Let me welcome you
today to Faith Chapel.
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A place where the
word of God is declared
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and God's people
show that they trust him
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implicitly. My name
is Roy R. Brown, retired
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President of the
South Eastern Conference of
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Seventh-Day Adventist
and my sermon for today
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is entitled
Promises, Promises, Promises.
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Let's have a word of prayer.
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Our loving Lord and our Father,
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as we open this sacred book,
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we ask that you
will speak to us from
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your word, in Jesus name, amen.
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After two tries David
finally had an opportunity
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of bring the Ark out
of Abinadab's house and
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also Obed-Edom's to Jerusalem.
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It was a monumental
task. Jerusalem, you
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see was a civil,
military and Ecclesiastical
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center of the life of
the children of Israel.
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Israel was surrounded
by all of its enemies and
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at long last there
was secession from war and
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those kingdoms having
been subdued David had
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something else in
mind. He was now the ruler
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of all 12 tribes and
doing a significant job.
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The Ark which
signified the presence of God
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and from where he
spoke to the children of
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Israel as he had
instructed Moses was now
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laying beneath a
canopy tent and David wanted
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something else.
Listen as he speaks to his
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Prophet Nathan in
Second Samuel, the chapter is
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7 and verses 1
through 3 he says,
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Now it came to
pass when the King was
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dwelling in his
house, and the Lord had given
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him rest from all
his enemies all around,
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that the King said
to Nathan the Prophet,
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see I dwell in a
House of Cedar, but the ark
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of God dwells
inside tent curtains,
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then Nathan said to
the King, go and do all
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that is in your heart.
It was David's design to
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take God who spoke to
him from within the Ark,
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where there two Cherubims were,
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so that the confirmation
of God and information
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from God would not
have come from beneath
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a canopy tent. Here's
what the Bible says in
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Exodus 25 and verse
22, "and I will meet with
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you and I will speak
with you from above the
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mercy seat, from
between the two Cherubim
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which are on the
Ark of the testimony,
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about everything
which I will give you in
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commandment to the
children of Israel."
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God designed that
he should speak to the
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children of Israel
from within the Ark,
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from the mercy
seat, because all of God's
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admonitions and his
information comes with
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love from the mercy
seat. David had four
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objectives in mind. Number one,
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to win the
nation's wars. Number two,
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to secure the
nation's independence.
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Number three, to build
the capital city Jerusalem
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and finally with a
fitting temple to Jehovah,
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that temple would
declare that God was indeed
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in the midst of
them. That temple given by
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God, conceived by
David and subsequently
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built by Solomon
was the insuperable
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accomplishment
that David thought.
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Now, according to the
Bible it says that the
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King said to the
Nathan the Prophet,
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see I dwell in a
house of Cedars, but the
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living God is
beneath these tents curtains.
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I will elect some more
appropriate place for God
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to dwell. David's
palace of Cedar was completed.
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Hiram from Lebanon
had sent him all the cedar
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required to
build this super house,
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this palace for
himself. It was there in his
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house, in his palace,
while contemplating the
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lowly abode of the
Ark of God from which God
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spoke to his people
that David said I would
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like to build
something splendid,
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something
durable, something lasting,
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something significant,
something glorious for
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the eternal God, so
that the name of the Lord
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Christ might be
recognized fully. Nathan said to
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David, go ahead, do
all that is in your heart,
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so elected to do
something significant he says,
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I am going to do this
for God, go for it he said,
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it is frequently
difficult to understand and to
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distinguish between the
inclinations of one's own
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will and the guidance
of God. We have no Urim
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and no Thummim. We
have no feast to lay
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out, all we have is
God's word and how do
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we know for sure that
it is what God wants us
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to do even when we
hear Lord, what will you
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have me to do. We
have of course what God has
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promised, he said
you'll hear a voice behind
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you saying this is
the way, walk in it.
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Nathan although the
Urim and the Thummim
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were available to him
simply said to David as
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he contemplated this
house for God, go ahead,
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do all that is
in the thine heart.
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That was a wonderful
proposition that they
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made, but our God
is a wonderful God.
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There are times when
we elect to do things
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for God, but God
sometimes have a different
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concept. In Second
Samuel, the chapter is
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7 verses 4 and 5 the
Bible says, that it happened
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that night that the
word of the Lord came to
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Nathan, saying, "Go
and tell My servant David,
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thus says the LORD;
'Would you build a house
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for Me to dwell
in?' Apparently David and
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Nathan had
conversation during the night
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and or sometime during the day,
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but God said that
very night while Nathan
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the Prophet was
resting, God gave a vision
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to him and said I
want you to go and say to
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My servant David,
not go for it as you have
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instructed him but God
says, I want to correct
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that as splendid and
as beautiful as the idea
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is, it did not
have my sanction as yet.
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This was an interesting
example of the dynamics
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that God had
between the relationship of
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himself with this
Prophet that during that night
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watch God could have
spoken to the Prophet
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and say to him I need
to correct the direction
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in which you are
sending My servant David.
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And I think that
this is such a marvelous
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interaction of God,
an interfacing with his
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children. Two men,
David and Nathan had a
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conversation during
the day as to what their
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meditations of their
hearts were and what they
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were going to do
specifically for God.
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God all the way up in
glory in his house heard
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every discussion that was made.
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Isn't it wonderful
that God not only hears
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our conversation but
that also God knows our
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names, knows the
intents and purposes of
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our hearts, he sees
all that we do, he hears
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all that we say,
he knows everything,
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my God is an encompassing God.
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He is connected with
everything that he is
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done on earth and
that is done in heaven.
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It is in the book of
Psalm 147 and verse 4
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that we read, He
counts the number of the
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stars, He calls
them all by name.
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Oh what a mighty God we serve.
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We serve a God
who knows the names of
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multiplied billions of
stars and consolations and
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planets. He knows
your name, he knows my
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name, He knows where
we live, He knows what
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we do, He knows what
we say, He is concerned
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whether we're
lonely, whether we're happy,
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whether we're sad, He
knows all of our trials,
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there is nothing that
passes or is not important
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to His graze. In fact,
the word of God tells us
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the Lord knoweth
them that are His.
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God owns us you see,
both by creation and by
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redemption. And so He
says to His servant the
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Prophet Nathan, go
and tell my servant David.
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What a privilege it is
ours to be acknowledge as
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a child of God by
the most high God.
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No wonder Jesus
taught us to pray our Father,
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to show the
connection. God told Nathan,
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here is what you must
say to My servant David.
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I had a plan when
I called you David,
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I had all the designs
for your life. David, you are
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the leader of my
people, I've asked you to guide
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and direct them,
whenever Israel found a place
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to go it was simply
because I directed them
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and whenever Israel
needs permanence I the
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living God will grant
them that in My perfect
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design for My
children. But here are three
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things he said to the
Prophet Nathan that you
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ought to say to
My servant David.
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Number one, tell him
that I will grant him
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rather than the
ability and permission to build
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me a house, I will
give him a land forever.
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The Bible says, more
over I will appoint a
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place for My people
Israel and I will plant them
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that they may dwell in
a place of their own and
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move no more, nor
shall the sons of wickedness
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oppress them
anymore as previously.
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I will give him a land
forever and then a promise
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of on unending dynasty.
Verse 11, since the time
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I commanded judges
to be over my people
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Israel and have
caused them to rest from all
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your enemies, also
the Lord tells you that
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he will make you a
house. And then, promise
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number three, an
everlasting Kingdom the
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Bible says in verse
13, he shall build a house
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for My name and I
will established the throne
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of his kingdom
forever. Marvelous isn't it?
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That men
proposes, but God disposes.
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That God rules and
that God overrules.
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God vetoed the
temple construction,
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but God gave David
more than he had in mind,
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he wanted to build a
temple for God but God
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raise him to
another level of an unending
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dynasty which would
eventually go through the
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Lord Jesus Christ. It
is like asking God for a
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loaf of bread and God
giving an entire bakery.
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It is like a teacher just
wanting the responsibility
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of a classroom
situation and God saying I
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want more than just
a classroom for you.
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I would like for you
to be the principal of the
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school. I would like
you to own the entire
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institution. It's
like living in a rented
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apartment and God
offering the entire complex.
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It's like asking God
for forgiveness of sins and
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God doing much more
than simply forgiving sins.
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He is giving you grace
that is greater than all
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of your sins. David
upon hearing what God had
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in mind for him. Went
before the Lord the Bible
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says, he was so
struck by what God had
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offered, fully recognizing
where God was leading
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in his life. And the
Bible says, in the book of
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Second Samuel,
I am in chapter 7,
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I'm reading
verses 18 through 20,
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the Bible says, then
King David went in and
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sat before the Lord,
and he said; "Who am I,
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Lord, God? And what
is my house that you have
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brought me this
far? And yet this was a
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small thing in your
sight, O Lord God; and you
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have also spoken of
your servant's house for
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a great while to
come. Is this the manner
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of man, O Lord God?
Now what more can David
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say to you for you,
Lord God, know your servant.
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Despite the fact that
God had granted him all
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of this. David simply
went before the Lord all
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stricken with the
beauties of God, all struck
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with how far God was
going to take him in his
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plans for him. For
you Lord God, know your
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servant, is a cry
that we find in the book of
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Psalm 103 and verse
14 it says, for He knows
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our frame, He
remembers we are dust.
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Despite that
awesome Davidic covenant God
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knew David's
liberality, He knew of his
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composition, He
knew when he said led
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everything that have
breath praise the Lord.
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God also knew his
sinfulness, He knew of his
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weaknesses, his
flaws, his frailty,
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his transgressions,
God had that fierce catalog
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of issue that
had confronted David,
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yet however as he sat
before the Lord and he
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said for you Lord
God know your servant,
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he knew that he
was a child of God.
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He knew that he was
a man after God's own
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heart and that
brought him consolation.
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The Indian proverb
says, a diamond with flaws
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is more precious than
a pebble that has none.
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God is a promise
keeper to be owned by him to
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confess His love is
rewarding but despite all
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of this God wants to
honor David on a higher
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level. David, you
see would succeed,
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be succeeded by all
of his sons that was what
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God was saying, that
down through the cord of
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years, all of his sons
would create this dynasty
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that God had intended
and eventually that they
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would come to the
kingdom that God had in mind
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for David eventually
his kingdom would endure
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forever because God
had David fully in mind and
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here is the fulfillment
of God's promise to David,
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so that David was not
just basking in the idea
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that God wanted to do
something wonderful for
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him. God would
actually fulfill his word,
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both from a legal
standpoint and from a
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Biblical standpoint
that God would fulfill his
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promise that through
the lineage of David,
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that Christ would
eventually come to our
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earth and that He the
Lord Jesus Christ would
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come from the
lineage of David more than he
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had ever thought
God's promise to him would
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be fulfilled. Now
Joseph you see is the legal
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representative
but not the physical,
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father of Jesus Christ,
and he traces his lineage
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all the way back to
Jeconiah David's son.
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It was the King
Jeconiah whose reign was in
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process when the
nation of Israel was taken
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captive down to
Babylon and we can read about
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it here in the Bible,
David says that he had
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not only one son but
what are you doing to my
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generation. David had
another son, that son was
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Nathan, Mary therefore
was the physical mother
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of Jesus which traces
our lineage all the way
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back to David. God was
going to keep covenant.
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God is a covenant
keeper and if you look in the
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Book of Matthew the
chapter is 1 and we look
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at two verses,
verse 12 and verse 16,
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it says and after they
were brought to Babylon,
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that's the children of
Judah, Israel, Jeconiah
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begat Shealtiel, and
Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel
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and then down to
verse 16 after all of these
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names it says and
Jacob from the lineage of
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David begot Joseph
the husband of Mary,
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of whom was born
Jesus who is called Christ.
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That's the lineage of
Joseph the legal part not
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the physical, here comes
a physical and this happens
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through Mary in the
book of Luke and I'm in
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chapter 3 of Luke
and I'm at verse 31.
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Here's what the Bible
says, the son of Melea,
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the son of Menan,
the son Mattathah,
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the son of
Nathan, the son of David.
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You see David had
two different sons that
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came from different
wives and through the son
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of Jeconiah comes
Joseph and through the son
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of Nathan comes Mary.
She was born out of that
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and he was right God
is, because He keeps His
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word, He is a
promise keeper. Therefore the
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Lord himself will
give you a sign, behold a
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virgin shall conceive
and bear a son and shall
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call his name
Emmanuel meaning God with us.
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So he came
through the tribe. God was
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convinced that David
would be a fit subject
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to sent the lineage
of Jesus, it happened God
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could be trusted,
that God never leaves us
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without
fulfillment of His word to us.
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Now, if God kept His
promise to David there is
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an assurance that He
will keep his promise to
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us and to indicate
that what God said to Nathan
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the Prophet in
passing information down to
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David about this
Davidic covenant. God indeed
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was effectually doing
something for David that
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he never thought of, it
was not within his grasp,
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but God kept His
word. When we arrive in the
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time of Jesus, we find
a man who was born blind,
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he was blind, his
name is called Barnabas,
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he said to Jesus,
blind Barnabas did,
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he said Jesus Christ
thou son of David have
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mercy on me and he
cried out asking God to
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have mercy on him,
because he was blind,
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Jesus asked him,
what can I do for you,
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but notice what he
said, he did not say Jesus
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Christ thou son of
Abraham, he did not say
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Jesus Christ thou son
of Joseph, he said Jesus
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Christ thou son of
David, if my God makes a
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promise, my God will
keep it, if God kept his
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promise to Adam my
God will keep his promise
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to us. If God kept his
promise to David to give
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him a dynasty then
God will also keep his
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promise to us
likewise. Because, God indicated
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in the Bible that it
would be easier to change
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the process of day
and evening then to change
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the process that he
had covenanted with David.
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It says that if we
could change the day so that
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evening and morning do
not occur then it would
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be possible for us
to change those faithful
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promises that God
had made to his servant
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David. And so, I want
you to hear me now God
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will keep every
promise that He has made to
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us. He said in his
word that he is able to keep
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us from falling and
to present us faultless
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before His presence.
God will keep His promise
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because God is
faithful. He said in my Father's
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house are many
mansions if it were not so
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I would have told you.
I go to prepare a place
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and if I go I will come
again and receive you unto
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myself that where I am
there you will be also God
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will keep his promise
and Jesus is now preparing
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that mansion for the
faithful children of God.
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He said also in His
word, I, even I, and he
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that blotted out thy
transgressions like a
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thick cloud and I
will remember them no more.
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And if God promises
that we can be assured that
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our sins which are many
will be not only forgiven
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but that God blots
them out and God remembers
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them no more and if
God does not remember
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them anymore then we
are not to worry ourselves
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about sins that
have been confessed.
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God says if we confess
our sins, he is faithful and
00:25:47.55\00:25:53.46
just to forgive us
sins and to cleanse us from
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all unrighteousness.
God is a promise keeper.
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He said I give unto
them eternal life and no one
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will pluck them out
of my hands. Just as God
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kept his word to David
in like manner God says I'll
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give unto them
eternal life and no one can
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take them out of my
hands. He said in his word,
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as many as receive
them to them gave he
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power to become the
sons of God. Oh what a
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wonderful thing it
is that we are God's,
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both by creation and
by redemption and the
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promise of God is as
clearly as we can read it
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from his word, it says
as many as receive them
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God gives power to
become sons and daughters
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if you please of the
living God, and God will
00:26:50.88\00:26:53.86
keep his word. Then
he says blessed are they
00:26:53.98\00:26:57.66
that keep his
commandments that they may have
00:26:57.67\00:27:00.58
a right to the tree of
life and enter through the
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gates into the city,
so that this ever lasting
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lineage, this eternal
kingdom that God promised
00:27:07.57\00:27:11.28
to David. We become
heirs and joint heirs if you
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please with Christ,
because the promise of God
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will be maintained
simply because God said it and
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God is willing to
fulfilling his word. And, the
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God we serve is a
mighty wonderful savior.
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His word is maintained
because of his fidelity
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to us and all he
asks us is to believe,
00:27:36.94\00:27:40.51
to trust in him. My
appeal to you today is,
00:27:40.89\00:27:45.05
trust in the Lord,
his promises are sure.
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God is faithful, God
loves you and in return
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He will be true to you always.
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