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 1 Samuel 8 is where we're going to be at.

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 God tells us in 1 Timothy 3 that all scripture is spirit-breathed.

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 In Hebrew 4, God tells us that his word is living, powerful, and piercing.

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 I'll read aloud as you follow along.

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 When I'm finished reading, I'll say the word of God for the people of God.

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 If you receive God's word by faith this way,

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 then please respond by saying thanks be to God.

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 When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

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 His firstborn son was named Joel.

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 The second was Abijah.

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 They were judges in Beersheba.

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 However, his sons did not walk in his ways.

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 They turned towards dishonest prophet, took bribes, and perverted justice.

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 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and went to Samuel at Ramah and said to him,

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 Look, you are old. Your sons do not walk in your ways.

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 Therefore, appoint a king to judge us, the same as all the other nations have.

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 When they said, Give us a king to judge us, Samuel considered a demand to be wrong.

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 So he prayed to the Lord.

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 But the Lord told him, Listen to the people and everything they say to you.

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 They have not rejected you.

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 They have rejected me as their king.

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 They are doing the same thing to you that they have done to me since the day I brought them out of Egypt until this day,

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 abandoning me and worshiping other gods.

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 Listen to them, but solemnly warn them and tell them about the customary rights of the king who will reign over them.

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 Samuel told all the Lord's words to the people who were asking him for a king.

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 He said, These are the rights of the king who will reign over you.

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 He will take your sons and put them to his use in his chariots, on his horses, or running in front of his chariots.

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 He can appoint them for his use as commanders of thousands or commanders of fifties,

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 to plow his ground and reap his harvest,

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 or to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.

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 He can take your daughters to become perfumers, cooks, and bakers.

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 He can take your best fields, vineyards, and olive orchards, and give them to his servants.

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 He can take a tenth of your grain of your vineyards and give them to his officials and servants.

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 He can take your male servants, your female servants, your best cattle, your donkeys, and use them for his work.

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 He can take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves can become his servants.

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 When that day comes, you will cry out because of the king you've chosen for yourselves.

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 But the Lord won't answer you on that day.

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 The people refused to listen to Samuel.

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 No, they said, We must have a king over us.

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 Then we'll be like all the other nations.

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 Our king will judge us, go out before us, and fight our battles.

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 Samuel listened to all the people's words and then repeated them to the Lord.

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 Listen to them, the Lord told Samuel.

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 Appoint a king for them.

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 Then Samuel told the men of Israel, Each of you, go back to your city.

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 The word of God for the people of God.

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 Isaiah 40 says that the grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of the Lord stands forever.

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 In Luke 1, no word from God shall be void of power.

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 Let's pray.

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 Amen.

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 Lord, we pray that your word will go forth.

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 We pray that your Holy Spirit will give us hearts and ears to receive you.

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 The living word of God, the King of kings, the Lord of lords.

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 That we will not refuse your rule over our lives.

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 Amen.

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 Well, there's said a group of Christians in a circle, their Bibles open.

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 And as God's word does in the book of James, you know, it becomes a mirror.

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 We see in the word of God another story, another example, or a passage, and it reflects back on us.

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 We start reading, thinking that this is about Israel, or even about, you know, the villains or the enemies pushing in.

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 And before we know it, we realize the Bible is speaking about me, my own heart.

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 And one of those moments in a Bible study, the person who most likely had been a Christian the longest, a godly lady,

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 made the statement that my heart is still so full of sin every single day.

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 And that's what the scripture reveals.

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 So then every other Christian sitting around this circle has that feeling,

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 if this godly woman who's walked with the Lord so long still is so aware of all the sin in her heart,

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 where does that leave the rest of us?

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 And I'm so glad she had the humility to say that.

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 That's the same insight that Pastor Robert Murray Machine in the 1800s in Scotland,

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 he had that same insight.

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 He said, the seed of every sin known to man is in my heart.

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 Do you feel that way as a Christian often as well?

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 So beloved brothers and sisters, beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 that's what I need to talk with you about today.

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 It's those remaining corruptions in your heart and in mine.

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 Those remaining corruptions in the hearts of God's children.

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 I see in this passage three cautions for us in one gospel hope.

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 Here's the first caution.

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 Hearts with remaining corruptions are prone,

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 they're bent to take gifts and turn them into idols.

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 Hearts with remaining corruptions are prone to turn gifts into idols.

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 Would you look at verse one with me?

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 Children are a good gift.

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 Amen?

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 Psalm 127.3 says,

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 Children are a heritage from the Lord.

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 What a blessing.

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 And judges are a good gift.

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 Proverbs 21.15 says,

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 When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous.

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 But Israel was not Samuel's nation.

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 Israel was God's nation.

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 And who is it that can put an authority over his own people?

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 Only God, whose people they are.

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 Samuel was forcing a dynasty.

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 Children, a dynasty is when one king or person in a power

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 wants to make their own children be their successors.

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 Nepotism.

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 God will rule his own people the way that he alone chooses.

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 We have this insight next in verse two,

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 which I think is very significant.

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 I know it is.

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 It's in God's word.

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 Would you look at verse two?

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 The name of the firstborn was Joel.

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 The name of his second was Abijah.

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 And they were judges in Beersheba.

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 Okay, so now we got to do a little research to find out in the Hebrew,

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 what do these two names mean?

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 And where is Beersheba?

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 Well, let's start with the names first.

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 When these two sons are born, Samuel, a man of God,

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 blessed them with wonderful names.

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 Joel, you hear the last two letters is L.

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 We know L means God.

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 So Joel means Yahweh is God.

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 Abijah means my father is Yahweh.

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 Most likely these give us an autobiographical insight into Samuel.

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 Remember, he grew up away from his biological father.

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 He had to call Eli the priest his father.

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 Eli called him his son.

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 And he's growing up in the house of the Lord around the tabernacle at Shiloh.

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 And this is what he wants for his own children more than anything else,

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 that Yahweh would be their God

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 and that their father would be Yahweh himself.

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 This is his prayer for his sons.

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 But the problem with Samuel's sons was not their names,

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 but that their lives did not match up to these wonderful names.

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 Most likely with the best of intentions,

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 we could say Samuel was dressing up his sons with a name.

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 It's something put on them,

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 not something that they had to earn.

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 We read in verse 3,

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 Samuel's sons did not walk in his ways.

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 What do you mean by that?

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 Well, they turned aside after dishonest gain.

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 They took bribes and they perverted justice.

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 You see, their lives did not match their names.

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 Yahweh was obviously not their God.

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 Yahweh, the Lord of hosts, was obviously not their father.

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 Maybe this is why Samuel makes them judges way down in Beersheba.

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 This is a southernmost isolated part of the country.

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 When we can't dress up those things that we've made into an idol enough,

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 the remaining sin in our hearts tries next to cover them up.

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 Maybe Samuel sent them to judge way down in Beersheba,

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 south out of the way,

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 to try to hide them with obscurity

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 and minimize the damage of their corruption.

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 So do you see even from these first three verses

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 how even Samuel,

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 this great prophet of the Lord,

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 this judge that the Lord appointed,

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 the Lord didn't let a word of Samuel fall to the ground.

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 He established him.

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 Even Samuel had remaining corruptions in his heart.

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 Do you agree?

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 You see these?

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 We need to beware of the hurtful result of idols.

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 in our own hearts.

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 When we turn a gift into something

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 that we are elevated beyond its proper place in creation.

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 Look at the results in this case.

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 Lost the trust of God's people.

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 He undermined his own authority as their judge.

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 And he stirred up the remaining corruptions in the hearts of others.

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 He became the occasion for the nation of Israel

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 to rebel ultimately against God.

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 Beware the hurtful results of our own idols.

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 In 1 John 1, 8, we read that if we say we have no sin,

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 we deceive ourselves.

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 You and I still have sin remaining in our hearts also,

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 just like Samuel, don't we?

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 Romans 7, 19,

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 even the Apostle Paul cries this out.

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 Oh, wretched man that I am,

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 the good that I will to do,

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 I do not do,

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 but the evil I will not to do,

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 that I practice.

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 In 1 Timothy 6, 9,

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 God's people are warned that the lusts

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 that remain in our flesh

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 make us fall into many temptations

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 and ensnare even Christians.

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 We know that sanctification,

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 to be made more like Christ,

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 we know that that's God's power, right?

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 In other words,

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 you ask Samuel or Paul or Timothy,

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 who is it?

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 Whose power and energy

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 made you more like Christ now

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 than you were 20 years ago?

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 Every Christian will always say,

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 it was God's power working in me.

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 God gets all the glory for my sanctification, right?

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 But then the question remains,

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 well, why does God allow men like Samuel and Paul

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 and you and me to fall back into our sin?

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 It's all His power to sanctify me.

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 Why is He doing this now to let me,

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 let go just enough for me to drop down

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 and reveal these corruptions in my heart?

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 What are God's purposes in doing this?

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 This is a great question.

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 It's one that every Christian needs to wrestle with

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 and which is,

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 we're not the first Christians to ask this question.

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 I love this answer

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 from the Confession of Faith,

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 chapter 5, paragraph 5.

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 And this chapter is on the providence of God,

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 His sovereignty over every little detail

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 of your life and mine.

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 Listen to this.

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 The most wise, righteous, and gracious God

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 does oftentimes leave for a season

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 His own children to manifold temptations

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 and the corruptions of their own hearts.

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 And here are seven purposes identified.

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 Number one, why?

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 To chastise them for their former sins.

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 Number two, to discover unto them

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 the hidden strength of corruption

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 and deceitfulness in their hearts.

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 Number three, that they may be humbled.

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 Number four, to make them more watchful

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 against all future occasions for sin.

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 Number five, for other just and holy ends,

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 so that whatsoever befalls any of God's elect

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 is by His appointment.

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 Reason six, for His glory.

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 And reason seven, for our good.

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 So hearts with remaining corruptions

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 like yours and ours,

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 we need to beware.

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 They will be prone always

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 until that final breath

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 to turn gifts into idols.

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 Here's the second caution from this passage.

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 Hearts with remaining corruptions

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 are prone to disguise idolatry with reason.

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 Hearts with remaining corruptions

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 are prone to disguise idolatry with reason.

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 Well, in the first three verses,

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 the hidden corruptions in the heart of godly Samuel

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 have been discovered.

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 Next, Israel's idols will surface.

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 Look at verse four.

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 Then, in other words,

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 when the sin of Samuel's sons

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 had become so obvious to enough people,

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 we read in verse four

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 that all the elders of Israel

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 gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

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 Here are the 12 tribes represented by elders.

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 It's basically a tribal confederacy.

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 And that's how bad things got.

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 They're looking at the succession plan.

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 Samuel is getting old

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 and his sons are not ones

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 we as a confederation of tribes

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 want to have to submit to anymore.

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 These guys are awful.

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 In verse five,

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 they said to Samuel,

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 look, you are old

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 and your sons do not walk in your ways.

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 Notice how street smart people

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 always wait for the best time

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 to get what they want.

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 The time is right now.

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 Strike while the metal is hot.

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 What we find out is that their hearts

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 had already rejected God

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 as their king.

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 So now they're just waiting

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 for this man of God to show weakness

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 and they can pounce.

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 In verse five,

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 they say,

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 now make us a king

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 to judge us

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 like all the nations.

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 Every time they request

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 for Samuel to make a king for them,

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 it's attached to that desire

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 to be like all the other nations.

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 But notice how this,

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 this is their heart,

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 rejected God,

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 want to be like all the other nations.

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 There's the idol.

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 Notice how they try to disguise it

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 in a reasonable way.

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 It is reasonable

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 because number one,

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 Samuel was old.

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 No one could deny that.

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 And a leadership vacuum

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 would jeopardize the stability

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 of the whole nation.

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 So using our own reason,

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 a king would offer them

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 a strong and stable

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 and predictable

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 center of political authority.

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 That would make sense

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 for these tribes.

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 And this seems more rational

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 than having to show

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 all the other neighbors

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 we don't even have a king.

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 Our king is in heaven

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 and he's unseen.

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 No one's going to believe that.

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 And what's going to keep them

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 from invading

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 and taking our land

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 and making us slaves?

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 Israel appeared

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 to their neighbors

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 as politically chaotic,

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 primitive,

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 and frankly,

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 it would have been embarrassing

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 to have to tell people

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 this is our nation.

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 This is what we do.

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 It's not the first time

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 that this desire came up

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 for God's people.

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 In the book right before this one,

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 chronologically,

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 it's Judges.

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 In Judges chapter 8,

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 verse 23,

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 see Gideon,

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 that great man,

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 the judge that the Lord

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 used to deliver them

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 from the Philistines.

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 They wanted to make

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 his son a king

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 and make him a king.

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 And he says,

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 I will not rule over you

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 and my son will not

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 rule over you.

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 The Lord will rule over you.

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 Gideon pushed off

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 this desire to be like

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 all the other nations

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 before.

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 What's happened again now?

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 Another generation rises up.

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 How quickly they forget.

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 And they stopped singing,

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 so to speak,

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 as we did,

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 under the shadow

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 of your throne, God,

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 your saints have dwelt secure.

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 We run this same risk.

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 If we forget that

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 the Lord of hosts,

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 our God,

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 He was our help

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 in ages past,

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 and then we will lose

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 the hope that He will be

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 our help

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 in years to come.

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 And so Samuel,

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 in verse 6,

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 gets offended.

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 He thinks this is wrong.

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 And for all of his shortcomings,

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 now this should encourage you

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 and me,

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 for all of Samuel's

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 shortcomings,

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 as a father

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 and as a leader,

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 he did the right thing next.

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 Look what Samuel does next

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 in verse 6.

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 Samuel prayed

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 to the Lord.

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 In verse 7,

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 the Lord said,

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 they have not rejected you,

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 but they have rejected

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 me,

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 that I should not reign

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 over them.

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 Here's why this can

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 encourage you and me.

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 Parents,

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 grandparents,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 you who have

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 had the opportunity

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 to witness

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 and share the gospel

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 with someone,

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 or even to

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 disciple someone

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 and lead them,

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 only to find out

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 years later

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 they reject

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 this path,

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 this narrow way

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 that you're trying

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 to walk on.

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 The Lord stands by you

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 like He stood by Samuel.

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 And the Lord says,

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 look,

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 if they were to believe

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 and follow,

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 that would not have been

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 your doing, Samuel,

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 you're my instrument.

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 Because they've turned away,

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 they've not rejected you,

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 they've rejected me.

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 And so what we do

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 is we feel the burden

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 like Samuel,

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 we take it to the Lord

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 in prayer,

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 and we know that

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 this is the Lord's work.

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 The only thing we can do

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 is pray,

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 and we trust it to Him.

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 The Lord stands beside you.

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 The Lord reminds you

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 in verse 7,

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 they have not rejected you,

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 they have rejected me,

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 that I should not

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 reign over them.

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 That's what idolatry means.

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 It's to reject

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 God's rule

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 over your life

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 and mine.

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 And we're just like

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 the Israelites.

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 We try to rationalize it.

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 We can't outsmart God.

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 He calls it out.

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 He says,

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 you have rejected me.

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 He says to them

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 in verse 8,

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 this is just as idolatrous

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 as the first generation

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 coming out of slavery

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 in Egypt

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 and worshiping the golden calf.

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 In verse 8,

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 He says,

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 just like all the evil deeds

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 you did

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 after I brought them

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 out of Egypt,

00:19:49.420 --> 00:19:49.659
 see,

00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:51.000
 we can't explain it away.

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 He says to you and me

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 and to them,

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 this is your Baal,

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 this is your Astaroth,

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 this is your Dagon,

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 it's your golden calf.

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 You have forsaken me

00:20:00.879 --> 00:20:02.059
 in order to serve

00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:03.779
 a false God.

00:20:05.339 --> 00:20:06.299
 I'm the one

00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:06.879
 who brought you

00:20:06.879 --> 00:20:07.779
 out of slavery.

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 I'm not like

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 any other gods.

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 I'm holy.

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 But because our hearts

00:20:15.639 --> 00:20:17.579
 have remaining corruptions

00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:17.919
 in them,

00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:19.220
 we're prone to turn

00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:20.419
 good gifts

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 into idols

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 and then try to disguise

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:22.899
 those idols

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 with reason.

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 We're reminded

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 in 1 Corinthians 7,

00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:29.000
 23,

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 church,

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 Christian.

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 Just like this

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 people of old,

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 you too

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 were bought

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 with a price.

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 The blood of Jesus Christ

00:20:37.859 --> 00:20:38.299
 Himself.

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 And so never become

00:20:40.639 --> 00:20:41.559
 a bondservant

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 to any creature.

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 You belong to Him.

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 He purchased you.

00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:47.079
 He ransomed you.

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 You're His.

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 I bought you,

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 the Lord says.

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 And for us

00:20:54.099 --> 00:20:54.859
 as a congregation,

00:20:55.199 --> 00:20:55.899
 as a church,

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:58.199
 it's the same caution.

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 We can turn so many

00:20:59.360 --> 00:21:00.920
 things into an idol

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 and then dress them up

00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.660
 with our own reason.

00:21:04.080 --> 00:21:05.059
 What He's asking

00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:06.180
 the people of Israel

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.740
 is this.

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:08.059
 Why do you want

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.620
 to be like

00:21:08.620 --> 00:21:09.500
 all the other nations?

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.900
 Why do you want

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 to be a worldly kingdom

00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:14.460
 when you alone

00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:15.600
 have been set apart

00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:18.120
 to be my heavenly kingdom

00:21:18.120 --> 00:21:19.220
 on earth?

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:22.120
 I set you apart

00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:22.960
 to be holy

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:25.000
 as I am holy.

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:26.299
 Why would you want

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:27.759
 anything less than that?

00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:32.120
 Well, the third caution

00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:32.720
 is this.

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 That hearts with

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 remaining corruptions

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:36.440
 are prone

00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:37.960
 even to refuse

00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:40.559
 God's fatherly warnings.

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:44.200
 This is how stubborn

00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:44.640
 we are.

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:46.339
 This is how deceitful

00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:46.960
 and powerful

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:48.120
 those corruptions

00:21:48.120 --> 00:21:48.519
 that remain

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:49.140
 in our hearts

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 are.

00:21:50.360 --> 00:21:50.880
 Hearts with

00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:51.799
 remaining corruptions

00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:52.360
 are prone

00:21:52.360 --> 00:21:53.319
 to refuse

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:55.620
 God's fatherly warnings.

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 Look at verse 9.

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 After Samuel prays

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.000
 and the Lord

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:02.340
 hears,

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.440
 now therefore

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:06.120
 heed their voice.

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.559
 God says,

00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:08.039
 I'm going to

00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:08.960
 do what they want.

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.480
 However,

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:11.299
 before that comes,

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:13.380
 you shall solemnly

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:14.720
 forewarn them

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:17.000
 and show them

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.640
 the behavior

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.779
 of the king

00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.860
 who will rule

00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:20.620
 over them.

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.860
 The Lord God

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.920
 in his fatherly

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:25.160
 love and wisdom,

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:27.019
 I know they will

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.380
 sin,

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:29.120
 but I will

00:22:29.120 --> 00:22:30.019
 solemnly

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:31.259
 forewarn them

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 first.

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 There are four

00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:35.920
 cautions

00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:36.460
 that Samuel

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.059
 gives them

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:38.660
 that describe

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:40.200
 bondage to a king,

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 even one from

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 their own nation.

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 And they're all

00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:43.720
 marked out by

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.339
 these words,

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 he will take.

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 First,

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.299
 he will take

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:48.779
 your sons,

00:22:48.879 --> 00:22:49.379
 verse 11.

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 Verse 13,

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:50.779
 he will take

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.240
 your daughters.

00:22:52.139 --> 00:22:52.699
 Verse 14,

00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.339
 he will take

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:54.119
 the best

00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:54.839
 of your fields

00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:55.439
 and vineyards

00:22:55.439 --> 00:22:56.500
 and olive groves.

00:22:56.659 --> 00:22:57.139
 And fourth,

00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.259
 verse 17,

00:22:58.399 --> 00:22:59.019
 he will take

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.799
 a tenth

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.839
 of your sheep.

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.220
 But notice

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:04.259
 the bent of their hearts,

00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:04.879
 they're prone

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:05.579
 to refuse

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:06.919
 this fatherly

00:23:06.919 --> 00:23:07.579
 warning.

00:23:08.459 --> 00:23:09.319
 We read in 19,

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.679
 nevertheless,

00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:11.279
 the people refused

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:12.380
 to obey

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:13.500
 the voice of

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.440
 Samuel who spoke

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:14.980
 for God.

00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:15.519
 And they said,

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:15.799
 no,

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:17.039
 we will have

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.940
 a king over us,

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.560
 verse 20,

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.660
 that we may be

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.400
 like all the other

00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:20.880
 nations,

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:22.400
 and that our king

00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:23.160
 may judge us

00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:24.000
 and go out

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.620
 before us

00:23:24.620 --> 00:23:25.140
 and fight

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:25.980
 our battles.

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.340
 Notice the

00:23:28.340 --> 00:23:29.080
 possessive there.

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.960
 The possessive

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:31.460
 determinative,

00:23:31.560 --> 00:23:32.200
 who is all this

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:32.500
 for?

00:23:33.340 --> 00:23:33.920
 They say,

00:23:34.060 --> 00:23:34.799
 go before us,

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:35.980
 fight our battles.

00:23:37.360 --> 00:23:38.100
 In verse 11,

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:40.319
 Samuel had used

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:41.259
 the possessive

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:42.199
 to point to the king.

00:23:42.939 --> 00:23:43.500
 The king's going

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:43.959
 to make it all

00:23:43.959 --> 00:23:44.719
 about his agenda.

00:23:45.179 --> 00:23:45.980
 Look at verse 11.

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:47.259
 He'll make your sons

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:49.139
 be his infantry.

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.819
 Verse 12,

00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:50.719
 he'll make them

00:23:50.719 --> 00:23:51.959
 plow his ground

00:23:51.959 --> 00:23:53.379
 and reap his harvest

00:23:53.379 --> 00:23:54.799
 and make his weapons

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.240
 of war

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:56.099
 and equipment

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:57.159
 for his chariots.

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:57.879
 Verse 16,

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:59.000
 he will put them

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.899
 to his work.

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:01.659
 See,

00:24:01.719 --> 00:24:02.480
 if you get a king

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.459
 and you want to be

00:24:03.459 --> 00:24:04.559
 like all the other nations,

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.599
 you're going to have

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.119
 a repeat

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:07.139
 of slavery

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:08.140
 in Egypt.

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.560
 The king of Israel

00:24:10.560 --> 00:24:11.259
 is described

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.780
 using

00:24:11.780 --> 00:24:13.820
 the language

00:24:13.820 --> 00:24:14.860
 of bondage

00:24:14.860 --> 00:24:15.500
 in Egypt.

00:24:16.020 --> 00:24:17.500
 He's a pharaoh figure.

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.900
 In verse 17,

00:24:19.020 --> 00:24:19.500
 it says it,

00:24:19.580 --> 00:24:21.440
 you will be his slaves.

00:24:22.580 --> 00:24:23.380
 Verse 18,

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.240
 you will cry out

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.759
 in the day.

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:28.000
 Now Samuel changes it

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:29.060
 to show them

00:24:29.060 --> 00:24:30.460
 you'll be enslaved again.

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.720
 He says in verse 18,

00:24:32.820 --> 00:24:34.280
 because of your king,

00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:35.759
 whom you have chosen

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.960
 for yourselves

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:38.240
 and the Lord

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:39.680
 will not hear you

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.900
 on that day.

00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:46.180
 When we choose

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.779
 the idol,

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:48.319
 we choose that thing

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:49.640
 we will serve above God

00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:50.920
 or love more than God

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.859
 and his kingdom.

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:54.059
 We have no one else

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.619
 to blame,

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.000
 do we?

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.720
 And when God warns us,

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.059
 fatherly,

00:24:59.220 --> 00:25:00.259
 loving warnings,

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.119
 we still rebel

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:02.680
 against him

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.579
 and refuse him.

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:05.699
 There's no one else

00:25:05.699 --> 00:25:06.220
 to blame.

00:25:09.659 --> 00:25:10.879
 We become enslaved

00:25:10.879 --> 00:25:11.460
 to the thing

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.119
 we chose

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:13.599
 instead of God.

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:16.159
 In verse 19,

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:16.559
 nevertheless,

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:18.159
 the people refused

00:25:18.159 --> 00:25:18.960
 to obey

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.939
 the voice

00:25:19.939 --> 00:25:20.759
 of Samuel.

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:23.339
 And there it is again,

00:25:23.439 --> 00:25:24.000
 we will have

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:25.019
 a king over us

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.799
 linked with

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.919
 that we may be

00:25:26.919 --> 00:25:27.939
 like all

00:25:27.939 --> 00:25:29.699
 the other nations.

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.240
 See,

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:31.879
 they own it.

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.619
 Verse 20,

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:34.079
 that our king

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.879
 may judge us

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.639
 and go out

00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:36.459
 before us

00:25:36.459 --> 00:25:37.179
 to fight

00:25:37.179 --> 00:25:38.319
 our battles.

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.099
 This is what

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:39.779
 we are choosing.

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.619
 Think about how

00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:44.519
 the Lord Jesus

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:46.719
 turns us upside down

00:25:46.719 --> 00:25:47.939
 in the pattern

00:25:47.939 --> 00:25:48.959
 of his true kingdom

00:25:48.959 --> 00:25:50.379
 that men in the flesh

00:25:50.379 --> 00:25:51.299
 refuse to see.

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.479
 And his disciples

00:25:52.479 --> 00:25:53.619
 expected this type

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:53.979
 of king

00:25:53.979 --> 00:25:54.659
 just like Israel

00:25:54.659 --> 00:25:55.299
 has expected

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.899
 all along.

00:25:56.939 --> 00:25:57.679
 And Jesus says,

00:25:58.479 --> 00:25:58.879
 disciples,

00:25:59.159 --> 00:25:59.919
 when you pray,

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.379
 pray like this.

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:02.660
 our Father

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.780
 who art in heaven,

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:05.440
 hallowed be your name.

00:26:05.800 --> 00:26:06.920
 Your kingdom come.

00:26:07.320 --> 00:26:08.260
 Your will be done

00:26:08.260 --> 00:26:09.000
 on earth

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:10.340
 as it is in heaven.

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:11.660
 It teaches them

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.980
 utter dependence.

00:26:14.560 --> 00:26:15.120
 Well,

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:16.520
 that Lord's prayer

00:26:16.520 --> 00:26:17.500
 is corrupted.

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.480
 We could paraphrase

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.360
 what we just read

00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:20.680
 and the attitude

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.980
 of his people here

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:23.040
 with their remaining sin.

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.600
 It's like they're praying,

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.360
 oh, Samuel,

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:27.340
 our old father

00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:28.340
 who art on earth,

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:30.200
 disgraced is your name.

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:32.160
 May our kingdom come.

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.539
 May our will be done

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:34.120
 on earth

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:35.380
 as if there were

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:35.940
 no heaven.

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:38.120
 Your sons have sinned

00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:38.880
 against us,

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:40.539
 so don't have us

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:41.200
 ask God

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:42.039
 to forgive us

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:43.259
 our sins against him.

00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:45.059
 Give us this day

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.100
 what all the other nations

00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:46.480
 had

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.819
 and lead us not

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.920
 anymore at all.

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.460
 We'll deliver

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.500
 ourselves from evil.

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.819
 We want a king.

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.980
 We can see.

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.580
 Footnote.

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.680
 If possible,

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.440
 please make him

00:26:58.440 --> 00:27:00.059
 noble, tall, and handsome.

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:02.080
 And he'll lead us

00:27:02.080 --> 00:27:03.340
 to fight our own battles

00:27:03.340 --> 00:27:05.220
 for ours is the kingdom.

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:07.240
 Ours is the power.

00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:09.440
 Ours is the glory forever.

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:09.980
 Amen.

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:16.920
 The loving Father in heaven

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.960
 needed his people

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.779
 to discover

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.759
 for themselves

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:21.380
 the hidden strength

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:22.140
 of corruption

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:23.920
 and deceitfulness

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:25.460
 that's still in their hearts.

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:28.860
 what they're saying is,

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.120
 Lord,

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.120
 we don't want you

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:31.440
 going before us

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.840
 into battle anymore.

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:35.039
 They're asking for this

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:36.100
 in a time of peace

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:38.019
 when all the Philistines

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:39.180
 have already been pushed back

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:41.000
 by the mighty hand of God.

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:44.120
 They're rejecting

00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:45.720
 God's way of fighting.

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:47.120
 Remember how God fought

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:47.980
 right before this?

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.799
 Samuel started to pray.

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.799
 He put a whole lamb there

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.500
 and burnt it

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.379
 as a sin offering.

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.680
 And they said,

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.879
 please don't stop praying.

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:58.259
 And as the smoke

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.919
 is going up

00:27:58.919 --> 00:27:59.759
 as a pleasing aroma

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.359
 to the Lord,

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.259
 the Philistines are

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:02.960
 coming in battle array

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.960
 against them.

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:05.359
 And the Lord sends

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:06.240
 thunder

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:08.180
 like lightning

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.859
 as if it were

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.419
 an artillery

00:28:09.419 --> 00:28:10.299
 of arrows

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:11.619
 upon the Philistines

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:13.119
 and pushes back

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:13.579
 all the land

00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:14.419
 that they had ever taken.

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:16.359
 That's what they're rejecting.

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.720
 They don't want to

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.659
 go to war

00:28:19.659 --> 00:28:21.159
 God's way anymore.

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:22.960
 They want to be

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.680
 like the world,

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:25.320
 like the defeated Philistines

00:28:25.320 --> 00:28:25.680
 instead.

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.279
 They want to map out

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.040
 their own plans.

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:28.900
 They want to do

00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.779
 the work themselves.

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:31.360
 They want to try to expand

00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:32.420
 this kingdom on earth

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:32.980
 by fighting

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:34.640
 their own battles

00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:36.500
 with a champion

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.660
 out in front of them.

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.480
 A charismatic,

00:28:40.080 --> 00:28:40.820
 strong king

00:28:40.820 --> 00:28:41.860
 from among them

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:42.920
 just like all

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:43.759
 the other nations.

00:28:47.540 --> 00:28:47.980
 Church,

00:28:48.080 --> 00:28:48.720
 we need to reflect

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.480
 on this as well.

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.799
 what type of kingdom

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:52.400
 are we here for?

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.680
 Sadly,

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.180
 some of you

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.900
 have experienced

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:58.339
 this same temptation

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:59.740
 gripping an entire church.

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:01.620
 What we need to do,

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.360
 they'll say,

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.559
 is hire consultants.

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.860
 We need to get people

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.779
 in with charismatic

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.599
 personalities.

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:09.240
 We need a five-year

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:10.079
 business plan.

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.380
 We need to use

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:12.240
 sales tactics.

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.480
 We need to think

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.500
 of some more gimmicks.

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.660
 We need to seem

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:17.440
 more respectable

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:18.200
 to the world.

00:29:19.340 --> 00:29:20.080
 We don't want

00:29:20.080 --> 00:29:20.600
 the lightning

00:29:20.600 --> 00:29:21.920
 and the thunder

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:23.140
 that only God

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.700
 can bring.

00:29:26.320 --> 00:29:27.200
 With God's help,

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:28.039
 may that always be

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:29.100
 our prayer as a church.

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:30.400
 Lord, we don't want

00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:31.640
 anything of this world.

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.580
 We want you,

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.259
 your presence

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.140
 with your people

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:35.700
 fighting on our behalf.

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.240
 What we do

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.799
 is we pray.

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.920
 We want the lightning

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:41.740
 of the Spirit of God

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.799
 in the souls

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.659
 of men.

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:46.319
 We want the thunder

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:48.359
 of God's voice

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:49.940
 through broken vessels,

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.940
 earthen vessels.

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.259
 In our weakness,

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:53.200
 He has made great.

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:56.339
 But our hearts

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:57.539
 with remaining corruptions

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.779
 are prone to refuse

00:29:58.779 --> 00:30:00.559
 God's fatherly warnings.

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.659
 Well, there are

00:30:03.659 --> 00:30:04.460
 the three cautions.

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.700
 I know this is heavy.

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.740
 It's soul-searching

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.579
 for me as well.

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:12.099
 Here's our one

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:13.319
 gospel hope.

00:30:15.199 --> 00:30:16.319
 God uses

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:17.720
 the remaining corruptions

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.859
 in His children's hearts

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:20.619
 for His purposes.

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.879
 God uses

00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:24.539
 those remaining corruptions

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.159
 in your hearts

00:30:25.159 --> 00:30:25.559
 and mine

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:27.259
 for His own purposes.

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:29.059
 What a great hope

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.519
 we have.

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:30.619
 Would you look

00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:31.419
 at verse 21?

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.879
 Samuel heard

00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:34.939
 all the words

00:30:34.939 --> 00:30:35.699
 of the people.

00:30:36.699 --> 00:30:37.639
 Picture how painful

00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:38.299
 that would have been

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:39.279
 for him to sit there.

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:42.000
 accused by Satan

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.639
 the whole time,

00:30:42.679 --> 00:30:43.000
 I'm sure.

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:44.000
 This is all your fault.

00:30:44.139 --> 00:30:45.039
 You loser.

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:46.879
 You sinner.

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:48.059
 Look what you've done.

00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:48.720
 You've ruined

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.819
 all the good work

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.359
 God did.

00:30:50.679 --> 00:30:51.339
 Sitting there,

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.799
 hearing all the words

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.699
 of these representatives

00:30:53.699 --> 00:30:54.599
 of the whole nation.

00:30:55.919 --> 00:30:56.659
 And then Samuel

00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:57.799
 does what he does.

00:30:58.179 --> 00:30:58.819
 He goes back

00:30:58.819 --> 00:30:59.379
 to the Lord

00:30:59.379 --> 00:30:59.859
 in prayer.

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:02.159
 And he repeats it all

00:31:02.159 --> 00:31:03.199
 in the hearing

00:31:03.199 --> 00:31:04.199
 of the Lord.

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:07.359
 In verse 22,

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:08.679
 the Lord said to Samuel,

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:10.640
 heed their voice

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:12.360
 and make them

00:31:12.360 --> 00:31:12.940
 a king.

00:31:17.320 --> 00:31:18.580
 C.S. Lewis said,

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:20.180
 there are only two kinds

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.720
 of people

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.680
 in the end.

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:24.880
 Those who say to God,

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.820
 thy will be done

00:31:25.820 --> 00:31:28.400
 and those to whom

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:29.680
 God says in the end,

00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:31.799
 thy will be done.

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:34.579
 all that are in hell,

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.720
 choose it.

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.740
 Someone pointed out

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:41.079
 the most severe

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:43.059
 fatherly discipline

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.839
 at times

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:45.299
 may be God

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:46.539
 giving us

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:46.799
 exactly

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:48.680
 what we ask for.

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.500
 Israel's elders

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:54.799
 had a God-created

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:55.799
 desire.

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.319
 desire.

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:59.319
 We want a king

00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:01.319
 who is a man

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:02.119
 like us.

00:32:03.139 --> 00:32:03.839
 But what God

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.779
 would reveal to them

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.359
 through the rest

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:06.379
 of redemptive history

00:32:06.379 --> 00:32:08.159
 is that you need

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:08.539
 a king

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.960
 who is way more

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.339
 holy,

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.399
 more righteous,

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.339
 more generous,

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.139
 more good

00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:14.859
 than any man

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:16.059
 born of Adam

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.720
 can be.

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:18.379
 You and I,

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.240
 we need a king

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:20.379
 more powerful

00:32:20.379 --> 00:32:21.700
 than the corruptions

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:23.000
 of our own hearts.

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:26.140
 the Israelites

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:26.980
 thought what they

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:28.160
 needed was Goliath.

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.220
 This is what

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:30.200
 it's teeing it up for.

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.519
 Remember,

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.720
 like the normal

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.680
 pattern of a

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.619
 military confrontation

00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:35.440
 would be this.

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:35.900
 First,

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:36.980
 from a distance,

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:37.619
 artillery,

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.160
 arrows flying

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.819
 back and forth.

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.900
 The next round,

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.460
 you send out

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:42.240
 all the poor people,

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:42.819
 the peasants

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:44.079
 that are the infantry,

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:45.400
 foot soldiers,

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:46.880
 to thin each other out.

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.920
 Last comes

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.539
 the cavalry,

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:51.079
 the class that has

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:52.119
 horses and land,

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:53.139
 and the cavalry

00:32:53.139 --> 00:32:53.739
 comes in and

00:32:53.739 --> 00:32:54.259
 cleans up.

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.619
 And then finally

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.699
 would come the king.

00:32:57.699 --> 00:32:58.539
 The king has to be

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.379
 protected just like

00:32:59.379 --> 00:33:00.039
 on a chess board.

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:00.759
 Once you get the king,

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.179
 it's over.

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.859
 But most likely,

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:04.079
 this setup is

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:05.119
 preparing for

00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:06.899
 1 Samuel chapter 17,

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.739
 which is a great

00:33:07.739 --> 00:33:08.659
 confrontation of

00:33:08.659 --> 00:33:09.959
 two federal heads.

00:33:10.719 --> 00:33:11.500
 Rather than this

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:12.379
 great slaughter

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:13.779
 of all these nations,

00:33:13.939 --> 00:33:14.859
 infantry and cavalry

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:15.299
 and artillery,

00:33:15.439 --> 00:33:15.879
 all of that,

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:17.099
 doing so much damage

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:18.139
 to both nations,

00:33:18.679 --> 00:33:19.379
 how about we just

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:20.459
 send out a federal head?

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.459
 You send your

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:22.100
 best champion,

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.779
 we'll send out

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.900
 our best champion.

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:25.200
 Let the two of them

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.519
 fight.

00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:27.400
 The loser

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:28.640
 becomes the slave

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:29.900
 to the entire nation.

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.480
 So Israel's wanting

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.299
 to play the game

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:34.180
 on the terms

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:34.960
 of the enemy.

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.600
 And they're asking

00:33:36.600 --> 00:33:37.279
 for a king

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:38.200
 that could go do that

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.940
 on their behalf

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.900
 so that they don't

00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:40.400
 have the threat

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:41.640
 of becoming a slave

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.559
 and maybe get ambitious.

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.480
 Maybe our champion

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:43.940
 could win

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.799
 and we get to

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.880
 take them as our slaves

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:46.880
 and expand the land

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.960
 a bit more.

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.700
 You see how God

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:56.520
 handles the remaining

00:33:56.520 --> 00:33:57.740
 corruptions in our hearts?

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.680
 It's to show

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:01.700
 there is one champion

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:03.200
 who can go out

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:04.520
 in front of the army.

00:34:06.520 --> 00:34:07.320
 He's the one

00:34:07.320 --> 00:34:08.140
 who will crush

00:34:08.140 --> 00:34:09.059
 the head

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:11.260
 of the greatest foe

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:12.599
 and he will take

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.740
 captivity captive.

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:16.219
 And he will purchase

00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:17.299
 on behalf of his

00:34:17.299 --> 00:34:17.959
 whole nation

00:34:17.959 --> 00:34:20.039
 the peace and stability

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:20.699
 and kingdom

00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:21.659
 and abundance

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:23.179
 that only he can accomplish.

00:34:24.259 --> 00:34:25.079
 He alone can be

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.959
 that representative

00:34:25.959 --> 00:34:26.879
 federal head,

00:34:26.959 --> 00:34:27.519
 the champion

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:29.379
 of his nation.

00:34:31.399 --> 00:34:33.000
 Our Lord Jesus Christ,

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.779
 he took on flesh.

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:37.000
 He became our representative,

00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:38.000
 our federal head.

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:41.259
 He lived the life

00:34:41.259 --> 00:34:41.979
 of righteousness

00:34:41.979 --> 00:34:43.539
 that would not give

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.279
 anyone anything

00:34:44.279 --> 00:34:44.940
 to point to

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.940
 to say there's no reason

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:47.019
 I should submit to you.

00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:48.960
 He's perfectly holy

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.519
 and righteous

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:50.279
 and sinless.

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.519
 You can submit

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.239
 to his rule.

00:34:52.779 --> 00:34:53.380
 He's proved it

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:54.099
 with his life.

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.900
 And he crushed

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:57.039
 the serpent's head

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.719
 on the cross.

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:59.279
 He defeated the enemy.

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:03.960
 Romans 6.14 says,

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:05.320
 sin shall have

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:07.360
 no more dominion

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:08.300
 over you

00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:11.019
 because Jesus Christ

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:12.099
 rules over

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:14.380
 his people.

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.460
 Those remaining

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:17.119
 corruptions

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:17.639
 in your heart

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.000
 and mine,

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:18.880
 they are powerless.

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:20.860
 Christ has disarmed them.

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.940
 We need

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:25.039
 Jesus.

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:27.139
 We need the Lord

00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:27.619
 of lords,

00:35:27.759 --> 00:35:28.619
 the King of kings

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.519
 to be the ruler

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.400
 of our hearts.

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.599
 Only he can be

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:32.739
 the one to fulfill

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:33.480
 these desires

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.980
 and to protect us

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.940
 even from ourselves.

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:38.300
 Because the sin

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:38.820
 that remains

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.360
 in our hearts

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:40.519
 is so deceiving

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:42.720
 and so self-justifying.

00:35:43.120 --> 00:35:44.080
 We need to be ruled

00:35:44.080 --> 00:35:45.019
 by Jesus

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:46.059
 because he alone

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:47.180
 understands

00:35:47.180 --> 00:35:48.640
 our temptations.

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:50.059
 And he alone

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:51.019
 is wise enough

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:52.240
 to disarm them.

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:55.240
 He is more persuasive

00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:56.140
 than the sin

00:35:56.140 --> 00:35:56.660
 that remains

00:35:56.660 --> 00:35:57.280
 in your heart

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:57.780
 and mine.

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:03.000
 Our confession

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.960
 states that

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.700
 one of the reasons

00:36:04.700 --> 00:36:06.160
 God exposes our sin

00:36:06.160 --> 00:36:06.900
 even after we're

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:07.260
 a Christian

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:08.040
 following him.

00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:09.880
 It's to raise

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.600
 us

00:36:10.600 --> 00:36:12.220
 to a more close

00:36:12.220 --> 00:36:13.440
 and constant

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:14.660
 dependence

00:36:14.660 --> 00:36:16.220
 and support

00:36:16.220 --> 00:36:17.700
 on Jesus Christ.

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:19.100
 Do you need that?

00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:20.800
 I know I do.

00:36:22.520 --> 00:36:23.220
 Jesus said

00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:24.300
 in John 15

00:36:24.300 --> 00:36:25.320
 for abide

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:25.920
 in me

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:27.160
 and I in you.

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:27.800
 The branch

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:29.300
 cannot bear fruit

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:29.920
 by itself.

00:36:30.040 --> 00:36:30.540
 He says apart

00:36:30.540 --> 00:36:31.000
 from me

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:31.820
 you can do

00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:32.680
 not even a little.

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.300
 You can do

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:34.240
 nothing apart

00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:34.720
 from me

00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:36.879
 unless

00:36:36.879 --> 00:36:37.859
 you

00:36:37.859 --> 00:36:39.119
 abide in Jesus

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.699
 the vine

00:36:39.699 --> 00:36:40.259
 neither

00:36:40.259 --> 00:36:41.039
 can you do

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.559
 anything.

00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:45.059
 You can have

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.579
 confidence

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:46.879
 that Christ

00:36:46.879 --> 00:36:47.939
 will rule

00:36:47.939 --> 00:36:48.879
 and will continue

00:36:48.879 --> 00:36:49.399
 to conquer

00:36:49.399 --> 00:36:50.000
 over those

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.939
 remaining corruptions

00:36:50.939 --> 00:36:51.439
 in your heart

00:36:51.439 --> 00:36:51.799
 and mine.

00:36:52.759 --> 00:36:53.500
 I won't get tired

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:54.119
 of using this

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:55.279
 because I need

00:36:55.279 --> 00:36:55.699
 to get this

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:56.500
 into my soul.

00:36:57.419 --> 00:36:58.019
 John Flavel

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:59.859
 Christ is no

00:36:59.859 --> 00:37:00.779
 half savior.

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.480
 This is why

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:01.899
 you can have

00:37:01.899 --> 00:37:02.559
 this confidence.

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.599
 Did Christ

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:04.460
 finish his work

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:05.159
 for us?

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:06.659
 Did he church?

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:08.679
 Yes and amen.

00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:10.320
 Then there can be

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:10.860
 no doubt

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.460
 that he will

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:12.279
 also finish

00:37:12.279 --> 00:37:12.820
 his work

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:13.920
 in us.

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:15.699
 If he began

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:15.980
 it

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.980
 then no doubt

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:18.059
 he will finish

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.219
 it.

00:37:18.299 --> 00:37:19.360
 Philippians 1.6

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:20.500
 Jesus Christ

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.139
 is not only

00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:22.000
 called the author

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:23.159
 but also

00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:23.920
 the finisher

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.940
 of our faith.

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:26.019
 Hebrews 12.2

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:28.559
 Still Flavel

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:30.159
 so dear believers

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:32.539
 be not discouraged

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:33.860
 at defects

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:35.519
 and imperfections

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:36.679
 in yourselves.

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:38.019
 Be humbled

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.619
 for them

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:39.539
 but not

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:40.559
 dejected.

00:37:41.279 --> 00:37:42.380
 Be convicted

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:43.840
 but not

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:44.519
 depressed.

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:46.320
 Always desire

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:47.139
 more holiness

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:48.119
 but never

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:49.059
 become hopeless.

00:37:50.059 --> 00:37:50.679
 This is

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.699
 Christ's work

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.920
 as well as that.

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:54.059
 That work

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.699
 was finished

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:55.659
 and so

00:37:55.659 --> 00:37:56.400
 will this

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:56.920
 be.

00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.960
 Preach this

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.340
 gospel

00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:01.300
 to yourself.

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:03.579
 God uses

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:04.340
 those remaining

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:05.119
 corruptions

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:06.079
 in his

00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:06.679
 children's

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:06.980
 hearts

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.800
 for his

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:08.259
 purpose

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:08.960
 to make

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.460
 us more

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:10.219
 dependent

00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:11.159
 on him.

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.300
 And so

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:12.820
 we sing

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:13.340
 and we preach

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:13.860
 to ourselves

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:14.360
 and to one

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:14.719
 another

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:15.920
 my hope

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.739
 is built

00:38:16.739 --> 00:38:17.420
 on nothing

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:17.860
 less

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:18.920
 than Jesus'

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:19.460
 blood

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 and righteousness.

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 I dare

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 not trust

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 the sweetest

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 frame

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 but wholly

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 lean

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 on Jesus'

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 name.

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 His oath,

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 his covenant,

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 his blood

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 supports me

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 in the

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 whelming flood

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 when all

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 around my

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 soul gives

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 way,

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 even inside

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 my soul.

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 He then

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 is all

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 my hope

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 and stay.

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 Amen?

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 Amen.

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 Let's pray

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 in response

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 and thank

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 our Lord

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 for his

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 great salvation.

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 Thank

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