Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: EG
Program Code: EG002934
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00:09 >> IT'S BEEN 2,000 YEARS SINCE THE GLORIOUS LIGHT OF THE CROSS
00:12 ILLUMINATED A WORLD VEILED IN DARKNESS AND CONFUSION 00:15 ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF GOD. 00:17 AND STILL TODAY THE GREATEST NEED OF MANKIND IS A REVELATION 00:20 OF GOD'S LOVE AS REVEALED IN THE LIFE OF CHRIST. 00:23 AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS, "THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL" 00:26 WITH PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR COMING TO YOU EACH WEEK 00:29 FROM SACRAMENTO CENTRAL CHURCH IN SUNNY CALIFORNIA. 00:32 DISCOVER HIDDEN TREASURES IN GOD'S WORD TODAY. 00:38 >> I'M GLAD TO SEE EACH OF YOU HERE, AND I PRAY THAT YOU WILL 00:45 PRAY FOR ME BECAUSE I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE'RE TREADING ON 00:53 SACRED GROUND IN THE THEME THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 00:57 THE LAST 3 OR 4 WEEKS AND WILL STILL FOR A LITTLE TIME TO COME. 01:03 I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG WE'LL GO. 01:05 THERE'S SO MUCH MATERIAL ON THIS SUBJECT OF JESUS THROUGHOUT 01:09 THE BIBLE. 01:11 TODAY WE'LL BE DEALING WITH THE THIRD IN THIS SERIES. 01:16 NOW THIS IS JUST, WE'RE JUST DOING A QUICK OVERVIEW. 01:22 LAST NIGHT I FLEW BACK FROM WATSONVILLE. 01:26 I WAS ACTUALLY DOWN AT SOCAL AND SO RICH KOLLENBERG AND I WE FLEW 01:29 DOWN, WE DID OUR PRESENTATIONS THERE AND THEN AFTER DARK, 01:32 TOOK OFF AT WATSONVILLE AND FLEW UP THROUGH THE FOG 01:36 INTO THE STARLIGHT. 01:37 TURNED AROUND OVER THE OCEAN AND BEGAN HEADING BACK 01:39 TO SACRAMENTO. 01:41 IT'S VERY INTERESTING, IT WAS COLD THERE 01:43 AND HAD OUR JACKETS ON. 01:46 BY THE TIME WE GOT TO SACRAMENTO, WE WERE SWEATIN'. 01:49 BUT FLYING AT NIGHT, IT'S EASY TO SPOT CERTAIN LANDMARKS. 01:54 YOU SEE THESE CLUSTERS OF LIGHT AND YOU CAN SAY, WELL, THAT'S 01:58 SAN JOSE AND THAT OVER THERE, OF COURSE, IS WATSONVILLE AND THERE 02:03 YOU'VE GOT STOCKTON AND ELK GROVE AND WEST SAC' 02:07 AND YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THESE CLUSTERS OF LIGHT 02:09 AND IDENTIFY THEM. 02:10 THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF CITY AND COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS 02:13 IN BETWEEN THAT YOU CAN'T ALWAYS IDENTIFY. 02:17 IN OUR SERIES ON JESUS THROUGH THE BIBLE, WE'RE DOING A FLYOVER 02:21 AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THE HIGH POINTS. 02:25 WE TALKED ABOUT JOSEPH AS A TYPE OF CHRIST. 02:28 WE TALKED ABOUT MOSES LAST WEEK AS A WONDERFUL TYPE OF CHRIST, 02:32 BUT WE DID NOT COVER EVERYTHING. 02:35 MATTER OF FACT AFTER THE SERMON, I WAS STOMPING MY FOOT AND THINK 02:39 OH, ONE OF THOSE GREAT EXAMPLES OF JESUS IN THE COMPARISON WITH 02:45 MOSES, MOSES WAS THE MEEKEST MAN, CHRIST, MEEK AND LOWLY. 02:49 AND I KEPT THINKING ABOUT IT AND SAID OH, I WISH I'D SAID 02:51 THIS, I WISH I'D SAID THAT. 02:52 SO I'M SORT OF ISSUING A DISCLAIMER. 02:54 THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY. 02:57 WE'RE DOING A FLYOVER 'CAUSE I WANT YOU TO REALIZE HOW MUCH OF 03:01 JESUS IS REALLY IN THE BIBLE AND WHAT A SACRED DOCUMENT YOU HAVE 03:07 IN YOUR HANDS WITH THE BIBLE. 03:10 IT IS A SUPERNATURAL BOOK THAT PROVES THE REALITY OF GOD AND 03:16 ONE WAY WE KNOW THAT IS BECAUSE CHRIST WAS THE FULFILLMENT OF 03:20 ALL OF THESE HISTORICAL CHARACTERS. 03:24 I HEARD AN AMAZING FACT. 03:27 MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU WERE LISTENING TO THE BROADCAST LAST 03:30 SUNDAY YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY HEARD THIS, BUT I'M JUST 03:32 GAMBLING THAT MOST OF YOU WEREN'T LISTENING SO I'M GONNA 03:34 SHARE IT AGAIN. 03:36 BACK ABOUT 11 YEARS AGO, THERE'S A MAN NAMED STAN CAFFY 03:41 AND HIS WIFE LINDA. 03:42 WELL, THEY GOT MARRIED AND AS OFTEN HAPPENS WHEN YOU COMBINE 03:45 HOUSEHOLDS, THEY SAID, "LOOK, WE GOTTA MAKE SOME SPACE." 03:47 AND SHE SAID, "YOU GOTTA CLEAN OUT THIS GARAGE, STAN." 03:50 WHICH ALSO SERVED AS HIS SHOP WHERE HE DID SOME BICYCLE 03:52 REPAIR. 03:53 AND HE HAD, YOU KNOW, COLLECTED THE TYPICAL STUFF THAT OFTEN 03:56 DEVELOPS IN A GARAGE OR EVEN A SHOP. 03:59 AMONG THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE FERRETING THROUGH, SHE SAID, 04:02 "LOOK, YOU GOTTA GET RID OF THAT PICTURE YOU GOT ON THE WALL." 04:06 WELL, HE HAD BOUGHT, 10 YEARS EARLIER, THIS--IT WAS 04:10 A DUPLICATE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND IT WAS 04:13 FRAMED AND HANGING THERE. 04:15 AND HE SAID, "OH, I LIKE THAT. 04:16 IT'S KIND OF A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT." 04:19 AND SHE SAID, "YOU KNOW IT'S JUST A CHEAP COPY AND IT'S GOTTA 04:23 GO" AND SHE WON THE ARGUMENT. 04:25 SO TOOK IT OUT OF THE FRAME, ROLLED IT UP TO SAVE SOME SPACE 04:28 AND SHE PILED IT IN THE CAR WITH A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THEY 04:31 DONATED TO A THRIFT STORE THERE IN NASHVILLE. 04:36 FAST FORWARD A YEAR, MICHAEL SPARKS, WHO IS A MUSIC 04:41 ENGINEER IN THE NASHVILLE AREA, WENT TO THE GIFT STORE 04:46 IN HIS SPARE TIME. 04:47 IT WAS CALLED "MUSIC CITY THRIFT STORE" 04:49 AND HE WAS RUMMAGING AROUND. 04:52 HE FOUND A PAIR OF SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS AND SOME 04:55 CANDLESTICKS, AND THERE WAS THIS ROLLED-UP COPY OF 04:58 THE CONSTITUTION. 05:01 HE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, "WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR THIS?" 05:02 AND THE PROPRIETOR SAID $2.75 WHICH WAS 75 CENTS MORE THAN 05:08 STAN CAFFY HAD PAID FOR IT 11 YEARS EARLIER. 05:14 WELL, WHEN MICHAEL SPARKS GOT BACK HOME AND HE UNROLLED IT AND 05:17 WENT TO PIN IT UP ON THE WALL. 05:19 HE LOOKED AT IT. 05:20 SPENT SEVERAL DAYS LOOKING AT IT A THOUGHT, "YOU KNOW THIS LOOKS 05:22 LIKE IT COULD BE PRETTY OLD EVEN THOUGH IT IS JUST A COPY." 05:25 GOT ON THE INTERNET AND STARTING CLICKING AROUND AND DID A LITTLE 05:29 RESEARCH AND THERE WAS SOME CLUES AND HE DISCOVERED THAT 05:33 HE HAD ONE OF ONLY 36 REMAINING COPIES OF THE DECLARATION OF 05:40 INDEPENDENCE THAT HAD BEEN COMMISSIONED BY 05:44 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 05:46 TWO HUNDRED ORIGINALS HAD BEEN COMMISSIONED, BUT THEY'VE ONLY 05:50 BEEN ABLE TO FIND 36 INTACT AND HE HAD NUMBER 37. 05:55 SO AFTER IT WAS AUTHENTICATED, THAT TOOK A YEAR TO AUTHENTICATE 05:58 IT, AND HE HAD IT CAREFULLY PRESERVED IN GLASS. 06:02 THEY AUCTIONED IT THERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 06:06 BIDDING BEGAN AT $125,000. 06:10 BIDDING CONCLUDED AT OVER $477,000. 06:16 NOW HOW DO YOU THINK STAN AND LINDA CAFFY FELT? 06:23 WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR MARRIAGE? 06:27 HE ACTUALLY SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW IF I HADN'T DONATED IT 06:30 TO THE THRIFT SHOP, IT'D STILL BE HANGING UP IN MY GARAGE." 06:34 HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE HAD, AND I WONDER HOW MANY OF US 06:37 DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'VE GOT. 06:40 YOU HAVE A SACRED DOCUMENT IN YOUR HANDS IN THE BIBLE. 06:46 AND THIS SERIES ON JESUS THROUGHOUT THE SCRIPTURE, 06:50 WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE CHARACTERS IN THE BIBLE, 06:53 IT HELPS US TO RECOGNIZE, WOW, HOW DID GOD KNOW? 06:57 HOW COULD GOD HAVE SUCH COMPLETE CONTROL OF HISTORY SO THAT THE 07:00 LIVES OF THESE BIBLE CHARACTERS THAT REALLY DID LIVE COULD BE 07:04 REPLICATED IN THE LIFE OF JESUS? 07:08 YOU KNOW THERE'S A QUOTE FROM THE BOOK 07:12 "THAT I MIGHT KNOW HIM." 07:14 THIS IS THAT CHRISTIAN BOOK "THAT I MIGHT KNOW HIM." 07:16 IT'S WHAT THEY CALL A DEVOTIONAL BOOK. 07:19 PAGE 208 AND IT BEGINS WITH THE SCRIPTURE "AND BEGINNING 07:25 AT MOSES AND ALL THE PROPHETS, HE EXPOUNDED UNTO THEM IN 07:29 ALL THE SCRIPTURES THE THINGS CONCERNING HIMSELF." 07:32 I'VE READ THAT SO FAR I THINK DURING EACH PRESENTATION. 07:36 "THERE IS ONE GREAT CENTRAL TRUTH TO BE KEPT EVER BEFORE 07:43 THE MIND IN SEARCHING THE SCRIPTURES, CHRIST 07:47 AND HIM CRUCIFIED. 07:49 EVERY OTHER TRUTH IS INVESTED WITH INFLUENCE AND POWER 07:53 CORRESPONDING TO ITS RELATION TO THIS THEME." 07:57 EVERY OTHER TRUTH IN THE BIBLE HAS ITS POWER DRAWN FROM THE 08:01 TRUTH THAT JESUS IS THE CORE, ESPECIALLY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 08:06 AS WELL. 08:07 "IT IS ONLY IN THE LIGHT OF THE CROSS THAT WE CAN DISCERN 08:12 THE EXALTED CHARACTER OF THE LAW OF GOD. 08:16 THE SOUL, PALSIED BY SIN CAN BE ENDOWED WITH LIFE ONLY THROUGH 08:21 THE WORK WROUGHT OUT ON THE CROSS BY THE AUTHOR 08:23 OF OUR SALVATION. 08:25 THE LOVE OF CHRIST CONSTRAINS MAN TO UNITE WITH HIM IN 08:28 HIS LABORS AND SACRIFICE. 08:30 THE REVELATION OF DIVINE LOVE AWAKENS IN THEM A SENSE OF THEIR 08:34 NEGLECTED OBLIGATION TO BE LIGHT BEARERS TO THE WORLD 08:38 AND INSPIRES THEM WITH A MISSIONARY SPIRIT. 08:40 THIS TRUTH," CHRIST AND ALL THE BIBLE, "ENLIGHTENS THE MIND 08:45 AND SANCTIFIES THE SOUL. 08:48 IT WILL BANISH UNBELIEF AND INSPIRE FAITH." 08:51 THAT'S MY GOAL. 08:52 THAT'S WHY I'M DOING THIS, I WANT TO BANISH UNBELIEF 08:54 AND INSPIRE FAITH IN HIS WORD IN YOUR HEARTS. 08:57 "WHEN CHRIST IN HIS WORK OF REDEMPTION IS SEEN TO BE 09:01 THE GREAT CENTRAL TRUTH IN THE SYSTEM OF TRUTH, A NEW LIGHT 09:06 IS SHED UPON THE EVENTS OF PAST AND THE FUTURE. 09:09 THEY ARE SEEN IN A NEW RELATION AND POSSESS A NEW AND A DEEPER 09:13 SIGNIFICANCE. 09:16 THE OLD TESTAMENT IS AS VERILY THE GOSPEL IN TYPES AND SHADOWS 09:19 AS THE NEW TESTAMENT IS IN UNFOLDING POWER." 09:23 YOU GET THAT? 09:24 THE OLD TESTAMENT IS THE GOSPEL ALSO. 09:27 YOU FIRST READ ABOUT THE NEW TESTAMENT 09:30 IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. 09:32 YOU FIRST HEAR THE WORDS OF THE NEW COVENANT IN JEREMIAH, 09:36 IN MOSES. 09:39 "THE NEW TESTAMENT DOES NOT PRESENT A NEW RELIGION. 09:43 THE OLD TESTAMENT DOES NOT PRESENT A RELIGION TO BE 09:45 SUPERSEDED BY THE NEW. 09:47 THE NEW TESTAMENT IS ONLY THE ADVANCEMENT AND UNFOLDING 09:50 OF THE OLD. 09:51 ABEL--" THAT'S GOING PRETTY FAR BACK IN THE BIBLE. 09:54 "ABEL WAS A BELIEVER IN CHRIST AS VERILY SAVED BY HIS POWER 09:58 AS WAS PETER AND PAUL. 10:00 ENOCH WAS A REPRESENTATIVE OF CHRIST AS SURELY WAS THE BELOVED 10:04 DISCIPLE, JOHN. 10:05 THAT GOD WHO WALKED WITH ENOCH WAS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, 10:08 JESUS CHRIST. 10:09 HE WAS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD THEN JUST AS HE IS NOW. 10:13 THE TRUTH FOR THIS TIME IS BROAD IN HIS OUTLINES, FAR REACHING 10:17 EMBRACING MANY DOCTRINES, BUT THESE DOCTRINES ARE NOT DETACHED 10:20 ITEMS WHICH MEAN LITTLE. 10:23 THEY'RE UNITED BY GOLDEN THREADS FORMING A COMPLETE WHOLE WITH 10:27 CHRIST AS THE LIVING CENTER." 10:28 ALL THE BIBLE IS ABOUT JESUS. 10:32 WE'VE LOOKED AT CHRIST AND SEEN DIFFERENT FACETS OF CHRIST'S 10:36 CHARACTER BY LOOKING AT ENOCH AND ABEL AND ADAM AND NOAH AND 10:42 JOSEPH AND MOSES AND TODAY, DAVID. 10:47 NOW THIS IS DOUBLY IMPORTANT TODAY BECAUSE OF ALL THE 10:54 CHARACTERS MENTIONED IN THE HOLY WRITINGS, YOU FIND THIS NAME 10:59 MENTIONED MORE THAN ANY NAME. 11:02 DAVID IS MENTIONED MORE THAN OUR LORD JESUS. 11:06 DAVID IS MENTIONED MORE THAN MOSES, MORE THAN ELIJAH, 11:10 MORE THAN JOSEPH. 11:12 THERE'S MORE THAN ONE JOHN IN THE BIBLE. 11:15 THERE'S ACTUALLY MORE THAN ONE MOSES. 11:18 THERE'S MORE THAN ONE JESUS MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE. 11:23 BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE INDIVIDUAL IN THE WHOLE BIBLE CALLED 11:26 BY THE NAME DAVID. 11:28 DAVID IS ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING TYPES OF JESUS 11:33 IN THE BIBLE. 11:34 NOW I'M NOT SAVING DAVID FOR THE THIRD PRESENTATION 11:36 BECAUSE OF IMPORTANCE. 11:40 I'M GOING THROUGH THESE TYPES OF CHRIST SEQUENTIALLY 11:43 AND NOW WE REACH REALLY DAVID. 11:45 DAVID IS FOUND 1,066 TIMES IN THE BIBLE. 11:51 THERE'S MORE SAID ABOUT HIM THAN ANY OTHER BIBLE CHARACTER. 11:54 IN MANY WAYS, THIS BOOK COULD BE THE STORY OF DAVID. 11:57 JESUS IS THE SON OF DAVID. 11:59 DID YOU KNOW THAT THE LAST CHAPTER IN THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT 12:02 DAVID? 12:03 YOU CAN READ THERE IN REVELATION WHERE CHRIST IS THE ROOT AND 12:07 THE OFFSPRING OF DAVID IN REVELATION 22. 12:11 SO LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE PARALLELS THAT WE'RE GOING TO 12:15 FIND IN THE BIBLE ABOUT DAVID. 12:20 DAVID MEANS BELOVED. 12:23 JESUS IS THE BELOVED SON OF THE FATHER CALLED SOMETIMES 12:28 THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON. 12:30 YOU REMEMBER WHEN JESUS WAS BAPTIZED, "THIS IS MY BELOVED 12:33 SON IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED" AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE VERY 12:39 NAME DAVID MEANS AND DAVID WAS BEAUTIFUL. 12:43 1 SAMUEL 16:12, "SO HE SENT AND BROUGHT HIM IN. 12:47 NOW HE WAS RUDDY." 12:49 THAT MEANS HE WAS BEEN OUT IN THE SUN 'CAUSE HE'D BEEN 12:54 WATCHING THE SHEEP. 12:55 RUDDY MEANS RED. 12:57 YOU CAN LOOK AT SOMEONE WHEN THEY'VE BEEN WORKING 12:59 IN THE GARDEN AND SAY, "YOU'VE BEEN OUT IN THE SUN." 13:01 "HE WAS RUDDY WITH BRIGHT EYES AND GOOD LOOKING." 13:06 YOU KNOW IT DOESN'T SAY THAT ABOUT TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE 13:09 BIBLE, THAT THEY WERE HANDSOME. 13:11 SAYS IT ABOUT JOSEPH, ANOTHER TYPE OF CHRIST AND IT SAYS IT 13:14 ABOUT DAVID. 13:15 OF COURSE IT SAYS IT ABOUT THE WIVES OF ABRAHAM, 13:18 ISAAC AND JACOB. 13:19 DOESN'T SAY ABRAHAM, ISAAC OR JACOB WERE GOOD LOOKING, 13:22 BUT IT SAYS ALL OF THEIR WIVES WERE GOOD LOOKING 'CAUSE THEY 13:25 ARE ALL TYPES OF THE CHURCH. 13:27 AND DAVID WHO IS A TYPE OF CHRIST IS ALSO CALLED BELOVED. 13:33 BY THE WAY, IN THE BOOK SONG OF SOLOMON WHICH IS REALLY A 13:36 BEAUTIFUL METAPHOR OF JESUS, IT SPEAKS OF THE BRIDEGROOM AS "THE 13:43 BELOVED IS MINE AND I AM HIS." 13:47 WE PROBABLY SUNG THAT SONG BEFORE. 13:49 YOU KNOW WHICH ONE? 13:51 [SINGING] HE IS MINE AND I AM HIS, 13:53 HIS MANNER OVER ME IS LOVE. 13:55 >> HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT ONE? 13:56 LET'S ALL SING IT TOGETHER. 13:57 NO, I'M JUST-- HE IS BORN IN BETHLEHEM. 14:02 NOW JESUS IS BORN IN BETHLEHEM OF COURSE. 14:05 NOW 1 SAMUEL 16:1, "NOW THE LORD SAID TO SAMUEL, 14:08 FILL YOUR HORN WITH OIL AND GO. 14:12 I AM SENDING YOU TO JESSE, THE BETHLEHEMITE FOR I PROVIDED 14:15 MYSELF A KING AMONG HIS SONS." 14:18 AND AGAIN, JESUS CAME FROM BETHLEHEM. 14:22 EVEN THOUGH HE WAS GROWING UP IN NAZARETH, GOD ORCHESTRATED 14:26 HISTORY WHERE HE WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM. 14:29 YOU ALSO FIND THAT DAVID IS THE YOUNGEST SON OF 14:33 AN ANCIENT FATHER. 14:35 NOW YOU'LL FIND THAT'S OFTEN TRUE OF THE TYPES IN THE BIBLE. 14:39 ABRAHAM WAS VERY OLD WHEN ISAAC WAS BORN. 14:44 ISAAC IS A TYPE OF CHRIST. 14:46 HE WAS WAY BEYOND WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE HAD HIM. 14:49 HE WAS AN ANCIENT FATHER WHO GAVE BIRTH. 14:51 JOSEPH--RATHER JACOB KEPT TRYING TO HAVE A SON THROUGH RACHEL 14:55 BUT SHE WAS BARREN. 14:56 FINALLY HE HAS A SON, JOSEPH, AND JOSEPH IS REFERRED TO 15:01 AS THE SON OF HIS OLD AGE. 15:04 AND THEN YOU FIND THAT'S ALSO TRUE WITH DAVID. 15:08 YOU CAN READ HERE IN 1 SAMUEL 17:12, 15:11 "NOW DAVID WAS THE SON OF THAT EPHRATHITE OF BETHLEHEM OF 15:15 JUDAH WHOSE NAME WAS JESSE. 15:17 HE HAD EIGHT SONS AND THE MAN WAS OLD AND ADVANCED IN YEARS 15:23 IN THE DAYS OF SAUL." 15:24 JESSE WAS AN OLD MAN. 15:26 DAVID WAS THE SON OF HIS OLD AGE BECAUSE OUR FATHER 15:30 IS THE ANCIENT OF DAYS. 15:32 HIS SON IS BROUGHT BEFORE HIM IN DANIEL 7. 15:36 THE SON, ONE LIKE THE SON OF MAN COMES BEFORE THE ANCIENT OF 15:39 DAYS, THE ETERNAL, AND SO HE'S EVEN A TYPE OF DAVID IN 15:43 THIS PART OF THE STORY AS WELL. 15:46 AS WE DIG INTO THE STORY--THERE'S A LOT TO COVER 15:49 SO I'M KIND OF JUMPING FROM ONE TO THE NEXT. 15:51 AS WE DIG INTO THE STORY, WE FIND OUT THAT DAVID 15:56 IS A GOOD SHEPHERD, JESUS IS OUR GOOD SHEPHERD. 15:59 EVEN BEYOND THAT, DAVID IS A SACRIFICIAL SHEPHERD. 16:03 YOU CAN READ IN 1 SAMUEL 17 WHEN HE'S TELLING KING SAUL 16:08 HE'S ABOUT TO FIGHT GOLIATH. 16:09 DAVID SAID TO SAUL, VERSE 34, "YOUR SERVANT USED TO KEEP HIS 16:14 FATHER'S SHEEP AND WHEN A LION OR A BEAR CAME AND TOOK A LAMB 16:19 OUT OF THE FLOCK, I WENT OUT AFTER IT AND I STRUCK IT 16:24 AND DELIVERED THE LAMB FROM ITS MOUTH." 16:28 THAT REMINDS US, OF COURSE, OF JESUS WHO IS OUR GOOD SHEPHERD 16:31 WHO GOES OUT AND TAKES US-- YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT SOMEONE 16:34 SNATCHED FROM THE JAWS OF THE LION? 16:38 THE DEVIL GOES AROUND AS A ROARING LION, 16:41 SEEKING WHOM HE MIGHT DEVOUR. 16:43 JESUS IS OUR GOOD SACRIFICIAL SHEPHERD WHO SNATCHES US FROM 16:47 THE JAWS OF THE LION. 16:49 SOMETIMES YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE THE LION'S LUNCH AND JESUS 16:52 CAN SAVE YOU 'CAUSE HE'S A GOOD SHEPHERD. 16:55 NOW I HOPE I'M A BETTER PASTOR THAN I AM A SHEPHERD. 16:59 I ACTUALLY DID A LITTLE SHEPHERDING, BUT I WASN'T A VERY 17:04 GOOD SHEPHERD. 17:06 I'VE HAD BOTH SHEEP AND GOATS. 17:08 I HAVE BOTH SHEEP AND GOATS HERE AT THE CHURCH TOO. 17:10 BUT I MEAN I ACTUALLY I WORKED WITH THE NAVAJOS. 17:14 WHEN I WAS IN NEW MEXICO, MY UNCLE HAD A TRADING POST OUT ON 17:19 THE RESERVATION AND THE NAVAJO'S WERE PRINCIPALLY SHEPHERDS. 17:22 AND THEY WOULD WALK AROUND AND SHEPHERD THEIR SHEEP. 17:26 I LIKE TO HERD THEM WITH THE MOTORCYCLE, BUT THAT'D TEND 17:29 TO MAKE THEM VERY NERVOUS. 17:31 AND I'D TRY AND HELP THEM ROUND UP THE SHEEP WITH A MOTORCYCLE, 17:35 AND THEY, I THINK, HALF OF THEM DIED FROM STRESS WHEN I GOT DONE 17:38 WITH A SHEEP ROUNDUP. 17:40 BUT I ALSO HAD GOATS. 17:43 WHEN WE FIRST MOVED UP TO COVELO, HAD TWO OR THREE GOATS 17:49 AT ONE TIME AND USED TO MILK 'EM EVERY DAY. 17:53 AND IT'S KIND OF NICE WHEN YOU HAVE FRESH GOAT MILK 17:57 IN YOUR CEREAL. 17:59 I WAS A LITTLE BIT PRIMITIVE BACK THEN, THE GOATS ACTUALLY 18:01 HOPPED UP INTO THE HOUSE AND WE MILKED THEM THERE. 18:04 BUT OUR HOUSE WASN'T MUCH SO YOU'D UNDERSTAND IF YOU SAW IT. 18:09 BUT I REMEMBER I USED TO HAVE THREE OR FOUR GOATS, AND THEN 18:12 ONE DAY ONE OF THEM DISAPPEARED AND I DIDN'T KNOW 18:14 WHAT WAS GOING ON. 18:15 A FEW WEEKS LATER, ANOTHER ONE DISAPPEARED, AND I THOUGHT 18:20 IT MUST HAVE WANDERED OFF AND JOINED ANOTHER HERD. 18:22 I WASN'T VERY SMART. 18:23 I GREW UP IN NEW YORK CITY. 18:25 I WASN'T A VERY GOOD SHEPHERD. 18:27 THEN ONE NIGHT I WAS SLEEPING AND THE GOATS USED TO SLEEP 18:32 UNDER THE HOUSE AND I HEARD BANG, A BIG BANG. 18:38 IT SOUNDED LIKE THE HOUSE HAD BEEN HIT BY A WRECKING BALL. 18:42 WHOLE HOUSE SHOOK. 18:44 I JUMPED UP AND THEN I HEARD THE GOAT. 18:47 THIS WAS OUR GOAT, LIBBY AND SHE WAS BLEATING-- 18:55 JUST DISTRESSED TERRIBLY AND IT WAS GETTING FURTHER AWAY AND 19:01 I REALIZED GOATS DON'T WANDER AROUND AT FORGE AT NIGHT. 19:03 I THOUGHT A MOUNTAIN LION HAD HER. 19:07 AND I LATER FOUND OUT IT WAS A BEAR. 19:11 NOW I HAD A .22 OUT BEHIND THE SEAT IN THE PICK-UP TRUCK 'CAUSE 19:17 THE KIDS WERE LITTLE AND I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO GET TO IT. 19:19 AND I HEARD THE GOAT, 80-POUND GOAT, BEING 19:24 CARRIED UP THE HILL PLEADING. 19:28 AND I FELT TERRIBLE BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WANT TO SAVE HER, BUT 19:33 I DON'T WANT TO DIE AND I'M NOT GONNA GO OUT THERE AND SHOOT 19:38 A MOUNTAIN LION OR A BEAR, TRY AND TAKE AWAY ITS FOOD 19:41 WITH A .22 BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BEARS, 19:45 YOU HIT 'EM WITH A .22 IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, A BB GUN, 19:48 IT JUST MAKES 'EM MAD. 19:50 AND SO WHENEVER I HEAR THIS STORY ABOUT DAVID 19:54 GOING OUT AFTER A BEAR THAT TOOK THE SHEEP, I THINK BOY, 20:00 HE REALLY WAS A GOOD SHEPHERD OR HE WAS CRAZY BECAUSE 20:04 HE HAD A LOT OF SHEEP. 20:06 I WASN'T GONNA LAY MY LIFE DOWN FOR MY LAST GOAT. 20:11 AND, YOU KNOW, THE WAY I USUALLY MANAGED TO SOOTHE MY CONSCIOUS 20:14 WITH THIS IS BECAUSE AFTER ALL IT WAS A GOAT AND, YOU KNOW, 20:18 THE GOATS ARE LOST AND THE SHEEP ARE SAVED. 20:21 IF IT WAS A SHEEP, WHO KNOWS? 20:22 MAYBE I WOULD HAVE GONE. 20:24 BUT NOW WE KEEP THE GUN IN THE HOUSE. 20:29 JUST LAST WEEK NEIGHBOR CALLED, THIS WEEK NEIGHBOR CALLED, 20:32 "DOUG, I SAW A BEAR." 20:34 I SAID, WAS IT IN THE HOUSE OR WAS IT OUT IN THE MEADOW? 20:36 "OH, IT WAS OUT IN THE MEADOW." 20:37 'CAUSE WE HAD BEARS TRYING TO BREAK INTO OUR HOUSE UP THERE. 20:40 I READ THIS STORY AND IT SAYS HE KILLED THE BEAR. 20:42 HE DIDN'T HAVE EVEN A .22 IT DOESN'T EVEN SAY HE USED 20:46 THE SLING. 20:48 YOU READ ON IT SAYS HE TOOK IT BY THE BEARD. 20:51 NOW LIONS HAVE A BEARD, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN A BEAR'S BEARD BUT HE 20:56 GOT A HOLD OF IT SOMEHOW AND THE SAME WAY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD 20:59 CAME ON SAMSON, HE HAD SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH, GOD DID 21:02 THAT FOR DAVID, AND HE LAID HIS LIFE ON THE LINE TO SAVE 21:06 THE SHEEP. 21:07 SO HE WAS A SACRIFICIAL, LOVING SHEPHERD LIKE OUR JESUS. 21:12 AREN'T YOU GLAD THAT JESUS IS A GOOD SHEPHERD? 21:17 MOST OF YOU JUST LOST CONFIDENCE IN ME AS A SHEPHERD, DIDN'T YOU? 21:23 AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT GOATS, YOU'RE OKAY. 21:26 THEY WERE BOTH ANOINTED, BOTH DAVID AND JESUS WERE ANOINTED. 21:30 THE WORD CHRIST, CHRISTOS MEANS ANOINTED IN GREEK. 21:36 MESSIAH MEANS ANOINTED IN HEBREW. 21:39 DAVID WAS ANOINTED, THAT'S WHEN HE FIRST APPEARS 21:42 HE'S ANOINTED BY SAMUEL. 21:45 AND HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THE BRETHREN THAT WERE ANOINTED. 21:50 SAMUEL WAS HESITANT AT FIRST. 21:53 YOU REMEMBER JOHN THE BAPTIST WHEN HE BAPTIZED JESUS, HE SAID, 21:55 "NO, YOU NEED TO BAPTIZE ME." 21:58 BUT HE SAID, "LET IT BE SO FOR NOW." 22:02 1 SAMUEL 16:13, "SAMUEL TOOK THE HORN OF OIL AND ANOINTED HIM IN 22:06 THE MIDST OF HIS BROTHERS, AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME ON 22:10 DAVID FROM THAT DAY FORWARD." 22:12 DAVID BEGINS HIS MINISTRY AFTER HIS ANOINTING. 22:15 WHEN DOES CHRIST BEGIN HIS MINISTRY? 22:18 AT HIS BAPTISM, THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES DOWN UPON HIM AND THEN HE 22:22 BEGINS TO TEACH AND TO PREACH. 22:24 AFTER JESUS IS ANOINTED, HE FIGHTS WITH THE DEVIL IN 22:28 THE WILDERNESS. 22:30 AFTER DAVID IS ANOINTED, HE FIGHTS WITH A GIANT IN 22:35 THE WILDERNESS, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. 22:38 THIS BATTLE IS GOING ON NOW BETWEEN THE ISRAELITES 22:41 AND THE PHILISTINES. 22:42 YOU SEE JESUS SENDS DAVID TO CARE FOR HIS BROTHERS THAT 22:47 ARE IN THE BATTLE, SENT BY THE FATHER TO SEEK HIS BRETHREN. 22:53 YOU REMEMBER JOSEPH IS SENT BY THE FATHER TO SEEK HIS BRETHREN. 22:58 1 SAMUEL 17:17, "THEN JESSE SAID TO HIS SON, DAVID, TAKE NOW FOR 23:03 YOUR BROTHERS AN EPHAH OF DRIED OF GRAIN 23:05 AND THESE TEN LOAVES AND RUN TO YOUR BROTHERS AT THE CAMP. 23:09 SEE HOW YOUR BROTHERS ARE DOING AND BRING BACK SOME ASSURANCE 23:12 FROM THEM." 23:14 AND SO HERE DAVID IS SENT FROM THE ANCIENT FATHER SEEKING 23:19 THE WELFARE OF THE BROTHERS AND HE SENDS PROVISIONS, 23:22 HE SENDS BREAD. 23:23 JESUS COMES FROM THE FATHER TO US AND HE BRINGS BREAD, 23:26 DOESN'T HE? 23:28 BUT WHEN HE GETS THERE TO CARE FOR HIS BROTHERS, 23:30 DO HIS BROTHERS SAY, "OH, DAVID, WE LOVE YOU. 23:33 THAT'S SO GOOD, THANK YOU SO MUCH"? 23:35 DO THEY RECEIVE HIM JOYFULLY OR DO THIS MISUNDERSTAND 23:38 HIS MISSION? 23:40 WHEN JOSEPH CAME, DID HIS BROTHERS UNDERSTAND HIS MISSION 23:42 OR DID THEY RECEIVE HIM IN A NEGATIVE WAY? 23:47 1 SAMUEL, SO DAVID IS ALSO MISUNDERSTOOD BY HIS BROTHERS. 23:52 1 SAMUEL 17:28, "NOW ELIAB, THE OLDEST OF THE BROTHERS, 23:56 HEARD WHEN DAVID SPOKE TO THE MEN AND ELIAB'S ANGER 24:00 WAS AROUSED AGAINST DAVID AND HE SAID, 'WHY I'D 24:03 YOU COME DOWN HERE AND WITH WHOM HAVE YOU LEFT THOSE FEW 24:06 SHEEP IN THE WILDERNESS?'" ACCUSING HIM OF BEING 24:09 A BAD SHEPHERD. 24:10 "I KNOW YOUR PRIDE AND INSOLENCE OF YOUR HEART 24:12 FOR YOU'RE COME DOWN TO SEE THE BATTLE." 24:15 JUST TOTALLY MISUNDERSTOOD THE HEART AND THE MISSION 24:19 OF HIS BROTHER. 24:20 HE CAME SEEKING HIS WELFARE. 24:22 WAS JESUS MISUNDERSTOOD BY HIS BROTHERS? 24:26 JOHN, I'M TALKING ABOUT NOT ONLY HIS OWN PEOPLE 24:29 BUT EVEN HIS OWN FAMILY. 24:31 JESUS HAD FOUR AT LEAST HALF BROTHERS. 24:32 JOHN 7:4-5, "AND THEY SAID TO JESUS, 'NOBODY DOES ANYTHING 24:39 IN SECRET, WHY HE HIMSELF SEEKS TO BE KNOWN OPENLY. 24:42 IF YOU DO THESE THINGS, SHOW YOURSELF TO THE WORLD.' 24:44 FOR EVEN HIS BROTHERS DID NOT BELIEVE IN HIM." 24:48 NOT AT FIRST BUT THEY LATER BELIEVED. 24:51 DID DAVID'S BROTHERS LATER BELIEVE? 24:55 THEY DID. 24:56 MATTER OF FACT THEY BECAME PART OF HIS MIGHTY MEN OR HIS ARMY. 24:59 AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S THAT GREAT STORY OF DAVID, AND I WISH 25:02 I COULD SPEND MORE TIME ON THIS, WHERE DAVID SEES GOLIATH DOWN 25:07 THERE WHO FOR 40 DAYS COMES OUT IN THE WILDERNESS AND DEFIES 25:12 THE ARMIES OF GOD. 25:13 AFTER THE ANOINTING OF JESUS, DOES HE GO OUT TO 25:17 THE WILDERNESS FOR 40 DAYS? 25:20 DOES HE HAVE A BATTLE WITH THE DEVIL, BIGGEST GIANT OF ALL, 25:24 THE GIANT OF EVIL? 25:26 AND WHAT IS IT THAT JESUS USES TO BRING DOWN THE GIANT? 25:32 A STONE. 25:34 THE WORD OF GOD IS THE ROCK. 25:37 THAT'S THE ROCK THAT BRINGS DOWN THAT IMAGE IN DANIEL 2. 25:41 CHRIST IS THE WORD, ARE WE RIGHT? 25:43 ARE WE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE? 25:45 THE WORD IS A ROCK. 25:47 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE WRITTEN ON STONE, AND THAT'S WHAT'S 25:51 USED TO BRING DOWN THE GIANT. 25:54 AND SO HE HAS THIS BATTLE WITH THE GIANT. 25:58 JESUS MEETS EVERY TEMPTATION AND HE SAYS, "AWAY WITH YOU SATAN, 26:02 FOR IT IS WRITTEN, YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD GOD 26:05 AND HIM ONLY SHALL YOU SERVE." 26:07 1 SAMUEL 17:50, "SO DAVID PREVAILED OVER THE PHILISTINE 26:13 WITH A SLING AND A STONE, AND HE STRUCK THE PHILISTINE AND KILLED 26:17 HIM BUT THERE WAS NO SWORD IN THE HAND OF DAVID. 26:20 THEREFORE DAVID RAN AND STOOD OVER THE PHILISTINE AND TOOK 26:24 HIS SWORD AND DREW IT OUT OF ITS SHEATHE AND KILLED HIM 26:28 AND CUT OFF HIS HEAD." 26:29 SO HE WAS INITIALLY KNOCKED OUT WITH A ROCK. 26:31 HE'S UNCONSCIOUS, BUT HE DISPATCHES HIM 26:34 PERMANENTLY WITH HIS OWN SWORD. 26:36 WHAT IS THE SWORD BIBLICALLY? 26:40 THE WORD OF GOD, HEBREWS 4, EPHESIANS 6 IS QUICK 26:45 AND POWERFUL AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD. 26:49 SO STONE IS THE WORD OF GOD, SWORD IS THE WORD OF GOD. 26:52 DAVID DEFEATS THE GIANT WITH THE WORD GOD. 26:54 HOW DO WE DEFEAT THE GIANT, THE DEVIL? 26:57 A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR GOD, YOU SUNG THAT SONG. 27:00 ONE LITTLE WORLD WILL FELL HIM, THE WORD OF GOD BRINGS THEM 27:05 DOWN. 27:06 ISN'T IT INTERESTING HE TAKES GOLIATH'S OWN SWORD 27:10 TO DESTROY HIM? 27:12 THE CROSS THAT THE DEVIL USED TO KILL JESUS IS THE WEAPON 27:16 THAT DESTROYS THE DEVIL. 27:19 IN CRUCIFYING CHRIST ON THE CROSS, THE DEVIL SAID, 27:23 "WE'RE GONNA USE THIS CROSS TO KILL 'EM." 27:24 JESUS TAKES THE CROSS AND HE USES IT LIKE A SWORD 27:26 TO KILL THE DEVIL. 27:28 THAT'S WHAT ENDS UP DEFEATING HIM. 27:30 GOLIATH IS KILLED BY HIS OWN SWORD. 27:33 SATAN'S CROSS KILLS SATAN. 27:37 AND THEN YOU KNOW I LOVE THIS PART OF THE STORY, AFTER DAVID 27:42 KILLS THE GIANT, YOU REALIZE YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE THIS MENTAL 27:46 PICTURE HERE. 27:47 YOU'VE GOT THE VALLEY OF ELAH. 27:49 YOU'VE GOT ALL THE ARMY OF THE PHILISTINES ARE GATHERED ON 27:51 ONE MOUNTAINSIDE WATCHING THEIR CHAMPION, AND YOU'VE GOT 27:55 ALL THE ISRAELITES, THEY'RE VERY APPREHENSIVE. 27:58 SOMEONE WAS PROBABLY TAKING BETS OVER THERE ON THE SIDE OF ISRAEL 28:00 ABOUT IS THIS WHIPPER SNAPPER THAT'S GOING DOWN THERE, IS HE 28:04 GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE THE GIANT. 28:06 AND THEY PROBABLY HAD PRETTY BIG ODDS GOING THAT DAVID 28:10 WAS ABOUT TO GET SQUASHED. 28:12 MATTER OF FACT, THEY PROBABLY HAD HUNDRED TO ONE ODDS IN FAVOR 28:16 OF THE SHEPHERD AGAINST THE GIANT. 28:19 THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE AND THEN ALL OF 28:22 A SUDDEN, THEY SEE DAVID RUN TOWARDS THE GIANT. 28:24 THEY MAYBE CAN'T HEAR ALL THE CONVERSATION GOING ON 28:27 BETWEEN GOLIATH AND DAVID, BUT THEY SEE DAVID. 28:30 HE THROWS DOWN HIS STAFF AND HE RUNS TOWARDS THE GIANT 28:32 AND HE SNAPS THE STONE. 28:34 THE GIANT ROCKS, WOBBLES, THUNDERS TO THE GROUND. 28:39 THE BIGGER THEY ARE, THE HARDER THEY FALL. 28:42 DAVID RUNS UP TO HIM WITHOUT ANY HESITATION. 28:44 THE ARMOR BEARER FOR THE GIANT, HE RUNS. 28:47 REMEMBER GOLIATH COMES OUT WITH ALL THIS POMP. 28:49 HE'S GOT AN ARMOR BEARER HOLDING HIS SHIELD. 28:52 WHEN THE ARMOR BEARER SEES GOLIATH GO DOWN, HE PROBABLY 28:54 DROPS THE SHIELD AND RUNS FOR HIS LIFE. 28:57 DAVID THEN TAKES THE SWORD OF THE GIANT WHICH IS AS LONG AS 29:00 DAVID AND CHOPS OFF HIS HEAD. 29:05 NOW THE ISRAELITE SOLDIERS AND DAVID'S BROTHERS WHO HAD 29:10 BEEN WATCHING THIS THINKING "OH, THIS IS GONNA BE BAD. 29:12 THIS IS GONNA LOOK-- THIS IS GONNA BE UGLY. 29:14 OH, HE'S GONNA POOR SHEPHERD. 29:17 WHY'D SAUL SEND HIM OUT THERE?" 29:19 ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEIR WHOLE DISPOSITION CHANGES. 29:22 THEY SHOUT FOR JOY AND THEY SAY, "WE WON!" 29:31 YOU NOTICE WHAT HAPPENS? 29:32 DAVID'S VICTORY BECOMES THEIR VICTORY. 29:36 THEY TAKE CREDIT FOR HIS VICTORY. 29:39 AND THEY ARE THEN RALLIED. 29:41 NOTICE THEY DON'T JUST STAND THERE AND SAY, "WE WON." 29:44 THEY THEN GET INVOLVED IN THE BATTLE, AND THEY START TO CHASE 29:48 THE PHILISTINES NOW AND THEY HAVE A GREAT VICTORY. 29:52 SO THIS IS VERY PRACTICAL FOR YOU AND ME. 29:55 HOW DO YOU AND I ENJOY THE VICTORY OF CHRIST OVER 29:58 THE DEVIL? 30:00 WHEN WE SEE, JUST LIKE THE ISRAELITES SAW, THAT JESUS 30:04 DID WIN, HE DEFEATED THE DEVIL, CHRIST ROSE. 30:08 HE SAID, "IT IS FINISHED." 30:10 HE SAID, "ALL HAIL." 30:11 HE'S WON. 30:12 THE DEVIL'S DOOM IS SEALED. 30:15 BUT EVEN THOUGH GOLIATH WAS DEAD, WERE THE SOLDIERS, THE 30:18 PHILISTINES STILL ON THE HILL? 30:20 WE CLAIM THAT VICTORY AND THEN WE NEED TO TAKE UP THE BATTLE 30:23 WITH DAVID. 30:25 DAVID THEN LED THEM AGAINST THE PHILISTINES, AND SO WE JOIN HIM 30:29 IN THAT BATTLE. 30:30 SO THIS IS A WONDERFUL ANALOGY WHERE CHRIST IS A TYPE OF DAVID 30:33 OR DAVID IS A TYPE OF CHRIST AND YOU SAY, "THE VICTORY OF DAVID 30:37 BECAME THE VICTORY OF THE ISRAELITES. 30:39 THE VICTORY OF CHRIST BECOMES OUR VICTORY, AND WE CAN SAY 30:42 PRAISE THE LORD, WE WON." 30:45 AND THEN YOU FOLLOW YOUR CAPTAIN INTO BATTLE. 30:49 YOU DON'T JUST STAND THERE. 30:50 WHEN JESUS OVERCAME, WE BECOME OVERCOMERS. 30:55 DAVID STRIPPED THE ENEMY OF HIS ARMOR. 30:59 1 SAMUEL 17:54, DAVID TOOK THE HEAD OF THE PHILISTINE 31:04 AND BROUGHT IT TO JERUSALEM AND HE PUT HIS ARMOR IN HIS TENT. 31:08 YOU KNOW THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT JESUS STRIPPED THE ARMOR 31:11 FROM THE DEVIL. 31:13 LUKE 11:20, "BUT IF I CAST OUT DEMONS WITH THE FINGER OF GOD, 31:18 SURELY THE KINGDOM OF GOD HAS COME UPON YOU. 31:21 WHEN A STRONG MAN FULLY ARMED GUARDS HIS OWN PALACE AND HIS 31:26 GOODS, THEY'RE AT PEACE. 31:28 BUT WHEN A STRONGER THAN HE COMES UPON HIM AND OVERCOMES 31:31 HIM, HE TAKES FROM HIM ALL HIS ARMOR IN WHICH HE TRUSTED 31:35 AND DIVIDES HIS SPOILS. 31:37 THIS IS WHAT DAVID DID WITH GOLIATH. 31:39 THIS IS WHAT JESUS DID WITH THE DEVIL. 31:41 YOU AND I ARE CAPTIVES OF THE DEVIL. 31:43 HE LIBERATES US. 31:45 HE TAKES AWAY THE DEVIL'S ARMOR. 31:46 BEFORE CHRIST CAME, MAN HAS NO POWER TO RESIST THE DEVIL. 31:52 BUT THERE'S A CRACK IN THE DEVIL'S ARMOR BECAUSE OF CHRIST. 31:57 YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE ARROW FOUND THE CRACK IN AHAB'S ARMOR? 32:01 IT WAS THE PROPHECY OF MICAIAH, THE WORD OF GOD, THAT'S WHO 32:06 FOUND THE CRACK IN THE ARMOR. 32:07 JESUS TAKES AWAY THE DEVIL'S ARMOR. 32:10 HE IS DEFENSELESS. 32:11 YOU AND I CAN HAVE A VICTORY OVER HIM. 32:15 AFTER DAVID WINS THAT BATTLE FOR A LITTLE WHILE HE FOLLOWS SAUL 32:18 AND PRETTY SOON SAUL BECOMES DEMON POSSESSED AND JEALOUS 32:21 AND DAVID, HE TRIES TO PIN DAVID TO THE WALL A FEW TIMES. 32:25 HE'S NOT ACCEPTED BY HIS OWN PEOPLE BECAUSE OF JEALOUSY. 32:29 AND HE BASICALLY HAS TO WORK AS AN EXILE. 32:34 JESUS HAD TO WORK AS AN EXILE FROM JERUSALEM BECAUSE OF 32:37 THE JEALOUSY OF THE PRIESTS. 32:40 EVEN PILATE KNEW THAT HE HAD BEEN HANDED OVER BECAUSE OF 32:43 JEALOUSY. 32:45 WHEN SAUL HEARD THE PEOPLE SING, SAUL HAS KILLED HIS THOUSANDS, 32:50 DAVID HIS TEN THOUSANDS. 32:52 HE HEARD THE WOMEN SINGING THAT. 32:54 THEY WERE THE CHEERLEADERS. 32:55 WHEN THEY CAME BACK FROM BATTLE, SAUL BEGAN TO BROOD WITH 32:57 JEALOUSY EVEN THOUGH HE SHOULD HAVE REJOICED AND SAID, 33:00 "YOU KNOW, PRAISE THE LORD. 33:01 I'M GLAD THAT YOU'VE BEEN CALLED BY GOD AND THAT HE'S BLESSING 33:04 YOU AND THAT WE'VE GOT THE VICTORY BECAUSE OF YOU. 33:07 HE WAS JEALOUS." 33:09 WHEN THE PEOPLE BEGAN TO FOLLOW JESUS INSTEAD OF THE SCRIBES AND 33:11 THE LAWYERS AND THE PHARISEES, THEY WERE JEALOUS. 33:15 JESUS BASICALLY HAD TO WORK OUTSIDE WITH THE POOR, 33:19 GET PERSECUTED IN ONE CITY, HE WENT TO ANOTHER. 33:22 HE LIVED LIKE AN EXILE FROM JERUSALEM BECAUSE OF JEALOUSY. 33:27 DAVID WAS A KING IN EXILE. 33:29 1 SAMUEL 22:1-2 DAVID LEFT GATH AND HE ESCAPED 33:34 TO THE CAVE OF ADULLAM. 33:36 WHEN HIS BROTHERS AND HIS FATHER'S HOUSE HEARD ABOUT IT, 33:39 THEY WENT DOWN TO HIM THERE. 33:40 AND THEN I LIKE THIS, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATION OF 33:43 HOW DAVID IS A TYPE OF CHRIST. 33:45 I'VE SHARED THIS WITH YOU BEFORE BUT I'M TRUSTING YOU FORGOT. 33:49 ALL THOSE WHO ARE IN DISTRESS OR IN DEBT OR DISCONTENTED, 33:55 HOW'D YOU LIKE TO RAISE UP A CHURCH AND SAY, 33:58 "ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ADVERTISING. 33:59 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN ASSEMBLE ALL THOSE WHO ARE IN DEBT, 34:02 ALL THOSE WHO ARE DISTRESSED, ALL THOSE WHO ARE DISCONTENTED. 34:07 NOW LET'S BUILD UP A CHURCH." 34:09 WOULD YOU TRY TO MARKET YOUR CHURCH TO THAT KIND OF 34:12 A MOTLEY CREW? 34:15 WHO WAS IT THAT GATHERED AROUND DAVID? 34:19 THERE'S ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO WERE SORT OF THE OUTCASTS OF 34:22 SOCIETY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 34:24 AFTER FOLLOWING DAVID, IT THEN SAYS THEY WERE THE MIGHTY MEN. 34:28 THEY WENT FROM BEING THIS MOTLEY CREW OF PEOPLE 34:31 THAT HAD BILL COLLECTORS FOLLOWING THEM AROUND 34:34 AND CALLING THEM UP ALL THE TIME AND THEY WERE JUST UNHAPPY 34:37 WITH THE GOVERNMENT. 34:38 THEY WERE DISCONTENTED AND THEY DON'T LIKE THE WAY THINGS 34:42 ARE GOING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE BECOMES A CAPTAIN OVER THEM, 34:45 KIND OF LIKE ROBIN HOOD, AND THE MEN THAT LIVED OUT THERE 34:50 IN THE WOODS, SHERWOOD FOREST, HE BECAME THEIR LEADER. 34:55 ABOUT 400 MEN WERE WITH HIM. 34:57 WHAT IS THE CHURCH COMPOSED OF? 34:59 HAVE YOU READ WHAT PAUL SAID, 1 CORINTHIANS 1:26? 35:04 "FOR YOU SEE YOUR CALLING, BRETHREN. 35:06 NOT MANY WISE ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, NOT MANY MIGHTY, NOT MANY 35:10 NOBLE ARE CALLED BUT GOD HAS CHOSEN THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THE 35:15 WORLD TO PUT TO SHAME THE WISE. 35:17 AND GOD HAS CHOSEN THE WEAK THINGS OF THE WORLD TO PUT 35:20 TO SHAME THE THINGS THAT ARE MIGHTY. 35:21 AND GOD HAS CHOSEN THE BASE THINGS OF THE WORLD AND THE 35:24 THINGS THAT ARE DESPISED GOD HAS CHOSEN AND THE THINGS WHICH 35:27 ARE NOT TO BRING TO PASS THE THINGS THAT ARE." 35:30 I MEAN THINK ABOUT DAVID. 35:33 SAMUEL GOES TO PICK A KING AND HE LOOKS AT THE TALL, DARK, 35:36 HANDSOME BROTHERS OF DAVID AND HE SAYS, "WOW, HE LOOKS LIKE 35:39 HE'S KING MATERIAL. 35:41 SURELY THE LORD'S ANOINTED IS BEFORE ME. 35:43 JESSE, GET YOUR SONS. 35:44 ONE OF THEM'S GONNA BE ANOINTED." 35:46 SO JESSE GETS THE SEVEN GOOD-LOOKING ONES AND 35:48 HE LEAVES THE DAYDREAMER, DAVID, SUNBURNED, GOT BRIGHT EYES 35:53 BUT YOU KNOW HE'S NOT AS BIG AS ELIAB. 35:56 HE'S NOT AS BROAD SHOULDERED AS MAYBE SOME OF 35:58 THE OTHER BROTHERS. 36:00 HE'S A POET OUT THERE SLINGING HIS SLING AND PLAYING 36:04 ON HIS HARP. 36:05 AND LET'S LEAVE DAVID OUT WHERE HE IS. 36:08 BRING THE OTHER BOYS. 36:10 WHICH ONE DOES GOD CHOOSE? 36:12 THE ONE YOU'D NEVER THINK WOULD SUCCEED. 36:17 ISN'T THAT HOW GOD OPERATES? 36:20 WALKS BY, SEES THESE FISHERMEN. 36:22 THERE'S THIS ONE BOMBASTIC LOUD-MOUTHED FISHERMAN NAMED 36:26 PETER, ALWAYS TELLING THE BIGGEST STORIES. 36:28 SAYS, "FOLLOW ME, I'LL MAKE YOU A FISHER OF MEN." 36:31 IS THAT WHERE YOU--WOULDN'T YOU GO TO THE SEMINARY TO GET YOUR 36:33 PREACHERS UP IN JERUSALEM? 36:36 WHY WOULD YOU GO TO A FISHING VILLAGE IN CAPERNAUM? 36:39 NOW I SAY THIS NOT TO BE DISPARAGING OF PREACHERS 36:44 THAT GO TO SEMINARY, I SAY THIS TO ENCOURAGE YOU 36:49 THAT HE CAN USE YOU. 36:52 DON'T THINK "OH, YOU KNOW, I'M IN DEBT OR I'M NOT QUALIFIED." 36:56 IF YOU FOLLOW JESUS AND MAKE HIM YOUR CAPTAIN, LOOK AT WHAT JESUS 36:59 DID WITH THAT MOTLEY CREW. 37:01 HE BUILT A KINGDOM. 37:05 THEY BECAME HIS MIGHTY MEN. 37:07 THEY WERE PART OF HIS CABINET. 37:09 LOOK AT WHAT JESUS DID WITH THE 12 APOSTLES, TURNED THE WORLD 37:12 UPSIDE DOWN, OVERTHREW PAGANISM IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE, 37:17 DISPLACED IT WITH CHRISTIANITY. 37:19 WITH THOSE, THERE WERE A FEW EDUCATED. 37:23 THAT'S WHY PAUL SAID NOT MANY. 37:24 PAUL WAS EDUCATED. 37:26 THERE WERE A FEW BUT NOT MANY. 37:28 GOD'S OFTEN CHOSEN THE FOOLISH THINGS. 37:31 AS YOU STUDY THE LIFE OF DAVID, YOU SEE THAT LIKE JESUS, 37:36 HE TOOK ATTENTION AND TIME TO CARE FOR HIS PARENTS. 37:42 WHEN HE REALIZED THAT HE HAD A PRICE ON HIS HEAD, THAT 37:46 KING SAUL WAS GONNA HUNT HIM EVERYWHERE IN THE LAND OF 37:48 ISRAEL, HE KNEW THAT SOON SAUL WAS GONNA GO AFTER HIS PARENTS. 37:51 AFTER ALL, KING SAUL KILLED THE WHOLE VILLAGE OF PRIESTS 37:55 JUST BECAUSE OF DAVID. 37:58 HE THOUGHT "MY FAMILY'S NOT SAFE." 38:00 1 SAMUEL 22:3, "THEN DAVID WENT FROM THERE TO MIZPAH OF MOAB." 38:04 DON'T FORGET, DAVID HAD A GREAT GRANDMOTHER THERE WAS 38:07 A MOABITESS, HER NAME WAS RUTH. 38:10 SHE'S IN THE BIBLE. 38:11 JESSE WAS RELATED TO RUTH. 38:14 AND SO THE MOABITES, SORT OF YOU KNOW THEY TOOK HIM IN. 38:17 AND DAVID SENT HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER, HIS FATHER'S 38:22 NOW GETTING OLD. 38:23 HE SAID, YOU GO STAY WITH THE KING OF MOAB, 38:25 YOU'LL BE SAFE THERE. 38:26 YOU WON'T BE SAFE IN ISRAEL." 38:27 DAVID CONTINUED TO KIND OF HANG AROUND IN ISRAEL, BUT HE WANTED 38:30 TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS PARENTS WERE CARED FOR. 38:33 WHAT WAS ONE OF THE FINAL THINGS THAT JESUS DID ON THE CROSS? 38:36 DID HE CARE FOR HIS MOTHER? 38:38 HE SAID TO JOHN, THE APOSTLE, HE SAID, "SON, BEHOLD YOUR MOTHER. 38:45 WOMAN, BEHOLD YOUR SON" MEANING TAKE MY MOM INTO YOUR HOUSE, 38:48 WATCH OUT FOR HER. 38:49 TAKE CARE OF HER. 38:51 THEY THREATENED TO STONE JESUS AND THEY THREATENED 38:55 TO STONE DAVID. 38:57 NOW I READ THIS TO YOU LAST WEEK 'CAUSE THEY ALSO DID THAT 38:59 WITH MOSES. 39:01 REMEMBER THEY TOOK UP STONES TWO OCCASIONS TO STONE 39:05 THEIR MESSIAH, JESUS. 39:09 1 SAMUEL 30:6, THIS ALL HAPPENS WHEN DAVID COMES BACK FROM 39:15 FIGHTING THE PHILISTINES. 39:18 THEIR FAMILY, ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE MIGHTY MEN THAT HAD BEEN 39:21 FOLLOWING HIM ARE ATTACKED BY THE AMALEKITES AND THEY'RE 39:24 ALL CARRIED AWAY, AND THEY'RE ALSO BROKENHEARTED. 39:27 THEY'VE ALL LOST THEIR WIVES AND THEIR CHILDREN 39:29 THAT HAD BEEN LEFT BEHIND. 39:30 NOW THEY'RE BLAMING DAVID. 39:31 THEY SAID, "LOOK, WE FOLLOWED YOU FROM PLACE TO PLACE AND YOU 39:33 HAVE THIS BRIGHT IDEA THAT WE'D GO OUT AND FIGHT WITH THE 39:35 PHILISTINES AND PHILISTINES TOLD US WE WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH 39:37 TO FIGHT. 39:38 WE COME BACK AND NOW OUR FAMILIES ARE GONE." 39:39 THEY'RE ALL DISCOURAGED. 39:41 THEY'RE BROKENHEARTED AND THEY'RE READY TO STONE DAVID. 39:44 JUST LIKE JESUS, STONE THEIR LEADER SOON 39:47 AS SOMETHING GOES WRONG. 39:49 ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC THAT YOU SEE IN THE LIFE OF DAVID THAT 39:52 IS VERY MUCH LIKE JESUS, DAVID WAS VERY KIND TO HIS ENEMIES. 40:00 FIRST OF ALL, KING SAUL WANTED TO KILL 'EM. 40:03 WHEN DAVID HAD OPPORTUNITY TO KILL SAUL, IT SAYS IN 40:07 1 SAMUEL 26, "DAVID SAID TO ABISHUA, HE WANTED 40:11 TO CHOP OFF SAUL'S HEAD. 40:12 DO NOT DESTROY HIM. 40:14 WHO CAN STRETCH OUT HIS HAND AGAINST THE LORD'S ANOINTED 40:16 AND BE GUILTLESS?" 40:18 LUKE 9:55-56, "JESUS TURNED AND REBUKED JAMES AND JOHN WHEN THEY 40:24 WANTED TO BRING FIRE DOWN FROM HEAVEN ON SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE 40:27 UNKIND, SOME SAMARITANS THAT WERE UNKIND TO JESUS 40:31 AND HE SAID, 'YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT MANNER OF SPIRIT YOU'RE OF. 40:33 THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME TO DESTROY MEN'S LIVES.'" 40:36 SOME OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN DAVID WAS FLEEING FROM ABSALOM 40:40 THAT A BENJAMITE BY THE NAME OF SHIMEA WAS OUT THERE CURSING 40:43 DAVID AND THROWING STONES AND ABISHAI SAID, "LET ME GO CUT 40:46 OFF THE HEAD OF THIS DEAD DOG." 40:48 AND DAVID SAID LET HIM CURSE. 40:51 HE TURNED THE OTHER CHEEK. 40:53 DAVID HAD THAT MEEKNESS OF CHRIST, THAT FORGIVENESS OF 40:57 CHRIST EVEN WHEN HIS OWN SON WAS TRYING TO KILL HIM. 41:01 DAVID SAID, "DEAL GENTLY WITH THE YOUNG MAN EVEN WITH ABSALOM 41:03 FROM MY SAKE." 41:04 DAVID SHOWED WHEN ABNER HAD JOINED SAUL IN TRYING TO KILL 41:10 DAVID, DAVID FORGAVE ABNER. 41:13 WHEN AMASA HAD JOINED ABSALOM IN TRYING TO KILL DAVID, 41:17 AFTER THE BATTLE, DAVID SAID, "I'M WILLING TO FORGIVE YOU." 41:21 HE WAS EXTREMELY MERCIFUL AND FORGIVING, BUT DAVID COULD 41:25 ALSO BE A PRETTY FIERCE JUDGE WHEN SOMEBODY WAS INVOLVED 41:30 IN HIGH-HANDED GUILT. 41:32 WHEN SOMEBODY BEGAN TO BRAG THAT THEY KILLED KING SAUL, DAVID 41:37 SAID, "WERE YOU NOT AFRAID TO LIFT UP YOUR HAND AGAINST 41:39 THE LORD'S ANOINTED?" 41:40 AND HE TOLD ONE OF HIS SOLDIERS, KILL HIM. 41:42 EXECUTE HIM. 41:43 BY HIS OWN ADMISSION, HE KILLED THE KING AND SO YOU KNOW HE 41:46 COULD ALSO BE A JUDGE IN THAT RESPECT AND BE PRETTY FIERCE. 41:54 HE BEGAN HIS WORK, HIS LIFE WORK AT THE AGE OF 30. 41:58 DAVID CAME TO THE THRONE AT 30 YEARS OF AGE. 42:02 YOU READ THAT IN 2 SAMUEL 5:4, "DAVID WAS 30 YEARS OLD 42:06 WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN AND HE REIGNED 40 YEARS." 42:09 IT'S INTERESTING JESUS BEGAN HIS MINISTRY AT AGE 30. 42:13 YOU FIND THAT IN LUKE 3:23 AND IT WAS 40 YEARS AFTER CHRIST 42:17 BEGAN HIS MINISTRY, JERUSALEM WAS DESTROYED. 42:22 WHY DO THEY DO THAT? 42:23 NUMBERS 4:3, "THERE WAS A LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT OF MOSES FROM 42:27 30 YEARS OLD AND ABOVE EVEN TO 50 YEARS, ALL WHO ENTER 42:31 THE SERVICE TO DO THE WORK IN THE TABERNACLE." 42:34 YOU COULD NOT SERVE AS A PRIEST UNTIL YOU WERE AT LEAST 30. 42:38 YOU WEREN'T REALLY CONSIDERED A MAN UNTIL YOU WERE ABOUT 42:40 30 YEARS OF AGE. 42:42 YOU WERE STILL CONSIDERED A YOUTH. 42:43 BY THE WAY, WHEN DAVID KILLED GOLIATH, HE WASN'T 30 YEARS OLD 42:47 YET, BUT HE WASN'T A 10-YEAR-OLD. 42:49 HE WAS STILL PROBABLY IN HIS EARLY 20s. 42:51 HE'S A YOUNG MAN THEN. 42:53 SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE COMPARISONS, YOU SEE DAVID 42:55 WAS A PROPHET. 42:56 JESUS IS A PROPHET. 42:58 DAVID WAS A KING. 42:59 WAS JESUS A KING? 43:01 IS JESUS A KING? 43:02 DAVID WAS A JUDGE, JESUS IS A JUDGE. 43:05 DAVID WAS DESPISED AND REJECTED, BUT HE FINALLY BECAME KING. 43:10 JESUS WAS DESPISED AND REJECTED, BUT HE FINALLY BECAME KING. 43:14 DAVID WAS A CAPTAIN AS WAS JESUS. 43:16 DAVID NEVER LOST A BATTLE. 43:19 JESUS NEVER LOST A BATTLE. 43:22 ISN'T IT GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN FIGHT SIDE BY SIDE WITH 43:24 JESUS AND NOT LOSE A BATTLE? 43:26 YOU KNOW THERE'S SO MANY STORIES I COULD TELL YOU. 43:29 HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THE STORY OF DAVID'S MIGHTY MEN? 43:32 READ THROUGH SOME OF THOSE. 43:33 BUT ONE IN PARTICULAR, DAVID HAD A MIGHTY MAN BY THE NAME OF 43:35 ELEAZAR AND THEY WERE BATTLING WITH THE PHILISTINES. 43:40 AND THE PHILISTINES HAD OUTNUMBERED THEM 43:42 AND THE BATTLEGROUND WAS THIS BARLEY FIELD. 43:45 AND EVEN DAVID'S MIGHTY MEN AND THE OTHER SOLDIERS WERE 43:49 RETREATING 'CAUSE THEY SAW THAT THEY WERE LOSING GROUND. 43:52 THEY THOUGHT "WE BETTER RETREAT TO A BETTER POSITION." 43:54 AND EVERYBODY RETREATED EXCEPT DAVID AND ELEAZAR. 43:58 AND THEY STATIONED THEMSELVES ON THIS HILL IN THIS BARLEY FIELD 44:02 AND THEY FOUGHT BACK TO BACK. 44:06 AND IT SAYS THEY ENDED UP, I MEAN I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE 44:10 A YOUTUBE VIDEO OF THAT BATTLE, OF DAVID AND ELEAZAR FIGHTING 44:17 BACK TO BACK AGAINST THE PHILISTINES WHIPPING THEIR 44:19 SWORDS AROUND LIKE A HARVESTING SCYTHE, MOWING DOWN 44:23 THE PHILISTINES. 44:24 YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAYS? 44:25 THE LORD BROUGHT A GREAT VICTORY THAT DAY THROUGH 44:27 JUST THE TWO OF THEM. 44:29 AS LONG AS YOU START--ELEAZAR SAID, "LOOK, EVERYONE'S 44:32 RETREATING BUT DAVID'S STILL HERE. 44:33 I'M NOT LEAVING MY KING." 44:35 AND IT GOES ON TO SAY IN THAT STORY. 44:38 BY THE WAY, HIS NAME IS ELEAZAR, THE SON OF DODO, SO IT SHOULD BE 44:40 EASY TO FIND IN THE BIBLE. 44:43 AND THAT KIND OF FAITH IS SORT OF EXTINCT ALSO, BUT IT SAYS 44:47 HE CLAVE TO HIS SWORD. 44:49 HIS HAND CLAVE TO HIS SWORD. 44:51 WHAT IS A SWORD? 44:52 THE WORD OF GOD. 44:53 HE SAW EVERYBODY FLED AND LEFT DAVID BUT HE SAID, 44:55 "I'M NOT GONNA LEAVE DAVID. 44:56 IF YOU STICK WITH DAVID, YOU WON'T LOSE." 44:58 YOU AND JESUS, YOUR SON OF DAVID ARE ALWAYS A MAJORITY. 45:03 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID. 45:04 HE NEVER LOST A BATTLE. 45:06 SO WHEN YOU'RE TEMPTED, WHEN YOU'RE ATTACKED BY THE DEVIL, 45:08 IF YOU JUST STICK WITH JESUS, YOU WILL NOT LOSE. 45:11 HANG ON TO YOUR SWORD. 45:13 HANG ON TO JESUS AND YOU CAN TAKE ON A WHOLE ARMY OF 45:16 PHILISTINES AND BE VICTORIOUS. 45:20 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE PEOPLE OF DAVID WERE HIS BODY. 45:25 JESUS TELLS US THAT WE ARE HIS BODY. 45:29 YOU READ ABOUT THIS IN 1 CHRONICLES 11:1, "THEN ALL 45:34 ISRAEL CAME TOGETHER TO DAVID AT HEBRON SAYING, 'INDEED WE ARE 45:37 YOUR BONE AND YOUR FLESH.'" YOU KNOW, JESUS EVEN USED 45:41 THOSE WORDS WHEN HE ROSE. 45:42 HE SAID, "FEEL ME A SPIRIT DOESN'T HAVE FLESH AND BONE 45:45 AS YOU SEE THAT I HAVE." 45:46 AND CHRIST SAYS NOW WE ARE--ACTUALLY PAUL SAYS IN 45:50 1 CORINTHIANS 12:27, "NOW YOU ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST 45:55 AND MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY." 45:57 THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL SAID TO DAVID, "WE ARE YOUR BODY." 46:00 THE CHURCH SAYS TO CHRIST, "WE ARE YOUR BODY," SAME LANGUAGE. 46:06 NOW AS YOU MOVE ON AND THERE'S A LOT MORE, LIKE I SAID, 46:08 THIS IS A FLYOVER. 46:10 YOU OUGHT TO DO YOUR OWN STUDY. 46:10 DO ME A FAVOR, I'M LENGTHENING MY LIST. 46:13 SOME PEOPLE CAME TO ME DURING THE WEEK AND THEY SAY, 46:15 "PASTOR DOUG, YOU LEFT OUT SOME POINTS, 46:17 AND I'VE ADDED THEM TO MY NOTES 'CAUSE I MIGHT DO THIS AGAIN 46:19 SOMEDAY." 46:20 SO IF YOU FIND OTHER ANALOGIES AND PARALLELS BETWEEN DAVID 46:23 AND JESUS, I HOPE YOU'LL SHARE THEM WITH ME. 46:26 DAVID IS THEN BETRAYED BY A DEAR FRIEND, AND WHEN THE BETRAYAL 46:33 DOESN'T WORK OUT THE WAY HE EXPECTED, HE HANGS HIMSELF. 46:38 IS JESUS BETRAYED BY A CLOSE FRIEND WHEN IT BACKFIRES? 46:43 YOU KNOW JUDAS DIDN'T THINK THAT CHRIST WOULD BE KILLED. 46:46 JUDAS THOUGHT THAT JESUS WOULD PERFORM ANOTHER MIRACLE, DELIVER 46:48 HIMSELF AND HE WAS GONNA FORCE CHRIST INTO THE THRONE OF 46:50 ISRAEL, AND THEN HE COULD BE TREASURER AND EVERYONE WOULD 46:53 GIVE HIM CREDIT. 46:54 AND THAT'S WHY WHEN HE WAS IN THE TEMPLE AND HE SAW THAT THEY 46:57 WERE GONNA EXECUTE HIM AND CHRIST WAS DOING NOTHING TO SAVE 47:00 HIMSELF, HE WENT AND HE THREW THE MONEY DOWN. 47:03 HE SAID, "I BETRAYED INNOCENT BLOOD" AND HE WENT OUT 47:06 AND HUNG HIMSELF. 47:07 BUT ISN'T IT INTERESTING THAT BOTH WERE BETRAYED BY A CLOSE 47:12 FRIEND IN JERUSALEM, THE BETRAYAL BACKFIRES AND THEY 47:16 HANG THEMSELVES? 47:18 AHITHOPHEL WAS THE COUNSELOR AND FRIEND OF DAVID WHO BETRAYED HIM 47:22 AND WENT WITH THE REBELLION OF ABSALOM. 47:26 AFTER DAVID SAW THAT HIS SON WAS REBELLING, HE WENT AND HE 47:31 CROSSED THE KIDRON VALLEY. 47:33 AFTER JESUS WAS BETRAYED, HE WENT AND CROSSED 47:37 THE KIDRON VALLEY. 47:39 2 SAMUEL 15:23, "ALL THE COUNTRY WEPT WITH A LOUD VOICE AND ALL 47:44 THE PEOPLE CROSSED OVER AND THE KING HIMSELF CROSSED OVER 47:47 THE BOOK OF KIDRON AND THE PEOPLE CROSSED OVER TOWARDS 47:50 THE WAY OF THE WILDERNESS. 47:51 THOSE WHO STILL FOLLOWED JESUS CROSSED OVER WITH HIM. 47:54 THOSE WHO FOLLOWED DAVID, CROSSED THE KIDRON WITH HIM." 47:58 BY THE KIDRON, BY THE WAY, THE KIDRON IS WHERE THE BLOOD 48:02 RAN DURING THE PASSOVER. 48:05 AND SO WHEN CHRIST CROSSED THE KIDRON DURING THE PASSOVER, 48:07 WHEN HE DIED, HE CROSSED OVER THE BLOOD. 48:10 HE PASSED OVER THE BLOOD. 48:12 JOHN 18 WHEN JESUS SPOKE THESE WORDS, HE WENT OUT WITH HIS 48:15 DISCIPLES OVER THE BROOK KIDRON, AND THERE WAS A GARDEN WHERE HIS 48:19 DISCIPLES WENT." 48:20 DID JESUS WEEP IN THAT GARDEN ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES 48:23 IN THE KIDRON? 48:25 CHRIST DID ALSO WEEP ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES. 48:30 IN THE GARDEN THERE, JESUS EXPRESSES A WILLINGNESS TO DIE 48:37 FOR HIS PEOPLE. 48:39 HE SAYS HE HAS A WILLINGNESS TO DO GOD'S WILL. 48:43 JESUS SAYS, "NOT MY WILL, YOURS BE DONE." 48:46 LISTEN TO WHAT DAVID SAYS WHEN HE PRAYS IN THE GARDEN. 48:49 HE SAYS, "LORD, IF YOU HAVE NO DELIGHT IN ME--" BY THE WAY, 48:54 THIS IS 2 SAMUEL 15:26. 48:56 "IF YOU HAVE NO DELIGHT IN ME, HERE I AM. 49:00 LET HIM DO TO ME AS SEEMS GOOD TO HIM." 49:03 DAVID WAS TOTALLY SURRENDERED TO THE WILL OF GOD THEN WHEN 49:06 ABSALOM REBELLED, AND THAT'S ANOTHER WAY IN WHICH HE IS LIKE 49:10 THEM. 49:11 JESUS WEEPS ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES OVER JERUSALEM. 49:16 DOES EVERYONE REMEMBER THAT VERSE? 49:18 LUKE 19:37, "NOW AS HE APPROACHED AND HE NEARED THE 49:22 DECENT OF THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, WHEN HE APPROACHED HE SAW 49:25 THE CITY AND HE WEPT OVER IT." 49:27 2 SAMUEL 15 KING DAVID, "HE WENT UP BY THE ASCENT OF THE MOUNT OF 49:32 OLIVES, HE WEPT AS HE WENT UP HAVING HIS HEAD COVERED 49:36 AND BAREFOOT." 49:38 ALL THESE PARALLELS THAT YOU FIND. 49:41 DAVID WAS WILLING TO DIE FOR HIS CHILDREN. 49:45 WHEN ABSALOM IS SLAIN IN THE BATTLE, YOU KNOW THE STORY, BIG 49:48 BATTLE WHEN ABSALOM GATHERS THE ARMY TOGETHER AND DAVID AND HIS 49:52 MIGHTY MEN ARE DIVIDED IN THREE GROUPS AND THEY 49:56 GO OUT AGAINST ABSALOM. 49:59 YOU GET TO REVELATION, AND YOU FIND THAT GOD THE FATHER, SON 50:02 AND SPIRIT TAKE ON THE THREEFOLD ENTITY OF THE BEAST, THE DRAGON 50:06 AND THE FALSE PROPHET. 50:08 THIS GREAT BATTLE HAPPENS IN ISRAEL AND IN THE BATTLE, BOTH 50:13 GROUPS CLAIM TO SERVE JEHOVAH. 50:16 IN THE LAST DAYS, WILL BOTH GROUPS CLAIM TO BE CHRISTIAN? 50:20 YOU'LL HAVE THE BEAST IN HIS IMAGE AND IT'S A COUNTERFEIT FOR 50:23 GOD AND HIS PEOPLE TO HAVE HIS SEAL. 50:26 THERE'S THIS GREAT BATTLE THAT TAKES PLACE. 50:29 BEAUTIFUL ABSALOM WHO ONCE LIVED IN THE PALACE AND THE SON OF 50:34 DAVID, LUCIFER, BEAUTIFUL FROM THE CROWN OF HIS TO THE SOLE OF 50:39 HIS FOOT, REBELS AGAINST HIS CREATOR WITHOUT CAUSE AND LEADS 50:45 THE ANGELS IN A REBELLION. 50:46 AND THERE'S GONNA BE A SHOWDOWN AT ARMAGEDDON BETWEEN THE DEVIL 50:49 AND HIS ANGELS AND THE HUMANS THAT FOLLOW SATAN AND CHRIST 50:53 AND HIS ARMY. 50:54 THAT BATTLE THAT TOOK PLACE THAT DAY WITH--ON THE LAND OF ISRAEL 50:58 IS A PARALLEL FOR THAT FINAL BATTLE. 51:01 WHO WINS THAT BATTLE? 51:03 DAVID'S FORCES. 51:05 DOES DAVID REJOICE WHEN EVERYBODY IS SLAIN, WHEN 51:08 THE ENEMY IS SLAIN, WHEN ABSALOM IS SLAIN OR DOES HE WEEP? 51:13 YOU KNOW THEY'LL COME A DAY WHEN IT'S GONNA BE A TRAGEDY WHEN WE 51:16 SEE ALL THOSE THAT ARE SLAIN. 51:18 GOD WIPES THE TEARS FROM OUR EYES IN REVELATION 21 AFTER 51:21 THE 1,000 YEARS. 51:24 THERE MAY BE SOME INITIAL SADNESS IF WE GET TO THE KINGDOM 51:27 AND SEE THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE-- PEOPLE THAT ARE MISSING THAT WE 51:30 DIDN'T THINK WOULD BE THERE. 51:32 SOME OF US MIGHT WEEP WHEN WE SEE PEOPLE THERE WE HOPED 51:34 WOULDN'T BE THERE. 51:35 BUT-- "OH, NO, NOT THEM, LORD. 51:39 THEY'LL RUIN EVERYTHING." 51:42 NO, I'M JUST TEASING, BUT WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME SADNESS WHEN 51:47 WE SEE SOME PEOPLE MISSING. 51:48 DAVID WEPT. 51:51 NOW LISTEN TO THE PRAYER OF DAVID WHEN HE WEEPS OVER HIS 51:54 LOST SON. 51:55 1 SAMUEL 18:33, "THE KING WAS DEEPLY MOVED AND HE WENT UP OVER 52:01 HIS CHAMBER, OVER THE GATE, AND HE WEPT AND AS HE WENT, 52:04 HE SAID THUS." 52:05 HE'S WAILING AND WEEPING. 52:07 "OH, MY SON, ABSALOM. 52:09 MY SON, MY SON, ABSALOM. 52:12 IF I ONLY I HAD DIED IN YOUR PLACE, OH, ABSALOM, 52:16 MY SON, MY SON." 52:17 IS JESUS WILLING TO DIE IN THE PLACE OF HIS REBELLIOUS 52:23 CHILDREN AND TAKE OUR PLACE? 52:26 HE'S SAYING, "I'M WILLING TO PERISH 52:28 THAT YOU MIGHT NOT PERISH." 52:31 DAVID HAD THAT HEART OF GOD. 52:32 YOU KNOW THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE SAYS IN SPITE OF THE MISTAKES 52:35 THAT DAVID MADE, DAVID WAS FORGIVEN. 52:38 MATTER OF FACT IT'S AN INTERESTING VERSE THAT YOU FIND. 52:42 1 KINGS 14:8, DID DAVID SIN? 52:47 DID DAVID--I MEAN YOU KNOW IT TELLS ABOUT DAVID AND BATHSHEBA. 52:50 IT TELLS ABOUT DAVID BRINGING THE ARK UP INAPPROPRIATELY AND 52:54 SOMEONE DIED BECAUSE OF THAT. 52:55 IT TELLS ABOUT DAVID NUMBERING ISRAEL. 52:57 DAVID MADE MISTAKES, PROBABLY SEVERAL. 52:59 HE LIED AND PRETENDED HE WAS CRAZY. 53:01 HE'S DROOLING ON HIS BEARD AND FOAMING AT THE MOUTH 53:03 AND ACTING CRAZY. 53:04 HE WASN'T CRAZY, CRAZY LIKE A FOX AS THEY SAY. 53:07 AND SO DAVID HAD HIS PROBLEMS, BUT LISTEN HOW GOD 53:10 LOOKS AT DAVID. 53:12 1 KINGS 14:8, "AND YET YOU HAVE NOT BEEN AS MY SERVANT, DAVID, 53:17 WHO KEPT MY COMMANDMENTS, WHO FOLLOWED ME WITH ALL HIS HEART 53:21 TO DO ONLY WHAT WAS RIGHT IN MY EYES." 53:25 HAD GOD FORGIVEN ALL OF DAVID'S SINS BECAUSE OF HIS SACRIFICE? 53:31 AND HE LOOKED UPON DAVID, HE SAYS, "I ONLY SEE THAT DAVID DID 53:36 GOOD BECAUSE DAVID ENDED WELL." 53:39 YOU MAY FALL ALONG THE WAY IN THE RACE AND YOU MAY EVEN HAVE 53:43 A BAD START, BUT YOU WANT TO HAVE A GOOD FINISH. 53:46 AND SO GOD LOOKED UPON DAVID AND THE RECORD THAT GOD GIVES ABOUT 53:50 DAVID, HE SAYS, "HE FOLLOWED ME WITH ALL HIS HEART." 53:53 THE REASON THAT GOD COULD SAY DAVID WAS A KING AFTER MY HEART 53:56 IS 'CAUSE DAVID HAD A SACRIFICIAL LOVE. 54:00 DAVID IS A WONDERFUL TYPE OF JESUS IN THE BIBLE. 54:02 HOW OFTEN DO YOU FIND SOMEBODY WITH SUCH A COMPLEX CHARACTER 54:05 WHO IN ONE VIGNETTE, YOU SEE DAVID. 54:09 HE'S ON A HILL THERE WITH HIS SHEEP. 54:10 HE'S STRUMMING HIS HARP AND HE'S BEING POETIC AND MELANCHOLY 54:13 AND NEXT YOU SEE HIM HE'S ON THE BATTLEFIELD. 54:16 HE'S GOT THIS OVERSIZED SWORD. 54:17 HE'S HACKING OFF A GIANT'S HEAD. 54:19 THOSE PICTURES DON'T USUALLY GO TOGETHER IN OUR MINDS ABOUT THE 54:21 SAME PERSON DOING THOSE THINGS, RIGHT? 54:24 DAVID IS A VERY COMPLEX CHARACTER IN THAT HE WAS A POET, 54:28 HE WAS A SHEPHERD, HE'S A KING, HE'S A JUDGE, HE'S A BUILDER, 54:30 HE'S AN ADMINISTRATOR, HE'S A DREAMER. 54:33 HE WAS A ROMANTIC. 54:37 I MEAN ALL THAT, DAVID, VERY COMPLEX, BUT THEY'RE ALL GIVING 54:40 DIFFERENT SIDES OF OUR JESUS, THE SON OF DAVID. 54:45 YOU KNOW I THINK THIS IS BEAUTIFUL THAT HE WAS WILLING TO 54:49 DIE FOR HIS CHILDREN. 54:51 NOW HERE'S THE PART THAT I DON'T WANT YOU TO MISS, DAVID LEFT 54:54 JERUSALEM BECAUSE THERE WAS A REBELLION AND WHEN THIS BATTLE 55:00 OF ARMAGEDDON IS FOUGHT, SO TO SPEAK, 55:04 DAVID THEN COMES BACK AS KING. 55:07 HE WAS A KING THAT WAS BASICALLY REJECTED, 55:10 BUT A KING THAT COMES BACK. 55:12 IS OUR KING DAVID COMING BACK, OUR KING JESUS COMING BACK? 55:17 THE SON OF DAVID. 55:18 AND WHEN HE CAME BACK, HE REWARDED THOSE WHO HAD SUPPORTED 55:22 HIM WHEN HE WAS REJECTED. 55:25 THERE'S SOME WHO STAYED BEHIND IN JERUSALEM AND DAVID FLED 55:28 BECAUSE HE WAS REJECTED. 55:30 WHEN THE NATION WAS KIDNAPPED, SOME STAYED BEHIND BUT REMAINED 55:33 LOYAL TO HIM. 55:35 THEY WERE THE MINORITY. 55:36 AND SOME, WHO TURNED ON HIM WHEN IT WAS CONVENIENT, WHEN HE 55:40 CAME BACK, HE REWARDED THOSE WHO WERE LOYAL, HE JUDGED THOSE 55:46 WHO HAD BEEN UNFAITHFUL. 55:49 OUR SON OF DAVID IS COMING BACK AND HE'S GONNA BRING 55:52 THE NEW JERUSALEM WHEN HE COMES. 55:55 YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, AS I GO THROUGH THESE STORIES I KEEP 55:58 THINKING ABOUT THAT VERSE IN HEBREWS 32. 56:00 AS WE LOOK AT THE TYPES OF JESUS THROUGH ALL THE BIBLE, I KEEP 56:03 WANTING TO SAY, "AND WHAT SHALL I MORE SAY FOR TIME WOULD FAIL 56:07 ME TO TELL OF GIDEON AND BARAK AND SAMSON AND JEPHTHAH 56:11 AND DAVID AND SAMUEL AND ALL THE PROPHETS." 56:15 THESE ARE ALL TYPES OF CHRIST IN THE BIBLE. 56:18 YOU KNOW YOU GET ALL THESE DIFFERENT PICTURES OF WHAT 56:22 CHRIST IS LIKE BECAUSE HE'S REFLECTED. 56:25 I CAN SEE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE DIRECTLY OR I CAN LOOK AT 56:27 A MIRROR AND SEE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE AND YOU ARE SEEING MIRRORS 56:30 OF JESUS ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE. 56:33 AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SPENDING TIME ON THIS THEME, SO WE MIGHT 56:36 KNOW MORE ABOUT HIM BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW HIM BETTER, 56:38 YOU'LL LOVE HIM BETTER. 56:39 IF YOU LOVE HIM BETTER, YOU'LL SERVE HIM BETTER. 56:41 AMEN? 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