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 Gracious Lord and Heavenly Father, I am a man of unclean lips,

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 and we are people of unclean lips.

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 I pray, Father, that you might sanctify my words this morning,

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 make them yours.

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 Ultimately, we pray, Father, that through this morning,

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 our knees will be bowing to the Lord Jesus, the Son of David,

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 and all glory and power and honour will go to him,

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 and that your rule might be extended in our hearts,

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 in our community, and in all the world.

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 And we pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 One of the things I think annoys my wife to no...

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 Is she here? No? Good.

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 To no end is we'll be having this conversation,

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 and she'll say something, and there'll be some words that she mentioned,

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 and I'll seize upon those words, and I think I know what she's saying.

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 And then, you know, and I'll react to it,

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 and that annoys her to no end.

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 Because that's not what she wanted to say to you.

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 That's not, I just haven't taken the time to hear what she's saying.

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 And I think that this is something that we do to God.

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 We read the Bible, and there'll be certain words that are really important to us,

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 and we'll take those words, and we start thinking,

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 right, you know, this is what the Bible is saying to me.

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 I wonder if God is as annoyed as Jan is when I do it to her.

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 I want to suggest to you that there are three, there are four,

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 there's some things that we can do to actually guard us against that.

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 There are four questions that we can ask when we approach the Bible,

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 particularly the Old Testament.

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 And let me outline those questions for you.

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 The first question is, what is the story so far?

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 In the first week of the series,

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 I've suggested that the Bible is not just some random selection of material

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 and wise sayings and principles,

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 but rather it is a story, a narrative, an unfolding story.

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 And so when we approach the Bible from any part,

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 we have to ask, where does it fit in the unfolding story of God?

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 And we'll get to that in a sec.

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 The second question that we need to ask is,

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 okay, given that this is where the story is, the episode,

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 what is this particular episode about?

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 And it is a question of comprehension.

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 If you like, the first two questions

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 describe what the text that we are reading tells us.

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 The third question is more analytic,

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 is really asking the question, well, what does it mean?

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 The Bible claims to be the Word of God,

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 and so when we read the Bible,

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 we have to ask the question,

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 well, what does this tell us about God?

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 And about the way He works in the world,

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 and as we know God, we know ourselves,

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 what does this passage tell us about us and our world?

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 And the last question is,

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 what difference does Jesus make?

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 We're reading the Bible as Christians.

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 The Bible claims that Jesus is where you find God.

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 In fact, Jesus Himself says

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 that the whole of the Bible ought to take us to Him.

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 And so the fourth question we ask is,

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 well, what difference does Jesus make

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 to our understanding of this particular part of the Bible?

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 And what does this particular part of the Bible

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 help us to understand Jesus?

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 Okay, so four questions.

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 Where does it fit in the story?

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 What is this episode about?

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 What does this tell us about God?

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 And lastly, what difference does Jesus make?

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 Is that good?

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 Okay.

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 And what I propose to do

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 is to apply that method to Samuel 7.

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 And hopefully we can see how this method could work.

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 Well, the first question is,

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 what's the story so far?

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 I have some props,

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 and I just feel that we didn't have enough time.

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 So what I'm going to do

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 is I'm going to invite you

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 to open your Bible to the contents page.

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 So grab your Bible in front of you.

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 Hopefully this will...

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 And, you know,

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 if the person next to you

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 look a little bit lost,

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 help them to find a contents page.

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 This is where we'll start from,

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 the contents page of the Bible.

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 Okay, how are we doing?

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 Yeah?

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 All found a contents page?

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 Okay.

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 Now, we started our story from Genesis.

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 Okay?

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 It's...

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 Your Bible is more or less chronological,

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 as in the follows time.

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 And the Bible begins, really,

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 at the beginning of the universe.

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 The Christian religion involves not just us

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 who are Christians and believers,

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 but it involves a whole world.

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 And if you go to Genesis 1,

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 it tells the beginning of a story of God and us.

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 And it is a story of a kingdom, you recall.

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 Genesis 1 is a story of how God created a people,

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 Adam and Eve,

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 his people living in his land,

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 in the Garden of Eden,

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 under his good rule.

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 So that sets the frame,

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 the background to our story.

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 And, of course, you know,

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 immediately the story doesn't make sense

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 because that's not the world that we live in.

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 It's not a world of harmony.

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 It is a world of floods,

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 of wars,

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 of divorce,

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 of...

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 Well, why is that?

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 Again, stay in Genesis.

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 If you move the story from Genesis 1 to 3,

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 it tells us the source,

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 the beginning of all our problems.

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 Okay, whatever problem that you have,

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 that our society have,

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 the Bible says this is the ultimate source.

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 And the source is sin.

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 Okay, that's the Bible word

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 for the source of all our problems.

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 And sin, of course,

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 is more than just eating chocolate

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 when you're on a diet.

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 Sin,

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 sin,

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 as the Bible explain it,

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 in the context and frame of the kingdom,

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 is a regime change.

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 It is rebellion.

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 It is people

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 who have no right to rule

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 decide to rise up

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 against the one who has the right to rule.

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 Sin is taking the right

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 to be God

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 onto ourselves.

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 Sin is deciding

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 that we are the one

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 who can decide

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 what is good and what is bad,

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 what is right and wrong.

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 Sin is,

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 as you're driving here this morning

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 and you see a big sign saying 50,

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 and you decide,

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 I'm late for church,

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 so I'm just going to ignore that

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 because I am the king of my car.

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 So I can drive whatever speed

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 that I think is convenient

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 and right for me.

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 That is sin.

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 And what the Bible says is,

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 again, in Genesis 3,

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 tracing in the contents,

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 sin leads to curse.

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 God is still the king

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 of the universe.

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 And so,

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 everything in this world

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 is cursed.

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 The land is cursed.

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 This is why,

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 for those of you

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 who have a lawn,

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 every week you go out there

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 and you've got to pluck

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 those darn weeds.

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 You know,

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 our lawn is cursed.

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 Our work is cursed.

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 Our family are cursed.

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 Our marriage,

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 everything is cursed

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 as a result of our rebellion.

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 Sin wrecks everything.

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 And again,

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 saying in Genesis,

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 if you read from chapter 4

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 to chapter 11,

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 it sort of traced

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 the spread of sin

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 from one family,

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 you know,

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 Cain and Abel,

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 just faticide,

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 to mass murder,

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 to violence and chaos,

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 something that characterizes

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 our whole world.

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 But God is still God.

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 He has not abandoned us

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 or the world.

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 And when you go through

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 the story to Genesis 12,

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 you see that God has revealed

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 that He has a plan

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 to reverse sin,

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 to undo sin

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 and curse in the world.

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 So if you get to Genesis 12,

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 you will see that God

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 makes a promise

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 that He would undo

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 Genesis 3

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 through one man

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 and His descendant.

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 Through that one person,

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 a new human race

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 will be created.

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 A human race

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 that would,

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 the new race of people

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 who will once again

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 be blessed

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 by being the people of God,

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 living in the security

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 of His place

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 and being blessed

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 by being ruled by Him.

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 And through this one race

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 of people,

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 the whole world

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 will be blessed,

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 we read Genesis 12.

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 Again,

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 if you look at the contents page,

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 you keep going

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 from Genesis

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 to Exodus.

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 See,

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 the plan

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 is promised

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 in Genesis 12.

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 and we see

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 the working out

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 of that plan.

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 And last week

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 you saw

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 we came to

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 Exodus 19.

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 Another covenant,

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 a new dimension

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 is introduced.

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 God will reverse sin,

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 bless the world,

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 save the human race

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 and the universe

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 and the environment

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 through the descendants

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 of Abraham.

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 And we are told

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 in Genesis,

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 sorry,

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 Exodus 19,

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 that the way

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 God would do it

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 is calling,

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 saving a people

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 to Himself

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 and making them

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 into a kingdom

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 of priests.

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 You remember that phrase,

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 a holy nation,

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 a people who will declare

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 the glory of God.

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 The way

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 God will save the world,

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 bless the world,

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 is by having

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 a bunch of people

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 who are different

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 to the rest of the world.

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 They will live

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 under the kingship

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 of God

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 in God's land.

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 The way

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 they're different

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 to the rest

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 of the world

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 is that they

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 will wholeheartedly

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 love God

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 and they

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 will love

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 their neighbors

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 as themselves.

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 How different

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 is that

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 to the rest

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 of the human race?

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 That is how

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 God will choose

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 to save the world,

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 to bless the nations.

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 But again,

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 looking at the

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 contents page,

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 that's the promise

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 of Exodus 19.

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 you keep going

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 to the end

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 of Deuteronomy,

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 the first five books

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 of the Bible,

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 there is a promise

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 but there is no land.

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 There is no place

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 to call home.

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 There is a people

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 and so we begin

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 the book of Joshua

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 and the beginning

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 of the conquest

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 of the land.

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 So there's the kingdom

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 of God,

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 the people of God

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 living under his rule

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 in his place

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 and here God

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 is delivering

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 on his promise,

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 the beginning

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 of the conquest

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 of the land.

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 There were decisive

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 victories,

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 for example,

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 the conquest

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 of Jericho

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 but victories

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 and conquests

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 were slow

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 and hard

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 and there are

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 two main reasons

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 for it.

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 One was the

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 enemies from

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 without,

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 the enemies

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 of God's people,

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 the Hivites,

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 the Amorites,

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 the Canaanites,

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 the Hittites,

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 the Perizzites,

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 the Jebusites.

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 They're like this

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 malignant cancer

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 in the land

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 like all those

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 who oppose

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 the good rule

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 of God.

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 We become a cancer

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 to the environment.

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 You just can't

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 get rid of them

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 but as you trace

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 through Joshua

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 and then to the

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 book of Judges

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 you will find

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 that the will

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 of divine justice

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 grinds slowly

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 but it grinds

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 exceedingly

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 small

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 for you see

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 that the land

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 progressively

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 was conquered

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 and one

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 by one

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 the Hivite

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 and Amorite

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 and Canaanite

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 and Hittite

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 and Perizzite

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 and Jebusites

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 they disappeared

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 into the ether

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 of history.

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 I assume

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 that walking

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 down Chesswood,

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 multicultural

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 Chesswood,

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 you have never

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 met an Amorite.

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 So the promises

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 of God

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 is being fulfilled

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 but they're not

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 the problem.

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 See,

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 we tend to think

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 that the problem

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 is outside.

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 You know,

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 it's the Mardi Gras,

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 it's the gay people

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 or the atheists.

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 The real problem

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 as you trace

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 through the history

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 that is being

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 unfolded

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 is actually

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 the enemy

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 from within.

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 The real problem

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 were the Israelites.

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 See,

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 the way that God

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 would reverse

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 the curse

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 on the world

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 is by having

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 a nation of priests,

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 a royal priesthood,

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 they were anything

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 but priestly.

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 They didn't bring

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 blessing to the nations

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 because when they

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 went into the land

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 you couldn't tell

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 the difference

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 between an Israelite

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 and a Perizzite.

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 They were just like

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 everybody else.

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 They didn't love God

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 with their whole heart

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 and they certainly

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 didn't love

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 the neighbours

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 as themselves.

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 And so

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 the biggest problem

00:13:23.700 --> 00:13:24.399
 you see,

00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:25.120
 God could get rid

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 of the Perizzites.

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 There was no promise

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 made to them.

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 But

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 he is his people.

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 He's made a promise

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 that through these people

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 the world will be blessed.

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 What's he going to do?

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 They themselves

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 are the ones

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 who threaten

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 to undo

00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:40.080
 God's plan,

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 to make God

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 into a liar

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 as it were.

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 And if you keep

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 travelling,

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 you know,

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 there's Joshua,

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 the book of Judges

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 and he's Samuel.

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 By Samuel's time,

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 the problem

00:13:51.659 --> 00:13:52.500
 is still there.

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 There were

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 the external threat,

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 the nation of the day

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 was the Philistines.

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 There were people

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 with superior military power.

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 But the problem

00:14:02.019 --> 00:14:03.680
 of the Israelites

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 themselves persists.

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 And if you begin

00:14:06.340 --> 00:14:07.820
 the book of Samuel,

00:14:07.899 --> 00:14:08.399
 1 Samuel,

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 we get the story

00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:10.519
 of Eli,

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 the priest

00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:12.980
 and his two sons

00:14:12.980 --> 00:14:14.580
 who were ripping off

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 the worshippers,

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 exploiting

00:14:17.320 --> 00:14:18.040
 the young girls

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 in the temple,

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 they were terrible.

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 And 1 Samuel 4,

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 Israel went into battle

00:14:26.860 --> 00:14:27.879
 with the Philistines.

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 They thought

00:14:28.980 --> 00:14:29.840
 we couldn't lose

00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:30.440
 because God

00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:31.240
 is on our side.

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 So what they did

00:14:32.300 --> 00:14:33.780
 was they took

00:14:33.780 --> 00:14:34.780
 the Ark of the Covenant,

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 the symbol,

00:14:36.160 --> 00:14:36.700
 the guarantee

00:14:36.700 --> 00:14:37.320
 as it were

00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:38.000
 in their mind

00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:39.060
 of the presence

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 and the approval

00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:40.500
 of God

00:14:40.500 --> 00:14:41.460
 into battle

00:14:41.460 --> 00:14:42.320
 with the Philistines.

00:14:42.800 --> 00:14:43.520
 And what happened?

00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:45.440
 They got absolutely smashed.

00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:47.740
 They had to run away,

00:14:47.920 --> 00:14:49.080
 tails between their legs

00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:51.060
 and worst of all,

00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:52.900
 the Ark itself

00:14:52.900 --> 00:14:53.540
 was taken

00:14:53.540 --> 00:14:55.260
 by the Philistines.

00:14:56.940 --> 00:14:59.240
 And from 1 Samuel 6,

00:14:59.980 --> 00:15:01.260
 any mention of the Ark

00:15:01.260 --> 00:15:02.060
 was gone

00:15:02.060 --> 00:15:03.880
 from Israel.

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 And what was

00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:06.900
 Israel's solution

00:15:06.900 --> 00:15:07.580
 to a problem?

00:15:07.780 --> 00:15:08.000
 Again,

00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:08.960
 tracing through the history,

00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:09.940
 we're up to

00:15:09.940 --> 00:15:10.920
 1 Samuel 8,

00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:11.319
 if you look

00:15:11.319 --> 00:15:12.419
 at the contents page.

00:15:13.339 --> 00:15:14.240
 Their solution

00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:15.479
 to that problem

00:15:15.479 --> 00:15:16.919
 and the solution

00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:17.599
 that we,

00:15:18.259 --> 00:15:18.919
 I think,

00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:20.000
 often go to

00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:21.360
 is we've got a problem,

00:15:22.059 --> 00:15:22.759
 what we need

00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:23.599
 is a new rector.

00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:24.799
 Sorry, Steve.

00:15:26.500 --> 00:15:27.339
 A new rector,

00:15:27.439 --> 00:15:28.039
 which is, of course,

00:15:28.099 --> 00:15:28.579
 from the Latin

00:15:28.579 --> 00:15:29.639
 to rule.

00:15:30.219 --> 00:15:31.079
 What they thought

00:15:31.079 --> 00:15:31.659
 they needed

00:15:31.659 --> 00:15:32.479
 is a leader,

00:15:32.839 --> 00:15:33.659
 a new leader,

00:15:34.059 --> 00:15:35.019
 a strong leader,

00:15:35.439 --> 00:15:36.480
 a visionary leader,

00:15:36.579 --> 00:15:37.539
 a wise leader.

00:15:37.779 --> 00:15:38.639
 That was the problem,

00:15:38.699 --> 00:15:39.019
 wasn't it?

00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:39.659
 They didn't have

00:15:39.659 --> 00:15:40.259
 that sort of leader.

00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:41.319
 And so,

00:15:42.019 --> 00:15:43.100
 they found themselves

00:15:43.100 --> 00:15:43.519
 a king.

00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:46.240
 And if you trace

00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:46.819
 through Samuel,

00:15:47.299 --> 00:15:48.379
 he couldn't do

00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:49.100
 what, well,

00:15:49.219 --> 00:15:49.740
 they needed.

00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:50.959
 Couldn't beat

00:15:50.959 --> 00:15:51.699
 the Philistines.

00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:53.059
 By the beginning

00:15:53.059 --> 00:15:54.639
 of 2 Samuel 1,

00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:56.839
 the people's king

00:15:56.839 --> 00:15:57.779
 was dead,

00:15:58.519 --> 00:15:59.539
 and so were his sons.

00:15:59.819 --> 00:16:00.459
 They were killed

00:16:00.459 --> 00:16:01.299
 in battle.

00:16:01.839 --> 00:16:02.740
 And the question

00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:03.500
 remains,

00:16:04.179 --> 00:16:04.919
 here's the problem

00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:06.279
 of sin and curse.

00:16:06.839 --> 00:16:07.620
 Here's the promise

00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:08.059
 of God

00:16:08.059 --> 00:16:08.980
 to fix it all.

00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:11.000
 To bless the world

00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:11.679
 through his people.

00:16:11.899 --> 00:16:12.939
 How is God

00:16:12.939 --> 00:16:13.740
 going to do that?

00:16:13.939 --> 00:16:14.480
 How is he going

00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:15.319
 to save the world,

00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:16.379
 reverse the curse

00:16:16.379 --> 00:16:16.799
 and sin,

00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:17.879
 bless the nations,

00:16:18.219 --> 00:16:18.879
 keep the promise,

00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:20.779
 given the way

00:16:20.779 --> 00:16:21.079
 witness

00:16:21.079 --> 00:16:23.279
 of his own people?

00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:25.740
 Can you feel

00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:26.120
 the tension?

00:16:27.439 --> 00:16:28.339
 And here we are

00:16:28.339 --> 00:16:29.919
 at 2 Samuel 7.

00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:30.559
 So this is where

00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:31.079
 the story

00:16:31.079 --> 00:16:32.259
 has led us so far.

00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:32.860
 Right?

00:16:33.100 --> 00:16:34.000
 The next question

00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:34.799
 we ask is,

00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:38.419
 what is this episode

00:16:38.419 --> 00:16:38.699
 about?

00:16:40.079 --> 00:16:40.299
 Okay?

00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:41.120
 So cast your eyes

00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:41.519
 down,

00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:42.679
 broadly,

00:16:42.939 --> 00:16:44.099
 possibly two parts

00:16:44.099 --> 00:16:45.439
 to this passage.

00:16:45.819 --> 00:16:46.620
 2 Samuel 7

00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:47.419
 is where we are.

00:16:47.779 --> 00:16:48.740
 What is 2 Samuel 7?

00:16:48.819 --> 00:16:48.959
 Well,

00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:49.819
 there are two parts.

00:16:50.259 --> 00:16:51.079
 The first part,

00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:51.599
 verses 1,

00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:51.740
 2,

00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:52.059
 3,

00:16:52.479 --> 00:16:53.319
 you will see

00:16:53.319 --> 00:16:56.500
 that political power

00:16:56.500 --> 00:16:57.459
 and military power

00:16:57.459 --> 00:16:59.159
 is now consolidated

00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:00.399
 in one person,

00:17:01.179 --> 00:17:01.519
 David.

00:17:02.419 --> 00:17:02.659
 Okay?

00:17:02.819 --> 00:17:03.579
 There is now

00:17:03.579 --> 00:17:04.160
 a leader,

00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:04.839
 a rector,

00:17:05.139 --> 00:17:05.680
 a new rector.

00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:07.200
 And he was able

00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:08.779
 to beat the Philistines,

00:17:09.139 --> 00:17:09.779
 something that

00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:11.019
 the people of God

00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:11.579
 under Saul

00:17:11.579 --> 00:17:12.339
 couldn't do.

00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:14.000
 And the other thing

00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:14.859
 is the mention

00:17:14.859 --> 00:17:15.500
 of the ark,

00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:16.359
 which disappears

00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:17.440
 since 1 Samuel 7,

00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:19.359
 has now reappeared.

00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:21.859
 David has now

00:17:21.859 --> 00:17:22.940
 taken the ark,

00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:23.819
 the symbol of God's

00:17:23.819 --> 00:17:24.619
 presence and approval,

00:17:24.619 --> 00:17:25.900
 he's taken the ark

00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:27.680
 into his city.

00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:29.940
 Everything is working

00:17:29.940 --> 00:17:31.860
 out just fine.

00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:33.519
 God has blessed David

00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:35.460
 and David thought,

00:17:35.620 --> 00:17:36.559
 first three verses,

00:17:37.580 --> 00:17:38.880
 God's done something

00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:39.440
 nice for me,

00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:40.640
 I'm going to have to

00:17:40.640 --> 00:17:41.200
 do something nice

00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:41.759
 back to God.

00:17:42.539 --> 00:17:43.039
 So what I'm going

00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:43.620
 to do is I'm going

00:17:43.620 --> 00:17:45.660
 to build a great

00:17:45.660 --> 00:17:46.900
 big temple for God.

00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:49.400
 That's what I can do

00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:49.740
 for God.

00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:51.440
 So first part.

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 Second part is

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 from verse 4 onward.

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 You see God's response.

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 And it's quite remarkable.

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 God is essentially

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 saying to David,

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 well, nice plan,

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 good plan,

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 don't need a house.

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 I'll tell you what,

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 I'll give you another plan.

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 I'll tell you my plan,

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 verses 5 to 9.

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 And when you look

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 at this plan,

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 it just takes

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 your breath away.

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 And I want to draw out

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 some of the details

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 of this plan.

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 You see that this plan

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 involves another promise.

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 Hopefully you can see

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 that every high point

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 in the unfolding history

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 of the Bible

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 involves some sort

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 of promise.

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 Genesis 12,

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 Exodus 19,

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 and now 2,

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 Samuel 7.

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 And now the promise,

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 well, what is that promise?

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 The promise,

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 chapter 7,

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 verse 9b,

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 the promise is that

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 David's name

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 will be great.

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 Reminds us,

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 of course,

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 a little bit of

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 Genesis 12.

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 Just like Abram,

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 David's name

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 will be great.

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 I don't know,

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 I'll just mention

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 this really quickly.

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 We don't think much

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 of names

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 or importance of names.

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 Of course,

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 they are important.

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 That's what we associate

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 ourselves with.

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 That's what branding

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 is about.

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 Why do we drive

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 Mercedes-Benz?

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 Why do we think

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 they're good quality?

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 That's what a name is.

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 Having a bad name

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 is the opposite.

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 It's a matter of identity,

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 of endurance,

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 in a world of change.

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 David will have

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 a great name.

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 And just like

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 Genesis 12,

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 him having a great name

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 means blessing

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 will flow.

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 Verse 10,

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 Israel,

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 this is in the context

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 of war and harassment,

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 in the context of that,

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 Israel would have

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 a home

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 and they will have

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 peace.

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 They will have peace

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 so that they can enjoy

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 the good of the land

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 and the fruit

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 of the labor.

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 is a recasting

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 of Genesis 1

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 and the promises

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 of Genesis 12

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 and 19.

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 They will be blessed

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 once again

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 to be living

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 under God's rule

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 in his land

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 as the people of God.

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 Well,

00:20:08.639 --> 00:20:09.399
 what is new

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 in 2 Samuel 7?

00:20:11.139 --> 00:20:11.859
 What is new?

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 All these promises

00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:14.099
 God has made

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 and he's essentially

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 promising the same thing,

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 that God's kingdom

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 will come.

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 What is new?

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 Well,

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 the new bid

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 is in verses 11b to 16,

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 I want to suggest.

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 The new bid

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 is the promise

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 of the one

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 who will execute

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 the plan.

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 I think this is

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 the new bid.

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 The one who will bring

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 peace to Israel,

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 the one who will

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 destroy evil.

00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:41.519
 Well,

00:20:41.619 --> 00:20:42.279
 who is it

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:43.480
 who will bring

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.379
 all the promises

00:20:44.379 --> 00:20:46.220
 to reality?

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 the son of David.

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 The son of David.

00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.539
 God,

00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:54.519
 we are told,

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 will establish

00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:56.220
 his kingdom.

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 He, in turn,

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 will build a house,

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 a plan word,

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 could be a temple,

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 but it could be a family.

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 He, in turn,

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.660
 will build

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 a people

00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:08.740
 for God.

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.640
 Verse 14,

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 God will be

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 his father

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 and he will be

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 God's son.

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.440
 Okay,

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.080
 we read that

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 and we go,

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 what does that mean?

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 You know,

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.680
 because we think

00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.620
 the son of God

00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:23.540
 is a reference

00:21:23.540 --> 00:21:25.340
 to deity.

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 Right?

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 It's God.

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 But that's not

00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:30.259
 what it is talking about

00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:31.039
 and incidentally,

00:21:31.139 --> 00:21:31.839
 every time you read

00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.839
 the phrase,

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 the son of God,

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.440
 this is what

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:35.240
 it's talking about.

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 It's not talking

00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.839
 about the deity

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:38.379
 of the son of David,

00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:39.639
 rather,

00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:40.659
 it's talking about

00:21:40.659 --> 00:21:41.740
 the kingship,

00:21:42.339 --> 00:21:43.839
 the kingship

00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:44.759
 of the son of David.

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 We don't get it

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:47.079
 because we don't live

00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:48.240
 in an agrarian society

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.700
 anymore.

00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:50.299
 The father and son thing

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:52.079
 is a functional reference.

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.039
 You know,

00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:53.859
 if you were living

00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:55.559
 in an agrarian society,

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.359
 sons do,

00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:58.359
 what fathers do,

00:21:58.939 --> 00:21:59.240
 did,

00:21:59.459 --> 00:21:59.639
 do.

00:22:00.419 --> 00:22:01.639
 So your dad's a farmer,

00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:03.139
 you're going to be a farmer.

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.240
 You know,

00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:05.240
 in that society,

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:05.959
 you can't decide,

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:07.979
 I'm going to be a musician.

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.519
 That's just,

00:22:10.719 --> 00:22:10.919
 no.

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.799
 Dad and sons,

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.799
 the sons do

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:15.119
 what the fathers do.

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:17.939
 And so the son of God

00:22:17.939 --> 00:22:20.979
 is a king

00:22:20.979 --> 00:22:22.579
 because God

00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:24.059
 is the king.

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:26.379
 The son of David

00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:28.020
 will become a king

00:22:28.020 --> 00:22:29.160
 and exercise

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:30.360
 the kingly rule

00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:31.060
 of God.

00:22:31.760 --> 00:22:33.140
 That's what the promise is.

00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:34.180
 Of course,

00:22:34.260 --> 00:22:35.380
 what does this remind you of

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:36.180
 in terms of the

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:37.120
 unfolding story

00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:38.040
 so far?

00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:39.240
 It reminds us of

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:42.580
 Genesis 1.

00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:46.460
 When the human race

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.240
 was created,

00:22:47.760 --> 00:22:49.240
 what were they supposed to do?

00:22:49.300 --> 00:22:50.080
 What was the brief?

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:51.040
 What was the instruction?

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:52.579
 They were to

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:54.480
 rule

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.759
 the world

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:57.220
 as God's

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.740
 agents.

00:22:58.920 --> 00:23:00.379
 But that was all

00:23:00.379 --> 00:23:01.059
 undone

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:02.059
 in Genesis 3.

00:23:02.659 --> 00:23:03.500
 But here it is,

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:04.319
 God's promising

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.059
 once again

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:06.079
 that

00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:07.440
 a man,

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.819
 a human

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:10.139
 will once again

00:23:10.139 --> 00:23:11.339
 rule the earth

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:13.000
 as he had planned.

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.799
 Not just any man,

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:15.779
 but

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:17.019
 the son

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.759
 of

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.740
 David.

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:21.480
 And it's

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.079
 breathtaking

00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:23.900
 for three reasons.

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:24.960
 One is,

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:26.180
 when you read

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.839
 the terms

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.759
 of the promise,

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.599
 the kingdom

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.339
 of God,

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.400
 which seems to be

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:32.319
 what the story

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:32.799
 of the Bible

00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.299
 is about,

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.460
 seems to be

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.680
 coterminous

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.779
 with the kingdom

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.500
 of the son

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.000
 of David.

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.620
 They're almost

00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:41.380
 used interchangeably.

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:42.440
 You know,

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.400
 God will establish

00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:44.420
 his kingdom.

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:45.680
 You see,

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.400
 the kingdom

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:46.980
 of the son

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.500
 of David

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.920
 is the same

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:50.019
 as the kingdom

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.860
 of God.

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:53.220
 That's amazing,

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:53.640
 isn't it?

00:23:53.860 --> 00:23:55.039
 To think of a man

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:56.500
 whose rule

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.180
 will be

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:57.880
 like that

00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:58.240
 of God.

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.579
 But more than that,

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.279
 did you notice

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:01.240
 in verse 13

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.799
 and 15,

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:03.259
 this one,

00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:04.200
 his kingdom,

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.019
 his rule

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:06.120
 will be

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:07.839
 forever.

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.200
 I mean,

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:13.860
 is that

00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:15.019
 just ancient

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.980
 talk for a long

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.360
 time?

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.940
 Or do you

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.460
 think he really

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.400
 meant forever?

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.759
 You know,

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.680
 it raises that

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:22.940
 question.

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.420
 What about

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.099
 Genesis 3

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:24.940
 and the curse

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.480
 of death?

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:26.460
 Surely,

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.180
 if he is

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.500
 the son

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.019
 of Adam,

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.460
 he could not

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:30.160
 rule forever

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:32.240
 because death

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:34.099
 will strike him

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:35.140
 down like

00:24:35.140 --> 00:24:35.680
 every other

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.019
 man.

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.980
 Could it be

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.279
 true?

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.960
 And there's

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.500
 another problem,

00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:41.880
 another

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:43.200
 breathtaking

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:45.000
 aspect to this

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.480
 promise?

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.680
 And it is

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.339
 the problem

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:48.599
 of hereditary

00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:49.480
 rule.

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:50.980
 See,

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:51.759
 there is

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.380
 salvation for

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:52.779
 the Australian

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.339
 Labour Party.

00:24:59.339 --> 00:25:00.279
 If they

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:02.000
 did have a bad

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.339
 leader,

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.359
 she or he,

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.700
 could eventually

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.440
 be replaced

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.420
 by a vote.

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.799
 That's what we do

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.579
 in a democracy.

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.599
 But you

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:11.079
 know what is

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:11.859
 not available

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:13.939
 in a monarchy?

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:15.899
 A vote.

00:25:18.199 --> 00:25:19.199
 You're stuck.

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.279
 If there

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.919
 is a king,

00:25:21.659 --> 00:25:22.539
 you are stuck.

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.159
 That's the

00:25:24.159 --> 00:25:24.799
 problem of

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.500
 hereditary rule.

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.139
 And the

00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:26.779
 problem of

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.579
 hereditary rule

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:29.059
 is clearly

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:30.119
 apparent in the

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:30.740
 book of Samuel.

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.419
 You know,

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:31.899
 at the beginning

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.379
 of Samuel,

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:33.079
 there's Eli

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:34.079
 and his two

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:35.019
 no-good sons.

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:37.240
 Imagine if they

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.919
 had...

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.660
 And then Samuel

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:39.220
 himself,

00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:39.920
 one of the

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.600
 last great

00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:41.580
 judges of

00:25:41.580 --> 00:25:42.100
 Israel,

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.360
 his sons

00:25:43.360 --> 00:25:43.940
 turned out to

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.519
 be a real

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.560
 red bag as

00:25:45.560 --> 00:25:46.080
 well too.

00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:47.640
 And then there

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:48.180
 is Saul,

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.039
 the king.

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:51.200
 What if he...

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:52.019
 The problem

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.900
 of hereditary

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.400
 rule.

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.740
 And now God

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.380
 is promising

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:58.100
 that the son

00:25:58.100 --> 00:25:58.779
 of David

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.820
 will have

00:25:59.820 --> 00:26:01.300
 absolute

00:26:01.300 --> 00:26:02.759
 power.

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.019
 It's wonderful,

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.440
 of course,

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.080
 because in this

00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:06.500
 world,

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.420
 righteousness

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:08.660
 and justice

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:10.320
 and peace

00:26:10.320 --> 00:26:11.039
 could only

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:11.640
 be brought

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:12.480
 about through

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.779
 absolute power.

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.580
 But the

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:16.259
 problem for

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.380
 us is who

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:18.500
 will we give

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.220
 that power

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.600
 to?

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.680
 A new

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:22.940
 rector?

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.700
 See,

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:28.000
 God is

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.360
 promising

00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:28.900
 something that

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.539
 is enormous

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.600
 and breathtaking.

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.360
 He's saying

00:26:31.360 --> 00:26:32.240
 the son of

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:33.019
 David is the

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.660
 one that I'm

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.039
 going to give

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:35.160
 absolute power

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:36.019
 and glory

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.740
 and honour

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.619
 to him

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.240
 forever.

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.740
 He would

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.139
 have to be

00:26:44.139 --> 00:26:44.379
 a very

00:26:44.379 --> 00:26:45.000
 different person

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.579
 to us,

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.519
 wouldn't he?

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.700
 Well,

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:49.460
 third question.

00:26:49.639 --> 00:26:50.160
 What does this

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.839
 episode tell us

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.519
 about God

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.059
 and us

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.720
 and the world?

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.379
 The very first

00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:55.139
 thing that

00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:56.279
 strikes us,

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:58.099
 which is picked

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:59.379
 up in John 2,

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.299
 and again

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:01.240
 in the speech

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.839
 of Stephen

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.420
 just before

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:03.740
 he was

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.279
 martyred,

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.319
 is that

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:06.660
 where does

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.039
 he dwell?

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.940
 He's David

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.559
 wanting to

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.000
 create a

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.539
 temple for

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:09.900
 God,

00:27:10.120 --> 00:27:10.660
 and God

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.140
 is saying,

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:11.880
 I don't

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.359
 need a

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:12.700
 temple.

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.200
 The whole

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.779
 world is

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.140
 mine.

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.759
 By the time

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.220
 we got to

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.620
 Stephen,

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.440
 and people

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:19.880
 were accusing

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:20.640
 Stephen of

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.539
 preaching against

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.059
 the temple,

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:22.799
 they had the

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.279
 same problem.

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:23.859
 They thought

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.839
 God is,

00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.180
 well,

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.700
 is there,

00:27:26.120 --> 00:27:26.680
 is here.

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:30.100
 God does

00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:30.600
 not dwell

00:27:30.600 --> 00:27:31.060
 in temple

00:27:31.060 --> 00:27:31.560
 built by

00:27:31.560 --> 00:27:32.180
 human hands.

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.560
 But the

00:27:34.560 --> 00:27:35.080
 new element,

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:35.480
 I think,

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.279
 in showing

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:37.299
 us how

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.940
 God works

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.160
 in the

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:38.400
 world,

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:38.779
 particularly

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.080
 in 2

00:27:39.080 --> 00:27:39.600
 Samuel 7,

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.700
 is that

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.100
 God has

00:27:41.100 --> 00:27:41.620
 promised that

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:41.880
 he will

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.480
 create a

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.140
 new human

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:43.539
 race.

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.120
 He hasn't

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.560
 given up on

00:27:45.560 --> 00:27:45.900
 the nations,

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.180
 he will

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.740
 bless the

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.039
 nations,

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:47.759
 he will

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.420
 save the

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:48.720
 world from

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.279
 the ravages

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.840
 of sin

00:27:49.840 --> 00:27:50.500
 and curse,

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:51.779
 and here,

00:27:51.860 --> 00:27:52.180
 the new

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:52.720
 element is

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.200
 he will

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:53.779
 do it

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.840
 through one

00:27:54.840 --> 00:27:55.600
 person.

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.080
 The whole

00:27:57.080 --> 00:27:57.900
 human history

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.480
 will be

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.160
 centered on

00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.740
 this one

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.480
 person,

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.279
 and it's

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.600
 not,

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:02.420
 well,

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:04.660
 it is the

00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:05.299
 son of

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:05.640
 David,

00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:07.840
 the son

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:08.759
 of God.

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:10.820
 In the

00:28:10.820 --> 00:28:11.320
 Old Testament,

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:11.940
 in the time

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.240
 of David,

00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:12.779
 the way you

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.440
 recognize the

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:14.480
 king is by

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.180
 putting oil

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.660
 on his

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:15.980
 head,

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:16.660
 is a

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.220
 process called

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.779
 anointing.

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:19.120
 And the

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:19.680
 Hebrew word

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.740
 for the

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.580
 anointed one,

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:22.360
 the son of

00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:22.720
 David,

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.240
 the son of

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.500
 God,

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.320
 is the

00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:24.580
 word

00:28:24.580 --> 00:28:25.240
 Messiah.

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.319
 Messiah.

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:27.240
 In Greek,

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:27.720
 it's the

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:27.980
 word

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:29.420
 Christ.

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.559
 The one

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:32.920
 who will

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.400
 bring about

00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:34.660
 peace and

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.980
 the redemption

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.660
 of the world

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.460
 is through

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:38.480
 the Messiah,

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:39.259
 the Christ

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.980
 of God.

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.359
 One of the

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:43.660
 nations,

00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.099
 you know,

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.680
 there's a lot

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:45.039
 of promises

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.559
 here about

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:46.079
 Israel.

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:46.680
 You know,

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.359
 Israel will

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.700
 have peace.

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.460
 What about

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:48.920
 the nations?

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.339
 Where's the

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.900
 blessings to

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.279
 the nation?

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:50.880
 Where's the

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.180
 mention?

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.180
 And here,

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:52.680
 I want to

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.400
 just very

00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:54.079
 quickly take

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.299
 you to

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:54.859
 Psalm 2.

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:55.680
 And I

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.379
 apologize for

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:57.539
 the length

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:57.839
 that this

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.259
 is taking.

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.379
 Psalm 2.

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.500
 It's worth

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.839
 just reading

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.159
 that.

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:04.700
 And I'm

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.039
 just going to

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.319
 read it

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.899
 very quickly.

00:29:06.879 --> 00:29:07.339
 This is a

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:07.859
 coronation

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.299
 psalm.

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.220
 So every

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.879
 time a

00:29:09.879 --> 00:29:10.259
 descendant

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.720
 of David

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.700
 goes to

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.240
 the throne,

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.039
 this is

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.759
 sung or

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.019
 read.

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.519
 Why do

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:15.940
 the nations

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:16.619
 conspire and

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:16.960
 the people

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.639
 plot in vain?

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.059
 The kings

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.440
 of the earth

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:18.859
 take their

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.559
 stand and

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:19.980
 the rulers

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.659
 gather together

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:21.220
 against the

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:21.579
 Lord and

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.019
 against his

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.399
 anointed.

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:23.380
 Let us

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:23.720
 break the

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.019
 chains,

00:29:24.100 --> 00:29:24.380
 they say,

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:24.860
 and throw

00:29:24.860 --> 00:29:25.200
 off their

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:25.440
 feathers.

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.680
 This is a

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.160
 way of

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.420
 saying,

00:29:27.780 --> 00:29:28.000
 when I'm

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.420
 driving down

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.019
 a 50 stone,

00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:29.540
 I want to

00:29:29.540 --> 00:29:30.019
 decide how

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.340
 fast I

00:29:30.340 --> 00:29:30.540
 want to

00:29:30.540 --> 00:29:30.820
 drive.

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:31.440
 This is

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:31.700
 what they're

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.019
 saying to

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.280
 God.

00:29:33.040 --> 00:29:33.680
 Except God

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:34.240
 in response

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.759
 says this,

00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:35.320
 in verse 4,

00:29:35.360 --> 00:29:35.560
 the one

00:29:35.560 --> 00:29:36.019
 unphoned in

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.740
 heaven laughs.

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:40.780
 Puny.

00:29:41.560 --> 00:29:42.440
 He scoffs

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:43.019
 at them.

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.280
 And then he

00:29:44.280 --> 00:29:45.240
 bilks them in

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.720
 his anger and

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.600
 terrifies them in

00:29:46.600 --> 00:29:46.960
 his worth,

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.200
 saying,

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.000
 you know,

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.480
 you aren't

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.100
 really ruling

00:29:50.100 --> 00:29:50.600
 the world.

00:29:50.840 --> 00:29:51.240
 And you're not

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.740
 even ruling

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.240
 yourself.

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.460
 And I'm

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.640
 going to

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:54.279
 show you

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:55.620
 how you

00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:56.180
 can know

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.900
 that you

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.220
 are not

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.539
 the king

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:57.819
 of the

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.059
 earth.

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.019
 And this

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.259
 is what he

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.559
 says in

00:29:59.559 --> 00:29:59.940
 verse 4,

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:00.940
 I have

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.799
 installed

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.920
 my king

00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:03.859
 on Sion,

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.460
 my holy

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:04.700
 hill.

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:06.779
 The way

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.279
 you know

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.640
 that God

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:07.940
 is still

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.359
 in control,

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:08.759
 that he's

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.160
 still king,

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:09.839
 is because

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.380
 he will

00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:11.019
 put his

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:12.220
 king into

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:13.039
 your life

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.559
 and this

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:13.940
 world.

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.000
 Verse

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:18.420
 7,

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:19.559
 this is what

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:19.839
 the son

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:20.039
 says,

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.339
 I will

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:20.639
 proclaim

00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:21.059
 the decree

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.339
 of the

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:21.480
 Lord.

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:21.819
 He said

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.059
 to me,

00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:22.420
 you are

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:22.799
 my son

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.000
 today,

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.359
 I become

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:23.799
 your father,

00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:24.539
 ask of

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:24.899
 me and

00:30:24.899 --> 00:30:25.159
 I will

00:30:25.159 --> 00:30:25.440
 make the

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.680
 nations

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:25.899
 your

00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:26.319
 inheritance,

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.119
 the ends

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:27.339
 of the

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:27.519
 earth,

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:27.680
 your

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.039
 possession,

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.599
 you will

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.039
 rule them

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.339
 with an

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:29.579
 iron

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:29.940
 scepter,

00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:30.799
 you will

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.240
 dash them

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.680
 to pieces

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.019
 like

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.420
 pottery,

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.220
 therefore

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:34.259
 you kings

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.940
 of St.

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.500
 Paul's,

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.680
 be wise,

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.279
 be warned,

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:37.920
 you rulers

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:39.139
 of Chesswood,

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.279
 serve the

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.720
 Lord with

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.339
 fear and

00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:41.920
 rejoice with

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.319
 trampling,

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.920
 kiss the

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.180
 son,

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.240
 lest he be

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.879
 angry and

00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:45.519
 you will be

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.379
 destroyed in

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:46.980
 your way,

00:30:47.260 --> 00:30:47.680
 for his

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.220
 wrath can

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.840
 flare up

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:49.060
 in the

00:30:49.060 --> 00:30:49.320
 moment,

00:30:49.820 --> 00:30:50.540
 blessed are

00:30:50.540 --> 00:30:51.040
 all who

00:30:51.040 --> 00:30:52.200
 take refuge

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:53.040
 in him.

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.100
 Where are

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:54.640
 the nations

00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:55.920
 in 2 Samuel

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.240
 7?

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:57.160
 There they

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.620
 are,

00:30:59.120 --> 00:30:59.520
 there they

00:30:59.520 --> 00:30:59.740
 are.

00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.060
 You see,

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.540
 there are two

00:31:00.540 --> 00:31:01.420
 responses to

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:02.440
 this son of

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:02.720
 David,

00:31:02.820 --> 00:31:03.280
 the son of

00:31:03.280 --> 00:31:03.560
 God.

00:31:03.780 --> 00:31:04.120
 You can

00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:04.520
 either run

00:31:04.520 --> 00:31:05.100
 away from

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:05.500
 him in

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.540
 rebellion or

00:31:06.540 --> 00:31:06.960
 you can

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:08.400
 run to

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:09.100
 him in

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:09.600
 refuge.

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.660
 The way

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.000
 that the

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.380
 son will

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:12.780
 bring about

00:31:12.780 --> 00:31:13.380
 justice and

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:13.740
 peace in

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.140
 the world

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.900
 is by

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:15.540
 destroying

00:31:15.540 --> 00:31:16.160
 evil.

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:16.780
 He will

00:31:16.780 --> 00:31:17.660
 smash evil

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.000
 in this

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.760
 world like

00:31:18.760 --> 00:31:19.300
 pottery.

00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:20.120
 But there

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:20.720
 is escape,

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.160
 there is

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.560
 mercy.

00:31:22.040 --> 00:31:22.960
 Run to

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.500
 him.

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.240
 Last

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.560
 question,

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.380
 what difference

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:26.980
 does Jesus

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.420
 make?

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.020
 See,

00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:29.440
 we're still

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:29.840
 staying in

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.060
 the Old

00:31:30.060 --> 00:31:30.380
 Testament.

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:30.880
 We're not

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:31.260
 even up to

00:31:31.260 --> 00:31:31.540
 the New

00:31:31.540 --> 00:31:31.860
 Testament.

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.480
 What

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:33.800
 difference

00:31:33.800 --> 00:31:34.280
 does Jesus

00:31:34.280 --> 00:31:34.540
 make?

00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:35.980
 Romans 1.

00:31:37.100 --> 00:31:37.380
 Okay,

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:37.940
 don't read it

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.140
 up.

00:31:39.600 --> 00:31:40.160
 Romans 1

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:40.840
 summarizes

00:31:40.840 --> 00:31:41.340
 for us the

00:31:41.340 --> 00:31:42.440
 gospel of

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:42.820
 Jesus.

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:43.600
 And do you

00:31:43.600 --> 00:31:44.060
 know what it

00:31:44.060 --> 00:31:44.360
 says?

00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.980
 Jesus is the

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.579
 son of

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:46.980
 David.

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.279
 And then

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.779
 it goes on

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.220
 to say,

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:51.380
 declare to

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:52.140
 be the

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:52.480
 son of

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:52.700
 God.

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.380
 Jesus

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:54.559
 declared to

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:54.839
 be the

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.140
 son of

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:55.299
 God.

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.700
 The king

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.240
 of God,

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.259
 how?

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:58.980
 By the

00:31:58.980 --> 00:32:00.240
 spirit at

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:01.360
 the

00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:02.960
 resurrection.

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.759
 How do you

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.559
 know that our

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:07.680
 God is still

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.400
 in control of

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:08.839
 the world?

00:32:09.360 --> 00:32:09.980
 How do you

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.579
 know that he

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:11.319
 will bring all

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:12.299
 to account and

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.620
 that he will

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.940
 destroy evil and

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.319
 bring about

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:15.439
 justice and

00:32:15.439 --> 00:32:16.299
 righteousness in

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:17.000
 this world and

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:18.299
 peace for all?

00:32:19.439 --> 00:32:20.179
 Because he

00:32:20.179 --> 00:32:21.179
 raised Jesus

00:32:21.179 --> 00:32:22.259
 from the

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.579
 dead.

00:32:23.159 --> 00:32:23.480
 And by

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.220
 doing so,

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.259
 he crowned

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:26.119
 him as

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.879
 the king.

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:29.119
 Death has

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:30.019
 no place

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.960
 in his

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.599
 kingdom because

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:32.559
 he's defeated

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:32.839
 it.

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:34.819
 This is what

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.240
 Paul is

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.919
 talking about.

00:32:36.159 --> 00:32:36.659
 This is the

00:32:36.659 --> 00:32:37.619
 one 2 Samuel

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:38.980
 7 is talking

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.220
 about.

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.779
 This is the

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.299
 one who

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.919
 will execute

00:32:40.919 --> 00:32:42.139
 the plan to

00:32:42.139 --> 00:32:43.119
 reverse curse

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:44.039
 and sin to

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.539
 bless the

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.279
 nations to

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.879
 save the

00:32:45.879 --> 00:32:46.479
 world and

00:32:46.479 --> 00:32:46.979
 he will do

00:32:46.979 --> 00:32:47.239
 it with

00:32:47.239 --> 00:32:47.959
 justice and

00:32:47.959 --> 00:32:48.500
 righteousness.

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.500
 His kingdom

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.079
 will be

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.619
 established.

00:32:50.959 --> 00:32:51.179
 And the

00:32:51.179 --> 00:32:51.679
 question that

00:32:51.679 --> 00:32:52.259
 will be asked

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.079
 of us is,

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:53.919
 well, what

00:32:53.919 --> 00:32:54.439
 difference does

00:32:54.439 --> 00:32:55.139
 Jesus make?

00:32:55.699 --> 00:32:56.539
 How will you

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.479
 and I respond

00:32:57.479 --> 00:32:58.059
 to this son

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.500
 today?

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:00.879
 A little bit

00:33:00.879 --> 00:33:01.639
 of religion in

00:33:01.639 --> 00:33:02.239
 our world,

00:33:02.399 --> 00:33:03.139
 in your life,

00:33:03.199 --> 00:33:04.439
 is just not

00:33:04.439 --> 00:33:05.259
 good enough.

00:33:08.739 --> 00:33:09.439
 The very

00:33:09.439 --> 00:33:10.139
 heart of

00:33:10.139 --> 00:33:11.439
 Christianity is

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:12.680
 the person

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.799
 of Jesus.

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:15.519
 And there

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:15.980
 are only two

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.460
 responses.

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.380
 You either flee

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:19.059
 from him and

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.820
 be smashed like

00:33:19.820 --> 00:33:21.220
 pottery or you

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:23.320
 run to him in

00:33:23.320 --> 00:33:24.960
 safety and for

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:26.180
 mercy.

00:33:28.320 --> 00:33:28.980
 This is what

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.779
 2 Samuel leads

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.220
 us to.

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:32.320
 I wonder how

00:33:32.320 --> 00:33:32.759
 you would

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.740
 respond to

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.180
 the son.

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:35.600
 Amen.