2 Samuel 24 (Part 2) Bible Study (David Builds an Altar) | Pastor Daniel Batarseh

Thank you. Amen.

Amen. I'm sure all of you can say

something, but for those who shared that blesses me to know

that the Lord is doing a work in this place every single week,

and that's no different in our final session in this book, we

can anticipate and expect the same.

So maybe you're already there. If you're not, meet me in Second

Samuel 24. This will not be a full on Bible

study, so you don't have to be nervous.

This will be a shorter one. And second Samuel 24 And Lord,

we do give you all the glory for every testimony that was spoken,

unspoken. And we know that there are

things that you have done that we might not remember but are

shaped by. And we thank you that you are

always working. And when we submit ourselves

under your word, so we can anticipate transformation as

long as we yield to the Spirit. And so even tonight, give us

ears to hear your thoughts, your final thoughts.

Well, you have ordained for us to know through this final

snippet of the story of David. In Jesus name we pray.

Amen. What are the final thoughts that

the Holy Spirit longs to imprint in our hearts as we come to the

finale of this epic story? That was my question when I came

to this latter portion of Second Samuel 24.

And that is what we will seek to understand the mind of God.

The clear themes that he has established in this not just.

For us to know deeper insights but.

For us to take away something as we transition from this book and

move on to whatever the Lord has for us next.

There are obvious instructions here, by way of example, by way

of testimony, that are meant to be held onto on our bosoms, and

to be. Kept with a firmness in our

memory. And more importantly, in our

practical obedience. And so as we come here, we

realize that David has been given to us in the scriptures as

a model for many things, and that is no different with this.

Near the end of his life, at the end of this portion of his life,

in this book at least, there are Nuggets of.

Truth that we can anticipate to. Enrich our fellowship with the

Lord. And so I want us to begin in

verse 15. Here, let's look at what the

Lord wants to say. Through a man who has been

crowned with the exaltation of someone being after God's own

heart. Verse 15.

So the Lord sent the pestilence on Israel from the morning until

the appointed time, and. There died of the people from

Dan to Beersheba 70,000 men and when the Angel.

Stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy the Lord,

relented from the calamity, and said to the Angel who was

working destruction among the people, It is enough now.

Stay your hand. And the Angel of the Lord was by

the threshing floor of Arauna the Jebusite.

Then David spoke to the Lord when he saw the Angel who was

striking the people, and said, Behold, I have sinned and I have

done wickedly, but these sheep, what have they done?

Please. Let your hand be against me and

against my father's house. So you come to this point where

the curtain is about to close. And we get this final glimpse of

one of the most highly esteemed figures in not just the

Scripture, but redemptive history.

And what is? What is it that we see in this

closing text concerning this man?

It's. Not the most encouraging

thought. It's not a high note, especially

as we're planning to depart from this, this narrative.

What you and I are facing concerning David right before

the credits are about to roll, is him sinning.

David Sinning. You would think that there would

be a greater climax. You would think that there'd be

a greater end to the story, but instead we.

Find something that is dark, something that is disheartening

and there's value in it. There is value in it.

There's there's warnings in this for us to know how to finish

well, to be vigilant and concerned and aware all the way

until the finish line. We can.

We can learn that and we learned that last week.

But. I'm not sure if that is the

primary point that the Holy Spirit wants to highlight

concerning David as we face him. Before we turn away from him, so

to speak. Perhaps the spirits desire as a

take away is more of seeing David as a repentant man than a

sinning man, and there's a big difference.

A man who knew how to return to the Lord.

Despite the many seasons he had, where he remained close to the

Lord, in those moments where he fell short, veered off, turned

his back. What you see, even at the final

moments of his life, is a failure, yes, but also a

success. A man who knew to confess his

wrong. A man who knew to call out to

God for restored relationship. A man who understood the nature

of sin and its violation of primary offense.

If there's anything that made David so special and unique, it

was not so much his victories. The favor that he experienced

was not because of his faultless record.

I believe what it is, is a willingness to humble himself

every time he did do wrong. He knew how to part his heart

with a. Passionate desperation.

He knew how to be broken before God, and he actually pursued

change following his confession. That's what made David David

Psalm 51, right, those. Different Psalms of confession

and Contrition and. Absolute shattered soul, like

please before his maker. And that's what we see David

doing. Here a man who understood that

what made? His sins so ugly and vile and

disturbing above everything else.

Was that it? Fractured something with his

fellowship with God, and he knew how to, at least as soon as

possible, seek that relationship to be restored.

And so I look at this and I think, Lord, what are you trying

to say? Why are you showing me David in

this kind of a light? And I believe in one way, it's

for him to instruct us of how to live repentantly before God from

beginning to end. Learn this thing about your God

that He. Cares for you.

Not just when you're doing good, but even when you fall short and

disappoint and fail to meet the standard and know that.

The same God who kept accepting David, restoring David though

consequences might have remained the.

Heart he had for David is an invitation for you and I to

realize that though I may stumble between now and where I

meet the Lord face to face, I can have the confidence that

when I truly repent, he will truly receive me all the way to

the end. I mean you would think after all

that you experienced that by the end you.

Would be spick and span you. Would be absolutely spotless.

You would be shining and yet you still got dirt on your feet.

You. Still were you still manage to

mess up when you're about to to leave the earth?

Because in first Kings one he does leave, he enters into

glory. And yet this is the portrait we

have of the man. And God wants us to know that

when he comes broken before him, he He supplies, He provides

mercy, and He will for you. His love is patient, and it

endures until the end. I look at David here and I get

that inspiration. Look at the.

Quality of his repentance. Look at verse 17.

Then David spoke to the Lord when he saw the Angel who was

striking the people, and said behold.

I have sinned and I have done. But these sheep, what have they

done? Please let your hand be against

me, against my father's house, and against my father's house.

Did you remember verse one? Is what David saying what he's

saying here? Is it completely accurate?

What have these sheep done? It's not completely accurate.

Because verse one tells us that Israel kindled the anger of the

Lord again, and we came to the conclusion that even David being

incited to sin was the instrument that God used to

bring discipline to the nation, as you brought up earlier.

So if there's anybody who's more at fault, if you want to, if you

want to see it that way in the circumstances, actually Israel,

they clearly did something before David number the people,

and David's numbering was actually again, the means by

which more discipline would come to the nation, though David was

at without. It's not that he was without

fault, but to say that the sheep have done nothing is not

entirely true. They did do something.

God's Just not just. Pulling a random stunt here.

He's clearly showing something in light of a specific act that

needed to be chastised. And David here, though at the

same time he still, he still sees his fault because we have

the evidence to say, well, it's really Israel's fault and Israel

should be the one that's pleading instead of David.

But you know who doesn't make that argument?

David, look at his, look at his confession.

He doesn't charge anybody else. He doesn't try to escape from

the equation. He doesn't point fingers.

He he realizes that he has a part to play in it, and that's

enough for him to come openly before the law and saying I'm

wrong, I'm wrong, I'm wrong. In this you don't find people

confessing like that, even if the.

Is there the endemic nature in us?

Likes to twist and turn and justify an excuse.

And even though you might not be able to evade your involvement,

you try to at least esteem others as more guilty than

yourself. Isn't that how we confess when

we're confronted? Nothing of the sort with this

man? Doesn't even include Israel.

He sees himself completely guilty in all of this and he

says I'm guilty. Just deal with me.

That's the kind of repentance that this man had.

That's the kind of quality of confession that he conveyed, and

that is the kind of repentance that God honors.

And so I see here that true repentance is not me spending

time looking at others people's wrongs.

But primarily holding yourself accountable if it if it's

required of you. But there's.

Something else here in verse 17 that I think is insightful,

right? He wants to take all the blame

for himself. He has a sympathetic.

He wants to be a leader who has this compassionate care for his

own. But look at this heartfelt and

noble deed and see it as a request, a request that God

didn't answer. This is a prayer.

What is his request? Please let your hand be against

me and against my father's house.

Did God answer that prayer? Essentially what he's saying is

wipe me off the face of the earth, me and my dad's house.

Just get rid of all of us if it needs to be.

If it's. Between me and Israel to Take Me

Out, that's a prayer. Words that carry weight.

Words that have been inscribed in the scripture, words for us

to consider. And I look at this and I and I

couldn't help but step back and kind of chuckle when I read it

and meditated on it. Because what you have here is

yet another example of how the Lord and His goodness does not

answer all your prayers. He does not.

No matter how pure, how sincere, how selfless your request might

be, that doesn't determine whether or not God should answer

it or not. This is a.

This is a. A very humbling thing for David

to do. And yet God doesn't move upon

it. You should thank God.

If you want to reflect on anything at the end of this

book, you should also reflect on your own life.

And thank God that he didn't say yes when you wanted to say yes

and he didn't move the way you wanted.

And you should. You should have, you should be

thankful. You should be thankful.

And that seems. To conflict with the bold

invitation we have throughout the Bible of radical prayer,

Things like James 5/17. Were in a new covenant context,

we're given the. Illustration of Elijah who

prayed and when he prayed it didn't rain for three years and

six months, and when he prayed again, heaven gave rain in the

earth bore its fruit. How much more extreme can you

get of an example to pray? Radically.

And we love to go to James 517 to encourage people in prayer,

but we don't consider other factors of Elijah's praying to

instruct our prayer. Oh, what do you mean?

Have you ever meditated upon the prayer Elijah made that God

didn't answer? Do you know which prayer I'm

talking about? Can I show it to you in First

Kings 14? Excuse Me 19, verse 14.

Excuse Me, 19 Verse four First Kings, 19 verse 4 is what

1 Kings 19:4

happens when you do a quiz with all these references.

First Kings 19 verse 4. This is a prayer that Elijah

1 Kings 19:4

makes. After a very.

Mountaintop experience, no pun intended.

And he says this when he's threatened by Jezebel First

Kings 19/4. There's a very low point that

meets. But he himself won a day's

journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom

tree, and he asked that he might die, saying.

It is enough now, oh Lord, take away my life, for I am no better

than my father's. What's his request?

Kill me. I'm done.

I'm. I'm done.

I'm done. I'm finished.

I'm. I'm submitting my two weeks

notice. Thank you for calling me as a

prophet, but this is it. I can't see any more future in

this. I want to retire early.

Beam me up. Kill me.

This is his request. Destroy me.

Does God answer that prayer? Does God answer that prayer?

Not only did he not answer that prayer, he did the exact

opposite of it. Does Elijah ever die?

Let me ask the question. Again, did Elijah ever die?

No, he didn't die. Doesn't.

God have a sense of humor. He sends a chariot of fire and

brings him up. And some people believe that

Elijah still to return. God doesn't have to answer your

prayer, no matter how passionate, no matter how

consistent, no matter how strong it might be.

Now you might think that what's the point of praying?

What's the point of praying? That if God has a will, what

does my? Dedication to supplication.

What does that really determine? And I say.

To you, this shouldn't discourage you from praying, it

should only encourage you to pray even more radically because

in your request as. Crazy as they might seem, as

bold as they might seem. You are assured by a good God

that he will never give you something that you will regret,

that he'll never give you something that will diminish.

His glory, That he'll never do something that will.

Disqualify you from fulfilling his ultimate will for your life.

The goodness of God, the wisdom of God, are the guardrails to

our honest but misguided. Desires.

So I look at David and I look at Elijah and I go, what's the

point of praying? I go okay.

Wow. God, you are so good that I can

spill. My soul in your presence,

thinking that this is exactly. What I need exactly what you

should do and yet you are so kind to me that you.

Will not. You don't work like a genie in a

bottle. You are so kind to me that you

will. Refrain from doing and acting

upon my foolishness in the moment.

And yeah, when that prayer does come, and it does align with

your will, you will be more than willing to not just do it, but

do abundantly, more than I can ask or imagine.

That's the security we have in prayer.

That's the assurance we have in intercession, David says.

Cut. Off my house.

Cut off my father's house. The Lord doesn't answer.

Instead, he sends a profit, and this prophet has a better way, a

better will, a better purpose. Verse eighteen of Second Samuel

24 and Gad. Came that day to David and said

to him, go up, raise an altar to the Lord.

On the threshing floor are Una, the jebby site.

So David went up at Gad's word, as the Lord commanded, and when

Arauna looked. Down he saw the king and his

servants coming on toward him, and Arauna went out and paid

homage to the king. With his face to the ground and

Arauna. Said, Why has my Lord the king

come to his servant? David said to buy the threshing

floor from you in order to build an altar to the Lord, that the

plague may be averted from the people.

Then Arauna said to David, let my Lord the king take and

OfferUp what seems good to him. Here are the auction for the

burn offering. And the threshing sledges, and

the yokes of the oxen for the wood.

All this, O King, Arauna gave to the king.

And Arauna said to the king, may the Lord your God accept you.

But the king said to Arauna, no, but I will buy it from you for a

price. I will not offer burnt offerings

to the Lord my God that cost me nothing.

So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for 50

shekels of silver. And David?

Built there and altered to the Lord and offered burn offerings

and peace offerings. So the Lord responded to the

plea for the land, and the plague was averted from Israel.

I have one main. Why question with this portion

of. It's no surprise to me that the

solution God gives to David in order to stop the plague from

continuing is to provide a sacrifice.

That's no shock to us. But my why question is the

location of the sacrifice. Why was he instructed to go to

the threshing floor of our una, the Jeb, you said.

That's what I want to know, because that seems very random.

We're never. Introduced to this person, We

never see anything of this person unless you go back to

First Chronicles. And when you move forward to

First Chronicles, you realize that he goes by another name,

the name Ornan. But beyond that, there isn't

much evidence, at least to the immediate reading, of why it is

that the Lord. Is instructing David to go to

this precise piece of real estate to perform this duty but

the. Faithful reader, when you

continue go through your Bible and you come to a text like

First Chronicles that seems to repeat things that you've read

and Samuel and 1st Kings and 2nd Kings, you were rewarded for

your faithfulness. And there are suspense added to

discovering the answer when you carefully realize that there is,

there is enough to point to God's mind for this.

Well, let's go to first Chronicles 21 and let's add to

our suspense. Something occurs and First

Chronicles 2126 and First Chronicles 2126 it.

Says you're in the same account, but a different perspective.

More added details. And David built there an altar

to the Lord, and presented burn offerings and peace offerings,

and called on the Lord. And the Lord answered him with

fire from heaven upon the altar burn offering.

Then the Lord commanded the Angel, and he put his sword back

into its sheath. So David performs A sacrifice

and something amazing occurs. The heavens open.

Fire comes down and consumes the.

Sacrifice on that altar. That kind of manifestation has

only occurred a few times in the Old Testament, and it was a

statement of divine approval, something that you could not

disagree with, something that you cannot challenge.

Remember what Elisha did before all the nation of Israel and the

false prophets of Bailey sent fire from heaven to lick up the

water, and that burnt offering on that altar.

And so David is seeing this, but there's something deeper behind

this. It's It's greater than a sign of

divine approval. There is a message and this man

David is enabled to interpret the message.

There's a conclusion that David comes to based on this and the

conclusion that he arrives to would have generational

consequences. And that's what we see in First

Chronicle. It's not 21 but 22 verse one.

What judgment does he make? It's this.

Then David said, Here shall be the House of the Lord God and.

Hear the Altar of burn offering for Israel.

We're not talking about the Tabernacle.

We're not talking about. The tent, David, you remember

this study desire to build a permanent house for the Lord, An

established edifice that would. Be much more dignified and much

more beautified for God to receive.

Greater honor and greater worship.

And David sees this, right? He he.

He's there. He performs this sacrifice.

Fire falls from heaven, he goes. This is where it's supposed to

happen. This is where it's supposed to

be built. This is where the foundation is

supposed to be laid. Now, from a human standpoint, we

can understand why he might come to that conclusion.

With something like that, how much more do you need of a sign

off for the project? But it's not until, again, you

faithfully read your Bibles and not first Chronicles, but second

Chronicles, you realize God's viewpoint in all of this God's

strategy, God's reasoning. For it to be at this specific

address, look at Second Chronicles.

Now turn over to Second Chronicles Chapter 3 and look at

2 Chronicles 3 · chapter mention

verse one. Second Chronicles 3 verse one.

This is when David's successor his son.

Executes the project. He's been called to do it.

David had the desire Solomon would implement it.

And here's what we read. Then Solomon began to build the

House of the Lord in Jerusalem on where Mount Moriah where the

Lord now just to call. So just just in case you don't

think that there is a different direction that took place

between First Chronicles 22 and Second Chronicles 3.

The Holy Spirit in his wisdom clarifies where Mount Moriah is,

where the Lord had appeared to David his Father, at the place

that David had appointed on the threshing floor of Ornan the

Jebusite. The threshing floor of Ornan or

our Una. The Jebusite was on Mount

Moriah. Now it makes sense.

Because in all of the scriptures there is only one other place

where Mount Moriah is mentioned. Who knows it, Abraham in Genesis

22, when he was called to sacrifice his son Isaac.

That is the only place in all. Of the Hebrew scriptures where

Mariah is mentioned Mariah in Genesis 22 Mariah in Second

Samuel rather Second Chronicle IS31.

Clarifying Second Samuel 24. First Chronicle is 22 Mariah.

That's interesting. What is Mariah signify?

Well, Abraham in Genesis 2214 gives it a different name.

He called that place what the Lord will provide, Jehovah Gyra,

the Lord will provide. And so that mountain symbolizes

the provision of God's mercy ultimately.

Fulfilled in the person of Jesus Christ, but the.

Message is there from Genesis 22.

The Lord will provide a covering.

The Lord will provide a sacrifice.

The. Lord will provide grace.

The Lord will provide mercy. And then many, many years go by

and David experiences it on the same mountain.

Here's a plague that's unleashed.

He comes to the very same location.

He performs a sacrifice and God provides mercy.

Now tie this together. What is this symbolize?

Further, the foundation of God's house is built upon that

revelation. God's meeting place with man

would be founded upon the provision of mercy.

Man and God will meet upon that truth that He made away.

He provided a way, and it is no different today for the Church

of Jesus Christ. The true and the fulfillment of

the meaning place, the ultimate desire of God's meaning place,

your heart and mine. It's not founded upon anything

different. It's founded upon the

realization and the truth that God provided something for that

to be possible. God's mercy makes a way for man

and him to meet and to even add to that truth.

Think about it. Our Auna, the Jebusite who later

would occupy space on Mount Moriah.

Was he a Jew? He was a Jebusite.

The Jebusites were. Found in Jerusalem before Israel

came in and conquered. So one person said it so

cleverly that. It was the the territory of

someone who was a stranger to the promises that would be the

very meeting place between God and man.

So you even have a picture of the Gentile who'll also be able

to meet with the same God. The God who was primarily and

exclusively the God of Israel would now be also willing to

meet with jebby sites of the future.

Isn't the Bible deep? And the Bible?

Incredible. This is where the truth of God's

house will be built upon that foundation.

You don't have that foundation. You don't have a place to meet

with God. You don't have the mercy of God,

provided you have no chance to have a relationship with God to

come close to his presence. No chance but God provided.

And that would be the message for the House of God to be built

upon Mariah. I can meet with him because he

provided mercy. But I want to give you another

practical point because Mariah doesn't just symbolize mercy.

The two occurrences were Mariah's mentioned a specific

act took place. What act took place?

By the hands of Abraham. By the hands of David?

What did they do? Sacrifice.

Very good Sacrifice. Sacrifice.

Mariah also points to sacrifice. Now let's stay in the lane of.

God's house, God's house, would not only be built upon the

foundation of His provision for mercy.

God's house would be built upon the principle and the attitude

of sacrifice. Abraham was willing to

sacrifice. David was willing to sacrifice.

And it was upon that willingness to give that God's house would

be able to be built. Is it any different for God's

house today? Answer No, it's not different.

If there's anything in the name of Christianity, in the name of

church, that would truly host the glory of God, it will not

happen unless there is a collective willingness to

sacrifice, to say Lord, whatever it is that you're asking of me

to contribute. To the building of your name,

your glory, your meeting place. So be it.

It's no different today. The principle has not changed.

If God's house is going to be built anywhere and truly

contains substance, the glory of God in the person of Jesus

Christ, then each of us have to be willing to say what is

required of me. Abraham was willing to give up

Isaac. And when David was given the

opportunity to sacrifice, excluding personal expense, he

shut it down. He shut it down, he goes.

There is no way that I'm going to worship without it costing me

something. You're going to give me

something and I'm going to give it to God.

I can't do it. That's not worship.

In fact, the way he says it at First Chronicles adds a greater

depth to it and First Chronicles.

He says in verse 24 of chapter 21 First Chronicles 2124.

But King David said to Ornan no, but I will buy them for the full

price. And this this touched me so

deeply. I will not take from the Lord

what is yours, nor offer burn offerings that cost me nothing.

I will not do what? Take for the Lord what's yours.

I want to reach into my pocket and give something from myself

I'm not here to take from you. And then by taking from you,

claim that it's something from me.

That's not going to happen because that's not true worship.

And yet, if we're not careful. We can fall into the trap of.

Assuming that we're really giving something to the Lord,

when in reality we're doing what David said he would not do.

So when it comes to contributing whatever is asked of us to

building God's house today, many.

People have esteemed their sacrifice of almost doing God a

favor by barely being there. When the people of God meet

right, they interpret their sacrifice as.

Being in an environment or being present or just taking from

others while not giving and being satisfied with that

standard. So there's more, there's a,

there's a greater calling to me than saying I'm going to just.

Receive from another person's gift and.

Experience the blessing of their gift, whether that gift is music

or preaching or any other kind of ministry, and me receiving

that gift, that being my act of worship to God, it could be,

but. You can also miss out by not

doing what David said he would do and that say, OK now what do

I give to the Lord? What do I give to the Lord?

And so. What a way to end the book of

Second Samuel to be challenged with the quality of our

sacrifice. If we are truly a people that

want to do something substantial for the building of God's House

of our day, which is the Church of Jesus.

So here's my one. Here's the the one tip of the

arrow that I just want to just launch into your heart as we

close this book. Do you?

Realize the high calling and the great honor it is that you.

Get to play a part in giving something to the House of God.

Of of actually being involved with the the growth and the

strengthening of God's house today.

Never mind a temple with gold and colors and symbolism we're

talking about. People from different tribes and

tongues and races that can come together and experience the

presence of God. You have that calling in this

life. Name something better than that.

Apart from your personal walk with the Lord, name something

about that. I don't care how much money you

make of the job. I don't care about the

promotion. I don't care where you get to

travel. I don't care the vehicles you

used to travel. I don't care about the fashion

style. I don't care how you chisel your

body over time. Nothing can come close to the

high calling of knowing that I get to actually be part of

building something that will be ultimately eternal.

How can you not give something to that cause?

Where moth and rust can't destroy, Where thieves can't

break in and steal, How can I be casual?

How can I be distant? How can I reach for the bare

minimum? Why would I not want to excel?

Why wouldn't I want to orbit my entire life around knowing that

I've been invited to participate in something that will remain?

For the ages that's I want you to think beyond.

I want you to think about what it is that God has called you to

as we close this book. David was actually offended by

the thought of just giving something cheap to the Lord so

that he can satisfy his conscience.

No way. This is too awesome for me not

to be totally invested in. This is too great for me not to

not to consider this the purpose of my life.

It's it really saddens me when I meet believers, when I look at

others and you can tell that their distance.

From the purpose of God in the building of God, the Church of

Jesus Christ. I, I, I look at them and I don't

envy them one bit. My heart breaks for them because

they're missing out. They're missing out on on having

something so significantly done through their hands and their

heart and their participation. And so if the if there's any

meditation to leave off with in these final verses is Lord,

thank you. For allowing me to 1 be part of

your house, be a living stone in this house, but also.

To be invited to do something about it, concerning its growth,

concerning its effectiveness, its fruitfulness, its fragrance

on the earth. And so if there's anything to

self reflect on its Florida, what am I giving you that cost

me something? Costless Christianity is

powerless Christianity. It's cheap.

It's empty. It does nothing for you, and it

does nothing for people around you.

And the next time you feel like your walk with the Lord, your

participation as a member of the Church or another church, you

feel like it's actually demanding something of you.

Don't complain, rejoice and knowing that.

Costly worship is true worship and knowing.

That investing in this way actually will make a difference

for those around you, for yourself, ultimately for the

pleasure of God. And so the way I at least ended

this personal experience through Second Samuels, just with that I

felt. Many, many times in my walk with

the Lord that serving the Lord costs me something.

Anything from my time or a lunch, right?

And yet I want to ask the Lord, and I want you to ask the Lord

with me to say, no matter what it does cost me, I wouldn't have

it any other way. It's a privilege to go home

tired that week. It would be a greater cost for

me not to give something worthwhile for the cause of

Christ. See it that way, See it that way

instead. That it's not really a cost.

It's not really a price. It's a.

Why? Because you.

Served the people of God. Because with your free time, you

could have done 1000 different things, but instead, because of

the joy of loving the Lord and loving his people, you spent

yourself giving something costly to him.

This is not punishment. David's not like, well, I better

do it, or else this plague might go on.

If it's not genuine, that's not his.

That's not the way he's thinking, if you want.

Proof that you read the end of First Chronicles and you see the

rejoicing David had when. He knew that he can enter into

his personal treasury and dump it all out for Solomon to have

something to build with. The guy was just over the moon,

knowing that he can go into his. Personal bank account and

withdraw every single penny knowing that it would go to the

glory of God beyond his Life, OK?

That's an old covenant man with a very blurry, though a profit.

A blurry understanding of what you and I have clear vision of

so as. Believers, may we not squeal, we

mean may we not murmur, we would not complain.

Tell me something greater in your life than contributing to

the cause of the gospel moving forward.

Tell me. Tell me nothing.

Absolutely nothing. And we're willing to do it for

other things. We're willing to go overtime for

extra bonus. We're willing to go overtime for

overpay. We're going to do all that

stuff. But may it be that what we do

for the Lord outshines anything else that we do for ourselves,

for our income, for a vacation that we want to go.

May it be that we have this kind of heartbeat that David had for

the House of God. That's our prayer.

Lord, thank you for this powerful thought in such a

powerful book. Thank you.

That the truth of your house being built is built upon the

truth of mercy, and also the need for personal sacrifice.

And so. Lord, may we be sobered, may we

be shaken not unto condemnation. Or guilt.

But unto the realization of what a great honor it is to know that

you would include our sacrifice and the grand storyline of

redemption in this world. And when we lose sight of that,

Lord remind us of David's heart posture.

Who would did not dare miss the opportunity of giving something

that would glorify you and bless others?

We worship you now for this book.

We worship you for these past years, few years, and 1st and

Second Samuel. And we give you all the glory

for the things that we've learned.

May we retain it. Lord, may you help us retain it

and may get into our actions, our reactions, our interactions

that you may be glorified in at all.

In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Well, with one song left to sing tonight, sing with all your

might, rejoicing in that. We have completed yet another

book in God's holy word. He's been good to us.

He's been so good to us. Well, why don't we stand and

worship the Lord? Play Akshay Song.