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 Thank you, musicians, and good evening.

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 I have rarely spoken to a group when I was more excited about the passage which I was

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 asked to speak on than I am tonight.

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 Nor have I been more apprehensive that I might fail to communicate the true excitement which

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 is in these passages.

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 So let us pray together.

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 Father, we thank you for the wonderful truth of your word.

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 We thank you for the privilege of being here tonight and opening your word.

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 Father, that I don't have to stand here and propound my own wisdom, but we have wisdom

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 from yourself.

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 Lead us by your spirit.

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 Take your word and make it extremely real to us and allow us just to bask in the glory of

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 your love for us.

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 We pray this for our good and for your glory.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Tonight we're going to talk about when God comes near.

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 And there's three parts to our time together from this point on.

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 First, we're talking from 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, chapter 6, where David is bringing the ark into

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 Jerusalem.

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 Second, we're going to talk about Psalm 24, which was just read to us.

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 A psalm, I believe, written by David to celebrate the coming of the ark into Jerusalem.

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 And third, we're going to celebrate communion together as we see how God comes not just near us, but

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 into us as we celebrate our relationship with him and what he has done on the cross to allow

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 all of this to make any sense.

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 As part of his U.S. tour last week, Pope Francis celebrated Mass in Philadelphia.

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 You've probably read about that.

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 They planned for a crowd that was larger than any previously seen in the city.

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 It's supposed to be over a million people.

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 Preparations had begun months ahead of time.

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 A five-mile security perimeter was established.

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 Streets were closed.

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 Public transportation rerouted.

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 Why?

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 It was out of respect and celebration for this esteemed man who was coming into their city.

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 Our passage today in 2 Samuel 6 is not about a famous, good, and well-loved man coming to

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 a city.

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 But this chapter talks about God himself coming to Jerusalem.

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 What if you were given the task of planning such a great event?

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 How would we want to prepare for the coming of God himself to our city?

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 I guess the first question was, would we really want him that close?

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 Now, I know in one sense, God is everywhere, and God always was in the city of Jerusalem.

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 But in the thinking of the ancient Hebrews, God was especially present in the Ark of the

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 Covenant.

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 And it was the Ark of the Covenant that is being brought into Jerusalem.

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 And it's David's job as the king to plan and supervise this event.

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 So before we get into our passage, a little more background.

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 First, the Ark of the Covenant was the most sacred thing in all of the ancient Jewish world.

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 Its construction had been ordered and described by God to Moses when he received the Ten Commandments

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 at Mount Sinai.

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 The Ark was viewed as the actual throne of God on earth.

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 And even in many ways, including our passage tonight, was actually equated with God himself.

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 It was basically a gold box, a wood box covered with gold.

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 And in it were three specific things.

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 One, the stone tablets upon which God had written, and then Moses had rewritten, the Ten Commandments.

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 First, symbolizing God's moral law.

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 Second, Aaron's rod that budded, symbolizing God's power.

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 And third, a jar of manna, symbolizing God's provision.

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 On top of the Ark, there were statues of two cherubim, angels that were looking down on a plate that was between them called the mercy seat.

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 And God's instructions to Moses were that once a year, the high priest would enter the tabernacle,

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 where no one else was allowed to go at any other time, with a blood sacrifice to pour on that mercy seat,

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 so that God temporarily would be able to forgive the people for their sin.

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 That was done yearly.

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 That's what the Jews of today celebrate as Yom Kippur, which was, what, just two weeks ago?

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 And they were conscious of God covering over their sin.

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 The Ark would remind people of their sin, of God's forgiveness.

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 It would remind them that he wanted to be near them, his imminence,

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 but it would also remind them how different he was,

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 and how different his requirements were from any human being, God's transcendence.

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 And all of that is part of the symbolism of the Ark.

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 Now, it wasn't too many years prior to this that the Ark was taken into battle very foolishly

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 as a good omen as the Israelites were fighting against their local rivals, the Philistines.

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 The Philistines had captured the Ark, thinking it would bring them the favor of the God of Israel.

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 But in fact, it was the start of one tragedy after another.

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 And it wasn't too long before they returned the Ark to the land of Israel.

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 The Israelites who received it, of course, rejoiced that the Ark had been returned.

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 And it was stored in the house of a priest, Abiathar, excuse me, Abinadab,

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 who kept the Ark in his home for 20 years.

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 And that was in the town of Kiriath-Jiaram, otherwise called Baal-Judah,

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 which was right on the border with the Philistines.

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 So for 20 years, the Ark had sat in that home of that priest

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 and wasn't with the rest of the furnishings for God's tabernacle.

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 Now, as we saw last week, as Justin talked about 2 Samuel 5,

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 David was king over Israel.

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 He was king over all Israel.

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 And he had just recently conquered Jerusalem and made it his capital city.

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 He had recently won two major military victories over the Philistines

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 and in the process had carried away their idols representing their gods.

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 Now, that would have been a huge embarrassment for the Philistines.

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 And David, I'm sure, expected revenge.

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 Now, what form would that revenge take?

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 Well, David was a good general.

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 David was a military man.

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 And I'm sure he saw the Philistines here.

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 Just inside the border of their country was the Ark,

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 which stood for Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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 Well, certainly the Philistines would be wanting to recapture that Ark

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 to revenge the loss of their idols,

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 which they had forsaken and the Israelites had taken.

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 So the Ark was, in David's mind, I'm sure at risk of being taken by the Philistines.

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 David also wanted not only to protect the Ark,

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 but just having captured Jerusalem and just made it his capital city,

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 I'm sure David wanted to enhance the reputation of Jerusalem through the country.

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 And having the Ark of the Covenant in Jerusalem

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 would have certainly raised Jerusalem's stature in the minds of the people of Israel.

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 And finally, I suspect David just wanted to have God nearby.

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 He wanted to have the clear and unmistakable presence of God in his life.

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 So David planned to have his palace and next to it a tent,

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 which would house the Ark of the Covenant.

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 So I think there's good reasons why David wanted to bring the Ark into Jerusalem.

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 Now, we want to turn to 2 Samuel 6.

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 So if you're turning your Bibles to page 258,

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 exactly 200 pages back from where Psalm 24 is,

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 and let's read it together.

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 David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, 30,000,

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 and David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baal-Judah

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 to bring up from there the Ark of God,

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 which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts,

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 who sits enthroned on the cherubim.

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 And they carried the Ark of God on a new cart

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 and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill.

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 And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab,

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 were driving the new cart with the Ark of God,

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 and Ahio went before the Ark.

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 And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord

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 with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.

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 And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon,

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 Uzzah put out his hand to the Ark of God and took hold of it,

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 for the oxen had stumbled.

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 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah,

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 and God struck him down because of his error.

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 And he died there beside the Ark of God.

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 And David was angry because the Lord had broken out against Uzzah.

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 And that place is called Perez Uzzah to this day.

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 And David was afraid of the Lord that day.

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 And he said, How can the Ark of the Lord come to me?

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 So David was not willing to take the Ark of the Lord into the city of David.

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 But David took it aside into the house of Obed-Edom, the Gittite.

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 And the Ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom, the Gittite, three months.

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 And the Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his household.

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 And it was told King David,

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 The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him because of the Ark of God.

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 So David went and brought up the Ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the city of David with rejoicing.

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 And when those who bore the Ark of the Lord had gone six steps,

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 he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal.

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 And David danced before the Lord with all his might.

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 And David was wearing a linen ephod.

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 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the Ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the horn.

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 As the Ark of the Lord came into the city of David,

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 Michael, the daughter of Saul, looked out of her window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord.

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 And she despised him in her heart.

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 And they brought in the Ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it.

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 And David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

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 And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and peace offerings,

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 he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts

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 and distributed among all the people the whole multitude of Israel,

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 both men and women,

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 a cake of bread,

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 a portion of meat,

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 and a cake of raisins to each one.

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 Then all the people departed,

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 each to his house.

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 And David returned to bless his household.

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 But Michael,

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 the daughter of Saul,

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 came out to meet David and said,

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 how the king of Israel honored himself today,

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 uncovering himself today before the eyes of his servants,

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 female servants,

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 as one of the vulgar fellows shamelessly uncovers himself.

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 David said to Michael,

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 it was before the Lord who chose me above your father

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 and above all his house to appoint me as prince over Israel,

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 the people of the Lord,

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 and I will celebrate before the Lord.

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 I will make myself yet more contemptible than this,

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 and I will be abased in your eyes.

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 But by the female servants of whom you have spoken,

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 by them I shall be held in honor.

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 And Michael,

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 the daughter of Saul,

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 had no child to the day of her death.

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 Well,

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 let's just review the story.

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 David is bringing the ark into Jerusalem.

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 It was a trip of about nine miles.

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 To do that,

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 he assembled an entourage

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 of about 30,000 representatives from the nation,

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 likely soldiers,

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 political leaders,

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 musicians,

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 and many others

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 from different parts of the land of Israel

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 to accompany the ark into Jerusalem.

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 I'm sure he wanted this vast number

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 not only to protect the ark,

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 but also to celebrate it

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 and make it an event to unify the nation.

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 Now,

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 out of respect for the ark,

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 he had a new cart built

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 to carry it

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 and gave the honored positions

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 just before and just after the ark

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 to the two sons of Abinadab,

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 Uzzah and Ahio,

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 in recognition of the care

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 they had given the ark

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 while in their home.

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 It was a grand procession,

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 complete with singing

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 and musical instruments,

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 but there was a problem.

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 The problem was that

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 as good as David's intentions were,

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 he had not followed

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 the explicit instructions

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 given to Moses

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 for the transport of the ark.

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 God had specifically said

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 the ark was never to be touched,

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 but was to be carried

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 by golden rods

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 which were inserted along its sides

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 on the shoulders of the priests.

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 furthermore,

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 God had said

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 in Numbers 4, 15,

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 they must not touch

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 the holy things

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 lest they die.

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 Now, David was not ignorant

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 of these rules

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 because one of the requirements

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 for a king of Israel

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 was that before he became king,

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 he sat down

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 and copied out longhand

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 the Torah,

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 the Pentateuch,

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 the first five books

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 of the Bible

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 where all these instructions

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 were clearly laid out.

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 David knew what was to be done.

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 David chose to do it his way.

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 The procession was slowly

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 going up to Jerusalem

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 and as they were crossing

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 a threshing floor,

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 one of the oxen tripped

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 and the ark became,

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 the cart became unstable.

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 Uzzah reached out

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 to steady it

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 and just as he had promised,

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 God struck him dead.

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 Whoa there.

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 That was not on David's agenda.

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 That was not what he had planned

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 for the day.

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 And David's response was

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 to become angry.

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 Now, David very well knew

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 that he was the one

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 who had planned this event.

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 He was the one

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 who had ordered the cart.

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 He was the one

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 who was in charge

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 and he had done

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 what was wrong.

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 Did he get mad at himself?

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 No.

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 He was human like us.

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 He got mad at God.

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 How inappropriate that was.

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 God, I'm sure,

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 should have been mad at David.

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 But in the midst of that tragedy,

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 there was one good result.

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 David was humbled

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 and David developed

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 a true fear of God.

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 for as the book of Proverbs

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 tells us,

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 the fear of the Lord

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 is the beginning

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 of wisdom.

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 Now, perhaps David

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 had second thoughts.

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 Maybe he was not so sure

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 that he wanted God

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 right in his city,

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 even right next door.

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 Perhaps God really

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 wasn't all that safe

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 and he didn't want

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 to be so close

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 to this God.

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 We're not told

00:18:51.340 --> 00:18:52.380
 the exact reason,

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 but at any rate,

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 David put a halt

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 to the procession

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 and they took the ark

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 and put it in the home

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 of another priest,

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 Obed-Edom,

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 and it was housed there

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 for three months.

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 But during those three months,

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 Obed-Edom

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 had been uniquely blessed.

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 Now, we don't know

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 what the nature of that was,

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 but we also know

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 that David was aware of it.

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 And David reconsidered

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 and he again decided

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 to bring the ark

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 on the last part

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 of the journey

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 to Jerusalem.

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 This time,

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 he planned

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 an even greater celebration.

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 He had learned his lesson

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 and he assured

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 that the commands

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 of the law

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 were followed

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 and the ark

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 was carried exactly

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 as prescribed

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 to Moses.

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 As part of their celebration,

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 every six paces,

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 they stopped

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 and had a sacrifice.

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 Perhaps that was

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 a bit of thinking

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 of the Sabbath.

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 Take six steps,

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 you pause,

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 you rest,

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 you worship God.

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 I don't know.

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 At any rate,

00:20:02.800 --> 00:20:04.180
 the ark was finally

00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:06.240
 brought into the tent.

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 It was brought

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 into Jerusalem

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 and there

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 they had further

00:20:12.819 --> 00:20:14.079
 sacrifice,

00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:15.099
 burnt offerings,

00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:16.079
 peace offerings

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 and David offered

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 a prayer,

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 bless the people

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 and finally,

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 David gave each one

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 who attended

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 a gift,

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 a loaf of bread,

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 some meat

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 and a raisin cake.

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 It was a glorious day,

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 a glorious celebration

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 and everybody

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 was,

00:20:34.620 --> 00:20:35.200
 I'm sure,

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 very pleased.

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 But not everyone.

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 All was not well.

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 David's wife,

00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:42.140
 Michael,

00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:43.680
 the daughter of King Saul,

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 had not attended

00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:45.680
 the celebration.

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 She'd stayed home,

00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.460
 observed it

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:49.100
 through the window.

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 When she saw David

00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:52.059
 celebrating

00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:52.940
 and dancing

00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:54.160
 before the Lord,

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 the text says

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 she despised him

00:20:57.900 --> 00:20:59.460
 in her heart.

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 Now,

00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:02.559
 David's final act

00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:02.960
 of the day

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.700
 was to go home

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 and bless his own household.

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 When he did,

00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:08.160
 Michael came at him

00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:09.240
 as it were

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:10.700
 with both barrels loaded.

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 She was upset.

00:21:14.860 --> 00:21:15.880
 David responded,

00:21:16.700 --> 00:21:17.660
 she mocked him

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 for not behaving

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 with the dignity

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 that she thought

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.860
 a king should show.

00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:24.660
 David's response

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 to her

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 defended his right

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 to focus on God,

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 to celebrate

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 his presence.

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 It's interesting,

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.880
 if you look at your Bibles

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 in verse 22,

00:21:35.540 --> 00:21:36.400
 David says,

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 I will be abased

00:21:37.800 --> 00:21:38.920
 in your eyes.

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 But the real Hebrew there

00:21:41.780 --> 00:21:42.880
 is in the footnote

00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:44.259
 in the English Standard Version,

00:21:44.780 --> 00:21:45.080
 says,

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 I will be abased

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:47.960
 in my eyes.

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 David was willing

00:21:50.040 --> 00:21:51.180
 to be abased

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:52.620
 and thought low of

00:21:52.620 --> 00:21:54.360
 if he could celebrate

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 and focus

00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:57.060
 so on God.

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 and that was

00:21:58.740 --> 00:22:00.059
 his intention.

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.940
 The end result

00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:03.679
 was that Michael

00:22:03.679 --> 00:22:04.480
 had no children

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.500
 till the day

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.079
 of her death.

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 Quite a story.

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 I think we can learn

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:10.539
 a lot for ourselves

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:12.940
 from 2 Samuel 6.

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 I think we see here

00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:16.679
 three different ways

00:22:16.679 --> 00:22:18.119
 of responding to God

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 when he comes near.

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 first,

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:23.639
 David's initial response.

00:22:24.639 --> 00:22:25.160
 Excitement,

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:26.759
 celebration,

00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:28.879
 careful planning,

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:31.299
 but, you know,

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.660
 choosing to do things

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.279
 his way,

00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:35.160
 not God's.

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:37.060
 Secondly,

00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:38.340
 we see David's

00:22:38.340 --> 00:22:39.900
 final response.

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 He showed the same

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:42.019
 exuberance

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.840
 and celebration,

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 perhaps even more,

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.960
 but now he was careful

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.940
 to do things

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:48.140
 God's way.

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.440
 He's not thinking

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:50.200
 about himself

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:51.279
 or those around him.

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 He's simply focused

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:54.100
 on God.

00:22:55.040 --> 00:22:55.860
 I think it's also

00:22:55.860 --> 00:22:56.279
 of note

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:57.080
 that he responded

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 generously with gifts

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 to all of his people.

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 Then he went home

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.580
 to bless his family.

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 And then thirdly,

00:23:05.439 --> 00:23:06.519
 we see Michael

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:08.419
 standing back,

00:23:08.659 --> 00:23:09.779
 refusing to get involved,

00:23:09.939 --> 00:23:11.019
 watching out the window,

00:23:12.699 --> 00:23:14.699
 criticizing the emotionalism

00:23:14.699 --> 00:23:15.919
 of the celebration,

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:17.939
 not being willing

00:23:17.939 --> 00:23:19.399
 to be involved.

00:23:20.679 --> 00:23:20.939
 Now,

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:22.299
 I think it's only fitting

00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:23.659
 that we need

00:23:23.659 --> 00:23:24.619
 to ask ourselves,

00:23:25.139 --> 00:23:26.799
 how would we respond?

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.919
 Do we like to plan

00:23:28.919 --> 00:23:29.759
 and be in control

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.899
 and do things our way?

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:33.919
 Are we overly conscious

00:23:33.919 --> 00:23:35.220
 of what others think,

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:35.720
 thinks,

00:23:35.879 --> 00:23:36.439
 so that we are

00:23:36.439 --> 00:23:37.419
 somewhat inhibited

00:23:37.419 --> 00:23:39.179
 in our worship of God?

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.740
 Or are we willing

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:42.399
 to give our whole beings,

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.879
 our minds,

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:44.819
 emotions,

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.619
 and bodies

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:47.399
 unreservedly

00:23:47.399 --> 00:23:48.379
 to him?

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:52.720
 That's the story

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:54.039
 from 2 Samuel 6.

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.240
 Now,

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:55.699
 there's almost

00:23:55.699 --> 00:23:57.039
 a commentary on it

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:58.980
 in Psalm 24.

00:23:58.980 --> 00:24:00.339
 So you may want

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:01.420
 to turn in your Bibles,

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:03.420
 go forward 200 pages

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:05.660
 to page 458

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:08.579
 to Psalm 24.

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.960
 And I believe

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.960
 this Psalm

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:13.279
 gives us

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:14.920
 just a totally

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:16.120
 different glimpse

00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:18.680
 of the ark

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.799
 coming into Jerusalem

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.460
 because I think

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.220
 Psalm 24

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:22.380
 was written by David

00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:24.140
 to celebrate

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:24.740
 that day.

00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.360
 And I'm sure

00:24:25.360 --> 00:24:26.240
 as they were

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:27.460
 in this procession

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:28.799
 coming up to Jerusalem,

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.519
 they were singing

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.440
 Psalm 24

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:33.940
 over and over again.

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:36.220
 See how he starts.

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.539
 The earth

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.720
 is the Lord's

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:40.180
 and the fullness

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:41.360
 thereof,

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.700
 the world

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.259
 and those

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:44.360
 who dwell therein,

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.400
 for he has

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:46.100
 founded it

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:47.100
 upon the seas

00:24:47.100 --> 00:24:48.880
 and established it

00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:50.380
 upon the rivers.

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:52.140
 David starts

00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:52.840
 by reminding

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.980
 all who heard

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:56.819
 who God is.

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.879
 He is the one

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.720
 who made us

00:24:58.720 --> 00:25:00.959
 and controls us.

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:02.879
 He is the great God

00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:03.679
 and not only

00:25:03.679 --> 00:25:04.959
 the physical world

00:25:04.959 --> 00:25:06.659
 but all the inhabitants

00:25:06.659 --> 00:25:07.359
 of the world

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:08.959
 belong to him.

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.679
 Good theology

00:25:13.679 --> 00:25:14.759
 should start everything,

00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:15.279
 shouldn't it?

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:18.019
 Then he says,

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:20.059
 who shall ascend

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:21.220
 the hill of the Lord?

00:25:23.139 --> 00:25:24.599
 And who shall stand

00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:26.240
 in his holy place?

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.079
 The ark

00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:28.879
 is coming up

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:29.579
 the hill

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:31.039
 into Jerusalem,

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.440
 be housed

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:33.159
 in the temple

00:25:33.159 --> 00:25:34.619
 or in the tent

00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.579
 which would eventually

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.839
 be where the temple

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.720
 mount was,

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:38.339
 is.

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.299
 But David,

00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:42.079
 when he thinks

00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:42.659
 about the ark

00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:43.179
 coming in,

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.700
 stops

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.559
 and he asks

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.679
 a very important question.

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.440
 If the ark

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.319
 is in Jerusalem,

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:50.019
 if it's on the top

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.439
 of the hill

00:25:50.439 --> 00:25:51.599
 next to my palace,

00:25:52.439 --> 00:25:53.200
 who should be

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:54.019
 allowed to come up?

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:55.319
 Who should come

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.419
 near to God

00:25:56.419 --> 00:25:57.700
 in the ark?

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:59.379
 Who can legitimately

00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:01.119
 come near God?

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:02.159
 Can just anyone

00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:03.179
 come up?

00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:05.740
 David thinks

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.759
 of four distinct

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.539
 qualifications.

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:08.960
 One,

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.919
 he who has

00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:10.679
 clean hearts.

00:26:11.919 --> 00:26:12.299
 Two,

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.899
 and a pure heart.

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.819
 Clean hands.

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:15.439
 Two,

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:17.000
 and a pure heart.

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:18.240
 Three,

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.559
 who does not

00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:20.460
 lift up his soul

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.400
 to what is false.

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.019
 And four,

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.880
 does not swear

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.759
 deceitfully.

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.619
 So first,

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.160
 he who has

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:30.319
 clean hands.

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.740
 Good start,

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:31.960
 David.

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.759
 We don't want

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.400
 people who have been

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:35.019
 doing a lot of

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.920
 dirty and messy

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.519
 things,

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:38.279
 coming near to God.

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.779
 That would not

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.420
 be appropriate.

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:43.039
 But then,

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:44.460
 David starts

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.059
 reading what

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.759
 he just wrote.

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.599
 And I think

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.220
 he paused

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.759
 and said,

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.680
 but wait a minute.

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:53.319
 Do I have

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:54.240
 clean hands?

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.380
 Perhaps he thought

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:56.859
 of all the

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.559
 innocents he had

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.319
 killed to obtain

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.839
 a dowry

00:26:58.839 --> 00:27:00.000
 when he married

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.400
 Michael.

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:02.140
 Perhaps he had

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:02.799
 thought of all

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:04.160
 the other evil

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:05.660
 and bad things

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.619
 killing people

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.880
 that he had

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:08.680
 done in the

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.200
 past.

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:10.980
 and I think

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:12.000
 David would

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.500
 have said,

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:14.480
 perhaps with a

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:14.920
 tear in his

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.240
 eye,

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:17.640
 I don't have

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.340
 clean hands.

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.519
 And a pure

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.100
 heart.

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.319
 In David's

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:26.600
 thinking,

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.279
 the heart was

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.980
 the center of

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.539
 the soul.

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:29.519
 It's where our

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.420
 motives and inner

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.620
 longings came

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:32.039
 from.

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.799
 Was his heart

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.259
 pure?

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:36.420
 Perhaps he

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:36.859
 thought of the

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.359
 time when he

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:37.839
 fled from

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.279
 Saul and

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.680
 hid in a

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.400
 Philistine city

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.039
 pretending to

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.640
 be insane.

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.720
 Could that be

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.440
 called a pure

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:44.019
 heart?

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.700
 Who does not

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.359
 lift up his

00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:48.299
 soul to what

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:49.039
 is false?

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:50.799
 This means not

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.640
 having false

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.539
 values or

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.700
 trashy values.

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.379
 As David begins

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:55.799
 to think,

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.420
 he recalls the

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.839
 time when he

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.700
 became frustrated

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.339
 with Saul's

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.299
 constantly pursuing

00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.599
 him.

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:00.699
 So David went

00:28:00.699 --> 00:28:01.119
 over to the

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:02.000
 Israel's enemies,

00:28:02.159 --> 00:28:02.919
 the Philistines,

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:04.579
 valuing his own

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.480
 comfort and

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:07.279
 safety more than

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:08.299
 pursuing God's

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.719
 plan.

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:10.719
 Yes,

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:13.219
 David knew that

00:28:13.219 --> 00:28:14.019
 he had lifted up

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:15.419
 his soul to

00:28:15.419 --> 00:28:16.319
 what was false

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:18.719
 and does not

00:28:18.719 --> 00:28:19.259
 share,

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:21.019
 swear deceitfully,

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.679
 telling lies.

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.059
 Then perhaps

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.859
 David remembered

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.319
 when he was

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:26.959
 running away from

00:28:26.959 --> 00:28:27.559
 Saul, he saw

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.480
 refuge with

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.159
 Abiathar the

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:30.540
 priest and he

00:28:30.540 --> 00:28:31.259
 lied and told

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.759
 him he was

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.360
 on an errand

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:33.000
 for Saul.

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.779
 The end result

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.940
 was that Abiathar

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.460
 was killed.

00:28:39.040 --> 00:28:39.779
 David admitted,

00:28:40.300 --> 00:28:41.420
 I have sworn

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.420
 deceitfully.

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.340
 David knew that

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:45.440
 every one of the

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:46.400
 four requirements

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:47.300
 he was writing

00:28:47.300 --> 00:28:48.960
 would exclude

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.740
 him.

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:51.259
 He would not

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:52.779
 be allowed to

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.600
 ascend the hill

00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:54.300
 of the Lord.

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:57.880
 But does this

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.800
 not ask us

00:28:58.799 --> 00:29:00.000
 force us to

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.879
 ask ourselves,

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:03.319
 would we

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:04.259
 meet those

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.799
 criteria?

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:07.000
 Could we

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.700
 have clean

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.319
 hands?

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.619
 Do we have

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.399
 pure hearts?

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:12.039
 Or do we

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.619
 have false

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.319
 values?

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:14.859
 Have we

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:16.839
 told lies?

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.740
 The answer

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.740
 for most of us

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.659
 is, yeah,

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:22.000
 we would not

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:23.220
 qualify either.

00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:25.019
 David must have

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.639
 felt totally

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.140
 defeated.

00:29:27.140 --> 00:29:28.060
 But to me,

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:29.420
 it is fascinating

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:30.320
 how he

00:29:30.320 --> 00:29:31.280
 responds.

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.320
 Notice,

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:36.300
 he will receive

00:29:36.300 --> 00:29:37.759
 blessing from the

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.640
 Lord and

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.420
 righteousness

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:41.420
 from the God

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.580
 of his

00:29:42.580 --> 00:29:43.620
 salvation.

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:45.920
 He will receive

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.840
 blessing from the

00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:47.380
 Lord and

00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:48.240
 righteousness from

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.020
 the God of his

00:29:49.020 --> 00:29:49.500
 salvation.

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.960
 after acknowledging

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.660
 that he,

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:52.779
 and by

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.359
 implication,

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.940
 everybody else,

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:56.019
 including us,

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:58.079
 don't deserve to

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.700
 enter God's

00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.200
 presence,

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:00.519
 David makes

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.579
 this profound

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.779
 and earth-shattering

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.359
 statement.

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:05.059
 Catch this.

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.519
 Those who are

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.160
 willing to come

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:07.779
 into God's

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.119
 presence,

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:09.140
 those who choose

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.880
 to ascend the

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.319
 hill of the

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.640
 Lord,

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.900
 will not only

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.640
 receive a

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.519
 blessing from

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.079
 God,

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:15.059
 but will

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:16.480
 actually receive

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.240
 righteousness

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:18.920
 from God,

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:20.079
 and that will

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.420
 lead to

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:20.900
 salvation.

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.120
 How much

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.720
 more exciting

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.299
 could you get?

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.839
 That it

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.839
 doesn't depend

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.559
 on our

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.559
 clean hands.

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.660
 It doesn't

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.420
 depend on our

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:33.099
 pure heart.

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:34.480
 It doesn't

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.680
 depend on

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.700
 our values.

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.480
 It doesn't

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:39.140
 depend on

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:39.779
 how much we

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.180
 tell the

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.620
 truth.

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:41.740
 Our

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.599
 righteousness,

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.900
 David knew,

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.620
 came from

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:46.039
 God.

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:57.059
 David's

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.559
 mind is

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:58.279
 ever active.

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.220
 He continues

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.900
 to meditate

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.620
 on who

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:01.259
 this God

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.779
 was who

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.319
 gives his

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.859
 blessing,

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:03.980
 righteousness,

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:04.960
 and salvation.

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.680
 And he

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.279
 next says,

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:08.279
 such is the

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:09.259
 generation of

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.859
 those who

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.799
 seek him,

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.680
 who seek

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:13.579
 the face

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.140
 of the

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:15.140
 God of

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:16.000
 Jacob.

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:17.279
 Selah.

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.240
 Now,

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:19.599
 what do we

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:20.119
 know about

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.680
 Jacob?

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:25.039
 Jacob's

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.759
 name means

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.180
 crooked.

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.319
 He was a

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:28.720
 cheat.

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:30.140
 He was a

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:30.619
 schemer.

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:32.200
 He was out

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.940
 to get his

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.980
 own best.

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.720
 Jacob was

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.279
 not

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:39.420
 the

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:40.000
 darling

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:41.440
 person

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:42.519
 of God.

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.759
 But who

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.460
 accepted

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.100
 Jacob?

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:48.059
 God

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.539
 accepted

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.080
 Jacob.

00:31:50.840 --> 00:31:51.759
 And I'm

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.340
 sure David

00:31:52.340 --> 00:31:52.799
 thought,

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.460
 well, if God

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:54.080
 could accept

00:31:54.080 --> 00:31:54.759
 Jacob, maybe

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:55.299
 God can

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.960
 accept me.

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:59.019
 And it's

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.759
 even more

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.840
 fascinating that

00:32:00.840 --> 00:32:02.160
 because in

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.740
 the Hebrew,

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:05.180
 the words

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:06.859
 God of

00:32:06.859 --> 00:32:07.599
 are not

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:08.000
 there.

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.240
 Those are

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.940
 inserted by

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.420
 all the

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.079
 translators.

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.620
 What the

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.539
 text really

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.220
 says,

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.680
 who seek

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.599
 the face

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.220
 of

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:18.180
 Jacob.

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.839
 Now, are

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.420
 the translators

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:22.160
 wrong to say

00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:22.680
 God of

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:22.940
 Jacob?

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.319
 No, I

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.720
 think that's

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.259
 the point.

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:26.579
 But the

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.339
 text says

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:27.880
 that God

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.500
 was so

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.660
 able to

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:30.440
 identify

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:32.440
 with one

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:33.000
 who was

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:34.100
 such a

00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:34.500
 rascal

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:36.100
 as Jacob

00:32:36.100 --> 00:32:37.320
 that he

00:32:37.320 --> 00:32:38.080
 would actually

00:32:38.080 --> 00:32:39.059
 allow himself

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.519
 to be called

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:39.840
 Jacob.

00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:43.700
 To me, that

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.620
 is amazing.

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.240
 That is

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.680
 amazing.

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:50.880
 Now, I

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.460
 don't think

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.880
 Jacob had

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:54.000
 any much

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.519
 idea at

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.559
 all of

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.259
 how God

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.860
 would come

00:32:56.860 --> 00:32:57.220
 near to

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.460
 him.

00:32:57.600 --> 00:32:58.180
 Jacob was

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:58.759
 familiar with

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.340
 sacrifices.

00:32:59.339 --> 00:33:00.339
 he'd seen

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:01.079
 his grandfather

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.699
 Abraham

00:33:01.699 --> 00:33:02.519
 present

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.179
 sacrifices.

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.359
 He'd seen

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:05.240
 Isaac present

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.879
 sacrifices.

00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.539
 He did so

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.059
 himself.

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:07.899
 But he

00:33:07.899 --> 00:33:08.539
 really wasn't

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.079
 sure the

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.699
 whole meaning

00:33:09.699 --> 00:33:10.139
 of it.

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:12.079
 David knew

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.799
 a little bit

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.679
 more because

00:33:13.679 --> 00:33:14.319
 David had

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.919
 the ark,

00:33:15.459 --> 00:33:15.959
 knew the

00:33:15.959 --> 00:33:16.819
 mercy seat,

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.659
 and knew

00:33:17.659 --> 00:33:18.399
 that forgiveness

00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:19.119
 could come

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:19.839
 through blood

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:21.319
 on the

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:22.179
 mercy seat.

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.379
 But how

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:25.119
 much more

00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:26.019
 do we

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.539
 know

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:28.319
 why God

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:29.099
 is able

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:29.980
 to give

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:31.259
 us his

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.920
 righteousness?

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.799
 And the

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.680
 reason is

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.119
 Jesus.

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.720
 The reason

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.259
 is that

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:39.399
 Jesus gave

00:33:39.399 --> 00:33:40.099
 his own

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.839
 life as a

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:42.240
 sacrifice to

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.960
 pay the

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.779
 penalty for

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.720
 our sin

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:46.440
 so that

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:47.659
 God could

00:33:47.659 --> 00:33:48.680
 accept us,

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.319
 so that we

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:49.799
 could draw

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:51.019
 near to

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.539
 God.

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:58.039
 Hebrews

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.859
 says that

00:33:58.859 --> 00:33:59.619
 Jesus came

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.599
 to put

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.440
 away sin

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.839
 once,

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:04.000
 once for

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.379
 all,

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.379
 put away

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:06.059
 sin by

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:06.720
 the sacrifice

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.480
 of himself.

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:08.900
 David did

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.360
 not know

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.759
 that,

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:10.679
 but we

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.039
 can know

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.480
 that.

00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:14.320
 Just

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:15.019
 thinking those

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:15.500
 thoughts

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.940
 overwhelmed

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.340
 David.

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.679
 David could

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.420
 no longer

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.079
 hold it

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.440
 in,

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:21.619
 so he

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.139
 breaks

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:22.519
 out

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:23.380
 into

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.920
 exalted

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.559
 song,

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:25.579
 welcoming

00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:26.179
 God

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:27.019
 into

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.559
 a city.

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:29.059
 Lift up

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:30.019
 your heads,

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.820
 O gates,

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.200
 be lifted

00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:32.639
 up,

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.360
 O ancient

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:33.980
 doors,

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:34.900
 that the

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:35.539
 King of

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:36.500
 glory may

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.220
 come in.

00:34:37.700 --> 00:34:38.360
 Who is

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:38.840
 this King

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:39.420
 of glory?

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.240
 The Lord,

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.519
 strong and

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:41.800
 mighty,

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:43.179
 the Lord,

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:43.860
 mighty in

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.280
 battle.

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.480
 Lift up

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:45.900
 your heads,

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.380
 O gates,

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:46.860
 and lift

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.220
 them up,

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:47.740
 O ancient

00:34:47.740 --> 00:34:48.320
 doors,

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:49.220
 that the

00:34:49.220 --> 00:34:49.659
 King of

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:50.379
 glory may

00:34:50.379 --> 00:34:50.960
 come in.

00:34:51.819 --> 00:34:52.399
 Who is

00:34:52.399 --> 00:34:52.980
 this King

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.579
 of glory?

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:55.039
 The Lord

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.579
 of hosts.

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.199
 He is

00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:57.619
 the King

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.099
 of glory.

00:34:59.239 --> 00:34:59.940
 Open up

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.379
 the gates

00:35:00.379 --> 00:35:00.699
 of the

00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:01.019
 city.

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:01.759
 The Ark

00:35:01.759 --> 00:35:02.279
 is coming

00:35:02.279 --> 00:35:02.639
 in.

00:35:02.799 --> 00:35:03.199
 The King

00:35:03.199 --> 00:35:03.759
 of glory

00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:04.319
 is coming

00:35:04.319 --> 00:35:04.659
 in.

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.599
 The Lord

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:06.199
 of hosts.

00:35:06.859 --> 00:35:07.619
 He will

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.239
 be near

00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:10.480
 us because

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:11.859
 he allows

00:35:11.859 --> 00:35:13.399
 us to

00:35:13.399 --> 00:35:14.179
 experience

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:14.639
 his

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:15.179
 righteousness,

00:35:15.839 --> 00:35:16.420
 his

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:16.899
 forgiveness.

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:17.900
 God

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:19.340
 is

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:19.720
 not the

00:35:19.720 --> 00:35:20.380
 only one

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:20.900
 to ever

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.260
 welcome

00:35:21.260 --> 00:35:21.720
 God

00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:22.139
 into

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:22.460
 his

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:22.900
 life.

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:24.900
 Tonight,

00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:25.800
 we have

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:26.340
 the privilege

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:27.200
 of celebrating

00:35:27.200 --> 00:35:27.720
 God

00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:29.099
 coming into

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:30.380
 our lives.

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.579
 As we

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:32.260
 take communion,

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.039
 I think we

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.539
 should learn

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.320
 lessons from

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:34.800
 the Ark

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:36.340
 coming into

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:37.019
 Jerusalem.

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:39.380
 1 Samuel 6

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:39.800
 is about

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.519
 God coming

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.039
 near.

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.079
 Communion

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:43.680
 is about

00:35:43.680 --> 00:35:44.559
 God in

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.099
 the person

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:45.699
 of Jesus

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:46.960
 actually

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.920
 coming not

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.719
 just near,

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:50.219
 but into

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:50.940
 us,

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.500
 becoming a

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.599
 part of

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:54.000
 us.

00:35:55.739 --> 00:35:56.480
 We must

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:57.360
 recognize that

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:58.199
 we are no

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.940
 more worthy

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.980
 to ascend

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.420
 the hill

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:00.699
 of the

00:36:00.699 --> 00:36:01.019
 Lord,

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:02.299
 to come

00:36:02.299 --> 00:36:02.759
 into his

00:36:02.759 --> 00:36:03.239
 presence,

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:03.619
 to have

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:04.039
 him come

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.779
 into us,

00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:06.079
 than David

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.619
 was.

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.019
 When you

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.679
 examine our

00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:09.099
 hearts,

00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:09.920
 we realize

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.420
 if it's up

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.840
 to us

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.159
 and our

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:11.619
 goodness,

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:12.779
 we're not

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:12.980
 going to

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.460
 make it.

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.799
 David knew

00:36:15.799 --> 00:36:16.299
 that it was

00:36:16.299 --> 00:36:16.960
 only by

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.420
 God's

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:17.880
 forgiveness,

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.380
 love,

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:18.980
 and grace

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.840
 that he

00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:20.219
 could be

00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:20.539
 righteous.

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:21.880
 He did

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.239
 not know

00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:22.639
 how.

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:24.199
 We can

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:24.579
 look at

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:25.059
 the bread

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.420
 and the

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.900
 juice and

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.460
 be reminded

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:26.799
 that it

00:36:26.799 --> 00:36:27.099
 was by

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.639
 no less

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:28.179
 than Jesus

00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:28.799
 himself

00:36:28.799 --> 00:36:29.440
 taking our

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:30.000
 sins on

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.340
 him,

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:31.539
 suffering

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:32.039
 the wrath

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:32.659
 of God,

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:34.159
 the inhumanity

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:34.699
 of man,

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:35.779
 that the

00:36:35.779 --> 00:36:36.539
 just penalty

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:37.000
 of our

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.500
 sins could

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:38.119
 be paid

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:39.320
 and we

00:36:39.320 --> 00:36:39.659
 could be

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:40.019
 forgiven.

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.679
 We should

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:43.519
 respond tonight

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:44.079
 as David

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.699
 responded,

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.259
 holding

00:36:45.259 --> 00:36:45.960
 intention,

00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:47.340
 a fear

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:47.920
 of God

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.480
 that fills

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.880
 us with

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.659
 reverence

00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:51.659
 and prompts

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:52.239
 us to do

00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:53.280
 things exactly

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:53.780
 as God

00:36:53.780 --> 00:36:54.219
 wants,

00:36:54.759 --> 00:36:55.199
 while at

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:55.820
 the same

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.440
 time,

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:58.699
 in our

00:36:58.699 --> 00:36:59.340
 own hearts

00:36:59.340 --> 00:37:00.300
 and perhaps

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:00.759
 even with

00:37:00.759 --> 00:37:01.300
 our voices,

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:03.139
 exuberantly

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.920
 celebrating

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:05.059
 as we

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:05.519
 offer our

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.320
 sacrifice of

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:07.599
 praise to

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.039
 God.

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:08.099
 God,

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:10.219
 we can

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:10.659
 with

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:11.699
 exaltation

00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:13.139
 invite him

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:13.719
 into our

00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:14.239
 lives.

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.679
 I wonder

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:16.059
 if I could

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.420
 ask you

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:16.739
 all to

00:37:16.739 --> 00:37:17.119
 stand.

00:37:19.759 --> 00:37:20.539
 And would

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:20.739
 you be

00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:21.119
 willing to

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.539
 put your

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:22.159
 arms out

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:23.300
 to welcome

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:24.400
 the King

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:24.940
 of glory?

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.340
 Just in

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:27.820
 your minds

00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:28.519
 we're welcoming

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:30.320
 him into

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:31.119
 our lives.

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:32.360
 Lift up

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:33.279
 your heads,

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:34.079
 O gates,

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:35.739
 be lifted up,

00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:36.239
 O ancient

00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:36.859
 doors,

00:37:37.419 --> 00:37:37.939
 that the

00:37:37.939 --> 00:37:38.519
 King of

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:39.459
 glory may

00:37:39.459 --> 00:37:40.099
 come in.

00:37:40.899 --> 00:37:41.439
 Who is

00:37:41.439 --> 00:37:41.919
 this King

00:37:41.919 --> 00:37:42.519
 of glory?

00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:44.179
 The Lord

00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:45.479
 strong and

00:37:45.479 --> 00:37:45.839
 mighty,

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:47.399
 the Lord

00:37:47.399 --> 00:37:48.179
 mighty in

00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:48.619
 battle.

00:37:49.419 --> 00:37:49.839
 Lift up

00:37:49.839 --> 00:37:50.279
 your heads,

00:37:50.359 --> 00:37:50.779
 O gates,

00:37:50.859 --> 00:37:51.419
 and lift them

00:37:51.419 --> 00:37:51.799
 up, O

00:37:51.799 --> 00:37:52.159
 ancient

00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:52.779
 doors,

00:37:53.279 --> 00:37:53.959
 that the

00:37:53.959 --> 00:37:54.419
 King of

00:37:54.419 --> 00:37:55.179
 glory may

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:55.699
 come in.

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:57.019
 Who is

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.479
 this King

00:37:57.479 --> 00:37:58.079
 of glory?

00:37:58.659 --> 00:37:59.779
 The Lord

00:37:59.779 --> 00:38:00.539
 of hosts.

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:02.579
 He is

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:02.979
 the King

00:38:02.979 --> 00:38:03.519
 of glory.

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:05.059
 May we

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.420
 welcome

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:06.360
 him into

00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:07.119
 our lives.

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:13.039
 You may

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.380
 be seated.

00:38:15.239 --> 00:38:15.779
 Well,

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.019
 tonight