant and
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  so this requires a specific kind of approach, right?
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  We have to come and make this known to him.
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  But more than just his ignorance, there is a weakness.
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  What's David's weakness when it comes to his children?
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  We learned about it last week, verse six of chapter one.
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  What is it? His father had never at any time
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  displeased him being out of Niger by asking why have you
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  done thus? And so David had already proven
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  that he has a history of not willing to confront and
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  discipline his children. More than that, he always seemed
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  to believe the best about his children.
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  He always had that kind of hope and desire, and even if they did
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  wrong, even in in the face of obvious evil and disobedience,
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  he was reluctant to deal with them.
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  Nathan is David Trent. Nathan has seen this throughout
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  the decades, and so he understands that in order for
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  this to be something that David considers, we have to present it
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  with urgency. And so, Bathsheba, you go in and
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  then I'm going to come in and confirm it, and together we're
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  going to bring this to David's attention for him to not be so
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  quick to deny it or downplay it, right.
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  Vividly speaking also in Duran, we were told that through two
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  witnesses, I think is established right?
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  So Nathan comes with this plan. Bathsheba is willing to listen.
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  So Bathsheba does, and let's read it.
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  Here Bathsheba went and verse 15 to the king and his chamber.
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  Now the king was very old, and Abhishek the Shunamite was
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  attending to the king. Bathsheba bowed and paid homage
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  to the king. And the king said, Why do you?
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  What do you desire? She said to my Lord, You swore
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  to your servant by the Lord your God, saying, Solomon, your son
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  shall rain after me, and he shall sit on my throne, And I'll
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  behold that. And I just came, although you,
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  my Lord king, did not do not know it.
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  He has sacrificed oxen, fat and cattle and sheep in abundance,
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  and has invited all the sons of the king.
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  Have you asked the priests? And Job the commander of the
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  army? But Solomon, you're serving.
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  He is not invited. And now, my Lord the king, the
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  eyes of all Israel are on you to tell them who shall sit on the
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  throne of my Lord the king after him.
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  Otherwise it will come to pass. When my Lord the king sleeps
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  with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted
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  offenders. Bathsheba listens.
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  And again, Nathan here, by what he's saying to Bathsheba, is
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  providing us yet more principles of what we should do, what we
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  should do with somebody who is ignorant and through their
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  ignorance or causing problems. And if they are weak, if they
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  are frail, if they do lack courage, if they do lack
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  boldness and stepping out in obedience and dealing with
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  things, what are the I'm reading something okay.
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  What are the three things you that stand out to me?
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  Maybe more or less, but I see that when Nathan instructs
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  Bathsheba, he first tells her to go respectfully.
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  And she does. These are wonderful lessons
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  about how to confront respectfully Bathsheba, verse
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  16, bowed and paying homage to the king.
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  So she comes with the sense of honor.
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  She comes with the sense of respect.
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  But more than respect, she comes carefully and at least with his
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  advice, he he brings the Bathsheba a format.
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  And the format was bring it in the forms of questions.
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  Remember we had her Q&A. Somebody asked how do I?
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  How do I confront with somebody in regarding to their sense?
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  Ask questions, even even with evidence.
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  Give them a chance to come clean.
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  Give them a chance to be honest. Give them a chance to prove
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  their integrity and their repentance.
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  Ask questions. And sometimes when people are in
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  error, we assume that they do things intentionally.
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  And when you come with questions, you might learn that
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  they were doing it really just out of ignorance and foolishness
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  and a lack of understanding, so respectfully, carefully, but
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  also urgently, urgently. The most unloving thing that you
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  and I can do when somebody is clearly in error is to prolong
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  and to delay. Our willingness to confront them
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  because of whatever selfish reason that puts that delay can
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  even cause more harm. Has anybody here ever eaten at a
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  restaurant and you were devouring your lunch?
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  So much so that there was something in your teeth and you
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  went through that whole day fellowship, been going out for
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  ice cream after the fact, All that's come into your car, put
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  down the mirror and realize that there's something in there?
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  Why didn't anybody tell me? Right.
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  Why didn't anybody tell me about the smudge on my face?
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  Isn't it a nice thing when somebody says, hey brother, you
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  got something here. Hey, brother, sister, you got
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  something here. You've done it, haven't you?
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  You've seen it and you've just like, I'm not going to deal with
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  that. Just let them figure it out
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  themselves. There's something about us that
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  we we really, most people are not confrontational and
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  unfortunately that transfers over spiritually.
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  If if I see correction in that way, as as much as that's a
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  simple example, that's a gift. If you come up to me, say
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  something, brother to see your brother.
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  This is this like this. Can you fix it?
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  I say thank you for that. I didn't want to continue in
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  that way. I appreciate it.
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  I look silly. I look wrong.
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  I look like I didn't take care of myself.
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  I look like I don't care about my hygiene.
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  I appreciate that. Thank you.
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  Well, take correction the same way.
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  It's a gift. It's a gift.
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  Thank you for that. I didn't see.
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  I didn't know. My attitude was.
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  I didn't know. I didn't know I was.
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  That's how I came off when I say certain things.
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  Thank you for that. Don't get all uptight.
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  And if they love you, if they're in Christ, and bless them for
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  that, respectfully, carefully, urgently.
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  Bathsheba tries to obey. She tries to do it the way that
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  she was instructed to do it. And so she comes to her husband,
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  and she tells him with warning in verse 20.
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  Now, my Lord the king, the eyes of all Israel on you to tell
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  them who shall sit on the throne of my Lord the king after him.
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  Otherwise it will come to pass. When my Lord the king sleeps
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  with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted
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  offenders. Like, listen, if you don't take
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  this seriously, people will die. I will die.
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  Your son Solomon will die. Do you understand the
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  repercussions? Do you see how serious your
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  delay is? When God wants to spring us into
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  action, when we are in that place of whether that be
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  weakness or hesitation or ignorance, He will often often
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  use how we use Nathan, a messenger of the word.
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  That's his primary means through sessions like this, where God's
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  worth is being brought forth. And pray that the preachers of
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  this place and preachers across this land are men who are filled
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  with the Holy Spirit. So they don't just give nice
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  lessons, but they speak with power and insight and
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  sensitivity to the Holy Spirit, so they can actually speak into
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  people's lives through the word of God.
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  That's how the Lord speaks to us, to stir us, right?
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  But that's not the only way the Lord can uproot us from a a
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  place of concern to a place of His desired will and purpose.
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  God has many means, and He is so acquainted with you and I that
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  He knows how to bring us where He needs to bring us.
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  One of my favorite examples of that truth, which I praise God
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  for, is the early church in the book of Acts.
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  God gave clear directions of their evangelistic outreach of
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  the regions they were to cover, and that's found in Acts 18.
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  You're very familiar with that, right?
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  What are we told in Acts 18? Where were they supposed to
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  start with the gospel? Jerusalem.
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  And then where? Judea.
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  Very good. And then where very good.
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  And then the ends of the earth. Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria.
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  The ends of the earth? That's what the Lord said for
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  the first seven chapters. Where were they?
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  Jerusalem. They made no progress to the
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  outside regions. They stayed in Jerusalem, for
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  whatever reason, there was some form of stagnation.
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  What did the Lord do to get them to Judea and Samaria?
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  So we love Acts 18. Go to Acts 81 and you'll see how
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  God brought them from where they were staying to where they
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  needed to be. And just look at the ways of
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  God. Look at the means of God.
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  Look at the Providence of God, and that it caused your heart to
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  rejoice. He didn't send another Angel.
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  He didn't make his voice from Acts 18 be heard again in the
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  churches. He does this in Acts 81.
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  In Acts 81, we're told, and Saul approved of his execution.
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  And there arose on that day a great not just persecution, a
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  great persecution against the church in Jerusalem.
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  And they were all scattered throughout the regions of where
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  Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
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  How many? How am I going to get this
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  church, my church, to get to Judea and Samaria?
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  Ah, persecution. Not a prophet, not a messenger.
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  Persecution. You want God to lead your life
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  in mine, huh? Very strange, the way he leads
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  us. Very strange the way he brings
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  us from one place to the next. So God wants you to get
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  somewhere. And what does he do?
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  It's not a promotion. You get fired.
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  What's this all about? And how many scenarios can we
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  give where it seems to be a negative?
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  It seems to be a resistance. It seems to be a challenge.
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  When in fact it's the doorway. It's the doorway.
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  And so God knows how to get your attention, especially if you
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  didn't hear Him after the 1st 10 sermons after the 15 Bible
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  studies to move you. Isn't it a wonderful thing to be
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  in the will of God? Isn't it a wonderful thing to be
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  a child of God? He patiently knows how to lead
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  us sometimes, even if it's there's some bruises that need
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  to come with it ultimately so that we can be conformed to His
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  will. All things work together for the
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  good of those who are called according to His purpose.
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  All things. And so here's David.
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  He has his world shook, so to speak, and he has to deal with
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  this. And So what happens, Verse 22,
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  while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the
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  prophet came in right according to plan.
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  And they told the king here is Nathan the prophet.
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  And when he came in before the king, he bowed before the king
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  with his face to the ground. Let me pause and just say this.
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  Earlier we praised Nathan for being a person, a prophet,
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  willing to care for and love someone like Bathsheba of all
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  people. David, right?
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  But I also see something praiseworthy of David here is
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  David still near the end of his life, clinging to Nathan as a
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  friend, having his life open to a friend like Nathan still.
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  Do you know why that's significant?
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  If you remember when we were introduced to Nathan, we studied
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  how every mention of Nathan in connection to David, every
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  mention of David and Nathan together, Nathan is giving David
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  some kind of direction. Second Samuel Chapter 7, when
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  when David wanted to build a temple.
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  Second Samuel chapter 12 when David was in sin and Nathan
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  rebukes him. And now we see him here in First
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  Kings near the end of his life. He's telling him what to do.
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  That's a real friend. That's someone that you should
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  have in your life. I hope you have a person in your
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  life that is loving enough to speak into your life, even if it
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  cuts you at 1st. That draws you closer to the
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  will of God, not away from the will of God.
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  I hope you have someone like that, that whenever you hang out
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  with them, you want to be godlier.
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  Whenever you hang out with them, Do you have anybody like that?
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  Whenever you talk to me, like, man, I want to read my Bible
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  now. I have friends like that.
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  It's like I don't know my Bible. I didn't see it that I got to go
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  back and read or or somebody's just that person makes me want
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  to pray. A person wants me to be, makes
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  me want to be more holy, more committed, more zealous.
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  Ask God for that kind of a friend.
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  And when you have that kind of, and if you do have that kind of
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  a friend, if you do have that kind of a church, don't take it
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  for granted. Thank God for that.
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  Praise God for that. David made a willful choice.
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  He had the authority to kill him if he wanted to.
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  He was the king. Prophets have been slain before
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  for standing up against disobedient kings.
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  But this king says you're my friend.
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  In fact, one of David's children was named Nathan.
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  I wonder if he named them after his friend.
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  And there's evidence here that perhaps David did praise God for
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  Nathan in some way. Because look here.
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  So Nathan says. Now let's read it.
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  There's a lot of verses, by the way, he says here, verse 24.
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  Nathan said, My Lord the king, have you said I don't?
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  I just shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne free
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  has gone down this day. And I sacrifice oxen fattened
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  cattle and sheep and abundance, and has invited all the King's
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  sons the commanders of the army, and have you after the priest.
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  And behold they're eating and drinking before him.
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  And saying, Long live king out of Nyjah.
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  But me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Bennaya the son
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  of Jehodia and your servant, solemn he is not invited.
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  Has this thing being brought about my Lord by my Lord the
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  king and you have not told your servants who should sit on the
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  throne of my Lord the king after him?
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  You see the attitude. Hey, David, King did you did
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  something change And we're not not.
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  He didn't point his finger. The way is confronting so much
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  wisdom. Look what David does.
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  Then King David answered call Bathsheba to me.
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  So she came into the King's presence and stood before the
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  King. And the king swore saying, As
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  the Lord lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity,
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  as I swore to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying,
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  Solomon, your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my
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  throne in my place. Even so will I do this day.
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  Notice the explosive praise before the promise that Solomon
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  will succeed him. Look at this beautiful
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  declaration as the Lord lives who has redeemed my soul out of
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  every adversity. David has gone through a lot of
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  adversity, has he? Not a lot, whether that be
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  foreign armies or internal betrayals and strife, his
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  fatherinlaw, his son, other people from different tribes.
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  This man went through a series of adversities, and yet at this
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  time he pauses. He lifts his heart to heaven,
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  and he said the Lord. The Lord redeemed my soul out of
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  all of them. Why is he saying this?
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  Why is he saying this here? It seems out of place.
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  It just seems kind of random. It's noble.
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  It's it's, it's beautiful. But why is he saying this?
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  Here's why I believe he's saying this.
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  I believe he is saying this because he's not just reflecting
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  on what the Lord has done. He's realizing in this moment
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  that the Lord is doing what he has always done by delivering me
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  yet from another adversity. Do you see what I'm saying?
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  David is praising God for the deliverances that he has known
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  because in this very moment he is being delivered.
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  Because through Nathan the Prophet, something is made aware
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  to him out of Nyjah's wicked plan to try to overthrow his
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  throne. And he goes, oh God, you have
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  delivered me from all these adversities even now to this
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  last moment of my life. What?
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  What's the lesson? God is faithful.
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  God is faithful. I hope you and I will live for
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  the glory of God long enough for the rest of your life, for you
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  and I to be able to say the same thing David says here.
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  He has redeemed my soul out of every adverse.
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  Just because God is God in your life, just because he's your
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  shepherd, doesn't mean you're not going to go through
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  adversities. You're going to go through them,
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  but he will bring you out of them.
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  That's the difference. But a lot of people's theology
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  is I'm never going to be touched.
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  I'm never going to be visited. I'm never going to know harm.
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  I'm never going to go to the heat of the fire.
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  I'm never going to know the rising waters.
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  I'm just going to just just float through this life.
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  That's not what the Lord says out of How are you going to know
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  God's faith in this until you have a problem?
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  How are you going to know God's miracle power unless you stand
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  before Red Sea? How?
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  Be careful what you're asking for, Lord, show me your wisdom.
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  Lord, show me your power. Lord, show me your mic.
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  All right, well, here's the situation that requires it.
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  But David could say confidently, he could say to something you
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  and I could say at the end of it, he's saying something that
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  you can believe now and you can, you can lock it in your heart.
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  He will deliver me out of every adversity.
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  He will. Do you want to know the New
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  Testament equivalent to David's declaration here?
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  It was through the lips of the Apostle Paul and Second Timothy
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  418 Look what Second Timothy 418 is.
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  This is a powerful prompt. This is a powerful thing for you
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  and I to be able to say over and over again, especially as you're
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  living for the glory of God. And Second Timothy 418 Look what
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  he says. The Lord will rescue me from
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  every evil deed and bring me safely into His heavenly
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  Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and
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  ever. Amen.
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  Amen. Indeed, he will.
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  From every evil deed, no matter how creative, no matter how
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  overwhelming, no matter how surrounding every evil deed, I
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  will be delivered from nothing, will be able to sabotage the
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  will of God for my life. No affliction, no assault, no
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  ailment, nothing. Every evil deed will be recycled
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  for the glory of God. And David is praising God for
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  that. And he he responds with urgency.
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  Nathan approaches him with urgency, and he responds with
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  urgency, and he says, this day, I'm not waiting.
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  God has made this known to me. I'm going to act on this right
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  now. And so they do.
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  And as they are now planning, David gives this list of
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  specific instructions to Bathsheba and to Nathan.
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  And we see here in verse 34 what happened.
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  Specifically, let's read verse 32.
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  King David said call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the Prophet,
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  and Bennaya the son of Jehodia. So they came before the king.
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  And the king said to them, take with you the servants of your
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  Lord, and have Solomon, my son, ride on my own mule and bring
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  him down to Guyon or Guillon. And let Zadok the priest and
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  Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel.
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  Then blow the trumpet and say, Long live King Solomon, you
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  shall then come up after me, and he shall come and sit on my
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  throne, for he shall be the ruler over Israel and over
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  Judah. So here are these instructions.
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  But something stands out to me in verse 34.
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  Look at verse 34. I wonder.
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  I'm asking you this now I'm. I'm wondering if something
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  stands out to you. Look at it and if you can notice
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  it has to do with these three individuals that are named verse
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  34. What positions do each
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  represent? What do you have there?
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  Prophet, Priest. And who?
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  King. Those are the three major
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  leadership offices in the old covenant that God instituted to
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  serve the nation of Israel. The prophet spoke on behalf of
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  God. The priest was the mediator
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  between God and man and the king govern God's people, and here we
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  see them working together to accomplish the will of God.
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  And this is a good place to be reminded that Jesus made an
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  astounding claim about himself that he was the greatest.
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  He's the greatest prophet, the greatest priest, the greatest
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  king. If you're at the conference, you
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  remembered where Jesus said that.
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  Who remembers where Jesus said that?
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  That's what the Thursday night session does.
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  You're still getting acquainted and settled in.
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  Where did Jesus say I'm the greatest priest, I'm the
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  greatest prophet, I'm the greatest king.
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  Somebody said Matthew. Where in Matthew?
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  See. Review is good, isn't it?
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  It's good. Very good.
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  Grace Matthew, chapter 12. I want to show you where Jesus
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  said he's the greatest priest, He's the greatest prophet.
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  He's the greatest king. Matthew, chapter 12.
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  Let's look at verse 6. All in the same chapter.
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  Matthew, chapter 12, verse six. What does he say?
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  I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.
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  He's declaring his superior priesthood, and with that, him
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  being the superior and all sufficient sacrifice.
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  He's not just a priest, he's a sacrifice as well.
• 35:35
  Hebrews declares that over and over something greater than the
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  Temple is here. Whatever the temple represents
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  the priesthood and the sacrifices there.
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  And I'm greater than that. Matthew 1241 What is he saying?
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  Matthew 1241 The men in Nineveh will rise up at the judgment
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  with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the
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  preaching of Jonah and behold, something greater than Jonah is
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  here. Not only in the sense that the
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  miracle of Jonah being in the belly of the fish pointed to the
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  resurrection, but the office of Prophet as well.
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  I am the greatest prophet. Matthew 1242 Can you guess what
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  the next one is? You should know you got a tshirt
• 36:19
  with a verse on it. The Queen of the South will rise
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  up of the judgment with this generation and condemn it.
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  For she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of
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  Solomon. And behold, something greater
• 36:29
  than Solomon is here. Something greater than the
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  temple, Something greater than Jonah, Something greater than
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  Solomon, Priest, prophet, King. The concept of those things
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  being mixed together in one person was totally foreign.
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  It was actually illegal in the old covenant.
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  There was one king who thought that he can presume to be the
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  king or the priest at the same time.
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  Who was that king Salt attempted to sacrifice?
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  And there was another one. He became a leopard because of
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  it. King Guziya, when he attempted
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  to give incense in the temple and God struck him with leprosy.
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  You could not overlap those offices.
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  And yet Jesus, by claiming he's the greatest prophet, greatest
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  priest, greatest king, you know what he's saying?
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  I'm all of those things in one person.
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  I'm not just one of those things.
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  I'm all of those things, he declared it.
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  Did the New Testament authors believe that about Jesus?
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  Did the apostles believe that? Can I show you one place?
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  Just this is just really, really exciting.
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  I want to show you one place, just one example of how the New
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  Testament authors, the authors of the Epistles, believe that
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  about Jesus. Hebrews chapter one.
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  Let's look at the 1st 3 verses. I love the book of Hebrews.
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  You know why? It is saturated with Old
• 38:06
  Testament references, Old Testament imagery, Old Testament
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  shadows pointing to the substance in Jesus Christ.
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  But look at Hebrews one. We're very familiar with this.
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  I wonder if you've seen this before.
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  Verse one long ago at many times, and I want to see if you
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  noticed this. And in many ways God spoke to
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  our fathers by the prophets. But in these last days He's
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  spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the air of all things.
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  Through him also he created the world.
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  He is the radiance of the glory of God in the exact imprint of
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  his nature. And He upholds the universe by
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  the word of His power. After making purification for
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  sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
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  Did you see it? Where's the reference to
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  Prophet? Look at verse one.
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  God spoke to our fathers by the prophets.
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  Verse 2. But in these last days he has
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  spoken to us. By his Son.
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  By his Son. Now he speaks.
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  This is the true messenger. This is the one who would bring
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  forth not just the word. He is the word.
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  Where do we see priests? Did you catch it?
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  Good. Look at verse three.
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  He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of
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  his nature. And he upholds the universe by
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  the word of his power after making purification for sins.
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  Priest, where's king? Right after he sat down at the
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  right hand of the majesty on high.
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  So verse one, you have Jesus speaking forth the word of God.
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  In the old all these prophets came, and now the prophet of
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  prophets has come. In the old all these purified
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  sins have come, but he has for one time at all time, for all
• 39:50
  time made purification for sins. And not only that, he has been
• 39:54
  exalted and he has sended into majestic glory, sitting today as
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  a ruler and the sovereign overall the universe.
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  Isn't that exciting? I hope so.
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  Priest, Prophet, King, Prophet, Priest, king, king.
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  Now do you believe that even though each?
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  One of these offices occupied their own lane.
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  Do you believe that? There was an anticipation for
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  the Messiah to occupy all three. Let me ask you this way was.
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  There any anticipation where? Is there any prophetic
• 40:28
  indication that when this Messiah comes, he will in fact
• 40:33
  be these things all in one because we kind of limit the
• 40:38
  Messiah? Son of David as the king, sure.
• 40:41
  But is there any other clear indication, prophetic utterance
• 40:44
  that he would be more than that? That he would be the unification
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  of these offices to prove something?
• 40:50
  That he is the greatest leader? He is the only deliver.
• 40:53
  He's the one that eclipses every other attempt of delivering the
• 40:59
  people of God, yes. Very good.
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  One of the most favorite psalms. Utilize in the New Testament by
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  the Holy Spirit. What's that Psalm Psalm 110.
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  Psalm 110 What are we told? Well, let's look at verse one.
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  You have your Bible as a Bible study, right?
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  Good. I love the screen, but
• 41:20
  sometimes. It makes me nervous, the Lord
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  says to my Lord. Sit at my right hand until I
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  make your enemies. Your foot still sit at my right
• 41:30
  hand. That's royalty sit where I sit
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  so to. Sit in this place of authority.
• 41:39
  But then you read on. What is it saying?
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  Verse 2. The Lord sends forth from Zion
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  your mighty scepter rule in the midst of your enemies.
• 41:45
  That's still kingly language. Verse three, your people will
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  offer themselves freely on the day of your power and holy
• 41:50
  garments from the womb of the morning.
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  The dew of your youth will be yours.
• 41:53
  Now look what? Here it says.
• 41:54
  The Lord has sworn he's still speaking about the Lord.
• 41:57
  The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind.
• 41:59
  You are priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
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  I wonder what David's reaction? Was to that when the Holy Spirit
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  inspired that in him. Here is one of my.
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  Sons is not just going to be my descendant, he's also going to
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  be my Lord, and the Lord is going to exalt him to the place
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  of heavenly glory and authority. Wow, one of my sons is going to
• 42:26
  be exalted to such a status. And then, as the Holy Spirit is
• 42:30
  revealing, this time he's also learning.
• 42:32
  But he's also going to be a priest.
• 42:36
  Uziah was stricken for attempting to be both king and
• 42:40
  priest, but my son is going to be exalted as king and also
• 42:43
  occupied the office of priest, not after the order of Levi but.
• 42:48
  After the order of Melchizedek, wow, can I show you one of my
• 42:52
  favorite prophecies concerning Jesus, the Messiah being King
• 42:55
  and priest at the same time? Zachariah Chapter 6 Go to
• 43:02
  Zachariah chapter 6 quickly I. Want you to see this because I
• 43:04
  want you to be absolutely amazed of how these ancient scriptures
• 43:10
  point to the Jesus you love and adore today.
• 43:15
  Jesus didn't just. Surprise, Israel.
• 43:17
  Jesus was anticipated, predicted, prophesied about, and
• 43:23
  it was the ignorance of the Jewish leadership that caused
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  them to reject them in such a way, with all their sin and envy
• 43:28
  and all that stuff. But look at Zechariah 6.
• 43:31
  Let's look at verse 11 and Zechariah 6.
• 43:35
  Let's go to verse 12. Actually, here's a prophecy.
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  Look at this. And say to him Thus says the
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  Lord of hosts, behold the man whose name is the branch capital
• 43:46
  B. Do you know what would make a
• 43:48
  fascinating study? Studying all the places in the
• 43:51
  Old Testament where Jesus is referred to as the branch.
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  Amazing references. Amazing promises and
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  prerogatives that are tied into that title.
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  The branch. Have you heard Jesus?
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  The Branch. The branch.
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  For he shall branch out from his place, and he shall he shall
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  build the temple of the Lord. Some would say that's the
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  spiritual. That's the Church of Jesus
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  Christ. Yes, he is building a temple,
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  but there's also physical temple to come.
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  Look at the next verse Now this is where he.
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  Gets exciting. It is he who shall build the
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  temple of the Lord, and shall bear royal honor and shall sit
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  and rule on his throne. Now look at this and there most
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  translation says he King James, New King James.
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  And a SVESV says there, but it says, And there shall be a
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  priest on his throne, and he shall be a.
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  Priest on his throne, Huh. Priest on the throne?
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  Unheard of, unheard of, but. This branch, this Messiah, he
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  will build a temple, and from that temple will be his
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  headquarters. And that headquarters will not
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  only be the temple, it will be where he exercises his sovereign
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  rule as king priests on his throne and the council.
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  Of peace shall be between them both.
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  So yeah, the prophets. Understood that there is a
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  Messiah to come. That will occupy something that
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  has never been known and was not permitted to be known.
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  Prophet, priest, king, one person, Jesus Christ of
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  Nazareth. That's who it is and what's
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  gonna happen is. To this, most of the chapter,
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  Jonathan is going to spell out in detail what just occurred in
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  the city concerning Solomon becoming king and taking over
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  his father's place. I would read the rest of this,
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  but I'm going to. Pause and ask this question.
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  Have we seen this character, Jonathan, the son of Abby
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  Athler, before? If so, where?
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  OK, good. So we've.
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  Seen him back in Second Samuel. We've seen him back in Second
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  Samuel, Chapter 15, and if you want to turn there, you can.
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  I want you to see who this Jonathan is because it's going
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  to be very important understanding what he's doing
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  here. And second Samuel 15.
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  We're told here in verse 27, the king also said to Xanax the
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  priest, Are you not a seer? Go back to the city in peace
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  with your two sons, Ahimaz, your son, and Jonathan, the son of
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  Abiath. I remember this is this is David
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  now in exile. Absalom kicked him out and here
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  he is trying to figure out what to do.
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  And one of the plans is that. The son of Zadok and the son of
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  Abiatra remain near the premises of Absalom and his throne so
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  that they can have Intel about what Absalom is going to do
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  next. Jonathan, the son of Abiatra.
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  Was a spy for David during Absalom's revolt.
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  He put his life on the line. He risked his life.
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  He was loyal to David. And now we see him again, right?
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  We see him next in Second Samuel 17, when he almost gets caught
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  after the news about abstinence plan to attack came to him.
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  And then there's silence. And then we see him again in
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  First Kings chapter one. So is Jonathan a good guy or a
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  bad guy with that knowledge, with that background?
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  He's a good guy, we can honestly say.
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  He's a faithful servant to the cause of Yahweh.
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  Now we see him here. And he does something that he
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  did back in Second Samuel 17, where he gives report.
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  But there's something strange going on because he's giving
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  report to who out of Naija? What happened to Jonathan?
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  Do we have any right to question his loyalty now?
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  Any clues? Based on what I read there that
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  would give you the right to question Jonathan's fidelity?
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  Very good observation. Abby Yathar, remember, was at
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  this party. He, with Jo AB joined and
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  changed their allegiance over to AD and Naija.
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  Yes, but was it just his father? Any clue on what we read here?
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  Any insight that might cause us to question Jonathan, Yes,
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  that's a very. Good point.
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  Did you hear that? Notice what AD and I just said.
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  Jonathan as and I just said, come in for you are a worthy man
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  and bring good news. Now generally that would be a
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  good commendation. That would be something
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  honorable, but not from a guy like this ad.
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  And Nigel was very strategic on who to invite and who not to
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  bring in and who to bring in right to his little get
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  together. He didn't invite Nathan, he
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  didn't invite Benai. He didn't invite Zadok because
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  he understood their strong. Stance that he understood that
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  they would not compromise. So what does it say about
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  Jonathan, the son of Abbie Athar?
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  For Adam and I just say, oh, he's a good guy.
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  Come on in. Question mark.
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  Right Flag. So is he a traitor?
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  Could be. But then you read what he says
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  and then you're even more confused.
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  So now he explains, right. So he brings good news.
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  And Jonathan's like, not really. Verse 43.
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  Jonathan, answered. Adam and I just no for our Lord
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  King. David has made Solomon a king,
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  and the king he has sent with him Zach the priest, Nathan the
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  prophet, Benign, the son of Johadada Joyada and the
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  Carothites and the Pelothites. And they had him ride on the
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  King's mule. And Zach the priest and Nathan
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  the prophet have anointed him king, a guy on.
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  And they have gone up from there rejoicing so that the city is in
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  an uproar. This is a noise that you have
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  heard. And he goes out to explain in
• 50:08
  great detail what happened. Any clue in what Jonathan said?
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  That might actually indicate the opposite of what we might think,
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  that he is in fact still loyal to David, King David, and not
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  just King. David, what does he say?
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  Jonathan verse 43 answered Anaija.
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  No, for our Lord King David so at Anaija.
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  At least from what we see here, still believe that David was the
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  rightful king, that David still had authority that it wasn't.
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  King Adan Ija, It's still King. So there's some sense of honor
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  of the process here, honor of who's still truly in the
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  position of authority. So is he with David?
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  Is he against David? Is he with Adan Ija?
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  Is he against Adan Ija? Do you know what I believe about
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  it? He's a confused fellow.
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  He's conflicted. He's torn.
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  As our brother brought up, his father is with Adan Ija.
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  You don't see. Benai you don't see.
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  Zadok, you don't see Nathan coming to this camp and giving
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  them a heads up of what's taking place, do you?
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  Why is Jonathan here at the same time?
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  There's something in him that still recognizes David for who
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  he is, for our Lord, King David. So there's some kind of internal
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  struggle. Here's the lesson from this Your
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  testimony shouldn't be confusing.
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  Shouldn't be confusing to people.
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  People shouldn't wonder that you are a follower of Christ and
• 51:48
  also how are you that and also a lover of the world.
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  It should be clear. Cut it.
• 51:55
  We should be like Nathan and these other fellows where even
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  the world even at the Nyjah and those guys who are rebels could
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  say those guys are for real. Those guys are truly pledged to
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  the anointed one. People shouldn't wonder where.
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  We stand on these things and let's talk about your heart.
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  There shouldn't be in your heart and in mine, this division,
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  this, this one foot in one. Foot out.
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  He is king. But I also see this and I want
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  to be part of that as well. You can't do that.
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  He's not going to let you do that.
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  He won't. He wants.
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  Everything, every single part of you to belong to him.
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  And so Jonathan here is a very sad.
• 52:45
  Picture of somebody who can't figure out where he stands.
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  It may not be so of us, but you know what stands out to me here?
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  If you look back here in verse 39, Zanuk anoints him and all
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  these. Things take place, but look at
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  the description of the celebration when Solomon is made
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  king. And all the people went up after
• 53:08
  him, playing on pipes and rejoicing with great joy, so
• 53:13
  that the earth was split by their noise.
• 53:16
  Think about it was so loud. It was so resounding with shouts
• 53:22
  and cries and laughter, perhaps, that the earth shook.
• 53:25
  I mean, they heard it. They weren't too far, but they
• 53:27
  heard it. Compare that kind of atmosphere
• 53:30
  with how Nathan describes the celebration for King Adenija.
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  Go to verse 25. Look at this.
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  It's very similar but. You'll see a difference.
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  For he has gone down this day, and has sacrificed ox, and
• 53:42
  fattened cattle and sheep, and abundance, and has invited all
• 53:46
  the King's sons, the commanders of the army, and Abiath of the
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  priest. And behold, they are eating and
• 53:50
  drinking before. I'm saying, Long live King
• 53:52
  Adanaija. What's the difference?
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  Both had people, both had. Specific protocols and.
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  But there's something that stands out.
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  Not the eating and drinking, not the.
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  Music even. No, not even that necessarily.
• 54:12
  Look at verse 40 again. Rejoicing with great joy.
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  Rejoicing with great joy. There is tangible, observable,
• 54:24
  genuine true joy when Nathan describes this.
• 54:29
  We see here that they're eating and drinking before.
• 54:30
  I'm saying Long live King Atanaija, but here we see that
• 54:36
  there's something. Deeper going on, I wonder if
• 54:38
  this is a lesson about how true joy is found in being an
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  obedience to the will of God. You want to live according to
• 54:45
  your selfish. Pleasures you want to build your
• 54:47
  own little Kingdom. You can do that.
• 54:51
  You can try to think that you can conjure.
• 54:52
  Up a better plan for your life than if you just submit to the
• 54:55
  will of God. But you will never know true
• 54:58
  joy. Never.
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  That's why you should never envy the wicked.
• 55:03
  Ever. Ever envy the wicked?
• 55:05
  And Psalms tells us repeatedly, do not envy the wicked.
• 55:08
  Why would we told that? Because there's something,
• 55:09
  especially in this day of age where everything is plastered
• 55:12
  before you, you can't ignore it. And we wonder why there's a rate
• 55:15
  of anxiety, hiking and depression and self esteem
• 55:17
  issues. Because all you're seeing is
• 55:19
  fake images of people in their lives and what do you think is
• 55:24
  being posted godly? Things appraise God.
• 55:27
  There are people who are doing that, but most of it is all look
• 55:29
  what my life is without God. And there's a temptation, right?
• 55:35
  Their life looks so easy. Their life looks so fun.
• 55:37
  Their life looks so easy and wonderful and joyful and
• 55:39
  memories and experiences. Oh, and here you are on a Friday
• 55:44
  night. Week after week at a Bible
• 55:47
  study. Amen.
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  Indeed. And so here's the thing that I
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  want to make. I want to make known to you even
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  in a world where people want to present themselves in a certain
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  way. All the little events, all the
• 56:03
  little gatherings, even manmade ministries, if they are not
• 56:06
  submitted to the will of God, you have one thing guaranteed
• 56:09
  they will not know true joy. It's only when you align
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  yourself to. God's will, His purposes.
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  And like Zadok and these other men, give yourself over to every
• 56:20
  detailed instruction that God has revealed to you, and conform
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  your life to that will, you know, rejoicing.
• 56:26
  A deep seated happiness that can never be taken from you where
• 56:30
  you can say Amen. I want to be here on a Friday
• 56:32
  night because I know my God. I want to know him.
• 56:36
  I want to live for him and it is my delight to be in his
• 56:40
  presence. With God's people, That's
• 56:42
  Supernatural. Why are you here?
• 56:44
  Like this is Supernatural. You're here on a Friday night
• 56:49
  talking about First Kings Chapter One, and you're actually
• 56:51
  happy about it. That's the Holy Spirit.
• 56:56
  That's the miracle of regeneration.
• 56:58
  That's God in you. And isn't it a genuine joy?
• 57:03
  Isn't it true rejoicing? Absolutely.
• 57:06
  Let's end it here. Adenija's little party came
• 57:09
  crashing down, and soul will the purposes and plots of the.
• 57:14
  Wicked verse 49 Then all the guests of Adenija trembled and
• 57:18
  rose, and each went his own way. And Aden?
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  I just feared Solomon. So he arose and went and took
• 57:24
  hold of the horns of the altar. Then it was told Solomon,
• 57:27
  Behold, Aden, I just fears King Solomon, for behold he has laid
• 57:31
  hold of the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon swear
• 57:34
  to me first that he will not put his servant to death with the
• 57:36
  sword. Why is he holding on to the
• 57:39
  horns of the brazen altar? It's very good.
• 57:44
  Not many people know that reference because in Exodus 21
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  we are told there by inference that there was permission to
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  come. To the altar of sacrifice and
• 57:55
  hold onto the horns. On the corner right, there's
• 57:57
  these little pieces that stuck out like horns, and people would
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  run there as a place of safety. If they have done any wrong, and
• 58:07
  that was permitted to some extent, unless they've committed
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  a a capital crime that required them to be punished by death.
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  And so it was a practice for people who knew they were in the
• 58:16
  wrong to flee to the altar and to cling.
• 58:18
  Why the altar? Because it represents God's
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  mercy. This is where God accepts
• 58:23
  sacrifice to cover your sin, to overlook your your error and
• 58:26
  your faults. And so in in the same way they
• 58:28
  would run not with a sacrifice, but with their guilty hands and
• 58:31
  say, I'm clinging to the mercy of God, surely you will not slay
• 58:35
  me Where God receives sinners. In some sense, the altar
• 58:40
  symbolizes the mercy of Jesus Christ.
• 58:44
  I wonder if that's where the term.
• 58:46
  Altar call comes from come to the altar.
• 58:48
  Maybe that is it. I don't know.
• 58:50
  And so they they clung to this. And this is exactly what Adenija
• 58:54
  is doing. He's fearful of King Solomon and
• 58:57
  look what Solomon does. And Solomon said, if he will
• 58:59
  show himself a worthy man, not one of his hair shall fall to
• 59:02
  the earth. But if wickedness is found in
• 59:04
  him, he shall die. So King Solomon sent and they.
• 59:09
  Brought him down from the altar, and he came and paid homage to
• 59:11
  King Solomon. And Solomon said to him, go to
• 59:14
  your house. He paid homage to King Solomon.
• 59:17
  What goes up? And pride will come down.
• 59:20
  Here's a man who was willing to stand up against the will of
• 59:22
  God, against Solomon. And now at the end of the
• 59:24
  chapter, he's bowing down before Solomon.
• 59:28
  And what is Solomon doing here? Does he show mercy or not?
• 59:31
  Incredible mercy. Incredible mercy.
• 59:35
  Not only does it say I'm going to let you live, he lets him
• 59:38
  keep his house, his estate. Go to your house, just don't
• 59:42
  cause trouble and I'll let you live.
• 59:45
  And here at the end of chapter one.
• 59:47
  We see Solomon now finally coordinated as king, but we also
• 59:50
  see where He establishes his Kingdom, how we establish it.
• 59:54
  He builds it upon mercy. He builds it upon.
• 1:00:01
  He builds it upon forgiveness. This says something about
• 1:00:05
  Solomon. This is how he starts.
• 1:00:10
  And I was reading this today. You know what came to mind?
• 1:00:13
  How Solomon ended? Does anybody know?
• 1:00:18
  I wonder, does anybody know the last recorded thing that Solomon
• 1:00:22
  does before we told that he sleeps with his father's?
• 1:00:27
  The last recorded thing he begins his reign.
• 1:00:38
  By choosing not to kill Atanija, Let me show you how he chooses
• 1:00:42
  to end his reign. Go to Chapter 11.
• 1:00:45
  Please meet me there and verse 40.
• 1:00:53
  This is where Solomon was going to be disciplined for his
• 1:00:56
  apostasy. And the prophet Ahad Jau now
• 1:01:00
  comes to a man named Jerabom and was told that he would receive
• 1:01:03
  the Kingdom at least in part. Somehow Solomon hears about this
• 1:01:08
  and verse 40. This is the last thing Solomon
• 1:01:10
  chooses to do before we're told that he sleeps with his
• 1:01:12
  father's. Solomon sought therefore, to
• 1:01:14
  kill. Jeraboam But Jeraboam arose and
• 1:01:18
  fled into Egypt to Shishak, king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until
• 1:01:23
  the death of Solomon. That's how he ends.
• 1:01:30
  He begins by choosing not to kill a man.
• 1:01:33
  He ends by trying to kill a man justly or unjustly.
• 1:01:36
  Unjustly, it's not how you start.
• 1:01:42
  It's how you and I finish. This is a different person, and
• 1:01:48
  it's very possible for us to start so well, so zealous, so
• 1:01:54
  pure, so humble. And if we're not on guard, if
• 1:01:59
  we're not careful, we can end up looking completely different
• 1:02:03
  than how we did begun. May it not be so of us.
• 1:02:07
  Stay close to the Lord. Listen, finish this race well.
• 1:02:13
  Finish well. Keep going.
• 1:02:17
  Don't give up. Don't give in.
• 1:02:20
  Don't surrender to the flesh. It will be worth it in the end,
• 1:02:25
  for the sake of God's glory. Would we finish well?
• 1:02:29
  And may people not see a different horrendous,
• 1:02:33
  questionable testimony at the last of it.
• 1:02:36
  But may they see someone who is brighter, holier, lovelier than
• 1:02:41
  when they started? By God's grace, he can do it in
• 1:02:43
  us. Let's pray
• 1:02:58
  how rich is the? Banquet of your word, O Lord,
• 1:03:03
  how full of truth it is. And, Lord, with a lengthy
• 1:03:07
  chapter like this, we have indeed felt that we have sat
• 1:03:13
  before an. Abundance of revelation.
• 1:03:16
  Thank you that. In the same chapter, you can
• 1:03:19
  teach us theology and you can teach us practical godliness.
• 1:03:23
  Lord, there is nothing like this word.
• 1:03:25
  There's nothing like your word now.
• 1:03:28
  Lord more than becoming acquires of insights and connections in
• 1:03:32
  your word made this producing us worship worship more than a A.
• 1:03:37
  Song because our emotions are stirred, but worship?
• 1:03:40
  That translates into a life of sacrifice laid on the altar, a
• 1:03:47
  living sacrifice. We pray, Lord, that in this.
• 1:03:51
  Place we would indeed hear your voice, and hear it in a way that
• 1:03:58
  causes us to. Bow before you to live, for you
• 1:04:02
  to deny the flesh, carry our cross, renounce the world, and
• 1:04:08
  shine brighter for your glory. Lord, as we close this time
• 1:04:11
  together as a family, would you receive these last few moments
• 1:04:16
  of singing sacrifice, of praise, and may be pleasing to your
• 1:04:19
  ears? Lord, we bless you again for
• 1:04:22
  first kings chapter one. We thank you for speaking to our
• 1:04:26
  hearts. Comfort us, convict us,
• 1:04:29
  challenge us, encourage us. Whatever we need to be brought
• 1:04:33
  into greater conformity. So be it.
• 1:04:36
  We ask this of your Holy Spirit tonight in Jesus name.
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  Amen. Amen.
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  Amen. Saints.