WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:29.980 Thank you. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:59.980 Thank you. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:01.439 It astounds you to hear it. 00:01:01.500 --> 00:01:05.799 The shock and surprise is evident on all of your faces at this very moment. 00:01:06.299 --> 00:01:07.019 But it's true. 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:09.700 Sometimes they lie to you. 00:01:09.700 --> 00:01:14.620 Now, we are even now in the middle of an election cycle. 00:01:15.500 --> 00:01:22.960 And I would wager if you pay close attention and keep both your eyes open and both of your ears open, you might catch a lie like this. 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:35.859 You might catch one or two half-truths, a few exaggerations of fact, a few hyperbolic detours, a few taking of liberties. 00:01:35.859 --> 00:01:39.280 I know it surprises some of you. 00:01:40.299 --> 00:01:48.319 But for those of you who are not surprised by this, perhaps there are a few of you who came into church tonight knowing this particular secret already. 00:01:48.319 --> 00:01:56.619 Perhaps the greater surprise would be to hear that there may be a ruler who tells the truth. 00:01:56.620 --> 00:02:04.680 Perhaps you listen to the news every night, perhaps on your way home or once at home. 00:02:05.060 --> 00:02:13.759 You listen to the news with your defenses held high with thoroughgoing suspicion about all the words that come out of politicians' mouths. 00:02:13.759 --> 00:02:23.719 Now, if this more accurately describes you, then I suspect our text and this sermon tonight may actually surprise you. 00:02:24.659 --> 00:02:32.299 For this sermon is about a ruler who comes and causes to make, he causes his people to flourish. 00:02:33.479 --> 00:02:37.620 A ruler who rules in justice and righteousness. 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:41.639 A ruler who keeps every promise he makes. 00:02:43.759 --> 00:02:47.840 If you were to find such a ruler, would you vote for him? 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:50.719 Would you even campaign for him? 00:02:51.399 --> 00:02:53.419 Would you put a bumper sticker on your car about him? 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:55.979 Would you put a lawn sign out about him? 00:02:56.979 --> 00:03:02.000 What precisely would you do if you found a ruler who never lied to you? 00:03:04.699 --> 00:03:08.379 Tonight I want to speak with you about a ruler who keeps every promise he ever made. 00:03:09.519 --> 00:03:11.919 You won't find the stories about him in the newspaper. 00:03:11.919 --> 00:03:14.719 Instead, we have to go to a different text. 00:03:15.659 --> 00:03:23.239 The text we're going to look at to discover this ruler is 2 Samuel 23, verses 1 through 7. 00:03:24.500 --> 00:03:26.039 You can turn there with me. 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:28.219 We'll be there the whole evening. 00:03:28.679 --> 00:03:30.779 2 Samuel 23, 1 through 7. 00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:36.899 And my hope tonight is that as we read this text together, we'll see one major point. 00:03:36.900 --> 00:03:38.120 This is the one point. 00:03:39.659 --> 00:03:43.900 God's children celebrate when God's king is crowned. 00:03:45.420 --> 00:03:49.840 God's children celebrate when God's king is crowned. 00:03:51.340 --> 00:03:52.520 Let's look at the text. 00:03:53.580 --> 00:03:56.939 2 Samuel 23, verses 1 through 7. 00:03:56.939 --> 00:04:01.859 Now, these are the last words of David. 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:04.079 The oracle of David. 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:05.939 The son of Jesse. 00:04:07.099 --> 00:04:09.919 The oracle of the man who was raised on high. 00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:13.020 The anointed of the God of Jacob. 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:16.259 The sweet psalmist of Israel. 00:04:16.259 --> 00:04:20.459 The spirit of the Lord speaks by me. 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:22.659 His word is on my tongue. 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:26.659 The God of Israel has spoken. 00:04:27.779 --> 00:04:29.579 The rock of Israel has said to me, 00:04:30.300 --> 00:04:33.719 When one rules justly over men, 00:04:34.500 --> 00:04:36.000 ruling in the fear of God, 00:04:37.060 --> 00:04:40.139 he dawns on them like the morning light, 00:04:40.139 --> 00:04:45.680 like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning. 00:04:47.159 --> 00:04:51.800 Like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth. 00:04:53.740 --> 00:04:56.860 For does not my house stand so with God? 00:04:57.659 --> 00:05:00.539 For he has made with me an everlasting covenant, 00:05:01.180 --> 00:05:03.719 ordered in all things and secure. 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:06.339 For he will not cause, 00:05:06.339 --> 00:05:09.860 will he not cause to prosper all of my help and my desire? 00:05:09.860 --> 00:05:16.379 But worthless men are all like thorns that are thrown away. 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:20.180 For they cannot be taken with the hand, 00:05:20.300 --> 00:05:23.580 but the man who touches them arms himself with iron 00:05:23.580 --> 00:05:25.900 and the shaft of a spear. 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:29.860 And they are utterly consumed with fire. 00:05:29.860 --> 00:05:37.460 Now in order to understand this text before us this evening, 00:05:37.620 --> 00:05:39.100 a bit of context might be useful. 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:44.300 This text tells us that these are the last words of David, 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:46.520 which is a strange designation 00:05:46.520 --> 00:05:49.300 because after these last words of David, 00:05:49.660 --> 00:05:50.980 David keeps on talking. 00:05:51.300 --> 00:05:53.720 He's got plenty more to say after this. 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:58.940 You could read this as a simple error by the narrator, 00:05:59.260 --> 00:06:02.220 but even if a cursory proofreading shows us 00:06:02.220 --> 00:06:03.440 that this is not the case, 00:06:03.500 --> 00:06:05.540 these are not in fact the last words of David, 00:06:06.040 --> 00:06:07.600 perhaps something else is intended. 00:06:08.440 --> 00:06:10.440 And I suggest that's exactly what is intended. 00:06:10.900 --> 00:06:14.260 These are not chronologically the last words of David. 00:06:14.540 --> 00:06:17.580 These are rather the culminating words of David. 00:06:17.579 --> 00:06:23.919 These words are supposed to describe in a capsule form 00:06:23.919 --> 00:06:26.379 the entirety of David's reign. 00:06:27.180 --> 00:06:29.199 They epitomize his rule. 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:37.060 These words are presented to us as an oracle, 00:06:37.899 --> 00:06:39.699 which is a rare thing for David. 00:06:40.479 --> 00:06:43.019 An oracle or a prophetic utterance 00:06:43.019 --> 00:06:46.659 that David makes under the influence of the spirit of God. 00:06:46.660 --> 00:06:47.800 Do you see that there? 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:48.980 A long introduction. 00:06:49.380 --> 00:06:50.300 The oracle of David. 00:06:50.540 --> 00:06:52.380 The oracle of the man who was raised on high. 00:06:52.740 --> 00:06:53.660 And then in the second verse, 00:06:53.780 --> 00:06:55.780 the spirit of the Lord speaks by me. 00:06:56.500 --> 00:06:58.320 These are not only David's words. 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:00.340 These are God's words. 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:06.340 David is looking back as a historian over his rule. 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:12.000 But the spirit might be saying something prophetic 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:13.560 as well as historical. 00:07:14.400 --> 00:07:16.260 We'll come back to that toward the end. 00:07:16.660 --> 00:07:20.360 So there's a little context for what's going on here. 00:07:21.939 --> 00:07:26.480 The centerpiece of this passage is verses 3 and 4, 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:31.920 where we find the reason that God's children rejoice 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:34.740 when God's king is crowned. 00:07:35.400 --> 00:07:37.720 And that's where I want to spend most of our time this evening tonight, 00:07:37.780 --> 00:07:39.440 looking at 3 and 4. 00:07:39.740 --> 00:07:40.840 Look at these verses again. 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:43.039 The God of Israel has spoken. 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:46.259 The rock of Israel has said to me, 00:07:46.259 --> 00:07:50.339 When one rules justly over men, 00:07:50.659 --> 00:07:52.879 ruling in the fear of God, 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:55.800 he dawns on them like the morning light, 00:07:56.579 --> 00:07:59.740 like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, 00:08:00.539 --> 00:08:04.279 like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth. 00:08:04.279 --> 00:08:08.559 These words David speaks about himself. 00:08:09.379 --> 00:08:12.239 He is the Lord's anointed one in this passage. 00:08:12.559 --> 00:08:15.259 He is the one who deals justly with his people. 00:08:15.419 --> 00:08:15.699 Why? 00:08:15.979 --> 00:08:18.659 First off, because he fears God. 00:08:19.479 --> 00:08:23.979 He knows himself to be one who is himself under authority. 00:08:23.980 --> 00:08:28.860 And therefore, he is supposed to rule over those 00:08:28.860 --> 00:08:31.960 over whom he has authority with justice. 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:35.500 And look at the metaphors that are used here 00:08:35.500 --> 00:08:37.000 for the reign of this king. 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:40.399 He dawns on them like the morning light, 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:44.300 the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:48.159 rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth. 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:53.120 These are metaphors of flourishing as in a garden, 00:08:53.980 --> 00:08:57.500 the things that are required to make the plants 00:08:57.500 --> 00:09:00.600 that this king is husbanding flourish, 00:09:01.379 --> 00:09:04.580 the unmitigated, unclouded sun, 00:09:05.500 --> 00:09:08.600 the mist of rain that waters this garden. 00:09:09.899 --> 00:09:12.639 This is a king who serves his people, 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:15.000 who rules on behalf of his people. 00:09:15.980 --> 00:09:17.860 That's how you tell a good king, 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:21.139 that he rules on behalf of the people 00:09:21.139 --> 00:09:22.820 over whom he has authority. 00:09:22.820 --> 00:09:26.060 He does not use the people over whom he has authority 00:09:26.060 --> 00:09:27.340 for his own purposes. 00:09:28.340 --> 00:09:30.280 He causes them to flourish. 00:09:33.980 --> 00:09:36.400 This flourishing metaphor, 00:09:36.620 --> 00:09:37.780 this garden metaphor, 00:09:37.920 --> 00:09:39.220 I don't think is accidental. 00:09:40.660 --> 00:09:45.420 Do you remember what man and woman's first task was? 00:09:45.419 --> 00:09:49.719 to go and have dominion, 00:09:50.099 --> 00:09:53.159 caring husbanding of a garden, 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:58.039 to bring forth the fruits of the earth, 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:02.000 to cooperate with God in making the world flourish, 00:10:02.419 --> 00:10:05.419 to be his agents in the world, 00:10:05.740 --> 00:10:09.000 causing goodness and justice and beauty 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:12.179 and love to reign over all the earth. 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:15.019 This is what we were meant for. 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:17.259 This was our first task. 00:10:18.500 --> 00:10:21.019 And the good king has not forgotten that. 00:10:21.700 --> 00:10:23.860 The good king remembers that he, 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:25.440 as a descendant of Adam, 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:30.259 is charged with the task of being God's agent in the world, 00:10:30.259 --> 00:10:33.879 of causing the world to bring forth much fruit, 00:10:34.500 --> 00:10:36.679 to beautify the world, 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:40.360 to cause it to abound with goodness. 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:47.180 This is why God's children celebrate 00:10:47.180 --> 00:10:49.019 when God's king is crowned. 00:10:49.639 --> 00:10:51.740 Because God's king is one who knows 00:10:51.740 --> 00:10:55.200 that he is charged with bringing the earth to flourishing. 00:10:56.019 --> 00:10:58.700 And the people over whom he rules 00:10:58.700 --> 00:11:01.259 rejoice when they see the world 00:11:01.259 --> 00:11:03.820 righted from its wrongs, 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:06.500 beautified from its ugliness, 00:11:06.500 --> 00:11:11.259 encompassed in love rather than wrapped in violence. 00:11:12.580 --> 00:11:16.360 How could God's children not celebrate that sort of thing? 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:21.539 Now, you may be skeptical about this claim 00:11:21.539 --> 00:11:24.259 that freedom and flourishing come from 00:11:24.259 --> 00:11:27.159 submission to good authorities, rulers. 00:11:27.419 --> 00:11:29.740 I'm even using the word kings over and over. 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:31.639 Those of us in the audience who are Americans, 00:11:31.860 --> 00:11:33.200 we are taught from our youth 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:34.899 that kings are bad things 00:11:34.899 --> 00:11:36.419 and we're supposed to revolt against them. 00:11:36.500 --> 00:11:38.139 And here I am preaching to you 00:11:38.139 --> 00:11:39.419 about the goodness of a king 00:11:39.419 --> 00:11:41.559 that we should indeed even celebrate 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:43.500 when certain kings are around. 00:11:44.419 --> 00:11:48.139 Isn't that treasonous to my American citizenship? 00:11:49.539 --> 00:11:50.600 Well, I don't think so. 00:11:51.419 --> 00:11:53.240 I do think the American ethos 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:54.639 does not train us well 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:56.440 to sympathize with this idea. 00:11:57.639 --> 00:11:59.960 We think that freedom and flourishing 00:11:59.960 --> 00:12:03.200 mean doing what is right in our own eyes. 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:08.120 But the Bible has something to say about this. 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:09.040 Even this story. 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:12.440 When we remember where this story is 00:12:12.440 --> 00:12:14.240 in the overall narrative of the Bible, 00:12:14.460 --> 00:12:15.840 we have reason to doubt 00:12:15.840 --> 00:12:17.580 our American idea 00:12:17.580 --> 00:12:19.000 that freedom and flourishing 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:20.820 are doing whatever is right 00:12:20.820 --> 00:12:22.080 in our own eyes. 00:12:23.400 --> 00:12:25.660 Do you remember where this story begins? 00:12:25.659 --> 00:12:28.219 Even back before the king. 00:12:29.579 --> 00:12:30.799 In the book of Judges. 00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:34.159 Judges is one of those really depressing books. 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:35.539 Over and over. 00:12:35.939 --> 00:12:37.179 They come into the land 00:12:37.179 --> 00:12:38.879 and it's racked in evil 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:40.139 and a judge comes up 00:12:40.139 --> 00:12:41.339 and takes care of business. 00:12:41.579 --> 00:12:42.500 The judge dies 00:12:42.500 --> 00:12:43.459 and the text says 00:12:43.459 --> 00:12:45.299 there was no judge in Israel. 00:12:45.779 --> 00:12:47.259 Every man did what was right 00:12:47.259 --> 00:12:48.319 in his own eyes. 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:50.360 We think this is a utopia. 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:54.159 The Bible clearly depicts it as anarchy. 00:12:55.139 --> 00:12:55.779 Violence. 00:12:58.159 --> 00:12:59.980 The poor and the weak 00:12:59.980 --> 00:13:01.720 are not taken care of 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:04.159 when everyone does what he wants. 00:13:05.419 --> 00:13:06.759 Something is needed 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:08.399 to solve the problem 00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:10.159 of human violence. 00:13:11.180 --> 00:13:12.779 And anarchy is not the answer. 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:15.379 And that's where 00:13:15.379 --> 00:13:17.259 1 and 2 Samuel come in. 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:20.300 The people want a king. 00:13:20.940 --> 00:13:21.700 And God says 00:13:21.700 --> 00:13:22.180 okay 00:13:22.180 --> 00:13:23.899 you need a ruler. 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:26.139 I want it to be your king. 00:13:27.180 --> 00:13:28.100 But if the people 00:13:28.100 --> 00:13:29.779 yearn so much for a king 00:13:29.779 --> 00:13:31.440 Samuel give them one. 00:13:33.419 --> 00:13:34.340 And at first 00:13:34.340 --> 00:13:35.440 it seemed like it was going to work. 00:13:35.980 --> 00:13:36.480 Saul 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:38.460 the stalwart man 00:13:38.460 --> 00:13:39.279 who inspired 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:40.060 hope 00:13:40.060 --> 00:13:41.039 and strength 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:41.820 into his people 00:13:41.820 --> 00:13:44.080 flourished for a while. 00:13:45.620 --> 00:13:46.920 And then he fell away. 00:13:48.500 --> 00:13:49.920 And David came. 00:13:51.180 --> 00:13:51.860 David 00:13:51.860 --> 00:13:54.500 the good king 00:13:54.500 --> 00:13:56.700 the man after God's own heart. 00:13:57.620 --> 00:13:57.980 Surely 00:13:57.980 --> 00:13:59.379 he is the answer 00:13:59.379 --> 00:14:00.759 to the problems 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:02.139 of the wickedness 00:14:02.139 --> 00:14:02.700 of his people. 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:06.680 Except when you read 00:14:06.680 --> 00:14:08.060 the stories of David 00:14:08.060 --> 00:14:09.860 it seems like 00:14:09.860 --> 00:14:10.800 he is racked 00:14:10.800 --> 00:14:11.960 by the same wickedness 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:12.539 of his people. 00:14:12.539 --> 00:14:12.639 Samuel. 00:14:13.959 --> 00:14:15.219 We know the Bible 00:14:15.219 --> 00:14:15.879 the narrative 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:16.899 the long arc 00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:17.419 of the Bible 00:14:17.419 --> 00:14:18.399 has said that somehow 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:19.819 the answer to our problems 00:14:19.819 --> 00:14:20.699 is a king 00:14:20.699 --> 00:14:22.620 but not Saul 00:14:22.620 --> 00:14:24.039 and not David. 00:14:25.299 --> 00:14:26.099 So who? 00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:34.080 at the beginning 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:35.600 of 1st Samuel 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:37.420 the passage 00:14:37.420 --> 00:14:38.100 that brackets 00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:39.180 these ending 00:14:39.180 --> 00:14:40.240 songs 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:41.600 in 2nd Samuel 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:43.180 you see the woman 00:14:43.180 --> 00:14:44.340 named Hannah 00:14:44.340 --> 00:14:46.139 a barren 00:14:46.139 --> 00:14:47.320 and lonely 00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:48.180 woman 00:14:48.180 --> 00:14:50.560 who pleads 00:14:50.560 --> 00:14:51.120 with God 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:52.000 for deliverance 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:53.180 for a child. 00:14:53.179 --> 00:14:56.219 and when God 00:14:56.219 --> 00:14:57.379 provides a child 00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:58.639 she sings a song 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:00.559 a song of prophecy 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:02.459 and she says this 00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:05.180 the adversaries 00:15:05.180 --> 00:15:05.879 of the Lord 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:07.340 shall be broken 00:15:07.340 --> 00:15:08.000 in pieces 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:09.180 against them 00:15:09.180 --> 00:15:10.160 he will thunder 00:15:10.160 --> 00:15:10.700 in heaven 00:15:10.700 --> 00:15:11.960 the Lord 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:12.800 will judge 00:15:12.800 --> 00:15:13.500 the ends 00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:14.180 of the earth 00:15:14.180 --> 00:15:15.940 he will give strength 00:15:15.940 --> 00:15:16.759 to his king 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:17.759 and exalt 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:18.400 the horn 00:15:18.400 --> 00:15:19.180 of his anointed. 00:15:20.460 --> 00:15:21.740 She sees 00:15:21.740 --> 00:15:22.280 the Lord 00:15:22.280 --> 00:15:23.019 is going to do 00:15:23.019 --> 00:15:23.460 something 00:15:23.460 --> 00:15:24.280 through one 00:15:24.280 --> 00:15:25.460 whom she calls 00:15:25.460 --> 00:15:26.440 the anointed. 00:15:27.740 --> 00:15:28.680 And here in this text 00:15:28.680 --> 00:15:29.519 we see David 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:30.480 takes this on 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:31.080 for himself. 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:32.660 Look there 00:15:32.660 --> 00:15:33.720 in verse 5 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:35.120 Does not 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:35.980 my house 00:15:35.980 --> 00:15:36.840 stand so 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:37.500 with God? 00:15:37.900 --> 00:15:38.879 David sees this 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:39.420 as applying 00:15:39.420 --> 00:15:40.060 to himself 00:15:40.060 --> 00:15:41.100 this is why 00:15:41.100 --> 00:15:42.220 he sings this song 00:15:42.220 --> 00:15:42.900 toward the end 00:15:42.900 --> 00:15:43.480 of his life 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:44.960 David is a historian 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:46.259 chronicling 00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:47.780 his own reign 00:15:47.780 --> 00:15:50.540 What's the grounds 00:15:50.540 --> 00:15:51.480 for him saying 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:52.200 that this 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:53.920 applies to his kingship? 00:15:54.700 --> 00:15:55.660 Verse 5 again 00:15:55.660 --> 00:15:57.000 He has made with me 00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:58.320 an everlasting covenant 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:00.240 ordered in all things 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:01.000 and secure 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:05.000 What's David's 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:06.080 reason for saying 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:06.580 this? 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:07.720 What's the proof 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:08.259 that God has made 00:16:08.259 --> 00:16:09.100 a covenant with him? 00:16:09.299 --> 00:16:10.080 Well first off 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:11.399 God has spoken to him 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:13.139 Second and thirdly 00:16:13.139 --> 00:16:14.460 David over the course 00:16:14.460 --> 00:16:15.240 of the last several 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:15.720 chapters 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:17.340 has destroyed 00:16:17.340 --> 00:16:18.480 the enemies of God 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:19.860 something that today 00:16:19.860 --> 00:16:20.419 looks to us 00:16:20.419 --> 00:16:21.519 like a needless 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:22.720 senseless bloodbath 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:23.940 but here's what 00:16:23.940 --> 00:16:24.460 he's done 00:16:24.460 --> 00:16:25.440 little by little 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:26.940 he has cleared 00:16:26.940 --> 00:16:27.660 out a space 00:16:27.660 --> 00:16:28.600 of peace 00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:30.500 for his son 00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:31.120 to construct 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:31.660 the temple 00:16:31.660 --> 00:16:34.760 Solomon will not 00:16:34.760 --> 00:16:35.560 need to marshal 00:16:35.560 --> 00:16:36.440 grand armies 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:36.860 to defeat 00:16:36.860 --> 00:16:37.940 any more Philistines 00:16:37.940 --> 00:16:39.380 David's already 00:16:39.380 --> 00:16:40.000 done that 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:41.500 Solomon can 00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:42.320 muster the strength 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:42.860 of Israel 00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:44.460 to build the 00:16:44.460 --> 00:16:45.080 dwelling place 00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:45.540 of God 00:16:45.540 --> 00:16:47.639 this is one of 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:48.400 David's greatest 00:16:48.400 --> 00:16:48.879 feats 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:52.340 but 00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:56.060 if we read this 00:16:56.060 --> 00:16:56.960 passage only as 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:57.400 history 00:16:57.400 --> 00:17:00.040 then it certainly 00:17:00.040 --> 00:17:00.700 must be 00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:02.220 pure mockery 00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:04.799 for we've already 00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:05.740 seen the dreadful 00:17:05.740 --> 00:17:06.420 things that David 00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:07.000 has done 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:08.400 and this next 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:09.299 chapter after this 00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:10.019 one will be no 00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:10.360 different 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:11.819 the list of his 00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:12.339 mighty men 00:17:12.339 --> 00:17:13.240 those come next 00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:15.139 the mighty men 00:17:15.139 --> 00:17:15.779 that did all 00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:16.279 these things 00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:16.979 that won all 00:17:16.979 --> 00:17:17.500 these battles 00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:17.979 with David 00:17:17.979 --> 00:17:18.579 do you know 00:17:18.579 --> 00:17:19.359 who that last 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:19.859 name in that 00:17:19.859 --> 00:17:20.539 list is 00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:21.979 Uriah the 00:17:21.979 --> 00:17:22.399 Hittite 00:17:22.399 --> 00:17:25.919 the narrator 00:17:25.919 --> 00:17:26.939 mentions last 00:17:26.939 --> 00:17:28.019 Uriah the 00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:28.500 Hittite 00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:29.399 ensuring that 00:17:29.399 --> 00:17:29.879 no matter 00:17:29.879 --> 00:17:30.519 who else 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:31.059 the listener 00:17:31.059 --> 00:17:31.719 remembers 00:17:31.719 --> 00:17:32.240 what other 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:32.719 names 00:17:32.719 --> 00:17:33.259 this long 00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:33.579 list of 00:17:33.579 --> 00:17:33.859 names 00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:34.219 the listener 00:17:34.219 --> 00:17:34.579 remembers 00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:35.139 he will 00:17:35.139 --> 00:17:35.639 remember 00:17:35.639 --> 00:17:36.500 Uriah the 00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:36.879 Hittite 00:17:36.879 --> 00:17:38.059 what's so 00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:38.679 special about 00:17:38.679 --> 00:17:39.240 Uriah the 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:39.539 Hittite 00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:40.159 well this 00:17:40.159 --> 00:17:40.559 one 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:41.519 of David's 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:41.960 mighty men 00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:42.299 had the 00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:42.819 prestige of 00:17:42.819 --> 00:17:43.480 being killed 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:44.139 by his 00:17:44.139 --> 00:17:44.440 king 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:45.420 of having 00:17:45.420 --> 00:17:45.879 his wife 00:17:45.879 --> 00:17:46.379 stolen 00:17:46.379 --> 00:17:46.899 by his 00:17:46.899 --> 00:17:47.200 king 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:49.220 David 00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:49.940 is guilty 00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:50.379 of the 00:17:50.379 --> 00:17:50.720 blood 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:51.359 of Uriah 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:51.839 the Hittite 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:52.220 and the 00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:52.579 narrator 00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:53.059 won't let 00:17:53.059 --> 00:17:53.500 us forget 00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:53.740 it 00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.680 he puts 00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.119 his name 00:17:55.119 --> 00:17:55.599 right at 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:55.980 the end 00:17:55.980 --> 00:17:56.240 of the 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:56.619 list 00:17:56.619 --> 00:17:57.899 and right 00:17:57.899 --> 00:17:58.279 after that 00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:58.639 David 00:17:58.639 --> 00:17:58.940 will take 00:17:58.940 --> 00:17:59.399 a census 00:17:59.399 --> 00:18:00.659 which shows 00:18:00.659 --> 00:18:01.259 his desire 00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:01.839 to trust 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.139 in his 00:18:02.139 --> 00:18:02.500 own 00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:03.039 military 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:03.519 strength 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:03.940 rather than 00:18:03.940 --> 00:18:04.240 God 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:04.680 and God 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:05.279 is angry 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:05.879 about this 00:18:05.879 --> 00:18:06.639 and causes 00:18:06.639 --> 00:18:07.359 a pestilence 00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:07.720 to come 00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:08.059 and kill 00:18:08.059 --> 00:18:09.079 70,000 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:09.799 of David's 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:10.359 men 00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:12.619 David is 00:18:12.619 --> 00:18:12.939 the one 00:18:12.939 --> 00:18:13.599 who rules 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:14.159 in perfect 00:18:14.159 --> 00:18:14.899 uprightness 00:18:14.899 --> 00:18:16.859 the narrator 00:18:16.859 --> 00:18:17.279 does not 00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:17.639 want us 00:18:17.639 --> 00:18:18.879 to read 00:18:18.879 --> 00:18:19.319 it so 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:19.799 simply 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:22.579 when these 00:18:22.579 --> 00:18:22.839 two 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:23.480 contradictory 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:23.939 pieces 00:18:23.939 --> 00:18:24.339 apparently 00:18:24.339 --> 00:18:24.879 contradictory 00:18:24.879 --> 00:18:25.419 pieces of 00:18:25.419 --> 00:18:25.759 information 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:26.259 are presented 00:18:26.259 --> 00:18:26.699 to us 00:18:26.699 --> 00:18:27.119 side by 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:27.519 side 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:28.639 the narrator 00:18:28.639 --> 00:18:29.240 wants us 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:29.839 to think 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00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:50.839 to see 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:51.359 is this 00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:53.579 that David 00:18:53.579 --> 00:18:54.099 in this 00:18:54.099 --> 00:18:54.619 passage 00:18:54.619 --> 00:18:55.960 is pointing 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:56.460 beyond 00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:57.039 himself 00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:59.079 indeed 00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:00.079 all of 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:00.659 Samuel 00:19:00.659 --> 00:19:01.440 is pointing 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:01.980 beyond 00:19:01.980 --> 00:19:02.559 itself 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:04.000 it ends 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:04.759 and culminates 00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.339 with David 00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:05.720 but it 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:06.240 ends with 00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.740 David's 00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.399 failures 00:19:07.399 --> 00:19:07.879 as well 00:19:07.879 --> 00:19:08.200 as his 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:08.659 successes 00:19:08.659 --> 00:19:10.279 the Bible 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:11.079 has told us 00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:11.799 that a king 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:12.500 is necessary 00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:13.440 to restrain 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:14.259 human wickedness 00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:15.240 and to cause 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:15.639 the earth 00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:16.460 to flourish 00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:18.759 but David 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:19.099 is not a 00:19:19.099 --> 00:19:19.420 great 00:19:19.420 --> 00:19:20.379 a perfect 00:19:20.379 --> 00:19:20.779 candidate 00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.460 for this 00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:24.740 do you 00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:24.879 remember 00:19:24.879 --> 00:19:25.099 what I 00:19:25.099 --> 00:19:25.359 said 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:25.879 here 00:19:25.879 --> 00:19:26.859 that David 00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:27.299 speaks 00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:27.779 not only 00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:28.039 as a 00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:28.539 historian 00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:30.439 but in 00:19:30.439 --> 00:19:30.699 the 00:19:30.699 --> 00:19:31.579 Holy Spirit 00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:32.279 speaks 00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:32.599 also 00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:33.000 as a 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.379 prophet 00:19:33.379 --> 00:19:35.919 David 00:19:35.919 --> 00:19:36.579 is looking 00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:37.000 forward 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.459 to 00:19:37.459 --> 00:19:38.419 another 00:19:38.419 --> 00:19:38.899 king 00:19:38.899 --> 00:19:39.659 that is 00:19:39.659 --> 00:19:40.139 to come 00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:41.479 that rules 00:19:41.479 --> 00:19:42.959 in justice 00:19:42.959 --> 00:19:44.259 and righteousness 00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:48.259 look here 00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:48.679 in verse 00:19:48.679 --> 00:19:49.439 five 00:19:49.439 --> 00:19:49.899 again 00:19:49.899 --> 00:19:50.839 David 00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:51.559 says 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:52.219 God 00:19:52.219 --> 00:19:52.740 has made 00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.099 with him 00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:53.839 an everlasting 00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:54.719 covenant 00:19:54.719 --> 00:19:56.259 ordered in 00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:57.099 all things 00:19:57.099 --> 00:19:58.019 and secure 00:19:58.019 --> 00:20:00.680 historically 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:01.160 we know 00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:01.440 that a 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:01.700 united 00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.019 kingdom 00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.759 only lasted 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.200 for about 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:03.619 one more 00:20:03.619 --> 00:20:04.079 generation 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:04.700 after David 00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:05.440 and the 00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:05.859 whole thing 00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:06.140 went to 00:20:06.140 --> 00:20:06.379 pot 00:20:06.379 --> 00:20:08.359 how can 00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:08.759 this be 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:09.299 said to be 00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:10.099 an everlasting 00:20:10.099 --> 00:20:10.779 covenant 00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:14.200 Christians know 00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:14.539 the answer 00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:14.940 to this 00:20:14.940 --> 00:20:16.140 the answer 00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:16.559 is 00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.619 that David 00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:18.379 was always 00:20:18.379 --> 00:20:19.000 supposed to 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.700 point to 00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.279 somebody 00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:21.339 the better 00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:21.819 David 00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:23.480 the true 00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:23.980 king 00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:25.099 who would 00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:25.559 truly 00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:26.259 cause 00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:27.139 justice 00:20:27.139 --> 00:20:28.539 to reign 00:20:28.539 --> 00:20:28.879 on the 00:20:28.879 --> 00:20:29.240 earth 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:30.199 who would 00:20:30.199 --> 00:20:31.059 restore 00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:31.759 the garden 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.379 that once 00:20:32.379 --> 00:20:33.139 was lost 00:20:33.139 --> 00:20:33.759 that would 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.240 cause 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:34.980 the earth 00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:35.679 and all 00:20:35.679 --> 00:20:36.059 the people 00:20:36.059 --> 00:20:36.379 in his 00:20:36.379 --> 00:20:36.679 care 00:20:36.679 --> 00:20:37.799 to flourish 00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:41.359 and this 00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:41.980 king came 00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:42.299 in 00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:43.679 riding 00:20:43.679 --> 00:20:44.099 on a 00:20:44.099 --> 00:20:44.439 donkey 00:20:44.439 --> 00:20:46.359 was crowned 00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:46.679 not in 00:20:46.679 --> 00:20:46.939 gold 00:20:46.939 --> 00:20:47.339 but in 00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:47.799 thorns 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:49.619 was lifted 00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:50.019 up not 00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.299 on a 00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:50.579 throne 00:20:50.579 --> 00:20:50.819 but on 00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:51.559 a cross 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:53.940 and did 00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.680 not live 00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:55.259 over his 00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:55.599 people 00:20:55.599 --> 00:20:56.399 but died 00:20:56.399 --> 00:20:56.940 for his 00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.339 people 00:20:57.339 --> 00:21:00.659 how can 00:21:00.659 --> 00:21:00.919 this one 00:21:00.919 --> 00:21:01.240 be a 00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:01.519 king 00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:05.079 Jesus 00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:05.700 can be a 00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:05.859 king 00:21:05.859 --> 00:21:06.279 because he 00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:06.619 did not 00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:07.000 stay 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:07.500 dead 00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:09.359 and after 00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:10.079 his death 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.960 he rose 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.359 again 00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:11.839 and after 00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.500 his resurrection 00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.720 he ascended 00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:16.159 he ascended 00:21:16.159 --> 00:21:17.039 not simply 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:17.419 like a 00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:18.480 divine elevator 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:19.320 bumping up 00:21:19.320 --> 00:21:19.640 into the 00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:19.900 basement 00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:20.320 of heaven 00:21:20.320 --> 00:21:20.860 no he 00:21:20.860 --> 00:21:21.300 ascended 00:21:21.300 --> 00:21:21.680 like a 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:21.880 king 00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:22.240 ascends 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:22.620 to a 00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:23.120 throne 00:21:23.120 --> 00:21:24.960 and all 00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.240 the way 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.800 back here 00:21:25.800 --> 00:21:26.460 in Samuel 00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:27.460 hundreds and 00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:27.980 hundreds of 00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.680 years earlier 00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:29.340 we have it 00:21:29.340 --> 00:21:29.960 foretold 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.580 that a 00:21:30.580 --> 00:21:31.360 true king 00:21:31.360 --> 00:21:31.960 would come 00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:33.140 God's 00:21:33.140 --> 00:21:34.039 chosen king 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.500 would be 00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:35.320 crowned 00:21:35.320 --> 00:21:36.420 and God's 00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:36.860 cherished 00:21:36.860 --> 00:21:37.400 children 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:38.420 would celebrate 00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:42.880 so when we 00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:43.440 read this 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:44.039 we ought not 00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:44.880 think only of 00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:45.279 it as 00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:46.180 the history 00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.940 of David's 00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:47.259 reign 00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:48.000 but also 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.359 as the 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:48.900 prophecy 00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:49.339 of the 00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:49.640 coming 00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:50.180 king 00:21:50.180 --> 00:21:52.400 the one 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:53.140 who is 00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:54.019 the desire 00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.720 of all 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.339 nations 00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:56.460 the joy 00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:57.200 of every 00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:57.879 longing 00:21:57.879 --> 00:21:58.400 heart 00:21:58.400 --> 00:22:02.119 what is 00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:02.799 in this 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.119 text 00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:04.000 for us 00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:05.059 what does 00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:05.599 this mean 00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:06.299 for us 00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:07.519 who no 00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.140 longer search 00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.740 for kings 00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:10.519 but nevertheless 00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.440 find ourselves 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.240 to be in an 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:12.960 election cycle 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:16.100 I think 00:22:16.100 --> 00:22:16.500 this text 00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:16.980 tells us a 00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.420 few things 00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:19.059 first for 00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.440 those who 00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:19.620 are in 00:22:19.620 --> 00:22:20.000 authority 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--> 00:22:45.919 authority in 00:22:45.919 --> 00:22:46.519 ways big or 00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.319 small either in 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.059 elected office or 00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.819 even in a 00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.959 parent being a 00:22:49.959 --> 00:22:51.319 parent or even 00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:52.399 in an office 00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:55.280 do you have 00:22:55.280 --> 00:22:56.100 anybody in your 00:22:56.100 --> 00:22:56.860 life whom you 00:22:56.860 --> 00:22:57.820 serve over whom 00:22:57.820 --> 00:22:58.140 you have 00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:58.640 authority 00:22:58.640 --> 00:23:00.180 if you do 00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:02.180 you have the 00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.759 opportunity 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:04.440 to work with 00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:05.620 God to 00:23:05.620 --> 00:23:06.200 cause the 00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:06.680 earth to 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.160 flourish 00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:10.380 to make it 00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:11.040 like David 00:23:11.040 --> 00:23:11.700 for Solomon 00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.560 easier for 00:23:12.560 --> 00:23:13.200 your children 00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.920 and those who 00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:14.560 come after 00:23:14.560 --> 00:23:15.300 you to 00:23:15.300 --> 00:23:16.280 worship God 00:23:16.280 --> 00:23:19.680 that's a 00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.080 choice you 00:23:20.080 --> 00:23:20.380 have 00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:23.000 or 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:25.380 you can be 00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:25.960 like those in 00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.620 verse 6 and 00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:26.960 7 00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:29.740 worthless men 00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.320 are like 00:23:30.320 --> 00:23:31.420 thorns that 00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:31.800 are thrown 00:23:31.800 --> 00:23:32.280 away 00:23:32.280 --> 00:23:34.360 do you 00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:34.720 remember what 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.380 Adam's curse 00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:35.980 was in the 00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.260 garden 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00:24:02.879 steel and 00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.779 throw into the 00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.200 fire 00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:06.940 for those of 00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.200 us who 00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.579 exercise 00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.420 authority this 00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:08.720 is our 00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.099 choice 00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:10.740 to work 00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.279 with God 00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:11.940 in causing 00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.460 the earth 00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:13.119 to flourish 00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:14.279 or to be 00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.819 one of those 00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.519 thorns that 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.019 needs to be 00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.579 pulled up 00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:16.980 and thrown 00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.359 into the 00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.720 fire 00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:20.240 use your 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.740 authority 00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.259 therefore 00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.440 to cause 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:22.860 the earth 00:24:22.860 --> 00:24:23.600 to flourish 00:24:23.600 --> 00:24:25.240 to cause 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.900 your children 00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:27.200 and your 00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.759 co-workers 00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.759 and your 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.339 family and 00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:29.740 all those 00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.420 around you 00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:31.460 over whom 00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:31.720 you have 00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.319 authority or 00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.740 not 00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:34.039 to flourish 00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:36.220 set an 00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.920 example in 00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.480 your life 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.700 of justice 00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.839 and mercy 00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.779 and love 00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:42.559 ruling like 00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.120 this king 00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:43.819 in the fear 00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.519 of God 00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:46.179 is your 00:24:46.179 --> 00:24:47.299 life lived 00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:48.299 in the 00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:48.759 tangible 00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.339 fear of 00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:49.639 God 00:24:49.639 --> 00:24:50.319 knowing that 00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:50.619 you will 00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:50.919 give an 00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:51.559 account one 00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.240 day to 00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.740 this king 00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.379 Jesus who 00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:53.939 now sits 00:24:53.939 --> 00:24:54.659 enthroned 00:24:54.659 --> 00:24:55.359 over heaven 00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:55.819 and earth 00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:57.899 this choice 00:24:57.899 --> 00:24:58.439 is yours 00:24:58.439 --> 00:24:59.500 and David 00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.299 would beg 00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:00.639 you 00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:01.500 exercise 00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.439 your authority 00:25:02.439 --> 00:25:03.599 in the fear 00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:04.159 of God 00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:05.279 causing those 00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.720 around you 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.599 to flourish 00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:09.759 pray for the 00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.139 people that 00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:10.700 surround you 00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:12.700 be a good 00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.799 example for 00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.080 them 00:25:14.080 --> 00:25:16.039 encourage them 00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:17.580 strengthen them 00:25:17.580 --> 00:25:20.700 what about 00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.160 those of us 00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:21.700 who don't have 00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.259 authority or 00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:22.860 who are under 00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.340 authority 00:25:23.340 --> 00:25:25.059 none of us 00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:26.000 is president 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.720 in this room 00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.220 and that means 00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.700 we are all 00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.380 at least under 00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:29.279 one authority 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.940 what should we 00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:31.420 do what does 00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.220 this text teach 00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.860 us about how 00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:33.500 we are to 00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:36.539 behave under 00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.059 authority 00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:39.420 the first thing 00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:39.840 it tells us 00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.240 is this 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:41.859 do not be 00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:42.400 cynical 00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:44.279 do not be 00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:45.019 cynical about 00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:46.099 your leaders 00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:47.220 a cynic 00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:48.079 is one who 00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:48.579 has given 00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.120 over to 00:25:49.120 --> 00:25:49.700 despair 00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.700 who has 00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.120 thought our 00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.599 leaders are 00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:52.319 so corrupt 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:53.140 that there is 00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.880 nothing for 00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.279 which to 00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:55.000 rejoice any 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.400 longer 00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:57.220 I will never 00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.880 get my hopes 00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:58.180 up 00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:59.559 I won't be 00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:00.180 fooled again 00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:02.359 but this 00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:02.980 passage 00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:04.240 talks about 00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.059 just rulers 00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.579 who bring 00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.220 flourishing to 00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.660 their people 00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.700 and worthless 00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.519 men who grow 00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.339 up like weeds 00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.959 and are fit 00:26:09.959 --> 00:26:10.500 only to be 00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.959 cut down 00:26:10.959 --> 00:26:11.439 and burned 00:26:11.439 --> 00:26:12.319 this text 00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:12.879 thinks there's 00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:13.819 a real difference 00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.379 between these 00:26:14.379 --> 00:26:14.720 people 00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:18.220 we should pray 00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:19.039 that God 00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:20.139 might send 00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:20.939 good rulers 00:26:20.939 --> 00:26:22.500 so that the 00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.199 lands in which 00:26:23.199 --> 00:26:24.019 we dwell 00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.839 might flourish 00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.740 like a garden 00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:27.059 not wither 00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.759 like a desert 00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:29.339 we ought to 00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:30.279 pray to God 00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.919 that we have 00:26:30.919 --> 00:26:31.740 occasion to 00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.319 celebrate 00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:34.039 the crowning 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also teaches 00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.140 us that we 00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:02.779 ought not 00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:04.019 follow false 00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:05.420 messiahs 00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:08.000 humans 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.279 are hard 00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.899 wired 00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:10.680 to seek 00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:12.099 for messiahs 00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:13.680 that's why 00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.359 we believe 00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:15.240 high flying 00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.619 rhetoric 00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.619 every four 00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.200 years 00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:20.000 but that 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.480 rhetoric 00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:21.279 and those 00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:22.119 messiahs 00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:23.279 will always 00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:24.299 disappoint us 00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:26.759 those messiahs 00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.559 share our 00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.220 sins 00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:29.759 they participate 00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.319 in our 00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:31.099 flaws 00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:34.579 you know 00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.099 the only way 00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.599 to ensure 00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:35.939 that you 00:27:35.939 --> 00:27:36.219 will never 00:27:36.219 --> 00:27:37.019 be disappointed 00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.519 by your 00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:37.819 rulers 00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:39.419 is to plan 00:27:39.419 --> 00:27:39.799 to be 00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.259 disappointed 00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.719 by your 00:27:40.719 --> 00:27:41.059 rulers 00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:42.719 the only 00:27:42.719 --> 00:27:43.339 way never 00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:43.559 to be 00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:43.899 disappointed 00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:44.240 by your 00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.439 rulers 00:27:44.439 --> 00:27:44.759 is to 00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.159 plan 00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:45.500 to be 00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:45.919 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