WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.379 Starting at verse 1. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:35.420 Good man, thanks. 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:41.579 Okay, well let's read 1 Kings chapter 2 starting at verse 1. 00:00:52.019 --> 00:00:53.159 We'll just wait. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:03.320 Good lad. 00:01:11.859 --> 00:01:14.500 Pens and Bibles at the ready. Here we go. 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:16.060 1 Kings chapter 2. 00:01:16.819 --> 00:01:21.879 When the time drew near for David to die, he gave a charge to Solomon, his son. 00:01:22.900 --> 00:01:26.200 I'm about to go the way of all the earth, he said. 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:29.299 So be strong. Act like a man. 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:32.579 And observe what the Lord your God requires. 00:01:32.939 --> 00:01:34.459 Walk in obedience to him. 00:01:35.239 --> 00:01:39.780 Keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations as written in the law of Moses. 00:01:40.900 --> 00:01:46.780 Do this, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go. 00:01:46.780 --> 00:01:50.599 And that the Lord may keep his promise to me. 00:01:50.599 --> 00:02:00.839 If your descendants watch how they live and if they walk faithfully before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel. 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:06.460 Now you yourself know what Joab son of Zerah did to me. 00:02:06.460 --> 00:02:09.840 What he did to the two commanders of Israel's armies. 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:13.860 Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. 00:02:13.860 --> 00:02:19.020 He killed them, shedding their blood in peacetime as if in battle. 00:02:20.140 --> 00:02:24.900 And with that blood he stained the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet. 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:27.960 Deal with him according to your wisdom. 00:02:28.760 --> 00:02:32.560 But do not let his grey head go down to the grave in peace. 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:39.159 But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai of Gilead. 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:42.259 And let them be among those who eat at your table. 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:46.199 They stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom. 00:02:47.580 --> 00:02:54.740 And remember, you have with you Shimei son of Gerah, the Benjamite from Bahuram. 00:02:55.199 --> 00:02:59.280 Who called down bitter curses on me the day I went to Manaheim. 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:04.560 When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord, 00:03:04.979 --> 00:03:08.680 I will not put you to death by the sword. 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:13.520 But now, do not consider him innocent. 00:03:14.479 --> 00:03:15.840 You are a man of wisdom. 00:03:16.539 --> 00:03:18.240 You will know what to do to him. 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:22.439 Bring his grey head down to the grave in blood. 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:28.500 Then David rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David. 00:03:28.500 --> 00:03:31.919 He had reigned for 40 years over Israel, 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:35.639 7 years in Hebron and 33 in Jerusalem. 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:39.340 So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, 00:03:39.939 --> 00:03:43.900 and his rule was firmly established. 00:03:45.780 --> 00:03:48.259 We are going to be looking at the whole of chapter 2, 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:53.099 and we are going to pray and ask for God's help. 00:03:53.099 --> 00:03:53.199 Amen. 00:03:58.500 --> 00:04:03.780 Father, we thank you that you are Lord over all, 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:06.800 and we can pray about all things. 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:12.379 We pray for Marie's sister Kate, 00:04:12.620 --> 00:04:14.920 who has an operation tomorrow, 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:19.959 that you would be with her and bring her through that successfully. 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:23.879 Pray that in this time, 00:04:24.859 --> 00:04:26.560 she might call out to you, 00:04:26.939 --> 00:04:30.539 and find your love and your comfort. 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:36.159 We pray for the start of the rock, 00:04:36.859 --> 00:04:38.639 and also rooted, 00:04:39.179 --> 00:04:40.919 coming up on Friday. 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:43.900 We pray your help to all the leaders, 00:04:44.500 --> 00:04:49.699 as they share the good news that Jesus is King. 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:54.939 And Father, just as we can pray for these things, 00:04:55.939 --> 00:04:59.180 we pray for us now, 00:04:59.220 --> 00:05:00.600 as we look at your word, 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:04.260 that just as you draw near to us, 00:05:04.780 --> 00:05:07.379 you would come close by your Holy Spirit. 00:05:08.300 --> 00:05:10.260 Give us understanding and help 00:05:10.260 --> 00:05:13.420 that we might worship you as we should. 00:05:14.320 --> 00:05:15.939 We pray this in your name. 00:05:16.580 --> 00:05:16.980 Amen. 00:05:21.860 --> 00:05:24.020 Well, just over a year ago, 00:05:24.640 --> 00:05:27.960 Leo Varadkar was appointed as our new Taoiseach, 00:05:27.960 --> 00:05:29.360 our country's leader. 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:32.220 replacing Enda Kenny. 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:35.680 You might remember at his first announcement, 00:05:36.020 --> 00:05:39.280 he was accompanied by all the members of his party, 00:05:39.900 --> 00:05:41.600 all of them behind him, 00:05:41.760 --> 00:05:44.760 smiling and showing support for their new leader. 00:05:46.320 --> 00:05:48.260 But not all of them were very happy. 00:05:49.300 --> 00:05:50.379 A few days later, 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:52.020 Leo announced his new cabinet. 00:05:52.960 --> 00:05:55.860 The old guard were swiftly removed, 00:05:56.700 --> 00:05:59.000 and the new brought in. 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:01.360 You see, 00:06:01.420 --> 00:06:04.259 to secure your position of power, 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:07.420 sometimes you must be ruthless 00:06:07.420 --> 00:06:10.439 and root out any rebels. 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:15.620 Well, in our account of 1 Kings chapter 2, 00:06:16.060 --> 00:06:20.339 a change of kingship is about to take place. 00:06:21.100 --> 00:06:23.060 Look at verse 1 of chapter 2. 00:06:23.060 --> 00:06:26.379 When the time drew near for David to die, 00:06:27.459 --> 00:06:30.399 he gave the charge to Solomon his son. 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:36.439 So David is passing over the kingship to his son Solomon. 00:06:37.719 --> 00:06:39.779 But there's still this problem. 00:06:40.699 --> 00:06:45.339 There's a problem of a few disgruntled enemies within the kingdom. 00:06:45.339 --> 00:06:50.879 And it seems to be that if you are going to bring security in God's kingdom, 00:06:51.379 --> 00:06:53.399 then the king must be ruthless 00:06:53.399 --> 00:06:56.899 and root out any rebels. 00:06:58.039 --> 00:07:01.339 How can you have a kingdom of safety 00:07:01.339 --> 00:07:05.419 when there are enemies in your ranks? 00:07:05.420 --> 00:07:08.740 So as we look at chapter 2, 00:07:08.840 --> 00:07:09.780 we're going to see 00:07:09.780 --> 00:07:12.759 that God raises up his king 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:15.300 to crush his enemies 00:07:15.300 --> 00:07:19.180 so that his kingdom is secure. 00:07:19.840 --> 00:07:21.240 That's the big theme. 00:07:21.700 --> 00:07:23.520 God raises up his king 00:07:23.520 --> 00:07:26.040 to crush his enemies 00:07:26.040 --> 00:07:30.360 so that his kingdom is secure. 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:36.819 First, God's means of establishing a secure kingdom. 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:39.259 God will secure his kingdom 00:07:39.259 --> 00:07:41.439 by raising up a king. 00:07:41.540 --> 00:07:43.139 But not just any king. 00:07:44.300 --> 00:07:47.319 A king who obeys God's words. 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:48.699 Look at verse 2. 00:07:49.900 --> 00:07:50.540 David says, 00:07:50.660 --> 00:07:52.840 I'm about to go the way of all the earth. 00:07:52.920 --> 00:07:54.520 In other words, I'm about to die. 00:07:55.340 --> 00:07:58.439 So be strong and act like a man. 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:02.000 And here's how a man should be. 00:08:02.860 --> 00:08:05.339 Observe what the Lord your God requires. 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:08.860 Walk in obedience to him. 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:13.040 Keep his decrees and commands, 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:15.519 his laws and regulations, 00:08:16.339 --> 00:08:19.159 as were written in the law of Moses. 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:22.600 Now David's command 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:24.680 or his passing on of the kingship, 00:08:25.100 --> 00:08:26.540 yes, obey God's word, 00:08:26.540 --> 00:08:29.220 but he's only doing what God had commanded 00:08:29.220 --> 00:08:32.080 and recorded in the law of Moses. 00:08:33.180 --> 00:08:34.680 This is what was said there. 00:08:35.300 --> 00:08:36.460 God said to Moses, 00:08:36.580 --> 00:08:39.420 when the king takes the throne of his kingdom, 00:08:40.139 --> 00:08:42.039 he is to write for himself 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:44.580 on a scroll of this law. 00:08:45.259 --> 00:08:46.560 It is to be with him 00:08:46.560 --> 00:08:49.300 and he is to read it all the days of his life 00:08:49.300 --> 00:08:52.740 and that he may revere the Lord his God 00:08:52.740 --> 00:08:56.060 and follow carefully all the words of this law 00:08:56.060 --> 00:08:57.860 and these decrees 00:08:57.860 --> 00:09:00.320 and do not consider himself better 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:03.620 and turn from the law to the right 00:09:03.620 --> 00:09:05.180 or to the left. 00:09:06.460 --> 00:09:07.200 You see, 00:09:07.299 --> 00:09:08.600 obeying God's word 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:11.039 ensured that everything was done 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:12.340 God's way. 00:09:13.340 --> 00:09:16.580 Because as soon as we start ignoring God's word, 00:09:17.200 --> 00:09:19.720 well, that's when chaos and disorder happen. 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:23.180 We only need to think back to the Garden of Eden. 00:09:24.420 --> 00:09:25.899 Disobeying God's word 00:09:25.899 --> 00:09:27.540 led to broken relationships 00:09:27.540 --> 00:09:28.960 and a broken world, 00:09:29.660 --> 00:09:31.399 the effects we're seeing today 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:34.019 and experiencing in our own lives. 00:09:35.139 --> 00:09:37.120 So obedience was crucial 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:40.879 and it will ensure a secure kingdom. 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:42.840 Look at the rest of verse 3. 00:09:44.139 --> 00:09:45.139 David continues, 00:09:45.139 --> 00:09:46.120 Do this, 00:09:46.199 --> 00:09:46.580 that is, 00:09:46.860 --> 00:09:47.299 obey, 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:49.399 follow the word of the Lord 00:09:49.399 --> 00:09:51.620 so that you may prosper 00:09:51.620 --> 00:09:52.980 in all that you do 00:09:52.980 --> 00:09:53.960 wherever you go 00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:56.659 and that the Lord may keep his promise to me. 00:09:56.919 --> 00:09:58.159 If your descendants 00:09:58.159 --> 00:09:59.720 watch how they live 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:03.240 and if they walk faithfully before me 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:04.980 with all their heart and soul, 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:06.720 you will never fail 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:07.819 to have a successor 00:10:07.819 --> 00:10:10.200 on the throne of Israel. 00:10:11.700 --> 00:10:12.720 Very simple, 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:15.240 if the king obeys God's word, 00:10:16.100 --> 00:10:17.200 then the people, 00:10:17.800 --> 00:10:18.399 the king, 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:19.500 and the kingdom 00:10:19.500 --> 00:10:21.040 will enjoy peace 00:10:21.040 --> 00:10:22.540 and prosperity, 00:10:22.700 --> 00:10:24.240 a kingdom of joy 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:25.860 and happiness. 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:30.600 But not just a king 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:32.279 who obeys, 00:10:32.700 --> 00:10:34.980 but a king who acts justly. 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:36.480 You see, 00:10:36.540 --> 00:10:38.180 David may be on his deathbed, 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:39.440 but he knows a thing or two 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:40.600 about security 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:42.700 and about bringing peace 00:10:42.700 --> 00:10:43.480 to the kingdom. 00:10:44.260 --> 00:10:45.540 He gives orders 00:10:45.540 --> 00:10:46.900 about what to do 00:10:46.900 --> 00:10:48.500 with the kingdom's enemies 00:10:48.500 --> 00:10:50.500 and there seems to be 00:10:50.500 --> 00:10:51.340 a few of them. 00:10:51.980 --> 00:10:53.060 Look at verse 5. 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:55.260 His final orders 00:10:55.260 --> 00:10:56.320 before he dies. 00:10:56.760 --> 00:10:58.000 Now you yourself know 00:10:58.000 --> 00:10:58.780 what Joab, 00:10:58.920 --> 00:10:59.700 son of Zariah, 00:10:59.780 --> 00:11:00.220 did to me. 00:11:00.280 --> 00:11:01.840 What he did to the two commanders 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:03.000 of Israel's armies. 00:11:04.180 --> 00:11:04.380 Well, 00:11:04.400 --> 00:11:05.400 he had murdered them, 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:05.940 hadn't he? 00:11:07.520 --> 00:11:09.300 What should he do in response? 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:10.680 Verse 6. 00:11:11.280 --> 00:11:12.140 Deal with him 00:11:12.140 --> 00:11:13.400 according to your wisdom, 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:16.240 but do not let his grey head 00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:17.600 go down to the grave 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:19.020 in peace. 00:11:19.780 --> 00:11:20.940 Make him pay. 00:11:23.400 --> 00:11:23.640 Well, 00:11:23.680 --> 00:11:25.020 Joab wasn't the only one 00:11:25.020 --> 00:11:26.900 that he had to watch out for. 00:11:27.540 --> 00:11:28.260 Verse 8. 00:11:29.200 --> 00:11:29.900 And remember, 00:11:30.040 --> 00:11:30.880 you have with you 00:11:30.880 --> 00:11:31.580 Shimei, 00:11:31.780 --> 00:11:32.880 son of Gerah, 00:11:32.940 --> 00:11:33.940 the Benjamite, 00:11:34.940 --> 00:11:36.340 who called down 00:11:36.340 --> 00:11:37.640 bitter curses on me 00:11:37.640 --> 00:11:39.180 the day I went to Manaheim. 00:11:39.179 --> 00:11:40.579 And that was an occasion 00:11:40.579 --> 00:11:41.379 when David, 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:42.679 although king, 00:11:43.500 --> 00:11:44.899 was being pushed out 00:11:44.899 --> 00:11:46.459 of the kingship. 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:49.139 What should happen to him? 00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:50.779 Well, 00:11:50.839 --> 00:11:52.179 look at the end of verse 9. 00:11:53.179 --> 00:11:54.799 Bring his grey head 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:56.039 down to the grave 00:11:56.039 --> 00:11:57.120 in blood. 00:11:58.019 --> 00:11:58.959 No mercy. 00:12:01.139 --> 00:12:01.620 Now, 00:12:01.699 --> 00:12:02.519 it's not everybody 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:03.699 who's going to be treated 00:12:03.699 --> 00:12:04.319 like this. 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:05.460 those who are faithful 00:12:05.460 --> 00:12:06.280 to the king 00:12:06.280 --> 00:12:08.080 and loyal to the kingdom. 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:09.020 Well, 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:10.000 look at verse 7. 00:12:10.780 --> 00:12:11.640 Show kindness 00:12:11.640 --> 00:12:12.600 to the sons 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:13.800 of Barzillai 00:12:13.800 --> 00:12:14.620 of Gilead 00:12:14.620 --> 00:12:15.760 and let them 00:12:15.760 --> 00:12:16.580 be among those 00:12:16.580 --> 00:12:17.900 who eat at your table. 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:18.740 Welcome them, 00:12:18.780 --> 00:12:19.460 in other words, 00:12:20.100 --> 00:12:21.180 because they stood 00:12:21.180 --> 00:12:21.700 by me 00:12:21.700 --> 00:12:22.700 when I fled 00:12:22.700 --> 00:12:24.160 from your brother 00:12:24.160 --> 00:12:25.160 Absalom. 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:28.219 Now, 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:29.019 we must remember 00:12:29.019 --> 00:12:29.879 that the kings 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:31.319 like David and Solomon 00:12:31.319 --> 00:12:33.839 are only God's 00:12:33.839 --> 00:12:34.600 representatives. 00:12:34.860 --> 00:12:35.980 It's not their kingdom 00:12:35.980 --> 00:12:37.579 to do as they please. 00:12:38.279 --> 00:12:39.779 They are to obey 00:12:39.779 --> 00:12:40.740 God's word 00:12:40.740 --> 00:12:42.919 and act justly. 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:44.159 You see, 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:45.759 we can't have a kingdom 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:47.159 without rules. 00:12:48.699 --> 00:12:49.620 Rules is what 00:12:49.620 --> 00:12:50.899 keeps the peace. 00:12:51.399 --> 00:12:52.519 Rules of the king 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:54.039 is what brings order. 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:55.579 and keeps 00:12:55.579 --> 00:12:56.639 everything together 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:58.259 so people can live 00:12:58.259 --> 00:12:58.980 in harmony 00:12:58.980 --> 00:12:59.740 and joy. 00:13:02.839 --> 00:13:03.939 You might know 00:13:03.939 --> 00:13:05.139 the story 00:13:05.139 --> 00:13:06.459 Lord of the Flies. 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:09.379 It's a fictional story 00:13:09.379 --> 00:13:10.139 about a group 00:13:10.139 --> 00:13:11.620 of well-educated 00:13:11.620 --> 00:13:12.379 English boys 00:13:12.379 --> 00:13:13.480 who get marooned 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:14.139 on an island. 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:15.879 They're there 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:16.799 without any adult 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:17.559 supervision, 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:19.559 no leadership, 00:13:20.259 --> 00:13:22.059 and then disorder 00:13:22.059 --> 00:13:22.839 and chaos 00:13:22.839 --> 00:13:23.719 begin to reign. 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:24.340 The children 00:13:24.340 --> 00:13:25.100 who are all there 00:13:25.100 --> 00:13:25.519 together 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:26.399 begin to bully 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:26.960 each other. 00:13:27.340 --> 00:13:28.460 They start fighting. 00:13:28.940 --> 00:13:29.700 Little gangs 00:13:29.700 --> 00:13:30.420 are formed 00:13:30.420 --> 00:13:31.259 as they attack 00:13:31.259 --> 00:13:31.840 each other. 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:33.779 And one of the children, 00:13:33.920 --> 00:13:35.060 one of the main characters, 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:36.100 his nickname 00:13:36.100 --> 00:13:37.000 is Piggy, 00:13:37.899 --> 00:13:39.500 kept on insisting 00:13:39.500 --> 00:13:40.560 on the need 00:13:40.560 --> 00:13:41.340 for rules. 00:13:42.180 --> 00:13:43.100 This is what he said 00:13:43.100 --> 00:13:43.639 to the group. 00:13:43.740 --> 00:13:44.019 He said, 00:13:44.259 --> 00:13:46.100 we've got to have rules 00:13:46.100 --> 00:13:47.080 and obey them. 00:13:47.720 --> 00:13:48.639 After all, 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:49.820 we're not savages. 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:51.259 Which is better? 00:13:51.259 --> 00:13:52.639 To have rules 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:53.319 and agree? 00:13:54.319 --> 00:13:55.559 Or go hunting 00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:57.120 and break things up? 00:13:59.620 --> 00:14:00.259 Well, 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:01.639 a little while later, 00:14:01.740 --> 00:14:02.679 he got his answer. 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:04.779 Not long after, 00:14:04.939 --> 00:14:06.080 Piggy was violently 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:06.720 killed 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:07.379 and murdered 00:14:07.379 --> 00:14:08.580 by the other children. 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:10.919 The story 00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:12.120 is a social comment 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:13.139 on what happens 00:14:13.139 --> 00:14:14.519 when we remove 00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:15.279 authority 00:14:15.279 --> 00:14:16.480 from society. 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:17.759 Anarchy. 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:19.319 All hell 00:14:19.319 --> 00:14:20.299 breaks loose. 00:14:21.700 --> 00:14:22.519 And so David, 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:23.319 as he passes 00:14:23.319 --> 00:14:24.139 on the kingdom 00:14:24.139 --> 00:14:24.899 to Solomon, 00:14:25.860 --> 00:14:26.360 is saying, 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:27.600 if we are to establish 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:29.100 a kingdom of security, 00:14:29.659 --> 00:14:30.439 then we need 00:14:30.439 --> 00:14:30.960 a king 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:31.879 who obeys 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:32.840 God's word 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:34.700 and acts 00:14:34.700 --> 00:14:35.700 justly. 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:37.679 A king 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:38.340 who will bring 00:14:38.340 --> 00:14:39.220 about peace 00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:39.860 and order, 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:41.319 joy 00:14:41.319 --> 00:14:42.220 and happiness. 00:14:43.460 --> 00:14:44.340 And that's 00:14:44.340 --> 00:14:45.100 what we begin 00:14:45.100 --> 00:14:46.100 to see happening 00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:47.659 through Solomon. 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:49.439 Look at verse 12. 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:51.319 So Solomon 00:14:51.319 --> 00:14:52.539 sat on the throne 00:14:52.539 --> 00:14:53.759 of his father David 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:55.840 and his rule 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:57.139 was firmly 00:14:57.139 --> 00:14:58.460 established. 00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:00.939 That's the kind 00:15:00.939 --> 00:15:01.500 of kingdom 00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:03.659 we all long for. 00:15:05.539 --> 00:15:06.360 So first, 00:15:06.500 --> 00:15:07.279 God's means 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:08.200 of establishing 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:09.360 a secure kingdom. 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:10.919 Second, 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:12.159 God's response 00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:13.480 to the enemies 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:14.340 of the kingdom. 00:15:15.580 --> 00:15:16.360 Now the author 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:17.059 wants us 00:15:17.059 --> 00:15:17.559 to know 00:15:17.559 --> 00:15:18.519 very clearly 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:20.059 that Solomon 00:15:20.059 --> 00:15:20.799 is king 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:22.379 and that his rule 00:15:22.379 --> 00:15:23.199 was firmly 00:15:23.199 --> 00:15:24.079 established. 00:15:25.119 --> 00:15:26.159 But it seems 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:26.959 he wants us 00:15:26.959 --> 00:15:27.439 to know 00:15:27.439 --> 00:15:28.899 how it was done. 00:15:30.359 --> 00:15:31.019 Enemies 00:15:31.019 --> 00:15:32.099 must 00:15:32.099 --> 00:15:33.419 be dealt with. 00:15:34.819 --> 00:15:36.000 You might remember 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:36.959 the three rebels 00:15:36.959 --> 00:15:38.159 of chapter 1. 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:39.439 You can go back 00:15:39.439 --> 00:15:39.959 and have a look. 00:15:40.059 --> 00:15:40.639 Chapter 1, 00:15:40.719 --> 00:15:41.419 verse 7. 00:15:41.419 --> 00:15:45.039 Adonijah, 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:46.919 he was the 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:48.179 one who wanted 00:15:48.179 --> 00:15:49.000 to be king. 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:51.159 Adonijah, 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:51.740 verse 7, 00:15:51.839 --> 00:15:52.679 conferred with 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:53.259 Joab, 00:15:53.379 --> 00:15:54.339 son of Zariah, 00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:55.519 and with 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:56.299 Abiathar, 00:15:56.379 --> 00:15:56.979 the priest, 00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:58.399 and they gave 00:15:58.399 --> 00:15:59.000 him their 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:00.099 support. 00:16:00.959 --> 00:16:01.959 Three rebels, 00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:03.839 and it seems 00:16:03.839 --> 00:16:04.899 they are still 00:16:04.899 --> 00:16:05.480 trouble 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:06.879 in the kingdom. 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:10.200 first, 00:16:10.340 --> 00:16:10.860 rebellion 00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:12.399 will not 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:13.679 be tolerated. 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:15.320 Adonijah 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:16.080 has this 00:16:16.080 --> 00:16:17.000 great plan. 00:16:17.340 --> 00:16:18.100 Although Solomon 00:16:18.100 --> 00:16:18.679 is king, 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:19.939 he's got 00:16:19.939 --> 00:16:20.600 a plan. 00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:21.939 He goes to 00:16:21.939 --> 00:16:22.500 the king's 00:16:22.500 --> 00:16:22.840 mother, 00:16:23.419 --> 00:16:24.519 in verse 13, 00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:25.240 we read this, 00:16:25.340 --> 00:16:26.100 to Bathsheba, 00:16:26.460 --> 00:16:27.120 and he's got 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:28.039 this request. 00:16:28.980 --> 00:16:29.360 Look at 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:30.220 verse 17 00:16:30.220 --> 00:16:31.879 of chapter 2. 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:32.539 Chapter 2, 00:16:32.620 --> 00:16:33.399 verse 17. 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:36.159 He goes to 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:36.740 the king's 00:16:36.740 --> 00:16:37.019 mother, 00:16:37.139 --> 00:16:37.740 Bathsheba. 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:40.079 Please ask 00:16:40.079 --> 00:16:41.000 king Solomon, 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:42.240 he will not 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:43.000 refuse you, 00:16:43.459 --> 00:16:44.279 to give me 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:45.019 Abishag, 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:45.959 the Shunammite, 00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:47.100 as my wife. 00:16:47.459 --> 00:16:48.720 Remember Abishag 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:49.679 from chapter 1? 00:16:49.939 --> 00:16:50.759 That was the 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:51.799 home help, 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:52.720 as we described 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:52.939 her, 00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:53.919 for David 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:55.699 in his old age. 00:16:56.959 --> 00:16:57.819 It seems 00:16:57.819 --> 00:16:58.659 innocent enough, 00:16:58.740 --> 00:16:59.279 doesn't it? 00:17:00.439 --> 00:17:01.039 Maybe he 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:01.600 doesn't have 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.100 a wife. 00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:04.240 Maybe his 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:04.740 toes are 00:17:04.740 --> 00:17:05.559 also cold. 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:07.759 So Bathsheba 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:08.380 goes off 00:17:08.380 --> 00:17:09.000 to the king 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:09.480 with the 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:10.000 request, 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:12.319 but Solomon 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:13.059 sees it 00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.720 for what it 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:14.200 is. 00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:15.380 Verse 22. 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:19.099 King Solomon 00:17:19.099 --> 00:17:19.880 answered his 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:20.220 mother, 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:22.059 Why do you 00:17:22.059 --> 00:17:23.460 request Abishag, 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:24.339 the Shunammite, 00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:25.259 for Adonijah? 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:27.120 You might as 00:17:27.120 --> 00:17:27.880 well request 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:28.539 the kingdom 00:17:28.539 --> 00:17:29.200 for him. 00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:30.319 After all, 00:17:30.380 --> 00:17:30.900 he is my 00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:31.480 older brother. 00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:32.099 Yes, 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:32.819 for him 00:17:32.819 --> 00:17:33.640 and for 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:34.400 Abiathar, 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:35.099 the priest, 00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:36.279 and Joab, 00:17:36.460 --> 00:17:37.440 son of Zariah. 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:39.579 Now, 00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:39.960 we're not 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:40.720 given all 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:41.420 the political 00:17:41.420 --> 00:17:42.579 details of 00:17:42.579 --> 00:17:42.920 what it 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:43.400 would mean 00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:44.860 if Abiathar 00:17:44.860 --> 00:17:45.480 took over 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:46.620 David's 00:17:46.620 --> 00:17:47.980 carer 00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:48.640 as a 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:49.120 wife, 00:17:49.819 --> 00:17:51.799 but it 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:52.460 seems to 00:17:52.460 --> 00:17:52.819 be a 00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:53.539 scheme 00:17:53.539 --> 00:17:54.339 to take 00:17:54.339 --> 00:17:54.819 over the 00:17:54.819 --> 00:17:55.140 kingdom. 00:17:56.299 --> 00:17:57.539 He still 00:17:57.539 --> 00:17:58.259 wants to 00:17:58.259 --> 00:17:59.160 be the 00:17:59.160 --> 00:17:59.539 king. 00:17:59.539 --> 00:18:01.039 look back 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:01.440 at verse 00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:02.480 15 of 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:03.220 chapter 2. 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:04.700 As he 00:18:04.700 --> 00:18:05.399 talks to 00:18:05.399 --> 00:18:06.319 Bathsheba, 00:18:06.420 --> 00:18:06.740 he says, 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:07.119 As you 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:07.500 know, 00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:08.799 the kingdom 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:09.899 was mine. 00:18:10.259 --> 00:18:10.619 It was 00:18:10.619 --> 00:18:11.659 my kingdom. 00:18:12.159 --> 00:18:13.059 All Israel 00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:13.500 looked to 00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:13.879 me as 00:18:13.879 --> 00:18:14.700 their king. 00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:15.680 I was 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:16.420 the king. 00:18:17.420 --> 00:18:18.059 But things 00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:18.799 have changed 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:19.159 and the 00:18:19.159 --> 00:18:19.680 kingdom has 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:20.119 gone to 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:20.680 my brother 00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:21.079 for it 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:21.460 has come 00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:21.940 to him 00:18:21.940 --> 00:18:22.399 from the 00:18:22.399 --> 00:18:22.659 Lord. 00:18:22.660 --> 00:18:22.800 Lord. 00:18:24.600 --> 00:18:25.140 Well, 00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:25.500 the kingdom 00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:26.220 never was 00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:27.800 his and 00:18:27.800 --> 00:18:28.800 kingship was 00:18:28.800 --> 00:18:29.259 not his 00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:29.860 to take. 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:32.019 And 00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:32.980 Solomon could 00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:33.880 see through 00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:34.700 his plan. 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:36.080 Opposition 00:18:36.080 --> 00:18:36.960 to God's 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:37.519 king will 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:38.100 not be 00:18:38.100 --> 00:18:38.860 tolerated. 00:18:39.200 --> 00:18:40.080 Verse 23, 00:18:40.620 --> 00:18:41.279 Then King 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:42.360 Solomon swore 00:18:42.360 --> 00:18:42.800 by the 00:18:42.800 --> 00:18:43.080 Lord, 00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:44.060 May God 00:18:44.060 --> 00:18:44.740 deal with 00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:44.940 me, 00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:45.320 be it 00:18:45.320 --> 00:18:45.920 ever so 00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:46.380 severely, 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:47.680 if Adonijah 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:48.240 does not 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:48.840 pay with 00:18:48.840 --> 00:18:49.360 his life 00:18:49.360 --> 00:18:49.759 for this 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.279 request. 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:51.680 And now 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:52.200 as surely 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:52.639 as the 00:18:52.639 --> 00:18:53.220 Lord lives, 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:54.240 he who 00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:54.960 has established 00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:56.059 me securely 00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:56.779 on the 00:18:56.779 --> 00:18:57.299 throne of 00:18:57.299 --> 00:18:57.920 my father 00:18:57.920 --> 00:18:58.960 David and 00:18:58.960 --> 00:18:59.539 has founded 00:18:59.539 --> 00:19:00.200 a dynasty 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:00.720 for me 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:01.359 as he 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:01.920 promised, 00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:03.200 Adonijah 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:03.619 shall be 00:19:03.619 --> 00:19:04.059 put to 00:19:04.059 --> 00:19:04.299 death 00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:04.720 today. 00:19:05.940 --> 00:19:06.839 So King 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:07.599 Solomon gave 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:08.399 orders to 00:19:08.399 --> 00:19:09.079 Benaniah, 00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:09.519 son of 00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.019 Jehoiada, 00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.299 and he 00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:12.319 struck down 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:13.019 Adonijah 00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:14.480 and he 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:15.000 died. 00:19:17.879 --> 00:19:18.559 Rebellion 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:19.920 will not 00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:20.140 be 00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:20.940 tolerated. 00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.000 And 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:23.440 second, 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:24.820 promised 00:19:24.820 --> 00:19:25.400 justice 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:25.900 will be 00:19:25.900 --> 00:19:26.220 done. 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:28.300 So 00:19:28.300 --> 00:19:29.420 Adonijah 00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:29.940 has been 00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:30.259 dealt 00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:30.480 with. 00:19:30.580 --> 00:19:30.860 Then there 00:19:30.860 --> 00:19:31.100 was 00:19:31.100 --> 00:19:31.740 Abi 00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.140 Arthur, 00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:32.440 the 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:32.920 priest. 00:19:33.580 --> 00:19:33.880 We 00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:34.440 read about 00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:34.860 him in 00:19:34.860 --> 00:19:36.120 verse 26. 00:19:37.380 --> 00:19:37.840 He was 00:19:37.840 --> 00:19:38.420 all part 00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:38.720 of the 00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:39.160 scheme 00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:39.700 to take 00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:40.120 over the 00:19:40.120 --> 00:19:40.480 kingdom. 00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:41.660 Now 00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:42.160 Solomon 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:43.980 spares 00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:44.820 his life 00:19:44.820 --> 00:19:46.740 but he 00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:47.380 is removed 00:19:47.380 --> 00:19:47.900 from his 00:19:47.900 --> 00:19:48.600 position of 00:19:48.600 --> 00:19:49.340 service and 00:19:49.340 --> 00:19:49.779 influence. 00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:50.900 But notice 00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:51.660 why he's 00:19:51.660 --> 00:19:52.420 been removed. 00:19:52.660 --> 00:19:53.000 Have a 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:53.240 look at 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:54.200 verse 27. 00:19:56.080 --> 00:19:56.700 Solomon 00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:57.700 removed 00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.200 Abi 00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:58.860 Arthur from 00:19:58.860 --> 00:19:59.600 the priesthood 00:19:59.600 --> 00:19:59.920 of the 00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.279 Lord, 00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:02.000 fulfilling 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:03.320 the word 00:20:03.320 --> 00:20:03.800 the Lord 00:20:03.800 --> 00:20:04.460 had spoken 00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:05.360 at Shiloh 00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:06.759 about the 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.660 house of 00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:07.940 Eli. 00:20:09.320 --> 00:20:09.960 Now 00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.360 you might 00:20:10.360 --> 00:20:10.940 remember 00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.900 old Eli. 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:13.100 We can 00:20:13.100 --> 00:20:13.600 read about 00:20:13.600 --> 00:20:14.080 him back 00:20:14.080 --> 00:20:14.600 in 1st 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:15.019 Samuel. 00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:15.980 He had 00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:16.899 two sons, 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:18.079 Hophni and 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:18.799 Phinehas. 00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.019 They were 00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:21.759 priests but 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.099 they were 00:20:22.099 --> 00:20:22.719 rebellious. 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:23.279 Rather than 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:24.139 serving God 00:20:24.139 --> 00:20:24.659 and serving 00:20:24.659 --> 00:20:25.139 the people, 00:20:25.199 --> 00:20:25.740 they served 00:20:25.740 --> 00:20:26.359 themselves. 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.099 They were a 00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:28.919 terrible pair. 00:20:29.419 --> 00:20:29.980 And at that 00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.679 time, it was 00:20:30.679 --> 00:20:31.399 about 100 00:20:31.399 --> 00:20:32.199 years before 00:20:32.199 --> 00:20:32.759 the events 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.319 we're looking 00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:33.919 at here in 00:20:33.919 --> 00:20:34.619 1 Kings, 00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:36.279 God had 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:36.679 made a 00:20:36.679 --> 00:20:37.319 promise at 00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:37.939 that time 00:20:37.939 --> 00:20:39.039 that the 00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:39.919 disobedient 00:20:39.919 --> 00:20:40.619 priests would 00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:41.079 be dealt 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:41.799 with and 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.359 all those 00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:43.099 priests coming 00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:43.519 from the 00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:44.000 house of 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.479 Eli or 00:20:44.479 --> 00:20:44.819 from the 00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:45.259 line of 00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:46.259 Eli would 00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:47.099 be punished. 00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:49.599 100 years 00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:50.399 have passed. 00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:52.859 Verse 27. 00:20:53.639 --> 00:20:54.679 So Solomon 00:20:54.679 --> 00:20:55.439 removed 00:20:55.439 --> 00:20:55.899 Abi 00:20:55.899 --> 00:20:56.479 Arthur from 00:20:56.479 --> 00:20:57.139 the priesthood 00:20:57.139 --> 00:20:57.459 of the 00:20:57.459 --> 00:20:57.739 Lord, 00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:59.000 fulfilling 00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.759 the word 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:00.139 of the 00:21:00.139 --> 00:21:00.639 Lord had 00:21:00.639 --> 00:21:01.339 spoken at 00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:01.759 Shiloh, 00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:02.679 even though 00:21:02.679 --> 00:21:03.219 it was 100 00:21:03.219 --> 00:21:03.899 years ago. 00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:05.559 about the 00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:06.559 house of 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:06.859 Eli. 00:21:08.139 --> 00:21:08.879 God's 00:21:08.879 --> 00:21:09.759 justice may 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.339 be delayed, 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:12.639 but don't 00:21:12.639 --> 00:21:13.299 ever think 00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:13.899 that God 00:21:13.899 --> 00:21:14.679 has forgotten. 00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.759 He knows 00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.239 and he 00:21:17.239 --> 00:21:17.759 sees. 00:21:18.719 --> 00:21:19.119 Justice 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:20.079 will be 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.419 done. 00:21:21.639 --> 00:21:22.339 Enemies 00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:23.679 will be 00:21:23.679 --> 00:21:24.299 removed. 00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.939 And third, 00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:30.299 fake religion 00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:32.139 will not 00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:32.899 save you. 00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:34.820 So 00:21:34.820 --> 00:21:35.460 Adonijah 00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:36.019 has been 00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.500 put to 00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:36.800 death. 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.440 Abi 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:37.759 Arthur, 00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:38.420 the priest, 00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:39.280 has been 00:21:39.280 --> 00:21:39.820 removed. 00:21:40.300 --> 00:21:40.740 But what 00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.180 about the 00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:41.600 other one, 00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.140 the third 00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:42.519 rebel, 00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.180 Joab, 00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.120 the one 00:21:44.120 --> 00:21:44.480 who had 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.200 murdered the 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.660 king's 00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:46.220 commanders 00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:47.519 under David? 00:21:48.540 --> 00:21:49.040 Well, 00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:49.580 look at 00:21:49.580 --> 00:21:50.740 verse 28. 00:21:51.780 --> 00:21:52.820 When news 00:21:52.820 --> 00:21:53.360 reached 00:21:53.360 --> 00:21:53.980 Joab, 00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:55.140 obviously the 00:21:55.140 --> 00:21:55.600 news of 00:21:55.600 --> 00:21:56.160 what happened 00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:57.420 to Abi 00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.120 Arthur and 00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:58.940 Adonijah, 00:22:00.620 --> 00:22:01.040 Joab, 00:22:01.120 --> 00:22:01.400 who had 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:02.200 conspired 00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:02.800 with them, 00:22:04.120 --> 00:22:04.420 well, 00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:05.240 he fled 00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.780 to the 00:22:05.780 --> 00:22:06.380 tent of 00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:06.920 the Lord. 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:08.060 The tent 00:22:08.060 --> 00:22:08.380 of the 00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:08.900 Lord was 00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.660 the meeting 00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.259 place where 00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.940 people went 00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.580 to meet 00:22:11.580 --> 00:22:12.800 with God. 00:22:14.080 --> 00:22:14.700 And he 00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.460 took hold 00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:15.860 of the 00:22:15.860 --> 00:22:16.500 horns of 00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:17.000 the altar. 00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:17.940 This is the 00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.440 place where 00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:19.420 the sacrifices 00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:20.280 took place. 00:22:21.600 --> 00:22:22.259 So he 00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.820 went running 00:22:22.820 --> 00:22:23.200 to the 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:23.560 tent of 00:22:23.560 --> 00:22:23.900 the Lord 00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.560 and took 00:22:24.560 --> 00:22:25.040 hold of 00:22:25.040 --> 00:22:25.460 the horns 00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:25.820 of the 00:22:25.820 --> 00:22:26.160 altar. 00:22:27.360 --> 00:22:27.960 It seems 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.720 that Joab 00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.400 has all of a 00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:29.920 sudden got 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.720 very religious. 00:22:31.400 --> 00:22:32.400 He 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:33.140 begins to 00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:33.759 say his 00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.400 prayers. 00:22:35.600 --> 00:22:36.160 Somehow he 00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:37.040 thinks as if, 00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:37.759 well, if I go 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.420 to church, 00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.600 that'll be 00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:39.980 enough. 00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:40.880 That's going 00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.400 to keep 00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:42.180 me safe. 00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:44.140 Verse 29. 00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:45.820 King Solomon 00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:46.640 was told that 00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:47.160 Joab had 00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:47.840 fled to the 00:22:47.840 --> 00:22:48.340 tent of the 00:22:48.340 --> 00:22:48.700 Lord and 00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.259 was beside 00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.800 the altar. 00:22:50.540 --> 00:22:51.240 Then Solomon 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.720 ordered 00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:52.380 Benaniah, 00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:52.780 son of 00:22:52.780 --> 00:22:53.200 Jehoiada, 00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:54.040 go and 00:22:54.040 --> 00:22:54.540 strike him 00:22:54.540 --> 00:22:54.880 down. 00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:58.019 So Benaniah 00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:59.140 entered the 00:22:59.140 --> 00:22:59.759 tent of the 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.220 Lord and 00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.660 said to 00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.100 Joab. 00:23:01.320 --> 00:23:01.880 The king 00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:02.180 says, 00:23:02.300 --> 00:23:02.800 come out. 00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:03.800 But he 00:23:03.800 --> 00:23:04.120 answered, 00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:05.019 no, I 00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.620 will die 00:23:05.620 --> 00:23:06.160 here. 00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:07.700 Benaniah 00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.380 reported to 00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:08.720 the king, 00:23:09.340 --> 00:23:10.160 this is how 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.620 Joab 00:23:10.620 --> 00:23:11.480 answered me. 00:23:12.300 --> 00:23:12.759 You see, 00:23:13.040 --> 00:23:13.660 he thinks 00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.160 that if he 00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:14.880 stays in 00:23:14.880 --> 00:23:15.500 the meeting 00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.180 place of 00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.580 God, 00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.660 well, he's 00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:17.840 going to 00:23:17.840 --> 00:23:18.400 be safe. 00:23:18.540 --> 00:23:19.000 Nobody's 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.259 going to 00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.680 come in 00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.040 here. 00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.340 My new 00:23:21.340 --> 00:23:22.040 religion is 00:23:22.040 --> 00:23:22.360 going to 00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:23.019 save me. 00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:25.720 Well, God 00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.440 sees through 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.040 the sham. 00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:28.519 He sees 00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.019 the heart 00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.680 of Joab. 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:30.759 God 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.440 longs for 00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.039 submission, 00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.960 not fake 00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.920 religion. 00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.920 Joab's 00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.339 church 00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:38.000 going is 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.599 not going 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.180 to save 00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.400 him, 00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.339 verse 33. 00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.500 May the 00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.180 guilt of 00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:44.940 their blood 00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.660 rest on 00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.059 the head 00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:46.740 of Joab 00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.180 and his 00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.759 descendants 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.240 forever. 00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.500 But on 00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.139 David and 00:23:50.139 --> 00:23:50.940 his descendants, 00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.480 his house 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:52.920 and his 00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.279 throne, 00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.200 may there 00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.660 be the 00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.160 Lord's 00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:55.500 peace 00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.039 forever. 00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:58.119 So Ben 00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.460 and I, 00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.039 a son of 00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:00.279 Jehoiada, 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:00.940 went up 00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.659 and struck 00:24:01.659 --> 00:24:02.700 down Joab 00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:04.119 and killed 00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:04.460 him. 00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.779 And he 00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.440 was buried 00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:06.839 at his 00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:08.119 home out 00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.460 in the 00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:08.879 country. 00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:12.720 You see, 00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.379 to secure 00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:14.059 the kingdom, 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.059 the king 00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.960 must be 00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.440 ruthless 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:19.139 and root 00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:19.859 out rebels. 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.839 You can't 00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:22.500 have peace 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.379 and security 00:24:23.379 --> 00:24:25.059 with constant 00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.799 threats from 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.419 your enemies. 00:24:27.419 --> 00:24:28.099 Enemies of 00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.599 the kingdom 00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:29.579 can't be 00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:30.299 tolerated, 00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:31.079 so the 00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:32.180 king deals 00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.619 with his 00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:32.960 enemies. 00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:37.019 Now it's 00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.579 vital that 00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.000 we don't 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.480 just keep 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:38.919 this as 00:24:38.919 --> 00:24:39.859 a story 00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:40.259 in the 00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.759 past. 00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:43.079 This is 00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:43.500 something 00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.319 yet to 00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:44.680 come. 00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:46.079 You see, 00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.759 what Solomon 00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.519 did to his 00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:47.960 enemies 00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:49.059 nationally 00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:50.899 is what 00:24:50.899 --> 00:24:51.519 God's 00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.279 true king 00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:53.019 will do 00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:54.159 universally. 00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:57.460 remember 00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.200 what Jesus 00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:58.680 said, 00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.759 speaking about 00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.359 the kingdom 00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:02.000 of God? 00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.779 You can 00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.299 follow on 00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.919 the screen. 00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:07.000 So it 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.639 will be 00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:08.299 at the 00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.159 end of 00:25:09.159 --> 00:25:09.879 the age. 00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:10.759 The 00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.240 Son of 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.539 Man, 00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:11.940 that is 00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.359 Jesus, 00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.559 will send 00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.099 out his 00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:15.740 angels and 00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.119 they will 00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:16.940 weed out 00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.319 of his 00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:17.740 kingdom 00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.579 everything 00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.460 that causes 00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:21.019 sin and 00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.759 all who 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.359 do evil. 00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:23.679 they will 00:25:23.679 --> 00:25:24.319 throw them 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.759 into the 00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.219 blazing 00:25:25.219 --> 00:25:26.319 furnace and 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.639 there will 00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.519 be weeping 00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.679 and gnashing 00:25:28.679 --> 00:25:29.399 of teeth. 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.259 Then the 00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.939 righteous will 00:25:31.939 --> 00:25:32.599 shine like 00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:33.299 the sun in 00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:33.799 the kingdom 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.779 of their 00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.259 father. 00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:38.019 You see, 00:25:38.159 --> 00:25:38.679 rebellion 00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:40.879 against God's 00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:41.219 king, 00:25:41.419 --> 00:25:42.359 Jesus Christ, 00:25:42.439 --> 00:25:43.099 will not 00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:44.279 be tolerated. 00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.779 He is the 00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.379 true king 00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:47.579 and we 00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:48.899 must submit 00:25:48.899 --> 00:25:49.679 to him. 00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.519 God is 00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.139 patient. 00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:53.479 His 00:25:53.479 --> 00:25:54.000 justice 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.859 may be 00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.299 delayed, 00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.859 but what 00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.339 he has 00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:57.939 promised, 00:25:58.939 --> 00:25:59.399 yes, 00:25:59.659 --> 00:26:00.240 it will 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.839 come to 00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.359 pass. 00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.019 And there's 00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.659 no hiding 00:26:03.659 --> 00:26:04.139 from the 00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.419 king. 00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.419 Fake 00:26:05.419 --> 00:26:06.199 religion is 00:26:06.199 --> 00:26:06.779 not going 00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.419 to work. 00:26:08.179 --> 00:26:08.339 He 00:26:08.339 --> 00:26:09.139 sees the 00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.559 heart 00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:11.199 and he 00:26:11.199 --> 00:26:11.899 will crush 00:26:11.899 --> 00:26:12.639 his enemies 00:26:12.639 --> 00:26:14.399 so that 00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:15.099 his kingdom 00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:16.979 is secure. 00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:22.860 God's 00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:23.420 means of 00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:24.140 establishing 00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.900 a secure 00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.400 kingdom, 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.940 his 00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.559 response 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:27.880 to 00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.400 enemies 00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:28.860 of the 00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.200 kingdom, 00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:31.059 and then 00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.500 third, 00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.500 God's 00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.039 demands 00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.720 for people 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.380 who live 00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:35.200 in the 00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:35.519 kingdom. 00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.079 You see, 00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.779 if we are 00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.259 going to 00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.620 live in 00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:39.059 God's 00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.360 kingdom, 00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:39.920 if we are 00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:40.400 going to 00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.120 experience 00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:42.039 and enjoy 00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.360 his 00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.019 security, 00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.939 there must 00:26:44.939 --> 00:26:45.879 be loyalty 00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:47.419 and devotion. 00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:51.079 There's one 00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.779 other character 00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.379 that we have 00:26:52.379 --> 00:26:52.799 to deal 00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.240 with that 00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.679 we haven't 00:26:53.679 --> 00:26:54.240 looked at. 00:26:54.419 --> 00:26:54.859 He comes 00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.139 at the 00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:55.579 end of 00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:56.319 chapter 2, 00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:57.959 Shimei. 00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.199 David 00:27:00.199 --> 00:27:00.619 didn't 00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:01.219 trust him, 00:27:01.979 --> 00:27:02.539 always had 00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.079 a question 00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.740 mark over 00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.240 his head, 00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.619 and Solomon 00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.379 is unsure 00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:07.039 about his 00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.519 allegiance. 00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:10.839 Verse 36, 00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:13.019 Then the 00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.659 king sent 00:27:13.659 --> 00:27:14.359 for Shimei 00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:14.819 and said 00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.220 to him, 00:27:16.159 --> 00:27:16.579 Build 00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.259 yourself a 00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.819 house in 00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.319 Jerusalem 00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.899 and live 00:27:19.899 --> 00:27:20.220 there, 00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:20.959 but do 00:27:20.959 --> 00:27:21.699 not go 00:27:21.699 --> 00:27:22.279 anywhere 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.799 else. 00:27:23.959 --> 00:27:24.439 The day 00:27:24.439 --> 00:27:25.059 you leave 00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.799 and cross 00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.299 the Kidron 00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.619 Valley, 00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.639 so if 00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:28.259 you leave 00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.899 the city, 00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.480 you can 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.039 be sure 00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.659 you will 00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:32.119 die. 00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.599 Your blood 00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.119 will be on 00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:34.480 your own 00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:34.859 head. 00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.539 Shimei 00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.220 answered the 00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.419 king, 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.279 What you 00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.720 say is 00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.240 good. 00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.480 Your 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.140 servant 00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:41.759 will do 00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.259 as my 00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.839 lord the 00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:44.160 king has 00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.640 said. 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.559 And Shimei 00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.319 stayed in 00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:48.019 Jerusalem for 00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.380 a long 00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:48.799 time. 00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:50.579 It's a 00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:51.039 test of 00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.480 loyalty. 00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.299 Serve the 00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.599 king, 00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.519 obey the 00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:55.799 king, 00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:58.099 live for 00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.640 the king, 00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.640 and you 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:01.559 will enjoy 00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.740 the kingdom. 00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:04.940 But, 00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:07.259 verse 39, 00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:09.460 three years 00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:09.920 later, 00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.480 two of 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.059 Shimei's 00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.720 slaves ran 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.200 off to 00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.779 Achish, 00:28:12.879 --> 00:28:13.259 son of 00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:13.619 Macca, 00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.140 king of 00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:14.440 Gath, 00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:15.940 and Shimei 00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.420 was told, 00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.099 your slaves 00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:17.440 are in 00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:17.759 Gath. 00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.000 At this, 00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.680 he saddled 00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.460 his donkey, 00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.779 left the 00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.079 city, 00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.579 and went 00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.420 to Achish 00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:25.079 in Gath 00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:26.099 in search 00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:26.379 of his 00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:26.720 slaves. 00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.420 So Shimei 00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:28.319 went away 00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.839 and brought 00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.599 the slaves 00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.480 back from 00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:31.960 Gath. 00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:34.079 Now, 00:28:34.340 --> 00:28:35.420 it seems 00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.940 okay, 00:28:37.100 --> 00:28:37.539 doesn't it? 00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.120 Reasonable. 00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.640 He's lost 00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.059 some of 00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.660 his workers, 00:28:40.920 --> 00:28:41.620 he's out 00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.180 of pocket. 00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:44.019 That means 00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.900 going outside 00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.539 the city 00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.160 to go and 00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:46.620 get them, 00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:48.039 but in 00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.400 such 00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:49.319 circumstances, 00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:49.980 Shimei 00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.840 reasons that 00:28:50.840 --> 00:28:51.900 loyalty to 00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.380 the kingdom 00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:52.940 in this 00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:54.480 case is 00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.000 optional. 00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.299 It seems 00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:58.000 he was more 00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:59.079 interested in, 00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.100 well, 00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.799 not obeying 00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.200 what the 00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.940 king said, 00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:03.480 but securing 00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.120 his own 00:29:04.120 --> 00:29:04.819 little kingdom. 00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:07.059 Because when 00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.880 something else 00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.680 comes along 00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.680 that's more 00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.279 important, 00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.279 like securing 00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:11.920 a career, 00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.960 finding our 00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.700 husband or 00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.059 wife, 00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.319 securing our 00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:17.380 retirement fund, 00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.120 well, 00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.799 then it's 00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.720 okay just to 00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.120 put the 00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:20.779 kingdom on 00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.620 hold and 00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:22.360 put it on 00:29:22.360 --> 00:29:23.200 the back 00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.660 seat. 00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.759 So often, 00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.779 loyalty to 00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.279 the king 00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:29.920 is optional. 00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.440 But 00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.400 disobedience 00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:33.840 to the 00:29:33.840 --> 00:29:34.240 king's 00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.819 word is 00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.440 treason. 00:29:36.340 --> 00:29:36.660 It's 00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.480 saying no 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:37.980 to the 00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:39.299 king of 00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.940 the world. 00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.980 Verse 42, 00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.779 the king 00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.360 summoned 00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:45.079 Shimei and 00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:45.519 said to 00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:45.740 him, 00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:47.319 did I not 00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:47.819 make you 00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.519 swear by 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.960 the Lord 00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.500 and warn 00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:49.799 you? 00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.259 On the 00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.880 day you 00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:52.460 leave to 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.340 go anywhere 00:29:53.340 --> 00:29:53.900 else, 00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.420 you can be 00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:55.940 sure you 00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.460 will die. 00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:58.380 At that 00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:58.860 time you 00:29:58.860 --> 00:29:59.220 said to 00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.360 me, 00:29:59.500 --> 00:29:59.940 what you 00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.319 say is 00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:00.519 good, 00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:00.960 I will 00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.380 obey. 00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.259 Why 00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.940 then did 00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.340 you not 00:30:04.340 --> 00:30:04.920 keep your 00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:05.380 oath to 00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:05.960 your Lord 00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.819 and obey 00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.519 the command 00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.120 I gave 00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:08.400 you? 00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:12.120 Verse 46, 00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:14.000 then the 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.559 king gave 00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.079 the order 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.519 to Ben 00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:15.860 and I, 00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.340 son of 00:30:16.340 --> 00:30:16.860 Jehoiada, 00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:18.059 and he 00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.759 went out 00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:20.079 and struck 00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.579 Shimei 00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.059 down, 00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.299 and he 00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.759 died. 00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.559 The 00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:24.920 kingdom 00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.920 was now 00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.800 established 00:30:26.800 --> 00:30:28.759 in Solomon's 00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.240 hands. 00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.920 Now we 00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.539 might read 00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.019 that and 00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.519 think the 00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:33.880 king's 00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.480 orders were 00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.800 a bit 00:30:34.800 --> 00:30:35.519 restrictive 00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:35.940 and a 00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.700 bit harsh, 00:30:37.120 --> 00:30:37.779 and we 00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.519 can gripe 00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:39.180 and complain 00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:39.519 and say, 00:30:39.580 --> 00:30:40.080 I don't 00:30:40.080 --> 00:30:40.820 like this 00:30:40.820 --> 00:30:41.200 bit of 00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.779 the story. 00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.960 But the 00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.420 king's 00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:44.740 word, 00:30:44.840 --> 00:30:45.200 no matter 00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:46.200 how difficult 00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.940 it is, 00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:48.920 no matter 00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.480 what our 00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.220 reasoning may 00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.519 be, 00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:51.500 is always 00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.480 right and 00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.440 best for 00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:53.940 us. 00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.820 It seems 00:30:55.820 --> 00:30:56.500 that Shimei 00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.320 has something 00:30:57.320 --> 00:30:57.920 to teach 00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.340 us. 00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.240 And here 00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.820 it is. 00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:02.420 Don't 00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:03.600 sacrifice the 00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:04.200 kingdom of 00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:05.840 God for 00:31:05.840 --> 00:31:06.340 the sake 00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:07.200 of security 00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:08.240 today. 00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.200 Don't 00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:11.200 sacrifice the 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.779 kingdom of 00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:13.380 God for 00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:13.860 the sake 00:31:13.860 --> 00:31:14.640 of a 00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.060 comfortable 00:31:15.060 --> 00:31:16.440 life today. 00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:18.420 You see, 00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:18.900 the same 00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.560 message would 00:31:19.560 --> 00:31:20.360 be echoed 00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:21.180 years later 00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:23.160 as Jesus 00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.860 spoke to 00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.259 his 00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:25.039 disciples. 00:31:26.360 --> 00:31:26.779 Remember 00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.120 what he 00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:27.480 said? 00:31:28.560 --> 00:31:29.340 What good 00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:29.880 is it for 00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:30.480 someone to 00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:30.980 gain the 00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:32.039 whole world 00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:34.420 yet forfeit 00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:35.039 their soul? 00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.940 If anyone 00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.620 is ashamed 00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:38.279 of me and 00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:39.100 my words in 00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:39.940 this adulterous 00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.480 and sinful 00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.220 generation, 00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:42.840 the Son of 00:31:42.840 --> 00:31:43.480 Man will be 00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.140 ashamed of 00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.560 them when 00:31:44.560 --> 00:31:45.180 he comes in 00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:45.900 his Father's 00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:47.360 glory and 00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:47.720 with the 00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.480 holy angels. 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:50.940 you see, 00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.400 the king 00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:52.019 demands 00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.620 total 00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:53.099 allegiance 00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:54.940 and 00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.700 absolute 00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.319 loyalty. 00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.500 So, 00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:02.940 we can 00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.620 say the 00:32:03.620 --> 00:32:04.279 kingdom of 00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:05.279 God is 00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.240 secure, 00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:08.680 but it 00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:09.079 is not 00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.559 safe. 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.960 We can't 00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:13.259 say I'm 00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.779 living in 00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.279 the kingdom 00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:16.160 and at 00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.620 the same 00:32:16.620 --> 00:32:18.019 time living 00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.960 as I 00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.559 please. 00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.059 God will 00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.619 raise up 00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.119 his king 00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:23.500 who will 00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.039 crush his 00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:25.039 enemies so 00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.460 that his 00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.299 kingdom is 00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:27.000 secure. 00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.920 So, 00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.859 how can I 00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.720 be secure 00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.740 in God's 00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.059 kingdom? 00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:36.220 Because as I 00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.779 read through 00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.619 chapter 2, 00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.819 I realise 00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.119 that, 00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.400 well, 00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:40.400 I'm just 00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:41.500 like Shimei. 00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.839 So often 00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.299 I'm more 00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:46.039 interested in 00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.460 my own 00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.799 kingdom. 00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:48.839 I rebel 00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.539 against the 00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.139 true king 00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:51.019 Jesus Christ 00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.980 just like 00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.980 Abiathar and 00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.539 Joab. 00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:55.559 How can we 00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.119 live in 00:32:56.119 --> 00:32:56.659 God's 00:32:56.659 --> 00:32:57.740 kingdom in 00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:59.039 confidence and 00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:00.299 without fear of 00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:01.059 the king's 00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.519 justice? 00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.539 Well, 00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:06.220 the answer is 00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:06.599 simple. 00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:09.220 We bow in 00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:10.079 submission to 00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.919 God's true 00:33:10.919 --> 00:33:11.259 king, 00:33:11.419 --> 00:33:12.259 Jesus Christ. 00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.440 Christ. 00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:15.700 We bow to 00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.200 the one 00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:18.140 who has 00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:19.059 defeated and 00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:20.099 destroyed our 00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:21.700 greatest enemy, 00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:23.180 the greatest 00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:24.119 enemy of the 00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:24.460 kingdom, 00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:26.099 Satan himself, 00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:29.079 who destroyed 00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.480 him, 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:31.420 disarming him 00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:33.400 through the 00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:33.920 cross, 00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.819 rising again 00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.500 from the 00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:36.859 grave, 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:38.220 defeating death 00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.940 itself. 00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:40.299 Here is 00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:40.779 the true 00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:43.340 king who 00:33:43.340 --> 00:33:44.880 defeats our 00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.539 one true 00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.039 enemy. 00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:48.039 And as we 00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.820 bow in 00:33:48.820 --> 00:33:49.400 surrender, 00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.779 as we give 00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.279 up the 00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.860 fight, 00:33:52.820 --> 00:33:52.980 well, 00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.900 we find from 00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.519 this king 00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:55.640 grace and 00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:56.539 mercy and 00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.080 forgiveness. 00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.680 A loving 00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:59.519 king who no 00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.420 longer treats 00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:01.220 us as enemies, 00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:02.660 but now 00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:03.740 welcomes and 00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.759 treasures us as 00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.680 children of the 00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:07.140 kingdom for all 00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:07.759 eternity. 00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:11.400 Submission is 00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:12.119 not a one-off 00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.720 event. 00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:15.119 It is a daily 00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:16.300 act of repentance 00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:17.900 for all his 00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:18.700 disciples, 00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:21.400 as we daily 00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.500 surrender our 00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:23.400 will to his 00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:25.599 will and 00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.320 seek his 00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:28.200 priorities over 00:34:28.200 --> 00:34:28.920 ours, 00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:31.360 who seek 00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:32.119 first his 00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:34.099 kingdom above 00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.680 our own. 00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:38.199 bow in 00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:39.839 submission to 00:34:39.839 --> 00:34:40.379 the king 00:34:40.379 --> 00:34:43.219 and enjoy 00:34:43.219 --> 00:34:44.159 the treasures 00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:45.639 of the 00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:45.919 kingdom. 00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.119 Let us 00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.419 pray. 00:34:49.419 --> 00:34:51.519 Let us 00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:53.500 pray. 00:34:53.500 --> 00:35:00.139 Let us 00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:03.539 pray. 00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:12.199 Lord God, once again you remind us through your word 00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:14.960 of who you are, 00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:18.940 that you are king. 00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:23.759 So right now we confess 00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:29.900 we are sorry for the times we have rebelled against you. 00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:34.280 We bow in submission. 00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:36.519 We surrender our wills to you. 00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:42.700 We ask that you would give us your Holy Spirit 00:35:42.700 --> 00:35:46.740 that we might prioritize and seek first your kingdom. 00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:50.860 Thank you for Jesus. 00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:54.519 Thank you that he has defeated 00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:58.960 the true and great enemy, Satan himself. 00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:03.700 So that we might enter into your kingdom 00:36:03.700 --> 00:36:09.180 and know peace and joy and security with you. 00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:15.860 We ask this in Jesus' name. 00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.039 Amen. 00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.139 Amen. 00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:27.679 Well, in a moment we are going to share the Lord's Supper 00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:30.839 around what we can call the King's Table, 00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:34.779 the King's invitation to all his followers, 00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:37.980 to all those who love him and obey him, 00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:42.599 to share in the meal with the King. 00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:45.480 And in preparation we're going to sing, 00:36:46.679 --> 00:36:50.000 which reminds us that God is our servant king, 00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:52.360 the one who gives his life for us 00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:54.400 and calls us now to follow him, 00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:56.380 to bow in submission, 00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:59.619 to bring our lives as a daily offering 00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:02.539 of worship to the servant king. 00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:04.860 Let's stand as we sing. 00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:04.980 Amen. 00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:06.980 Amen. 00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:07.460 Amen. 00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:07.860 Amen. 00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.599 Amen. 00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:08.819 Amen. 00:37:08.819 --> 00:37:08.900 Amen. 00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:08.920 Amen. 00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:08.980 Amen. 00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.000 Amen. 00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.039 Amen. 00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:14.599 Amen.