Presence
Series: The Kingdom of God
Speaker: Sam Low
Date: 3rd March 2012
Passage: 2 Samuel 7:1-29
00:00:00 --> 00:00:02 Please keep 2 Samuel 7 open in front of you.
00:00:02 --> 00:00:03 I'm going to pray for us.
00:00:03 --> 00:00:07 We're going to get stuck into the next installment in our series.
00:00:08 --> 00:00:11 Father God, we thank and praise you for bringing us here tonight.
00:00:11 --> 00:00:15 We thank you for your word in which you reveal yourself to us.
00:00:15 --> 00:00:20 Lord, I ask that you would give us open ears and open hearts to hear you speak.
00:00:20 --> 00:00:25 Keep us from picking the bits that we want and ignoring the bits that are hard to hear.
00:00:25 --> 00:00:28 But rather, God, may we hear your voice clearly.
00:00:28 --> 00:00:33 May you shape us and change us by your spirit as a result of what we look at tonight.
00:00:33 --> 00:00:39 Lord, may we grasp more fully the incredible blessing and privilege it is that you are with us tonight.
00:00:40 --> 00:00:40 Amen.
00:00:42 --> 00:00:49 Something I've discovered as I work with people of all different ages is that universally humans have an ability.
00:00:49 --> 00:00:55 It may be better described as a disability, but it is the art of selective hearing.
00:00:55 --> 00:00:57 It doesn't matter how old or young you are.
00:00:57 --> 00:00:59 It doesn't matter if you're a guy or a girl.
00:00:59 --> 00:01:02 We can all do this amazingly well when it suits us.
00:01:03 --> 00:01:07 I remember a few years ago in a previous ministry situation that I was in,
00:01:08 --> 00:01:13 I was chatting to a young guy who was having some relational difficulties with his girlfriend.
00:01:13 --> 00:01:17 And they had had a very serious chat about their relationship.
00:01:17 --> 00:01:20 And he came to me and he was chatting about how things were.
00:01:21 --> 00:01:25 And he relayed to me a little bit about how the conversation had gone.
00:01:26 --> 00:01:28 And he'd said, you know, it was great.
00:01:28 --> 00:01:30 She told me that she still really cared about me.
00:01:30 --> 00:01:34 And she told me that, you know, she really respected me.
00:01:34 --> 00:01:38 And she told me that, you know, she really admired my faith.
00:01:39 --> 00:01:44 And she told me that she just wanted to have a break to make sure that we could both be in a good place with God.
00:01:45 --> 00:01:49 And for him, he was sure that what she meant was,
00:01:49 --> 00:01:52 we'll just have a break for a little while, get ourselves back on track.
00:01:52 --> 00:01:55 And because she still cares about me, we'll be together again soon.
00:01:55 --> 00:02:00 It wasn't until about a week and a half later when she had another boyfriend
00:02:00 --> 00:02:04 that it became apparent that he had misheard some of the phrasing in the conversation.
00:02:05 --> 00:02:08 I'm not sure how you can take break up any other way,
00:02:08 --> 00:02:12 but he had managed to hear a short break until we get back together.
00:02:12 --> 00:02:15 But it's interesting that when we want to hear something,
00:02:16 --> 00:02:18 we often hear exactly what we want to hear.
00:02:19 --> 00:02:23 It reminds me when I was younger receiving school reports.
00:02:23 --> 00:02:27 There was kind of a refrain in all of my school reports growing up
00:02:27 --> 00:02:28 that when something like,
00:02:28 --> 00:02:31 Sam has great potential if he would apply himself.
00:02:32 --> 00:02:34 And I would get these school reports.
00:02:34 --> 00:02:36 This was in the day when they gave them to you at school,
00:02:36 --> 00:02:38 foolishly trusting that you would hand them straight to your parents.
00:02:39 --> 00:02:40 And I would get them and I would open it up
00:02:40 --> 00:02:43 and I would walk away feeling fantastic, thinking,
00:02:43 --> 00:02:45 my teachers love me, look how much potential they think I have.
00:02:47 --> 00:02:49 I'm going to take over the world with all this potential.
00:02:49 --> 00:02:52 But for some reason, my mum read my reports really differently
00:02:52 --> 00:02:55 and I could never understand why she was so frustrated with me
00:02:55 --> 00:02:58 each time I brought a report card home
00:02:58 --> 00:03:00 and I would have to deal with some sort of punishment
00:03:00 --> 00:03:02 when I'm sitting there thinking,
00:03:02 --> 00:03:03 am I being punished for my potential?
00:03:05 --> 00:03:07 But apparently there was something else in there.
00:03:07 --> 00:03:08 And we often do this.
00:03:08 --> 00:03:10 Maybe you're one of those people
00:03:10 --> 00:03:13 who only hears the positive when someone's talking to you.
00:03:13 --> 00:03:17 They'll be letting you know something about maybe how you look
00:03:17 --> 00:03:18 and they'll go, you know,
00:03:18 --> 00:03:21 that shirt looks really good compared to your pants
00:03:21 --> 00:03:22 and you just hear my shirt looks good
00:03:22 --> 00:03:24 and you're floating for the rest of the day.
00:03:24 --> 00:03:25 But maybe you're at the other end
00:03:25 --> 00:03:26 and you just hear the negative.
00:03:27 --> 00:03:28 You could hear 15 compliments
00:03:28 --> 00:03:30 but then just that one thing about,
00:03:30 --> 00:03:31 what's that on your face?
00:03:31 --> 00:03:33 And that's all you're thinking about
00:03:33 --> 00:03:34 for the next couple of days.
00:03:35 --> 00:03:38 And it's interesting how we all do it
00:03:38 --> 00:03:40 in a whole bunch of different situations
00:03:40 --> 00:03:42 but we're never aware of it at the time.
00:03:42 --> 00:03:44 We pick out the thing that we want to hear
00:03:44 --> 00:03:46 and that's the thing that is ringing in our ears.
00:03:46 --> 00:03:49 But the problem comes when we start to do that
00:03:49 --> 00:03:50 when we come to God.
00:03:51 --> 00:03:54 When we open the Bible and we read His commands
00:03:54 --> 00:03:55 and we read His promises
00:03:55 --> 00:03:58 and we read Him speaking to us
00:03:58 --> 00:04:01 and we just pick out the bits that we want to hear.
00:04:01 --> 00:04:03 We pick out the things that are kind of easy to hear.
00:04:04 --> 00:04:07 We pick out the things that are encouraging or affirming
00:04:07 --> 00:04:09 and we take what we want
00:04:09 --> 00:04:11 but we miss the main point.
00:04:11 --> 00:04:13 We actually don't hear what it is
00:04:13 --> 00:04:14 that God is trying to teach us.
00:04:14 --> 00:04:15 And in a series like this,
00:04:15 --> 00:04:18 we're trying to wade through the whole Bible.
00:04:19 --> 00:04:21 That is a pretty significant undertaking.
00:04:21 --> 00:04:22 We're trying to understand
00:04:22 --> 00:04:25 how the kingdom of God is unfolding,
00:04:25 --> 00:04:28 how God is establishing His kingdom.
00:04:28 --> 00:04:31 And if we come into this sort of a series
00:04:31 --> 00:04:33 with our selective hearing,
00:04:34 --> 00:04:36 we're in great danger of actually
00:04:36 --> 00:04:38 misinterpreting the whole Bible.
00:04:40 --> 00:04:42 It's really important that we come
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00:04:44 --> 00:04:45 that God has to say
00:04:45 --> 00:04:48 as He gradually reveals His plan
00:04:48 --> 00:04:50 for building His kingdom.
00:04:51 --> 00:04:53 Because we began with Adam
00:04:53 --> 00:04:54 in the Garden of Eden
00:04:54 --> 00:04:56 and this amazing potential,
00:04:57 --> 00:04:59 the spectacular failure of Genesis 3
00:04:59 --> 00:05:02 and then the rescue mission began.
00:05:03 --> 00:05:05 We saw the promises to Abraham.
00:05:05 --> 00:05:07 There was a fairly frustrating pattern of sin
00:05:07 --> 00:05:08 through Genesis.
00:05:08 --> 00:05:10 Last week we got to Moses
00:05:10 --> 00:05:13 and God shows up spectacularly
00:05:13 --> 00:05:13 at Mount Sinai.
00:05:14 --> 00:05:15 He gives His people the law
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00:05:17 --> 00:05:18 in a good direction.
00:05:19 --> 00:05:21 But the problem that we're going to discover tonight
00:05:21 --> 00:05:23 is that Israel has been listening to God
00:05:23 --> 00:05:25 but just listening for the things
00:05:25 --> 00:05:26 that they want to hear.
00:05:28 --> 00:05:30 So Israel has some pretty exciting promises
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00:05:32 --> 00:05:34 God has promised Abraham blessing.
00:05:35 --> 00:05:36 God has promised Abraham land.
00:05:36 --> 00:05:38 God has promised Abraham
00:05:38 --> 00:05:39 he will be a great nation.
00:05:39 --> 00:05:40 God has promised Abraham
00:05:40 --> 00:05:41 that he will be famous.
00:05:42 --> 00:05:44 And so there is this national pride
00:05:44 --> 00:05:44 and identity
00:05:44 --> 00:05:46 that they are all looking forward to.
00:05:47 --> 00:05:49 But the problem is
00:05:49 --> 00:05:51 that's all they're hearing.
00:05:52 --> 00:05:54 They're hearing we're going to get some land.
00:05:55 --> 00:05:56 At the moment we're wandering around
00:05:56 --> 00:05:58 but we are going to have our own country.
00:05:58 --> 00:05:59 God's going to kick people out
00:05:59 --> 00:06:01 so we get some space for our own.
00:06:01 --> 00:06:02 And it's not just going to be any land.
00:06:02 --> 00:06:03 It's going to be land
00:06:03 --> 00:06:04 flowing with milk and honey.
00:06:05 --> 00:06:06 It's going to be fantastic.
00:06:06 --> 00:06:08 We're going to be a great nation.
00:06:08 --> 00:06:09 People are going to look up to us.
00:06:09 --> 00:06:10 People are going to fear us.
00:06:10 --> 00:06:12 God's going to give us stuff.
00:06:12 --> 00:06:13 We're going to get blessings.
00:06:14 --> 00:06:16 But can you see that all of a sudden
00:06:16 --> 00:06:18 Israel has become driven
00:06:18 --> 00:06:19 by what they can see
00:06:19 --> 00:06:21 in all the nations around them.
00:06:22 --> 00:06:23 We want to have land
00:06:23 --> 00:06:24 better than that nation.
00:06:24 --> 00:06:25 We want to have an army
00:06:25 --> 00:06:27 more powerful than that nation.
00:06:27 --> 00:06:28 We want to be respected
00:06:28 --> 00:06:29 more than that nation.
00:06:29 --> 00:06:31 In fact they even wanted a king
00:06:31 --> 00:06:33 better than the other nations.
00:06:33 --> 00:06:36 But they've misunderstood
00:06:36 --> 00:06:38 that the point of the kingdom of God
00:06:38 --> 00:06:40 the point of the covenant
00:06:40 --> 00:06:41 the point of the promises
00:06:41 --> 00:06:44 is for God to restore
00:06:44 --> 00:06:45 what was broken
00:06:45 --> 00:06:47 in Genesis chapter 3.
00:06:48 --> 00:06:50 That's his whole agenda
00:06:50 --> 00:06:51 through all of scripture.
00:06:51 --> 00:06:52 That is what the kingdom is.
00:06:52 --> 00:06:54 The kingdom is the fix
00:06:54 --> 00:06:56 of the fall.
00:06:56 --> 00:07:00 In fact the promise
00:07:00 --> 00:07:01 in Genesis chapter 12
00:07:01 --> 00:07:02 that God makes to Abraham
00:07:02 --> 00:07:03 in one sense
00:07:03 --> 00:07:04 is kind of obvious
00:07:04 --> 00:07:05 for us to look at.
00:07:06 --> 00:07:08 The blessing that he's promising them
00:07:08 --> 00:07:09 is himself.
00:07:11 --> 00:07:12 The blessing isn't
00:07:12 --> 00:07:13 that they will be a nation
00:07:13 --> 00:07:14 that they will be famous.
00:07:14 --> 00:07:15 Those are some things
00:07:15 --> 00:07:16 that God's going to do
00:07:16 --> 00:07:17 but the blessing
00:07:17 --> 00:07:18 that God is promising
00:07:18 --> 00:07:20 is he's going to give them himself.
00:07:21 --> 00:07:23 That was what was there in Eden
00:07:23 --> 00:07:24 and that is God's agenda
00:07:24 --> 00:07:25 God's desire
00:07:25 --> 00:07:26 that he would be able
00:07:26 --> 00:07:28 to dwell with his people again.
00:07:29 --> 00:07:31 Eden was this amazing picture
00:07:31 --> 00:07:32 where God walked in the garden
00:07:32 --> 00:07:33 and spoke with Adam and Eve
00:07:33 --> 00:07:36 and his agenda
00:07:36 --> 00:07:37 is to restore
00:07:37 --> 00:07:38 that relationship
00:07:38 --> 00:07:39 where he will dwell
00:07:39 --> 00:07:40 with his people.
00:07:40 --> 00:07:42 And so we come to 2 Samuel 7.
00:07:42 --> 00:07:43 We have skipped a significant part
00:07:43 --> 00:07:44 of the Old Testament
00:07:44 --> 00:07:45 and I encourage you
00:07:45 --> 00:07:47 to address it in your own time
00:07:47 --> 00:07:48 but in the interest
00:07:48 --> 00:07:50 of recapping for our sake
00:07:50 --> 00:07:51 let's just try and understand
00:07:51 --> 00:07:52 where we've come to.
00:07:52 --> 00:07:54 So there's a fair bit
00:07:54 --> 00:07:55 of travelling going on.
00:07:55 --> 00:07:55 Last week
00:07:55 --> 00:07:58 Israel was at Mount Sinai
00:07:58 --> 00:07:58 in the desert.
00:08:00 --> 00:08:01 God was establishing them
00:08:01 --> 00:08:02 he gave them the law
00:08:02 --> 00:08:02 he told them
00:08:02 --> 00:08:03 you're headed to Canaan
00:08:03 --> 00:08:05 that's the land I'm giving you
00:08:05 --> 00:08:06 and then for the next
00:08:06 --> 00:08:07 fair while
00:08:07 --> 00:08:08 they wandered around
00:08:08 --> 00:08:09 kind of stuffing up.
00:08:11 --> 00:08:11 God would say
00:08:11 --> 00:08:12 do this
00:08:12 --> 00:08:12 they'd do something
00:08:12 --> 00:08:13 slightly different.
00:08:14 --> 00:08:14 God would say
00:08:14 --> 00:08:15 go to this place
00:08:15 --> 00:08:16 they'd go to a slightly
00:08:16 --> 00:08:16 different place.
00:08:16 --> 00:08:17 God would say
00:08:17 --> 00:08:17 it's ready
00:08:17 --> 00:08:18 they'd say no it's not
00:08:18 --> 00:08:19 and they would just
00:08:19 --> 00:08:20 keep spinning the wheels
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00:08:21 --> 00:08:22 getting to the place
00:08:22 --> 00:08:23 where they wanted to
00:08:23 --> 00:08:23 but finally
00:08:23 --> 00:08:25 just before our passage
00:08:25 --> 00:08:25 tonight
00:08:25 --> 00:08:26 Israel has moved
00:08:26 --> 00:08:27 into the land
00:08:27 --> 00:08:28 there's been some
00:08:28 --> 00:08:29 pretty spectacular battles
00:08:29 --> 00:08:30 you know
00:08:30 --> 00:08:31 the walls of Jericho
00:08:31 --> 00:08:32 have fallen down
00:08:32 --> 00:08:33 and now God
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00:08:35 --> 00:08:36 This land of Canaan
00:08:36 --> 00:08:37 is suddenly free
00:08:37 --> 00:08:38 from all the people
00:08:38 --> 00:08:39 who used to own it
00:08:39 --> 00:08:40 who used to live there
00:08:40 --> 00:08:41 and God has given it
00:08:41 --> 00:08:43 to his people Israel
00:08:43 --> 00:08:44 just like he promised.
00:08:45 --> 00:08:45 And there's a really
00:08:45 --> 00:08:46 interesting verse
00:08:46 --> 00:08:47 right at the beginning
00:08:47 --> 00:08:47 of chapter 7
00:08:47 --> 00:08:48 have a look
00:08:48 --> 00:08:49 after the king
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00:08:50 --> 00:08:50 and the Lord
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00:08:53 --> 00:08:54 around him.
00:08:55 --> 00:08:55 See things seem
00:08:55 --> 00:08:56 to be progressing
00:08:56 --> 00:08:57 really well
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00:09:00 --> 00:09:02 so far in our series
00:09:02 --> 00:09:04 now Israel is in the land
00:09:04 --> 00:09:05 that God promised.
00:09:06 --> 00:09:07 Now they have rest
00:09:07 --> 00:09:08 from the enemies around them
00:09:08 --> 00:09:09 they have been at war
00:09:09 --> 00:09:10 for generations
00:09:10 --> 00:09:11 and it says here
00:09:11 --> 00:09:12 they have rest.
00:09:12 --> 00:09:13 God has been blessing them
00:09:13 --> 00:09:14 David is a king
00:09:14 --> 00:09:16 he's living in a palace
00:09:16 --> 00:09:17 they're not moving around
00:09:17 --> 00:09:18 in tents anymore
00:09:18 --> 00:09:19 everything seems to be
00:09:19 --> 00:09:21 advancing really fantastically
00:09:21 --> 00:09:22 and the most important bit
00:09:22 --> 00:09:24 the bit that started
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00:09:26 --> 00:09:26 with Moses
00:09:26 --> 00:09:28 is that God is with them.
00:09:29 --> 00:09:30 God is present
00:09:30 --> 00:09:31 with his people.
00:09:31 --> 00:09:32 He's turned up
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00:09:33 --> 00:09:34 in their community
00:09:34 --> 00:09:35 in the form
00:09:35 --> 00:09:36 of the Ark of the Covenant.
00:09:37 --> 00:09:38 The Ark is basically
00:09:38 --> 00:09:39 a big box
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00:09:44 --> 00:09:46 that God is living
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00:09:47 --> 00:09:49 and that box
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00:09:53 --> 00:09:54 inside another whole bunch
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00:09:55 --> 00:09:56 in the tabernacle
00:09:56 --> 00:09:57 but that was where
00:09:57 --> 00:09:58 God lived
00:09:58 --> 00:09:59 in that box
00:09:59 --> 00:10:00 in that room
00:10:00 --> 00:10:01 inside those tents
00:10:01 --> 00:10:02 of the tabernacle.
00:10:02 --> 00:10:03 So God was with them
00:10:03 --> 00:10:06 but he was limited.
00:10:06 --> 00:10:07 It's not like they could
00:10:07 --> 00:10:08 just wander up
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00:10:09 --> 00:10:10 whenever they wanted.
00:10:10 --> 00:10:12 The bits that we skipped over
00:10:12 --> 00:10:13 all of Leviticus
00:10:13 --> 00:10:15 is just all of the laws
00:10:15 --> 00:10:16 that God requires
00:10:16 --> 00:10:17 the sacrifices
00:10:17 --> 00:10:18 that he requires
00:10:18 --> 00:10:19 so that people
00:10:19 --> 00:10:19 could interact with him.
00:10:20 --> 00:10:21 I mean he's there
00:10:21 --> 00:10:23 so it's like we're moving
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00:10:23 --> 00:10:25 but surely
00:10:25 --> 00:10:26 this isn't
00:10:26 --> 00:10:27 what God promised.
00:10:28 --> 00:10:29 Surely this isn't
00:10:29 --> 00:10:29 the pinnacle.
00:10:30 --> 00:10:31 Surely this isn't
00:10:31 --> 00:10:31 what we've been
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00:10:32 --> 00:10:33 because even though
00:10:33 --> 00:10:34 God is there
00:10:34 --> 00:10:35 this is nothing
00:10:35 --> 00:10:37 like what it was like
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00:10:39 --> 00:10:40 It's not even close.
00:10:40 --> 00:10:43 God is still
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00:10:47 --> 00:10:47 These people
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00:10:50 --> 00:10:51 There is a priestly
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00:10:53 --> 00:10:55 There is a sacrificial
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00:10:58 --> 00:10:58 There is a limit
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00:11:00 --> 00:11:01 they can actually
00:11:01 --> 00:11:01 take.
00:11:02 --> 00:11:02 But the crazy
00:11:02 --> 00:11:03 thing is
00:11:03 --> 00:11:05 this is actually
00:11:05 --> 00:11:06 an act of grace
00:11:06 --> 00:11:07 on God's part.
00:11:07 --> 00:11:10 See back on
00:11:10 --> 00:11:11 Mount Sinai
00:11:11 --> 00:11:11 when God showed
00:11:11 --> 00:11:12 up he shook
00:11:12 --> 00:11:13 the mountain
00:11:13 --> 00:11:13 there was lightning
00:11:13 --> 00:11:14 there was fire
00:11:14 --> 00:11:15 there was thunder
00:11:15 --> 00:11:15 and the people
00:11:15 --> 00:11:16 realise
00:11:16 --> 00:11:18 maybe we shouldn't
00:11:18 --> 00:11:19 be getting too
00:11:19 --> 00:11:19 close to God
00:11:19 --> 00:11:20 just yet.
00:11:21 --> 00:11:21 And they're right
00:11:21 --> 00:11:23 because they are
00:11:23 --> 00:11:23 not worthy
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00:11:24 --> 00:11:24 God.
00:11:25 --> 00:11:26 The issue
00:11:26 --> 00:11:26 that comes out
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00:11:27 --> 00:11:28 where they reject
00:11:28 --> 00:11:28 him is still
00:11:28 --> 00:11:29 an issue.
00:11:30 --> 00:11:31 And so if God
00:11:31 --> 00:11:32 just showed up
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00:11:34 --> 00:11:34 wandering around
00:11:34 --> 00:11:35 saying hello
00:11:35 --> 00:11:37 they would just
00:11:37 --> 00:11:38 get destroyed.
00:11:39 --> 00:11:40 The holiness
00:11:40 --> 00:11:40 of God
00:11:40 --> 00:11:41 the perfection
00:11:41 --> 00:11:42 of God
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00:11:42 --> 00:11:43 obliterate
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00:11:44 --> 00:11:44 if God
00:11:44 --> 00:11:45 just turned up
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00:11:45 --> 00:11:46 moved in
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00:11:47 --> 00:11:47 like everything
00:11:47 --> 00:11:48 was fine.
00:11:48 --> 00:11:49 So God
00:11:49 --> 00:11:49 gives them
00:11:49 --> 00:11:50 this limited
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00:11:53 --> 00:11:54 It's a huge
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00:11:55 --> 00:11:56 not that long
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00:12:10 --> 00:12:10 it?
00:12:11 --> 00:12:11 I mean if you
00:12:11 --> 00:12:12 put it through
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00:12:19 --> 00:12:20 They're in the
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00:12:25 --> 00:12:25 rule thing's
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00:12:27 --> 00:12:29 even though
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00:12:31 --> 00:12:33 so far away
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00:12:38 --> 00:12:39 kingdom of
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00:12:42 --> 00:12:43 The kingdom
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00:12:49 --> 00:12:50 The kingdom
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00:12:53 --> 00:12:54 his people
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00:12:56 --> 00:12:57 just not
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00:12:59 --> 00:12:59 Lots of
00:12:59 --> 00:13:00 other things
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00:13:00 --> 00:13:01 lots of
00:13:01 --> 00:13:01 other things
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00:13:05 --> 00:13:07 we're not
00:13:07 --> 00:13:08 there yet.
00:13:09 --> 00:13:10 It's kind of
00:13:10 --> 00:13:10 strange in this
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00:13:11 --> 00:13:12 if you look
00:13:12 --> 00:13:12 down at verse
00:13:12 --> 00:13:13 one again of
00:13:13 --> 00:13:14 chapter seven
00:13:14 --> 00:13:15 it's almost
00:13:15 --> 00:13:17 like Israel
00:13:17 --> 00:13:17 is so much
00:13:17 --> 00:13:18 enjoying all the
00:13:18 --> 00:13:19 things that God's
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00:13:20 --> 00:13:21 then after it's
00:13:21 --> 00:13:22 all arrived David
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00:13:24 --> 00:13:24 get God to
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00:13:26 --> 00:13:27 We've got this
00:13:27 --> 00:13:28 fantastic land
00:13:28 --> 00:13:30 now he's blessed
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00:13:31 --> 00:13:31 charge our
00:13:31 --> 00:13:32 enemies are
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00:13:34 --> 00:13:35 afterthought in
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00:13:36 --> 00:13:36 said to Nathan
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00:13:37 --> 00:13:38 here I am
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00:13:47 --> 00:13:48 It seems like
00:13:48 --> 00:13:49 God is completely
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00:13:59 --> 00:14:00 you say but
00:14:00 --> 00:14:02 it's like David
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00:14:03 --> 00:14:03 stuff and then
00:14:03 --> 00:14:04 went hang on a
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00:14:06 --> 00:14:07 probably be in
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00:14:07 --> 00:14:10 God should
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00:14:47 --> 00:14:48 if I could set
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00:15:01 --> 00:15:04 us stuff to look
00:15:04 --> 00:15:07 after us and
00:15:07 --> 00:15:08 Israel has fallen
00:15:08 --> 00:15:09 into the exact same
00:15:09 --> 00:15:12 trap they're feeling
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00:15:12 --> 00:15:13 we've got our nation
00:15:13 --> 00:15:14 we've got our king
00:15:14 --> 00:15:15 we've got our armies
00:15:15 --> 00:15:16 we've got our palace
00:15:16 --> 00:15:17 we've got peace
00:15:17 --> 00:15:18 everything's fantastic
00:15:18 --> 00:15:19 but there is still
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00:15:32 --> 00:15:34 the issue is that
00:15:34 --> 00:15:34 people are not
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00:15:37 --> 00:15:38 people are choosing
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00:15:45 --> 00:15:46 them so much
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00:15:54 --> 00:15:55 issue is
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00:16:00 --> 00:16:00 and thought you
00:16:00 --> 00:16:01 know what I can
00:16:01 --> 00:16:01 do to help those
00:16:01 --> 00:16:02 kids I'm going to
00:16:02 --> 00:16:03 send over a few
00:16:03 --> 00:16:04 brand new Mercedes
00:16:04 --> 00:16:06 those are nice
00:16:06 --> 00:16:06 cars
00:16:06 --> 00:16:08 they'd be pretty
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00:16:08 --> 00:16:09 I think
00:16:09 --> 00:16:11 they're good cars
00:16:11 --> 00:16:12 they are
00:16:12 --> 00:16:14 they go fast
00:16:14 --> 00:16:15 they're shiny
00:16:15 --> 00:16:16 they smell nice
00:16:16 --> 00:16:17 but I don't know
00:16:17 --> 00:16:18 how much benefit
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00:16:24 --> 00:16:25 completely forgotten
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00:16:28 --> 00:16:30 we need land
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00:16:33 --> 00:16:35 people around us
00:16:35 --> 00:16:37 but the problem
00:16:37 --> 00:16:38 is still
00:16:38 --> 00:16:40 we are separated
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00:16:44 --> 00:16:46 we are unworthy
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00:16:48 --> 00:16:49 that he desires
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00:16:59 --> 00:17:00 at any moment
00:17:00 --> 00:17:02 they have been
00:17:02 --> 00:17:03 distracted by the
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00:17:09 --> 00:17:10 be with them
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00:17:13 --> 00:17:14 and I wonder
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00:17:16 --> 00:17:18 if you enjoy
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00:17:21 --> 00:17:22 so many good
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00:17:22 --> 00:17:23 God gives us
00:17:23 --> 00:17:24 but you let
00:17:24 --> 00:17:25 those things
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00:17:27 --> 00:17:30 God's main
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00:17:30 --> 00:17:31 he would know
00:17:31 --> 00:17:32 you and you
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00:17:45 --> 00:17:45 though Israel
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00:17:48 --> 00:17:49 God still has
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00:17:50 --> 00:17:51 he's not even
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00:17:53 --> 00:17:53 that's the crazy
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00:17:54 --> 00:17:55 I mean did you
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00:17:55 --> 00:17:56 David comes up
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00:18:04 --> 00:18:05 and how does
00:18:05 --> 00:18:06 God respond
00:18:06 --> 00:18:06 he says
00:18:06 --> 00:18:07 not a bad idea
00:18:07 --> 00:18:08 I've got something
00:18:08 --> 00:18:09 better for you
00:18:09 --> 00:18:09 and he just
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00:18:12 --> 00:18:14 have a look
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00:18:14 --> 00:18:15 chapter 7
00:18:15 --> 00:18:15 again
00:18:15 --> 00:18:17 verse 8
00:18:17 --> 00:18:17 now then
00:18:17 --> 00:18:18 tell my servant
00:18:18 --> 00:18:19 David
00:18:19 --> 00:18:19 this is what
00:18:19 --> 00:18:20 the Lord Almighty
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00:18:20 --> 00:18:22 I took you
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00:18:25 --> 00:18:26 Israel
00:18:26 --> 00:18:27 I have been
00:18:27 --> 00:18:27 with you
00:18:27 --> 00:18:28 wherever you
00:18:28 --> 00:18:28 have gone
00:18:28 --> 00:18:29 I have cut
00:18:29 --> 00:18:29 off all your
00:18:29 --> 00:18:30 enemies
00:18:30 --> 00:18:31 from before you
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00:18:31 --> 00:18:32 I will make
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00:18:38 --> 00:18:39 and will plant
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00:18:42 --> 00:18:43 be disturbed
00:18:43 --> 00:18:44 wicked people
00:18:44 --> 00:18:44 will not oppress
00:18:44 --> 00:18:45 them anymore
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00:18:47 --> 00:18:48 ever since the
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00:18:49 --> 00:18:50 people Israel
00:18:50 --> 00:18:51 I will also
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00:18:52 --> 00:18:53 from all
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00:18:54 --> 00:18:56 the Lord declares
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00:18:57 --> 00:18:58 the Lord himself
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00:19:01 --> 00:19:03 just look
00:19:03 --> 00:19:04 carefully at
00:19:04 --> 00:19:04 what God
00:19:04 --> 00:19:05 has just said
00:19:05 --> 00:19:08 in verse 10
00:19:08 --> 00:19:08 he says
00:19:08 --> 00:19:09 I will provide
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00:19:11 --> 00:19:13 they're already
00:19:13 --> 00:19:14 living in the land
00:19:14 --> 00:19:15 that he promised
00:19:15 --> 00:19:15 to give them
00:19:15 --> 00:19:19 how does that
00:19:19 --> 00:19:19 work
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00:19:21 --> 00:19:22 place that we're
00:19:22 --> 00:19:22 looking forward
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00:19:22 --> 00:19:23 God says
00:19:23 --> 00:19:24 no I've got
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00:19:25 --> 00:19:27 Canaan's great
00:19:27 --> 00:19:27 Canaan's got
00:19:27 --> 00:19:28 milk and honey
00:19:28 --> 00:19:29 Canaan's fertile
00:19:29 --> 00:19:30 Canaan is fantastic
00:19:30 --> 00:19:31 but I have
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00:19:32 --> 00:19:35 in verse 1
00:19:35 --> 00:19:36 we're told that
00:19:36 --> 00:19:36 God has already
00:19:36 --> 00:19:37 given him rest
00:19:37 --> 00:19:38 from his enemies
00:19:38 --> 00:19:41 but then again
00:19:41 --> 00:19:43 he says
00:19:43 --> 00:19:43 I will give you
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00:19:45 --> 00:19:46 he says
00:19:46 --> 00:19:47 it's not just
00:19:47 --> 00:19:48 about the nations
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00:19:49 --> 00:19:49 there is at least
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00:19:52 --> 00:19:54 there is at least
00:19:54 --> 00:19:54 one more enemy
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00:19:59 --> 00:19:59 people
00:19:59 --> 00:20:01 and that is the
00:20:01 --> 00:20:02 enemy of death
00:20:02 --> 00:20:03 and so he begins
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00:20:04 --> 00:20:06 how he will
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00:20:06 --> 00:20:08 this final enemy
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00:21:06 --> 00:21:08 it's not a
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00:22:02 --> 00:22:02 store
00:22:02 --> 00:22:03 a little bit
00:22:03 --> 00:22:03 more of what
00:22:03 --> 00:22:04 he is doing
00:22:04 --> 00:22:05 and showing
00:22:05 --> 00:22:05 them that the
00:22:05 --> 00:22:06 issue
00:22:06 --> 00:22:08 that was there
00:22:08 --> 00:22:09 in the beginning
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00:23:04 --> 00:23:08 Israel never knew
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00:24:00 --> 00:24:02 a time but
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00:24:02 --> 00:24:03 promise of God's
00:24:03 --> 00:24:05 word that was
00:24:05 --> 00:24:05 never God's
00:24:05 --> 00:24:07 agenda that we
00:24:07 --> 00:24:07 would replace
00:24:07 --> 00:24:08 the old box
00:24:08 --> 00:24:09 that lived in a
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00:24:10 --> 00:24:11 slightly fancier
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00:24:16 --> 00:24:18 Paul challenges
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00:25:01 --> 00:25:02 about a
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00:27:01 --> 00:27:03 Israel
00:27:03 --> 00:27:04 at least
00:27:04 --> 00:27:04 understood
00:27:04 --> 00:27:05 that approaching
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00:28:00 --> 00:28:01 his
00:28:01 --> 00:28:02 government
00:28:02 --> 00:28:02 hasn't done
00:28:02 --> 00:28:02 him any
00:28:02 --> 00:28:03 favours in
00:28:03 --> 00:28:03 the last
00:28:03 --> 00:28:04 little while
00:28:04 --> 00:28:04 and he
00:28:04 --> 00:28:04 might have
00:28:04 --> 00:28:04 dropped a
00:28:04 --> 00:28:05 couple of
00:28:05 --> 00:28:05 pegs
00:28:05 --> 00:28:05 but at
00:28:05 --> 00:28:06 some
00:28:06 --> 00:28:06 point
00:28:06 --> 00:28:07 he was
00:28:07 --> 00:28:07 probably
00:28:07 --> 00:28:08 the most
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00:28:09 --> 00:28:09 man
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00:28:11 --> 00:28:11 world
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00:28:12 --> 00:28:13 particular
00:28:13 --> 00:28:13 point in
00:28:13 --> 00:28:13 time
00:28:13 --> 00:28:16 and I
00:28:16 --> 00:28:16 remember
00:28:16 --> 00:28:16 watching
00:28:16 --> 00:28:17 not long
00:28:17 --> 00:28:17 after he'd
00:28:17 --> 00:28:17 been
00:28:17 --> 00:28:18 officially
00:28:18 --> 00:28:18 appointed
00:28:18 --> 00:28:21 and his
00:28:21 --> 00:28:21 daughters
00:28:21 --> 00:28:22 would still
00:28:22 --> 00:28:22 play with
00:28:22 --> 00:28:23 him in
00:28:23 --> 00:28:23 camera
00:28:23 --> 00:28:24 I'm sure
00:28:24 --> 00:28:24 that it
00:28:24 --> 00:28:24 was all
00:28:24 --> 00:28:24 set up
00:28:24 --> 00:28:25 and it
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