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 1 Samuel chapter 10.

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 1 Samuel chapter 10.

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 1 Samuel chapter 10.

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 1 Samuel chapter 10.

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 1 Samuel chapter 10.

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 1 Samuel chapter 10.

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 1 Samuel chapter 10.

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 1 Samuel chapter 10.

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 1 Samuel chapter 10.

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 1 Samuel said to all the people,

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 1 Samuel,

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 And all of the people shouted, Long live the king.

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 Then Samuel told the people the rights and the duties of a kingship, and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the Lord.

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 Then Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his own home.

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 Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and with him went men of valor whose hearts God had touched.

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 But some of the worthless fellows said, How can this man save us?

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 And they despised him and brought him no present, but he held his peace.

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 The word of God for the people of God.

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 Thanks be to God. You may be seated.

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 Would you pray with me?

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 Lord, you know your people.

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 You know what's in the heart of every person.

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 And I ask, Lord, that because you are our good and gracious king, please minister, Father, as I do my best to interpret and apply your word, this passage that Ralph just read for us.

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 In such a way, Lord, that brings you glory and you alone, and that builds up your people.

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 That we can present everyone mature within your kingdom by your power.

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 We thank you, Lord, that we have King Jesus so clearly given to us in all of Scripture.

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 And we thank you, Lord, that the light of King Jesus shines back on ancient passages like this.

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 And it becomes useful even for our instruction and for our building up.

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 But only if you will do this, Lord, by your power.

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 And so that's what we ask for your glory and our good.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, picture yourself in London.

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 Someone gave you tickets to watch the national football or soccer team at Wembley Stadium.

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 70,000 people packing the stadium, wearing the jersey that has the three lions on the chest.

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 and here come the best athletes from the whole nation

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 and they line up.

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 And then you just hear like one voice,

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 all the people singing,

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 long live our noble king.

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 Scatter his enemies and make them fall.

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 Confound their politics.

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 Frustrate their knavish tricks.

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 Send him victorious, happy and glorious.

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 Long to reign over us.

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 God save the king.

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 That British national anthem was written in 1740s.

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 I looked it up.

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 When was the first international soccer match played?

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 Not till about 130 years later, 1870s.

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 So these national anthems of countries like ours

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 and of England, of around the world,

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 they were not written for sports.

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 They're written for war,

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 to expand the empire,

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 to provide security for the nation.

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 Did you catch that line in our passage today?

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 Would you look at chapter 10, verse 24?

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 We're given this very detailed account of how Saul is finally put in front of the people

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 and the response of the nation is,

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 Long live the king.

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 Or may the king live forever.

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 And ancient Israel is just like our country today.

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 This doesn't change.

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 What people want from their leaders, from their government,

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 is stability and security.

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 And it's very easy,

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 when we don't have those things,

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 to put our hopes in a man,

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 a ruler, a king,

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 who could maybe bring that to us.

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 And that's what's going on in this story today.

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 Because what that phrase says is this,

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 as long as this king lives,

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 the kingdom will continue like this, secure.

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 So may the king live forever.

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 May the way it's going now be locked in forever.

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 May the king never die.

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 Beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 I want to show you,

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 with this longing for security,

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 what all it takes for a kingdom to enjoy that.

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 More specifically for us,

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 in Christ's kingdom,

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 what does it take for you and I to enjoy security?

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 Well first, it's this,

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 for God's people to enjoy security,

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 God must grant a king federal headship

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 over his own kingdom.

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 For God's people to enjoy security,

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 God must grant a king federal headship

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 over his kingdom.

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 When evil men tried to grab power for themselves

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 in the book of Judges,

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 it failed.

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 The Lord wouldn't put up with it.

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 When evil men tried to bring in idols

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 into God's kingdom,

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 God would destroy them.

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 Even Samuel,

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 who loved the Lord and feared him,

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 when he tried to set up nepotism,

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 that his own sons would become the next judges,

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 it failed.

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 God is showing his people,

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 I'm the one who must grant authority.

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 And we see that the Lord granted to Saul

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 everything he needed

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 to fulfill this charge

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 that God had put on him.

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 I see and saw

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 all that it would take

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 for a man to be a representative,

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 a federal head,

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 one figurehead over the entire kingdom.

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 A shadow of all the offices

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 God would give to the one man,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 First, the Lord took Saul.

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 If you remember last week, chapter 9,

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 Saul is embarrassingly unqualified,

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 and God elevated him.

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 Would you look even at the very end

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 of chapter 9?

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 Notice how every time Saul is moving,

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 and toward the end of the chapter,

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 he's going upward.

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 He goes up to Ramah.

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 Then he goes up to the feast.

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 And then at the very end,

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 he even goes up on top of the house.

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 The Lord is elevating Saul

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 out of nothing,

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 bringing him up.

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 And that's symbolic

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 to what God is about to do

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 in chapter 10.

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 Now in verse 1 of chapter 10,

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 Samuel took a flask of oil

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 and poured it over Saul's head

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 and kissed him and said,

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 this is not because the Lord has,

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 is this not because the Lord

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 has anointed you commander?

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 Now he reminds him

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 over his inheritance.

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 So who is Saul to rule over?

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 God's inheritance.

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 It's God's kingdom.

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 God's the one who has to appoint

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 and delegate this authority

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 to a man,

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 a federal head,

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 over God's own kingdom.

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 What a scene this would be.

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 We're on the top

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 of these mountain peaks.

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 And here's a giant of a man

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 between LeBron James

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 and Shaquille O'Neal most likely.

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 And here's old Samuel.

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 He's a Nazarite,

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 so he's got long hair

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 and beard never cut.

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 This man likely kneels down.

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 They're going to do

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 a private anointing ceremony

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 following God's instruction.

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 Pours the oil over him.

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 Says this is because

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 the Lord is anointing you

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 to rule over God's inheritance.

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 Picture the weight of that charge

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 on this man.

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 Well next,

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 the Lord took this anointed man

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 and notice what he does.

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 In verses 3 and 4,

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 there are these men

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 going up to God,

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 going up to worship.

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 And notice the three things

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 that these people are carrying.

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 goats,

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 bread,

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 and wine.

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 And it's the bread

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 of the communion

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 that they're going to give

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 to Saul.

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 What are you going to do

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 with the goats

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 when you go up

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 to worship God?

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 There's your blood sacrifice.

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 And after a blood sacrifice,

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 you're going to enjoy

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 the peace,

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 the peace sacrifice,

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 where you're going to have,

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 you get to eat the meat now.

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 The sins have been atoned for.

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 The burnt sacrifice is done.

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 Now we get to enjoy

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 this delicious feast with God.

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 There's meat and there's bread

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 and there's the fruit of the vine.

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 But they,

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 he says,

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 these men are going to give you

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 the bread.

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 Well,

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 in the ceremonial law

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 in Leviticus,

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 the bread is set apart

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 for the priests.

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 But,

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 there's also in the law

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 provision where

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 it can be legally shared.

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 Remember when David comes

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 and the priest gives him bread.

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 And it was legal.

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 And the Lord even reminds

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 the law keepers of this.

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 And so,

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 here's this man

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 anointed to be king.

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 There's the kingly office.

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 being given the bread,

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 the portion of the priest.

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 There's the priestly office.

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 Shadowy symbolized there.

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 Well,

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 what about the office of prophet?

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 The Lord took this anointed king

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 with the priestly bread.

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 And in verse 6,

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 look at what he says.

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 The spirit of the Lord

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 will come upon you

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 and you will prophesy

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 with them.

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 And you will be turned

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 into another man.

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 All three offices

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 put onto Saul,

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 this one man,

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 king,

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 priest,

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 prophet,

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 the anointing.

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 This is God's inheritance.

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 You're the federal head.

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 Lift it up.

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 Will this man be able

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 to bear under the weight

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 of this charge?

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 Will he be able to do

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 what is required

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 to secure the peace

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 and the kingdom?

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 I know I sure wouldn't.

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 I would crumble under that.

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 Now,

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 when it says

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 the spirit will be upon you,

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 that doesn't necessarily mean

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 Saul gets a new heart

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 of regeneration

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 to believe and follow the Lord.

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 Because the spirit of God

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 also made a donkey prophesy.

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 The spirit of God

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 made Nebuchadnezzar prophesy.

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 The spirit of God

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 takes creatures

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 and does whatever

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 God wants to do.

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 And so that's

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 important for us to realize

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 because Saul

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 is a complex character.

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 He doesn't stay flat

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 through all these chapters.

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 That's all we need to say

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 about that for now.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 operated differently

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 in the Old Testament

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 than now

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 in the church.

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 Well, next the Lord

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 took this anointed king

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 associated with

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 the priestly rite of bread

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 who prophesied

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 speaking God's word

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 to the people.

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 What do we mean by prophecy?

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 It's that.

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 It's one who speaks

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 God's word to the people.

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 And he made him able

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 to obey.

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 Look at verse 9.

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 So it was

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 when he had turned

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 his back from Samuel

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 that God gave him

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 another heart.

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 Again,

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 in this context

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 for these reasons,

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 I believe this means

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 that he had the inward

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 ability

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 to do what God

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 expected of him

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 as king.

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 He had a special

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 God-given ability

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 to fulfill this office

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 for which God

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 anointed him.

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 I don't necessarily

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 think it should mean

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 or we should read

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 into it

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 that he's regenerated

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 or saved

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 or got a new heart

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 savingly.

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 But that God

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 is not giving him

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 any excuse

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 or the people

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 any excuse

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 to say that the Lord

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 sabotaged

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 the thing they wanted.

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 God will allow him

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 to be able to govern.

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 All right.

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 So for God's people

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 to enjoy security,

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 do you see how

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 God must grant

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 a man

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 federal headship

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 to represent

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 God's people,

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 God's kingdom?

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 Let's remember this,

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 that if you and I

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 have enjoyed

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 any level of security

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 in this state

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 or in this nation,

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 it's because God

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 has granted peace.

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 God steers the hearts

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 of rulers

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 like the streams.

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 God lifts up

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 and God throws down.

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 He can do that.

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 The reason we're to pray

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 for all civil magistrates

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 in every state,

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 no matter what their views are,

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 even the views that

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 disagree with God's kingdom,

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 we still pray for them

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 because God put them there

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 in his providence

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 and his big plan.

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 Now,

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 with God's moral law

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 inside his people,

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 we should not like laws

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 that contradict

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 God's moral law.

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 We can't.

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 Not if the Holy Spirit

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 lives in us.

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 But we can still pray

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 for these rulers

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 who are dark.

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 They're in darkness.

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 They're deceived

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 by the enemy

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 and we need to pray

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 that God will

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 give us peace

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 despite those laws.

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 Well,

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 the second observation

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 about how

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 God secures

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 peace

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 in his kingdom

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 for his people

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 is this.

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 In order for God's people

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 to enjoy security,

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 the king

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 must not just be

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 selected and appointed

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 and given authority.

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 He must do something

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 with it.

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 Specifically,

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 I see two things here.

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 The king must purify

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 God's kingdom

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 and second,

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 the king must care

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 for God's kingdom

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 on earth.

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 Purify

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 and care for it.

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 first,

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 for God's people

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 to enjoy security,

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 look at what Saul

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 needs to do

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 in verse 5.

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 We read,

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 after you shall come

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 to the hill

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 of God.

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 Some translations

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 just have it

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 the high place,

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 but we're told

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 this is where

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 the worship

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 is happening.

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 This is the hill

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 where God

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 will receive

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 the offerings

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 and the sacrifices

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 of his people

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 and meet them.

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 And there

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 is a Philistine

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 garrison.

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 This is not

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 Philistine territory.

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 This is God's

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 territory.

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 It's part of the

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 geographic boundaries

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 of God's kingdom

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 on earth

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 during this time.

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 This is God's land

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 and it's God's hill.

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 And on this hill,

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 this village,

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 the Philistines

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 have put an outpost

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 of the Philistine empire.

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 Now the Philistines

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 hate the true God.

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 They want to worship

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 the idols

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 and the pagan gods.

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 And yet here

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 on this holy

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 hill of the Lord,

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 they're being allowed

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 to live there

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 with their soldiers

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 in this outpost.

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 The hill of the Lord

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 is not being kept pure

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 of those who blaspheme

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 and contradict

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 the sovereign rule

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 of God in the land.

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 One commentator put,

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 a blaspheming army

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 of God

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 in the hill of God.

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 Pagans

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 been permitted here

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 to build a fortified

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 stronghold

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 on God's property.

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 Enemy troops

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 oppressing God's people

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 from God's own hill.

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 What should a king

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 do about that?

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 Now the instructions

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 to Saul

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 are very clear.

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 It will be

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 after all these signs,

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 look at verse 6,

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 the spirit will come

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 upon you

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 and you will prophesy.

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 So listen for that

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 in the story.

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 Samuel says,

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 when that happens,

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 when you prophesy,

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 look at what he says

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 next in verse 7.

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 Let it be

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 when those signs

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 come to you

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 that you do

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 as the occasion

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 demands.

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 Some translations say,

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 do what your hand

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 finds to do.

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 And in Judges chapter 9,

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:56.580
 we saw this in Sunday school,

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 verses 32 and 34.

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 That phrase

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 in this context,

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 do what your hand

00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.500
 finds to do,

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 it means you're the king.

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 You're the man

00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:06.220
 anointed by God,

00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:07.000
 given power.

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 You're to go

00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:09.500
 and drive them out,

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 slay them,

00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:12.759
 cleanse the hill of God

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 from idolatry.

00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:15.259
 And it's given

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:16.419
 that further reinforcement.

00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:17.259
 Look at verse 7,

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 the very end.

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 Do what your hand

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 finds to do,

00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:21.159
 drive out the enemy,

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 for God is with you.

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 What more could you need?

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 These are marching orders.

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 Get at it.

00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:31.360
 In verse 13,

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 when he had finished

00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:32.940
 prophesying,

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 let's see whether

00:20:33.580 --> 00:20:34.960
 Saul does this.

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 The Lord is with you,

00:20:37.360 --> 00:20:37.520
 Saul.

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 We simply read

00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:40.400
 in verse 13

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 that Saul went

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 to a high place.

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 He goes to talk

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 to his uncle.

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 I think because

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 the command was so clear,

00:20:49.760 --> 00:20:50.940
 the signs were so clear,

00:20:51.020 --> 00:20:51.880
 you will prophesy.

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 All these things happened,

00:20:52.820 --> 00:20:53.540
 he prophesied.

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 People are shocked.

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 Even Saul,

00:20:55.320 --> 00:20:56.240
 he's not the son

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:56.740
 of a prophet.

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 What's going on?

00:20:57.519 --> 00:21:00.079
 And instead of obeying,

00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:02.180
 he does the same sin

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:02.759
 of Adam.

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 It's God's temple,

00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:05.980
 God's kingdom.

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 And you're allowing

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.759
 the serpent

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 to be right here

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.799
 in the holy

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.900
 consecrated land.

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.859
 He sinned

00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:14.420
 by neglecting

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:15.619
 to drive them out.

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.779
 It's a sin

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.480
 of omission.

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 And that's the first sin

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.859
 we see for this man

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 anointed to be

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.700
 the king

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 and the federal head.

00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:26.539
 He did not purify

00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:27.819
 the kingdom of God.

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 I think the reason

00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:31.759
 Saul did not purify

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.619
 the kingdom of God

00:21:32.619 --> 00:21:33.619
 is because he did not

00:21:33.619 --> 00:21:34.440
 care about

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:35.539
 or care for

00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:36.759
 the kingdom of God.

00:21:36.879 --> 00:21:37.659
 Why didn't he do it?

00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:40.559
 We only care for

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:41.299
 what we care about.

00:21:41.379 --> 00:21:42.279
 Look at verse 14.

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 He goes up

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.839
 to talk to his uncle.

00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:46.680
 We know one of

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.539
 Saul's uncles

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.279
 was Abner

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:49.420
 who was associated

00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:50.059
 with the kingdom

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:50.579
 and the army,

00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.279
 a great general.

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.920
 And his uncle says,

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 where did you go?

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 Saul, super open-ended,

00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:57.299
 catching up with you.

00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:58.440
 You can take this conversation

00:21:58.440 --> 00:21:59.319
 anywhere you want.

00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.059
 Where did you go?

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.819
 And look at what Saul says

00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.579
 of all the things

00:22:03.579 --> 00:22:04.299
 he had to report

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:06.220
 to look for the donkeys.

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.240
 And when we saw

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.759
 they were nowhere

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.299
 to be found,

00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:09.259
 we went to Samuel.

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 Okay, we're developing

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.759
 this conversation,

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 taking it in the direction

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:14.019
 of God's man,

00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:14.660
 the man of God

00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:15.539
 who speaks for God.

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:17.799
 And then verse 15,

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.940
 Saul's uncle said,

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:20.720
 please tell me

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:22.380
 what Samuel said to you.

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.079
 It's emphatic.

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.400
 Tell me, please.

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:26.220
 What did Samuel say to you?

00:22:26.300 --> 00:22:27.500
 That's what I'm interested in.

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:29.240
 So in the conversation,

00:22:29.360 --> 00:22:30.000
 this is how it goes.

00:22:30.100 --> 00:22:31.480
 One person shows interest

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:33.000
 in going this direction.

00:22:33.080 --> 00:22:33.460
 I want to hear

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:34.360
 about the man of God.

00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:35.400
 What did he have to say?

00:22:37.320 --> 00:22:38.200
 He's specific

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:39.480
 and he's very interested.

00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:40.300
 But look at Saul.

00:22:41.800 --> 00:22:43.080
 He told us plainly

00:22:43.080 --> 00:22:43.800
 that the donkeys

00:22:43.800 --> 00:22:44.440
 had been found.

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 Now, we could interpret this

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.400
 as him being humble

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:50.100
 and keeping it private,

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 but I think that

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:52.900
 the narrator right here

00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:53.940
 of this same passage.

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.240
 He doesn't want us

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:56.080
 to miss this point.

00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:57.000
 Look at verse 16.

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.420
 He teaches us

00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:59.400
 how to interpret this.

00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:00.680
 Verse 16,

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.640
 but about the matter

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.759
 of the kingdom,

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.780
 Saul did not tell

00:23:04.780 --> 00:23:05.480
 his uncle

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:07.240
 what this man of God

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:07.720
 had said.

00:23:11.560 --> 00:23:12.000
 Well,

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:13.019
 we can't read more

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.980
 into Saul

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:14.720
 in this chapter

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.160
 than that.

00:23:15.280 --> 00:23:16.060
 That's what it says.

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:17.639
 What we do know,

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:17.879
 though,

00:23:18.379 --> 00:23:19.559
 is that for God's people,

00:23:19.679 --> 00:23:20.139
 you and me,

00:23:20.179 --> 00:23:21.259
 to enjoy security,

00:23:21.899 --> 00:23:23.720
 we need a greater king,

00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:24.599
 a great king

00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:26.980
 who cares for God's kingdom,

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.819
 who brings the kingdom

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:30.319
 of heaven to earth,

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:32.000
 who purifies it.

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 This is what we need.

00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:36.919
 If you're here

00:23:36.919 --> 00:23:37.500
 and you belong

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.980
 to the kingdom of God

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:40.460
 through Jesus Christ,

00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:41.659
 Jesus is your king.

00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:44.880
 Know that he cares

00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:45.800
 about you

00:23:45.800 --> 00:23:48.519
 and he will purify

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.100
 his kingdom.

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 If you're in his kingdom,

00:23:51.120 --> 00:23:51.900
 he will continue

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.940
 to purify you

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.800
 and me.

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 And he will continue

00:23:55.820 --> 00:23:56.759
 to care about

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.940
 demolishing and pushing

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:59.140
 out those strongholds

00:23:59.140 --> 00:23:59.640
 of the enemy

00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:01.620
 because you're in

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:02.140
 his kingdom

00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:03.180
 and he's a king

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.779
 who cares

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.740
 and he's a king

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.540
 who is active

00:24:05.540 --> 00:24:06.740
 and he uses

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.860
 the power of his spirit

00:24:07.860 --> 00:24:09.259
 to cleanse

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:10.700
 and purify his people

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.580
 always.

00:24:11.860 --> 00:24:12.540
 Anything brought

00:24:12.540 --> 00:24:13.380
 into the domain

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:14.220
 and the rule

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:15.300
 of the special kingdom

00:24:15.300 --> 00:24:16.080
 of heaven.

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:17.660
 If you're in the church,

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.540
 it means you're being

00:24:18.540 --> 00:24:19.519
 cleansed more and more

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.060
 and more and more

00:24:20.060 --> 00:24:21.480
 because we have

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.040
 such a king

00:24:22.040 --> 00:24:22.940
 in Jesus Christ.

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.400
 Well, third,

00:24:25.540 --> 00:24:26.400
 for God's people

00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:27.580
 to enjoy security,

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:29.120
 the king must

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:30.380
 lead the people

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.900
 back to God.

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.680
 For God's people

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:35.840
 to enjoy security,

00:24:36.320 --> 00:24:36.980
 we need a king

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.740
 who understands

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.320
 all the layers

00:24:38.320 --> 00:24:38.900
 of authority.

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.880
 If you want a king

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.840
 like all the other nations,

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.660
 he's going to lead you

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.200
 in the path

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:44.280
 of all the other nations

00:24:44.280 --> 00:24:45.940
 which is more power

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.460
 for yourselves,

00:24:46.600 --> 00:24:47.580
 more glory for yourselves

00:24:47.580 --> 00:24:48.480
 and in the end

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.240
 it's destruction

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:50.920
 from the hand of God.

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.680
 But if you want a king

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:53.360
 who understands

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:54.140
 true authority,

00:24:55.080 --> 00:24:55.580
 it's a king

00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:56.660
 who will lead his people

00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:58.100
 to the highest ruler

00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:58.620
 of all,

00:24:59.020 --> 00:24:59.960
 God the creator.

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:05.059
 Samuel sets the stage

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.480
 for Saul.

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:07.039
 Look at verse 17.

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:10.319
 Samuel next calls

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.340
 all the people

00:25:11.340 --> 00:25:12.140
 together

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:13.980
 to the Lord

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:15.940
 at Mizpah.

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:18.319
 Here's the man of God

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:19.480
 who proclaims

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.200
 the word of God

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:21.279
 calling all the people,

00:25:21.420 --> 00:25:22.220
 representative heads

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:23.160
 from the whole nation,

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:25.100
 to the Lord.

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.740
 The Lord's going to

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.319
 meet with you

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:28.379
 and the place

00:25:28.379 --> 00:25:29.139
 is Mizpah.

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.659
 Do you remember Mizpah?

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.980
 You can turn back

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.799
 to chapter 7

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.939
 if it helps you remember.

00:25:36.399 --> 00:25:37.319
 Mizpah is the place

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:37.939
 where the Lord

00:25:37.939 --> 00:25:39.039
 gave his nation

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:40.059
 the great victory

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.960
 as they worshiped

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.299
 the Lord

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:42.319
 and they had this

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:43.659
 wonderful worship ceremony

00:25:43.659 --> 00:25:44.599
 and the burnt offering

00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:45.279
 is going up

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.919
 and the Philistines

00:25:45.919 --> 00:25:46.819
 are approaching

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.319
 and the Lord

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.779
 blasts the enemy

00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.399
 from heaven

00:25:49.399 --> 00:25:50.099
 with thunder

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.639
 and lightning.

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.559
 This is where God

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.539
 gathers his people

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:56.240
 and back in chapter 7

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.180
 remember what

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:58.259
 what the people did

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:59.019
 when they were gathered

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.779
 to the Lord

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:01.039
 at this place.

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.819
 Chapter 7 verse 6

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.579
 so they gathered

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:04.420
 at Mizpah

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.960
 and what they did

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.940
 is they drew water

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.960
 and they poured it out

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.839
 before the Lord

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:10.379
 and they fasted

00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:11.420
 and they prayed

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:11.960
 and they said

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:13.319
 Lord we have sinned

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:14.639
 against you

00:26:14.639 --> 00:26:16.720
 and Samuel judged

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:18.000
 the children of Israel

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.980
 at Mizpah.

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:22.559
 Everyone should know

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:24.200
 what the right response is.

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:25.000
 We're being gathered

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:26.079
 to the same place.

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:28.679
 This is our only response

00:26:28.679 --> 00:26:29.179
 to God.

00:26:29.399 --> 00:26:30.119
 It's to repent

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:31.919
 to pour out our hearts again.

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.740
 But there's no such

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:37.059
 pouring out of their hearts

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:37.799
 like water.

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.679
 There's no repentance

00:26:39.679 --> 00:26:40.639
 no fasting

00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:41.639
 no prayers

00:26:41.639 --> 00:26:42.960
 this time around.

00:26:45.179 --> 00:26:46.379
 Imagine being Samuel.

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:49.659
 How do you prepare

00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:50.740
 to speak next

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.440
 to these people?

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:53.059
 Many of you

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.740
 have had to get up

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.440
 and give a talk

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:55.419
 you know for your business

00:26:55.419 --> 00:26:56.179
 or your job

00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:57.679
 and speak to your audience

00:26:57.679 --> 00:26:58.480
 and you know the stakes

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:58.839
 are high

00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.799
 you feel that pressure.

00:27:01.179 --> 00:27:02.039
 What is the message

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.940
 that God's going to have

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:04.019
 Samuel give his people

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.700
 in this moment?

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.940
 How do you prepare?

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:10.519
 Well let's see what he says.

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:11.399
 Look at chapter 10

00:27:11.399 --> 00:27:12.159
 verse 18.

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.179
 Samuel stands up

00:27:14.179 --> 00:27:14.740
 and says

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:16.319
 thus says

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:17.619
 the Lord God of Israel

00:27:17.619 --> 00:27:19.240
 I brought up Israel

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.899
 out of Egypt

00:27:19.899 --> 00:27:20.799
 and delivered you

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.379
 from the hand

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:21.960
 of the Egyptians

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:23.039
 and from the hand

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.680
 of the kingdoms

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:25.619
 of those who oppressed you

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:27.099
 but you have today

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:28.299
 rejected your God

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:30.000
 who himself saved you

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:31.680
 from all your adversaries

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.859
 and your tribulations.

00:27:33.419 --> 00:27:34.319
 You have said to him

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.039
 no

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:36.460
 set a king over us.

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:37.960
 Now therefore

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.960
 present yourselves

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:40.059
 before the Lord

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:41.419
 by your tribes

00:27:41.419 --> 00:27:42.579
 and by your clans.

00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:44.399
 He's calling them

00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:45.019
 to judgment.

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.619
 When you notice

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.659
 what he's preaching though

00:27:48.659 --> 00:27:50.359
 is the same thing

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:51.459
 he already preached

00:27:51.459 --> 00:27:51.839
 to them.

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.939
 Turn back to chapter 8

00:27:54.939 --> 00:27:55.979
 and look at verse 7.

00:28:02.199 --> 00:28:03.659
 In chapter 8 verse 7

00:28:03.659 --> 00:28:04.739
 Samuel stands

00:28:04.739 --> 00:28:05.519
 before the people.

00:28:07.199 --> 00:28:08.000
 He gives them

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.599
 God's word.

00:28:09.679 --> 00:28:10.359
 Then he goes back

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:11.259
 and talks to the Lord

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:12.119
 and the Lord says

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.779
 Samuel

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:14.599
 they have not rejected you

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:16.519
 they have rejected me

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:18.079
 that I should not

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.759
 reign over them

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:20.079
 according to all

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.759
 the works

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:22.299
 which they have done

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:23.039
 since that day

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:24.000
 when I brought them

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.699
 out of Egypt

00:28:24.699 --> 00:28:25.719
 even to this day

00:28:25.719 --> 00:28:27.319
 with which they have

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.179
 forsaken me

00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:29.639
 and served other gods

00:28:29.639 --> 00:28:30.939
 so they do now.

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.279
 And in chapter 8

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.139
 Samuel turns around

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:35.159
 and preaches this

00:28:35.159 --> 00:28:35.779
 to the people.

00:28:36.459 --> 00:28:37.279
 It's the exact

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.519
 same message

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.799
 from the exact

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.679
 same person

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.840
 to the exact

00:28:41.840 --> 00:28:42.820
 same audience.

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.560
 God's word

00:28:47.560 --> 00:28:48.640
 is relentless.

00:28:53.120 --> 00:28:53.860
 God's word

00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:54.960
 chases his people

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.380
 down

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:57.880
 and when the people

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:59.259
 reject the Lord

00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:01.279
 he could easily

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.940
 walk away

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.779
 become cold

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.519
 and distant

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:06.560
 but instead

00:29:06.560 --> 00:29:07.420
 he pursues

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.960
 his people

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:09.180
 he brings

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.820
 his same

00:29:09.820 --> 00:29:10.500
 word

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.799
 back to his people.

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:16.059
 His message

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:17.099
 does not change.

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:19.279
 What needs to change

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.880
 is the hearts

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.559
 of his people.

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:25.119
 This has been true

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:25.960
 in all of

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.779
 redemptive history.

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:28.160
 Martin Luther

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:29.740
 made this comment

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.339
 the Bible

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:31.400
 is alive

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:33.480
 it speaks to me

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.680
 it has feet

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:36.180
 it runs after me

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:37.519
 it has hands

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.900
 it lays hold of me

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:41.180
 God's truth

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:42.019
 through his word

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:43.380
 chases us down

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:43.980
 doesn't it?

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.820
 And he's so

00:29:45.820 --> 00:29:46.200
 gracious

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:47.180
 it's the same

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:48.040
 message

00:29:48.040 --> 00:29:49.560
 to his people.

00:29:50.820 --> 00:29:51.640
 Praise the Lord

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:52.160
 if it's coming

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:52.759
 from a different

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.100
 mouth

00:29:53.100 --> 00:29:53.880
 a different person

00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:54.460
 even a different

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.000
 century

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:56.160
 it's the same

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:56.640
 message

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.740
 from the same

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.080
 God

00:29:58.080 --> 00:29:59.380
 to his people.

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:01.000
 God is lovingly

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.640
 relentless

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:02.640
 in his word

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:05.120
 just like our

00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:05.800
 hearts often

00:30:05.800 --> 00:30:06.040
 are

00:30:06.040 --> 00:30:06.420
 God

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:08.560
 is faithful

00:30:08.560 --> 00:30:09.240
 when his people

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.080
 are faithless.

00:30:11.300 --> 00:30:12.000
 He's relentless

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:13.160
 but still in Israel

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:14.120
 there's no

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:14.820
 repentance.

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:17.660
 Well who is it now?

00:30:17.800 --> 00:30:18.620
 This story cries out

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:19.200
 for someone

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:19.640
 who will

00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:20.620
 lead the people

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:21.360
 by example

00:30:21.360 --> 00:30:22.120
 repent

00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:23.480
 turn back to God.

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:25.480
 wouldn't it be

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.180
 amazing to have

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:26.579
 a king

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:27.259
 a representative

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:27.920
 who will do

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.220
 that

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:29.160
 who will stand

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.759
 up and come

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.420
 forward to the

00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:31.360
 Lord and be the

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:32.120
 first one to pour

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:32.920
 out his heart

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.460
 like water.

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.519
 I think it's a

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.259
 wonderful pattern

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.339
 in churches that

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:37.819
 want to be

00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.140
 biblical

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:39.140
 when those

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:39.779
 the congregation

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.660
 has set aside

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:41.480
 for an office

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:43.000
 elder or deacon

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.940
 to lead by that

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:45.019
 that prayer of

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.960
 confession of sin

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:47.720
 Lord search me

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.759
 you know my heart

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:50.339
 show me Lord

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:51.059
 those ways that are

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:51.819
 not right in my

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:53.740
 heart and that's

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.460
 what it means to

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.039
 have spiritual

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:56.059
 leadership in a

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:57.059
 relationship in a

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.720
 family in a

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.240
 congregation.

00:30:59.379 --> 00:31:00.419
 It's to be

00:31:00.419 --> 00:31:02.700
 like in Psalm 51

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:04.220
 a broken hearted

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.939
 evangelist.

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.799
 Lord you you know

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.919
 my faults

00:31:07.919 --> 00:31:09.159
 help me to now

00:31:09.159 --> 00:31:09.839
 turn around and

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.399
 proclaim the

00:31:10.399 --> 00:31:11.259
 goodness of God

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:12.299
 who washed me

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:13.039
 clean to those

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.740
 who need to know

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.759
 this wonderful

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.439
 good news.

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:19.099
 Well now what

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:20.139
 what happens next

00:31:20.139 --> 00:31:20.859
 is that no one

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:21.379
 stands up

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:22.040
 voluntarily

00:31:22.040 --> 00:31:24.100
 and that wasn't

00:31:24.100 --> 00:31:24.640
 the purpose

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:26.260
 except to expose

00:31:26.260 --> 00:31:26.920
 their lack of

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.320
 repentance.

00:31:27.320 --> 00:31:28.180
 The purpose is

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.880
 really that God

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.700
 is going to give

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.840
 them the king

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.800
 that they want

00:31:31.800 --> 00:31:32.440
 to be like all

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.060
 the other nations

00:31:33.060 --> 00:31:34.020
 but it'll be God

00:31:34.020 --> 00:31:34.820
 who will do it

00:31:34.820 --> 00:31:35.780
 just as God

00:31:35.780 --> 00:31:36.640
 anointed him in

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:37.280
 private God's

00:31:37.280 --> 00:31:38.180
 going to announce

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:39.100
 him now in

00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:40.840
 public and God

00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:41.900
 does this by using

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.380
 lots.

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.360
 There were

00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:44.000
 different forms

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.900
 of casting lots

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:45.740
 and most likely

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.960
 it's each tribe

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:48.020
 brings a stone

00:31:48.020 --> 00:31:48.840
 marked with their

00:31:48.840 --> 00:31:49.380
 tribe and you

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:50.020
 bring it forward

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:51.000
 and then the

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.500
 stones will be

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.519
 selected so it's

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.099
 like a blind

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:53.680
 test where you

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:55.440
 just you let

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:56.500
 luck or chance

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.299
 as the pagans

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.879
 would view it

00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:59.400
 decide which stone

00:31:59.400 --> 00:31:59.879
 is going to be

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:00.200
 chosen.

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.379
 Well in this

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:02.059
 case we know

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:03.259
 that there's no

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:03.940
 such thing as

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.680
 chance or luck

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.619
 in all of this

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:06.119
 creation.

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:08.299
 Everything happens

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:09.220
 through God

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.779
 and by his

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:11.420
 will and if you

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:11.900
 thought it was

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.920
 a high view of

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:14.200
 God to let him

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:15.759
 make Saul chase

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.400
 the donkeys for

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:17.059
 three days and

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.639
 then go down the

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:18.299
 hill and arrive at

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:19.099
 the gate just as

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:19.939
 Samuel's going up

00:32:19.939 --> 00:32:20.939
 what about this

00:32:20.939 --> 00:32:21.459
 for a view of

00:32:21.459 --> 00:32:22.179
 God's providence.

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.980
 The Lord controls

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:25.139
 and he shows the

00:32:25.139 --> 00:32:26.139
 people this is my

00:32:26.139 --> 00:32:26.579
 choice.

00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:28.019
 This is how I will

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:29.099
 rule my people

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:30.399
 with a high

00:32:30.399 --> 00:32:31.719
 providence over you

00:32:31.719 --> 00:32:32.639
 my high sovereignty

00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:33.839
 on my people.

00:32:35.879 --> 00:32:36.919
 So the family of

00:32:36.919 --> 00:32:38.480
 Matri is chosen

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.299
 from the tribe of

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:40.559
 Benjamin down to

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:42.000
 Kish and then

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.839
 which of Kish's

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.959
 sons and it will

00:32:43.959 --> 00:32:44.439
 be Saul.

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:47.759
 we read in

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.539
 verse 22

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:50.580
 they looked around

00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:51.059
 and he couldn't

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:51.740
 find him and so

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.600
 they said well has

00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:54.059
 this man come here

00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:54.480
 yet?

00:32:56.620 --> 00:32:57.400
 See here's the

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:58.100
 irony at this

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:58.799
 point in the story

00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.700
 is these elders of

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.519
 Israel who want a

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.160
 king like all the

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:01.820
 other nations

00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:03.660
 these wayward men

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.299
 they can't even

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:06.320
 find Saul the man

00:33:06.320 --> 00:33:07.120
 God put forward

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:09.160
 for them just as

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:10.100
 Saul couldn't find

00:33:10.100 --> 00:33:10.880
 those wayward

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:11.380
 donkeys.

00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:14.360
 Well you know

00:33:14.360 --> 00:33:14.920
 what the Lord did

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.580
 with the donkeys

00:33:15.580 --> 00:33:16.440
 is first he found

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.480
 those donkeys for

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:19.980
 the king and now

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.560
 he's going to find

00:33:20.560 --> 00:33:21.340
 the king for these

00:33:21.340 --> 00:33:22.060
 wayward men.

00:33:23.060 --> 00:33:24.160
 God answered there

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:25.360
 he is hidden among

00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:26.420
 the equipment.

00:33:28.780 --> 00:33:30.080
 How could Saul be

00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:31.520
 a king that would

00:33:31.520 --> 00:33:32.280
 draw the people

00:33:32.280 --> 00:33:33.460
 back to God?

00:33:33.540 --> 00:33:34.400
 He neglected to

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:35.200
 draw near to God

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:36.200
 himself and instead

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:37.540
 he went into hiding.

00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:40.920
 The people should be

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.680
 seeing all these

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.420
 red flags.

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.220
 They should be

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:44.000
 hearing the message

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.980
 loud and clear from

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:45.560
 the Lord.

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.700
 Don't you see?

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:48.700
 I am your king.

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:50.800
 But instead look at

00:33:50.800 --> 00:33:52.000
 verse 23 the people

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.880
 ran.

00:33:53.840 --> 00:33:54.759
 They're still eager to

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:56.300
 have their way and

00:33:56.300 --> 00:33:57.860
 they brought Saul from

00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:58.860
 there from behind the

00:33:58.860 --> 00:33:59.180
 equipment.

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:01.779
 And then Saul stands

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:03.840
 up among the people

00:34:03.840 --> 00:34:04.740
 and everyone can now

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:06.240
 see with their eyes.

00:34:06.820 --> 00:34:07.759
 He's taller than any

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.960
 of the people from

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:10.059
 his shoulders upward.

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:12.119
 The tallest head came

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:13.659
 up to Saul's shoulders.

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:16.659
 In verse 24 Samuel

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.599
 said to all the people

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:19.760
 do you see him whom

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.980
 the Lord has chosen

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:22.780
 that there is no one

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:24.019
 like him among all

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.480
 the people?

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:27.420
 Look at verse 24 one

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:27.840
 more time.

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.760
 I don't know what

00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:31.940
 Samuel's tone would

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.720
 have been here but it

00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:33.380
 could be read a few

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:34.260
 different ways right?

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:36.280
 There's no one like

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:36.599
 Saul.

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.460
 Well first of all we're

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:39.200
 not told of anyone

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:39.819
 else hiding.

00:34:40.759 --> 00:34:41.419
 There's no one like

00:34:41.419 --> 00:34:41.939
 that here.

00:34:43.279 --> 00:34:44.239
 And these men who are

00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:44.859
 eager to have their

00:34:44.859 --> 00:34:45.779
 king there's no one

00:34:45.779 --> 00:34:46.639
 tall like him.

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:47.899
 He does look like the

00:34:47.899 --> 00:34:48.619
 giant we want.

00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:49.719
 The great champion that

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:51.039
 could give our nation

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:52.179
 that fighting chance.

00:34:53.339 --> 00:34:54.519
 Samuel says see there's

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:56.299
 no one like him among

00:34:56.299 --> 00:34:57.079
 all the people.

00:34:58.359 --> 00:34:59.359
 And now instead of

00:34:59.359 --> 00:35:01.099
 repenting and fasting

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.799
 and pouring their

00:35:01.799 --> 00:35:02.779
 hearts out look what the

00:35:02.779 --> 00:35:03.299
 people do.

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:05.739
 In verse 24 all the

00:35:05.739 --> 00:35:07.519
 people shouted and

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:10.319
 said long live the

00:35:10.319 --> 00:35:10.599
 king.

00:35:11.859 --> 00:35:13.939
 May the king this man

00:35:13.939 --> 00:35:14.839
 who moments ago was

00:35:14.839 --> 00:35:17.079
 hiding may he live

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.479
 forever.

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:21.559
 As long as this king

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:23.299
 is alive the kingdom

00:35:23.299 --> 00:35:25.059
 of God God's

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.899
 inheritance inheritance

00:35:25.899 --> 00:35:28.179
 it will continue as it

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:28.459
 is.

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.619
 So what the people are

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.819
 really saying is we like

00:35:31.819 --> 00:35:33.159
 the kingdom just like

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:33.519
 this.

00:35:34.359 --> 00:35:35.299
 We don't want it to

00:35:35.299 --> 00:35:35.719
 change.

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:38.079
 They're going to learn

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:39.559
 the lesson as goes the

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:41.259
 king so goes the

00:35:41.259 --> 00:35:41.579
 kingdom.

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:44.239
 How is it going for

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:45.599
 Saul up to this point?

00:35:47.319 --> 00:35:48.059
 Not good.

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:50.859
 Not leading anyone back

00:35:50.859 --> 00:35:51.279
 to God.

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.980
 Not stepping up and

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.980
 purifying the kingdom

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:56.079
 from the obvious

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:57.679
 enemies that have taken

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:59.079
 the hill of God.

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.960
 That's how it's going to

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.819
 go with Israel.

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:04.000
 Is this the king that

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.880
 you want to live

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.740
 forever?

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:08.840
 And the people

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:11.620
 shouted long live

00:36:11.620 --> 00:36:12.280
 the king.

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:16.519
 The sad reality of

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:18.760
 sin their sin my sin

00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:20.000
 and yours is this.

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:24.460
 When when sin has a

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:25.900
 grip or a foothold.

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:28.960
 You know the sin is

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.820
 not good.

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.559
 Paul says in Romans

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:33.780
 7 I actually hate it.

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:36.340
 But you pray

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:40.920
 and you see like this

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:42.680
 sin in my life it

00:36:42.680 --> 00:36:43.320
 needs to be someone

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:44.860
 stronger than me to

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.760
 set me free from it.

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:48.240
 And until the Lord

00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:50.420
 himself by power sets

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:51.800
 you free and purges

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:53.200
 and cleanses his

00:36:53.200 --> 00:36:54.280
 kingdom which is you.

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:55.440
 You're his temple.

00:36:55.620 --> 00:36:55.860
 His life.

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.820
 It's your life.

00:36:57.600 --> 00:36:58.640
 Until the Lord

00:36:58.640 --> 00:36:59.140
 does it.

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:01.519
 It's like that

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.780
 Philistine garrison

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:03.480
 on the hill of the

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:03.760
 Lord.

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:06.060
 You're powerless

00:37:06.060 --> 00:37:06.860
 just like Saul.

00:37:07.160 --> 00:37:08.200
 And I'm powerless.

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.540
 We're probably

00:37:09.540 --> 00:37:10.320
 worse than Saul.

00:37:12.240 --> 00:37:13.500
 And the Holy Spirit

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:14.720
 inside God's people

00:37:14.720 --> 00:37:16.980
 he wants to show you

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:18.300
 how foolish this is.

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:20.220
 See you're saying

00:37:20.220 --> 00:37:21.040
 to this idol

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:23.360
 may you live

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:24.599
 like this in my life

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:24.960
 forever.

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.940
 I like my life

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:28.239
 exactly how it is now.

00:37:28.739 --> 00:37:29.480
 I don't want the

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:30.159
 Lord to come and

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:30.920
 disrupt it.

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:34.420
 God came

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:35.840
 in King Jesus

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:36.980
 to show you

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.259
 and me

00:37:37.259 --> 00:37:38.059
 there is a better

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:38.619
 kingdom.

00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:39.960
 There's a better

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.400
 life.

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:43.440
 And where you fail

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:44.300
 where you're too weak

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:45.079
 the Lord

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:46.360
 will cleanse you.

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:49.760
 Now there's also

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.680
 I think an application

00:37:50.680 --> 00:37:51.420
 from Saul.

00:37:53.120 --> 00:37:53.920
 He's chosen

00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:54.539
 by God.

00:37:54.640 --> 00:37:55.180
 He's put into

00:37:55.180 --> 00:37:55.900
 this position.

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.420
 Maybe like Esther

00:37:57.420 --> 00:37:58.360
 she's reluctant

00:37:58.360 --> 00:37:59.280
 and doesn't know

00:37:59.280 --> 00:37:59.680
 what to do

00:37:59.680 --> 00:38:00.519
 or even if she

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:01.120
 wants all this

00:38:01.120 --> 00:38:01.720
 responsibility.

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:03.200
 But for such a time

00:38:03.200 --> 00:38:03.880
 as this the Lord

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:04.539
 has placed you

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:05.860
 where he's placed you.

00:38:06.640 --> 00:38:07.140
 And when the Lord

00:38:07.140 --> 00:38:08.180
 gives you a position

00:38:08.180 --> 00:38:09.260
 of influence

00:38:09.260 --> 00:38:10.400
 it could be influence

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:11.180
 over one person

00:38:11.180 --> 00:38:11.840
 in your family.

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:13.360
 Maybe a younger sibling.

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:14.480
 Maybe a friend

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:15.300
 that you're back

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:16.000
 in touch with now.

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.679
 You have a chance

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.599
 to influence them.

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:19.920
 You want to use

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.900
 that position

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.800
 of influence

00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:23.360
 and point them

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:23.920
 to the Lord.

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:24.699
 Lead them back

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:25.219
 to God.

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:26.320
 Do what Saul

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:27.039
 failed to do.

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:28.179
 Show them look

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:29.059
 I'm the first one

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.960
 to confess my sin

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.500
 and repent

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:31.739
 and come with me

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:32.539
 because God

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:33.480
 is a good

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:34.780
 and gracious king.

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:36.280
 Lead your friend.

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:37.039
 Lead those people

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.840
 God is entrusted

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:38.380
 to your care

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:40.099
 back to his kingdom.

00:38:41.059 --> 00:38:41.800
 And you do it

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:43.179
 soli deo gloria

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.800
 for the glory

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.519
 of God alone.

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:47.219
 Well that's the last

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:48.340
 of this passage

00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:49.239
 and we see

00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:49.739
 as it ends

00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:50.280
 that not only

00:38:50.280 --> 00:38:51.099
 did Saul fail

00:38:51.099 --> 00:38:51.980
 to lead the people

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:52.940
 in repentance

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:54.639
 and he failed

00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:55.259
 to declare

00:38:55.259 --> 00:38:57.119
 the Lord of armies

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:58.659
 to this rebellious people.

00:38:59.239 --> 00:38:59.900
 He failed

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:00.559
 to point them

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:01.579
 back to the true king

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:02.639
 God on high

00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:03.980
 who's been their help

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.960
 who delivered them

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:05.659
 out of slavery.

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.780
 And what's more

00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:08.579
 by neglecting

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:09.500
 and being passive

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:10.639
 Saul actually

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:11.579
 becomes the object

00:39:11.579 --> 00:39:13.119
 of their idolatry.

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.440
 Well you and I

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:16.159
 we want security

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:16.920
 just as badly

00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:18.239
 as these ancient Israelites.

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:20.599
 And our hearts

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:21.500
 can just as easily

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:22.519
 set our hopes

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:24.139
 on lesser things

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:24.799
 on idols

00:39:24.799 --> 00:39:25.980
 that are just as foolish.

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:28.299
 And none of those things

00:39:28.299 --> 00:39:29.039
 can secure

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:30.139
 our future

00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:31.819
 or provide the stability

00:39:31.819 --> 00:39:32.460
 that we want.

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:35.099
 So I want to leave you

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:36.139
 with this word of hope.

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:39.000
 Even in the shadows

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:39.980
 of this passage

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:40.840
 of chapter 10

00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:42.880
 in the work of God

00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:44.199
 ordaining every event

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:44.820
 that happens

00:39:44.820 --> 00:39:46.780
 we see signs

00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:47.340
 that are given

00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:48.079
 very clearly

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:49.460
 to mark out the king.

00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:51.840
 What sign

00:39:51.840 --> 00:39:52.679
 does God give

00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:54.059
 in this story

00:39:54.059 --> 00:39:54.880
 that can help us

00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:55.900
 as God's people

00:39:55.900 --> 00:39:56.559
 to recognize

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:57.380
 our true king?

00:39:58.860 --> 00:39:59.920
 See in literature

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:01.579
 an archetype

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:02.440
 is a pattern

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:04.019
 that repeats itself

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:05.519
 in multiple stories

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:07.099
 to highlight

00:40:07.099 --> 00:40:08.059
 a motif

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:08.799
 or a theme.

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:10.559
 The theme

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:11.320
 of this chapter

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:11.779
 obviously

00:40:11.779 --> 00:40:12.460
 is the kingdom

00:40:12.460 --> 00:40:13.500
 of God.

00:40:14.299 --> 00:40:15.119
 And it's being

00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:15.699
 administered

00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:16.719
 on earth

00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:17.420
 by a man.

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:20.579
 It's this English

00:40:20.579 --> 00:40:21.299
 theologian

00:40:21.299 --> 00:40:22.519
 named Alistair Roberts

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:23.259
 who helped me

00:40:23.259 --> 00:40:23.940
 to see this.

00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:25.460
 Look at the signs.

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:26.519
 Go back to chapter 10

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:27.119
 verse 3.

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:28.880
 Do you remember

00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:29.460
 those men

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:30.639
 that Samuel told him

00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:31.299
 would be bringing

00:40:31.299 --> 00:40:32.219
 goats

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:34.299
 loaves of bread

00:40:34.299 --> 00:40:35.940
 a skin of wine

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:37.440
 and then there

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:37.920
 would be followed

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:38.700
 by music.

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:39.840
 You remember

00:40:39.840 --> 00:40:40.420
 those signs?

00:40:42.099 --> 00:40:42.619
 And then we read

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:43.320
 in verse 9

00:40:43.320 --> 00:40:44.139
 Saul's heart

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:44.980
 would change

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:46.679
 even though

00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:46.940
 it would be

00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:47.500
 temporarily

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:49.860
 and it wouldn't

00:40:49.860 --> 00:40:50.500
 affect the whole

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:50.880
 nation.

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:51.480
 It would be

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:52.159
 a sign.

00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:54.039
 These are signs

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:54.519
 of the kingdom

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:55.139
 but they're only

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:56.099
 an archetype.

00:40:56.179 --> 00:40:56.679
 They're only signs

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:57.380
 we can trace out

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:57.960
 if they show up

00:40:57.960 --> 00:40:58.920
 in other stories.

00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:00.679
 Would you turn

00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:01.840
 next to 1 Samuel

00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:02.880
 chapter 16.

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:05.119
 Look at 1 Samuel

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:06.019
 16 19

00:41:06.019 --> 00:41:06.640
 just a few

00:41:06.640 --> 00:41:07.420
 pages forward.

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:15.140
 Let's see if we

00:41:15.140 --> 00:41:15.980
 find those same

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:17.340
 signs

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:18.920
 and develop

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:19.820
 an archetype here.

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:21.160
 Are these pointing

00:41:21.160 --> 00:41:21.780
 to the king

00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:22.539
 to the kingdom?

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:24.599
 Well the next king

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:25.099
 after Saul

00:41:25.099 --> 00:41:25.880
 is going to be David.

00:41:26.640 --> 00:41:27.220
 Look at this

00:41:27.220 --> 00:41:28.300
 amazing description.

00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:30.099
 Saul says

00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:31.460
 send me your son

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:31.900
 David

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:33.180
 who is with

00:41:33.180 --> 00:41:33.680
 the sheep.

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:35.420
 Then Jesse

00:41:35.420 --> 00:41:36.519
 took a donkey

00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:37.800
 there's a donkey

00:41:37.800 --> 00:41:39.780
 loaded with bread

00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:42.220
 and skins of wine

00:41:42.220 --> 00:41:43.639
 and a young goat.

00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:45.220
 They're all there.

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:48.980
 And he sent him

00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:49.480
 with his son

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:50.400
 David to Saul.

00:41:51.160 --> 00:41:52.240
 David plays music

00:41:52.240 --> 00:41:52.700
 in the court

00:41:52.700 --> 00:41:53.180
 of the king

00:41:53.180 --> 00:41:53.720
 and we're told

00:41:53.720 --> 00:41:54.639
 that Saul's heart

00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:55.260
 changes.

00:41:56.200 --> 00:41:57.500
 Exact same events.

00:41:57.660 --> 00:41:58.099
 The donkey

00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.700
 the goats

00:41:58.700 --> 00:41:59.139
 the bread

00:41:59.139 --> 00:41:59.559
 the wine

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:00.300
 music

00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:01.320
 and a changed heart.

00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:07.680
 Well now we got

00:42:07.680 --> 00:42:08.079
 to look at

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:08.820
 the New Testament.

00:42:09.240 --> 00:42:09.660
 Would you turn

00:42:09.660 --> 00:42:10.960
 to Luke chapter 19?

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:15.300
 Luke chapter 19.

00:42:15.300 --> 00:42:15.360
 Luke chapter 19.

00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:29.860
 Luke chapter 19.

00:42:29.860 --> 00:42:30.980
 Remember we're listening

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:31.680
 for a donkey

00:42:31.680 --> 00:42:35.120
 a blood sacrifice

00:42:35.120 --> 00:42:36.480
 bread

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:37.860
 wine

00:42:37.860 --> 00:42:39.099
 music.

00:42:40.640 --> 00:42:42.000
 Luke chapter 19

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:42.660
 verse 30.

00:42:42.659 --> 00:42:45.379
 Jesus tells his disciples

00:42:45.379 --> 00:42:46.719
 as you enter the village

00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:49.179
 you will find a colt tied there

00:42:49.179 --> 00:42:53.519
 now in Luke chapter 19

00:42:53.519 --> 00:42:54.799
 look at verse 45

00:42:54.799 --> 00:42:59.739
 where Saul neglected to drive out

00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:01.559
 the Philistines in the garrison

00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:03.359
 of the holy hill of God

00:43:03.359 --> 00:43:05.339
 Jesus Christ

00:43:05.339 --> 00:43:06.920
 drives out

00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:09.319
 those who are buying and selling

00:43:09.319 --> 00:43:10.179
 in the holy temple

00:43:10.179 --> 00:43:11.279
 this is God's domain

00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:14.380
 now if you keep going in Luke

00:43:14.380 --> 00:43:15.840
 look at Luke chapter 22

00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:20.180
 verse 10

00:43:20.180 --> 00:43:24.519
 what about the goat

00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:25.600
 the blood sacrifice

00:43:25.600 --> 00:43:26.380
 the bread

00:43:26.380 --> 00:43:28.060
 the wine and the music

00:43:28.060 --> 00:43:30.440
 Luke 22 chapter 10

00:43:30.440 --> 00:43:30.900
 behold

00:43:30.900 --> 00:43:32.360
 he tells his disciples

00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:33.380
 when you enter the city

00:43:33.380 --> 00:43:35.600
 a man carrying a pitcher of water

00:43:35.600 --> 00:43:36.920
 you'll see him coming down

00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:38.760
 follow him into a house

00:43:38.760 --> 00:43:40.900
 he'll show you to the upper room

00:43:40.900 --> 00:43:42.599
 and there make ready

00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:43.840
 the Passover

00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:46.160
 what do you do to make ready

00:43:46.160 --> 00:43:46.780
 the Passover

00:43:46.780 --> 00:43:47.920
 you take

00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:49.800
 a blood sacrifice

00:43:49.800 --> 00:43:50.619
 a lamb

00:43:50.619 --> 00:43:53.579
 you prepare the bread

00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:55.880
 you prepare all the utensils

00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:57.660
 you leave the wine and the cups

00:43:57.660 --> 00:43:58.720
 ready to be served

00:43:58.720 --> 00:44:01.099
 when the Lord administers

00:44:01.099 --> 00:44:01.780
 the Lord's Supper

00:44:01.780 --> 00:44:03.320
 we read this every single week

00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:05.900
 they ate the blood sacrifice

00:44:05.900 --> 00:44:07.780
 he says

00:44:07.780 --> 00:44:08.860
 I'm your Passover lamb

00:44:08.860 --> 00:44:10.700
 he gives him the bread

00:44:10.700 --> 00:44:12.680
 he gives him the fruit

00:44:12.680 --> 00:44:13.200
 of the vine

00:44:13.200 --> 00:44:16.360
 and then they sing a song

00:44:16.360 --> 00:44:18.079
 and then they departed

00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:19.820
 where Saul is set

00:44:19.820 --> 00:44:21.220
 to go wait for seven days

00:44:21.220 --> 00:44:23.300
 after Christ's work is done

00:44:23.300 --> 00:44:24.059
 which we'll celebrate

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:25.180
 with Good Friday and Easter

00:44:25.180 --> 00:44:26.579
 he tells the church

00:44:26.579 --> 00:44:27.180
 go and wait

00:44:27.180 --> 00:44:29.440
 the Holy Spirit

00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:30.720
 is poured out on the church

00:44:30.720 --> 00:44:31.559
 in Acts 2

00:44:31.559 --> 00:44:33.980
 their hearts are changed

00:44:33.980 --> 00:44:34.960
 but now it's not just

00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:35.920
 a temporary change

00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:38.099
 it's the whole nation of God

00:44:38.099 --> 00:44:39.840
 everyone who will believe

00:44:39.840 --> 00:44:41.280
 will have a changed heart

00:44:41.280 --> 00:44:44.980
 so those are the signs

00:44:44.980 --> 00:44:46.480
 and there's the fulfillment

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:47.400
 from the shadows

00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:48.420
 the substance

00:44:48.420 --> 00:44:49.260
 Jesus Christ

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:50.340
 he shows up

00:44:50.340 --> 00:44:51.599
 and those who know the Bible

00:44:51.599 --> 00:44:52.740
 they know to look for him

00:44:52.740 --> 00:44:53.679
 the true king

00:44:53.679 --> 00:44:55.380
 and this is one small way

00:44:55.380 --> 00:44:56.400
 one small shadow

00:44:56.400 --> 00:44:58.240
 every chapter of the Old Testament

00:44:58.240 --> 00:44:59.519
 points to Christ

00:44:59.519 --> 00:45:01.940
 in so many different glorious ways

00:45:01.940 --> 00:45:03.860
 our lifetimes are too short

00:45:03.860 --> 00:45:05.420
 to study all of it

00:45:05.420 --> 00:45:07.760
 behold King Jesus

00:45:07.760 --> 00:45:10.099
 that's the takeaway

00:45:10.099 --> 00:45:12.260
 from 1 Samuel chapter 5

00:45:12.260 --> 00:45:14.780
 you need a greater king

00:45:14.780 --> 00:45:17.940
 and behold in Jesus Christ

00:45:17.940 --> 00:45:19.260
 he has come

00:45:19.260 --> 00:45:22.619
 there are a few contrasts

00:45:22.619 --> 00:45:23.940
 that we can draw here as well

00:45:23.940 --> 00:45:29.760
 see Saul's heart

00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:31.680
 was never perfectly aligned

00:45:31.680 --> 00:45:32.980
 to God

00:45:32.980 --> 00:45:33.900
 on earth

00:45:33.900 --> 00:45:35.800
 we need a king

00:45:35.800 --> 00:45:37.820
 whose heart

00:45:37.820 --> 00:45:38.860
 will be unbending

00:45:38.860 --> 00:45:40.480
 always

00:45:40.480 --> 00:45:42.480
 consummately

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:43.460
 in every way

00:45:43.460 --> 00:45:44.280
 aligned

00:45:44.280 --> 00:45:45.420
 to the will of God

00:45:45.420 --> 00:45:46.280
 in heaven

00:45:46.280 --> 00:45:48.620
 we're told at the end

00:45:48.620 --> 00:45:49.420
 of chapter 10

00:45:49.420 --> 00:45:50.080
 of 1 Samuel

00:45:50.080 --> 00:45:51.640
 that a few valiant men

00:45:51.640 --> 00:45:52.720
 went with Saul

00:45:52.720 --> 00:45:53.680
 whose hearts

00:45:53.680 --> 00:45:54.700
 God had touched

00:45:54.700 --> 00:45:56.420
 and now because

00:45:56.420 --> 00:45:56.980
 the Holy Spirit

00:45:56.980 --> 00:45:57.920
 has been poured out

00:45:57.920 --> 00:45:59.060
 on his church

00:45:59.059 --> 00:45:59.799
 all those

00:45:59.799 --> 00:46:00.719
 whose hearts

00:46:00.719 --> 00:46:01.880
 the Holy Spirit touches

00:46:01.880 --> 00:46:03.679
 they follow King Jesus

00:46:03.679 --> 00:46:05.199
 to be a Christian

00:46:05.199 --> 00:46:06.099
 is to be one of those

00:46:06.099 --> 00:46:06.880
 valiant men

00:46:06.880 --> 00:46:08.619
 that God himself

00:46:08.619 --> 00:46:09.000
 has said

00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:10.119
 follow this king

00:46:10.119 --> 00:46:11.559
 and you do it

00:46:11.559 --> 00:46:15.059
 in chapter 10

00:46:15.059 --> 00:46:15.820
 of 1 Samuel

00:46:15.820 --> 00:46:16.639
 verse 16

00:46:16.639 --> 00:46:18.059
 we're told

00:46:18.059 --> 00:46:18.719
 that sad

00:46:18.719 --> 00:46:19.420
 insight

00:46:19.420 --> 00:46:20.880
 in talking with his uncle

00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:21.639
 that of the kingdom

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 of God

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 Saul said

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 nothing

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 and when all the people

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 are gathered at Mizpah

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 Saul called no one

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 to repent

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 he led no one

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 back to God

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 but behold

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 King Jesus

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 in Mark 1

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 14 and 15

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 he came preaching

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 the gospel

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 of the kingdom

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 of God

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 and saying

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 the time is fulfilled

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 the kingdom of God

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 is at hand

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 repent

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 and believe

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 in the gospel

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 calling everyone

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 whosoever will

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 to go to God

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 turn back to him

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 the kingdom of God

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 is at hand

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 in Jesus Christ

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 in 1 Samuel

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 chapter 10

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 verse 21

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 we are told

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 that Saul

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 the son of Kish

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 was chosen

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 and when they

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 sought him

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 they could not

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 find him

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 well behold

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 in King Jesus

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 the son of God

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 God the son

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 he was chosen

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 to accomplish

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 God's eternal plan

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 and because he succeeded

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 he calls everyone

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 whosoever will

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 to come to God

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 in him

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 and come to God

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 while he may be found

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 Christ is here

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 to extend grace

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 and draw everyone

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 to the father

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 who will believe

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 in him

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 for you and me

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 as God's people

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 to enjoy security

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 the king must be

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 the one to lead

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 the people

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 back to God

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 and behold

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 King Jesus

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 he has done this

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 in Saul

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 the Lord Jesus

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 in Saul

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 God took

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 an embarrassingly

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 unqualified man

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 and elevated him

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 the contrast is

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 Jesus Christ

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 is the only qualified man

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 already elevated

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 at the right hand

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 of God

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 and yet he descended

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 he took on a body

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 Hebrews 10 says

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 a body you have

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 prepared for me

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 and I have come

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 to do your will

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 God anointed Saul

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 with oil

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 to please sinners

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 but because he's

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 well pleased

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 in his son

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 God the father

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 anointed King Jesus

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 with his Holy Spirit

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 so that he would

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 save sinners

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 like you and like me

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 in John 14 6

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 Jesus says

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 I am the way

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 to the father

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 no one comes

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 to the father

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 except through me

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 so come to me

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 all you who are

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 weary and heavy laden

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 I'll take you

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 to the father

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 I'm the only one

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 who can

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 Jesus hides

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 from no one

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 he's lifted up

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 so all the world

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 can see him

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 for you and me

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 to enjoy security

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 as God's people

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 the king must purify

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 and care for

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 his kingdom

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 on earth

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 we read in

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 Revelation 1

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 King Jesus

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 is the one

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 who loved us

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 and washed us

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 from our sins

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 with his own blood

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 so that we can

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 enjoy communion

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 with God

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 just like every nation

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 or every kingdom

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 has an anthem

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 all of those

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 who belong

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 to King Jesus

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 and his kingdom

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 we have an anthem

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 as well

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 it's a glorious anthem

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 even though there's

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 many melodies to it

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 many lyrics

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 many different languages

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 it tells one

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 great story

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 and it's that God

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 saves sinners

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 by his amazing grace

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 through Jesus Christ

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 the king

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 and the lord of all

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 so we join our voices

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 like we will

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 in a moment

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 we say amazing grace

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 how sweet the sound

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 that saves a wretch

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 like me

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 I once was lost

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 but now I'm found

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 I was blind

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 but now I see

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 we sing this together

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 one voice

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 changed hearts

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 I love the line also

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 reminds us

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 the lord has promised

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 good to me

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 his word

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 my hope

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 secures

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 he will

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 my shield

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 and my portion

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 be

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 as long

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 as life

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 endures

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 king Jesus

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 has done

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 all

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 that is required

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 for the kingdom

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 of heaven

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 to come

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 to earth

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 make sure

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 Jesus Christ

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 is your king

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 today

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 and then enjoy

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 security

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 with all his people

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 in his kingdom

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 would you pray

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 respond in this way

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 to the lord

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 voy forbade

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