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David and Death · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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  Open up your copy of God's Word, and we will be in 2 Samuel for the first part of our message today.
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  ! And then we'll be in 1 Chronicles 29 for a lot of it later.
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  But today we are concluding, bringing to a close, our series on the life of King David.
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  I pray that God's used it in your life. There's something in the life of David for everybody.
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  So I hope that God has used it to work greatly in your heart, to strengthen your walk with the Lord.
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  All the messages are online. Believe it or not, we do have a website.
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  And you can scroll all the way to the bottom, and you can find all the messages that have been in this series as well as anything else.
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  But yeah, today we're going to be concluding the life of David.
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  So, first, just by way of review, if you remember the message from last week,
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  we looked at how David fell into great, awful, heinous sin with Bathsheba.
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  And so after this, though, like David's reign is troubled.
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  It is marked by turmoil within and without for the rest of his days.
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  And because of that sin.
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  So look at 2 Samuel chapter 12.
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  We're going to kind of see a part of what, how Nathan the prophet responded to David.
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  So David truly did repent of his sin.
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  He truly was broken because of what he did.
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  And unlike Saul, he took complete ownership of it.
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  But nonetheless, we see that, at least in this life, sin does still have consequences.
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  So this is what comes out of Nathan's mouth that God speaks to him.
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  2 Samuel 12.
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  Let's look at verse 10.
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  It says,
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  So really quickly, this is a pronouncement of great discipline against David.
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  It's scary.
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  Again, the Lord's discipline is severe.
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  And if you notice, it's poetic.
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  It's like what David did.
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  It's poetic in the sense that later on, he will use the sword of the Ammonites that were used to kill Uriah.
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  Now he's saying the sword will plague your house.
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  Like death and destruction and murder will plague your house by the sword.
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  For breaking God's law and stealing another man's wife in secret, God will remove his hand of protection from David.
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  And they will sinfully, his wives will go to others.
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  And it will be done in a very public way.
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  Like you did this in secret.
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  But what's going to happen to you will be before all the nation to your shame.
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  And so, again, just a reminder, we have to get this in our head.
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  Like, yes, if we are in Christ, we're forgiven.
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  If we're in Christ, we're redeemed.
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  And that is secure.
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  Sin can't be covered up forever.
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  It always comes to the surface.
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  And so it came to pass in David's last days.
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  So, first, we see, and I'm going to give you a quick summary of just David's troubled reign.
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  Because I don't think we want to end on this note, do we?
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  We kind of want to wrap up David's life on a better note.
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  But I'm going to give you a summary of what happened.
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  Like, just to show you that sin serious.
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  And even though David was forgiven and that his sin was punished later in Christ,
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  he still had to deal with severe consequences.
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  But the first one, right out of the gate, was that child that was conceived by Bathsheba dies.
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  And later on, in comforting Bathsheba, David eventually, her and Bathsheba have another son,
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  which would be Solomon, which would become the future heir of the throne.
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  But then later, David returns to his duties as the king, like he should be doing.
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  Okay, like, he goes off and he fights against God's enemies.
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  He defeats several other enemies.
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  But yet, in a disgusting act, Ammon, his eldest son, rapes his half-sister, Tamar,
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  who is actually Absalom's sister.
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  And in turn, in a fit of rage, Absalom murders Ammon,
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  resulting in David banishing Absalom for three years.
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  So already, you're seeing the blood feud inside David's house.
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  So a heinous act was committed.
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  Absalom responded in revenge and killed the eldest son.
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  So then next, we see that Absalom, this is him later on,
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  pleads to be brought back.
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  Like, bring me back to your house, to his father.
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  And then, by the intercession of others, he's brought back.
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  But it's short-lived, and he's soon banished again for two more years.
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  And consequently, all this stuff fuels ambition and jealousy in Absalom's heart.
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  And he stages a coup against his father, a real insurrection against his father.
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  And Absalom begins this four-year plot to overthrow his father.
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  And it says in the Scripture that he stole the hearts of the people away from David, a lot of them.
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  So this tears David's heart in two.
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  He can't believe it's actually happening.
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  And so what ends up happening eventually is that David has to flee for his life.
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  Again, he runs from Absalom, his own son.
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  And he wrote in response to this,
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  This is all in the context of what we're talking about when he's running from Absalom.
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  Psalm 3, verses 1 and 2.
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  In this psalm, he's still trusting in God, even though he's torn.
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  Psalm 3, verses 1 and 2.
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  So shamefully, Absalom chooses to lie down with his father's concubines.
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  And in verse 17 in this chapter, Absalom's generals are encouraging,
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  Hey, we need to go and pursue your father now.
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  If we're going to do this thing, it needs to be now.
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  We can't wait around.
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  And against their judgment, he doesn't do it.
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  He stays behind.
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  He continues to commit sexual immorality.
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  Which later on, David under Joab, or fluid Joab,
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  rallies the forces that are still loyal to him.
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  And they defeat Absalom's army, ending this rebellion.
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  So then in panic, Absalom runs.
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  He flees for his life on a mule.
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  Not the best animal to ride.
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  Have you ever ridden a mule?
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  I have.
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  But kicked by a mule is a real term.
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  And so his hair, his long hair, which is a symbol of his pride,
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  is caught in a tree.
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  And he hangs there helplessly, slowly dying as he's fleeing for his life.
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  Until later on, Joab comes by.
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  And even though it was against David's wishes, he finishes the job.
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  He stabs him through.
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  So despite his son's own sin against him,
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  David never stops loving Absalom.
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  And he mourns greatly over the death of his son.
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  And it says in chapter 18, verse 33, he cried out,
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  Oh, my son, Absalom, my son, my son, Absalom.
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  What I had died instead of you, oh, Absalom, my son, my son.
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  So you can't imagine a rebellion being staged against you by your own son,
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  and then seeing him die tragically in the process.
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  So other tragedies followed David until the end of his day,
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  including another rebellion and a three-year famine.
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  And just the consequences of his sin and this life were real.
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  He had a troubled reign for the rest of his days.
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  But we see a good ending.
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  Now I'd like for you to turn to 1 Chronicles 29.
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  1 Kings kind of presents David's ending in his reign in a stage of weakness.
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  But the chronicler presents David in his finest hour.
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  And we're going to go to 1 Chronicles 29, verse 10.
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  But it is safe to say that these aren't contradictions.
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  And it's like David did end his reign much weaker than he started his reign.
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  But the chronicler focuses in on David's kingship
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  with this ending prayer and praise,
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  this stirring, moving benediction in which he exalts God
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  and gives God the praise for his goodness and faithfulness while he's been king.
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  So in verses 10 through 20,
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  you see David's great prayer of praise
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  and these petitions that come out of him.
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  So the people have just offered a phenomenal offering
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  to help build the future temple and other things.
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  And out of an overflow of gratitude,
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  an atmosphere of just giving and celebration
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  and praise to God for all the community comes out.
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  And David comes out and he gives God all the glory for what is happening.
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  He exalts God.
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  And he repeatedly declares in this prayer of praise
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  that God is the only God,
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  that he is the giver of all good things
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  and everything comes from God alone.
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  So look at verse 10.
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  Let's walk through this together.
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  Verse 10.
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  Therefore David blessed the Lord in the presence of the assembly.
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  And David said,
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  Blessed are you, our Lord, the God of Israel, our Father,
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  forever and ever.
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  Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory
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  and the victory and the majesty.
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  For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours.
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  Yours is the kingdom, O Lord,
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  and you are exalted as head above all.
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  Both riches and honor come from you
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  and you rule over all.
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  In your hand are power and might.
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  And in your hand it is to make great
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  and to give strength to all.
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  And now we thank you, our God,
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  and praise your glorious name.
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  But who am I?
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  And what is my people
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  that we should be able thus to offer willingly?
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  For all things come from you
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  and your own you have given.
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  You have we, excuse me,
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  and of your own have we given you.
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  It's a tricky phrase.
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  I'm going to explain.
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  So first,
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  we see him giving God just the praise due his name,
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  acknowledging that the kingdom of Israel
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  is ultimately not David's.
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  It's God's kingdom.
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  It's like the kingdom is yours.
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  All of it is yours.
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  God's universal kingdom.
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  And he humbly recognizes that
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  the source of wealth
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  and everything good that they have
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  comes from him.
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  It all does.
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  And so he rightfully acknowledges that.
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  And then at the end here,
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  he acknowledges that even the people's own generosity
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  is a work of grace in the people's hearts.
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  Their own generosity
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  to give such a generous amount
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  is an overflow of God's grace in their lives.
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  And that's what verse 14 implies.
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  He's like,
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  this isn't from me.
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  It's from you.
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  And then he confesses that compared to God,
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  man is nothing.
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  For he graciously gives strength to all,
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  he says,
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  sustaining our very lives.
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  Remember what Paul quoted to the Athenians,
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  in him we live and move and have our being.
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  And in Job,
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  it's mentioned,
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  in your hand is the life of every living thing
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  and the breath of all mankind.
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  He acknowledges God as the true life giver,
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  sustaining all.
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  And so then we go on to verse 15.
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  And David confesses a few other things before the Lord.
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  Verse 15,
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  For we are strangers before you
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  and sojourners as all our fathers were.
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  Our days on the earth are like a shadow
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  and there is no abiding.
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  Oh Lord our God,
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  all this abundance that we have provided
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  for the building,
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  you a house for your holy name
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  comes from your hand.
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  He's acknowledging it again,
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  a second time.
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  And is all your own.
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  I know,
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  my God,
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  that you test the heart
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  and have pleasure and uprightness.
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  In the uprightness of heart,
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  I have freely offered all these things.
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  And now,
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  I have seen your people
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  who are present here
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  offering freely
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  and joyously
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  to you.
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  So despite
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  the earthly glory
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  of his own kingdom
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  and all that he had,
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  David confesses
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  that he
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  and his people
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  are strangers
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  and sojourners.
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  We are not immortal.
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  We are passing through.
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  David recognized
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  that as powerful
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  and great as he was,
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  that his life
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  was only a shadow.
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  And this gives way
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  to that great anticipation
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  of a greater heavenly fulfillment
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  of David's descendant coming
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  and fulfilling
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  the everlasting kingdom.
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  So all men
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  and women
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  depend entirely
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  on God
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  for their security
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  and their well-being.
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  Even as heirs of heaven,
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  we are just passing
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  through this world.
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  We belong
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  somewhere else.
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  And then if you notice,
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  David stops to reflect on
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  the reality
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  that God
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  doesn't just look
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  at the outside.
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  He examines the heart.
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  He looks at
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  our hearts,
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  which can be scary.
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  And he says
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  he examines
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  our heart
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  for uprightness,
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  our integrity.
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  A further indication
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  that the chronicler
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  is more focused
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  on
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  the inner reality
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  of our faith
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  and trust
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  and love in God
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  in our giving.
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  The heart
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  of the worshiper,
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  the heart
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  of the giver
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  is more significant
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  than just the amount.
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  And then lastly,
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  in verses 18 and 19,
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  you see David
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  kind of conclude here.
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  Verse 18,
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  O Lord,
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  the God of Abraham,
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  Isaac,
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  and Israel,
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  our fathers,
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  keep forever
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  such purposes
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  and thoughts
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  in the hearts
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  of your people
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  and direct their hearts
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  towards you.
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  Grant to Solomon,
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  my son,
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  a whole heart
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  that he may keep
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  your commandments,
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  your testimonies,
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  and your statutes,
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  performing all
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  and that he may build
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  the palace
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  for which I have
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  made provision.
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  So he concludes
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  with that.
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  He concludes
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  his prayer
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  by asking God
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  to keep
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  all the people
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  united.
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  And he's going back.
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  He's reminding God
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  of
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  the faithfulness
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  that he's shown
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  to all his fathers,
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  Abraham,
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  Isaac,
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  and Israel
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  or Jacob.
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  And he says,
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  also,
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  unite my people
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  with one heart
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  and one mind.
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  Let them,
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  let this,
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  what started here
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  today,
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  let that continue.
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  Let them not divide.
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  Keep them as one.
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  Then he asked
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  that Solomon,
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  his son,
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  who will be
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  the future heir
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  very soon,
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  acts in a whole heart.
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  See that?
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  In obedience
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  to God's commandments.
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  He acknowledges
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  Solomon
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  as the next king
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  in the following verses.
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  He goes on
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  for Solomon
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  to be anointed.
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  Solomon had
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  been anointed
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  in one sense
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  during this coup
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  to kind of
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  seal the deal,
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  though that's not
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  mentioned in Chronicles.
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  This is a second
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  ceremony
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  where the whole nation
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  rightfully accepts
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  Solomon as the heir.
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  And just like
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  what God
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  has done for David,
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  now he's promising
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  to do it
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  for Solomon.
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  And then soon after,
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  David passes away
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  and he lays to rest
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  with his fathers.
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  So I have three things
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  for us to look at
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  today
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  when we're looking at
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  just wrapping up
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  the life of David.
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  First,
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  number one,
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  God's purpose
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  and work
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  accomplished
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  in David.
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  God's purpose
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  and work
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  accomplished
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  in David.
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  You can just
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  write this down
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  to kind of save time
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  to kind of save time.
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  Acts 13,
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  verse 36.
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  Paul is speaking
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  to the Jews
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  at Antioch
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  and he says,
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  for David,
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  after he had served
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  the purpose
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  of God
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  in his own
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  generation,
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  fell asleep
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  and he was laid
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  with his fathers
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  and saw corruption.
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  Alright,
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  so
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  this is the summation
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  of David's life.
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  He was an extraordinary
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  man,
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  but a man
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  and like us,
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  fallen,
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  broken,
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  and sinful.
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  So after looking
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  at David's sins,
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  after looking at
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  his failures
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  and struggles,
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  does it surprise you
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  that God's purpose
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  was not thwarted?
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  Would you be tempted
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  to think that
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  a man that could
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  commit such
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  heinous,
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  grievous sin
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  could be used
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  by God
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  to accomplish
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  his will and purpose?
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  This is what
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  Paul said,
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  like yeah,
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  God did accomplish
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  his purpose.
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  David served
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  his purpose
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  in his generation.
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  So despite
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  all those failures,
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  sins,
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  and shortcomings,
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  God in his grace
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  accomplished his will
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  and his providential
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  purposes for the life
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  of David
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  of Bethlehem.
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  Paul said
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  that it had
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  been done
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  all by God's hand.
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  So under David,
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  God united
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  the people of Israel
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  into one nation.
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  He expanded
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  the kingdom.
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  He defeated
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  Israel's pagan enemies.
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  He reestablished
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  worship.
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  He brought the ark
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  of God
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  to Jerusalem.
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  He established
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  David's house
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  forever.
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  Remember?
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  The Davidic covenant
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  that we looked at
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  promising that one day
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  God would raise up
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  a son from David's line
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  that would sit
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  on the throne
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  for all eternity,
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  brought to pass
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  in Jesus Christ,
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  the son of David,
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  and the Lord of David.
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  And then,
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  after God's purpose
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  was fulfilled
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  in David,
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  around 961
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  or so B.C.,
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  he dies
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  a natural death
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  around the age
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  of 70.
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  He's buried
• 20:43
  in Jerusalem.
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  With all the fighting
• 20:46
  and all the bloodshed
• 20:47
  that David had
• 20:48
  engaged in,
• 20:50
  it is amazing
• 20:50
  that he died
• 20:51
  a ripe old age.
• 20:53
  1 Chronicles 29-28
• 20:55
  it says,
• 20:57
  Then he died
• 20:58
  at a good age,
• 21:00
  ripe old age,
• 21:02
  full of days,
• 21:03
  riches,
• 21:03
  and honor,
• 21:04
  and Solomon,
• 21:05
  his son,
• 21:06
  reigned
• 21:06
  in his place.
• 21:09
  1 Kings 2,
• 21:11
  verse 10 says,
• 21:12
  David slept
• 21:12
  with his fathers
• 21:13
  and was buried
• 21:15
  in the city of David.
• 21:17
  And the time
• 21:17
  that David reigned
• 21:18
  over Israel
• 21:19
  was 40 years.
• 21:21
  He reigned
• 21:21
  seven years
• 21:22
  at Hebron
• 21:22
  and 33 years
• 21:24
  in Jerusalem.
• 21:25
  So Solomon
• 21:26
  sat on the throne
• 21:27
  of David,
• 21:27
  his father,
• 21:28
  and the kingdom
• 21:29
  was firmly established.
• 21:32
  So this idea
• 21:33
  of sleeping
• 21:33
  with his fathers,
• 21:34
  this is a metaphor
• 21:36
  for the expectation
• 21:38
  of awakening
• 21:39
  for something
• 21:40
  in the future.
• 21:42
  And with his fathers
• 21:43
  seems to indicate
• 21:44
  the sight of
• 21:44
  that he is with them
• 21:45
  right now.
• 21:47
  Right?
• 21:47
  He's gone on
• 21:48
  to be with the faithful men
• 21:49
  that were before him
• 21:51
  joining in that hope.
• 21:54
  And in this text
• 21:55
  it says his kingdom
• 21:56
  was firmly established.
• 21:58
  This is important
• 21:59
  because if you look
• 22:01
  at this chapter,
• 22:01
  which we don't have time for,
• 22:03
  the term firmly established
• 22:05
  is used three times.
• 22:06
  At the beginning
• 22:07
  of the chapter,
• 22:08
  the middle,
• 22:08
  and the end.
• 22:09
  It's like God
• 22:10
  trying to say,
• 22:11
  hey,
• 22:11
  God has kept His word.
• 22:13
  He is recalling
• 22:15
  the covenant
• 22:15
  that He made,
• 22:17
  ensuring that He
• 22:18
  will have an everlasting
• 22:19
  kingdom and dynasty.
• 22:23
  So,
• 22:24
  just really quickly,
• 22:25
  this is still under
• 22:25
  the guise of
• 22:27
  God has accomplished
• 22:28
  His purpose
• 22:29
  and His work.
• 22:31
  But the writer of Hebrews
• 22:32
  says,
• 22:33
  hey,
• 22:33
  remember your leaders,
• 22:35
  those who spoke
• 22:35
  the word of God to you,
• 22:37
  consider the outcome
• 22:38
  of their way of life
• 22:40
  and imitate their faith.
• 22:42
  So what are a few things
• 22:43
  that we can walk away with
• 22:44
  from David's life
• 22:46
  before we move on
• 22:47
  to the next point?
• 22:47
  This is by way of review,
• 22:49
  really quickly.
• 22:51
  One,
• 22:52
  David,
• 22:53
  a man after God's own heart.
• 22:55
  Samuel told Saul
• 22:57
  after he had been rejected,
• 22:59
  the Lord has sought out
• 23:00
  a man after his own heart.
• 23:03
  1 Samuel 13, 14.
• 23:06
  And we said that
• 23:07
  a man or woman
• 23:07
  after God's own heart
• 23:09
  at its foundation
• 23:10
  means one
• 23:11
  whose deepest heart desires,
• 23:15
  longings,
• 23:15
  are for his God.
• 23:16
  shown or revealed
• 23:18
  in how one lives.
• 23:20
  So this just means
• 23:21
  the overall bend,
• 23:22
  the overall trajectory
• 23:24
  of David's life
• 23:25
  was characterized
• 23:26
  by going after his God.
• 23:29
  And God reminded Samuel,
• 23:31
  if you remember,
• 23:32
  do not look on
• 23:33
  the outward appearance
• 23:35
  or on the height
• 23:36
  of his stature
• 23:37
  because I have rejected him.
• 23:39
  For the Lord sees,
• 23:40
  not as man sees.
• 23:41
  man looks
• 23:42
  on the outward appearance,
• 23:44
  but the Lord
• 23:46
  looks on the heart.
• 23:47
  Get that in your head.
• 23:50
  The man alone,
• 23:51
  what he values,
• 23:52
  what culture values,
• 23:53
  just doesn't matter
• 23:54
  to God.
• 23:55
  It doesn't.
• 23:56
  God has his own standards,
• 23:57
  his own way
• 23:58
  of looking at things,
• 24:00
  but not by outward appearance,
• 24:01
  but by the heart.
• 24:04
  And the defining trait
• 24:05
  of David's heart
• 24:06
  was that it was
• 24:08
  after God's heart.
• 24:09
  And Paul also said
• 24:12
  about David in Acts 13
• 24:14
  that God raised up David
• 24:18
  to be their king,
• 24:19
  of whom he testified
• 24:21
  and said,
• 24:21
  I have found in David
• 24:23
  the son of Jesse,
• 24:25
  a man after my own heart.
• 24:27
  Here's the other part.
• 24:28
  Who will do all my will.
• 24:32
  Acts 13, 22.
• 24:34
  So one, he was a man
• 24:35
  after God's own heart.
• 24:35
  Number two,
• 24:36
  a man who trusted God
• 24:38
  in the midst of it.
• 24:39
  Adversity.
• 24:41
  A man who trusted God
• 24:42
  in the midst of adversity.
• 24:44
  David met with many,
• 24:46
  many faces of trials
• 24:47
  and adversity,
• 24:50
  numerous hardships.
• 24:51
  When he fled from Saul,
• 24:54
  fearing for his life,
• 24:56
  he hid in the cave.
• 24:58
  And if you look at Psalm 57,
• 25:00
  it actually says this.
• 25:01
  It's like a record
• 25:03
  of memorable thoughts
• 25:04
  of David
• 25:05
  when he fled from Saul
• 25:06
  in the cave.
• 25:07
  So as he's fleeing
• 25:10
  for his life,
• 25:11
  he writes this psalm.
• 25:13
  Psalm 57, 1 and 2.
• 25:14
  Be merciful to me,
• 25:16
  O God.
• 25:17
  Be merciful to me.
• 25:19
  For in you,
• 25:20
  my soul takes refuge.
• 25:22
  In the shadow of your wings,
• 25:24
  I will take refuge.
• 25:26
  Till the storms
• 25:27
  of destruction
• 25:28
  pass by.
• 25:30
  I cry out to God,
• 25:32
  most high,
• 25:32
  to God,
• 25:33
  listen to this part,
• 25:34
  who fulfills his purpose
• 25:36
  for me.
• 25:38
  So this reality
• 25:39
  that he knew
• 25:39
  what God was going to do,
• 25:41
  that God had a purpose,
• 25:43
  a plan to make him king,
• 25:45
  gave him hope
• 25:46
  in the midst of adversity.
• 25:49
  Thirdly,
• 25:50
  he was a man
• 25:51
  who by faith
• 25:52
  faced down death.
• 25:55
  A man who by faith
• 25:56
  faced down death.
• 25:58
  David trusted in God
• 26:00
  and bravely stepped forward
• 26:01
  as their champion
• 26:02
  when other men would not,
• 26:04
  including Saul,
• 26:05
  to face down
• 26:06
  the Philistine champion,
• 26:08
  Goliath,
• 26:09
  the champion of death.
• 26:11
  And by his trust in God
• 26:12
  and his faith,
• 26:14
  he defeated Goliath,
• 26:16
  the giant Philistine.
• 26:18
  And he gave God
• 26:19
  the praise for it.
• 26:19
  He actually said to him,
• 26:21
  Goliath,
• 26:22
  he said,
• 26:22
  that God's going to
• 26:23
  take you down
• 26:24
  so that all the earth
• 26:25
  may know
• 26:26
  that there is a God
• 26:27
  in Israel
• 26:28
  and that all this assembly
• 26:30
  may know
• 26:30
  that the Lord saves
• 26:31
  not with the sword
• 26:32
  and the spear
• 26:33
  for the battle
• 26:34
  is the Lord's
• 26:36
  and he will give you
• 26:37
  into our hand.
• 26:40
  And David bravely
• 26:40
  defeated him
• 26:41
  and he upheld
• 26:42
  God's honor.
• 26:43
  God upheld his own honor
• 26:45
  through David.
• 26:46
  Better way to say that.
• 26:48
  And then lastly,
• 26:49
  he is a man
• 26:50
  who fought,
• 26:52
  no second,
• 26:52
  he was a man
• 26:53
  who fought
• 26:54
  to expand God's kingdom.
• 26:56
  We looked at this
• 26:57
  recently,
• 26:58
  David expanded
• 26:58
  his kingdom
• 26:59
  north,
• 26:59
  south,
• 27:00
  east,
• 27:00
  west.
• 27:02
  All the major
• 27:02
  pagan enemies
• 27:03
  were defeated
• 27:04
  and God gave him
• 27:06
  the victory
• 27:07
  and he wrote
• 27:07
  songs of victory.
• 27:09
  Psalm 108,
• 27:10
  13,
• 27:11
  with God
• 27:11
  we shall do
• 27:12
  valiantly.
• 27:14
  It is he
• 27:14
  who would tread
• 27:15
  down our foes.
• 27:17
  And so all those
• 27:18
  military victories
• 27:19
  broadcasted
• 27:20
  to all the nations
• 27:21
  around them
• 27:22
  about God's
• 27:24
  covenantal love
• 27:25
  for his people.
• 27:26
  people.
• 27:27
  And if you look
• 27:28
  at the maps,
• 27:29
  the land
• 27:29
  that he conquered
• 27:30
  resembles very closely
• 27:33
  the land
• 27:33
  that was promised
• 27:34
  to Abraham.
• 27:35
  So he took back
• 27:36
  all that coveted land.
• 27:38
  God keeping his word
• 27:40
  and showing his faithfulness,
• 27:41
  that's what he accomplished
• 27:42
  through David,
• 27:43
  his instrument
• 27:43
  to uphold
• 27:44
  his covenant.
• 27:46
  Then lastly,
• 27:47
  as we looked at last week,
• 27:48
  a man
• 27:49
  who showed
• 27:50
  true repentance
• 27:51
  before God.
• 27:52
  We know the story,
• 27:54
  but in the aftermath
• 27:54
  of committing
• 27:55
  that dark,
• 27:56
  heinous sin
• 27:56
  against God
• 27:57
  by adultery
• 27:59
  with Bathsheba,
• 28:00
  the murder
• 28:00
  of Uriah
• 28:01
  and the cover-up
• 28:02
  as king,
• 28:04
  David did not
• 28:05
  shift blame.
• 28:07
  He didn't minimize
• 28:08
  what he did.
• 28:10
  He took full ownership
• 28:11
  over his sin
• 28:13
  and made no excuses.
• 28:15
  He responded
• 28:15
  in true repentance
• 28:17
  before God.
• 28:18
  He really was
• 28:19
  shattered.
• 28:19
  He said,
• 28:21
  I have sinned
• 28:22
  against the Lord.
• 28:23
  2 Samuel 12, 13
• 28:24
  and then later on
• 28:25
  as we looked at it,
• 28:26
  he wrote Psalm 51,
• 28:27
  a psalm of repentance
• 28:28
  where he asked God
• 28:31
  to have mercy on him
• 28:32
  because against you
• 28:32
  and you alone
• 28:33
  have I sinned against
• 28:34
  and done what is evil
• 28:36
  in your sight.
• 28:37
  So he shows us
• 28:38
  what true repentance
• 28:39
  looks like.
• 28:41
  He doesn't just
• 28:41
  want to be spared
• 28:42
  the consequences
• 28:43
  of his sin.
• 28:44
  He wants fellowship
• 28:45
  with God.
• 28:47
  He wants to be restored
• 28:49
  back into right
• 28:50
  relationship
• 28:50
  with God.
• 28:52
  That was the overarching
• 28:53
  drive of David's prayer
• 28:55
  in Psalm 51.
• 28:56
  He wants God's presence
• 28:57
  again.
• 28:58
  He wants his sin
• 28:59
  removed.
• 29:01
  And so,
• 29:01
  God forgives him.
• 29:03
  So,
• 29:04
  David held on
• 29:05
  to that promise
• 29:05
  throughout his life
• 29:06
  that God would
• 29:07
  accomplish
• 29:08
  what he said he would
• 29:09
  in his life.
• 29:10
  Accomplish the purpose
• 29:11
  for his life.
• 29:13
  David wrote in Psalm
• 29:14
  136,
• 29:15
  138,
• 29:16
  excuse me,
• 29:17
  verses 6 and 8,
• 29:19
  that though I walk
• 29:19
  in the midst of trouble,
• 29:20
  you preserve my life.
• 29:23
  You stretch out
• 29:23
  your hand
• 29:24
  against the wrath
• 29:25
  of my enemies
• 29:26
  and your right hand
• 29:27
  delivers me.
• 29:29
  And here it is,
• 29:29
  I'm repeating it
• 29:30
  again and again.
• 29:32
  The Lord will
• 29:33
  fulfill
• 29:33
  his purpose
• 29:35
  for me.
• 29:36
  Your steadfast love,
• 29:37
  O Lord,
• 29:38
  endures forever.
• 29:39
  Do not forsake
• 29:40
  the work
• 29:40
  of your hands.
• 29:42
  So he held on
• 29:43
  to that reality.
• 29:44
  So that's all
• 29:45
  point number one
• 29:46
  of God's purpose
• 29:47
  and work accomplished
• 29:48
  in the life of David.
• 29:49
  But point two,
• 29:50
  quickly,
• 29:51
  and then point three,
• 29:53
  God's purpose
• 29:54
  and work
• 29:55
  in our lives.
• 29:56
  Okay?
• 29:57
  So,
• 29:58
  there are many
• 29:58
  dark days
• 29:59
  for us as well.
• 30:00
  We're overwhelmed
• 30:01
  by our own sin
• 30:03
  and the sin
• 30:04
  we see in the world.
• 30:05
  Still facing
• 30:06
  the devastating
• 30:07
  effects of sin
• 30:08
  in this present life.
• 30:10
  We get discouraged
• 30:11
  because we tend
• 30:12
  to focus on
• 30:13
  how sin
• 30:14
  has beaten us
• 30:15
  down
• 30:15
  rather than
• 30:16
  facing the gospel.
• 30:18
  Our souls get faint
• 30:19
  and weary,
• 30:21
  shattered
• 30:22
  and broken.
• 30:23
  But the good news
• 30:24
  for us
• 30:25
  is that God
• 30:27
  will fulfill
• 30:28
  his purpose
• 30:28
  in me and you
• 30:29
  if we are in Christ
• 30:30
  because
• 30:31
  he has first
• 30:33
  fulfilled
• 30:33
  his purpose
• 30:35
  in Christ.
• 30:37
  God will enable
• 30:38
  his saints
• 30:39
  to persevere
• 30:40
  until the end
• 30:41
  and be saved.
• 30:44
  Don't forget
• 30:44
  Philippians 1.6.
• 30:46
  Paul says,
• 30:47
  I am sure,
• 30:48
  I am confident
• 30:49
  of this,
• 30:51
  that he who began
• 30:52
  a good work
• 30:52
  in you
• 30:53
  will bring it
• 30:54
  to completion
• 30:55
  at the day
• 30:57
  of Jesus Christ.
• 30:59
  So,
• 30:59
  we are kept
• 30:59
  by God's power
• 31:01
  and later on
• 31:01
  we are brought
• 31:02
  to glory.
• 31:03
  So,
• 31:03
  it isn't your
• 31:04
  greatest desire
• 31:05
  to be a man
• 31:05
  or woman
• 31:06
  after God's
• 31:07
  own heart
• 31:08
  and to leave
• 31:08
  this world
• 31:09
  having accomplished
• 31:10
  the work
• 31:11
  that he ordained
• 31:12
  for you to do.
• 31:15
  Does it encourage
• 31:16
  you and strengthen
• 31:17
  your heart
• 31:18
  to know
• 31:18
  that even though
• 31:19
  David,
• 31:20
  a man of great
• 31:21
  failure and sin,
• 31:23
  God still
• 31:24
  fulfilled his purpose
• 31:25
  in David's life.
• 31:26
  Does that encourage
• 31:27
  you
• 31:27
  that he also
• 31:29
  would do to you
• 31:29
  if you turn to him
• 31:30
  in faith?
• 31:32
  And like David,
• 31:33
  God is looking
• 31:34
  to use
• 31:35
  us for
• 31:36
  accomplishing things
• 31:37
  for his glory
• 31:38
  if your heart
• 31:40
  would be fully
• 31:40
  devoted to him.
• 31:43
  And then lastly,
• 31:45
  Christ's purpose
• 31:46
  and work.
• 31:47
  God's purpose
• 31:49
  and work
• 31:50
  for Christ.
• 31:52
  Right?
• 31:53
  We have to end
• 31:53
  with this.
• 31:55
  The son of David,
• 31:56
  Jesus Christ,
• 31:57
  also fulfilled
• 31:59
  God's purpose.
• 32:01
  So,
• 32:01
  not long
• 32:01
  after he
• 32:02
  arrived in Jerusalem,
• 32:04
  on the last
• 32:05
  trip to Jerusalem
• 32:07
  before he was
• 32:07
  arrested,
• 32:09
  his heart
• 32:10
  became very heavy
• 32:11
  with all the
• 32:11
  suffering that lay
• 32:12
  ahead.
• 32:12
  It's just kind
• 32:13
  of hitting him.
• 32:14
  He arrives
• 32:14
  and it's all
• 32:15
  starting to become
• 32:16
  real to him.
• 32:18
  So,
• 32:18
  whenever Jesus
• 32:19
  makes the comment,
• 32:21
  for this purpose,
• 32:23
  I have come,
• 32:24
  like you need
• 32:24
  to highlight that
• 32:25
  and pay attention.
• 32:28
  Jesus says
• 32:29
  in John 12,
• 32:30
  27,
• 32:32
  he goes,
• 32:32
  now my soul
• 32:33
  is troubled
• 32:34
  and what shall
• 32:35
  I say?
• 32:36
  Father,
• 32:37
  save me
• 32:38
  from this hour,
• 32:40
  an hour of trial
• 32:41
  and agony.
• 32:43
  But for this purpose,
• 32:44
  I have come
• 32:45
  to this hour.
• 32:47
  Father,
• 32:47
  glorify your name.
• 32:50
  Then a voice
• 32:51
  came from heaven,
• 32:51
  I have glorified it
• 32:53
  and I will glorify it
• 32:55
  again.
• 32:57
  So,
• 32:57
  here,
• 32:57
  we see Jesus
• 32:58
  becoming troubled
• 32:59
  and he's like,
• 32:59
  what should I do?
• 33:00
  Should I ask the
• 33:02
  Father to spare me
• 33:03
  for what's ahead?
• 33:05
  And then he like,
• 33:06
  speaks the truth
• 33:07
  to himself
• 33:08
  and he goes,
• 33:08
  no,
• 33:09
  this is why I came.
• 33:11
  This is why I came.
• 33:13
  Then he asked God
• 33:14
  to glorify his name
• 33:16
  and God says
• 33:16
  he has
• 33:17
  and he will.
• 33:19
  So,
• 33:19
  we can sum it up
• 33:20
  right here.
• 33:20
  The main purpose
• 33:22
  for coming to earth
• 33:24
  was to bring honor
• 33:25
  and glory
• 33:26
  to the Father
• 33:27
  by carrying out
• 33:30
  the work
• 33:31
  of redemption.
• 33:33
  His purpose
• 33:34
  for coming to earth
• 33:35
  was to bring honor
• 33:36
  and glory
• 33:36
  to his Father
• 33:37
  by carrying out
• 33:39
  the work
• 33:39
  of redemption.
• 33:41
  To glorify his Father
• 33:42
  by carrying out
• 33:43
  the redemptive plan
• 33:44
  for sinners
• 33:46
  that the Father
• 33:46
  had sent him
• 33:47
  to do.
• 33:48
  This eternal plan
• 33:50
  would reverse
• 33:50
  the effects
• 33:51
  of the fall,
• 33:53
  provide a way
• 33:53
  for sinners
• 33:54
  to be forgiven
• 33:55
  and restored
• 33:55
  in relationship
• 33:57
  to God
• 33:58
  and to call together
• 33:59
  a redeemed people,
• 34:01
  a single redeemed people
• 34:02
  to give
• 34:03
  to the Son
• 34:04
  as his people.
• 34:07
  So,
• 34:07
  later,
• 34:08
  before his arrest
• 34:08
  and crucifixion
• 34:09
  in the great
• 34:10
  high priestly prayer,
• 34:11
  John 17,
• 34:12
  4,
• 34:13
  Jesus prayed this.
• 34:14
  He says to the Father,
• 34:15
  I glorified you
• 34:16
  on the earth
• 34:17
  having accomplished
• 34:19
  the work
• 34:20
  that you gave me
• 34:21
  to do.
• 34:24
  Can you imagine
• 34:25
  leaving this world
• 34:26
  and being able
• 34:26
  to say that?
• 34:27
  I pray
• 34:30
  that it's true
• 34:31
  for me
• 34:31
  and for you
• 34:33
  that we can
• 34:34
  leave this world
• 34:35
  saying with a clear
• 34:36
  conscience,
• 34:37
  I know it wasn't
• 34:38
  perfect and I know
• 34:38
  your mercy covers me,
• 34:41
  but with your help
• 34:42
  I have accomplished
• 34:43
  the work that you
• 34:43
  gave me to do
• 34:44
  and I glorified you
• 34:46
  in this life.
• 34:47
  So,
• 34:48
  the work of
• 34:49
  pleasing his Father
• 34:50
  consumed Jesus.
• 34:52
  He said,
• 34:52
  my food is to do
• 34:53
  the will of him
• 34:55
  that has sent me
• 34:56
  and accomplish
• 34:56
  his work.
• 34:58
  John 4,
• 34:59
  34.
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  Jesus accomplished
• 35:01
  this plan
• 35:02
  by living out
• 35:03
  his entire life
• 35:04
  in joyful obedience
• 35:05
  to the Father
• 35:06
  and not giving in
• 35:07
  to sin,
• 35:10
  bringing forth
• 35:10
  the kingdom
• 35:11
  of God.
• 35:12
  His life's work
• 35:14
  was to honor
• 35:14
  his Father
• 35:16
  and it all
• 35:16
  climaxed at the cross.
• 35:18
  in his dying breath
• 35:20
  he uttered,
• 35:21
  it is finished.
• 35:24
  John 19, 30.
• 35:26
  So, our salvation
• 35:27
  was accomplished
• 35:28
  and then sealed
• 35:30
  when he rose
• 35:31
  from the dead.
• 35:32
  So, to see
• 35:33
  the significance
• 35:34
  of King David,
• 35:37
  we must
• 35:38
  see him
• 35:39
  inside the greater
• 35:40
  life
• 35:41
  of King Jesus.
• 35:43
  The last name,
• 35:44
  I was reminded
• 35:46
  of this
• 35:46
  yesterday
• 35:47
  by a brother
• 35:49
  who faithfully
• 35:50
  taught the word
• 35:51
  yesterday.
• 35:52
  The last name
• 35:54
  of Jesus
• 35:54
  that actually
• 35:55
  is used
• 35:55
  in the entire
• 35:56
  scripture
• 35:56
  is found
• 35:59
  in Revelation
• 35:59
  22,
• 36:00
  verse 6.
• 36:02
  And Jesus
• 36:02
  says,
• 36:03
  it's because
• 36:03
  I, Jesus,
• 36:04
  have sent my angel
• 36:05
  to testify to you
• 36:06
  about these things
• 36:07
  for the churches.
• 36:10
  And he says,
• 36:10
  I am the root
• 36:12
  of the descendant
• 36:13
  of David,
• 36:14
  the bright
• 36:15
  morning star.
• 36:17
  So, even in the
• 36:18
  last time
• 36:18
  that Jesus
• 36:19
  explains himself
• 36:20
  or names himself
• 36:21
  in the scripture,
• 36:22
  it's tied
• 36:23
  to being a
• 36:24
  descendant
• 36:25
  of David,
• 36:26
  God's covenant
• 36:27
  love
• 36:27
  to his people.
• 36:30
  So, we have
• 36:31
  to look
• 36:32
  at David
• 36:33
  and the
• 36:34
  significance
• 36:35
  that he had
• 36:36
  in the bigger
• 36:36
  picture,
• 36:37
  the bigger story
• 36:38
  of Christ
• 36:39
  and his
• 36:40
  redeeming work
• 36:40
  as our true
• 36:41
  king.
• 36:43
  So,
• 36:44
  in closing,
• 36:46
  I'm going to ask
• 36:47
  you to do
• 36:47
  something very
• 36:48
  different.
• 36:49
  So, don't freak
• 36:50
  out.
• 36:51
  It'll be alright.
• 36:53
  Open up your
• 36:53
  Bibles to
• 36:54
  Psalm 16.
• 36:57
  A psalm
• 36:58
  of David
• 36:59
  when he
• 37:01
  prayed for
• 37:01
  God's
• 37:02
  protection
• 37:02
  and refuge.
• 37:04
  A psalm
• 37:04
  of confidence.
• 37:07
  We promised
• 37:08
  not to make
• 37:08
  this the norm.
• 37:09
  but I
• 37:11
  would like
• 37:11
  for you
• 37:11
  to stand
• 37:12
  with me.
• 37:12
  Stand up
• 37:13
  and let's
• 37:14
  read
• 37:14
  Psalm 16
• 37:16
  together.
• 37:17
  A psalm
• 37:17
  of David.
• 37:19
  And knowing
• 37:19
  that David
• 37:20
  is now
• 37:21
  exalted,
• 37:22
  he is with
• 37:23
  the Lord,
• 37:24
  and that is
• 37:25
  also what
• 37:25
  awaits us.
• 37:26
  So, in
• 37:26
  closing,
• 37:27
  let's read
• 37:27
  Psalm 16
• 37:28
  together.
• 37:29
  It's a few
• 37:30
  verses.
• 37:33
  Ready?
• 37:33
  Preserve
• 37:35
  me, O
• 37:36
  God,
• 37:37
  for in
• 37:38
  you I
• 37:38
  take refuge.
• 37:40
  I say
• 37:40
  to the
• 37:41
  Lord,
• 37:42
  you are
• 37:42
  my Lord,
• 37:43
  I have
• 37:44
  no good
• 37:45
  apart from
• 37:46
  you.
• 37:47
  As for
• 37:47
  the saints
• 37:48
  in the
• 37:48
  land,
• 37:49
  they are
• 37:50
  the excellent
• 37:50
  ones in
• 37:51
  whom all
• 37:52
  my delight.
• 37:54
  For the
• 37:54
  sorrows of
• 37:55
  those who
• 37:56
  run after
• 37:57
  another God
• 37:58
  and multiply
• 37:59
  their
• 38:00
  offerings of
• 38:01
  blood,
• 38:02
  I will
• 38:02
  not pour
• 38:03
  out.
• 38:03
  Or take
• 38:04
  the names
• 38:05
  on my
• 38:05
  lips.
• 38:07
  The Lord
• 38:07
  is my
• 38:08
  chosen
• 38:08
  portion
• 38:09
  and my
• 38:10
  cup.
• 38:11
  You hold
• 38:11
  my lot.
• 38:13
  The lines
• 38:13
  have fallen
• 38:14
  for me
• 38:14
  in pleasant
• 38:15
  places.
• 38:17
  Indeed,
• 38:17
  I have a
• 38:18
  beautiful
• 38:19
  inheritance.
• 38:20
  I bless
• 38:21
  the Lord
• 38:21
  who gives
• 38:22
  me counsel.
• 38:24
  In the
• 38:24
  night also
• 38:25
  my heart
• 38:26
  instructs
• 38:26
  me.
• 38:27
  I have
• 38:28
  set the
• 38:28
  Lord
• 38:29
  always
• 38:29
  before me.
• 38:31
  Because
• 38:31
  he is at
• 38:32
  my right
• 38:32
  hand,
• 38:33
  I shall
• 38:34
  not be
• 38:34
  shaken.
• 38:36
  Therefore,
• 38:36
  my heart
• 38:37
  is glad
• 38:38
  and my
• 38:38
  whole being
• 38:39
  rejoices.
• 38:41
  My flesh
• 38:41
  also dwells
• 38:43
  secure.
• 38:44
  For you
• 38:44
  will not
• 38:45
  abandon
• 38:45
  my soul
• 38:46
  to shield
• 38:47
  or let
• 38:48
  your Holy
• 38:49
  One see
• 38:49
  corruption.
• 38:51
  You make
• 38:51
  known to
• 38:52
  me the
• 38:53
  path of
• 38:53
  life.
• 38:54
  In your
• 38:55
  presence
• 38:55
  there is
• 38:56
  fullness
• 38:56
  of joy.
• 38:57
  At your
• 38:58
  right hand
• 38:59
  there are
• 38:59
  pleasures
• 39:00
  forever
• 39:00
  more.
• 39:01
  To
• 39:02
  desde