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2 Samuel 5 (Part 2) Bible Study | Pastor Daniel Batarseh · Bible Study with Pr. Daniel Batarseh | Verse by Verse Series | Maranatha Bible Church - Chicago

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Second Samuel chapter five, meet me there.
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And as you come to this chapter meet me in verse 6.
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Second Samuel. Chapter 5 verse verse 6.
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And the King and his men went to Jerusalem against the jebusites,
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the inhabitants of the land who said to David, you will not come
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in here but the Blind and the lame will Ward you off thinking,
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David cannot come in here. Nevertheless, David took the
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stronghold of Zion that is the city of David and David said on
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that day, whoever would strike the jebusites.
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Let him get up the water shaft, to attack the lame and the
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blind. Who are hated by David Soul.
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Therefore, it is said the blind and the lame shall not come into
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the house and David lived in the stronghold and called it.
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The city of David and David built the city all around the
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Milo, Inward and David became greater and greater for the
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Lord. The god of hosts was with him.
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Lord, this is your precious word.
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We want to savor it tonight. We want to be nourished by it
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tonight and father, we are excited to be in your house
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tonight. Lord, open our minds disarm our
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hearts and let the implanted word save our souls, save it
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from sin, save it from Fear, save it from discouragement say,
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From deception. We pray that there would be a
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special touch on this Bible. Study Lord, we long to
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fellowship with you and you have given us the means through your
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word. Now let this word wash over us
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cleanse us. Polish us, whatever needs to be
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done for us to have a greater reflection of the person of
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Jesus Christ. Oh, we are we are so honored.
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Father to be in this place in your presence with your people
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in Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
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In a brief five versus if you were here last week you and I
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read the Fulfillment of Samuel's prophetic word and God's promise
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to David because he was finally inaugurated as the king over all
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of Israel not just Judah but overall the tribes and in our
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study tonight we will quickly note how David proved to be
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God's chosen man. For the assignment because
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almost Idiot Lee. He is going to make great
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advancements for the nation. And when we see this, what we
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also recognize is that in the following chapters, it will
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really be just like a series of conquests and campaigns that
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David is able to achieve and it will be a direct result of his
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gifted leadership and his love for God.
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And for God's people, and each story will give us the necessary
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instructions to understand who God is and his ways with man,
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but even with that General observations of this new action
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in our study of the life of David as the king of Israel, we
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already have something to consider and meditate, and it is
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this and the same way that David brought about immediate
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blessing, the moment, Israel recognize and elected him as the
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king So it is with the person who submits to the lordship of
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Jesus Christ, there is sudden reward, there is immediate
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blessing, and if you're a follower of Jesus Christ, you
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know, you know, that the moment you have truly repented and
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believed on his name, there is this infusion of Peace.
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This overwhelming Joy, this burden of sin that rolled off of
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your back. And as a follower of Christ, You
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know that that is just the beginning.
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That is just the Genesis of the rewards that will follow us who
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chose to follow him. And here's what's amazing in
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this in this study, the way we're going to frame our
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application is that in the same way, we see unique features that
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are attributed to the kingship of David.
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It will point to the ultimate fulfillment of the
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characteristics that are found in the Kingdom of Jesus Christ,
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when he takes up ownership of a life and when he will ultimately
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take ownership of our world, And so we read it.
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What was the first thing that King David sought to do as the
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newly established leader? He, he thought it necessary to
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create a headquarters, a political capital for Israel.
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And the choice was Jerusalem. Any idea why Jerusalem?
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Not many reasons, but there are some reasons.
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Has anybody been to Jerusalem other than our Elder you've been
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anything unique about Jerusalem? That would make this a good
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choice for a capital. Very good.
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Did you hear it? This was a strategic move
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geographically. Speaking Jerusalem is a
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mountainous region. It is hilly.
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It is Rocky. And so it provides natural
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fortification. And this is what David saw to do
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to create his Citadel in a place where any enemy Invasion will be
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much more difficult to accomplish.
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And so he goes and there are other reasons.
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There are other political reasons, but here is one to
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consider that, this is a great move in terms of me.
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A Terry genius. But as we read, David would not
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plant his flag so easily in Jerusalem because it was already
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occupied by the jebusites. And in case we have forgotten,
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the jebusites are just one of the people groups who were the
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inhabitants of the land of Canaan before Joshua LED Israel
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into the promised land to overtake it and apparently we
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read it. The jebusites resided with the
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Israelites for centuries. And the main reason, why is
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because there was a lack of ability or rather, a lack of
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willingness, a lack of faith, from a particular tribe of
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Israel, to remove the jebusites from the scene so that they can
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have all that. God, purchased for them in the
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promised land. Can you guess which tribe it was
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that failed at the assignment of removing the jebusites.
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Very good. The tribe of go to Judges
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chapter one so you can see it. Judges one rewind a little bit
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and look at judges one 1:21 and you'll see the answer our
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brother said it but it's good to see it.
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In our Bibles here is the tribe that failed. judges 121, but the
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people of Benjamin did not drive out the jebusites who lived in
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Jerusalem. So the jebusites have lived with
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the people of Benjamin and Jerusalem to this day and
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hundreds of years have passed from that moment and up to
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David's Dynasty. Starting, we see the jebusites
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are still there. Now, we went through judges to
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see why this was the case, it was a lack of faith, ultimately
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because God promised them that every single one of the enemies
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can be overthrown and because of their own human wisdom or their
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fears, they allowed some of these inhabitants to remain as
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Neighbours when that was not, the will of God.
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It would have generational consequences as we see here in
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our study. But isn't this?
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Isn't this something? Telling about someone from
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Benjamin who was one of the main characters that we study who is
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from Benjamin again, Saul and Saul was the king of Israel for
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forty years. And isn't it strange that he did
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not take it upon himself to do? What Benjamin was supposed to do
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and that was overthrow the jebusites?
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I mean, just add that to the list of failures that he
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already. You already.
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Did you already failed to do? he failed to overtake the
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Philistines, he fare to defend the people from outside forces
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and he ultimately failed here doing what was originally
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Commander for this tribe and that was to ransack the enemy
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from within But here's what significant Benjamin as we heard
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last week. A portion of them, at least they
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humble themselves. And they looked at David, and
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they said, this is God's choice. This is, this is the king, the
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true, king knots all not his descendants, this man has truly
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been anointed of the Lord and the moment that they chose to
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submit to the will of God, David could deliver, what Saul could
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never provide That's Jesus. When you and I stubbornly, try
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to govern our own lives, our dreams, our passions, our flesh,
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our sin thinking, that we can rule ourselves well and refuse
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to Bow before the anointed one of the Lord, then you will
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never. When I mean never, I mean never
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you will never know triumph over that which seeks to have
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dominion over you. And you have people who are not
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even Christian who can confess that there are certain habits
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and decisions that are self destructive destructive to
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others. They may not label it as Sin but
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it is sin and you might even have professing Christians.
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Not truly born again, but they profess to be Christians and
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they can never seem to overcome certain things in their lives.
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And I want to tell you, the reason is, is because you have
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refused to give yourself to the lordship of Christ in totality.
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And in the truest sense of the word, you have not arrived there
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because the only solution for you to know.
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Genuine freedom is to genuinely submit to Christ as Lord And if
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not, then you will be like many people and just like The Tribe
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of Benjamin, you will resolve that, you know, I guess I cannot
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overcome this. And I will just live comfortably
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and tolerate these ungodly habits in my life that are
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eating up my soul and destroying me and others.
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That's what people do. They just, they just live with
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their sin. When there is one who can
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conquer. As we sang, every sin, every
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sin, And some might objectives say well I do profess that Jesus
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Christ has, he's my king, he is my king.
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And yet at the same time you are a slave to lust a slave to Pride
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a slave to greet a slave to Envy.
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I encourage you to be honest with yourself and ask this
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question is Christ. King of all remember David
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before he was king of Israel was king of One Tribe tribe of
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Judah. And what's interesting is that
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Was a neighboring tribe to Benjamin.
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Meaning David as king of Hebron was very close.
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Physically, speaking to The Tribe of Benjamin and yet they
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still never knew victory over the jebusites.
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And so you have some people who think Jesus is close to me, he's
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close, he takes up my Sunday afternoon.
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He takes up my my conversations with my Godly mother who tries
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to remind me of what it means to be a true follower of Christ.
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Yeah, he takes up my One of my apps out of my Hundred apps.
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I get a verse of the day. He's close.
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But you haven't crowned him yet. You haven't truly crowned him as
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Lord. And so he's somebody that Trails
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behind you that you take a peek at some times, but he doesn't
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rule over you. And so you will never know
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victory in this way, no matter how close Jesus until you remove
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yourself from the Throne of your will and take the crown of your
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life and place it on his blessed brow, you will remain defeated,
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you will not know the maximum force of God's promises that
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have been purchased in Jesus Christ.
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But can only be unlocked and access through surrender to his
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lordship. So look at this example and
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never forget it. This happens in so many ways.
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I remember speaking to somebody who have never met.
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It was through a friend who said please, there's somebody in this
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person was was successful on YouTube.
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And this person said I suffer with anxiety.
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I suffer with. I just talked over the phone
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with, with a lack of assurance of my future.
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Can you give me any Biblical verses or truths?
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That can help me and what came to mind was Philippians 4:7,
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right? That the, the peace of God, the
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peace of God can provide such a healing and guard your minds in
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your hearts in Christ Jesus. And here's the thing, you can
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give that to somebody who's unregenerate, you could Point
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them to that truth, but if you read on in verse 9 of the same
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text, Paul speaks not about the peace of God, but about the God
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of Peace. In other words, you can't have
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the peace of God until you first have the God of Peace.
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You can't have the blessings and the benefits and less you,
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crowned him as Lord. And lets you determine when your
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heart everything and all that I have belongs to you and some of
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the the best ways of evaluating whether this is true in our
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lives. I mean, you know, in your heart
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of hearts if he's truly Lord but cut up the segments of your life
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and ask yourself business belong to Christ.
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Does this belong to Price. Does this belong to Christ?
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Do I submit to Jesus lordship here?
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Do I submit to Jesus of lordship here?
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See David was. Lord of One Tribe but not all
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tribes. So the tribes would not know
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total blessing. And in the same way, if you give
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Christ part of your life, you will not know all of his
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Blessing. In fact, you will know none of
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it is either Lord of all or not Lord at all.
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And so, we see that David here. Finally becoming king of all the
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tribes. Namely, and more specifically
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Benjamin, Benjamin can finally know after centuries of bondage,
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after centuries of bondage, the moment David was crowned, their
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freedom came. I believe, listen, I believe
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this gospel is more powerful than a thousand years of
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counseling. A thousand years of it.
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It's better than any rehab program.
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It's better than, and I'm not against those things.
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I'm just saying if they're not lace with Biblical truth, and
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empowered by the spirit, you will not know true, Freedom.
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True freedom is in Christ, is in this gospel.
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The wisdom of God's word, receive by faith.
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I've seen in my own life, I've seen in other people's lives and
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I will believe it for those who need Freedom.
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Did you notice the taunt of the jebusites and the second part of
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verse 6, they said to David, you will not come in here but the
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Blind and the lame will Ward. You off thinking, David cannot
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come in here. Unfortunately this is an ugly
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picture of Pride and this Pride was bread because of this
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undefeated resistance against the Israelites the jebusites new
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a history of strength. So to speak and success because
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of the uniqueness of the fortification.
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And so now when David comes as a challenge like If we put blind
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and deaf people on these walls, they can defend against you.
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And so there's scorned here, there's mockery here, there's
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belittlement here. And this is prophetically.
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A picture of the wicked today, who mocked Jesus, who think they
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can resist against the sovereignty of Jesus who can
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thwart Jesus, who can ward of Jesus, and what was true here
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with David will be true one day, when Christ himself will invade,
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not just the world Jerusalem and set up his headquarters.
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For a thousand years and no matter what anybody says, or
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thinks they will not be able to stop him, he will have his way,
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he will conquer. The nation's, he will rule and
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Reign, and the Kings, and the president.
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And the prime minister's will have to accept it.
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They will have to, I love that in verse 7, the first word
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nevertheless, despite the mocking and the blaspheming and
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the hating is Jesus will ultimately have his will and he
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will conquer. What seems to be on conquerable.
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He will make his presence and power known and everybody will
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be able to realize it and here's what's so encouraging.
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Because like I said, nevertheless right?
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David took the stronghold of Zion that is the city of David.
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Now, let me relate that back to sin, no matter how strong that
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sin has been in your life. No matter how pesky it's been,
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no matter how stubborn it's been no matter how Relentless.
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It's been Christ can overcome it.
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He really can break bondages. He really can break chains and
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so don't believe the lies of sin, don't believe that the
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Temptations don't give up, give yourself to Christ over and over
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again and watch him. Create a true synodal as he
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brings down strongholds by his power.
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Nevertheless We see you that there's a prophetic picture, but
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here's the Practical picture. What a dangerous illustration
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for the proud. Here's the lesson that the fate
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of The Proud is ultimately a downfall for any kind of person
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for any, kind of individual for any kind of project for any kind
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of ministry. Anything that is done with
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arrogance or anything. That is that produces a sense of
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strength and self-glory will result in God, finding a way to
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bring it to the dust every single time.
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And they seem so confident right?
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The Holy Spirit could have could have hidden this thing about how
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these jebusites were flaunting their strength in the face of
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David. And God, he could have hidden
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it, but he wants to surface it to teaches a valuable lesson.
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The proud cannot get away with their pride.
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And God takes into consideration.
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Every Bose every high and lofty thought and he will indeed do
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something about it. In fact, what do you see here in
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verse 8 and David said on that day, whoever would strike the
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Zeb jebusites, let him get up the water shaft to attack the
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lame and the blind who are hated by David Soul, hated by David
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Soul. Well, what did he hate you hate,
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he hated the pride that was spewing out of their mouths.
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The stench of conceit and arrogance, that's what he hated.
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And like our Lord. Jesus has a special hatred for
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Pride, he does. I know that might conflict with
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the Sunday school version of Jesus, who would not dare blush
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with righteous indignation. But as always, happy and glad
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Meek and Mild he hates with a perfect hatred.
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And one of the things that arouses his judgment Is pride.
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Is pride. In fact, there is a prophecy
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about what Jesus will do, like David in a grander way when
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Jesus, the son of David, the descendant of David will come
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and establish his worldwide Empire.
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And the prophecy which is really encouraging to me, is in a book
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that perhaps many people don't read, Zephaniah.
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Have you heard of him? He's in there, Zephaniah, find
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him if you can't find them. There's a table of contents.
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That's there for the humble. To say, I will go there to find
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Zephaniah. when you go to Zephaniah, go to chapter 3 and I
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want you to see prophecy about what the King of Kings will do
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when he invades. The nation's Zephaniah 311.
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Are you there? Yes.
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You brought your textbook to school.
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Zephaniah. 311 on that day, on that day.
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You shall not be put to shame. He speaking to the nation of
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Israel, you shall not be put to shame because of the Deeds by
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which you have rebelled against me.
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Pause, there is not wonderful. We will not be put to shame.
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We will not be put to shame because of the redeeming blood
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of Jesus as we stand before him. He will not rub, our Deeds of
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rebellion against us or in our faces.
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I praise God for that. But look at this for then.
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I will remove from your midst. You're proudly.
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Exalted ones. And you shall no longer be
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haughty in my Holy Mountain. One of the first things that
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Jesus Christ will prioritize in his return, is that he will rid
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the Earth of those who are proud.
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He will cleanse the lands from those who have a sense of
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Independence. Defiance against God, who glory
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in their positions, who boast in their possessions, who think?
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They are not accountable to anybody who have no thought or
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regard. Were the one who created him.
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One of the first things on Jesus To Do List when he returns is.
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Let's get rid of the lands from those who exalt n't.
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And who believe they are something apart from me.
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And it will be a successful campaign.
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No matter what these proud men have accomplished, no matter
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what kind of strength or resources, they have behind
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their name. They will be removed, but not
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just that they will be replaced. In other words, there will be a
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Remnant left and that's in verse 12.
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But look what the Lord says, I will leave in your midst of
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people humble. Humble and lowly.
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They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord.
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Those who are left in Israel. They shall do no Injustice and
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speak, no lies. Nor shall there.
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Be found in their mouth? Deceitful tongue for?
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They shall graze and lie down and None Shall make them afraid.
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So, here's what you have in contrast to the wicked who will
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be judged and the millennial Reign.
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The citizens of God's kingdom will be characterized by
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humbleness and lowliness. And although, this is a future
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promise, understand something, as Believers, we believe and a
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present, and future reality of God's Kingdom.
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So we believe that we are citizens of God's kingdom.
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Now, that Christ rules in the heavens triumphantly that he
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abides in our hearts, that we have been commissioned as
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ambassadors, from a Heavenly Embassy, and to these worldly
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embassies. And as we Faithfully represent
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him, we await the physical manifestation of His worldwide
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domain. So there is a present and not
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yet aspect of God's kingdom. Why do I bring that up?
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I bring that up because if Christ truly rules over a life
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in the now that I am under the conviction that the realities of
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the future Kingdom will be present in the heart of the
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believer today. In other words, if Christ will
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be king will cause Pride to be removed and replaced with
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humility, then Christ who rules in the heart.
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Now will have the same effect will have the same work will
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have the same result. And this is what I want to
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present to you because if you want to know whether or not the
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rule of crisis in affecting your life, then here's just one
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example. Among many, if Christ is really
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my king, then you will know something of a work, a removal
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of self-regulation, and a replacement of Integrity that
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reflects the lowliness of Jesus Christ.
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And if we desire to know that, then all you have to do is see
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how Zephaniah describes, what humility looks like, what
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humbleness looks like. If you really, if you really
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want, to be honest before God, and before yourself Lord, are
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you really the king of my life? Because I see that one day, you
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will become king and when you do become king, you will do
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something of a work. Of a removal of Pride and a
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replacement of humility. Is that true of me?
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We'll look at the effects, look at the features of the humble
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and lowly, who will be citizens of God's kingdom.
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What do you see there in verse 12, what's the first thing?
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What will the humble and lowly do?
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They will. Seek refuge in the name of the
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Lord. That's how you know, there's
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there's a work of Christ kingship in a heart.
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You now have this new understanding that God himself
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is the source of your strength that he is the source of your
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power. He is your provider, he is your
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protector and he is the one that receives all the credit for any
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good that you enjoy Here. And Now, And so, there is this
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realization. I cannot depend on myself
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anymore. I do not find anything within
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myself, all that I need and all that I have comes from my refuge
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who is God himself. And so that's an inward
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acknowledgement that comes to life.
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When Jesus, Jesus lovingly takes his place in your heart and it
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becomes an outward acknowledgement as well.
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There is this boasting. So to speak in Christ, he is the
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one who is My All In All He is the one who has control, he is
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the one who determines all things.
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My hope is in him, not just for my salvation, but in everything,
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in all things, he is my refuge. This is where I live Under The
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Canopy under the banner of God is my fill in the blank.
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And so the first thing that you can expect from somebody who has
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truly made Jesus king is that they know that from him and
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through him and to him are all things.
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The David believe that when he became king he did, I don't want
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you to turn there, but but we read it later on in the very
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same text that we're studying when he actually overtakes the
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jebusites. We have a, we have an awesome
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commentary about David's attitude.
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Here it is and chapter 5 of second, Samuel verse Listen to
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this, just listen to this, and David knew that the Lord had
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established him King over Israel.
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And that he had exalted his kingdom for his sake.
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No, for the sake of his people, Israel?
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What a frame of mind that even after success, over an enemy,
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that could not be taken down for hundreds of years.
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David knew as a response, this is God.
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This is him, not only is it him but I know that I bring brought
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to this prominent position, not not for my ego.
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Not because I have some special favor in God's eyes so that I
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can enjoy Authority and enjoy access to whatever I want.
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No. But for the sake of God's
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people, can you imagine that? I mean no wonder this man is a
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man after God's heart. He realized that whatever he had
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came from him. We studied that at Maranatha.
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And so it is with Those who have Christ ruling in their hearts.
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They have that recognition brimming in their souls.
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But look at verse 13 and Zephaniah, you're still there,
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right? What else has mentioned about
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those who are humble and lowly? What are the characteristics
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that describe such such people? What is he saying?
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Yes. Yes.
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First thing They shall do no Injustice. one of the main
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reasons you want to know one of the main reasons why there is
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Injustice in like our legal system, for example, selfish
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gain selfish gain. There's a Personal Agenda,
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though. They have a duty for the common,
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good of the people, they will step on anything and anyone in
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order to protect and provide for themselves.
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Even if it's corrupt, even if it's evil, they don't care.
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And the reason why I say that is the main reason is because that
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is a main thing that the Lord himself brings up whenever he
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deals with leaders who are unjust.
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He tends to always point to bribery as the cause Right.
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Self-preservation. Then being the top of the list.
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And in terms of prioritization, that is the reason you can
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replace Injustice with unfairness.
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And the reason that there is unfairness is not because I'm
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talking from a leadership standpoint is because not
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because of a lack of competence per se, but because of self
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self. And so I bring that up because
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those who have Christ ruling in their hearts will not be unjust.
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Which also means will not be selfish will not be unfair.
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So let's break that down true citizens of the kingdom of God.
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Under the administration of the humble leader of the nation's
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leader of the universe. They're not going to show
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favoritism. Right.
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They're not going to, they're not going to manipulate others
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and slander their neighbors so that they can promote self.
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They're not going to allow themselves to be guided by
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emotions or or by human wisdom, the standard of their judgment
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the standard of their decisions, out of the fear of the Lord will
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be God's word supremely. It will be God's will no matter
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what it costs them. And so, you have to understand
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that there is a a work that is done.
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In terms of how we deal with others, we do not become
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priority number one. We see that the good of others,
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the glory of God takes place of us.
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We're in the backseat of this whole thing.
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We're in the back seat. That's what Jesus does when he
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becomes king of a life. There's this the sphere of us,
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elevating ourselves in a holy way fear of of bringing
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ourselves to a place where everything revolves around us
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and there is this conscious awareness.
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Yes, our flesh gets strong sometimes, but there is an
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awareness that this is not not what we're made for.
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This is not what it means to be a Christian.
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And we try to imitate the servanthood of the one who is
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also King. Our brother mentioned that
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there's a third thing, Zephaniah highlights, the work of Christ
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when he sets up his Millennial Reign, not just in the fact that
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those who are humble and lowly will be what taking the Refuge
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in the name of God, or will refuse to do Injustice, but
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there's another thing they will speak, no lies, nor shall there.
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Be in their mouth, a deceitful tongue.
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I'm going to be very bold and my statement here, okay.
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If a person can comfortably deceive if a person can bend the
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truth, without a sense of conviction, I know one thing
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about that person, Jesus Christ is not their King.
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Because he is truth and we are people who have been saved by
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truth and we prize the truth. We are Sanctified by the truth
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and so we are of Truth and about truth.
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And so people who can, who can live in a habitual state of
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lying and twisting and even exaggerating have some serious
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questions to ask of whether or not the truth is really their
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King. And God Because I see that when
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Jesus becomes king his his population, his people will have
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pure speech. They will have pure speech, they
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will be honest, they will be forthright, they will not seek
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to imitate. Any kind of manipulation, but
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they will seek to instead imitate the character of their
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King, their testimonies will be reliable.
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You don't have to question their yes, or their know, anything,
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that would even resemble a shade of questionable Integrity will
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be, will be expelled by the strength of the spirit.
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And so I'm just, I'm just giving this to you to help you read the
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Bible with a deeper lens, right? If Christ will become king one
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day and we Have to talk about the end times, right?
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We love to talk about what Jesus will do it.
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And out of curiosity, we talked about how a lion will lie with a
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little puppy and, and the Wolf will be with the snake.
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Okay? That's, that's all wonderful.
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But but look at the implication what happens when Jesus becomes
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king? And if it's going to happen,
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then should have not how happen now to some degree.
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Yes, it should. And so the same way, David comes
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in and removes the proud and exalting ones in the It's that's
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what Christ will do when he invades your heart, all those
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voices and all those, those justifications that try to make
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this whole thing about you and me, they died.
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Jesus Christ, died on the cross for my sins.
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Amen. Hallelujah.
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But Jesus Christ also wants to crucify you and me, he does not
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for our salvation but so that he can live through us Pop quiz.
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Yeah. David when he announced that he
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would invade the jebusites, did not say he would do it but he
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offered it up as an assignment. As a challenge, he invited his
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men to take it upon themselves to go in and to lead the attack
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and presumably if they would do that, if one would do that, then
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he would offer them some kind of reward.
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And we learned later on that it was actually promotion to a
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certain position. So here's my question, who did
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it? Any idea.
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Who accepted it and who achieved it?
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And who was promoted any ideas? I'm going to give you the answer
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in a few seconds, but it's going to be in a reference.
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You have to turn there. You got you guys understand what
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I'm saying, right? Okay, good.
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Because the teacher always wants to make sure they're clear.
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You guys understand that read verse 8 to see what I'm saying?
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Whoever would strike the jebusites so he is not, he is
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not leading the charge. She is trying to test the
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loyalty and the strength of his men by making this an
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opportunity for them to prove themselves.
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So who said yes and who received it any idea?
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Another lesson of how we need to know other portions of the Bible
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to comprehend, whatever, we're reading in the moment, okay?
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If you want to know the answer, I'm not going to give it to you.
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You can have to turn to First Chronicles, First Chronicles,
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chapter 11. You have it.
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Well, let me give the reference and I'll ask you and First
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Chronicles 11:6, do you have it Vivian?
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What is it? Did you hear the answer?
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Well, let's find out if you're right first Chronicles, chapter
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11 verse 6, Sometimes that beats people to their Bible.
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So David said, whoever strikes the jebusites.
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First shall be Chief and Commander.
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That's the reward. And Joe had the son of Zechariah
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went up first so he became chief joab job.
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Succeeded I learned something from this.
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Job was very gifted. He was very gifted, he could
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strategize. And then you couple that with
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this fearlessness, and he was top-tier Soldier, he would, he
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was somebody that you wanted on your team.
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But here's what I take out of it because we already have a
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background on job to know something.
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About this achievement. And is this, that it is, it is
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possible to be To be overwhelmingly talented or have
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great ability and at the same time, walk and poor character.
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If we were introduced to job at this point we would think he was
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a man of Faith. A man of Courage, a man who
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trusted in God's power and intervention but we already have
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been introduced to job and he has been brought to us in a
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negative light because job although he was a military
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genius was a cold-blooded murderer.
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And what's what's amazing? Here is that when you read on in
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second Samuel, we come to the end of David's, Rule and Reign.
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And there is a portion of this book that gives us a list of
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David's, mighty, men. Have you read that chapter?
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It's just one named after the next and sometimes with that
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name comes with the very thing that made them stand out in
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David's ranks as they were recognized for their
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faithfulness to his his government. here's the thing,
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we'll get there when we go there, but when you go to that
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list of men in chapter 23, of second Samuel, you know what
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you'll realize somebody's not mentioned guess who Joab is not
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mentioned, hold on the chief and the commander of David's Army is
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not even once recognized for his faithfulness and Fidelity to
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David. How can that be?
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In fact, you want to see something even more shocking?
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I'm not going to tell you. You gotta turn the leaves of
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sacred scripture and go to chapter 23.
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I want you to see this with your own eyes and look here in verse
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37 of chapter 23. This is near the end of the list
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of the Mighty Men Who served alongside David and the Holy
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Spirit honors. These men there's great great
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great instruction in this but notice second Samuel chapter 23
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verse 37 and this might have found you zoellick the ammonite.
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Nah, hirai of beer off, the armor bearer of Joy, the son of
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Zechariah. So, you're telling me.
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That the guy secretary. His assistant.
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Was named among the Mighty Men of David and joab was excluded.
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Jesus. On the last and final day.
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I will exalt and esteem those that we did not think he would
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and will not recognize those that we thought he should.
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If you're, if you're shocked by this, you're in for your
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enforce, a shot that might last hundreds of years in eternity.
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When you see who the Lord will promote and lavish with reward
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and who he will not even identify as a servant despite
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their history or their Ministry on Earth.
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That's that's how much character means to the Lord.
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Jesus. That's how much Holiness means
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not. Our Achievements, not are
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accomplished, not accolades, not what we have on our walls and
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Frames. Not how many people love us and
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share our stuff. None of that.
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What he will esteem. The most is faithfulness done in
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humility. And running this race.
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As Timothy says, with the rules that he is established.
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And so I see something here for myself, Lord I don't care if I'm
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an armored beer on Earth, if you will.
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Praise and commend what I was able to offer you from my
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redeemed status, not for my Redemption but from my forgiving
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place I'd rather be an armor Bearer than take over cities and
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Nations. Give me a local church somewhere
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tucked in some rural area. Instead of preaching Crusades
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with thousands of people, if it means that at the end of the
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day, you will look at me and smile.
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I hope you have the same heart. Let's come back to 2nd Samuel.
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Let's look at verse 9 and David lived in the stronghold and
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called at the city of David. That's not an arrogant thing.
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That's just a way of identifying, his headquarters
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and David built the city, right all around from the Mellow and
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word, and David became greater and greater for the Lord.
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The god of hosts was with him. Now, in the next few verses,
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what you and I are going to be hold is really just like a
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snapshot highlight reel of all these good things that happen,
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right? So almost as if you saw it on
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film it be that time where you see just like just b-roll shots
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with like dramatic music. We're just one good thing is
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happening after the next but here's the issue.
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If you read this too fast, you might lose sight of something
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that actually is a hint of another spiritual.
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Lesson that is instrumental in our own sanctification, and so
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let's just read it. So we see here that he takes
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over the city. Not only does he take over the
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city but he builds a city. He expands the city and it goes
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beyond those borders, verse 11 and Haram king of Tyre, sent
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Messengers to David and cedar trees.
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Also carpenters, and Mason's, who built David, a house and
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David knew that the Lord had established him King over Israel
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and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his
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people Israel. So, now what he had next, you
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have a form Pagan King Who realizes this this King.
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David is is somebody special and so he wants to have some kind of
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Allegiance with him. And so he sends a gift and what
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does he do? He sends resources and Sons
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work. Many says, let me build you a
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palace in the city of David. And on top of that, more
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importantly, despite the fact that there's great success here,
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he maintains the health of his soul, how we see here that in
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verse 12, as we heard he acknowledges God as the source
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of all his success. God is the one who did this for
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me and God brought me here to serve others and not serve
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myself. And so this is great, this is
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wonderful. And then we read on verse 13.
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And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after
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he came from Hebron and more Sons.
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And Daughters were born to David.
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And these are the names of those who are born to him in
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Jerusalem. Chamois show, Bob Nathan
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Solomon. If har Eli schewe, Neff, egg
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yaffa, Eli shama Elida and Ellie fella that I do, okay, The
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hebrew-speaking, man. So now we see that not only is
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his kingdom expanding, we see that his family is expanding its
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growing. Good thing or a bad thing.
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Bad, thank you, red flag. Not a good sign.
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If you get caught up in the hype of the Highlight Reel.
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You think? Yeah?
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What. Look at this, look, the
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building. The city's becoming beautiful is
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becoming stronger than whatever the jebusites could do.
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We see that? Even now, there's a line says
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outside, we see that there's there's International
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recognition and look at David. He's as family is growing too.
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Red flag red flag because you and I know her Bible is enough
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to realize that David having more wives and more kids with
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those wise is a direct violation of Deuteronomy 17, which
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instructs the nation of Israel, that no King should have more
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than one wife. What's Happening Here?
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Everything was so good up to this point.
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And if we're not familiar with that context, we would think
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that this is harmless. This is okay, this is, this is
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just part of the success. This is a warning.
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This is a warning and here's the warning.
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When we see how much God is doing to us.
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And through us, we become strangely confident if we're not
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careful that there are certain compromises that God will not
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take into consideration. When we see how much God is
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doing to us, I can use the word for ice and how much is doing
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through us. Strange suggestions.
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Begin to surface? That attempt to convince us that
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there are certain doors that we can open.
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And God will wink at it. and, This is the Temptation, not for
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the suffering but for the successful you know, you have
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many people who think that when you're suffering you're the most
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vulnerable to sin and I say it is equally true if not more true
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that when you're walking in success.
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That's strange suggestions. Begin to surface in our hearts.
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That caused us to entertain certain things that don't seem
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to disturb us though. They are clearly wrong according
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to God's heart. I remember I don't remember the
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details of it but I remember reading it and it making an
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impression on me years ago. Of a study of different pastors
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who have morally failed. And when they sought to dig in
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to see why, this was the case, one of the reasons was that some
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of these men thought that because they were serving the
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lord for so long that they can please themselves because they
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thought that in doing. So they would receive relief and
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God would understand because they have worked so hard for his
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kingdom. This is what I'm trying to say.
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Strange suggestions begin to surface and the place of
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consistent service to the Lord especially when there is
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promotion and more Effectiveness being realized And what happens
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really is, people begin to think that rules don't apply or that.
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God obviously is using me to the degree that he cannot remove me.
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and so well-known minister in the 80s, and I won't mention his
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name was Was exposed for a moral failure.
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And one of the Back stories behind that was that God had
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sent many warnings to this man. And one of those warning said,
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you have, you have clearly neglected, your personal time
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and prayer, your personal time in the word of God.
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And you're neglecting your time with your wife and if you need
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to shut down all the Ministries so that you can get back to the
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basics to the very thing that will anchor, you and your
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sanctification. And the response of this man who
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did fall was something along the lines of we're bringing in a
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million dollars, either a day or a week, we're reaching this many
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people. I've been anointed by God and
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you think I'm going to shut this all down.
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And he dismissed the warning, and not only that, but with
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arrogance, he responded to his accountability and within a few
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months he was caught with a prostitute. and so what we see
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here are our seeds of sin that will later on bring about sorrow
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to David and the Very Kingdom that he thought would not be
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affected by these decisions initially, And so let me make
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that point. Again, we often think that we
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are most vulnerable to send when we are suffering.
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When in fact, we are more vulnerable when we are
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succeeding. and so David at this concluding point, Had a
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foothold. There was a foothold there that
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as we will find out later on, would come back to bite him.
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So we have to be careful. We have to be on watch.
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We have to be on watch, especially when the fruit of Our
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Lives seems to just falling everywhere and so many people
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are benefiting from our lives and being blessed by our lives.
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Let's look at a Ministry content.
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A Ministry context here. If God.
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So chooses to overwhelm us, with greater success in Greater
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influence, in Greater reach, it is in those.
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That we need to be peripheral. All the more look, I'll be
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honest the the times, where we feel like we don't need to pray
51:06
or the times when we feel like everything's going.
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Right. It's amazing what chaos and
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Havoc. Does it throws us on our knees
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but we must be a people who know early on that not just when
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things are Troublesome but especially when all is well that
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we would be even more vigilant. That we would be even more
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desperate and more careful. Then if things were not going
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our way, this is the kind of caliber that that we need to
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reach as Servants of the Lord. Jesus Christ, right?
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This is why stories like this are given to us so that we
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ourselves would be equipped to know how to endure, not just
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suffering. But success, Success.
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I'll conclude with this, I'll conclude with the gospel.
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Truth, making a full circle, perhaps you're in this place.
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You've heard of Jesus Christ. You've heard of the essence of
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the Christian message, right? You could talk to heathens and
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I've talked to them, I've talked to them on the streets.
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I've talked to them, not knowingly at the moment,
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intoxicated talk them when they stumbled out of clubs and you
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ask them what Jesus did for Sinners and they'll say he
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forgave us on the cross, God sent it to die for Since I was
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their stumbling over their own, their own breath.
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And so you might have that general knowledge but I have a
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question for you and it is this is he king of your life?
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Is he King? Have you declared that?
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He is the owner. He is the savior and he is the
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master of your soul. And there's this prophecy.
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Remember, I've been pointing to a lot of Prophecies of what is
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yet to come, but there is a well-known prophecy that.
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Has anybody ever memorized Isaiah 9:6?
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We usually bring it up at Christmas time.
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Does anybody know Isaiah 9:6 by heart?
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Yes, for unto us. A child is born.
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Child is given right? Yes.
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Anybody know by heart. Go for it.
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If, you know it. Okay, that's Isaiah 9:7.
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So many of us know, Isaiah 9:6 but we don't continue to see
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Isaiah 9:7 and its implications there.
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Isaiah 9:7 tells us something concerning the second coming of
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Christ. The first coming is in Isaiah
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9:6 and the second coming is I Nee 97 Isaiah 9:7 tells and
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reads of the increase of his government and of Peace.
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There will be no end. So, when it actually sets up,
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his government with his government will be unending,
53:49
peace. That's what this world is
53:51
looking for, right? But here's the thing, the theme
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of unending peace will not be known until Christ.
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Is made king without rival. Only when Christ is unrivaled
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King. Well, we know unending, peace,
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and listen. What is true?
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Globally is true individually. I've been trying to make that
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case all night that. If you want to know a piece,
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that doesn't make sense. If you want to know resolve and
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rest and wholeness in your soul, then you must make him King.
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Today. And only then will you know, the
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benefits of his kingship. Is your soul at peace with God?
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Or are you, are you concerned about your Eternal Faith?
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Your Eternal destination is your soul at rest to know that you
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are living in the very purpose and design that you were created
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for. And that is fellowship with God.
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Is your sin under the blood of Jesus?
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Or do you have this concern that as you stand before the Living
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God? Which we all will and the
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account of your life is brought forth.
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That you have, no substitute, you have no payment, it will be,
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it will be on your shoulders. I present to you the King.
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Jesus Christ. Who is here to rescue you.
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He is he wants to save you from your sin.
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He wants to save you from that. Hollowness in your soul.
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He wants to fill it with himself.
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He wants to give you the assurance that you are safe for
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all of eternity and he wants you to know the blessings that will
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be in full fruition when he actually physically Returns on
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this Earth today and day by day. He is a good King.
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There's no one like him. He's a better King than you are
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of your own life. You showed up in this world he
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made you and determined. When you would come into this
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world, I think he will be a better King than you.
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And here's the thing, he is not a king who comes with an iron
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fist. He is a king who comes to die
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and he did to make that bridge between you and him so that you
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can enjoy his presence forever and how do you do that?
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You repent and believe you realize how good he is and has
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goodness brought himself to the cross for your name and for your
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sake and for your soul and then you acknowledge that by saying,
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I don't want this. Send that put him on the cross.
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I don't want the sin. That condemns me.
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I want Be rescued by this this man who is the king of all
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things, and he will save you. Lord.
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We thank you for this study. And we ask Lord that in this
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time. There would be a renewed Found
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Love. For the realities that you've
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purchased for us. When you become king and we
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pray. And we ask that for those who
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might who might not know you in this place that today, they will
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bow the knee at your throne and they will say, Lord Jesus, I
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confess you as my savior. I confess that God raise you
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from the dead. I confess that you are the
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living Christ and that you have come to rescue.
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Sinners. I am a sinner saved my soul.
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I long to be a citizen of your kingdom.
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I long to live with you for all of eternity and Lord made this
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may this night be a turning point for someone.
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And may your kingdom grow through the ministry of
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Maranatha, Bible Church. Help us be faithful ambassadors
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of your kingdom and Jesus name we pray.
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Amen. Let's stand and worship this
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King together.