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2 Samuel 7 (Part 1) Bible Study | Pastor Daniel Batarseh · Bible Study with Pr. Daniel Batarseh | Verse by Verse Series | Maranatha Bible Church - Chicago

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  You. And I should be particularly
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  glad to be a Bible study tonight because as we open our Bibles to
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  second Samuel chapter 7, we are tuning into a portion of
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  scripture that is one of the most significant chapters in the
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  Old Testament. And so that should thrill us
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  because we are going to explore in detail.
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  Why that is the case, why is this one of the most important
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  Monumental history, shaping text that God has provided Us in the
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  revelation of his word and so you their second Samuel chapter
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  seven, I'm not going to read the entire chapter and we're not
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  going to cover this entire chapter tonight.
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  I'm actually going to read the first three verses before I ask
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  you what you see because the rest of the verses the remaining
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  of the chapter is pretty straightforward and and I want
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  us to be able to take our time with this.
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  So we're not going to just cover the first three verses I'm going
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  to read the three verses and then from there we will take
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  adverse my verse together and so our brother just prayed but I
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  want us to just pray one more time.
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  I don't want to rush into this. Really want us to take our time
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  in the presence of God. Lord, we thank you for this
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  text. We thank you that it has
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  something to say to us that it has something to say about the
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  gospel that we love and cherish and have been saved by and Lord
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  in this session, we pray that the anointing of the holy spirit
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  that is promised us in 1st. John would be an operation that
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  we would be taught by the spirit of God and that we would be able
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  to discern what is the will of God.
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  And that we would reject anything that we've believed
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  beforehand. That is not Alignment to the
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  truth. And Lord made these truths warm,
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  our affections. May they elevate our thoughts of
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  Jesus, may they rescue us from sin and difference lukewarmness
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  and they put us exactly where you want us to be.
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  And that is in your perfect will though.
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  We love you and we honor you tonight in Jesus name we pray.
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  Amen. It's no exaggeration for us to
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  say that this tax paints for us. The dawn of a new era, it is so
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  crucial to understand. Because from this point forward
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  from second, Samuel chapter seven, moving forward, many of
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  the Prophecies of the prophets will rely on this Revelation and
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  build on that, revelation will find it in the songs will find
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  it in the Minor Prophets. The Major Prophets, this is
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  huge, this is absolutely massive.
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  Of and more than that, it is absolutely necessary to
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  understand what is about to take place as a Christian as a
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  Christian. What you and I are going to see
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  is what is often referenced as the davidic Covenant.
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  A covenant that God himself makes with David and his lineage
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  and his future descendants which Which is so crucial and
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  connection to so many facets of our faith, namely understanding
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  the person and work of Jesus Christ but not limited to that.
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  It's important to understand a level of who the church is, what
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  the church does. It's important to understand
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  eschatology a fancy way of saying the doctrine of the last
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  days. What is here before us touches
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  so many nerves of what you and I hold two deer in our hearts as
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  New Covenant followers of Jesus Christ, who is our Messiah.
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  So, this isn't just a history lesson.
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  This is, this is deep, this is something that is Has been
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  fulfilled, is in a way, being fulfilled and one day, we'll
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  know, complete fulfillment. So again, we're not looking into
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  the past when we were looking at how this applies to today and
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  what we are looking forward to tomorrow, this is incredible.
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  You and I are actually looking at a text that very much applies
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  to us today and for the Church of tomorrow, I actually believe
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  that. If you don't understand the
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  davidic Covenant, you can't really understand the New
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  Testament. You can't.
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  Many of those things will make sense.
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  You won't you won't understand. Matthew chapter 21.
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  You won't understand people saying, son of David.
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  Have mercy on me. It won't make it just just go
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  over your head. But when you understand this
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  Foundation, as a reference point, it all makes sense at all
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  comes together. And you understand what the
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  immediate audience would have felt in realize when Jesus
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  Christ stepped into into the world and our world.
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  So we're going to realize how important this is.
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  We're going to realize to some degree, not exhaustively of why
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  this is so crucial to understanding our faith in
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  Christ. But we're going to be patient
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  with the process and and just go along with the thought process
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  here of the holy spirit's leading and verse 1.
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  Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given
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  them rest, from all his surrounding enemies, the king
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  said to Nathan the prophet. See now, I dwell in a house of
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  Peter, but the Ark of God dwells in a tent And Nathan said to the
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  king, go do all that is in your heart for the Lord.
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  Is with you. We almost want to say.
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  Okay, thank you for that introduction but let's get to
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  the meat. There's meat in here, there's
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  something to chew on, there's something to digest revisit
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  those verses. Again, we've been doing this in
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  the past few weeks. Look at those verses again, is
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  there anything that stands out to you anything that you think
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  is worth meditating on or at least considering Okay, so is
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  this the right time for this massive project to take place
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  for a permanent home to be constructed for the Ark of God,
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  for the presence of God dwelling on Earth will find out what God
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  says to it anything else? God is dwelling in a tent and
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  whereas David dwelling and a palace, what does that reveal
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  about? David's heart.
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  That's important to consider anything else.
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  Yes. Okay.
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  So Nathan is mentioned and he's introduced us for the first time
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  in the scriptures. So that is a worthy observation.
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  Yes. The Lord verse one had given
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  him. Rest from all his surrounding
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  enemies. Amen.
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  Yes, very good observation. What else?
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  It doesn't seem like we're working with much.
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  But put some pieces together and we're going to do that in a
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  moment. But let's just just wait to see
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  if anybody else has any other observations.
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  Okay. So there's a are you saying
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  there's a relationship between God being in their midst and
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  then being able to do more because he's there?
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  Okay. Yeah I think there's something
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  there. Anything else?
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  Let's look at verse one, shall we?
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  Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given
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  them rest, from all his surrounding enemies.
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  Verse 2, we get a connect. These two verses.
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  The king said to Nathan the prophet.
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  See now, I dwell in a house of Cedar, but the Ark of God dwells
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  in a tent, it is not a small detail that we are being
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  informed. How David is now enjoying a
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  period of rest from his enemies. God is increased.
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  His status got his increased, his success to the point where
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  it is for a brief moment of time, silenced his enemies and
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  so he is now on a place of great Prosperity, great power and it
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  is in that context where we are given a revelation of the
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  deepest, yearnings and longings of his heart.
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  In that place where he has been so exalted and a place where he
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  is receiving recognition, even from surrounding Nations, that
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  there is a supernatural Grace behind his rule, his Reign, it
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  is in that kind of a world where his thoughts are not even
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  consumed with that at all. He is considered, he is
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  contemplating where he is in comparison to where God's
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  symbolic presence is now that is significant, but because of her
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  You something about this man David early on?
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  We are seeing that he is a different, kind of man and how
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  is he different? Because when a person is
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  promoted when a person enjoys a level of Authority honor.
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  Success has a reputation of expelling.
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  Our thoughts of God. Not exalting them.
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  Its more common for the average person to be swept away into the
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  ocean of selfishness by the tides of affluence and
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  ascendancy, right? But David was not that kind of a
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  person. I mean you stick him in a field
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  as a teenager to be the manager of his father's sheep and he has
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  a worshipful heart, put him in a palace surrounded with pillars
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  of stone and he's still a worshiper of God.
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  He was never polluted At least up to this point he was not
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  deterred. He was not directed into a place
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  of the flesh. His he was so grounded in this
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  conviction that I want to abound more and more in loving God.
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  And in no matter what period, of his young life you find him.
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  Yes he struggled. Yes, he tempted but deep down
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  inside he really hungered after God, he really longed after God.
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  and that should, that should ask us that should cause us to
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  reflect In this house, as members of God's house.
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  Do I do? I reflect that?
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  Someone cleverly said it's not just suffering that reveals
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  what's in us. It's also success.
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  Success has the ability to really show us who we are.
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  And really unfortunately, in my own life, I've observed that it
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  doesn't take much for Christians to be deterred and their
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  devotion for God. I mean all it takes is a little
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  acquisition of property. All it takes us to meet
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  potential romantic partner and and their focus on God, their
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  Zeal for God waivers. So I want to challenge you that
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  as you advance in life, let that only Advance you to be more
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  committed and prayerful about how you can honor God in this
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  new context. And just let these the things of
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  this life bounce off, you can rejoice in it, you can thank God
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  for it but never let it dampen. What God wants to ultimately see
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  in you what you see here. Is this man who has this primary
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  passion for God. And it wasn't just like he
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  thought about God and he gave God, the bare minimum, I mean,
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  he had this desire that God would be above everything else,
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  even even above his luxury and his Comforts.
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  He could not sit comfortably with the realization that he as
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  a mere mortal. As a creature is in this Palace
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  and where God is, is behind a few curtains that Disturbed him
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  That Disturbed him. Because in his mind, it wasn't
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  about My Little Empire and then just dishing some crumbs to the
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  Lord. It was everything orbits around
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  the Lord. And so that's how he was so
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  anchored, everything no matter where he went.
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  It always came back to that the gravitational pull of his love
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  for God. Always kept him centered on
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  that. And that is something to admire
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  that is something to rejoice and that is something to say, Lord,
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  I need that to be done in me and, you know, David could have
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  sued his own soul to advance in Greater personal projects by
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  Reminiscing on the past. You know, I was the one who
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  thought about bringing the ark into the capital.
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  Nobody else thought about that. Saul didn't do it.
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  I'm the one who did it. The guy was never stagnant in
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  his service to God. He didn't just rely on the past.
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  He always looked forward to the future with joy, with the light
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  with desire. I Lord That I'm here.
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  What else can I do for you? What else can I do for you?
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  Now and this place with these Resources, with this level of
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  Grace, that has been given to me.
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  Now, what how many in God's house today can confidently say
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  that their passions aligned with David's It's very rare and
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  that's unfortunate because it is available to us, by the help of
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  the Holy Spirit prioritizing, the glory of God, more than your
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  own little Paradise. More than that Dave is all he.
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  I can just imagine him sitting at the edge of his throne with
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  his hand on his chin mija now this isn't right and just the
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  dreams and the longings and they are always knowing and asking
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  and seeking oh God. How can I glorify you more now?
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  How can I glorify you more? So you see as this man is
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  growing, as this man is graduating, so is his love for
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  the Lord, but why is it the opposite for so many Christians?
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  Why is it a descending thing for so many Believers?
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  Why is it the common thing again as people get families and as
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  they get children, as they get promotions and as they move to
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  their dream home, whatever the case may be, it's like as
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  though, the more God gives them in life.
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  The less they give back to God and not talk about money.
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  I'm talking about your time, your affections, your luck.
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  Why is that? I never understood that because
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  the Bible presents a different trajectory.
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  And if this man can have it in the old Covenant, how much more
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  if we are infused with the spirit of God and a greater
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  Covenant than the old, don't settle for less.
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  Look at this man and a time where he's been given rest from
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  the Lord, his heart was in a holy way.
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  Restless, all Lord, I Want To Worship You.
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  I want people to, I want you to be magnified your name to be
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  blessed. What can I do?
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  I love this man, and we looked here, that David and verse 2
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  does not keep these things private The king said to Nathan
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  the prophet. See now I dwell in a house of
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  Cedar but the Ark of God dwells in a tent What does that reveal
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  to you? Let me give you a little hint of
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  a little interpretational hint often times whenever the Bible
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  introduces to us, someone for the first time.
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  The things connected to that introduction, tend to reveal
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  foundational aspects of that individual's character.
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  So when somebody comes up with a first for the first time with
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  their name and oftentimes, you see an action or recorded words,
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  that introduction of the individual and what is revealed
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  about them says something about their innate personality or
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  attitude or character. And so, for the first time in
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  the scriptures, the prophet Nathan appears on the scene, And
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  what I see here before we get to Nathan is, is how David felt
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  comfortable enough to expose his heavenward desires with this
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  man. It was able to, to share his
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  enthusiasm with this person named Nathan.
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  You can tell that even the way he says it, he's in
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  contemplation. But he's almost like speaking.
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  His mind and the presence of Nathan.
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  I'll see now like this isn't right, Nathan, I don't get it.
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  I'm here. How beautiful this place.
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  Look how Majestic it is and I look out the window.
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  Look where God is, look at that. I mean the tents can can blow
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  over the. The curtains are just Doesn't he
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  deserve something more? This is how he's talking to this
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  man, Nathan And I believe that says something about Nathan
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  because look how Nathan answers and verse 3.
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  Nathan said to the king go do all that is in your heart for
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  the Lord is with you. What does that tell you about
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  Nathan? Just from that one sentence.
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  What do you think that says something about the man?
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  Any idea. He is an encourager.
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  The main takeaway I have from Nathan In This Moment, is that
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  he was able one. To not just be in the presence
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  of David, a very spiritual man but he clearly was able to share
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  in his Joy. David was a Discerning Man.
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  David was a Godly Man. David who is Godly?
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  David who wasn't Godly and I believe her David to be able to
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  communicate this to this individual shows that David knew
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  that they were they were on the same level.
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  Your they were equally yoked And then Nathan was not just a
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  person who understood those stirrings of the heart himself,
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  but he was, he was able and hope more than willing to encourage
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  David to walk in them. Himself, go for it, man.
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  Is that on your heart? Go for, I Champion that I'm
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  supportive of that. And when I look at Nathan's life
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  here, I think of a principle that I've used before.
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  I've said it many times and I'll say it again today because we're
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  creatures of repetition listen to this.
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  You and I in this life, Have friends.
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  You can categorize those friends in many ways, I categorize over
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  my own life according to the Bible, in two different ways.
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  The first is that you have friends who will either help you
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  fight your Temptation or you will have friends who will help
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  you fuel your temptation. That's it.
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  They were either fight. Help you fight the Temptation or
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  they will be friends, who fuel your Temptation, let me put it
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  in another way you. And I in this life will have
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  friends who either Direct our Godly aspirations or they will
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  dampen them. They were either direct them.
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  Or they will dampen them with their worldliness and their
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  indifference. And you have to ask yourself.
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  The people in my network, where do they fall into that category?
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  It's one or the other, because in the same way, there's no
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  neutral in your walk with the Lord, you're either going
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  forward or you're going backward.
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  And when you think you're not moving anywhere, you actually
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  moving backward, just remember that you're either moving
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  forward, or you moving backward. And the moments where you think
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  that you're just like, stagnant, you're actually numb and you're
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  slipping backward, you're not realizing it.
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  In the same way, the people in my life, they are either going
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  to help me grow my Godly aspirations or they will
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  actually weaken them. And in this case, Nathan was a
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  man who knew how to stir and spur on the faith of this friend
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  of his who showed a spark, he showed a spark of this Godly
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  aspiration. I want to do more for God and he
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  breathed life into it. Listen, what a blessing, it is
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  to have people in our Lives who excite our faithfulness for God,
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  and what a curse it is. To be comfortable in the crowd
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  of people who do not have a zest for Spiritual things.
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  We do not have a zest for Spiritual things.
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  So understand what I'm trying to say here.
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  I'm going to say it again. The people in your life.
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  Do they stir you on to Godliness?
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  Or do they? They try to remove that Wick
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  that wants to burn out for God. And if you don't think that's a
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  serious thing. Oh, I'm telling you.
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  It is a serious thing. It has really brought so many
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  potential men and women of God down.
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  And I don't want that to happen to you.
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  You look at this man and you see that he had a fellowship with
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  someone who was, who is in tune with God.
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  And if you have a person in your life, listen, even if it's one
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  person because I know there are two fine.
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  If you even have one person in your life where you can, you
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  know, that you can call up and open your heart up about your
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  dreams or your discoveries about God.
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  And you know that you can open up to them because they have
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  that same Delight. You're a very rich man you are
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  very very rich woman. And if you feel like you lack
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  that quality of friendship, believe that God can provide
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  such a person. He can provide that kind of
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  person. He could providentially lead
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  your steps that individual, hey, wake up, listen to this, don't
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  settle for cheap fellowship with Christians.
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  Listen, who get who come to life when you bring up anything in
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  this world. But our awkward when you bring
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  up deep spiritual things in God. Huh.
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  You know, those people, I've been in many of those situations
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  their church. People, you're in the group
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  setting, you bring up the things of God and they look at you like
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  dear staring into the headlights.
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  You can bring up any other topic and they're skilled in it and
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  they're excited about it. Bring up the Deep things of God
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  and it looks like you said something about their mother or
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  something like you insulted them.
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  They're like offended by the fact that you were Christian
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  would dare to bring up spiritual things that you've discovered in
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  the word, in your personal. Walk with the lord, it's really
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  sad but don't settle for that. David had a standard for his his
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  companionship. He did in Psalm 119 verse 63, he
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  says I am a companion. Can anybody finish a verse?
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  I am a companion of what? I am a companion of what of
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  those who fear you and who keep your precepts.
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  I am a companion of those who fear you and who keep your
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  precepts. You know, David standard our
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  friendship was. Do you fear God?
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  No, I'll say hi to you and your nice person.
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  I asked you how you do not work but my who I unite myself with
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  are people who walk in a Perpetual sense of God's
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  omnipresence omnipotence omniscience, I'm fully aware of
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  who God is and I walk in the theorem we can be friends.
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  We can be friends. Nathan was not concerned here.
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  As he's about to share his heart back with David.
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  He was not concerned about anything else about God himself.
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  He was, he was, he was a prophet.
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  Yes. But he was a righteous Prophet
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  just because you're a prophet doesn't mean much.
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  Now, see what happens in verse 4.
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  But that same night, the word of the Lord came to Nathan.
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  Go and tell my servant David thus says the Lord, would you
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  build me a house to dwell in? So, what's happening here?
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  So Nathan has this meeting with with David.
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  He goes back home and that very same night, the Lord speaks to
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  the prophet. He says go back to David and
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  tell David that he's not going to build my house.
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  And so here's what's amazing here that the quality of David's
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  friendships was not just because he had mutually shared Divine
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  Delights. The quality of his friendship
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  includes the safety that he experienced from those who love
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  God's word enough to speak it into your life.
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  Especially when you need it to be corrected.
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  And that's exactly what's happening with Nathan.
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  Nathan shares. His I believe his personal
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  opinion at this moment. He didn't inquire of God, maybe
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  didn't feel like he needed to maybe he thought that this was
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  so good. Why would you even need to ask
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  God? So he just says, go for it.
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  You have my support. God says, Nathan.
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  Go back and tell him that he can't do it.
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  And Nathan is going to turn back.
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  He does, he doesn't wait. He's immediate with his
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  obedience and he was not concerned of whether or not what
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  he said, beforehand was right or wrong.
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  He learned the will of God and upon that fresh Revelation.
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  He goes before David again, and he wasn't worried, whether or
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  not he was going to disappoint David or anger David.
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  Hey, David? I love you.
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  I love what God is doing in you, but God told me to tell you.
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  You ain't the guy. You're not going to be the
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  person. and when I thought about Nathan's life, at that point, I
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  stopped and I leaned back and I said Nathan If you think about
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  every instance, where Nathan and David shared a moment together,
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  there's a consistent theme. There is a consistent theme with
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  their interaction. There's a total of three times
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  where you see, David and Nathan together.
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  And if you actually think about it, each time show, something
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  about Nathan. And the kind of person he was in
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  terms of relationship with a brother.
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  When's the next time David and Nathan are going to bump into
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  each other? Bathsheba second, Samuel chapter
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  12. What is Nathan do?
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  You're the man. You're the men.
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  He needs supposes the sin that David tried to hide and his
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  adultery and in his murder. When's the next time you see
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  David and Nathan together, There's another time that's a
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  different profit, but good guess.
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  When's the next time. 1st Kings, where at his deathbed good and
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  what's happening at his Deathbed?
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  Very good who is going to succeed, David as king.
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  And somebody, one of his sons are already plotting, something.
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  What's his name? Do you remember?
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  No, not have some another one with the name of a letter, A
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  adonijah. I didn't I just already plotting
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  to usurp the next king, who is supposed to be Solomon.
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  So the prophet comes and he initiates a quick move for
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  Solomon to be rightly ordained an anointed before adonijah
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  creates a mess. So he was the one that stirred
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  up David to consider what has happened.
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  He got Bathsheba involved and they made this whole plan to get
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  solid. And on that Throne.
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  So the three times where you see Nathan with David, what do you
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  see? He, he corrects him here, he
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  rebukes him in the next scene and then the last one, he tries
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  to direct them to make the right decision.
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  And every single instance Nathan is holding, David accountable.
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  Every single time. Get a friend like that.
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  Yeah, get a friend who loves God's word and God's honor so
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  much that they're willing to speak into your life in order.
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  You walk in honor of God and all things that's the kind of
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  prophet Nathan was. He didn't shy, he wasn't hanging
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  out, I want to make this awkward.
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  Maybe it's not a big deal when he saw something concerning he
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  spoke up when the Lord revealed something, and we have it
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  according to his word and it didn't line up with his friends
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  way of life. He said something, he said
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  something. These days, we want to be liked
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  by everybody and we don't want to be seen as self-righteous.
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  Well don't do it in a self-righteous way, but if you
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  really love somebody, you will say something as hard as it is,
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  and Nathan was such a man. I don't think it was just
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  because he was a prophet, but because he was a friend to
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  David, you look at profits in the the prophetic books.
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  Many of them didn't correct, their kings, many of them
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  incorrect. The people of God because they
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  wanted their affection, they wanted their admiration, forget
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  it. This man looked at his friend
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  and he says, Hey, look, God told me to tell you this, hey, look,
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  you can't be holding onto your sin.
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  Hey, look, David. You're becoming to relax here.
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  You're not Discerning, the situation.
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  Solomon needs to be king at a night, just trying to take over.
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  That is the kind of friend this man was and II believe that it
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  made such an impression on David that he made this subtle
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  decision in honor of him, you want to see what he did.
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  I believe you might disagree but I think it's a nice thought.
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  It's in first Chronicles chapter 3.
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  I don't want you to see this because I think this is The
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  timing of his quite amazing. The first Chronicles 3.
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  We read about David's children and when you come to verse 5,
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  you read the children that he had with Bathsheba.
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  First Chronicles 35. These were born to him in
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  Jerusalem, David, shamaya show Bob who Nathan?
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  Nathan. and Solomon for by Bathsheba the daughter of Emil
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  and makes you wonder if after having children with Bathsheba
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  that David Held, such Nathan to high regard because of his
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  Integrity that he names one of his own Nathan, Oh, I hope that
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  my son would be like my friend, the prophet Nathan.
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  Who loves God's word, more than anything else?
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  Who's willing to speak up? No matter who stands before him,
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  that's the kind of man. I want my son to be It's an
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  interesting thought. Let's come back to our main
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  text. Look at verse 5 go and tell my
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  servant David thus says the Lord, would you build me a house
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  to dwell in and if you look earlier, when did this happen
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  next week? Or did it happen?
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  The same night, having the same night?
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  You know what I love about the Lord.
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  The Lord, when he sees someone who truly has a heart after God,
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  who truly wants to honor, God is very protective of where you
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  move in life. You see what I'm saying?
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  Here is one of the blessings that you have, I'm sorry.
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  It's not for you. If you're worldly and you want
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  to live lukewarm and want to be just a nominal Christian, but
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  for the person who lives for the glory of God, this is one of the
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  inheritance of you have. I believe the Lord was so quick
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  to make sure that David didn't make an error and he was he was
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  willing to guide and yes, through a prophet.
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  But I believe that is a promise in Providence.
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  God will guide your steps, you know, if you're truly a lover of
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  God, you don't have to A fear about being led into the wrong
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  direction in life. You don't have to fear, you can
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  trust the Lord that he will find a way to communicate to you,
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  exactly where you need to be and what you need to do, as long as
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  your heart is set on glorifying him, that is your inheritance
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  for this life. Verse 5, he says, would you
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  build me a house to dwell in? That's a rhetorical question and
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  in that question is actually a statement.
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  And if you doubt what I'm about to say, all you have to do is go
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  to the paralleling accounted First Chronicles 17.
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  And he says it plainly What the Lord is saying here David, you
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  are not going to build for me a house.
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  You're not going to build for me a house.
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  And when you look at that, you would think maybe that this
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  would disappoint the man of God that this was hurt the man of
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  God. Especially because the Navy, the
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  prophet, Nathan doesn't give him any reason for it.
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  He doesn't tell him necessarily why you won't be able to do it.
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  That comes later on, David will Discover It much much later to
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  why it is that his hands were not be the direct contribution
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  to this marvelous idea. But for now the answer comes and
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  the answer is it's not going to happen from you and it's not
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  going to happen in your lifetime.
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  I believe in that is one of the most important lessons for the
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  eager servant of God, because if you understand what I'm about to
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  say, it will save you from a lot of confusion and frustration in
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  life. Was David's desire here selfish
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  or was it God glorifying? God glorifying, was there
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  anything in it for him? No.
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  In fact God is going to actually if you think that he had mixed
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  motives later on in First Kings we are told that he had a noble
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  desire. He actually says to David and
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  chapter 8. He says, what was in your heart?
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  You did well for having it in your heart.
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  So, this, this isn't because David had an ulterior motive
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  here and he wanted to do something for his Of no.
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  No. This was completely honorable
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  unto God completely pure and yet just because it's righteous just
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  because it's commendable just because it's praiseworthy.
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  Just because it is God, glorifying does not mean that
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  God is obliged to give us what we're requesting.
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  I know that might be shocking. I know that might not be the
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  most comfortable Truth for the flesh, but it is important to
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  know, nonetheless. The Lord does not operate by
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  automatically, giving us the green light on things that we
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  are asking for just because it is something that is good. and
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  just because it is something that is Holy And as much as we
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  want to do it for his namesake because the Lord and his wisdom
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  is More Much, More Much, much wore more aware of the
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  intricacies that are involved. That if something were to go
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  through that, we are completely unaware of And the Lord, in this
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  case knows that this is not for David.
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  This is for somebody else. Was the desired?
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  Good. Absolutely.
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  What was it righteous you bet, was it?
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  God's will no. So we made our relationship with
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  God in our prayer, life too simplistic to our own harm, I
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  believe. Because we think if we if we if
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  it's good and if it's right and if we can pull out a few verses
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  to justify that means that God has to Grant it not necessarily.
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  And just like David got often doesn't give us the reasons for
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  it either, at least in the moment.
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  He doesn't, he doesn't explain why doors shut why things don't
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  happen. Why our dreams don't come to
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  pass so to speak, as much as they are laced with.
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  Desire for God to be blessed by. God knows God understands God
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  sees what you don't see. And here's the thing again, that
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  might make your flesh tense up, but be pliable, like, David was
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  because when you, when we're going to look at this next week,
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  we're not gonna have time to do it.
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  When you look at David's response, he was worshipful.
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  He's surrendered to The Sovereign will of God.
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  He didn't protest. He didn't become bitter.
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  You didn't raise his fists. He didn't pout and paced back
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  and forth. Well, I wanted to do it.
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  Why didn't you let me do it? I wanted this so bad, God is For
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  Your Glory. I've been a righteous And I've
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  been serving you all these years.
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  Nothing, nothing of the sort. And so you need to embrace that
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  truth for your life. Or else you.
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  Oh, you're going to open yourself up to this version of
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  God, where he is a utilitarian God, where he just gives if you
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  press the right buttons and he is much more wise, and loving
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  than that. Now we're going to see something
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  in verse 6. Look at verse 6.
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  God says, I have not lived in a house since the day, I brought
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  up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day but I've been
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  moving about in a tent for my dwelling, in all places where I
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  have moved with all the people of Israel.
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  Did, I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel?
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  Whom I commended to Shepherd, My People Israel saying, why have
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  you not build me a house of cedar?
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  You know what he's saying through Nathan?
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  Hey David. There wasn't a time up to this
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  point where I ever asked any of the former leaders to build me a
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  permanent house. Not once there was not one
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  moment where I said, why are you not considering that I'm living
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  in a tent and not in a house of cedar?
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  He's and he wants David to know that.
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  Here's the question. Why does that matter for David?
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  Why does David need to hear that?
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  There was not a time before this where the Lord brought the idea.
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  Even of a permanent glorious. Opulent dwelling place to be
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  constructed in his name. Any idea?
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  So if you wanted it, he would have really asked for it.
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  So there's something perhaps, they're this God, really, really
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  have a concern about a temple. Being built for him, some would
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  say yes. Maybe, some would say no.
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  There is a plan. So, we can marry those two
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  thoughts together. Perhaps it was because the
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  timing wasn't right. The Lord didn't express it
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  because it wasn't a time to express it.
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  I believe that's a strong point, but why this David need to hear
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  this personally, So, I believe the two thoughts that you, you
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  brought are the main points. Number one to tell David David.
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  This is not the time but 22 also Comfort David to let David know.
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  Hey, it's okay. You don't have to live with any
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  guilt that because you have this Authority and ability to
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  construct something as spectacular as a temple would be
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  because I never asked for it is not something that I demanded.
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  Breaking any law and so just in case, there might be even a hint
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  of guilt and David's heart. The Lord puts him at ease by
• 38:42
  letting him know I did not ask this.
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  I did not make this a burden. So be it, he's be comforted with
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  this truth. And, you know, I looked at that
• 38:52
  and I thought to myself, I wonder if what the Lord is
• 38:55
  saying here to David can be helpful to those.
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  Who might feel that what they have is a gift or what they've
• 39:02
  been assigned to in the church or in life is not enough for
• 39:06
  God. You have people who live like
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  that. There is a very, very fine line
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  between Desiring to abound in the love of God, more and more,
• 39:20
  and feeling a crippling sense of shame or disappointment for.
• 39:26
  Not achieving something that you believe will be pleasing to God.
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  So, there are some people who are haunted Because unless they
• 39:34
  feel like they are doing something, it's not really going
• 39:37
  to bring God pleasure. And so, they just feel like
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  they're there. They're not fruitful and it's
• 39:44
  not effective and it's not achieving much and it's not
• 39:46
  touching people's lives. And so surely, I'm not doing
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  what God would require me to be happy with me.
• 39:54
  And I see something here with this, this, this conversation
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  between the Lord, and David at this point, David, it's okay.
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  It's okay, I didn't call you to be an architect.
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  If I wanted a house to be built, I would make a known just ask my
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  servant Moses. So, so just relax and be be at
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  ease, and I think a lot of, a lot of people need to hear that.
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  And it's for those who who are uncomfortable because, unless
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  they do something Grand, unless they received National
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  recognition, unless it changes people on a consistent basis,
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  then it's not good enough for the Lord.
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  And the Lord would say. As long as you do.
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  What I tell you to do, that's all I ask.
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  Your reward. My brother, my sister in this
• 40:48
  life as a Christian should be his pleasure. whether he sticks
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  you in a stinking prison or he puts you in a palace, As long as
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  you know that you're doing what God has called you to do.
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  Let that bring you Joy and delight and fight off those
• 41:05
  condemning thoughts. That say, you're no one, you're
• 41:08
  not doing anything of value. Just trust that the Lord in his
• 41:15
  Providence hears your cries and we'll set you exactly where you
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  need to be in order to bring Delight to him and he will do
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  that. So David was comforted right
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  away. The Lord wanted to end this.
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  This is a gracious. This is a gracious word from the
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  Lord and now what's about to happen in the remaining versus
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  Is that we will see the Inception of the establishment
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  of David's, Covenant. With God, this is huge.
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  This is important as Christians. You and I have to grasp and
• 41:44
  realize how foundational what is about to take place is to our
• 41:49
  understanding of. Jesus Christ is the word
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  covenant appear in this chapter. It doesn't I can read the whole
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  chapter and you will not find the word covenant, but that's
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  how David understood it. Fast forward, a chapter 23 of
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  your book of second. Samuel, look at verse 5, Second
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  Samuel. 23 verse 5. David says for does not my house
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  stands. So with God for he has made with
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  me and Everlasting Covenant, it's right there.
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  God made an Everlasting Covenant with me back in chapter 7 order
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  and all things and secure for Willie not cause to prosper all
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  my help and my desire. So this is a covenant.
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  This is a promise that God is making with this man.
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  And it's an agreement, but it is an agreement that is
• 42:45
  unconditional. It's unconditional meaning.
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  There are no conditions that David has to observe.
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  That will keep this Covenant alive.
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  Everything that God says, in this concerning the promises
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  that he will fulfill his dependent upon his own
• 43:04
  faithfulness. Now what that doesn't mean is
• 43:08
  that David and his sons can do whatever they want.
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  Without any consequences, they will know severe consequences if
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  they step outside of the will of God.
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  Even if they have this special Covenant with God, would you
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  like to know what? That, what that is.
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  We read it. Pastor Daniel Bennett, read it.
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  You don't have to turn there because we already read it, but
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  let me rehearse it in. Ear in Psalm 89 verse 30.
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  The Lord says, if his children forsake my law and do not walk
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  according to my rules. If they violate my statutes and
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  do not keep my Commandments, then I will punish their
• 43:46
  transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes.
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  I'm going to discipline them. I'm going to discipline Solomon,
• 43:53
  I'm going to discipline rehoboam, I will discipline
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  every single one if I need to who steps outside of obedience
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  to me, but notice what he says in verse 33.
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  But I will not remove my steadfast love from him or be
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  false to my faithfulness. In other words, they can't do
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  anything to cut this Covenant off, they can't nullify it.
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  Why? Because it's not dependent upon
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  their faithfulness, it's all mine.
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  This promise that God is making with David is to Showcase to the
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  world that When God Says something, he means it.
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  And when God promises, it will come to pass.
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  So it's a special promise that God wants to make so that people
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  can realize as a witness to Generations.
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  The Lord keeps his word and God is still keeping that promise.
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  and God will fulfill this promise to show the world that
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  he even if you promise that thousands of years ago, did not
• 44:55
  forget what's the essence of the Covenant?
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  Somebody comes up to you says, what's the davidic Covenant?
• 45:04
  Your Christian. What would you answer?
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  Very good. Wonderful summary.
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  Is it not? Did you hear it?
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  Okay? Maybe didn't solve read it from
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  the verse here in verse 16. Look at second, Samuel 716.
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  This is the summary of the Covenant.
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  And your house and your kingdom shall be made.
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  Sure forever. Before me, your throne shall be
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  established forever. Here is the the core meaning of
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  this Covenant. I am going to establish your
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  Dynasty David and from your seed, I will preserve your
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  kingdom from generation to generation, enduring forever and
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  ever. That's my promise for you.
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  You know, what's amazing? David wanted to build God, a
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  house and God turned it around and he gave him a
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  counterproposal. I'm going to build you a house.
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  That's what I'm going to do. You want to build me a house?
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  How about this? I'm going to build you a house.
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  And so he promises him. He promises him that I am going
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  to watch over your seed. And I'm going to make sure, not
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  just your name survives, but that your throne Will Survive.
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  And that you will have a kingdom forever and ever, and in the
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  natural sense that would have excited David so much because
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  every King knew the Jeopardy, and the danger, that awaited,
• 46:34
  his descendants that there would be usurpers and Rivals.
• 46:37
  I would rise up to try to eliminate an extinct, any Royal
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  line so that they can take over and he was assured, it's not
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  going to happen to yours. But David was in carnal like
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  that. He wasn't just about his name
• 46:49
  and his his reputation. David knew that there was a
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  direct correlation between his kingdom being preserved and
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  God's glory being praised. So he was yes This is amazing,
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  this is wonderful. And no wonder the way he
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  responds next week we'll find out.
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  But here's the thing that's a summary of the Covenant.
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  Let's look at the details. So now we come to our text,
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  right? And verse 8 now.
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  Therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David?
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  Thus says, the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture from
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  following the sheep. That you should be Prince Over
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  My People, Israel. And I have been with you
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  wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before
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  you, and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the
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  great ones of the earth verse 10.
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  Here's our first one ready. The first detail first Facet of
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  this Covenant. And I will appoint a place for
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  My People, Israel. And I will plant them so that
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  they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed.
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  No more and Violent Men shall afflict them.
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  No more as formerly. Number one, the davidic Covenant
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  includes a permanent occupation of a certain land.
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  Controversial. No biblical.
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  The davidic Covenant is linked to the abrahamic one.
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  And what was, what was the abrahamic Covenant?
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  All about really mainly land? I'm going to set apart a piece
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  of real estate from all the Earth that will host.
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  My people, the people of Israel. And I want to tell you if
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  adequately and clearly, there is nowhere in the Bible that
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  indicates that God changed his promise about that.
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  If anything the New Testament affirms and confirms it, you
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  don't believe me read Romans 9, 10 and 11 and if you're not
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  convinced there go to the Book of Revelation.
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  And then you will see that God really really meant what he said
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  to Abraham and he is just reaffirming that promise to his
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  servant David, there's going to be a place.
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  And that place will be kept. I will make sure that you will
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  occupy that place. And I know that there is much
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  drama around that place and that drama will continue to rage on.
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  But I assure you if God is true, That no one even if all the
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  nations come together, we'll be able to thwart God's promise for
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  the ethnic people who are known as Jews.
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  It's not going to happen. and, It's not because because I can
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  hear the thoughts it's not because God shows favoritism
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  over one people group in comparison to others.
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  It's because God made a promise to a certain people group.
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  So that through the Fulfillment of that promise, all the nations
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  would say that that God keeps his promises.
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  That's the point. He comes at the partnership with
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  one people group. So that the whole world for
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  Generations, be able to say this is the god that keeps his
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  promise. So it's not really
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  controversial, it's biblical and it has everything to do with the
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  character of God. So it includes a place it
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  includes an actual geographical location.
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  But we read on and we see in verse 11, What does it say here
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  from the time that I appointed judges Over My People Israel and
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  I will give you rest from all your enemies.
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  Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you
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  a house the davidic Covenant doesn't just include a place I
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  will be occupied it includes a piece from the enemies of Israel
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  a piece a certain rest and in this particular promise there is
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  a near fulfillment and a future fulfillment what's the near
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  fulfillment at what point will Israel realize this rest that
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  has been promised by God It's not too far off from David
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  Solomon Solomon's Rule and Reign was characterized by this rest,
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  right? And God want to make sure that
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  it was in that period of rest, that the temple would be
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  constructed because he didn't want the association of his
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  house to be with War, which was David.
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  David had too much blood on his hands and he didn't want people
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  to make the connection that that this house of worship was built
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  by a man. And during a time of War, he
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  want to be In a time of peace and worship to reflect the
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  character and nature of God isn't that significant?
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  But we see that after Solomon, it quickly goes downhill and
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  what happens war, Civil War happens, a split with the
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  nation, the tribes, in the nation, there is, there's Exile.
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  All this crazy stuff happens and so we have to ask ourselves.
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  Is it done? Was this a temporal thing was
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  just we just for a moment. No, there's something yet to be
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  fulfilled in a permanent way. And the only way that this piece
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  for this people group around, this nation will come to pass is
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  when the right King steps into the scene.
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  Only until the right King steps into the scene.
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  Will that piece be realized. And that's what Isaiah talks
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  about, right? He speaks about in Isaiah 9:7
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  that with his government will come and unending peace.
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  That's verse 7 of chapter 9. And so we are yet to see that
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  fulfilled. We are awaiting for the arrival
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  of the son of David who would bring this true rest, not just
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  Israel. But to the whole globe So that
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  promise is still awaiting to be known and experienced.
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  Thirdly, you can't have a kingdom without a king.
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  You can't have a kingdom without a king.
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  And so we read the last part of this promise in verse 12, when
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  your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your father's, I
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  will raise up your Offspring. After you who shall come from
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  your body and I will establish his kingdom.
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  He shall build a house for my name and I will establish the
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  Throne of his kingdom forever. I will be to him a father and he
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  shall be to me a son when he commits iniquity, that's
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  strange, I will discipline him with the rod of men with Stripes
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  of the sons of men, but my steadfast love will not.
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  Depart from him. As I took it from Saul, whom I
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  put away from before you. I promise you David that you
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  will have a king who will sit on that throne.
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  Who is that? King, who will build the house?
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  We read it Solomon. What will God discipline him?
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  He didn't say if he sins, right? He says, when he commits
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  iniquity, he is waiting for a he's anticipating that Solomon
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  is going to fail. But there's a word that
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  reappears, three times in three verses and it's the word
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  forever. Forever, forever, forever.
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  And the problem is. Where's the kingdom?
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  Now, if it's supposed to be forever, is that our problem?
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  And the reason why we're not seeing it currently, as we might
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  think it should be, is because the Kings disobeyed God, One
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  after the other, many of them, if not a majority of them
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  disobeyed God and that didn't nullify the Covenant, but it did
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  create a cycle of discipline, a cycle of chastisement that you
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  can say in some sense, delayed it.
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  For example, come to 1st Kings, 8:25, and this is my last
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  reference. Maybe And I'm referencing this
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  so that you can you can have this in your notes.
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  And I want you to see it for yourself.
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  Now therefore First Kings 825. Now therefore O Lord God of
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  Israel. Keep your servant David.
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  My father. What you have promised them
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  saying you shall not lack a man to sit before me on the throne
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  of Israel. What's the next part?
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  If If only your son's pay close attention to their way.
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  So we just heard that this was an unconditional promise, did we
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  not? But the word if Denotes
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  condition. God keep your promise and I
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  understand what's required on our part if only your son's pay
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  close attention to the way. How do we make sense of this?
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  Well again, what we heard earlier?
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  This isn't contradict but the succeeding Kings would not be
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  able to know the fullness of what?
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  God promised David. But only know this discipline
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  and this chastisement and the cycle of it.
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  That's what you read in First Kings and second Kings. the God
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  wanted to, Ultimately fulfill but couldn't because of their
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  Disobedience to some degree and it's not that it's not that God
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  didn't see coming, he saw it coming and he made a point by
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  recording how one king after the other could not be the one that
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  God was speaking about here. The fullness of these blessings
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  would not be known in great part because of the failure for these
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  Kings. And from these Kings, to be able
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  to maintain a righteousness, that would be able to secure
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  God's blessing. So what's the solution of
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  course? Unless one of David's
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  descendants would be able to come and end that cycle by
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  offering a righteousness that would be able to open up an
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  uninterrupted manifestation of God's blessing.
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  That he promised here. You see it now.
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  Why isn't this known? Why was this delayed?
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  Why was this interrupted with Exiles and Wars?
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  Because the sons of David could not keep up with the law of God?
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  and so, the only solution to this is that one of the sons of
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  David has to be able to And there is a clue how this would
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  be made possible because the sons of David, they have a
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  problem like you. And I tonight, you know what
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  that problem is their sons of Adam.
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  That's the issue. That's the whole point.
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  When you read those series of Kings, they can't, they are
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  unable to. And so the prophets who knew the
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  davidic, Covenant, God, the holy spirit, this is the beauty of
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  knowing the Old Testament. God, the holy spirit gives a
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  little bit more life, a little bit more light, and then your
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  job in mind as Desiring to know, the will of God, put the pieces
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  together. The sea, What would be a
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  Mysteries, actually, a plan from eternity past.
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  Let me give you an example. I have two more references for
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  you and hopefully, this will bless you.
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  So, we are now told, I mean, take the time to read this on
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  your own, we are told that there's a king coming.
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  We are told by God that this Kingdom will be forever and we
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  know this ahead of time that it just doesn't seem to be working
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  if you don't have the New Testament.
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  It's a very very Dreadful future for Israel.
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  One failure after the next after the next, until you get to the
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  prophets and you discover some hints given by the spirit of
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  God. And here's one of the most
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  astounding Clues, as it relates to the davidic Covenant, that
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  God makes with him here Zechariah 14:9.
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  Here's a prophecy. About Israel's Future King.
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  And here's what Zechariah 14:9 says.
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  I want you to see it. And the Lord will be king over
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  all the Earth. On that day, the Lord will be
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  one and his name one. is that is that a capitalized lrd in your
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  Bibles should be And Yahweh. The Yahweh will be king over all
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  the Earth, your New Covenant Christian.
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  I hope your eyes have been open to the reality of the person of
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  Jesus Christ. Imagine what that would have
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  sounded like to the Jew of that day.
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  Who are very familiar with the davidic Covenant, they banked on
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  the abrahamic and davidic Covenant for their survival.
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  It was a source of much hope even in their rebellion.
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  And when they sought repentance and offer sudden Zechariah comes
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  on the scene and he says the Lord will be king over all the
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  Earth, well, hold on. Second Samuel 7, we learned that
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  God said one of David's Sons would be the king. so Zechariah
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  we're hearing what you said but Nathan said one of David's Sons
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  you're saying Yahweh Well, who is it?
• 1:00:13
  And you can just imagine the equations coming to mind.
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  Well, surely one of David's Sons, cannot become God, the
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  scriptures teaches that very emphatically.
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  Clearly, it's obvious That's impossible.
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  Is it possible for God to become a man?
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  Is it is it possible not for God to just become a man?
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  Is it possible for God to become a man?
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  Who was Who is infused and who interjects in the davidic line.
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  And this would be mind-blowing, the Lord will be king over all
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  the Earth, we're waiting for the son of David to become the king,
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  that would conquer the world. How do we make sense of this?
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  And the Mystery that is to the Jews, is what you and I call the
• 1:01:10
  Incarnation. The mystery that is.
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  To the mind. I can't comprehend without the
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  aid of the holy spirit is something that you and I
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  worship, especially once a year. Yes, the Lord can become king,
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  the king of the Earth, the son of David because the Lord can
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  become a man. and not just a man, he can occupy the womb of
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  someone who is from the line of David And assume both roles at
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  the same time and fulfill all ancient prophecy. and if you
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  think that, if you think that that is a stretch, then take the
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  words of Jesus in the last book of the Bible and Revelation
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  22:16 and hold on to that verse. If you want a verse that will
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  defend the deity of Jesus Christ and not just the deity of Jesus
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  Christ. But The promised Messiah that.
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  God speaks of in this chapter of our study.
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  What does it say in Revelation 22:16?
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  I Jesus. No confusion there.
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  I Jesus have sent my angel to testify to you about these
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  things for the churches. I am the root.
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  And a descendant of David, the Bright Morning Star.
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  I am the root and a descendant. You know, when you know what
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  that means, I'm the creator of David and I'm the son of David.
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  I am the author of David and I'm The Offspring of David.
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  I'm the god of David Wright, and I'm also The king that was
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  promised to David, that would come at one point.
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  And so, what you see? Is that the Lord here?
• 1:03:16
  Is confirming an ancient Prophecy in the very last book
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  of the Bible. Do you know, want to know why in
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  part? Because one of your last
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  thoughts as you close the Bible, assuming that you read it from
• 1:03:27
  cover to cover. Is that we are still awaiting
• 1:03:31
  for this King to appear and to fulfill the promise that
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  Nathan's spoke to David. That's what you want to do.
• 1:03:39
  You want to know what's next on the prophetic calendar?
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  The thing that God spoke thousands of years ago, well,
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  actually happen before our eyes one day in his perfect timing.
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  And I just can't imagine the day where David himself and is
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  resurrected state will look at his son and also say, that's my
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  God. Imagine that thought He's my
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  Creator, but he's also my descendant.
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  He is my Lord but he's also my son.
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  And you. And I Will reign with him if we
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  are faithful to him. And I hope that you will take
• 1:04:21
  that seriously in your life, may you.
• 1:04:23
  And I reflect this man's passion or said, oh Lord, I don't want
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  to be stagnant. I want to know how I can serve
• 1:04:28
  you as much as I can and I will have my heart and large by these
• 1:04:32
  desires. And Lord, I will trust that you
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  will direct me and how I should fulfill my purpose.
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  For Your Name. Lord, we thank you tonight.
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  Help us Lord to keep these truths to love you and honor you
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  with these truths. And to Rejoice that we are in
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  the truth. In Jesus name, amen.