WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.780 For today we're in 2 Samuel chapter 1. 00:00:03.820 --> 00:00:06.759 Our passage is only the first 16 verses. 00:00:07.339 --> 00:00:08.939 ! So verses 1 through 16. 00:00:09.779 --> 00:00:16.719 ! I read this and I invite you to receive it, trusting that it's God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, sufficient word. 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:19.320 It's his very own word for you and me, his people. 00:00:20.780 --> 00:00:21.920 2 Samuel 1. 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:29.560 Now it came to pass, after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:32.820 and David had stayed two days in Ziklag, 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:39.920 on the third day, behold, it happened that a man came from Saul's camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. 00:00:40.579 --> 00:00:45.159 So it was when he came to David that he fell to the ground and prostrated himself. 00:00:46.159 --> 00:00:48.480 And David said to him, Where have you come from? 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:51.739 So he said to him, I have escaped from the camp of Israel. 00:00:52.239 --> 00:00:54.599 Then David said to him, How did the matter go? 00:00:55.140 --> 00:00:55.939 Please tell me. 00:00:55.939 --> 00:00:59.059 And he answered, The people have fled from the battle. 00:00:59.199 --> 00:01:00.939 Many of the people are fallen and dead. 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:03.780 And Saul and Jonathan, his sons, are dead also. 00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:07.480 So David said to the young man who told him, 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:10.900 How do you know that Saul and Jonathan, his son, are dead? 00:01:11.500 --> 00:01:13.479 Then the young man who told him said, 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:16.579 As I happened by chance to be on Mount Gilboa, 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:19.019 there was Saul leaning on his spear. 00:01:19.500 --> 00:01:22.599 And indeed the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:28.059 Now when he looked behind me, he saw and called me, and I answered, Here I am. 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:30.799 Then he said to me, Who are you? 00:01:30.839 --> 00:01:33.959 So I said to him, I am an Amalekite. 00:01:34.699 --> 00:01:38.299 He said to me again, Please stand over me and kill me, 00:01:38.659 --> 00:01:42.819 for anguish has come upon me, but my life still remains in me. 00:01:42.819 --> 00:01:45.759 So I stood over him and killed him, 00:01:45.859 --> 00:01:49.159 because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. 00:01:49.559 --> 00:01:53.639 So I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, 00:01:53.959 --> 00:01:55.859 and have brought them here to my Lord. 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:00.359 Therefore David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:02.519 and so did all the men who were with him. 00:02:02.739 --> 00:02:06.179 And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul 00:02:06.180 --> 00:02:10.180 and for Jonathan his son, for the people of the Lord, 00:02:10.460 --> 00:02:14.780 and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword. 00:02:15.740 --> 00:02:18.480 Then David said to the young man who told him, 00:02:18.860 --> 00:02:19.879 Where are you from? 00:02:19.920 --> 00:02:23.819 And he answered, I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite. 00:02:24.480 --> 00:02:30.879 So David said to him, How was it you were not afraid to put forth your hand 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:33.280 to destroy the Lord's anointed? 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:37.039 Then David called one of the young men and said, 00:02:37.300 --> 00:02:39.060 Go near and execute him. 00:02:39.780 --> 00:02:42.360 And he struck him so that he died. 00:02:43.620 --> 00:02:47.560 So David said to him, Your blood is on your own head, 00:02:47.979 --> 00:02:51.740 for your own mouth has testified against you, 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:54.840 saying, I have killed the Lord's anointed. 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:57.520 The word of God for the people of God. 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:00.659 Thanks be to God. Please be seated. 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:11.840 Let's pray. 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:11.840 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:23.680 Oh Lord, we trust your promises about your word, 00:03:24.719 --> 00:03:26.639 that your word is sharp. 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:29.120 It pierces through where no man can, 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:31.719 in the hand of the Holy Spirit. 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:36.120 Lord, we ask that your Holy Spirit will take your word, 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:38.200 even this ancient narrative, 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:42.180 and that your spirit will shine the light of Jesus Christ 00:03:42.180 --> 00:03:43.500 on this ancient passage, 00:03:43.700 --> 00:03:46.540 and apply it to our lives in a way, Lord, 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:49.780 that you intended when you gave this to your church. 00:03:49.780 --> 00:03:52.620 We pray that you will help the preacher, Lord, 00:03:52.740 --> 00:03:55.520 to proclaim truths that exalt you, 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:58.680 that are right, and that edify your body. 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:00.460 We pray for your church, Lord, 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:02.400 to receive you by faith, 00:04:02.900 --> 00:04:04.120 to have discerning ears, 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:07.819 to be pulled deeper and deeper into your word. 00:04:08.840 --> 00:04:09.680 And we thank you, Lord, 00:04:09.759 --> 00:04:11.719 for how though we are so limited, 00:04:11.920 --> 00:04:12.900 you are so powerful. 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:13.819 And we pray, Lord, 00:04:13.860 --> 00:04:16.340 that you will minister in your powerful way, 00:04:16.339 --> 00:04:18.539 despite our weaknesses, 00:04:18.899 --> 00:04:20.739 that you'll do this for your glory in our lives, 00:04:20.819 --> 00:04:21.259 we ask. 00:04:21.599 --> 00:04:21.899 Amen. 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:30.459 Well, to survive in this world, 00:04:30.579 --> 00:04:33.120 we have to find out what is enough. 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:38.739 What's enough study time to get an A for that teacher? 00:04:40.079 --> 00:04:43.319 How fast do I have to run a mile in order to make a team? 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:47.219 How many times do I have to practice my lines 00:04:47.219 --> 00:04:49.879 to be ready to perform them live on the stage? 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:54.939 For some of you, 00:04:55.019 --> 00:04:57.439 it's how much do I have to go above and beyond 00:04:57.439 --> 00:04:58.339 to get the bonus, 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:00.539 to get the five-star rating? 00:05:01.779 --> 00:05:03.319 How much is enough? 00:05:05.779 --> 00:05:08.800 And today's passage forces us to face the same question 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:10.339 as this young Amalekite. 00:05:10.339 --> 00:05:15.339 He wants to secure a place in David's rising kingdom. 00:05:16.979 --> 00:05:19.079 David has been anointed by God. 00:05:19.359 --> 00:05:21.819 The word anointed is Messiah. 00:05:22.879 --> 00:05:24.500 The word Christ is anointed. 00:05:25.599 --> 00:05:28.599 So David is a shadow for us of the coming kingdom. 00:05:30.539 --> 00:05:32.439 And there's no question more important 00:05:32.439 --> 00:05:34.659 for you and me today than that as well. 00:05:35.539 --> 00:05:39.879 What is enough to secure a place in the kingdom? 00:05:40.339 --> 00:05:44.899 I think we can learn from this non-example 00:05:44.899 --> 00:05:47.199 four things that are not enough. 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:50.639 And then with God's help to answer from Scripture 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:51.679 what is enough. 00:05:52.919 --> 00:05:53.659 So number one, 00:05:55.639 --> 00:05:57.979 is it enough to secure a place in God's kingdom 00:05:57.979 --> 00:06:00.739 knowing who the true king is? 00:06:00.740 --> 00:06:04.780 I want to argue that it's not enough 00:06:04.780 --> 00:06:07.000 to simply know who the true king is. 00:06:07.460 --> 00:06:08.340 Look at verse one. 00:06:08.939 --> 00:06:11.439 It came to pass after the death of Saul 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:13.860 when David had returned from the slaughter 00:06:13.860 --> 00:06:16.340 of which group? 00:06:16.579 --> 00:06:17.040 Which people? 00:06:17.960 --> 00:06:18.900 The Amalekites. 00:06:19.579 --> 00:06:20.740 Remember the Amalekites, 00:06:21.139 --> 00:06:22.379 the predatory parasites 00:06:22.379 --> 00:06:24.100 that sneak in and prey on the weak? 00:06:24.760 --> 00:06:26.720 The ones who burned down Ziklag 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:28.820 and carried off all the women and children? 00:06:30.020 --> 00:06:31.580 That's who David just went out 00:06:31.580 --> 00:06:34.200 and with God's power they slayed them. 00:06:34.660 --> 00:06:35.720 Now 400 of them, 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:36.600 I think it was, 00:06:36.660 --> 00:06:37.920 they fled off on camels. 00:06:40.280 --> 00:06:41.900 And David had come back now 00:06:41.900 --> 00:06:43.439 having rescued the women and children, 00:06:43.540 --> 00:06:45.500 they're back in the ashes of their town. 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:47.660 He stayed there two days, 00:06:48.220 --> 00:06:51.079 smelling that smell, 00:06:51.779 --> 00:06:53.699 the fire that these Amalekites 00:06:53.699 --> 00:06:54.759 had set to their city. 00:06:55.540 --> 00:06:57.180 But at least it's with his family, 00:06:57.420 --> 00:06:59.100 with their wives, their children. 00:07:00.139 --> 00:07:01.800 They get to see one another again. 00:07:02.819 --> 00:07:03.420 Verse two says, 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:04.319 on the third day, 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:05.800 behold it happened 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:08.500 that a man came from Saul's camp. 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:10.819 The narrator unfolds 00:07:10.819 --> 00:07:13.480 small but important details gradually. 00:07:13.660 --> 00:07:14.500 That's all we get for now. 00:07:14.500 --> 00:07:15.839 You can see almost the silhouette 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:18.060 walking towards them of a man. 00:07:18.699 --> 00:07:19.980 And it's from the direction of 00:07:19.980 --> 00:07:21.560 where this battle took place. 00:07:22.439 --> 00:07:23.420 And as he gets closer, 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:24.759 they can see his clothing, 00:07:25.019 --> 00:07:26.620 their torn clothes. 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:29.060 And there's dust on his head. 00:07:29.139 --> 00:07:29.980 This is what you would do 00:07:29.980 --> 00:07:32.579 if you're grieving and mourning publicly. 00:07:32.699 --> 00:07:33.920 You want people to know right away, 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:36.500 I'm a person that's hurt and injured emotionally. 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:38.120 Give me space. 00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:40.540 And ask me what's going on. 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:43.000 Outwardly, 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:44.300 this man appears to be 00:07:44.300 --> 00:07:46.560 emotionally distraught, 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:48.220 undone. 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:50.540 And so it was, 00:07:50.660 --> 00:07:52.899 when this man now gets very close 00:07:52.899 --> 00:07:53.899 and he came to David, 00:07:54.699 --> 00:07:56.620 he falls to the ground 00:07:56.620 --> 00:07:58.540 and prostrates himself 00:07:58.540 --> 00:07:59.459 before David, 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:02.060 the man anointed to be the king 00:08:02.060 --> 00:08:03.459 under the Lord 00:08:03.459 --> 00:08:04.540 over his people. 00:08:04.540 --> 00:08:07.540 Well, this initial impression 00:08:08.140 --> 00:08:09.140 we get of this man 00:08:09.140 --> 00:08:11.120 is one who outwardly appears 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:12.580 to be on the side of Israel. 00:08:13.939 --> 00:08:15.660 Outwardly, he appears to be humble, 00:08:15.900 --> 00:08:16.240 meek, 00:08:16.840 --> 00:08:17.700 and one who belongs 00:08:17.700 --> 00:08:18.900 to the kingdom of heaven 00:08:18.900 --> 00:08:19.820 coming to earth 00:08:19.820 --> 00:08:22.540 in this shadowy form in Israel. 00:08:22.540 --> 00:08:26.460 And let's just pause right here 00:08:26.460 --> 00:08:26.860 because 00:08:26.860 --> 00:08:29.240 it's hard to interpret 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:31.240 these Old Testament passages correctly 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:32.860 and the science of 00:08:32.860 --> 00:08:34.639 correctly interpreting God's word 00:08:34.639 --> 00:08:35.820 is called hermeneutics. 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:38.039 And then when we go to apply God's word, 00:08:38.120 --> 00:08:39.519 we often get it wrong as well. 00:08:40.039 --> 00:08:41.560 So here's a very simple rule 00:08:41.560 --> 00:08:42.300 we need to remember 00:08:42.300 --> 00:08:43.980 on difficult passages like this. 00:08:45.420 --> 00:08:46.620 We are always 00:08:46.620 --> 00:08:48.000 the worst person 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:48.860 in any narrative. 00:08:49.399 --> 00:08:50.120 That's us. 00:08:50.420 --> 00:08:51.340 Let's just start with that. 00:08:51.340 --> 00:08:52.280 And then the next part is 00:08:52.280 --> 00:08:53.639 what does this reveal about God? 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:55.980 So right away, 00:08:56.100 --> 00:08:57.200 let's recognize 00:08:57.200 --> 00:08:58.480 that this Amalekite, 00:08:59.340 --> 00:09:00.720 this man approaching David, 00:09:00.899 --> 00:09:01.980 prostrating before David, 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:03.360 this is who we need 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:04.360 to identify with. 00:09:06.660 --> 00:09:08.180 Some of us have known 00:09:08.180 --> 00:09:09.540 the emptiness 00:09:09.540 --> 00:09:11.160 of this type of worship. 00:09:12.540 --> 00:09:14.019 Maybe some today who 00:09:14.019 --> 00:09:16.000 this is the only type 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:17.100 of knowledge of God 00:09:17.100 --> 00:09:17.879 that you have. 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:20.440 Let me put on 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:21.280 an outward show 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:22.379 of reverence to him 00:09:22.379 --> 00:09:24.740 and maybe he'll remember 00:09:24.740 --> 00:09:26.720 me when he comes 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:28.179 in glory and power 00:09:28.179 --> 00:09:28.679 one day. 00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:31.360 Brothers and sisters, 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:32.659 for you and me, 00:09:32.759 --> 00:09:33.459 that's been part 00:09:33.459 --> 00:09:34.199 of our testimony. 00:09:35.860 --> 00:09:37.220 Is that enough 00:09:37.220 --> 00:09:39.419 to know who the true king is 00:09:39.419 --> 00:09:40.980 and put on an outward show 00:09:40.980 --> 00:09:42.139 of religion? 00:09:43.139 --> 00:09:44.120 It's not enough, 00:09:44.159 --> 00:09:44.439 is it? 00:09:44.440 --> 00:09:47.840 in Matthew 8, 00:09:47.900 --> 00:09:48.460 29, 00:09:49.460 --> 00:09:50.160 the demons 00:09:50.160 --> 00:09:52.880 recognize the son of God 00:09:52.880 --> 00:09:54.120 walking the earth 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:55.480 and they say to him, 00:09:55.880 --> 00:09:57.060 what have you to do 00:09:57.060 --> 00:09:57.600 with us, 00:09:57.660 --> 00:09:58.320 son of God? 00:09:58.540 --> 00:09:59.560 Have you come here 00:09:59.560 --> 00:10:00.720 to torment us 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:01.940 before the time? 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:03.880 The demons knew 00:10:03.880 --> 00:10:05.820 who the true king is. 00:10:05.900 --> 00:10:06.940 It's Jesus Christ. 00:10:06.940 --> 00:10:07.040 Christ. 00:10:07.680 --> 00:10:09.320 And that's not enough 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:10.640 to have a place 00:10:10.640 --> 00:10:11.280 in his kingdom. 00:10:13.780 --> 00:10:14.880 Not only is 00:10:14.880 --> 00:10:17.860 that superficial worship 00:10:17.860 --> 00:10:18.900 and knowledge of God 00:10:18.900 --> 00:10:19.700 insufficient, 00:10:20.260 --> 00:10:21.660 but also doing 00:10:21.660 --> 00:10:22.720 what we guess 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:23.980 the true king 00:10:23.980 --> 00:10:24.800 wants done 00:10:24.800 --> 00:10:26.480 is also not enough. 00:10:27.320 --> 00:10:28.520 Doing what we guess 00:10:28.520 --> 00:10:29.220 the true king 00:10:29.220 --> 00:10:29.940 wants done 00:10:29.940 --> 00:10:31.620 is also not enough 00:10:31.620 --> 00:10:33.120 to secure a place 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:33.880 in his kingdom. 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:35.659 That's what the Amalekite 00:10:35.659 --> 00:10:36.279 tries next. 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:37.120 Look at verse 3. 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:38.939 David said to him, 00:10:39.700 --> 00:10:40.740 where do you come from? 00:10:41.179 --> 00:10:42.240 So he said to him, 00:10:42.580 --> 00:10:43.240 I have escaped 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:44.500 from the camp of Israel. 00:10:46.460 --> 00:10:47.779 Well, the immediate thought 00:10:47.779 --> 00:10:48.820 that David has here 00:10:48.820 --> 00:10:49.519 is I want to hear 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:50.220 the report 00:10:50.220 --> 00:10:50.980 because again, 00:10:51.039 --> 00:10:51.539 he's been off 00:10:51.539 --> 00:10:52.519 fighting a different battle, 00:10:52.939 --> 00:10:53.939 saving back his women, 00:10:54.259 --> 00:10:55.019 the women and children 00:10:55.019 --> 00:10:55.740 from Ziklag. 00:10:56.379 --> 00:10:57.639 And he's been wondering 00:10:57.639 --> 00:10:58.779 now for two days, 00:10:58.940 --> 00:10:59.919 is the battle over? 00:10:59.980 --> 00:11:00.600 How did it go? 00:11:00.940 --> 00:11:02.279 And this is the first report 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:02.659 he gets. 00:11:02.659 --> 00:11:04.439 So it's what's on David's mind 00:11:04.439 --> 00:11:05.139 in verse 4. 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:06.740 David said to him, 00:11:07.459 --> 00:11:08.539 how did the matter go? 00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:09.279 Please tell me. 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:09.959 And he answered, 00:11:10.459 --> 00:11:11.980 the people have fled 00:11:11.980 --> 00:11:12.819 from the battle. 00:11:13.439 --> 00:11:14.879 All of Israel retreated. 00:11:14.939 --> 00:11:15.559 They ran away. 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:16.679 Many of the people 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:17.980 have fallen dead, 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:19.600 including Saul 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:20.860 and Jonathan, 00:11:21.439 --> 00:11:22.120 his son. 00:11:22.899 --> 00:11:24.600 They're also dead. 00:11:27.600 --> 00:11:28.740 We can put ourselves 00:11:28.740 --> 00:11:29.519 there with David. 00:11:29.659 --> 00:11:31.539 This is his beloved friend, 00:11:31.539 --> 00:11:33.179 his brother in the battle, 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:35.019 the one who had recognized 00:11:35.019 --> 00:11:35.860 David as the one 00:11:35.860 --> 00:11:36.819 that God has anointed 00:11:36.819 --> 00:11:37.439 and chosen. 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:38.860 I would love to have 00:11:38.860 --> 00:11:40.579 a place in this kingdom. 00:11:41.740 --> 00:11:42.899 And he hears these words 00:11:42.899 --> 00:11:44.339 that Jonathan and Saul 00:11:44.339 --> 00:11:45.399 are both dead. 00:11:48.099 --> 00:11:49.399 What's on David's mind 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:50.079 in verse 5? 00:11:50.219 --> 00:11:51.299 David said to the young man 00:11:51.299 --> 00:11:51.899 who told him, 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:53.159 how do you know 00:11:53.159 --> 00:11:54.259 that Saul and Jonathan, 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:55.339 his son, 00:11:55.500 --> 00:11:55.959 are dead? 00:11:56.819 --> 00:11:57.539 Isn't that one of the 00:11:57.539 --> 00:11:58.719 early stages of grief? 00:11:58.860 --> 00:12:00.139 It's shock and denial. 00:12:00.139 --> 00:12:01.319 I just got to know 00:12:01.319 --> 00:12:02.199 if this is going to even 00:12:02.199 --> 00:12:03.220 sink in. 00:12:03.580 --> 00:12:04.500 Are you an eyewitness? 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:07.220 Do I need to accept 00:12:07.220 --> 00:12:08.799 this hard truth from you? 00:12:09.899 --> 00:12:10.319 Verse 6, 00:12:10.379 --> 00:12:11.159 then the young man 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:11.980 who told him said, 00:12:12.460 --> 00:12:14.480 as I happened by chance, 00:12:15.019 --> 00:12:16.240 it already makes you wonder 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:17.460 if that's a stretch. 00:12:18.220 --> 00:12:18.799 That's what this 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:19.740 Amalekite's claiming. 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:21.480 As I happened by chance 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:22.620 to be on Mount Gilboa, 00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:24.200 there was Saul 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:25.960 leaning on his spear. 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:29.400 Well, you can look back 00:12:29.400 --> 00:12:30.920 to the last chapter 00:12:30.920 --> 00:12:31.980 of 1 Samuel, 00:12:32.920 --> 00:12:33.780 chapter 31, 00:12:33.940 --> 00:12:34.800 verse 4b, 00:12:34.940 --> 00:12:35.860 says that Saul 00:12:35.860 --> 00:12:37.220 leaned on his sword, 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:38.600 not his spear. 00:12:39.540 --> 00:12:40.500 Now, we know more 00:12:40.500 --> 00:12:41.340 than David knows. 00:12:42.340 --> 00:12:42.940 We've heard 00:12:42.940 --> 00:12:44.139 the narrator's account. 00:12:44.680 --> 00:12:45.420 David hasn't. 00:12:46.340 --> 00:12:47.280 But we're already 00:12:47.280 --> 00:12:48.340 even more suspicious. 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:49.740 If at first 00:12:49.740 --> 00:12:50.920 it was profiling him 00:12:50.920 --> 00:12:51.639 for just being 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:52.280 an Amalekite, 00:12:52.340 --> 00:12:53.160 maybe that was wrong, 00:12:53.259 --> 00:12:54.600 but now we're suspicious 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:55.500 of his report. 00:12:56.800 --> 00:12:57.860 And then what he says next, 00:12:58.019 --> 00:12:58.860 indeed the chariots 00:12:58.860 --> 00:12:59.560 and horsemen 00:12:59.560 --> 00:13:00.879 followed hard 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:01.680 after Saul. 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:04.019 Well, chapter 31, 00:13:04.139 --> 00:13:04.580 verse 3, 00:13:04.659 --> 00:13:06.000 says it was the archers 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:07.100 who got Saul. 00:13:07.220 --> 00:13:08.320 Three times in one verse, 00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:08.860 the archers, 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:09.480 the archers, 00:13:09.800 --> 00:13:10.399 the archers, 00:13:11.060 --> 00:13:12.120 not the chariots. 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:13.600 Verse 7, 00:13:13.659 --> 00:13:14.460 now when he looked 00:13:14.460 --> 00:13:15.580 behind him, 00:13:15.680 --> 00:13:16.420 he saw me 00:13:16.420 --> 00:13:17.080 and called, 00:13:17.180 --> 00:13:17.920 and I answered, 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:19.660 here I am. 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:22.220 This Amalekite's 00:13:22.220 --> 00:13:23.060 positioning himself 00:13:23.059 --> 00:13:23.939 as a servant 00:13:23.939 --> 00:13:25.439 to the king of Israel. 00:13:27.419 --> 00:13:28.599 Here I am. 00:13:28.699 --> 00:13:29.179 In Hebrew, 00:13:29.319 --> 00:13:30.199 it's a heavy word. 00:13:31.099 --> 00:13:32.319 It's the same response 00:13:32.319 --> 00:13:33.599 of Abraham to God. 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:35.479 Here I am, God. 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:36.119 I'm your servant. 00:13:36.979 --> 00:13:37.679 It's the response 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:38.199 of Moses 00:13:38.199 --> 00:13:39.199 at the burning bush 00:13:39.199 --> 00:13:39.659 to God. 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:40.619 Here I am, God. 00:13:41.439 --> 00:13:42.139 And Isaiah 00:13:42.139 --> 00:13:43.500 in the throne room, 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:44.299 here I am. 00:13:45.439 --> 00:13:46.279 It signifies 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:47.399 total availability 00:13:47.399 --> 00:13:48.299 and submission 00:13:48.299 --> 00:13:49.799 to the greater king. 00:13:50.939 --> 00:13:51.899 And this Amalekite's 00:13:51.899 --> 00:13:52.699 portraying himself 00:13:52.699 --> 00:13:53.539 as faithful, 00:13:54.059 --> 00:13:54.980 obedient servant 00:13:54.980 --> 00:13:56.579 of the king of Israel. 00:13:58.480 --> 00:13:59.340 And he's trying 00:13:59.340 --> 00:13:59.860 to say that 00:13:59.860 --> 00:14:00.679 anything I did 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:01.480 was just out of 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:02.759 my duty now 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:03.299 to the one 00:14:03.299 --> 00:14:03.819 who I've said 00:14:03.819 --> 00:14:04.419 is my king. 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:06.559 In verse 8, 00:14:07.319 --> 00:14:08.079 he said to me, 00:14:08.199 --> 00:14:09.159 who are you? 00:14:09.439 --> 00:14:10.439 So I answered him, 00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:12.279 I am an Amalekite. 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:13.740 He said to me again, 00:14:13.860 --> 00:14:14.879 please stand over me 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:15.559 and kill me 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:16.939 for anguish 00:14:16.939 --> 00:14:18.000 has come upon me 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:19.819 but my life 00:14:19.820 --> 00:14:20.740 still remains. 00:14:22.020 --> 00:14:23.340 The word anguish, 00:14:24.540 --> 00:14:25.080 Shabbat, 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:26.120 it's rare 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:26.680 and difficult 00:14:26.680 --> 00:14:27.740 to translate this. 00:14:28.379 --> 00:14:28.980 Some scholars 00:14:28.980 --> 00:14:30.020 suggest it refers 00:14:30.020 --> 00:14:31.560 to a seizure, 00:14:31.740 --> 00:14:32.540 like a spasm 00:14:32.540 --> 00:14:33.400 of all the muscles. 00:14:34.700 --> 00:14:35.640 Perhaps implying 00:14:35.640 --> 00:14:36.780 that Saul's armor, 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:39.000 there's the armor 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:39.420 of Saul 00:14:39.420 --> 00:14:40.580 making another appearance, 00:14:40.680 --> 00:14:41.540 had become a trap 00:14:41.540 --> 00:14:41.920 for him 00:14:41.920 --> 00:14:42.800 and he's suffocating. 00:14:43.940 --> 00:14:44.940 Maybe he was paralyzed 00:14:44.940 --> 00:14:46.080 by the terror 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:46.680 of the moment. 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:48.239 The Amalekite 00:14:48.239 --> 00:14:49.399 uses this specific 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:51.159 medical sounding term 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:54.120 and it adds detail 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:54.839 to the story 00:14:54.839 --> 00:14:56.219 and maybe this part 00:14:56.219 --> 00:14:56.659 is true 00:14:56.659 --> 00:14:57.739 that he did seesaw 00:14:57.739 --> 00:14:58.379 there. 00:14:58.519 --> 00:14:58.859 By the way, 00:14:58.919 --> 00:14:59.439 he walked away 00:14:59.439 --> 00:15:00.139 with the bracelet 00:15:00.139 --> 00:15:00.719 and the crown. 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:01.799 He did get those somehow. 00:15:02.620 --> 00:15:03.639 So maybe those details 00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:04.339 are accurate. 00:15:06.199 --> 00:15:06.659 Verse 10, 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:07.979 so I stood over him 00:15:07.979 --> 00:15:09.359 and killed him 00:15:09.359 --> 00:15:11.079 because I was sure 00:15:11.079 --> 00:15:12.620 he could not live 00:15:12.620 --> 00:15:13.839 after he had fallen. 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:16.600 So the Amalekite's claiming 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:18.019 I did the right thing. 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:19.700 I took the old man 00:15:19.700 --> 00:15:20.500 out of his misery. 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:22.180 He was in anguish 00:15:22.180 --> 00:15:24.259 and I just was doing 00:15:24.259 --> 00:15:25.080 a gracious thing. 00:15:25.160 --> 00:15:26.700 I was mercifully letting him 00:15:26.700 --> 00:15:28.120 die in peace, 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:29.139 end his suffering. 00:15:30.820 --> 00:15:31.720 But he's saying 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:32.500 that I'm the one 00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:34.019 who killed Saul 00:15:34.019 --> 00:15:35.340 and now we know 00:15:35.340 --> 00:15:37.340 he's bearing false witness. 00:15:37.460 --> 00:15:38.019 He's lying. 00:15:39.040 --> 00:15:39.800 Chapter 31, 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:41.060 verse 4b says 00:15:41.060 --> 00:15:43.139 that Saul killed himself. 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:46.139 The Amalekite 00:15:46.139 --> 00:15:46.860 is most likely 00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:47.820 trying to take credit 00:15:47.820 --> 00:15:49.100 for something he thought 00:15:49.100 --> 00:15:50.840 the true king, 00:15:50.980 --> 00:15:51.240 David, 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:52.860 would want to have done. 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:54.700 He's guessing 00:15:54.700 --> 00:15:56.100 at what the new king 00:15:56.100 --> 00:15:57.420 wanted to happen 00:15:57.420 --> 00:15:59.740 and telling this report 00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:01.000 to promote himself 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:01.720 in the eyes 00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:02.920 of the rising king. 00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:05.759 But doing what we guess 00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:07.180 the true king wants 00:16:07.180 --> 00:16:08.100 done 00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:09.379 is not enough 00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:10.480 to secure a place 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:11.840 in his kingdom. 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:14.320 How many of us 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:15.120 have approached God 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:15.600 that way? 00:16:16.420 --> 00:16:17.600 I don't know 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:19.080 what God wants 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:20.780 but I think God wants me 00:16:20.780 --> 00:16:21.700 to do this or that 00:16:21.700 --> 00:16:22.399 and so I'm going to 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:23.120 do these things 00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:24.060 and my intention is 00:16:24.060 --> 00:16:25.879 to get some points 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:26.840 in God's eyes 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:27.759 and be able to present 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:28.680 this back to God. 00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:29.860 Look what I have done 00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:30.560 for you, Lord. 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:32.200 And our Lord Jesus 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:33.060 warned about that 00:16:33.060 --> 00:16:33.860 in the New Testament. 00:16:34.860 --> 00:16:35.660 He doesn't want 00:16:35.660 --> 00:16:36.580 our sacrifices. 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:38.320 He wants us 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:39.280 to obey him. 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:40.899 And what he's called us 00:16:40.899 --> 00:16:42.000 to do is very simple. 00:16:42.839 --> 00:16:43.559 Believe in me. 00:16:44.339 --> 00:16:45.480 Follow me. 00:16:47.019 --> 00:16:48.039 I will be the king 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:48.639 of your life. 00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:50.139 I will be your good shepherd. 00:16:51.079 --> 00:16:52.019 Abide in me. 00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:53.799 That's what he calls us to. 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:55.339 Our flesh, 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:56.139 we want to go around 00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:57.539 doing what we guess 00:16:57.539 --> 00:16:58.539 he wants us to do. 00:16:58.939 --> 00:16:59.539 Adding on 00:16:59.539 --> 00:17:00.699 what we think 00:17:00.699 --> 00:17:01.519 are good works 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:02.779 in order to secure 00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:03.980 a place in his kingdom. 00:17:04.339 --> 00:17:05.299 And that's not enough. 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:07.019 Number three, 00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:08.879 giving what we think 00:17:08.879 --> 00:17:09.660 the king wants 00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:10.500 to receive 00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:11.980 is also not enough 00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:13.200 to secure a place 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:13.819 in his kingdom. 00:17:14.619 --> 00:17:15.660 Giving what we think 00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.379 the king wants 00:17:16.379 --> 00:17:17.139 to receive 00:17:17.139 --> 00:17:18.420 is not enough 00:17:18.420 --> 00:17:19.319 to secure a place 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:19.940 in his kingdom. 00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:21.480 Look at verse 10. 00:17:22.299 --> 00:17:23.319 The Amalekite continues, 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:24.639 I took the crown 00:17:24.639 --> 00:17:25.879 that was on his head 00:17:25.879 --> 00:17:26.519 and the bracelet 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:27.500 that was on his arm 00:17:27.500 --> 00:17:30.259 and I have brought them here 00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:31.700 to the Lord, 00:17:32.059 --> 00:17:32.619 to David. 00:17:34.299 --> 00:17:35.440 I could have sold these, 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:36.640 I could have bartered them away. 00:17:36.840 --> 00:17:38.080 It's a lot of gold 00:17:38.080 --> 00:17:39.860 and silver in my hands. 00:17:40.420 --> 00:17:41.340 My clothes are torn 00:17:41.340 --> 00:17:42.920 and I'm bringing them 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:43.700 to you, David. 00:17:44.460 --> 00:17:45.740 But it's a transaction. 00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:46.880 It's bartering. 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:48.880 These are very valuable. 00:17:49.360 --> 00:17:50.740 But what's even more valuable 00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:52.480 is a high place, 00:17:52.580 --> 00:17:54.100 a standing secured for me 00:17:54.100 --> 00:17:55.080 in the kingdom 00:17:55.080 --> 00:17:55.980 of this new king. 00:17:57.420 --> 00:17:58.500 The Amalekites saw 00:17:58.500 --> 00:17:59.440 a power vacuum 00:18:00.080 --> 00:18:01.220 over the Israelites 00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:02.920 who David had just 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:04.220 defeated the Amalekites. 00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:06.720 And by bringing the crown 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:07.839 and the bracelet to David, 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:08.759 he was essentially 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:11.120 crowning David himself. 00:18:11.860 --> 00:18:12.920 Likely hoping for 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:14.019 a high-ranking position 00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:14.920 or some kind of 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:16.900 massive financial reward 00:18:16.900 --> 00:18:18.660 for delivering the news 00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:20.740 and the emblems 00:18:20.740 --> 00:18:21.299 of the power 00:18:21.299 --> 00:18:22.500 David would soon hold. 00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:25.579 In verse 11 we read, 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:26.420 Therefore David 00:18:26.420 --> 00:18:28.380 took hold of his own clothes 00:18:28.380 --> 00:18:29.640 and tore them. 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:31.259 And so did all the men 00:18:31.259 --> 00:18:32.019 who were with him. 00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:33.059 And they mourned 00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:33.579 and wept 00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:34.359 and fasted 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:35.079 until evening 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:36.200 for Saul 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:38.079 and for Jonathan his son, 00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:39.980 for the people of the Lord 00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:41.619 and for the house of Israel 00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:43.279 because they had fallen 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:45.079 on the sword. 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:50.220 It shows you David's heart 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:50.859 one more time. 00:18:51.639 --> 00:18:53.259 It's not for the crown. 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:55.539 It's not for what 00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:56.639 this world could offer. 00:18:56.940 --> 00:18:57.900 His heart is for 00:18:57.900 --> 00:18:59.420 the Lord's anointed 00:18:59.420 --> 00:19:00.880 and his son 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:03.240 and the people of God. 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:06.120 The whole house of Israel 00:19:06.120 --> 00:19:08.400 for his brothers in battle 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:09.060 who were all 00:19:09.060 --> 00:19:10.640 slain by the sword. 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:11.980 Many of these 00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.340 would have been 00:19:12.340 --> 00:19:13.620 those same 3,000 00:19:13.620 --> 00:19:14.460 skilled soldiers 00:19:14.460 --> 00:19:15.560 who had been chasing 00:19:15.560 --> 00:19:16.780 David and his men 00:19:16.780 --> 00:19:17.720 around in the wilderness 00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.960 all these years. 00:19:19.560 --> 00:19:20.460 These Benjamites 00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:21.940 who they could have viewed 00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.560 as their enemy. 00:19:23.360 --> 00:19:23.900 And this is 00:19:23.900 --> 00:19:25.120 tearing David up 00:19:25.120 --> 00:19:26.060 in his heart. 00:19:26.059 --> 00:19:28.399 Instead of celebrating 00:19:28.399 --> 00:19:29.579 the death of his rival, 00:19:30.579 --> 00:19:31.759 his reaction was one 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:33.099 of genuine sorrow. 00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:35.579 And as goes the king, 00:19:35.700 --> 00:19:36.619 so goes his kingdom. 00:19:37.220 --> 00:19:38.000 All his people, 00:19:38.099 --> 00:19:38.919 his men with him, 00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:40.579 share his heart 00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:42.619 for the Lord's people. 00:19:44.379 --> 00:19:45.240 Verse 13, 00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:46.000 Then David said 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.879 to the young man 00:19:46.879 --> 00:19:47.960 who told him, 00:19:48.339 --> 00:19:49.579 Where are you from? 00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:50.579 And he answered, 00:19:50.659 --> 00:19:51.559 I am the son 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:52.859 of a stranger, 00:19:53.179 --> 00:19:53.859 an Amalekite. 00:19:53.859 --> 00:19:56.240 This is the same 00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:57.099 question and answer 00:19:57.099 --> 00:19:57.979 that Saul used 00:19:57.979 --> 00:19:59.359 with this young man. 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:01.179 Who are you? 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:01.899 Where are you from? 00:20:01.979 --> 00:20:02.799 I'm an Amalekite. 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:03.459 And now, 00:20:04.699 --> 00:20:05.299 the new king 00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:06.359 asked that same question 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:06.839 and answer. 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:09.439 So Saul's interaction 00:20:09.439 --> 00:20:10.219 with the Amalekite 00:20:10.219 --> 00:20:10.719 is set up 00:20:10.719 --> 00:20:11.719 as a contrast 00:20:11.719 --> 00:20:13.000 with David's interaction 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:13.879 with the Amalekite. 00:20:14.699 --> 00:20:16.039 The downfalling king 00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:17.539 and the uprising king 00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.919 set in contrast 00:20:18.919 --> 00:20:19.740 one to the other. 00:20:21.219 --> 00:20:22.000 Saul represents 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:23.019 the way of the world, 00:20:23.019 --> 00:20:23.799 a king like 00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.859 all the other nations. 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:27.200 And David represents 00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:29.119 the kingdom of God. 00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.759 In verse 14, 00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:31.680 David said to him, 00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:32.660 How was it 00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:33.720 you were not afraid 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:35.160 to stretch forth 00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:36.160 your hand 00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:37.299 and destroy 00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:39.599 the Lord's Messiah? 00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:42.259 That's the word he uses. 00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:43.639 You have attacked 00:20:43.639 --> 00:20:45.019 the one that God anointed. 00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:47.319 This is not just 00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:48.700 a crime against man. 00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:50.240 It's an assault 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:52.379 upon God himself. 00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:55.360 Here the Amalekite came 00:20:55.360 --> 00:20:56.340 bringing to the king 00:20:56.340 --> 00:20:57.420 what he thought 00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:58.080 the king would want 00:20:58.080 --> 00:20:59.260 to receive as a gift. 00:21:00.120 --> 00:21:00.900 The crown. 00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:03.000 The thing that David's 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.900 been very patiently 00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:04.580 waiting for 00:21:04.580 --> 00:21:05.460 in God's timing. 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.520 Here it is 00:21:06.520 --> 00:21:07.340 in your hands. 00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:09.180 And instead, 00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.360 David's heart 00:21:10.360 --> 00:21:11.600 has been reserved 00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:12.400 by the spirit 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:13.560 for God's timing. 00:21:14.100 --> 00:21:15.120 For God's way 00:21:15.120 --> 00:21:15.760 of doing it. 00:21:17.340 --> 00:21:18.140 Giving the king 00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:18.860 what we think 00:21:18.860 --> 00:21:19.480 he wants 00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.260 is not enough. 00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:23.220 we can fall 00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.779 into that same 00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.279 temptation 00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:25.160 of the Middle Ages. 00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:26.799 I'm going to 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:28.200 drop some coins 00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:30.539 into the offering box 00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:32.019 and God will use 00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:32.839 that to overlook 00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:34.140 a portion of my sins. 00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.720 Or I'm going to 00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:37.359 sacrifice and give 00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:38.579 in all these other ways. 00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:39.759 But yet, 00:21:39.879 --> 00:21:40.740 my heart isn't 00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.359 the Lord's. 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:42.140 My heart's not 00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:42.839 for his people, 00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:43.859 for his coming kingdom, 00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.379 what he's made 00:21:44.379 --> 00:21:45.019 very clear. 00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:47.779 We need to repent 00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.220 of that 00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:49.539 and instead of 00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:50.079 trying to bring 00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:50.480 a gift 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.240 we think the Lord 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:52.000 may want from me, 00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:52.920 we need to give him 00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.519 ourselves. 00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:54.980 We need to surrender 00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.839 our whole lives 00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.899 to the Lord. 00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.519 That's what he's after 00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:59.680 with God's people 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:00.279 all along. 00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:00.899 It's our heart. 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:03.839 Well, 00:22:03.899 --> 00:22:05.200 the fourth observation 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:06.379 is the last one. 00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:07.720 It's still no solution. 00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:10.059 But to sum it all up, 00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:10.599 it's this. 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:12.119 There is nothing 00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:14.180 we can do 00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:14.639 or bring 00:22:14.639 --> 00:22:15.339 or know 00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:16.740 to secure a place 00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.399 for ourselves 00:22:17.399 --> 00:22:18.039 in the kingdom 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:19.519 that is coming. 00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:20.939 There's nothing 00:22:20.939 --> 00:22:21.619 we can know, 00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:21.919 do, 00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.359 or bring 00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:23.159 that will ever 00:22:23.159 --> 00:22:24.559 be enough. 00:22:25.879 --> 00:22:26.720 Verse 15 says, 00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:27.539 Then David called 00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.419 one of the young men 00:22:28.419 --> 00:22:29.119 and said to him, 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.039 Go near 00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:31.659 and execute him. 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.699 And he struck him 00:22:33.699 --> 00:22:35.419 so that he died. 00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:39.319 In a military 00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:40.839 or royal context, 00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:42.619 this term, 00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.399 young man, 00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.220 that's been used 00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:45.159 of the Amalekite, 00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:46.619 it refers to 00:22:46.619 --> 00:22:47.399 a servant 00:22:47.399 --> 00:22:48.859 or an armor bearer 00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:49.659 close to someone 00:22:49.659 --> 00:22:50.119 important. 00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:51.859 And that's how 00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:52.459 the Amalekite 00:22:52.459 --> 00:22:53.379 had portrayed himself. 00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.679 I'm Saul's helper. 00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.699 I'm this young man 00:22:55.699 --> 00:22:56.480 associated with 00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.399 Israel and Saul. 00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.939 The irony is that 00:22:59.939 --> 00:23:01.220 David uses 00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:02.639 his own young man, 00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:04.399 his own armor bearer 00:23:04.399 --> 00:23:05.220 to execute 00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:06.839 this man 00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:07.240 who bore 00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:08.059 a false witness 00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.919 and who killed 00:23:08.919 --> 00:23:09.740 the Lord's anointed. 00:23:11.199 --> 00:23:12.039 It creates 00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.519 a measure 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:13.199 for measure 00:23:13.199 --> 00:23:14.679 parallel. 00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:18.460 This servant 00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.840 is now killed 00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:21.400 for being an assassin. 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.920 In verse 9, 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:25.100 the Amalekite claims 00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:26.160 that Saul had said 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:27.600 that he was in 00:23:27.600 --> 00:23:28.120 anguish 00:23:28.120 --> 00:23:28.680 and pain. 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:31.279 And in verse 16, 00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:32.500 David said to him, 00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.340 Your blood 00:23:33.340 --> 00:23:34.539 is on your own head 00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:35.480 for your own mouth. 00:23:35.580 --> 00:23:36.140 You testified 00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:37.759 against you saying, 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.960 I have killed 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.960 the Lord's 00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.940 anointed. 00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:43.240 Saul's not 00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.680 letting him 00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.180 off the hook 00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:44.799 even if his 00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.640 story was true. 00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:47.100 Even if King Saul 00:23:47.100 --> 00:23:47.779 had asked you 00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.380 to do that, 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.519 your blood, 00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.160 his blood 00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:51.180 is on your hands. 00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:52.180 You're guilty. 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.759 David's acting 00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.380 as a king. 00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:56.680 The king 00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:57.240 in a monarchy 00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.720 judges. 00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:59.240 He makes decisions. 00:23:59.460 --> 00:23:59.960 He rules 00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.900 in hard cases 00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:02.259 like King Solomon 00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.039 had to judge, 00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:04.400 be the supreme court. 00:24:05.860 --> 00:24:06.220 And David 00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.000 has now declared 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.960 this man guilty. 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:09.900 He says, 00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.500 Your mouth 00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.420 has answered 00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:12.559 against you. 00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.559 You have said 00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.079 I killed 00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:16.720 the king. 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.720 We know more 00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.200 than David. 00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:19.980 We also know 00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.880 that this man 00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.640 is bearing 00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:22.380 false witness. 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.100 He's lying. 00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.259 Someone commented, 00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:26.220 Anytime that the 00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.100 witness of an 00:24:27.100 --> 00:24:28.380 Amalekite disagrees 00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:29.120 with the witness 00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:30.299 of the narrative, 00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:32.019 never listen 00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.860 to the Amalekite. 00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.759 The narrator 00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.360 is inspired 00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:36.340 by the Holy Spirit. 00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.380 Of course, 00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:38.120 the cynics 00:24:38.120 --> 00:24:38.540 and critics 00:24:38.540 --> 00:24:39.300 will point to this. 00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:39.640 Oh, see, 00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.020 the Bible 00:24:40.020 --> 00:24:41.000 contradicts itself. 00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:41.460 The Bible 00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.600 has even errors, 00:24:43.020 --> 00:24:43.780 some have said. 00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:44.880 No, 00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.620 the Amalekite 00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.700 bore false witness 00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:48.460 and under Torah law, 00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:50.320 a malicious witness 00:24:50.320 --> 00:24:51.120 who seeks 00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:51.620 the death 00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:52.080 of another 00:24:52.080 --> 00:24:52.920 through lies 00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.820 deserves 00:24:53.820 --> 00:24:55.420 the same punishment. 00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.440 So the irony, 00:24:57.760 --> 00:24:58.300 even though David 00:24:58.300 --> 00:24:58.720 didn't know 00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.660 as much as we know, 00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:02.200 is that he had lied 00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:03.100 about killing Saul 00:25:03.100 --> 00:25:04.200 to get this reward 00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.400 and that lie 00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:06.560 was now the legal 00:25:06.560 --> 00:25:08.220 basis furthermore 00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:09.640 for his execution. 00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:11.820 Luke 18, 00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.340 14, 00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:13.019 Jesus said, 00:25:13.340 --> 00:25:13.840 all those 00:25:13.840 --> 00:25:15.519 who exalt themselves 00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.840 will be humbled 00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:18.120 and those 00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:19.200 who humble themselves 00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:20.560 will be exalted. 00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.880 Saul had exalted 00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.860 himself over 00:25:23.860 --> 00:25:24.180 and over 00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:24.920 and over again 00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:26.200 and he has been 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.759 brought low. 00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:29.160 And in the kingdom 00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:29.660 of God, 00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.280 this pattern 00:25:30.280 --> 00:25:30.980 will stop. 00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:33.120 the first person 00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:33.740 trying to creep 00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.720 into David's kingdom 00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:36.279 is an Amalekite 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:38.860 trying to pretend 00:25:38.860 --> 00:25:39.559 like he's not 00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.059 an enemy 00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.940 of God's kingdom 00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.860 and God's people, 00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:43.819 trying to exalt himself 00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:45.799 and he ends 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.940 with execution. 00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.700 This will not happen 00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.700 in the kingdom 00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.680 of God's anointed 00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.360 where the Lord 00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:52.140 truly rules 00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.940 over his people. 00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.059 It's those 00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:55.400 who humble themselves 00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:56.559 low before 00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.400 the anointed one 00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:57.880 of God 00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:59.319 who kiss the son 00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:02.259 lest he be angry 00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:03.119 and you will perish. 00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:05.059 Those are the ones 00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.599 he is pleased 00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.200 to exalt. 00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.919 There is nothing 00:26:07.919 --> 00:26:09.000 we can do 00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.659 or know 00:26:09.659 --> 00:26:10.299 or bring 00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:11.119 that will ever 00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:12.639 be enough. 00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.599 Think of 00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:15.679 what other stories 00:26:15.679 --> 00:26:16.799 this reminds you of. 00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:18.919 Probably a lot. 00:26:19.179 --> 00:26:19.519 God's word 00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.220 is so rich 00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:21.659 and there are really 00:26:21.659 --> 00:26:23.119 only so many themes 00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:23.839 in all of scripture 00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:25.059 but they're rich 00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.539 and beautiful 00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.519 and they all work together. 00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.179 The Amalekite 00:26:28.179 --> 00:26:28.879 wanted to trade 00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.500 these pieces 00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.480 of gold and silver 00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.680 for a place 00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.740 in the kingdom 00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.300 of God 00:26:33.300 --> 00:26:33.980 under David. 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.640 He was self-promoting, 00:26:35.840 --> 00:26:36.400 manipulating, 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.320 leveraging 00:26:37.320 --> 00:26:38.460 to get a reward 00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.260 for himself. 00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.900 The Amalekite 00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:42.080 viewed the death 00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:43.240 of the Lord's anointed 00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:46.000 as an opportunity 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:47.400 for gain 00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:48.960 in this life. 00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.520 He was like 00:26:51.520 --> 00:26:52.580 a shadow of Judas. 00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.600 Aren't you picturing him? 00:26:55.100 --> 00:26:55.720 Both men 00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.540 viewed the Messiah 00:26:56.540 --> 00:26:57.560 as a commodity 00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.480 to be traded 00:26:58.480 --> 00:27:00.679 for personal advancement 00:27:00.679 --> 00:27:01.980 and financial gain. 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:04.279 They saw 00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.399 the true king 00:27:05.399 --> 00:27:07.899 but they completely 00:27:07.899 --> 00:27:08.539 missed out 00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.299 on his kingdom. 00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.740 Brothers and sisters, 00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.579 my last question 00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:14.240 for us today, 00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.779 we've come to the end 00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.480 of our passage 00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:18.179 but I've only given you 00:27:18.179 --> 00:27:19.359 depressing news so far. 00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:21.419 Here's the last question. 00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:22.839 What is enough 00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:24.599 to have a place 00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.740 in the Lord's kingdom? 00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:27.599 What is enough 00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:29.120 to have a place 00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:30.420 with King Jesus? 00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:32.460 David, 00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:34.440 the man after God's heart 00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:35.200 which is better 00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:36.200 translated this way, 00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.640 the man 00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.940 upon whom God 00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.460 had set 00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:41.000 his divine heart 00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:43.740 elected by God 00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:45.120 not because 00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:46.000 he deserved anything 00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.660 but because 00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:47.460 God chose 00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.579 to show David grace. 00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:51.279 He refused 00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.299 the crown 00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:53.519 this way 00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:55.759 because the Holy Spirit 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.579 caused him to. 00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:58.359 He would 00:27:58.359 --> 00:28:00.359 receive the crown 00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:01.279 from God alone 00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:03.299 in God's timeline 00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.659 and in God's way. 00:28:05.659 --> 00:28:06.059 To David, 00:28:06.179 --> 00:28:06.559 the crown 00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.339 wasn't something 00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:08.199 to be snatched 00:28:08.199 --> 00:28:08.919 for himself. 00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.539 The Lord 00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.359 had already taught him 00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:11.859 this lesson 00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:12.740 several times 00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.460 to wait 00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:15.339 upon the Lord. 00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:17.519 David has been 00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.139 anointed 00:28:18.139 --> 00:28:19.439 but his whole life 00:28:19.439 --> 00:28:19.919 so far 00:28:19.919 --> 00:28:20.639 has been misery, 00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.639 suffering, 00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.359 wilderness. 00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:24.939 He's in exile. 00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.339 He's a sojourner. 00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:28.240 A man without a home. 00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:30.679 The home he temporarily 00:28:30.679 --> 00:28:31.639 had just got burnt 00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:32.179 to ashes. 00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.759 But he has received 00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.279 from the Lord 00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.899 a promise. 00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.699 And all things 00:28:38.699 --> 00:28:40.119 have not yet 00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:40.720 been put under 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.359 his feet. 00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.480 And he's trusting 00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.140 by faith 00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:44.620 that God 00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:45.180 will be true 00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:46.140 to his promise. 00:28:46.860 --> 00:28:47.420 And God 00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.180 will do 00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.960 what he said. 00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:51.759 You see how 00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.900 David foreshadows 00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:54.140 the great king, 00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:55.380 the great anointed one. 00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:57.259 Think of Matthew 4, 00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:58.019 9 and 10. 00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.200 Jesus says, 00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.339 all these things 00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:01.759 I will give you. 00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.279 I'm sorry. 00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:04.000 In Matthew 4, 00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:05.460 the enemy tempts Jesus. 00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.940 Satan says to Jesus, 00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:08.720 I will give you 00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.819 all these things. 00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.200 I will give you 00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:11.620 the kingdoms 00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:12.519 of this whole world, 00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:12.880 Jesus. 00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:14.300 But you must fall down 00:29:14.300 --> 00:29:15.100 and worship me. 00:29:16.340 --> 00:29:17.320 And our Lord Jesus 00:29:17.320 --> 00:29:18.660 quotes back to the enemy. 00:29:19.520 --> 00:29:20.240 You shall worship 00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.740 the Lord your God. 00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.740 Jesus is the king 00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.940 ruled by God's word, 00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:26.540 ruled by God's law, 00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:29.240 fearing God alone. 00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:31.480 Luke 9, 58. 00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:34.240 The son of man, 00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:35.060 Jesus Christ, 00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:36.160 has nowhere to lay 00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.680 his head. 00:29:37.540 --> 00:29:38.480 He traveled this earth 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.340 like David, 00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.120 like an exile. 00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.760 A man that was poor. 00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:43.019 No one recognized 00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:44.599 him as the true king. 00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:47.339 Philippians 2, 8 and 9. 00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:49.079 Jesus Christ humbled himself 00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:50.339 and became obedient 00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:51.420 to the point of death. 00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.900 He is the one 00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.619 who reversed 00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:54.900 the pattern 00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:56.180 that Saul could never keep. 00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:58.119 Instead of exalting himself, 00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.420 Jesus made himself 00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:01.559 as low as could possibly be 00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:03.160 and then much lower still 00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:04.079 and cursed. 00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:05.879 And therefore, 00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:07.140 because of his obedience, 00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.500 his act of obedience 00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.180 to the Father, 00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:10.460 God has highly 00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.740 exalted him. 00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.539 In Hebrews 2, 8, 00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:15.580 God has put all things 00:30:15.580 --> 00:30:16.680 in subjection 00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.759 under the feet 00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.580 of King Jesus. 00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:20.080 Already spiritually, 00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.759 he rules. 00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.700 And one day, 00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:23.120 he will rule physically 00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.980 and consummately. 00:30:24.080 --> 00:30:24.620 His kingdom 00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:26.259 will cover the earth. 00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:29.160 We do not yet see 00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:30.580 all things put under 00:30:30.580 --> 00:30:31.120 his feet, 00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.580 Hebrews tells us, 00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:33.220 but we know 00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:34.940 he is the king. 00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:37.220 Luke 18, 00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:39.079 as we read earlier, 00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.500 Jesus is teaching 00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.120 those who came 00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:43.279 into the house of God 00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:44.220 a place that's meant 00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:45.279 to be a house of prayer. 00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.720 And he said, 00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.740 a Pharisee stood 00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.339 and prayed 00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:51.180 with himself, 00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.220 God, I thank you 00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.779 I'm not like 00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:54.039 other men sinners. 00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.880 A man trying 00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.880 to manipulate God, 00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:58.140 trying to self-promote 00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:59.660 within the kingdom of God, 00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.819 just like the Amalekite. 00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:02.740 And telling God, 00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:03.819 here's a list of reasons 00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:04.440 why you should 00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:05.660 show me your favor. 00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:08.440 And Jesus said, 00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.319 there is another man 00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:10.960 standing far off 00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:13.160 who would not so much 00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.920 raise his eyes 00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.559 to heaven, 00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:16.539 but he pounded his chest 00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:16.860 saying, 00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.360 God, 00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:19.059 be merciful to me, 00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:19.600 a sinner. 00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:21.039 I tell you, 00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:21.700 Jesus said, 00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:23.120 to all those listening 00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:23.940 then and now, 00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.460 this man 00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:27.079 went down to his house 00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.700 justified, 00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.519 the one that said, 00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:29.960 have mercy on me, 00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.259 Lord, 00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:31.740 the one that bowed low 00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.380 before God, 00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.420 that humbled himself 00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.819 before the true king. 00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:36.740 The other man 00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.559 did not go home 00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:39.299 forgiven or justified. 00:31:40.159 --> 00:31:40.960 For everyone 00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:42.099 who exalts himself 00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:42.839 will be humbled 00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:44.799 and he who humbles himself 00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:46.059 will be exalted. 00:31:48.919 --> 00:31:49.720 The Samalekite 00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.460 tried to get 00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.339 the anointed king 00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:52.179 to remember him 00:31:52.179 --> 00:31:53.419 based on what he brought 00:31:53.419 --> 00:31:55.259 and what he had claimed 00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:55.879 to do. 00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.579 He tried to secure 00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.619 a place in the kingdom 00:31:58.619 --> 00:31:59.259 of God 00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:01.059 based on his own 00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.839 merits. 00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:04.859 Lord Jesus, 00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.699 remember 00:32:05.699 --> 00:32:07.159 me 00:32:07.159 --> 00:32:08.899 who did all of this 00:32:08.899 --> 00:32:09.819 for you. 00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:12.459 Brethren and sister, 00:32:12.939 --> 00:32:13.859 if that's your prayer 00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.599 or your attitude 00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.399 toward the Lord, 00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:17.039 there is no place. 00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:19.319 We need to humble ourselves, 00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:21.139 put all those things aside. 00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:23.059 It's the sinner 00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:24.619 just like the thief 00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:25.299 on the cross 00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:26.859 who had nothing 00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.459 to bring, 00:32:27.919 --> 00:32:28.899 nothing to offer 00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:30.259 the true king. 00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:33.720 I think the reason 00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.440 we're so encouraged 00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:35.079 by the criminal 00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.859 on the cross 00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:38.099 is because 00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:40.519 his faith 00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.339 in that moment 00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:42.259 as he's dying, 00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:44.099 it's what we all 00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:44.640 cry out 00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:46.700 and we do have 00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.200 some things 00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.920 we can look to 00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.519 in our lives 00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.119 and that man 00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:49.759 in that moment 00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.539 had nothing 00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:52.059 and he cried out, 00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:52.420 Lord, 00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.740 remember me 00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.720 when you come 00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.720 into your kingdom. 00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.680 That's the same prayer 00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.900 that the Amalekites 00:32:58.900 --> 00:32:59.700 asking David 00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.480 in other words 00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:02.060 and that's our prayer 00:33:02.060 --> 00:33:03.360 in this life 00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:04.460 and as we think 00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:05.019 about the life 00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.400 to come, 00:33:05.540 --> 00:33:05.660 Lord, 00:33:05.800 --> 00:33:06.820 will you remember me 00:33:06.820 --> 00:33:07.740 when you come 00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.259 in your kingdom? 00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.780 Is there more I can do 00:33:09.780 --> 00:33:11.900 to have that place 00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.800 secured with you? 00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.740 But be encouraged, 00:33:14.860 --> 00:33:15.600 brothers and sisters. 00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:16.820 Like, 00:33:17.040 --> 00:33:17.680 this is Jesus' 00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.360 own words, 00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:18.900 the sinner 00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:19.720 who said, 00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.759 beating his chest, 00:33:21.080 --> 00:33:21.540 have mercy, 00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:22.080 I'm a sinner. 00:33:22.360 --> 00:33:23.019 That's all I have 00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.759 to bring to you. 00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:24.780 Or the criminal 00:33:24.780 --> 00:33:25.480 on the cross. 00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:27.079 There's nothing, 00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.779 no basis 00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.360 for Christ 00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:30.180 to remember him. 00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.980 When Christ 00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.839 is going to remember 00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.400 that criminal, 00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:34.279 all he'll be able 00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:35.079 to think of is 00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:36.180 there's nothing 00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.779 he did good, 00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.720 he was found guilty 00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.360 of crimes 00:33:38.360 --> 00:33:40.099 deserving a torturous 00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.120 ! 00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:41.599 death on the cross. 00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:43.140 What can that man 00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:43.740 point to 00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:45.120 to be remembered for? 00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.980 Based on what? 00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:48.680 And you know 00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.420 what our Lord Jesus 00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:50.380 said to that man 00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:51.360 and he says this 00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:52.059 to you and me, 00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:53.779 today, 00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:56.299 you will be with me 00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:56.859 in paradise. 00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:59.079 I will remember 00:33:59.079 --> 00:34:00.599 you in my kingdom. 00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:03.019 Not because you 00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.559 have brought me 00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:04.500 anything of your 00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:04.960 own merit, 00:34:05.879 --> 00:34:06.519 but because I 00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:07.319 purchased you 00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:08.460 with my very 00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.840 own blood. 00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:13.320 It's based on 00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:15.099 faith that Jesus 00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:16.259 Christ welcomes 00:34:16.259 --> 00:34:17.340 sinners like you 00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.840 and me into 00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.360 his kingdom. 00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:21.179 It's based on us 00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:22.039 simply trusting 00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:24.159 he is who 00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:25.719 he says he is. 00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.719 And we are saved 00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:28.820 on the basis 00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:29.639 of what he 00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.679 has promised. 00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.239 That God 00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:33.099 is gracious 00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:34.599 and merciful, 00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:36.320 abounding 00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:37.279 in steadfast 00:34:37.279 --> 00:34:37.900 love 00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:39.639 and faithfulness 00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:40.579 to sinners 00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.159 like you 00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.719 and me. 00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:43.400 Do you receive 00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:43.980 that promise 00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.599 again today? 00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:46.340 Do you trust 00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:46.679 this? 00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.739 Then you can 00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:49.800 pray with confidence 00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.699 knowing the answer, 00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:51.159 Lord, 00:34:51.799 --> 00:34:52.799 remember me 00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:54.119 when you come 00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:55.460 into your kingdom 00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:57.159 and you know 00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:57.699 your place 00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.219 is secure 00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:58.859 with Christ. 00:34:59.859 --> 00:35:00.639 Let's pray 00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.019 and thank 00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.639 our great Lord. 00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:01.719 Lord, 00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.139 Lord, 00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:03.879 we confess 00:35:03.879 --> 00:35:08.619 our faith 00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.299 is weak, 00:35:10.299 --> 00:35:11.939 but we confess 00:35:11.939 --> 00:35:12.859 in the same breath 00:35:12.859 --> 00:35:13.619 that our Savior 00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.480 is great. 00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:15.159 Lord, 00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:17.400 oh Lord, 00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.119 it's our flesh 00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.480 in us 00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:19.059 that always 00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.719 makes us think 00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.280 we need to do 00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:21.320 more to please you, 00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:23.039 more to make 00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:24.519 ourselves saved, 00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.920 secure in you 00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.300 forever. 00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.860 Help us to receive 00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.639 again today 00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.340 the simple, 00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.440 glorious gospel 00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.940 truth 00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:34.639 that God 00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.460 so loved us 00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.980 that he sent 00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:37.360 his only 00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:38.500 begotten son, 00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:39.500 Jesus Christ, 00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:41.800 to save sinners 00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:42.440 like us 00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:44.159 that whosoever 00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:45.599 will believe 00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:46.900 what he has 00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.360 promised 00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:49.019 shall have 00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.800 eternal 00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.599 life. 00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:52.619 Help us to know 00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.179 this today, 00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:53.500 Lord. 00:35:54.240 --> 00:35:54.860 Be stirred up 00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.659 to love you more 00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:56.940 because you first 00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.539 loved us 00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:59.139 and gave your son 00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.639 for us. 00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.440 May you be glorified, 00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:01.800 Father, 00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:03.079 in this church. 00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:03.880 Amen.