2 Samuel 7 (Part 2) Bible Study | Pastor Daniel Batarseh

Can we show our appreciation to the praise team for blessing us

week after week especially tonight for the worship and just

applaud and and I applaud you for singing Because as we know

that was we come to sing. It's not a performance that

we're witnessing. Its It's an effort that we all

contribute to, you know, singing is a command in scripture, it's

not a suggestion and so when we come to sing and when we do sing

with fervent Hearts were actually obeying, the Lord

Jesus. And so I'm glad that tonight.

I felt like I was in a room with five six hundred people.

I don't know if you felt the same way, but I was just

overwhelmed by your voices and I was ministered to well.

Now we worship in the word so meet me in the book of second.

Samuel and we are still in Chapter 7.

But we are at the halfway, mark. Tonight, we're continuing to

examine one of the most important chapters in all of the

Old Testament and perhaps the most crucial, and vital, and

most pivotal chapter in both first.

And second Samuel, you heard of it last week.

If you were here last week that what we're dealing with in this

tax is essentially a covenant that God makes with a man by the

name of David and that Covenant is still in effect today that

Covenant is still yet to know it's complete fulfillment.

And in that Covenant touches so many aspects of the New Covenant

that you and I are enjoying because of the Lord Jesus

Christ. If you really think about it,

when you read the prophets, what you'll see is that they often

refer back to this chapter, this Covenant that God makes with

this King as a source of Hope, and as a reminder to who they

are called to be, and what God is planning to do through them,

and it was an encouragement for Holiness, and when you open the

first, Book of the New Testament.

In Matthew chapter 1 there, we see the genealogy of Jesus,

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pointing his back to David, yes, and back to Abraham, but proving

that he is from this Royal line that has great significance, not

just for Israel, but for all of history, and, and even when you

go to the last book of the cannon, even when you come to,

the concluding verses of holy writ, you and I, we saw this

last week in conclusion and Revelation 22:16, the Lord

Revelation 22:16

Jesus. Where is that?

He is the root and what the descendant of David.

I mean, this is this is how he chooses to identify himself in

the final moments of Us closing, the entire library of sacred

scripture and I believe in part why Jesus did that was so that

as we come to the end of the book, which tells us of the

future, the Lord makes that statement to tell all

generations, All Nations, All Peoples, I kept my promise to

David. I kept my promise to David all

the way until the end. And so this Covenant which is

really unconditional is more about God proving his

faithfulness than anything else. It's not so much about Israel

though. God selected and elected Israel

to be the display case of his faithfulness but it is

ultimately about God's character proving himself.

To all of us that he is a promise keeper last week, you

and I saw God's response to David's passionate desire to

build him a house. And this week we're going to

see, David's reaction to God's answer to his initial request.

And we're going to read these verses in a moment and as I do

as we've been doing week after week, you're going to lean in

and pay attention as you follow in your Bibles and what we do as

a drill so that we can practice the the skill in our own lives

to look at the scriptures and ask questions, you're going to

see certain things that stand out and then you're going to

make some observations and I edifies me.

It had advised me to see what you're able to see.

Because I saw those things, many of those things during the week,

and then for you to see it in one reading one, Is just like,

wow. Wonderful.

So pay attention, as we now come to verse 18 and follow until the

it's a lot of versus. So we have to really pay

attention. Don't let your mind get

distracted. But, here's what the text reads.

Then, King David went in and sat before the Lord and said, who am

I O? Lord God.

And what is my house? That you have brought me this

far? And yet this was a small thing

in your eyes. O Lord God, you have spoken also

of your Servants house for a great while to come.

And this is instruction for mankind.

O, Lord God your version might say did something different in

the Raise their verse 20 and what more can David say to you

for you know your servant O Lord God because of your promise and

according to your own heart you have brought about all this

greatness to make your servant know it.

Therefore you are great O Lord. God for there is none like you

and there is no God besides you. According to all that we have

heard with our ears and who is like your People Israel.

The One Nation on Earth who Oh God.

Went to redeem to be his people making himself a name and doing

for them. Great and awesome things.

By driving out before your people, whom you redeemed for

yourself from Egypt, a nation and its gods.

And you establish for yourself, your People Israel, to be your

people forever, and You O Lord, became their God.

And now O Lord God confirmed forever.

The word that you've spoken concerning your servant and

concerning his house and do as you have spoken And your name

will be magnified forever saying the Lord of hosts has got over

Israel and the house of your servant, David will be

established Before You For You. O.

Lord of hosts, the god of Israel have made this Revelation to

your servants saying I will build you a house.

Therefore, your servant has found courage to pray this

prayer to you and now O Lord God you are God and your words are

true and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

Now therefore may it please you to bless the house of your

servant so It may continue forever Before You For You O.

Lord, God have spoken and with your blessing shall the house of

your servant be blessed forever. What a prayer, what a prayer.

Keep in mind that this is David's response to the Lord.

Telling him you're not going to build me a house.

I'm going to build you a house. And what he means by that is not

a physical house but a dynasty a royal line that would usher in

the Messiah. This is David's reaction.

So as we read that, as you heard that, as you followed along,

anything stand out to you in this and this prayer.

Yes. Very good observation.

Your servant, your servant, your servant, your servant?

He refers to himself as your servant, very important,

anything else? Yes.

Ryan He sat before the Lord. Did you see that?

In verse 18, he went in and sat before the Lord.

We will touch on that, very good.

Yes. Hmm.

Sure. It is a very humble response,

right? From right.

From the gate. Who Am I, who am I?

Yes, beautiful heaven. Not so much.

Did you see that Evan pointing out that the motivation?

The the stirring factor of God establishing this davidic.

Covenant is a his name would be magnified.

Oh lord. Your name is going to be so

magnified through this. I can't wait to see how it's

going to be done. What a man?

What a man? Yes.

Great Point. Anything else?

Very good observations. Yes, we're geese.

Yes. Yes.

So God's election of Israel is on display here.

It's very clear, he chose them and do you remember in our study

of Deuteronomy why he chose Israel?

What's that? They were the leash or but

there's another reason right? You had your hand up.

Yeah, they were the least. That is one thing.

But remember when the Lord says I loved you and does he explain

why he loved them? Yeah, he made a covenant with

Abram, but why do you even choose Abraham if you go to

Deuteronomy chapter 7 and read the first several verses you'll

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see that? The Lord says you not to turn,

there he goes. I loved you.

And then you're ready for the explanation.

He goes because I loved you. Lord.

Can you expound a little bit more on?

Why it is that you love Israel and he doesn't really give a

reason for that. We can pick out some

characteristics of why God would choose Israel in order to

magnify himself. But when God explains he goes, I

loved you because I loved you. Interesting.

Maybe a couple more, yes. Hmm.

Yes. Absolutely.

Last week we touched on how suffering is not.

The only thing that reveals who we are.

Success has that same effect and David here is only being

promoted more and the more he seems to be promoted the lower

he seems to go That doesn't tend to have the same effect on a

majority of people. But for this man he does.

And there's an important reason why which will touch on at the

end of this study. One more, maybe Yes.

Yes, Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this

prayer to you. In other words, there is a

motivation that something from his heart sprung up for him to

be able to come before the Lord in this way.

And we're going to see what was that touched?

His heart, and gave him the courage to come before the Lord,

in this way. Are you ready Verse 18?

And by the way, before we start, we're not going to deal with

this text the way we usually do. We're not going to go line by

line. We're not going to go verse by

verse instead. We're gonna we're gonna hover

over the text and have a bird's-eye view over all of it.

And as we go through this text will really Going to pluck at

different verses and we're going to try to survey the scene to

try to identify dominant themes. So we're not going to go over

every single verse here. We're just going to just fly

over. And we're going to just touch

this verse touch, that verse, kind of like what we just did.

Now looking at observations and trying to connect all of them as

we go through. But let's start with Verse 18,

then, King David went in. Where did he go?

We can only speculate some would believe in some would say, he

came as close as possible to the Ark of the Covenant.

Eminent he went in. Now, here's what's what's

touching to me in our sister brought up in the beginning.

King David, that's how the narrator identifies David.

But how does David choose to refer to himself throughout his

prayer? Are you certain?

In this short prayer, a total of ten times.

He says, your servant your servant, yours, the Lord's.

Servant, the Lord's servant, seen eyes of men.

David was a king because David lived in the light of God's

presence. He saw himself as nothing, more

than a servant. Regardless of the occupation

regardless of any role that he had in this world.

He ultimately saw himself as a servant who's been called to

serve in a particular way. and what ministers to me about this

is because David as a king Psalm self no greater than anybody

else by identifying himself this way.

Does anybody know anything about David's mother?

According to the word of God. We know something about the

father more than the mother, right?

I mean, you have kind of there's questionable things about the

relationship between David and his father, Jesse, he didn't

even include him when Samuel asked for all the sons to come

before him. So, that's there's a question

mark there, but David's mother, does anybody have any clue from

the scripture of what we know about David's mother?

There is a first verse that reveals something about her.

Psalm 86 verse 16 tells us something about David's mom.

Psalms 86:16

And in Psalm 86 16, we read David in another prayer looking

to the Lord saying turn to me and be gracious to me.

Give strength to your servant, the son of your maid servant.

The son of your maidservant from that we can make this strong

conclusion that David's mom. Was a genuine servant of God.

How did she serve God? And what capacity?

We can only assume perhaps it was solely in the confines of

her home? And if she had any influence on

David, that's enough for us to realize, what kind of his

servants. She was, but, David is not just

speaking here by the spirit. He speaking by way of testimony,

his own eyes have have seen his mother over the years.

She's a servant of God, she loves the Lord, she fears the

Lord in such a way that she can penned this in a prayer and say,

oh God. Would you remember where I came

from? Would you remember your servant,

my mom? Your maidservant.

And I thought about that when I read, how he refers to himself

as a servant, because his mom has an unknown vessel hidden

loving the Lord behind the scenes.

We don't even know her name. We don't know what she did in

detail. And she's a servant of God

nonetheless and yet in contrast David, our son, our renowned

King. A popular psalmist.

A warrior. And yet, when he says your

servant in essence, he's saying I'm no better.

Then my mom who nobody knew about, who nobody praised, but

nobody promoted who nobody applauded, I'm a servant.

Just like my mom was a servant. And in essence, you and I do we

exercise different gifts that we exercise different positions.

We all share the same status before God, we are all servants

and our own respective ways. We are all Servants of God.

We all stand on the same level before the cross.

In fact, jesus takes it to another level when he when he

seeks to teach us how we should view ourselves.

He goes even further than how David says it. in Luke 17, 10,

if you want a verse 2, you can choose whatever you want, but

this is one of those verses that I tried to live under as a

banner And Luke 17:10 Jesus says to his disciples.

Luke 17:10

So you also When you have done all that, you were commended.

Say, what are you supposed to say?

When you are faithful, is it up there already?

Okay. What are you supposed to say?

When you, when you fulfill your ministry?

What are you supposed to say? When people, thank you.

What are you supposed to say? Not necessarily?

Say it out loud. But I think say to yourself, we

are unworthy servants. Not just servants unworthy

servants. We've only done what was our

duty. So the Lord says don't even see

yourself as a servant. I want you to see yourself as

unworthy servant, you know what that means?

You're not doing me a favor by serving me.

Now what a terrible thing that is to think that we come to the

house of God or to think that we serve God outside of his his

church and Lord, I'm doing you a favor just put it on my point

sheet and I'll come back to refer to that when I want to

redeem something, huh? You are not even worthy to serve

God. I'm not even worthy to serve him

to wait on him, to die for him to live for him.

That's a. Holy is it's an honor to serve

God, no matter what it demands of me.

So even in the act of service, I'm supposed to realize and

rehearse over myself, I'm not even worthy to do this.

I can't believe I get to do this.

That's how the Lord wants us to feel about how we serve him not

to compare. And I think compete to try to

elevate ourselves in position and title.

No, you're unworthy. Regardless of what you do.

And we come back to this text, then, King David went in and our

brother, I'd mention it and he sat before the Lord.

I'm not going to sit because it might take me a while to get

back up. He sat before the law I want you

to visualize that. Here's this king who sits on a

throne, but in the presence of God, he sits on the floor.

He's so humbled by the Majesty of God that he can't.

He would not even dare. To sit on anything that would

try to compete with the Majesty of God.

Now, here's the thing, that's interesting sitting is not a

common posture of Prayer in the Bible.

It's not kneeling is laying, prostrate is, but sitting is not

so common and we don't want to read too much into this but if I

were to, let's say, let's say you you came over to my house,

right? And you're standing at the door.

And I say, sit down here. Why are you standing sit down?

What am I asking you to do? I'm asking you to remain longer.

I am asking you to linger. I'm asking you to park so to

speak. And I believe there's something

here with David sitting in the presence of God sitting before

the Lord. He was essentially choosing to

remain in God's presence. He was essentially saying I'm

here to extend my stay before the face of God, right?

So he's not entering in and out to pay his dues.

He's not in thoughtless transition, trying to just come

in and out. He is essentially saying Lord

with this posture. I'm coming before you because I

enjoy you. I enjoy sitting at the feet of

Jesus. It was a deep Delight for David

to know that he can come with a swollen heart.

Not always like we heard, not just because of Brokenness, but

because of the goodness of God and to spill his soul before the

Lord, knowing with full trust that this God, this Almighty

being, here's everything that he's saying and takes into

consideration this like this was like, I can't believe this is

possible. So he sits before the Lord,

essentially saying I'm not going anywhere to Quick your lord.

I want to give you my undivided attention.

And I want to give you focused affection, that's what that

posture communicates. Can I ask you just a simple

question and in this busy life, in this transient culture that

we live in when was the last time you have genuinely not

necessarily physically, but in your heart, Paused and placed

yourself before God in a way. Were you saying, Lord, I'm going

to consecrate this select time to simply adore you And I know

it's different for all of us. How that looks.

But is this something? We even crave?

I think that's an important question.

Is this something we long for right?

Lord, I just want to sit before you.

I really in private just come before you and I just want to as

a response to the goodness that you have shown me to declare how

good you are. That is something that you and I

have a privilege of doing as Believers in Jesus Christ and we

don't have to pack our bags. Remember, going to the airport

once and I think this group of young Muslims and they were

going to fulfill their their pilgrimage, right?

They have to go all the way to Mecca and do a bunch of stuff.

And I thought to myself my God allows me to come wherever and

whenever And that's what you and I have in Jesus Christ, and it

is there that you find rest. It is there that you find peace.

It is, there you find instruction.

It is there where you find Jew, true, genuine fellowship with

almighty. God, believe that, right?

But sitting here also, symbolizes something else.

So at the end of the service, sometimes depending on what

shoes I'm wearing, sometimes I'm talking to people say, can I sit

down for a little bit? Not because I'm lazy, but

because my feet sometimes do weird things, so I got to sit

down, right? So what does that symbolize?

I heard somebody Whispering it rest.

Rest, right? So I'm looking at this, I'm

trying to think in my mind. Also have different different

characters in the Bible who have sat before the Lord.

Can you think of some Who said, I saw your mouth Mary of Bethany

who sat before the Lord. While her sister, was running

around, right trying to bake and cook and put things together and

and sub criticizing Mary. That's a whole different sermon

on its own. Yes, she sat before the Lord and

Jesus, this is the good portion. This is what she's choosing to

do. It won't be taken from her, and

this is a good thing. Absolutely.

There's other places as well, who else sits before the Lord?

He's not a main character, but it's an important picture.

Yeah, they sat before the Lord, Jesus sat, when he taught at

times, there's a particular character in Jesus ministry that

I am that I am thinking of that was highlighted for sitting

before him after something occurred in his life.

All this would be good then. Do you remember in the country

of the gadarenes? The Click yet.

Here, is this wild man? Change can't subdue him.

They try to do everything to lock him up, and he keeps

breaking those chains and he keeps running around,

terrorizing the towns and the neighborhood's, Jesus steps on

the scene, delivers him from a legion of demons.

And then the, the city hears about it and they're terrified

because their business, some of their businesses was just

crashed. And so they approached the scene

and they find this man who had the reputation of being

Unstoppable. His craziness.

Clothed in his right mind and Luke tells us in his version

sitting before the feet of Jesus.

And what's what's so comforting? What's so powerful about that

picture? Is that beforehand?

We're told that the demons in him would drive him into the

desert. He was Restless, he was wild.

He was uncontrollable, he was constantly on the move, but one

encounter with Jesus Christ. Kept them in one place.

And that rest that you see this meant, I don't know why I

picture him. Just like, his legs are folded

with brand new clothes sitting at Jesus feet.

And what that teaches is that when the Lord truly encounters,

you and saves you and delivers you, he satisfies you.

And now unlike what you were like before you're not running

around, trying to find some kind of solution to the torment of

your soul. Like we just heard there is no

peace for the wicked. Now, you can sit.

And here's the thing by sitting here saying, I don't want to go

anywhere. And so that man.

What he teaches us, I'm not looking for anything else

anymore. I found it right here, right

here. You know, sometimes I look at

people. Throughout the years throughout

the past 10 years, especially young people and they are

restless. Many of them restless and they

feel like they have to travel everywhere just to keep their

minds busy. Tried to find some experience

that will calm their nerves or they go from relationship to

relationship where they go from job, that you can just see how

Restless they are. And I often think if you only

have tasted his goodness, if you've only allowed the genuine

power of God to win your heart, you can stay in one place and

not saying that, the physical movements there is always

alluding to that, but sometimes it does, sometimes it does.

And so we see here that that David's it's before the Lord, he

satisfied and he just wants to pour out his heart and this is

what he's about to do. We read it, right?

So now we come to this text and I want us to again, we're bird's

eye view. We're not going verse by verse.

Can I draw something to your attention?

We mentioned a lot of things that we do.

See in David's prayer. What's a key thing that's

missing in his prayer, and it's not a negative thing.

What is missing in David's prayer?

Now, here's how we can hone in and we can we can because

there's a lot of things. Missing right, technically

there's a lot of things missing but in light of God's response

to his desire to build him a house.

What would you expect David to do if he was in the flesh?

There, I'll say that much. Complain.

Murmur sulk grumble. So David doesn't come before the

presence of the Lord. And you know what?

Lord, I'm just trying to help you out.

I want to do this for your namesake.

You don't want me to do it. He's just somebody better than

me. And what I've done for you, none

of that. He responded to God's know with

gratitude, not grumbling gratitude.

And there was no evidence of irritation.

There is no sign of resentment. There is no, there is nothing

else. But a, submissive spirit that

could genuinely accept the Fate that God had ordained for his

days. David, you're not going to do

this. There's somebody else I have in

mind and this man could accept that.

He could Embrace that in a worshipful Spirit.

That's significant. Listen the willingness to

worship, God pay. To do this the willingness to

worship God and his sovereignty. In the face of his denials is

one of the truest marks of a mature man or woman of God.

The ability to worship God in the face of his denials is one

of the truest marks of a true man or woman of God.

Do you know why David could accept the no from God?

Because David as we heard was a servant of God and he believed

that about himself. I'm your servant.

Do you know why? It is that some Christians get

upset with God? Bitter against God?

Complain to God? It's because they believe God is

their servant. We wouldn't want a mint that But

that's why that's why some people become so sour in their

souls is because they have adopted this idea as much as

they go to a conservative bible-believing church, if

they've adopted this concept that, if I ask God, he better

give it to me and if he doesn't that he's not worthy of my total

devotion. Well, my sister, my brother

since when did God owe you anything?

Just be real with that since. When does God?

Oh, you and I are a thing. Anything that we have, even the

clothes on your back, right? The ability to see through these

eyes is a gift in itself. God doesn't owe us a thing.

Not one thing. And David understood from the

position of a servant. I can take a No.

In fact, look how look how he addresses the Lord in verse 22

of their chapter. Second Samuel 722.

Therefore you are great O Lord. God for there is none like you

and there is no God besides you. According to all that we have

heard with our ears. Okay.

Now, let's be honest, how many of us can say, in light of a

know, like a closed door, or something happening, or us

feeling that we are being guided into a direction of life that we

did not intend to move. Towards can say, you're great.

Lord, You're great, I can genuinely say, you are great.

You and I should be able to say that every time, not just great,

he's greatly to be praised because he is a great God.

Who is infinitely? Kind infinitely wise to us, who

are infinitely, unworthy? And I get it.

You and I are wrapped with this flesh, that doesn't like

rejection isn't like the client doesn't like refusals, right?

So there's a discipline that we need to have to be able to avoid

that ugly face before God and its really found in David's

prayer here. Do you know how David can do

this? Not just because he's so soft as

a servant. But there's a second thing here.

David in his prayer is focusing on what God gave him, not what

God didn't give him. Look at Verse 18, then.

King David went in and sat before the Lord and said, who am

I Lord God. And what is my house that you

have brought me this far? This man is not bothered At All.

By the fact that he was not handed, the sole responsibility

of constructing a house for God. He's not.

He's that stirred at all because he's captivated by something

else, he's captivated by the realization of God's

providential. Dealings up to this point in his

life and the excitement of what God has for them in the future.

This is what consumes him this is, what gets him going.

This is what brings them before, the presence of the Lord.

With a mouthful of Raise. And look, it's obvious here that

he was overwhelmed by the past, mercies of God, he's overwhelmed

by what he's going to do and as much as this chapter is about a

unique Covenant between God. And one man that's not to be

repeated, there's a Code there's a code here in this context and

this code in this context, reveals a characteristic of God

that applies to each of us here on this Friday night.

And here's here it is ready. Our days, our days, each of our

days. Are divinely planned.

Even when plans, don't go according to our plans.

Confusing. Our days are divinely planned,

even though things don't go according to plan, let me put it

this way for the true servant of God.

When anything seems to fall through it in actuality Falls

right into place. When anything seems to fall

through. And in reality, if your hand is

in the hand, of God Falls, exactly where God intended it to

be. And the Lord could have told

David after. David said, I want to build you

a house. He could have told David, you're

not going to build me a house somebody else and kept it at

that but he doesn't do that. He tells David you wanted to

build me a house. I'm actually going to build you

a dynasty and in this process I'm going to have a temple built

for my name. In other words, David, you have

this one desire. I have a greater desire.

You have this one idea how this bigger plan, and he communicates

that to David. Now, here's the thing.

The davidic Covenant that we benefit from it, it's not Not

about us. You're right you're not gonna

have Royal lines right? That's not happening.

That's already established and it's working now but you have

promises as a Christian You really have promises cater

towards you, because you're in Christ because Christ is the

firstborn among many brethren. We are co-heirs with Christ.

You and I have certain promises for us.

How many of those promises do you truly rehearse and believe

for yourself? He you ready for this?

I want to ask you personally how much the promises of God filter,

your view of the future of your future.

And here's one way to test that. It might sting you a little bit

but it's good. Its healthy.

All right. How many promises do you know

from God's word that you actually hold onto for your

life? Anything running through your

mind. I'm not asking I'm not asking if

you believe that God has made promises to his children.

Every Christian would say, yes, I'm asking very specific

question. Which promises in God's word?

Do you actually hold onto and believe applies to your life?

Fill in the blank? Your name.

I'm curious to know actually, because I'm about to give you a

homework. Tell me some promises that you

believe in God's word. Amen.

Ephesians 2:8. Beautiful.

Ephesians 2:8

Yes. I will never leave you nor

forsake you. Now, again, my question is not

which, what promises do you know, in the Bible?

Which ones do you hold on to that?

Come to your mind? That that that visit you in a

specific moment or circumstance? Those promises I'm asking about

Isn't that interesting? Isn't that interesting?

This book is pregnant with promises pregnant.

And not in a way of condemnation.

But even if for myself when I when I looked at this I thought

look how much of God's promise to David just stimulated him and

I pause I step back I said Lord teaching the Bible quoting the

Bible but what promises really can bring me to my knees and

worship. I can tell you some promises

about eternity about salvation of all that but which promises

do I really believe Here's your homework.

All right? You're going to go to God's word

this week and you're going to look for a promise, not just a

random promise but a promise that you know, will will bless

you and that you can look to and that you can memorize next week

I'm going to ask what promises you learn for your life and I

hope to see as many hands as possible.

That's your assignment. That's your assignment.

Can I give you one of mine? one of the ones that I often

think about, and come to me in times of need and in times of

persecution, this is a promise in Hebrews 13:5, and it says

Hebrews 13:5

this, Keep your life free from the Love of Money.

And be content with what you have for.

He has said, I will never leave you nor forsake you But second

to that, so we can confidently, say the Lord is my helper.

I will not fear. What can man do to me?

That's a promise in the New Covenant and what's beautiful is

both of those quotations. I will never leave you nor

forsake you and what can man do to me?

The Lord is my helper. I will not fear what you meant

to me. Are both the first one,

arguably. The second one.

Definitely from the Psalms, from the Psalms, And the New

Testament authors pulls it out of the book of Psalms and throws

it at the New Covenant Christian she's that's for you that's for

you. And so, I've known moments.

We're Lord, you need to step in here.

Well, I told you I'll never leave you nor forsake.

You watch me, pull through. And I've known moments where men

have reared, their ugly heads. And if threatened And I told

myself and others, if the Lord is truly with us, man, can't do

anything to us. You see we need to know the

promises of God. We can't be illiterate with

this, we can be It's affecting God's glory to a degree and it's

affecting something of our joy in the Lord.

Okay. So we see here that David David

understood something clear, which brings me to my next

Point. Look here to verse 27 of second

Samuel 7. This is, this is wonderful.

David says for you, oh, lord of hosts.

The god of Israel have made this Revelation to your servant

saying, I will build you a house.

Therefore, your servant has found courage to pray this

prayer to you. So David is telling the Lord and

telling us, there is a reason that I'm able to come so freely,

so boldly before the Lord. And what's that reason?

What does he say in verse 27? What gave him the courage, what

invited him to come, so close to the Lord and to speak in the way

that he speaks. Revelation.

You have made this revelation. so, You and I cannot mature in

our praying until we first mature in our understanding of

the word of God. It was revelation.

That pumped in him. The courage to pray in the way

that he prayed. Appraised filled prayer, right?

Heart-stirring prayer, passionate prayer, God

glorifying prayer that all stemmed from revelation.

Something that God had made known to him his word.

Yes, in his life but also the word that we have before us that

is the very thing that caused him to be able to praise.

And to be able to pray, can I tell you why many Christians

don't praise and why many Christians struggle to pray?

They lack Insight concerning God's revelation.

That's one. Major reason why?

When you come to this word, you have to understand.

That it is the source of many of the things that you, and I tried

to do in our spiritual journey with the Lord before I get

there. Have you noticed that David in

this prayer? Expresses Wonder.

And amazement in the form of questions.

Anybody noticed that. So, look at Verse 18, we saw,

right? Who am I?

What is my house that you've brought me this far?

Now, if you have the King James of the new King, James, who is

the King James? I know that you do, who has new

King, James new King James, this verse 19 spell out as a question

because I know the King James does, right?

So if you have the new King James of the King, James verse

19 is another question. Any other translation come to

verse 20 and what more can David say to you?

That's another question for, you know, you're serving the lord

God. Now scroll down to verse 23,

it's a longer question, who is like your People Israel when

nation on Earth? Whom God went to redeem to be as

people. We scroll down, whom you redeem

for yourself from Egypt and nation and its gods.

This man this man based on his personal history with God and

the history of the nation of Israel comes before.

The Lord in Wonder wrapped in questions.

Stunned by the goodness of God. Where he goes.

God! Who am I God?

Who's this? Nation God.

I can't believe that these things are true.

But it all comes from what God has done who God says he is what

God has promised us that is the very thing that got him going.

And I want you to see that. As I said earlier, communion

with God and so many aspects of our spirituality is dependent

upon your engagement with the Bible, okay?

There's a reason why the, the leaders of this church when we

preach and we exhort there's a reason why much of our

application is. Know your Bible get into the

Bible, read your Bible study, your Bible.

Know your why? Because we understand that the

Bible itself, testifies about itself.

That's so much that we want to master or know the maturity and

comes from first, a foundation that is what you're holding in

your hand tonight. Okay.

I'm going to prove it to you Colossians 3:16, let the word of

Colossians 3:16

Christ. Do what?

Oh, you have the word in you? Yes, dwell in you richly richly.

Every time I read that verse every time I'm in Colossians, I

ask Lord and I do an inventory. Is your word in me?

Not just in me. Is it in me richly?

That's what I'ma is the tank on, on the letter, f.

Is it abundant is it isn't? There is an overflowing.

Is it on my tongue? Is it in my thoughts?

Is it something? I sing.

Or is it just in a corner of my heart?

That's not what the Holy Spirit saying the holy spirit.

Let it dwell richly. Let it be a spring that bubbles

up. Let the word have that kind of

abiding force in your life. And when you go to Colossians

Colossians 3:16

3:16, you see the results of the word of Christ.

Dwelling in US richly. There's two main things.

The first is what teaching? And admonishing, one another and

all wisdom, okay? When the word of Christ was in a

person richly, they now reach to an ability where they can, they

can be a source of great, wisdom, guidance, exhortation

and warning to others, and others can recognize that.

So, then you become some source Of a well where they can draw

from not because of anything who you are, but what lives in you,

right? So now, because Christ's words

in you, it comes out of you and it touches those around you.

That's what happens when the word of Christ dwell in you

richly. I can guarantee you somebody who

has the word of Christ dwell in, you richly, can't keep the word

of Christ dwelling in them silently.

Does this doesn't happen? I know those people brother.

I just saw this in the word of God.

Do you believe this is? I've just been studying this

order and they just can't stop. Or when you get up when you ask

for advice, it always points to Something in the Bible.

Right, it's not like every scenario and I know a few

people. Like there's any scenario in

life, you ask them for advice like well, you know, most this

will happen to Moses, you remember that you remember,

whether everything is a reference, to a text, a

reference to a story reference, to a promise of reference to a

warning and I'm blessed by it because it's God's word, it's

God's word for, and many of those times it's something that

I, maybe forgot something that I missed, but I'm so blessed.

When somebody has the word of Christ in them rich.

But the word of Christ dwelling in Us in such a degree is not

just intellectual. It's emotional because he goes

on to say singing, Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with

thankfulness in your hearts, to God.

The more you study, the more you learn, the more you will

discover in the sacred book, wonderful things, the more

Sparks will flicker in your soul and will Electrify worship.

So the words in you and just something happens, right?

There's just these Embers and then you're being blown on by

the word of God, in a flame starts and then it begins to

start and cause you to sing, not mechanically, not routinely with

your mouth. Hims, not that Paul says, with

thankfulness in your heart, Your heart is engaged, your heart

comes to life, and something happens to you.

And to the point where you're unashamedly singing to the Lord,

as a result of what a talented worship band, a new kind of song

with new tricks in a very clever Bridge or no, because the word

of Christ dwelling in you richly.

The word of Christ being poured into you richly through deep

theological music. Something happens, it begins to

affect you, even emotionally. And it's Thanksgiving, right?

Thankfulness in your heart that you learned that you read

anything in the word and you realize oh he is worthy of my

gratitude and it comes from a genuine place of pleasure.

Here's the thing. you have some people have this weird

misconception in Christendom, I don't know and it circulates

That. Coming to the Bible studying,

the Bible reading. The Bible is intellectual

gymnastics, it's heady. And if you're, if you're

well-versed if you're educated, you're probably dry.

You probably stuffy, you probably don't have an intimate

walk with the Lord, and I get it because those people exist

because it's not an automatic promise.

That the more you study, the more you will be blessed the way

clashes talks about. It depends on your attitude and

approach to the word of God. IE the Pharisees okay.

So that's true, there is protocol.

And very limited protocol. Just really humility and longing

to know, God, on a personal level and obey the word.

But there's this weird idea that if you, if you learn, if you

compare, if you get deep, if you do, all these things with words

on a page, its intellectual it's academic, but it's not

spiritual. It's one of the most spiritual

exercises you can be doing Can you think of another passage in

one of the Epistles where the reality is that?

I just read to you from Colossians, 3:16 are very

similar. I think addressing one another

in Psalms, hymns, spiritual songs can be thanks in your

heart. Thank you.

Did you hear that? In the very same place where

Paul tells the Ephesians to not be drunk with wine but be filled

with the Holy Spirit, okay? I want you to see this and

Ephesians, 5:18 turn there very quickly.

Here's what I'm about to show you.

The results of the word of Christ.

Dwelling in US, richly are identical to the results that

come from being filled with the Holy Spirit.

Have you ever noticed that when you compare those two texts?

Look. Ephesians 818 is only an

expansion of what Colossians 3:16 Says, and do not get drunk

Colossians 3:16

with wine for that is debauchery.

But be filled with the spirit addressing one.

Another in Psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs singing, and

making Melody to the Lord, with your heart giving.

Thanks always and for everything to God, the father, in the name

of our Lord, Jesus Christ. So look what the holy spirit is

trying to show us. Having the word in you.

Is synonymous inseparable. To being filled with the Holy

Spirit. So if there's this idea of

ignoring or neglecting the Bible, but hopefully wanting to

be filled with the Holy Spirit is a delusion, it's a delusion.

It doesn't exist and people and I've seen many Christians like

this who claimed to be Spirit-filled people, right?

But have little respect For the proclamation of the word of God,

studying the word of God, expounding the word of God.

Such people have a false sense of spirituality.

No matter how much emotion they show demonstrate, I'll tell you

this. Many of the people that I've

known in my own life that we're, that seemed to be the most

excited about God, but we're very shallow with the word of

God. That it was a vacuum cleaner.

Just collected dust in the house, more than anything else.

Are in dangerous places today, and sin, serious sin, ugly sin.

Because they were chasing spirituality without being

anchored, in the word of God and that will eventually lead you

into heresy, eventually. It's going to lead you into

weird practices. Weird Doctrine or, all right.

All out sin in the end but the holy spirit says, if you want to

be filled with the Holy Spirit, guess what?

You need to be filled with the word of God.

That's what he's trying to say by this.

They have the paralleling effects.

So eat this word suck. The honey out of this were

dispersion would say just in, just indulge in this word and

realize that if you come with the posture of obedience of

humility of worship, then the spirits power will flow into

your heart. as you bring this word, into that heart, And so,

David could come in this powerful prayer before God's

presence because of verse 27, which tells us of a revelation

that was the thrust that brought him into this intimacy.

With the Lord God's word itself to him in his life, believe that

Frieza, I hope that revolutionizes our lives

Revolutionizes Our Lives. If you want your prayer life to

be blessed, if you want your singing, to be blessed, if you

want your attitude, to be blessed.

If you want your emotional state to be blessed.

Hug this word embrace it. No, it growing, it talk about

it, love it and watch what will happen to you.

I won't go too much further. Let's come back to our prayer

here you with one final thought. Many of you brought up all of

these points. Here's one.

Last one before we close. David's praying was motivated by

God's glory. Our brother read earlier in

verse 25 and 26, and I will Lord God, confirmed forever.

The word that you've spoken concerning your servant and

concerning his house and do, as you have spoken, pause for what

For what? Lord, because I yeah.

I did do pretty good. Didn't I?

As a Shepherd? I was faithful when I was

unknown. Yeah, I stood up the Goliath

when nobody else would. I could have killed Saul but I

didn't. I'm so humble, think I'm gonna

write a book about me? Humility.

No, first 26, and your name will be magnified forever.

David's longing for God to confirm his promise to him and

his descendants was so that for Generations.

God's name would be exalted. That was what moved his heart to

the core and I want to tell you this live like that pray like

that. Make decisions with that in mind

for many reasons, right? Or else we will we will be

indicted for the crime of using God as a means for our own

Glory. That's a that's a very ugly.

But for other reasons I don't think people are aware of the

wonderful security and joy that is reserved for those who are

completely convinced that they want God's glory to be known at

any cost, there is something so protective and pleasurable

living that way. A heart that's in golf to this

degree. Literally when your heart is

just coated with that, it leaves no room for jealousy for Envy

for Pride to penetrate and make a home in that heart.

It just like, living for God's. Glory, is like a bulletproof

vest for your soul. It's very difficult to infect

that person with something as hideous as what we see in Saul.

So because David was so in love with the glory of God when God

said David I love what's in your heart but you're not going to be

the guy that's going to build me this house.

David can say, who Am I, who am I Spurgeon said, be willing o

vessel in the house of the Lord. To be hung up on a nail in the

wall. Or to be late aside in a corner.

If so God would be glorified for, thus, was it with David

seemed to say they're be pleased to be hung on a wall by now, or

be pleased to be stuffed in a corner.

If in doing so God would be glorified.

So David could receive the no because if the gnomon God's

glory then let it be no you see more than that David.

When he saw God using somebody else blessing.

Somebody else promoting somebody was not was not Okay, you're in

the way even if it was his son Solomon, right?

And you might say, well, of course, he's happy, it's his son

who wouldn't be happy. He would have feel some kind of

Pride if their son was being used by God in such a way.

Are we actually under the persuasion that sin cannot so

Kill us that we can actually look at a relative even our own

offspring and despised them. Do we forget so easily about

Saul who with his own son, Jonathan, when he seemed to be a

threat to receiving praise, he did something about it.

That's how ugly sin can make us. And yet this man David was not

shifted in any direction because he was so grounded in this glory

of God, really. And so, when it came to Solomon

being elevated, being promoted, you know what David could do.

He can encourage him. So David David had the door

closed of not being able to build the temple, but what did

David do we know this? What did he end up doing about

the temple? He prepared all the material.

He's okay. Fine.

If I can't have that position then let me do whatever I can to

make sure that God is glorified. I have all these resources I

have all these connections. We're going to get all the

material yes we gathers all the material prepares for his son

and more than that in first Chronicles 28.

He looks at his own son, you don't have to turn there but

listen to these words, this man who was told no you're not going

to build, your son is going to build can look at this son of

his and say to him in verse twenty first car. 28.

Then David said to Solomon his son, be strong and courageous be

strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be

dismayed for the Lord. God even my God is with you, he

will not leave you or forsake you until all the work of the

service of the house of the Lord is finished.

David was able to energetically encourage Solomon.

Do you know why? Because of the glory of God, and

if we don't live for the glory of God, you know, what can

happen. We are in danger of envying, the

very ones that were supposed to be encouraging.

Hi. We're in danger of looking at a

brother a sister who has been anointed by the Holy Spirit, who

has been, who has been given greater expansion of influence

and to feel as though they are competitor instead of a partner

for the glory of God. But because of the glory of God,

here's how powerful this to live with this motivation, whether

you are the means or Not, by which God's goal is accomplished

because you're all about that goal, regardless of the vessel.

Even if it's not, you you can Rejoice.

Yes, God is being glorified through him.

God is being glorified through her.

God's name is being praised in this way, even though you're not

involved. Even though you're not the

direct agent because you were so enthralled by the glory of God.

Wherever it is coming from you can rejoice.

And listen, this is a genuine struggle for genuine Disciples

of Jesus Christ. Even, even the closest

disciples, remember, one of the disciples came up to Jesus.

Hey Jesus. They're trying to cast out

demons in your name, but then with us.

She's like, what are you talking about?

They are for us. And so there's always that that

temptation. To struggle with our identity in

God. And I think the solution is

really Living For the Glory of God.

How do we get there though? Can live for the glory of God

live for the glory of God? Look, how do I get there?

I believe the answer is here. The answer is in this text.

Some might say, well, have a big view of God, have an awesome

view of God. Yes, that's that's in part, but

I know many people who love the word of God at least information

in the word of God who can soar in their explanation of the word

of God and they are eaten up by self Glory.

So it's that's that's just part of the solution.

Can I tell you what? I think is the the biggest

ingredient missing for people to be perpetually in that state of

living for the glory of God. It's because they don't have an

accurate view of themselves. That's why.

How did David start? Who am I?

That's where you need to be. That's where I need to be.

Who am I Have a big view of God and have an honest perception of

yourself, and I think sometimes we focus so much here.

That we think that we're just like a little bit under Jesus.

He's just a little bit better. Just like how we think of him.

We think Heaven is just like a little bit better than America.

That's why we struggling and I don't know if I want to go back.

I don't know if I want to go to Glory, you have no idea what

you're talking about, okay? And so, There needs to be

something of our application of the word we say.

Lord show me who I really am. Show me who I would be without

you show me. How dependent upon I am by your

microsecond Mercies in my life. Tell me realize that if you call

me for the rest of my life to tie the shoes of those who serve

you that even in that, I would be seen as an unworthy servant.

May God help us in that. There is so much protection.

So much pleasure, so much promise.

In living with those three words in mind.

Who Am I? Who am I Lori?

Thank you. For this Bible study.

Four. Being able to share with one

another what we've seen in this text.

And Lord tonight we take it to heart and we say, who are we,

who are we to be saved by your grace?

And who are we to be used for your glory?

And who are we to be able to meet in this place freely to

worship you who are we? What are we?

We are but dust and Ash. But the very fact that we can

sit, the very fact that we can move, the very fact that we can

breathe. The very fact that we can we can

learn is because you have allowed us to Lord tonight, we

just pray that there would be revived campaign in each of Our

Lives, to master the word of God.

The Lord may be said of every person here whether this is

their home church or not. That the word of Christ dwells

in US richly. Lord protect us from a vain

pursuit of the word of God and help us Lord know the full

potential as we come to this word day by day.

Floor with this one life that we have.

May we be a spectacle to an unbelieving world and to a host

of angels, who are watching the wisdom of God being unfolded

through the church. We ask Lord Jesus.

That you would Infusing us a humility.

That you would teach us how to sit at the feet of Jesus that

that would not be a duty that would be a deep Delight to know

how we can just pause on everything saying, oh I just

want to sit with him and speak to him and tell him how

wonderful he is and tell him my needs and pour out my my mom

wants to him Lord. Revive revive, that Pursuit.

Lord, in this place. We sing to you because we have

been receiving the word of God. Me, that overflow, as we respond

and worship, Jesus name, we pray.

Amen.