WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.280 both for leading us in prayer. 00:00:02.419 --> 00:00:04.940 If we can turn back for the time that we have left 00:00:04.940 --> 00:00:08.339 to the passage that we read in 1 Samuel. 00:00:12.220 --> 00:00:14.519 We'll consider just for the time that we have 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:18.519 the God who ordains all things in our lives 00:00:18.519 --> 00:00:21.699 and how he does so in this, as I said, this snippet. 00:00:22.699 --> 00:00:26.980 Last time we looked at Israel gathered at Mizpah 00:00:26.980 --> 00:00:30.339 and the Philistines had come upon them. 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:32.439 When they were recommitting themselves 00:00:32.439 --> 00:00:34.460 and putting away the other gods, 00:00:35.340 --> 00:00:36.939 the Philistines came upon them. 00:00:38.100 --> 00:00:44.939 And we parallel that passage to 5th Catechism 00:00:44.939 --> 00:00:47.719 that asks, are there more gods than one? 00:00:48.179 --> 00:00:51.859 And there is, but only the one, the living and true God. 00:00:53.439 --> 00:00:55.859 And we look at chapter 8 now. 00:00:56.820 --> 00:00:59.619 And when we look at the people of Israel 00:00:59.619 --> 00:01:04.019 in the passage here, we see and have that sense 00:01:04.019 --> 00:01:06.819 that there are people that are struggling 00:01:06.819 --> 00:01:09.599 to commit themselves to God, 00:01:10.260 --> 00:01:12.259 commit themselves to this Lord. 00:01:13.500 --> 00:01:14.760 And we've seen them as a people 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:16.980 from the beginning of the book of Samuel. 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:21.500 And they're not necessarily opposing God outright. 00:01:21.500 --> 00:01:25.599 They're mindful of God, but they're never really grasping 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:27.219 who God is. 00:01:27.659 --> 00:01:32.159 They're never really fully understanding the Lord, their God, 00:01:32.460 --> 00:01:33.900 who should be their God, 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:37.480 who they should be relying upon as their one God. 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:43.560 And the best that we saw of Israel was, 00:01:43.740 --> 00:01:45.620 if you remember, when the Ark of the Covenant 00:01:45.620 --> 00:01:47.920 came back in to Israel. 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:50.300 And they stood there in awe. 00:01:50.299 --> 00:01:55.000 Who can stand before this God? 00:01:55.759 --> 00:01:58.299 This Lord, this holy God. 00:01:59.259 --> 00:02:01.019 Who can stand before it? 00:02:01.459 --> 00:02:03.340 They realized who God was, 00:02:03.899 --> 00:02:06.280 and the power of his characteristics, 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:08.199 and the holiness of his being. 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:12.819 And another quality that we see in them, 00:02:12.959 --> 00:02:15.539 a good quality, was last two weeks ago 00:02:15.539 --> 00:02:17.119 when we saw them at Misma. 00:02:18.199 --> 00:02:20.459 And they put away their other foreign gods. 00:02:21.219 --> 00:02:23.659 And then they committed themselves to this one Lord. 00:02:25.839 --> 00:02:28.699 And they had the Philistines come upon them. 00:02:29.799 --> 00:02:31.219 They weren't prepared for battle. 00:02:31.620 --> 00:02:33.039 They weren't ready to fight. 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:35.719 They were like sitting ducks, 00:02:36.500 --> 00:02:38.639 ready to fail. 00:02:39.699 --> 00:02:42.840 They had nothing to do but to cry out to God. 00:02:44.099 --> 00:02:48.919 And asking Samuel not to cease to cry out for God for them. 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:53.180 And God proved him to his people. 00:02:54.539 --> 00:02:56.840 God showed himself as one. 00:02:58.019 --> 00:02:59.799 The one Lord that could be trusted. 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:03.920 God listened to their cry. 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:05.460 God listened to their prayer. 00:03:07.060 --> 00:03:09.760 But we see them in the passage again here. 00:03:11.660 --> 00:03:14.120 They're wanting to satisfy their own desire. 00:03:15.340 --> 00:03:17.900 They're wanting to be like the other nations. 00:03:18.200 --> 00:03:20.260 And to have over them a king. 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:22.439 Like the other nations. 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:25.820 And you watch them and 00:03:25.820 --> 00:03:28.180 you can almost ask, 00:03:28.180 --> 00:03:28.560 you know, 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:29.920 what's happening? 00:03:30.099 --> 00:03:32.800 You're going in the wrong direction again. 00:03:35.500 --> 00:03:37.460 But God grants their wishes. 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:41.500 And he employs the prophet Samuel 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:44.200 to send words of warning 00:03:44.200 --> 00:03:46.379 against them having this king 00:03:46.379 --> 00:03:49.939 and their desire to be like the other nations. 00:03:51.379 --> 00:03:52.219 And he's saying to them, 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:52.460 you know, 00:03:52.520 --> 00:03:54.540 this isn't going to be for your benefit. 00:03:54.539 --> 00:03:57.359 But still, 00:03:57.719 --> 00:03:59.139 there is a man put over them. 00:04:00.539 --> 00:04:02.299 And when God spoke in verse, 00:04:03.019 --> 00:04:04.979 in chapter nine at verse 16, 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:06.659 he says, 00:04:06.859 --> 00:04:08.939 there will be a prince. 00:04:09.459 --> 00:04:10.959 You shall anoint him to be a prince. 00:04:11.979 --> 00:04:14.359 It's funny that God didn't title 00:04:14.359 --> 00:04:16.379 this man as a king. 00:04:17.180 --> 00:04:19.259 Maybe God didn't see this man as a king. 00:04:19.259 --> 00:04:24.439 And we can look in this passage. 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:25.339 And as I said, 00:04:25.379 --> 00:04:27.099 it's like they're getting it all wrong again. 00:04:27.180 --> 00:04:28.399 They're going in the wrong direction. 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:31.879 We feel like saying to us, 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:33.180 you know, 00:04:33.219 --> 00:04:35.099 look at what God has just done for you. 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:37.779 He set you free from the Philistines. 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:40.480 Is he not one that you should be trusting in 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:41.399 as your king? 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:45.939 Rather than fulfilling your desires 00:04:45.939 --> 00:04:49.239 to have this worldly king over you. 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:51.959 And the overarching words, 00:04:52.099 --> 00:04:54.120 in a sense of this section, 00:04:54.939 --> 00:04:58.159 is in chapter eight and verse 22, 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:00.000 where God says to Samuel, 00:05:01.139 --> 00:05:03.139 obey the voice of the people 00:05:03.139 --> 00:05:05.819 and make for them a king. 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:08.839 God allows it to happen. 00:05:09.599 --> 00:05:10.779 It was in his will. 00:05:11.399 --> 00:05:13.299 It was his ultimate purpose 00:05:13.299 --> 00:05:15.359 that this should happen and take place. 00:05:16.779 --> 00:05:18.839 And when we see it now, 00:05:18.979 --> 00:05:19.699 we know that, 00:05:20.259 --> 00:05:20.679 you know, 00:05:20.719 --> 00:05:21.979 it was for his glory. 00:05:22.879 --> 00:05:24.779 It was for God's purposes. 00:05:25.699 --> 00:05:28.359 And this ties into Catechism seven. 00:05:29.539 --> 00:05:31.419 What are the decrees of God? 00:05:32.379 --> 00:05:33.620 The decrees of God 00:05:33.620 --> 00:05:35.539 at his eternal purpose, 00:05:35.620 --> 00:05:37.959 according to the counsel of his will, 00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:41.959 whereby for his own glory, 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:43.339 he has foreordained 00:05:43.339 --> 00:05:46.399 whatever whatsoever comes to pass. 00:05:48.539 --> 00:05:50.560 God's eternal purpose, 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:52.839 according to the counsel of his will, 00:05:53.299 --> 00:05:54.779 whereby for his own glory, 00:05:54.859 --> 00:05:55.339 he has foreordained 00:05:55.339 --> 00:05:58.139 whatever comes to pass. 00:05:58.139 --> 00:06:00.240 And paralleling, 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:01.719 it was never my intention 00:06:01.719 --> 00:06:02.579 to do this, 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:05.019 but they seem to fit well 00:06:05.019 --> 00:06:07.240 with what the chapters 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:08.659 are referring to 00:06:08.659 --> 00:06:09.939 and what we can learn 00:06:09.939 --> 00:06:10.659 from the chapter 00:06:10.659 --> 00:06:12.659 to parallel them 00:06:12.659 --> 00:06:13.759 with catechisms. 00:06:14.039 --> 00:06:15.159 And, you know, 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:16.819 hopeful that when we read 00:06:16.819 --> 00:06:18.159 through these chapters again, 00:06:18.159 --> 00:06:18.860 we can go, 00:06:19.899 --> 00:06:20.300 oh yeah, 00:06:20.379 --> 00:06:20.599 when, 00:06:20.599 --> 00:06:22.039 when they came 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:23.379 to miss parents, 00:06:23.640 --> 00:06:24.500 Samuel told them 00:06:24.500 --> 00:06:25.960 to return to the one God. 00:06:26.939 --> 00:06:28.260 Because God is 00:06:28.260 --> 00:06:30.020 the one and only true God. 00:06:30.140 --> 00:06:30.680 And then you can 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:32.800 maybe think of this passage here 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:34.140 and see where Israel 00:06:34.140 --> 00:06:36.700 went after, 00:06:37.420 --> 00:06:39.180 wanted to fulfill their desires. 00:06:40.540 --> 00:06:41.780 But God allowed it 00:06:41.780 --> 00:06:43.360 because God had a purpose. 00:06:44.960 --> 00:06:46.120 Because God 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:48.180 established this kingdom 00:06:48.180 --> 00:06:50.620 where all other kings would fail. 00:06:50.620 --> 00:06:52.660 and he would put in place 00:06:52.660 --> 00:06:53.420 his king 00:06:53.420 --> 00:06:54.780 that would 00:06:54.780 --> 00:06:57.340 rule over them. 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:01.459 Just to help us 00:07:01.459 --> 00:07:03.000 and to tie these doctrines 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:03.879 of teachings 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:05.699 into the passages 00:07:05.699 --> 00:07:06.980 and we understand 00:07:06.980 --> 00:07:08.740 clearly what they are. 00:07:09.939 --> 00:07:10.860 And the scope of 00:07:10.860 --> 00:07:12.759 God's eternal purpose 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:14.040 is far beyond this 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:15.000 chapter. 00:07:16.280 --> 00:07:17.019 God's purposes 00:07:17.019 --> 00:07:18.060 are from the beginning 00:07:18.060 --> 00:07:20.560 to all eternity. 00:07:20.620 --> 00:07:22.759 beyond what we can understand. 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:25.439 God's purpose, 00:07:26.280 --> 00:07:27.040 God's will, 00:07:27.240 --> 00:07:28.340 God's providence 00:07:28.340 --> 00:07:30.139 in our lives 00:07:30.139 --> 00:07:31.019 even tonight 00:07:31.019 --> 00:07:32.139 as we sit here. 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:33.920 That we should be here. 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:35.620 And that he knew 00:07:35.620 --> 00:07:36.480 that we would be here. 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:38.660 And that all 00:07:38.660 --> 00:07:40.040 his ways are fulfilled 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:42.680 in every step 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:43.819 that we take 00:07:43.819 --> 00:07:44.519 in our lives. 00:07:44.780 --> 00:07:45.100 They are 00:07:45.100 --> 00:07:46.660 his ways 00:07:46.660 --> 00:07:48.000 and they are 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:49.200 for his glory 00:07:49.200 --> 00:07:50.420 and we trust 00:07:50.420 --> 00:07:50.900 in him. 00:07:52.180 --> 00:07:53.200 Not that we 00:07:53.200 --> 00:07:54.820 fully understand 00:07:54.820 --> 00:07:55.540 his ways. 00:07:55.939 --> 00:07:56.400 His ways 00:07:56.400 --> 00:07:57.080 are mysterious. 00:07:58.360 --> 00:07:59.360 And you can dig 00:07:59.360 --> 00:07:59.980 so deep 00:07:59.980 --> 00:08:00.500 in these 00:08:00.500 --> 00:08:02.300 things of God 00:08:02.300 --> 00:08:02.740 that's, 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:03.040 well, 00:08:03.580 --> 00:08:04.020 you don't know 00:08:04.020 --> 00:08:04.700 where to start. 00:08:05.820 --> 00:08:06.379 God's 00:08:06.379 --> 00:08:08.540 God's 00:08:08.540 --> 00:08:10.440 provisions 00:08:10.439 --> 00:08:12.839 God 00:08:12.839 --> 00:08:13.219 working 00:08:13.219 --> 00:08:13.800 things out 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:14.219 for his 00:08:14.219 --> 00:08:15.079 own glory. 00:08:16.980 --> 00:08:17.480 You know, 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:17.939 you can dig 00:08:17.939 --> 00:08:18.519 so deep 00:08:18.519 --> 00:08:19.439 but it's a 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:20.060 Wednesday night 00:08:20.060 --> 00:08:21.480 and many of us 00:08:21.480 --> 00:08:22.300 have been working 00:08:22.300 --> 00:08:23.100 and many of us 00:08:23.100 --> 00:08:23.519 don't have the 00:08:23.519 --> 00:08:23.980 headspace 00:08:23.980 --> 00:08:25.300 to go into 00:08:25.300 --> 00:08:25.899 these things 00:08:25.899 --> 00:08:26.480 so deep. 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:27.720 So I just 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:28.140 want to 00:08:28.140 --> 00:08:29.060 use the 00:08:29.060 --> 00:08:29.379 passage 00:08:29.379 --> 00:08:29.740 that we 00:08:29.740 --> 00:08:30.060 read 00:08:30.060 --> 00:08:30.960 and just 00:08:30.960 --> 00:08:32.320 skim 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:32.680 through 00:08:32.680 --> 00:08:33.560 the snippet 00:08:33.560 --> 00:08:34.180 of time 00:08:34.180 --> 00:08:34.600 and see 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and see 00:08:56.800 --> 00:08:57.960 that they 00:08:57.960 --> 00:08:58.920 are true 00:08:58.920 --> 00:08:59.740 experiences 00:08:59.740 --> 00:09:00.460 in our 00:09:00.460 --> 00:09:00.960 Christian 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:01.840 life. 00:09:03.019 --> 00:09:03.700 So we 00:09:03.700 --> 00:09:03.920 look at 00:09:03.920 --> 00:09:04.440 the people 00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:05.460 and the 00:09:05.460 --> 00:09:05.720 people 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:06.139 coming 00:09:06.139 --> 00:09:06.759 for 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:07.639 four 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:08.340 and five 00:09:08.340 --> 00:09:09.480 asking to 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:10.040 appoint a 00:09:10.040 --> 00:09:10.620 king over 00:09:10.620 --> 00:09:11.180 the nations 00:09:11.180 --> 00:09:12.440 over their 00:09:12.440 --> 00:09:13.019 nation to 00:09:13.019 --> 00:09:13.460 be like 00:09:13.460 --> 00:09:13.740 the other 00:09:13.740 --> 00:09:14.259 nations. 00:09:15.060 --> 00:09:15.720 Someone that 00:09:15.720 --> 00:09:16.000 they can 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:16.399 look up 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:16.639 to. 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:18.940 Someone that 00:09:18.940 --> 00:09:19.480 they could 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:22.180 look up 00:09:22.180 --> 00:09:22.480 to and 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:22.879 admire. 00:09:23.879 --> 00:09:24.139 Someone 00:09:24.139 --> 00:09:24.700 they can 00:09:24.700 --> 00:09:25.000 honor. 00:09:26.220 --> 00:09:26.519 And 00:09:26.519 --> 00:09:26.860 Samuel 00:09:26.860 --> 00:09:27.300 was not 00:09:27.300 --> 00:09:27.800 on board 00:09:27.800 --> 00:09:28.420 with this. 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:29.700 You can 00:09:29.700 --> 00:09:30.139 see that 00:09:30.139 --> 00:09:30.560 in verse 00:09:30.560 --> 00:09:30.879 six. 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:32.120 And he 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:32.540 comes to 00:09:32.540 --> 00:09:32.940 God in 00:09:32.940 --> 00:09:33.519 prayer and 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:34.240 God answers 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:34.500 him, 00:09:35.160 --> 00:09:35.720 obey the 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:36.200 people. 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:37.500 They have 00:09:37.500 --> 00:09:38.180 not rejected 00:09:38.180 --> 00:09:38.639 you. 00:09:38.800 --> 00:09:39.139 They have 00:09:39.139 --> 00:09:39.920 rejected me 00:09:39.920 --> 00:09:40.360 from being 00:09:40.360 --> 00:09:40.920 king over 00:09:40.920 --> 00:09:41.180 them. 00:09:42.540 --> 00:09:42.800 Ever 00:09:42.800 --> 00:09:43.200 since I 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:43.580 brought them 00:09:43.580 --> 00:09:43.960 out of 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:44.300 Egypt, 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:45.379 they've 00:09:45.379 --> 00:09:45.740 adopted 00:09:45.740 --> 00:09:46.100 other 00:09:46.100 --> 00:09:46.600 gods. 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:48.379 God 00:09:48.379 --> 00:09:50.960 this time 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:51.300 I'll let 00:09:51.300 --> 00:09:51.740 them have 00:09:51.740 --> 00:09:52.060 their 00:09:52.060 --> 00:09:52.420 way. 00:09:54.540 --> 00:09:55.220 But you 00:09:55.220 --> 00:09:56.420 Samuel must 00:09:56.420 --> 00:09:57.060 warn the 00:09:57.060 --> 00:09:58.720 people what 00:09:58.720 --> 00:09:59.060 it will 00:09:59.060 --> 00:10:00.440 mean to 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:00.879 have their 00:10:00.879 --> 00:10:01.360 desires 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:02.019 fulfilled, 00:10:02.639 --> 00:10:03.100 not to 00:10:03.100 --> 00:10:03.500 have me 00:10:03.500 --> 00:10:03.899 as their 00:10:03.899 --> 00:10:04.300 king, 00:10:04.820 --> 00:10:05.220 but to 00:10:05.220 --> 00:10:05.680 have this 00:10:05.680 --> 00:10:05.960 other 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:06.340 worldly 00:10:06.340 --> 00:10:07.000 king over 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:07.259 them. 00:10:08.259 --> 00:10:08.500 And 00:10:08.500 --> 00:10:09.139 verse 10 00:10:09.139 --> 00:10:09.899 down to 00:10:09.899 --> 00:10:10.899 verse 18, 00:10:10.899 --> 00:10:12.500 that's the 00:10:12.500 --> 00:10:13.360 warnings about 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:13.899 having a 00:10:13.899 --> 00:10:14.960 king over 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:15.259 them. 00:10:15.259 --> 00:10:15.960 There's a 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:16.539 list there 00:10:16.539 --> 00:10:17.039 of things 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:17.460 that this 00:10:17.460 --> 00:10:18.080 king will 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:18.360 do. 00:10:18.860 --> 00:10:19.220 He will 00:10:19.220 --> 00:10:20.100 rob them 00:10:20.100 --> 00:10:20.519 off so 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:20.899 much. 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:21.220 He will 00:10:21.220 --> 00:10:21.740 take their 00:10:21.740 --> 00:10:22.240 sons. 00:10:23.139 --> 00:10:23.399 They will 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:23.679 have to 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:24.299 work for 00:10:24.299 --> 00:10:24.659 him. 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:26.100 He will 00:10:26.100 --> 00:10:26.559 take their 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:27.059 daughters. 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:28.399 He will 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:28.980 take their 00:10:28.980 --> 00:10:29.500 food. 00:10:29.879 --> 00:10:30.200 He will 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:31.539 take their 00:10:31.539 --> 00:10:32.220 slaves. 00:10:32.899 --> 00:10:33.159 He will 00:10:33.159 --> 00:10:33.620 take their 00:10:33.620 --> 00:10:34.120 livestock. 00:10:35.620 --> 00:10:35.980 And it's 00:10:35.980 --> 00:10:36.679 interesting that 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:38.279 of all 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:39.259 their produce 00:10:39.259 --> 00:10:39.779 that they 00:10:39.779 --> 00:10:40.340 had, it 00:10:40.340 --> 00:10:41.460 was a 00:10:41.460 --> 00:10:42.059 tenth that 00:10:42.059 --> 00:10:42.340 would be 00:10:42.340 --> 00:10:43.200 taken by 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:44.080 this worldly 00:10:44.080 --> 00:10:44.500 king. 00:10:45.259 --> 00:10:46.080 Now it 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:46.399 was always 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:46.819 a tenth 00:10:46.819 --> 00:10:47.360 god I 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:47.899 asked for. 00:10:50.340 --> 00:10:51.120 And why 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:51.879 maybe they 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:52.279 hadn't been 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:52.939 giving their 00:10:52.939 --> 00:10:54.259 tithe to 00:10:54.259 --> 00:10:54.620 God. 00:10:55.700 --> 00:10:56.379 We don't 00:10:56.379 --> 00:10:56.840 know why, 00:10:56.919 --> 00:10:57.840 but it 00:10:57.840 --> 00:10:58.379 was guaranteed 00:10:58.379 --> 00:10:58.799 that it 00:10:58.799 --> 00:10:59.019 would be 00:10:59.019 --> 00:10:59.500 taken from 00:10:59.500 --> 00:10:59.740 them and 00:10:59.740 --> 00:11:00.179 so much 00:11:00.179 --> 00:11:00.740 more would 00:11:00.740 --> 00:11:01.500 be taken 00:11:01.500 --> 00:11:01.939 from them 00:11:01.939 --> 00:11:02.960 by adopting 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:03.600 this worldly 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:04.419 king. 00:11:05.419 --> 00:11:06.240 Maybe it's a 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:06.740 thought for us 00:11:06.740 --> 00:11:07.279 to consider 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:09.439 that if they 00:11:09.439 --> 00:11:09.860 hadn't been 00:11:09.860 --> 00:11:10.360 given their 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:10.840 tithe, 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:12.639 does God 00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:13.720 take that 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:14.580 even from 00:11:14.580 --> 00:11:15.120 the people 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:15.820 of God 00:11:15.820 --> 00:11:16.600 by some 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:17.240 other means 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:19.060 if we 00:11:19.060 --> 00:11:19.540 don't give 00:11:19.540 --> 00:11:19.779 it. 00:11:20.980 --> 00:11:21.379 Just a 00:11:21.379 --> 00:11:21.680 thought, 00:11:22.180 --> 00:11:22.960 maybe worth 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:23.519 discussion. 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:25.139 But at 00:11:25.139 --> 00:11:25.519 the end of 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:26.139 this list, 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:27.620 God says 00:11:27.620 --> 00:11:28.700 you're going 00:11:28.700 --> 00:11:29.320 to cry out 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:29.840 because of 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:30.480 these things. 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:32.460 For this 00:11:32.460 --> 00:11:32.960 king you have 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:33.420 chosen, 00:11:34.379 --> 00:11:35.779 but the 00:11:35.779 --> 00:11:36.240 Lord will 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:36.879 not answer 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:37.420 you in that 00:11:37.420 --> 00:11:37.860 day when 00:11:37.860 --> 00:11:38.399 you realise. 00:11:38.660 --> 00:11:39.000 It's almost 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:39.519 like when you 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:40.040 realise what 00:11:40.040 --> 00:11:40.519 you've done, 00:11:41.560 --> 00:11:42.000 I won't 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:42.580 answer you. 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:44.720 And they 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:45.120 say to 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:45.700 themselves, 00:11:45.980 --> 00:11:46.220 no, 00:11:47.139 --> 00:11:47.700 to all 00:11:47.700 --> 00:11:48.500 these warnings, 00:11:49.800 --> 00:11:50.040 there will 00:11:50.040 --> 00:11:50.580 be a king 00:11:50.580 --> 00:11:51.160 over us. 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:52.480 It's 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:52.960 amazing. 00:11:54.040 --> 00:11:54.660 They know 00:11:54.660 --> 00:11:56.160 God, 00:11:56.700 --> 00:11:56.860 they've 00:11:56.860 --> 00:11:57.480 experienced 00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:58.080 God, 00:11:59.000 --> 00:11:59.440 God's 00:11:59.440 --> 00:11:59.779 revealed 00:11:59.779 --> 00:12:00.420 himself to 00:12:00.420 --> 00:12:00.700 them, 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:02.180 shown how 00:12:02.180 --> 00:12:02.759 he can be 00:12:02.759 --> 00:12:03.320 trusted, 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:04.360 that he 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:04.820 would deliver 00:12:04.820 --> 00:12:05.180 them from 00:12:05.180 --> 00:12:05.960 the Philistines 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:06.639 and still 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:08.220 they're 00:12:08.220 --> 00:12:08.740 refusing 00:12:08.740 --> 00:12:09.580 Samuel's 00:12:09.580 --> 00:12:10.180 words and 00:12:10.180 --> 00:12:10.580 saying, 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:11.500 no, 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:12.160 I want 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:13.519 my desire 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:14.219 to be 00:12:14.219 --> 00:12:14.860 fulfilled. 00:12:17.219 --> 00:12:17.620 Because 00:12:17.620 --> 00:12:18.019 we're 00:12:18.019 --> 00:12:18.459 looking at 00:12:18.459 --> 00:12:18.699 it and 00:12:18.699 --> 00:12:18.919 going, 00:12:19.059 --> 00:12:19.399 what are 00:12:19.399 --> 00:12:19.980 you doing 00:12:19.980 --> 00:12:20.539 Israel? 00:12:22.259 --> 00:12:22.799 And it's 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:23.179 easy to 00:12:23.179 --> 00:12:23.459 look at 00:12:23.459 --> 00:12:23.819 them and 00:12:23.819 --> 00:12:24.139 say it 00:12:24.139 --> 00:12:25.179 when we 00:12:25.179 --> 00:12:25.459 look at 00:12:25.459 --> 00:12:25.919 ourselves. 00:12:27.899 --> 00:12:28.480 It's so 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:29.079 tempting for 00:12:29.079 --> 00:12:29.539 us to 00:12:29.539 --> 00:12:31.319 fit in 00:12:31.319 --> 00:12:31.659 with the 00:12:31.659 --> 00:12:31.939 world. 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:32.839 We look 00:12:32.839 --> 00:12:33.079 at the 00:12:33.079 --> 00:12:33.480 world and 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:34.439 we want 00:12:34.439 --> 00:12:35.039 to adopt 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:35.559 the things 00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:35.860 that they 00:12:35.860 --> 00:12:36.179 are doing. 00:12:38.579 --> 00:12:39.120 They give 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:39.480 us all 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:39.879 sorts of 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:40.399 ideas. 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:42.500 attractive 00:12:42.500 --> 00:12:43.340 ways, 00:12:44.039 --> 00:12:44.399 but they 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:44.799 work. 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:46.139 And these 00:12:46.139 --> 00:12:46.759 things can 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:47.480 infiltrate 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:48.299 into us 00:12:48.299 --> 00:12:49.120 as people 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:49.539 and as 00:12:49.539 --> 00:12:51.980 a nation 00:12:51.980 --> 00:12:52.500 of God 00:12:52.500 --> 00:12:52.799 in a 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:53.079 sense. 00:12:55.199 --> 00:12:55.559 And 00:12:55.559 --> 00:12:56.959 when these 00:12:56.959 --> 00:12:57.559 swirly 00:12:57.559 --> 00:12:58.379 things come 00:12:58.379 --> 00:12:58.679 in, 00:12:59.899 --> 00:13:00.779 we as 00:13:00.779 --> 00:13:01.779 the people 00:13:01.779 --> 00:13:02.459 of God 00:13:02.459 --> 00:13:03.379 lose our 00:13:03.379 --> 00:13:03.939 identity. 00:13:04.679 --> 00:13:05.039 That's what 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:05.519 happened to 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:05.960 the people 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:06.279 here. 00:13:06.939 --> 00:13:07.759 They adopted 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:08.360 what they 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:09.879 wanted as 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:10.399 a king 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:11.879 of a 00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:12.259 nation, 00:13:12.580 --> 00:13:13.019 a worldly 00:13:13.019 --> 00:13:13.439 king, 00:13:13.659 --> 00:13:14.200 but they 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:14.679 lost their 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:15.299 identity. 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:16.639 The 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:17.439 distinction 00:13:17.439 --> 00:13:18.059 of the 00:13:18.059 --> 00:13:19.019 people and 00:13:19.019 --> 00:13:20.320 having the 00:13:20.320 --> 00:13:21.480 Lord as 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:22.039 their king 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:24.000 was lost. 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:24.419 They started 00:13:24.419 --> 00:13:25.120 to blend in 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:25.439 with the 00:13:25.439 --> 00:13:25.620 world. 00:13:25.700 --> 00:13:25.840 And when 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:26.279 we start 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:27.320 adopting the 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:27.720 things of 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:28.240 the world, 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:29.919 we'll blend 00:13:29.919 --> 00:13:30.220 in. 00:13:30.919 --> 00:13:31.659 We lose 00:13:31.659 --> 00:13:32.240 our distinction, 00:13:32.379 --> 00:13:32.759 we lose 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:33.399 our identity. 00:13:36.019 --> 00:13:36.659 But we 00:13:36.659 --> 00:13:37.039 need to look 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:37.639 at ourselves 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:38.220 as well. 00:13:39.179 --> 00:13:39.699 And where 00:13:39.699 --> 00:13:41.539 do I go 00:13:41.539 --> 00:13:41.899 wrong? 00:13:42.340 --> 00:13:42.620 As a 00:13:42.620 --> 00:13:43.879 believer in 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:44.120 God. 00:13:45.100 --> 00:13:45.919 We make 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:46.639 bad decisions. 00:13:48.019 --> 00:13:48.199 And 00:13:48.199 --> 00:13:50.480 you can put 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:50.799 it so 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:51.220 simply, 00:13:51.779 --> 00:13:52.199 I just 00:13:52.199 --> 00:13:52.679 thought when 00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:53.600 I was a 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:53.939 wee bit 00:13:53.939 --> 00:13:54.360 hungry, 00:13:55.419 --> 00:13:55.779 in the 00:13:55.779 --> 00:13:56.139 middle of 00:13:56.139 --> 00:13:56.699 the afternoon, 00:13:56.860 --> 00:13:57.059 I went 00:13:57.059 --> 00:13:57.340 down to 00:13:57.340 --> 00:13:57.960 the kitchen, 00:13:58.720 --> 00:13:59.539 you'll all 00:13:59.539 --> 00:14:03.740 fit in 00:14:03.740 --> 00:14:04.279 with this 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:05.539 image that 00:14:05.539 --> 00:14:05.659 I'm 00:14:05.659 --> 00:14:05.940 giving. 00:14:06.799 --> 00:14:06.960 I went 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:07.279 down to 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:07.700 the kitchen, 00:14:07.820 --> 00:14:07.919 I was 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:08.320 feeling a 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:08.799 bit hungry, 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:10.139 there's a 00:14:10.139 --> 00:14:10.539 bowl of 00:14:10.539 --> 00:14:11.120 fruit there, 00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:13.139 but there 00:14:13.139 --> 00:14:13.500 was also 00:14:13.500 --> 00:14:14.019 a cake. 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:17.860 And you 00:14:17.860 --> 00:14:18.039 think, 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:18.279 well, 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:18.779 I've not 00:14:18.779 --> 00:14:19.180 had any 00:14:19.180 --> 00:14:19.820 fruit today, 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:20.299 I should 00:14:20.299 --> 00:14:20.759 probably eat 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:21.159 the fruit. 00:14:22.460 --> 00:14:23.000 But I 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:23.399 didn't, 00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:24.080 you know, 00:14:24.740 --> 00:14:25.159 the cake 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:25.519 was there. 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:28.860 And as 00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:29.179 you think 00:14:29.179 --> 00:14:29.600 about it, 00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:30.120 the fruit 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:31.600 is good 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:32.079 for you. 00:14:33.059 --> 00:14:33.600 It's good 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:33.939 for your 00:14:33.939 --> 00:14:34.299 teeth. 00:14:35.079 --> 00:14:35.340 It'll 00:14:35.340 --> 00:14:35.939 benefit you, 00:14:36.019 --> 00:14:36.159 it'll give 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:37.019 you more 00:14:37.019 --> 00:14:37.559 energy. 00:14:38.199 --> 00:14:38.600 It'll do 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:38.960 you good. 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:41.819 The cake, 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:44.699 it's bad 00:14:44.699 --> 00:14:45.079 for you. 00:14:46.039 --> 00:14:46.439 It's bad 00:14:46.439 --> 00:14:46.720 for your 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:47.019 teeth, 00:14:47.439 --> 00:14:47.879 bad for 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:48.340 your body. 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:50.600 But I 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:50.879 ate the 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:51.139 cake. 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:52.439 And I 00:14:52.439 --> 00:14:52.539 think, 00:14:52.620 --> 00:14:52.699 well, 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:53.019 why did 00:14:53.019 --> 00:14:53.279 I do 00:14:53.279 --> 00:14:53.620 that? 00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:54.319 You 00:14:54.319 --> 00:14:54.439 know, 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:54.980 I'm 00:14:54.980 --> 00:14:56.100 attracted 00:14:56.100 --> 00:14:58.539 to the 00:14:58.539 --> 00:14:58.740 thing 00:14:58.740 --> 00:14:58.960 that's 00:14:58.960 --> 00:14:59.420 bad for 00:14:59.420 --> 00:14:59.659 me. 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:01.519 And the 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:01.860 cake was 00:15:01.860 --> 00:15:02.060 one of 00:15:02.060 --> 00:15:02.440 the worst 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:02.899 things I 00:15:02.899 --> 00:15:03.320 could have 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:03.680 had. 00:15:04.560 --> 00:15:05.080 And the 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:05.420 fruit would 00:15:05.420 --> 00:15:05.620 have been 00:15:05.620 --> 00:15:05.860 one of 00:15:05.860 --> 00:15:06.259 the best 00:15:06.259 --> 00:15:06.639 things I 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:07.080 could have. 00:15:08.500 --> 00:15:09.159 The cake 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:09.420 would have 00:15:09.420 --> 00:15:10.840 had no 00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:11.539 benefit for 00:15:11.539 --> 00:15:11.700 me. 00:15:12.740 --> 00:15:13.300 The fruit 00:15:13.300 --> 00:15:13.759 would have 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:14.279 benefited. 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:16.700 And the 00:15:16.700 --> 00:15:17.039 cake, 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:18.000 you know, 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:19.240 I'd pay for 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:19.720 it at some 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:20.060 point. 00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:21.560 Maybe I'd 00:15:21.560 --> 00:15:22.379 come in one 00:15:22.379 --> 00:15:22.680 day with 00:15:22.680 --> 00:15:23.060 a belly. 00:15:24.060 --> 00:15:24.279 But, 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:24.519 you know, 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:25.199 you'll pay 00:15:25.199 --> 00:15:27.139 for taking 00:15:27.139 --> 00:15:27.720 the cake. 00:15:29.980 --> 00:15:30.480 It's 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:31.139 funny how 00:15:31.139 --> 00:15:31.399 you, 00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:32.799 it's funny, 00:15:32.899 --> 00:15:33.279 isn't it? 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:34.360 We know 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:34.860 what's good 00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:35.419 for us, 00:15:36.419 --> 00:15:37.319 but we 00:15:37.319 --> 00:15:37.819 go for 00:15:37.819 --> 00:15:38.240 the thing 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:39.860 that's not 00:15:39.860 --> 00:15:40.639 the best, 00:15:41.439 --> 00:15:41.819 the thing 00:15:41.819 --> 00:15:42.199 that won't 00:15:42.199 --> 00:15:43.019 benefit us, 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:44.179 the thing 00:15:44.179 --> 00:15:44.620 that will 00:15:44.620 --> 00:15:46.980 bring trouble 00:15:46.980 --> 00:15:48.000 maybe later 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:48.519 on in our 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:48.919 lives. 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:53.519 we have 00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:54.120 poor 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:55.079 preferences, 00:15:55.539 --> 00:15:55.860 don't we? 00:15:57.079 --> 00:15:58.059 We prefer 00:15:58.059 --> 00:15:58.699 these things 00:15:58.699 --> 00:15:59.479 and it's a 00:15:59.479 --> 00:16:00.360 poor choice. 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:00.759 We have 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:01.299 poor 00:16:01.299 --> 00:16:02.339 preferences 00:16:02.339 --> 00:16:02.759 in our 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:03.059 lives. 00:16:03.059 --> 00:16:04.799 We want 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:05.139 to read 00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:05.639 the Bible, 00:16:05.919 --> 00:16:06.360 but we pick 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:06.679 up our 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:07.099 phones. 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:08.559 We want 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:09.479 to pray, 00:16:09.699 --> 00:16:09.979 or we 00:16:09.979 --> 00:16:10.719 should pray, 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:12.959 and we'll 00:16:12.959 --> 00:16:13.980 put out the 00:16:13.980 --> 00:16:14.319 rubbish, 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:15.219 we'll clean 00:16:15.219 --> 00:16:15.779 the house, 00:16:16.539 --> 00:16:17.099 we'll find 00:16:17.100 --> 00:16:17.840 something else 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:18.320 to do. 00:16:19.800 --> 00:16:20.480 We can 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:21.820 go through 00:16:21.820 --> 00:16:22.460 this cycle 00:16:22.460 --> 00:16:22.779 where we 00:16:22.779 --> 00:16:23.899 can enjoy 00:16:23.899 --> 00:16:24.320 the good 00:16:24.320 --> 00:16:24.860 things, 00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:26.040 and we 00:16:26.040 --> 00:16:26.340 can feel 00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:26.800 the benefit 00:16:26.800 --> 00:16:27.100 of the 00:16:27.100 --> 00:16:27.639 good things, 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:29.659 but then 00:16:29.659 --> 00:16:29.899 we can 00:16:29.899 --> 00:16:30.659 slip into 00:16:30.659 --> 00:16:31.620 adopting 00:16:31.620 --> 00:16:32.940 the things 00:16:32.940 --> 00:16:33.920 that have 00:16:33.920 --> 00:16:34.480 no benefit 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:35.060 for us, 00:16:35.560 --> 00:16:35.879 and we 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:36.259 know they 00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:36.540 have no 00:16:36.540 --> 00:16:37.120 benefit for 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:37.220 us, 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:37.540 we know 00:16:37.540 --> 00:16:37.879 they are 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:38.279 bad for 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:38.519 us, 00:16:39.580 --> 00:16:39.940 and it's 00:16:39.940 --> 00:16:41.360 like in 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:41.920 a Christian 00:16:41.920 --> 00:16:42.600 experience, 00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:44.899 we eat 00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:45.379 what's good 00:16:45.379 --> 00:16:46.019 for us 00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:46.460 in the 00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:46.820 word of 00:16:46.820 --> 00:16:47.120 God, 00:16:47.160 --> 00:16:47.400 and we 00:16:47.400 --> 00:16:47.900 consume 00:16:47.900 --> 00:16:48.440 things that 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:49.100 we shouldn't, 00:16:49.540 --> 00:16:49.800 and we 00:16:49.800 --> 00:16:50.340 have this 00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:51.680 peaks and 00:16:51.680 --> 00:16:52.379 troughs of 00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:53.260 our experience, 00:16:54.640 --> 00:16:55.220 we trust 00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:55.720 God with 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:56.420 one hand, 00:16:56.440 --> 00:16:56.640 and we 00:16:56.640 --> 00:16:57.300 refuse him 00:16:57.300 --> 00:16:57.600 with the 00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:57.840 other, 00:16:58.320 --> 00:17:00.900 we consume 00:17:00.900 --> 00:17:01.340 what we 00:17:01.340 --> 00:17:01.800 like, 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:03.720 and we 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:04.000 don't 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:04.340 grow, 00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:05.420 our 00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:05.740 poor 00:17:05.740 --> 00:17:06.519 preferences 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:09.000 doesn't 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:09.340 make us 00:17:09.340 --> 00:17:09.680 grow, 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.480 we lose 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:11.820 out, 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:13.220 we suffer, 00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.180 why are 00:17:15.180 --> 00:17:15.660 we not 00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.440 content, 00:17:16.819 --> 00:17:17.559 with what 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.259 God has 00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:18.960 given us, 00:17:19.539 --> 00:17:19.779 we're 00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.039 always 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:20.639 looking and 00:17:20.639 --> 00:17:21.119 desiring 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:21.819 after other 00:17:21.819 --> 00:17:22.399 things, 00:17:23.579 --> 00:17:23.939 like the 00:17:23.939 --> 00:17:24.419 people of 00:17:24.419 --> 00:17:24.779 Israel, 00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:27.419 but then, 00:17:28.419 --> 00:17:30.579 even then, 00:17:31.159 --> 00:17:31.919 God can 00:17:31.919 --> 00:17:33.319 use us 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:36.480 in the 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:37.639 bad decisions 00:17:37.639 --> 00:17:38.379 we make, 00:17:39.099 --> 00:17:39.599 the bad 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:40.179 things we 00:17:40.179 --> 00:17:40.679 desire, 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:41.339 the poor 00:17:41.339 --> 00:17:42.200 preferences 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:42.900 of our 00:17:42.900 --> 00:17:43.460 lives, 00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:45.740 God can 00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:46.259 use them 00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:46.640 for his 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:47.059 glory, 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:49.640 and that 00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:50.700 baffles us, 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:51.660 that he would, 00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:52.279 and it's not 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:52.880 an excuse 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:53.420 for sin, 00:17:54.420 --> 00:17:55.360 we should 00:17:55.360 --> 00:17:56.380 always put 00:17:56.380 --> 00:17:56.900 to death 00:17:56.900 --> 00:17:57.380 the sin 00:17:57.380 --> 00:17:58.440 that grows 00:17:58.440 --> 00:17:59.100 within us, 00:18:00.100 --> 00:18:00.720 we should 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:01.480 always exercise 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:02.360 self-control, 00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:02.459 control, 00:18:03.459 --> 00:18:05.819 we need to 00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:06.379 be careful 00:18:06.379 --> 00:18:06.740 in our 00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:07.240 lives, 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:08.000 where our 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:08.500 desires 00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:09.099 are, 00:18:09.979 --> 00:18:10.279 and to 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:10.939 put these 00:18:10.939 --> 00:18:11.759 poor 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.359 preferences 00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:12.919 and turn 00:18:12.919 --> 00:18:13.219 it to 00:18:13.219 --> 00:18:13.519 good 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:14.139 preferences 00:18:14.139 --> 00:18:15.099 in the 00:18:15.099 --> 00:18:15.459 word of 00:18:15.459 --> 00:18:15.740 God, 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:16.939 that's the 00:18:16.939 --> 00:18:17.259 people, 00:18:17.899 --> 00:18:18.299 and briefly 00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:18.899 the prophet, 00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:20.799 Samuel is 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:21.319 the prophet 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:22.839 of God, 00:18:23.879 --> 00:18:24.659 revealing his 00:18:24.659 --> 00:18:25.059 word to 00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:25.439 the Israelites, 00:18:25.779 --> 00:18:26.899 and you 00:18:26.899 --> 00:18:27.359 can't help 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:27.799 it when you 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.139 read the 00:18:28.139 --> 00:18:28.539 passage, 00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:30.279 they want 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:30.779 a king, 00:18:31.399 --> 00:18:31.960 Samuel is 00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:32.240 saying, 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:33.599 God doesn't 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:34.019 want a 00:18:34.019 --> 00:18:34.339 king, 00:18:34.879 --> 00:18:35.099 and then 00:18:35.099 --> 00:18:35.619 God's, 00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:36.200 well, 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:36.980 Samuel is 00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.279 saying this 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:37.920 isn't right, 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:38.420 and all 00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:39.059 these warnings 00:18:39.059 --> 00:18:39.460 are coming 00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:40.079 from God, 00:18:40.579 --> 00:18:41.000 and then 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:41.879 God grants 00:18:41.879 --> 00:18:42.279 it anyway, 00:18:43.379 --> 00:18:44.420 and was 00:18:44.420 --> 00:18:46.099 Samuel confused 00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:46.599 by this, 00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:47.440 maybe he's 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:47.680 asking, 00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:49.279 why is this 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:49.639 happening, 00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:50.220 what is God 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:50.500 doing, 00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:52.240 we can 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:52.799 imagine him 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.259 praying to 00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:53.559 God, 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:54.440 this is not 00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:54.859 right, 00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:56.440 saying to 00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:56.700 Israel, 00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:57.399 this is not 00:18:57.399 --> 00:18:57.899 good for 00:18:57.899 --> 00:18:58.119 you, 00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:58.639 this is 00:18:58.639 --> 00:18:58.939 going to 00:18:58.939 --> 00:18:59.639 cost you, 00:19:01.979 --> 00:19:02.339 and though 00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:02.739 he doesn't 00:19:02.739 --> 00:19:03.299 agree that 00:19:03.299 --> 00:19:03.579 he's 00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:04.719 submissive to 00:19:04.719 --> 00:19:05.139 the voice 00:19:05.139 --> 00:19:05.579 of God 00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:05.839 and to 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:06.339 his word, 00:19:06.939 --> 00:19:07.239 and it 00:19:07.239 --> 00:19:07.739 was actually 00:19:07.739 --> 00:19:09.879 God's 00:19:09.879 --> 00:19:10.559 plan that 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:10.959 a king 00:19:10.959 --> 00:19:11.299 would be 00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:11.839 set over 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:12.000 them, 00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:12.219 you can 00:19:12.219 --> 00:19:12.579 go back 00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:12.719 to 00:19:12.719 --> 00:19:13.279 Deuteronomy 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:13.919 17, 00:19:14.639 --> 00:19:15.359 verse 14, 00:19:15.439 --> 00:19:15.739 it says 00:19:15.739 --> 00:19:16.000 that when 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:16.279 you come 00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:16.599 into the 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:17.000 land of 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.239 Canaan, 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:17.539 there will 00:19:17.539 --> 00:19:17.819 be a 00:19:17.819 --> 00:19:18.419 king set 00:19:18.419 --> 00:19:18.939 over you, 00:19:19.419 --> 00:19:19.559 there will 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:19.779 be a 00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:20.159 king of 00:19:20.159 --> 00:19:20.359 his 00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:20.759 choosing, 00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:22.659 but they're 00:19:22.659 --> 00:19:23.179 wanting this 00:19:23.179 --> 00:19:23.599 king, 00:19:24.139 --> 00:19:24.939 you know, 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:25.699 where is 00:19:25.699 --> 00:19:26.099 Samuel 00:19:26.099 --> 00:19:27.319 understanding this? 00:19:28.119 --> 00:19:30.899 he's like the 00:19:30.899 --> 00:19:31.639 man that's 00:19:31.639 --> 00:19:33.619 eating the 00:19:33.619 --> 00:19:34.259 good word 00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:34.839 of God, 00:19:35.399 --> 00:19:36.159 listening and 00:19:36.159 --> 00:19:37.459 obeying to 00:19:37.459 --> 00:19:38.079 the voice of 00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:38.439 God, 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:40.179 even when it's 00:19:40.179 --> 00:19:40.559 not what he 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:41.279 wants to hear, 00:19:42.219 --> 00:19:42.819 even when he 00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:43.379 thinks it's 00:19:43.379 --> 00:19:43.619 wrong, 00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:44.500 and it's an 00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:45.339 interesting point 00:19:45.339 --> 00:19:47.399 that God's 00:19:47.399 --> 00:19:48.539 people are 00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:48.979 going the 00:19:48.979 --> 00:19:49.459 wrong way, 00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:51.700 Samuel knows 00:19:51.700 --> 00:19:52.440 that it is 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:53.019 not aligned 00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:53.400 with the 00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:54.039 favour of 00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:54.400 God, 00:19:55.100 --> 00:19:55.579 they want 00:19:55.579 --> 00:19:56.180 this king, 00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:58.100 but he 00:19:58.100 --> 00:19:58.740 doesn't walk 00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:59.120 away, 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.100 he doesn't 00:20:00.100 --> 00:20:00.380 take 00:20:00.380 --> 00:20:01.120 humbrage 00:20:01.120 --> 00:20:01.460 to this, 00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:01.860 he doesn't 00:20:01.860 --> 00:20:02.220 take the 00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:02.819 huff with 00:20:02.819 --> 00:20:03.920 God, 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:05.100 he doesn't 00:20:05.100 --> 00:20:05.500 take the 00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:05.700 huff, 00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.100 he doesn't 00:20:06.100 --> 00:20:06.460 fall out 00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:06.740 with the 00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:07.380 people over 00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:07.640 it, 00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:09.700 he doesn't 00:20:09.700 --> 00:20:10.140 go looking 00:20:10.140 --> 00:20:10.480 for a 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:10.700 better 00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.220 people, 00:20:12.860 --> 00:20:13.880 he doesn't 00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:14.420 refuse to 00:20:14.420 --> 00:20:14.740 do the 00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.200 job that 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:15.640 God had 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:16.100 given him 00:20:16.100 --> 00:20:16.460 to do, 00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:21.200 God 00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:22.140 says to 00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:22.559 tell the 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.019 people it 00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.460 is wrong, 00:20:23.700 --> 00:20:23.980 this is 00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:24.420 your job, 00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:24.860 tell the 00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:25.279 people it 00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:25.539 is wrong 00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:25.860 and you 00:20:25.860 --> 00:20:27.360 must tell 00:20:27.360 --> 00:20:27.600 them, 00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.539 but if 00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:30.920 they want 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:31.539 their king, 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.319 I will 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:32.840 grant it 00:20:32.840 --> 00:20:33.319 to them, 00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:35.620 I know 00:20:35.620 --> 00:20:36.079 that they 00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:36.660 have rejected 00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:37.100 me, 00:20:37.579 --> 00:20:38.620 and Samuel 00:20:38.620 --> 00:20:39.299 it's hard 00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.759 for you to 00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.360 understand, 00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:42.100 but be 00:20:42.100 --> 00:20:42.819 faithful to 00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.000 him, 00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:43.799 you don't 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.420 understand 00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:44.880 what's going 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.059 on, 00:20:45.100 --> 00:20:45.420 but be 00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:45.880 faithful, 00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:46.900 this is 00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:47.319 part of 00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:47.519 my 00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:48.000 eternal 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:48.779 purpose, 00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:49.779 to bring 00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.259 this 00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:51.279 kingdom 00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:51.640 into 00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:52.340 formation, 00:20:52.860 --> 00:20:53.200 and to 00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:53.720 set this 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.500 kingship, 00:20:54.600 --> 00:20:55.160 this new 00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:56.319 season of 00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:57.519 kings in 00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:57.880 my 00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:58.880 eternal 00:20:58.880 --> 00:20:59.759 purposes. 00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:05.140 You know, 00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:05.759 sometimes we 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.039 look at 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.660 ourselves and 00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:07.019 we wonder 00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.600 what's going 00:21:07.600 --> 00:21:07.900 on, 00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:09.299 and we 00:21:09.299 --> 00:21:09.799 look around 00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.059 and think 00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:10.340 what's 00:21:10.340 --> 00:21:10.740 happening? 00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:12.660 We ask 00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:13.279 God what's 00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:13.579 going on 00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:13.900 in this 00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:14.259 world, 00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:15.720 why are 00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.360 you people 00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:16.939 adopting 00:21:16.939 --> 00:21:17.579 the world's 00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:17.979 methods? 00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:21.459 But then, 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:22.279 in all 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.719 honesty, 00:21:22.859 --> 00:21:23.240 we ask 00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:23.799 ourselves, 00:21:24.219 --> 00:21:25.059 why am I 00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:25.500 adopting 00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:27.459 the world's 00:21:27.459 --> 00:21:27.839 methods? 00:21:28.979 --> 00:21:30.019 What am I 00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.479 doing in 00:21:30.479 --> 00:21:31.119 my life? 00:21:32.479 --> 00:21:32.879 And like, 00:21:33.439 --> 00:21:33.819 it's almost 00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:34.439 as if we're 00:21:34.439 --> 00:21:35.740 suffering through 00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:36.639 our lives 00:21:36.639 --> 00:21:37.519 against these 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:38.000 sins. 00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:39.459 We look at 00:21:39.459 --> 00:21:40.019 ourselves and 00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:40.379 we say, 00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:42.680 why was I 00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:42.840 doing, 00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:44.540 why have I 00:21:44.540 --> 00:21:45.140 done that? 00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:46.580 Why have I 00:21:46.580 --> 00:21:47.020 not been 00:21:47.020 --> 00:21:47.540 given my 00:21:47.540 --> 00:21:48.040 time to 00:21:48.040 --> 00:21:48.780 reading God's 00:21:48.780 --> 00:21:49.000 word? 00:21:49.100 --> 00:21:49.540 Why have I 00:21:49.540 --> 00:21:49.880 not been 00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:50.400 praying? 00:21:51.120 --> 00:21:51.360 You know, 00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:51.980 I thought I 00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.240 would have 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:53.080 grown so 00:21:53.080 --> 00:21:53.760 much more 00:21:53.760 --> 00:21:55.380 if I had 00:21:55.380 --> 00:21:55.720 been eating 00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.100 the good 00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:56.540 fruit, 00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.120 if I had 00:21:57.120 --> 00:21:57.360 been in 00:21:57.360 --> 00:21:57.660 the word 00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:58.160 of God, 00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.900 feeding of 00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.260 this 00:21:59.260 --> 00:22:00.520 goodness. 00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:02.539 that my 00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:03.200 poor 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:04.019 preferences 00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.700 has left 00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:04.940 me 00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.480 suffering 00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.900 through 00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:06.339 life 00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:06.579 with 00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:06.859 these 00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:07.500 sins. 00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:08.359 We 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:08.759 struggle 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:08.980 to 00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.740 understand 00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.440 ourselves, 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.139 we struggle 00:22:11.139 --> 00:22:11.900 to understand 00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.319 God's 00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.000 times, 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:14.759 God's so 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:15.259 mysterious 00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:16.059 to us. 00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:17.779 And there's 00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.420 many days 00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:18.680 where we 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:18.940 ask, 00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.180 you know, 00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:19.480 what's 00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:19.940 going on? 00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.519 How can 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:20.900 this be 00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.220 for your 00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:21.579 good? 00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:21.980 You know, 00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.519 Samuel 00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:22.779 would have 00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:22.900 been 00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:23.180 asking, 00:22:24.379 --> 00:22:24.680 is 00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:24.859 your 00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:25.139 student 00:22:25.139 --> 00:22:25.480 the wrong 00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:25.879 thing? 00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:26.200 And how 00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:26.639 can this 00:22:26.639 --> 00:22:26.980 be for 00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:27.200 any 00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.599 good? 00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:29.859 And God 00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:30.339 is the 00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:31.059 God who 00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:31.599 works all 00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.219 things for 00:22:32.219 --> 00:22:32.559 good. 00:22:34.139 --> 00:22:34.919 No matter 00:22:34.919 --> 00:22:35.479 where we 00:22:35.479 --> 00:22:35.859 are, 00:22:35.979 --> 00:22:36.399 however we 00:22:36.399 --> 00:22:36.740 feel, 00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:37.159 the best 00:22:37.159 --> 00:22:37.659 place for 00:22:37.659 --> 00:22:38.079 us is to 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:38.559 listen and 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.379 consume this 00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:40.619 goodness of 00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:40.979 God, 00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:42.539 to listen to 00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:42.979 God's 00:22:42.979 --> 00:22:43.459 words. 00:22:44.459 --> 00:22:44.599 And the 00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:45.419 most beneficial 00:22:45.419 --> 00:22:46.740 place to 00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.299 us, the 00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:48.240 most beneficial 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.119 thing for 00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:49.599 us as 00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:50.179 Christians, 00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.059 is to 00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:51.839 feed off 00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:52.659 this 00:22:52.659 --> 00:22:53.719 goodness 00:22:53.719 --> 00:22:54.959 of God 00:22:54.959 --> 00:22:55.599 that he 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.039 has given 00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:56.479 us through 00:22:56.479 --> 00:22:57.119 his word. 00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.539 We'll never 00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:58.979 be like 00:22:58.979 --> 00:22:59.339 Samuel. 00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:00.819 like a 00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.099 prophet. 00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:04.419 But we 00:23:04.419 --> 00:23:04.919 must be 00:23:04.919 --> 00:23:06.359 faithful to 00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:08.119 him, not 00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:08.939 understanding 00:23:08.939 --> 00:23:09.339 what's 00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.000 happening in 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:11.019 the times, 00:23:12.219 --> 00:23:12.779 how he 00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.339 has placed 00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:13.979 these things 00:23:13.979 --> 00:23:14.319 in my 00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:14.659 life. 00:23:14.719 --> 00:23:14.819 You know, 00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.199 you look at 00:23:15.199 --> 00:23:15.719 Job and 00:23:15.719 --> 00:23:16.099 you wonder, 00:23:16.419 --> 00:23:16.619 you know, 00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:17.000 how did 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.519 he feel? 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.339 But he 00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:20.139 held to 00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:21.059 God, he 00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:21.539 held to 00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.079 his word. 00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.459 We must 00:23:24.459 --> 00:23:25.179 be obedient 00:23:25.179 --> 00:23:25.699 to what 00:23:25.699 --> 00:23:26.539 God asks 00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.079 of us, 00:23:27.639 --> 00:23:28.059 whatever 00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.839 God asks 00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.299 us, 00:23:29.659 --> 00:23:29.919 whether 00:23:29.919 --> 00:23:30.339 it's to 00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.799 tell the 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.399 people that 00:23:31.399 --> 00:23:31.699 they are 00:23:31.699 --> 00:23:31.980 wrong, 00:23:32.639 --> 00:23:32.799 whether 00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:34.399 God uses 00:23:34.399 --> 00:23:35.379 us in 00:23:35.379 --> 00:23:35.779 whichever 00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:37.500 way, we 00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.319 listen to 00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:38.619 him. 00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.399 And if we 00:23:40.399 --> 00:23:40.899 listen to 00:23:40.899 --> 00:23:42.639 him, it 00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:42.899 will be 00:23:42.899 --> 00:23:43.539 within his 00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:43.939 will. 00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.159 And that 00:23:45.159 --> 00:23:45.480 is the 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.179 best place 00:23:46.179 --> 00:23:46.500 for us 00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:46.899 to be. 00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.399 We listen 00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:48.919 to God 00:23:48.919 --> 00:23:49.819 because he 00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.379 is a God 00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:51.179 worth trusting 00:23:51.179 --> 00:23:52.699 and he is a 00:23:52.699 --> 00:23:53.279 God worth 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:54.659 waiting upon 00:23:54.659 --> 00:23:55.000 in our 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.439 lives. 00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.539 and 00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:56.880 briefly 00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:57.160 the 00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.480 prince, 00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:57.820 and all 00:23:57.820 --> 00:23:58.080 I want 00:23:58.080 --> 00:23:58.420 to say 00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:58.779 about the 00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.480 prince is 00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:01.000 that Samuel 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.720 came as 00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.299 this man. 00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:04.519 He was 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.000 going about 00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.519 his daily 00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.000 duty. 00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:07.820 He was 00:24:07.820 --> 00:24:08.240 looking for 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.759 donkeys. 00:24:10.580 --> 00:24:11.160 And he 00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.539 came to 00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.360 this prophet, 00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.340 this seer, 00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:15.240 to ask that 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.600 they would 00:24:15.600 --> 00:24:16.220 show him 00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.680 the way 00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:18.420 to find 00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:19.140 the donkeys. 00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:23.520 God's 00:24:23.520 --> 00:24:24.080 eternal 00:24:24.080 --> 00:24:24.780 purposes 00:24:24.780 --> 00:24:25.340 surprise 00:24:25.340 --> 00:24:25.900 us. 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:26.820 Maybe you 00:24:26.820 --> 00:24:27.140 can look 00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:27.540 back in 00:24:27.540 --> 00:24:27.960 your life 00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.400 and think, 00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.320 you know, 00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.040 I thought 00:24:31.040 --> 00:24:31.640 this should 00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.100 have happened 00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:32.759 this way, 00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.520 but God 00:24:33.520 --> 00:24:36.020 changed it. 00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:36.800 And it 00:24:36.800 --> 00:24:37.080 was the 00:24:37.080 --> 00:24:37.680 right time 00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.020 then, 00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.340 looking back, 00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:39.800 that God 00:24:39.800 --> 00:24:40.360 didn't allow 00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:40.980 me to go 00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:42.020 the way I 00:24:42.020 --> 00:24:42.259 did. 00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:42.860 It was 00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.259 hard at 00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.640 the time 00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:43.820 and I 00:24:43.820 --> 00:24:44.020 didn't 00:24:44.020 --> 00:24:44.600 understand 00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:44.800 it. 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.520 Maybe 00:24:45.520 --> 00:24:45.880 God 00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.240 sent 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.620 someone 00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.340 in your 00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:48.060 experience 00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:49.539 and just 00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:49.859 what you 00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:50.339 needed at 00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:50.899 that time. 00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:51.079 And it 00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.299 was a 00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.579 complete 00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:52.179 surprise 00:24:52.179 --> 00:24:52.679 to you 00:24:52.679 --> 00:24:53.599 that he 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.039 did it. 00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:54.700 Maybe it 00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.179 was someone 00:24:55.179 --> 00:24:56.240 just talking 00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.599 to you 00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:56.980 and giving 00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.319 you a 00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:57.700 word in 00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.119 season. 00:24:59.659 --> 00:25:00.139 I 00:25:00.139 --> 00:25:00.379 didn't 00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:01.000 understand 00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.359 it at 00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:01.799 the time, 00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.059 but it 00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.480 was the 00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:02.940 best, 00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:03.419 most 00:25:03.419 --> 00:25:03.899 beneficial 00:25:03.899 --> 00:25:04.399 thing 00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:05.039 for me. 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:07.879 How we 00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.220 can go 00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.740 about our 00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.539 daily lives 00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.179 and God 00:25:10.179 --> 00:25:11.359 can use 00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:11.659 us. 00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.460 We 00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.480 often feel 00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:15.879 like we're 00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:16.259 not doing 00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:16.779 any good, 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.659 but God 00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.740 God's 00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:20.380 providence 00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.680 over all 00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.340 things, 00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.400 God's 00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:23.820 providence 00:25:23.820 --> 00:25:24.400 over us 00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:24.740 as his 00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.140 created 00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.740 beings, 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:26.960 how God 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.480 works out 00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:27.700 his 00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.259 providence 00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.600 in our 00:25:28.600 --> 00:25:29.019 lives. 00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.380 We 00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:31.880 struggle to 00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:32.340 understand 00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:33.340 it because 00:25:33.340 --> 00:25:33.680 we don't 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:34.040 know the 00:25:34.040 --> 00:25:34.720 big picture, 00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:35.940 but we 00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.360 must be 00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:37.040 faithful to 00:25:37.040 --> 00:25:37.340 him, 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.560 faithful 00:25:39.560 --> 00:25:40.800 that he 00:25:40.800 --> 00:25:41.220 is one 00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.519 that will 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:41.960 put a 00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.540 king over 00:25:42.540 --> 00:25:43.019 us. 00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:45.060 He will 00:25:45.060 --> 00:25:45.460 be our 00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:45.820 king. 00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:47.399 put all 00:25:47.399 --> 00:25:47.539 the 00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.099 desires 00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.879 to the 00:25:48.879 --> 00:25:49.339 side. 00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.039 We eat 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.480 the goodness 00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:51.919 of the 00:25:51.919 --> 00:25:52.299 word of 00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:52.939 God and 00:25:52.939 --> 00:25:53.879 trust in 00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:54.740 this word 00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:56.200 and trust 00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:56.819 in the 00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:58.220 king that 00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.039 God 00:25:59.039 --> 00:26:01.899 took 00:26:01.899 --> 00:26:03.799 and placed 00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.460 higher than 00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.000 any other 00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.659 king, 00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.740 the king 00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.319 over all 00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:07.659 kings, 00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.039 the Lord 00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.399 Jesus 00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:09.079 Christ, 00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:10.779 a king 00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.460 that is worth 00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:12.019 trusting, 00:26:12.159 --> 00:26:12.799 a king that is 00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.500 worth waiting 00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.240 upon, a 00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.579 king that 00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.019 will do 00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:16.680 us good 00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:18.140 if we 00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:18.740 trust in 00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:20.920 him, a 00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.339 king that 00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.700 we can 00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.500 rely upon. 00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:23.900 All the 00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:24.500 other kings 00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:24.819 of the 00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.200 Bible 00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:26.119 failed, 00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.900 so all 00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.400 failed, 00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.819 but King 00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.539 Jesus will 00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.259 not fail 00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.619 us. 00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.000 He is 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.660 our mighty 00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.619 king, 00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:37.079 and he 00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.420 is a 00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:37.940 king that 00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.579 can use 00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.299 us for 00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:40.000 his glory, 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:42.380 as 00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:43.079 strange as 00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.660 it is, 00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.660 people that 00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:44.980 are so 00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.599 flawed, 00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.819 and people 00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.539 that struggle 00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.119 with their 00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:48.619 sins, 00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.859 and choose 00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.339 the wrong 00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.859 thing, 00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:52.140 but God 00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.440 in his 00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:52.900 eternal 00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.559 purpose 00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.720 will bless 00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.140 it to 00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.680 his glory. 00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.079 So I 00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:57.579 pray that 00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.059 we know 00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.920 God's hand 00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.500 working in 00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.980 our lives, 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.460 even when 00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.359 we're confused 00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.759 and don't 00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.240 understand 00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:02.880 what's going 00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.140 on, 00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:04.119 even when 00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.559 we're going 00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.000 the wrong 00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.359 way, 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:06.920 even when 00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.160 we're going 00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:07.640 about our 00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:07.920 daily 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.559 business, 00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.000 we're 00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.640 God 00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.299 intervened, 00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.319 and God 00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:14.440 revealed to 00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.740 us that 00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:17.079 he is 00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:18.160 our king, 00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.240 and that he 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.819 is a king 00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.319 that we can 00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.039 trust in. 00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.180 Amen. 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:22.680 May these 00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.660 thoughts be 00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.220 blessed to 00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.519 us. 00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:25.900 We will 00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.539 sing in 00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.339 conclusion in 00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:28.299 Psalm 24, 00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:30.700 the Scottish 00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.140 Salter.