Shadows to Substance: David - DJ Dickerson

Well, good morning once again. Again,

it's wonderful that we could be here

this morning. Great to see those that

are back with us that have been out for

a little bit due to to recent injuries

and and sicknesses and such. So, it's

good to good to see you in our number

again this morning. Uh we have our

continued series of Shadows of Substance

continuing this morning. Uh and I would

submit to you again

that as we have noticed throughout this

series and again we will this morning

that God did not reveal

his plan of redemption suddenly or

accidentally.

Rather, the Lord revealed it

progressively through shadows of the Old

Testament and that point to the

substance in the New Testament. We've

used Colossians chapter 2 numerous times

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throughout this series as to where the

title that I put here for this series

talking about those shadow of things to

come. But the substance is of Christ.

And as we have noted from the numerous

shadows we have studied, another one

that is among I would say the clearest

and and again most powerful of these

shadows is that of the life of David.

Now David as we know

is was a shepherd boy who became king.

Now, David's life from the pasture to

the palace was designed by God to point

to a greater shepherd, a greater

conqueror,

a greater king. David was a shadow.

Jesus is a substance. And David's throne

was earthly. Jesus throne is eternal.

David ruled for a generation. Jesus

rules eternal forever and ever. So this

morning we will see the shadow found in

David, his calling, his character, his

battles, his kingdom to reveal the

substance and that is the glory of Jesus

Christ, the son of David

and king of kings. Now

whether we you know sometimes we have to

be reminded of these things as I was in

in putting this lesson together this

morning in my studies that again how

many times we find that Jesus is

referred to again as you think of

Matthew chapter 1 and verse one that's

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one of the places that you'll find in

Matthew 1 and verse one that Jesus is

referred to and we'll see this again

here in just a moment but as it talks

about the book of the genealogy of Jesus

Christ. What does it go on to say? The

son of David, right? Matthew 1 verse

one. You find it again in chapter 21 and

verse 9 of Matthew. Matthew 21 and verse

9. That talks about the multitudes who

went before and those who followed cried

out saying, "Hosana to the son of

David." We studied that last Sunday

evening, didn't we? in the triumphant

entry of Jesus,

son of David. And so God promised to

raise up a ruler, didn't he, from

David's line whose kingdom would never

end. We're going to see that again, too.

And the angel, remember what the angel

told Mary? The angel told Mary that her

son would sit on the throne of his

father, David.

Luke 1 and verse 32.

So what I'm submitting to you at the

very beginning here is David is not just

what we say a historical figure in time.

He is a preview of Jesus Christ the

righteous.

So this morning we'll study from shadow

to substance David and Jesus. Right off

David and Jesus first thing that come to

my mind was that they were both

shepherds

weren't they? Now

when you think about David's humble

beginning, I think this is paramount as

well. In 1st Samuel 16 and:es 6-11, I

want you to notice as again we go from

Old Testament to new. That's how the

shadow substance works, right? So 1st

Samuel 16 and 6-11, I want you to notice

how this is described of David's humble

beginning. Read with me. Prove all

things according to his word, not DJs.

So it was when they came that he looked

at Elab and said, "Surely the Lord's

anointed is before him." But the Lord

said to Samuel, "Do not look at his

appearance or at his physical stature

because I have refused him. For the Lord

does not see as man sees, for man looks

at the outward appearance, but the Lord

looks at the heart."

So Jesse called Abinadab and made him

pass before Samuel and he said, "Neither

has the Lord chosen this one."

Then Jesse made Shah passed by and he

said, "Neither has the Lord chosen this

one." Then Jesse made seven of his sons

pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to

Jesse, "The Lord has not chosen these?"

And Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all the

young men here?" Then he said, "There

remains yet the youngest, and there he

is keeping the sheep." And Samuel said

to Jesse, "Send and bring him, for we

will not sit down till he comes here."

What we find is when Samuel when he came

to anoint the next king, Jesse lined up

all his sons except David.

David was what we might consider young,

unknown,

maybe might be overlooked

and he was out in the fields. He he was

doing a lowly job that you know we we

think about him watching the sheep and

yet we think about how that's where God

found him. and 2 Samuel chapter 7 and

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verse 8. Now therefore, thus shall you

say to my servant David, thus says the

Lord of hosts, I took you from the

sheepfold,

from following the sheep to be ruler

over my people, over Israel.

That was a reminder that that's what

what he has I'd say has always been

intriguing to me is those we would have

never considered. You ever think about

that? The characters of the Bible like

Moses, who's picking that guy, right?

Who's who's picking these people? Would

we would we would we pick those to do

the chosen work?

We'd say we wouldn't have.

Yet, what's always been intriguing is is

is God often chooses the small places

and hidden jobs to shape people for

larger work.

Because if you consider what

David was doing,

he's simply a shepherd.

He's just shephering sheep.

But really, it's the things that you

find in

what a shepherd does in all the many

passages that I could take take you to

this morning. I don't have time to do

that. Maybe a lesson for another time.

But what shephering taught David, I'm

just going to kind of give you a real

quick rundown of this because I I will

say to you that David wasn't just

killing time uh with the flock, was he?

Well, I would submit to you that God was

training him. Wouldn't you agree?

But you would say that what you find

recorded in 1st Samuel 17,

it's recorded that he fought off lions

and bears. He recounts that, doesn't he?

So he was a protector. That's what a

shepherd does. They protect the sheep.

He led, he fed, he guarded the sheep. He

was provided tender care to them.

And and and you really recognize his

his love for that kind of work that he

was doing, how deep that was for him,

how personal it was to him. when Nathan

had that confrontation with him and he

used

that of a sheep as part of his

confrontation in that story to get David

to realize something and to repent to

come to his senses.

So David had a connection because that's

that's David's part is being

[clears throat] ownership even as as he

was tending to that flock that was his

he treated them as as as precious. They

weren't disposable.

So I would say that shephering gave

David a heart for the weak

and I would also say that it gave him

courage against danger.

And what that reminds me of

in regards to Jesus

is how Jesus refers to himself

at John 10 and verses 11- 16. Jesus

said, "I am the good shepherd."

The good shepherd gives his life for the

sheep. But a hirling who, he who is not

the shepherd, one who does not own the

sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves

the sheep and flees. And the wolf

catches the sheep and scatters them. The

hireling flees because he is a hirling

and does not care about the sheep. I am

the good shepherd and I know my sheep

and am known by my own. As the Father

knows me, even so I know the Father. And

I lay down my life for the sheep. And

other sheep I have which are not of this

fold, them also I must bring, and they

will hear my voice and there will be one

flock and one shepherd. Y'all see that?

Verse 11, I am the good shepherd. Jesus

said the good shepherd. What does he do?

He gives his life for the sheep. And

what's he say in verse 14? I know my

sheep and I have known by my own.

Some parallels we we grasp from this

real quickly is that of David who risked

his life for his sheep. Jesus gave his

life for souls for his sheep. David knew

his flock.

Jesus says he knows each of his by name.

David guided sheep through physical

valleys and Jesus guides us through the

valleys shadow of death. Even as a

psalmist would talk in Psalm 23 and

verse4,

there's a lot of applications that you

find in each of these parallels and all

of these lessons that we've been talking

about and I've been sharing of those

with you throughout this series

that Jesus, if he's our shepherd, that

means he leads you.

He leads,

not us.

It means that we trust his voice over

all others. Isn't that what verse 27

that goes on to say? And like I said,

there's a lot in John 10 that I would

love to get into. Y'all know sometimes I

I try to stay on my my notes here.

John 10 and verse 27.

Look what he says yet again. My sheep

hear my voice and I know them and they

follow me.

It means we trust him. We stay with his

flock and we don't wander away into

spiritual danger.

When we ask the question, who's really

shephering my life? Jesus or my own

desires? There's applications that we

can put definitely with it.

But you see that connection, that

parallel of shepherds.

But what else? David, we we might also

understand that David and Jesus were

both anointed. They're both anointed.

Now, something interesting when you go

back to 1st Samuel chapter 16

is that David was anointed

king while Saul still reigned.

Huh?

Remember in verse 13 of 1st Samuel 16,

Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed

him in the midst of his brothers and the

spirit of the Lord came upon David from

that day forward. So Samuel arose and

went to Rama.

Now, we know that when David was

anointed, as as noted here in 1st Samuel

chapter 16, that David did not

immediately sit on the throne. He he

didn't go straight to the palace, if you

will. But Cassaul remained king,

David returned to the sheep for a time,

but God's anointing came a long before

David's appearing as king.

So this shows the already not yet

aspect of God's plan.

And if you go and you look at the word

anointed, and I shared a few little

things in my study that I found in

regard to the word anointed, it comes

from a Hebrew word that means Messiah.

The Greek word is Christos,

which is Christ.

Huh?

I wonder what that was pointing to. I

think we know, don't we?

As David

was an anointed king, but yet Jesus is

the anointed one.

He's the true Christ. And again, you see

that thread connected because of the

lineage aspect.

You might remember that Jesus when he

was anointed, well that was by the Holy

Spirit as we see in Matthew chapter 3:16

and 17. When he had been baptized, Jesus

came up immediately from the water.

Behold, the heavens were open to him and

he saw the spirit of God descending like

a dove and a lighting upon him. And

suddenly a voice came from heaven

saying, "This is my beloved son in whom

I am well pleased."

You'll see that at Jesus' baptism, the

spirit descended like a dove and the

father's voice making this very

declaration. This is my beloved son in

whom I am well pleased.

You know in Luke chapter 4 even in Luke

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chapter 4 let me share with you verses

16-9 also something interesting. In Luke

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chapter 4, beginning in verse 16 down

through verse 19,

here you have Jesus reading from the

prophet Isaiah.

So he came to Nazareth where he had been

brought up and as his custom was, he

went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day

and stood up to read. And he was handed

the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when

he had opened the book, he found the

place where it was written, "The spirit

of the Lord is upon me.

because he has anointed me to preach the

gospel to the poor. He has sent me to

heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim

liberty to the captives, and recovery of

sight to the blind, to set at liberty

those who are oppressed, to proclaim the

acceptable year of the Lord.

Isn't that interesting that the prophecy

fulfilled in what Jesus was anointed to

do? To preach good news to the poor, to

heal the brokenhearted, and to set

captives free. And there is a lot to

cover on that one as well.

that just as David David didn't seize

the throne by force

and Jesus didn't start an earthly

revolution either.

He waited on the father's timing and

chose the cross before the crown.

And that's the same lesson that we learn

from these examples that our task is

faithfulness

not self-promotion.

And we see that both in the life of

David as well as Jesus.

What else do we get from David and

Jesus? Well,

a lot of times when we hear the word

David, our mind goes straight to the

battle of Goliath, right? Our kids

already were like, "Oh yeah, we're going

to talk about Goliath today." That's

right. That's a part of it. David's

battle and ultimate victory with

Goliath, but Jesus also his battle and

ultimate victory over Satan.

I want to think about what these

represent for just a moment. I know

we've heard a lot of lessons on David

and Goliath throughout our lives, but

again, we we think about Goliath.

He was one who towered over Israel.

Strong,

terrifying, armored. That's what 1st

Samuel 17 records.

And Israel's soldiers were well

paralyzed

with fear. They were unable to defeat

him. They stood there hopeless unless

someone else fought for them.

So Goliath represented more than a

giant.

He is a picture of everything that

overwhelms us. sin, death, Satan

himself.

And David the youth, remember, he

stepped forward

not with armor but with faith.

And I've always tried to picture this in

in in in my head what that was like.

And what David said should resonate 1st

Samuel 17:45-47.

Then David said to the Philistine,

"You come to me with a sword, with a

spear, with a javelin, but I come to you

in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the

God of the armies of Israel, whom you

have defied. This day the Lord will

deliver you into my hand, and I will

strike you and take your head from you.

And this day

I will give the carcasses of the camp of

the Philistines, the birds of the air,

and the wild beasts of the earth, that

all the earth may know that there is a

God in Israel. Then all of this assembly

shall know that the Lord does not save

with sword and spear, for the battle is

the Lord's, and he will give you into

our hands.

You remember he took five smooth stones,

yet he only needed one. And and you

know, people's always ask that question.

I talked about this one a while back in

in a lesson that the kids were learning

in David and Goliath in their classes.

You ever wonder why did he take five?

Why did he take five?

You know what that proved to me is that

David was not going to give up with just

one. He was going to make sure that it

was done. That showed his consistency,

his persistent,

but he only needed one.

And with a single strike to the head,

the giant fell and David remained

victorious.

It's powerful lessons.

And I thought about Jesus.

Hebrews chapter 2 10-15.

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Read with me. For it was fitting for him

for whom are all things and by whom are

all things and bringing many sons to

glory to make the captain of their

salvation perfect through sufferings.

For both he who sanctifies and those who

are being sanctified are all one. All of

one. For which reason he is not ashamed

to call them brethren, saying, "I will

declare your name to my brethren. In the

midst of the assembly, I will sing

praise to you. And again, I will put my

trust in him. And again, here am I in

the children whom God has given me." In

as much then as the children have

partaken of flesh and blood, he himself

likewise shared in the same, that

through death he might destroy him who

had the power of death, that is the

devil, and release those who through the

fear of death were all their lifetimes

subject to bondage.

I thought I thought about David in this

instance for a moment and and how

we think about the captain of their

salvation.

Kind of what David represented, wasn't

he? He was the captain of of Israel's

salvation in itself as he stood there

with faith in God.

And yet Jesus,

there was no one else

who could fight Goliath and no one else

could defeat sin.

David walked down into that valley

alone. And Jesus walked up Calvar's heel

alone.

David struck the enemy's head. He

certainly did. And Jesus fulfilled in

Genesis chapter 3 and verse 15 by

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striking, bruising the serpent's head.

What David did for Israel physically,

Jesus did for us spiritually.

And what's the share in that victory?

When Goliath fell, Israel shouted and

pursued the Philistines. David's victory

became their victory.

When Jesus died, was buried, and rose

again,

his victory over sin, death, and hell

became ours.

But that's only if we are in Christ.

Romans 8 1-4. Read it with me. Prove all

things. There is therefore now no

condemnation to those who are in Christ

Jesus who do not walk according to the

flesh, but according to the spirit. For

the law of the spirit of life in Christ

Jesus has made me free from the law of

sin and death. For what the law could

not do in that it was weak through the

flesh, God did by setting his own son in

the likeness of sinful flesh on account

of sin. He condemned sin in the flesh

that the righteous requirement of the

law might be fulfilled in us who do not

walk according to the flesh but

according to the spirit.

See Paul would bring all this into 1

Corinthians 15. As we know 1 Corinthians

15 is letter to the Corinthians. That

first letter, what's he say? Verse

54-57.

So when this corruptible has put on

incorruption, and this mortal has put on

immortality, then shall be brought to

pass the saying that is written, "Death

is swallowed up in victory. Oh, death,

where is your sting?" Oh, Hades, where

is your victory? The sting of death is

sin, and the strength of sin is the law.

But thanks be to God, who gives us the

victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

It's beautiful.

The images we see, the representation,

the parallels, it's all there.

What else do we see about David and

Jesus?

Both were rejected. Both were despised.

And both were persecuted.

Remember David that he was hunted

though anointed by God. David spent

years

running for his life from Saul.

1st Samuel chapter 18- 26 records

this

back and forth

hiding in caves.

He was surrounded by everyone. Look at

this in 1st Samuel 22 and:e 2. And

everyone who was in distress, everyone

who was in debt, and everyone who was

discontented gathered to him, gathered

to David.

What did he become over them?

Captain [clears throat]

Kind of rings a bell from Hebrews,

doesn't it?

So he became captain over them and there

were about 400 men with him.

Now we know from the scriptures

obviously David was the rightful king,

wasn't he?

But although he was the rightful king,

he looked like a fugitive, didn't he?

Absolutely.

But then we go to Jesus and we think

about what about him?

Well, Isaiah 53 is one of those passage.

I tell y'all many times during the

Lord's supper, this is one of my

passages I go to and I read the entire

chapter, chapter 53

about the suffering savior

in Isaiah 53 1-3. Who who has believed

our report? And to whom has the arm of

the Lord been revealed? For he shall

grow up before him as a tender plant and

as a root out of dry ground. He has not

no form or clumliness. And when we see

him, there is no beauty that we should

desire him. He is despised and rejected

by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted

with grief. And we hid as it were our

faces from him. He was despised and we

did not esteem him.

So Jesus himself again was rejected and

despised, wasn't he?

In his earthly life,

his hometown rejected him. Luke 4

records that in verses 28 and 29.

Religious leaders, they plotted his

death in John 11 and verse 53.

And the crowds would cry out, what's

those two words? Crucify him.

What's interesting is

that Jesus was

the true king,

but yet he wore a crown of thorns.

You think about the loyalty,

the few.

David had a band of loyal followers

obviously

who believed that he was a true king

even when

others did not.

In the same way Jesus disciples, they

followed a rejected teacher, rabbi,

ridiculed, persecuted, and ultimately

crucified.

Friends, following the son of David

still means being willing to stand with

a king whom the world ignores or mocks.

That's what it means.

accepting that favor with God may may

mean reproach from men.

Hebrews chapter 13 12-16. Read with me.

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Hebrews 13:12-16.

Hebrews 13:12–16

Therefore Jesus also that he might

sanctify the people with his own blood

suffered outside the gate.

Therefore let us go forth to him outside

the camp bearing his reproach.

For here we have no continuing city, but

we seek the one to come.

Therefore, by him let us continually

offer the sacrifice of praise to God,

that is the fruit of our lips,

giving thanks to his name.

But do not forget to do good and to

share, for which for with such

sacrifices God is well pleased.

what the Hebrew writer is still saying

today.

If our king was rejected, should we be

surprised when his people are?

I think it's answered quite clearly that

we should not be shocked and in awe.

But yet that is what so many today face.

We we ourselves find ourselves fearful

to share about our king. But yet we

claim citizenship in his kingdom.

We can't do that. We can't have it both

ways.

And we have to show our children that

they can't have it both ways either.

Jesus said, "If you're with me

or you're against me,

that's it."

Lots of lessons that I can go on with

that, but time will not allow another

time.

Also, David and Jesus,

let's talk about David's throne and

Jesus's eternal kingdom.

When you go back to the Old Testament

book of 2 Samuel chapter 7, there's a

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promise that was given. The promise that

I mentioned at the very introduction in

2 Samuel chapter 7. Let's read verses

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12-6.

Says, "When your days are fulfilled and

you rest with your fathers, I will set

up your seat after you. Who will come

from your body and I will establish his

kingdom?

He shall build a house for my name, and

I will establish the throne of his

kingdom forever. I will be his father.

He shall be my son. If he commits

iniquity, I will chasten him with a rod

of men and with the blows of the sons of

men. But my mercy shall not depart from

him as I took it from Saul whom I

removed from before you and your house

and your kingdom shall be established

forever before you. Your throne shall be

established forever. Some perplexing

statements sometimes we read that I

think when David was receiving this you

know he might have h forever because

here's this dynasty. Sometimes we use

that word this this house, this kingdom,

a throne that would be established

forever that's being noted here. And

part of this was fulfilled in Solomon,

right? Solomon was also David's son,

okay? But not all of it. Now, you know,

Solomon's kingdom, it ended. The throne

in Jerusalem eventually fell.

Yet, here we have it that God said,

"Your throne shall be established

forever." What's going on?

What we have to see in the prophecy is

that this pointed to another son of

David that we talked about in Matthew 1

and verse one already and that is the

son of David

the Messiah

the anointed one right Christos

the New Testament as I mentioned already

from Matthew 1 and verse one the book of

the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of

David

son of Abraham

the lineage, the importance of the

genealogy that you find throughout

Matthew chapter 1, making that very

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connection.

Luke 1:es 23, I'm sorry, 32 and 33 that

says he will be great and be called the

son of the highest and the Lord God will

give him the throne of his father David

and he'll reign over the house of Jacob

forever and of his kingdom there will be

no end.

But is that where it stopped?

No.

Obviously, Acts chapter 2 in our

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scripture reading this morning. What did

you see that speaks of therefore being a

prophet and knowing that God has sworn

with an oath to him that of the fruit of

his body according to the flesh he would

raise up the Christ to sit on his

throne.

He foreseeing this spoke concerning the

resurrection of the Christ that his soul

was not lived in Hades, nor did his

flesh see corruption. This Jesus God has

raised up of which we all are witnesses.

Therefore, being exalted the right hand

of God, and having received from the

Father the promise of the Holy Spirit,

he poured out this which you now see and

hear. What is it? Verse 34.

For David did not ascend to the heavens,

but he says himself, the Lord said to my

Lord, "Sit at my right hand till I make

your enemies your foottool."

Therefore, let all the house of Israel

know assuredly that God has made this

Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and

Christ. Oh, you know, not too long ago,

we were doing prophecies, uh, the series

on prophecies, and and you know what's

we find there in that passage of verse

34

is exactly

that of what we find in Psalms.

Prophecy fulfilled.

Peter declared that Jesus is now sitted

at seated at God's right hand fulfilling

God's promise to David all the way back

from 2 Samuel chapter 7.

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So here's the thing. Jesus kingdom,

it's spiritual. It's not political.

Jesus answered in John 18:36 before

John 18:36

Pilate, he says, "My kingdom is not of

this world. If my kingdom were of this

world, my servants would fight so that I

should not be delivered to the Jews. But

now my kingdom is not from here. It's

not of this world.

And where did his kingdom begin? The

kingdom that Jesus said, "Upon this

rock, I'll build my church and the gates

of hell shall not prevail against it."

Matthew 16:18. And in Acts chapter 2,

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what happened? It began in power day of

Pentecost.

Who all makes up this kingdom? Well,

Colossians chapter 1 13 and 14 gives us

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a big clue, doesn't it? He has delivered

us from the power of darkness and

conveyed us into the kingdom of the son

of his love in whom we have redemption

through his blood, the forgiveness of

sins. It's made up of those who are

Christians, those who have submitted to

him as lord of lords and king of kings.

You see, David reigned about what 40

years over Israel.

Jesus reigns forever over heaven and

earth. That's what Jesus himself even

made known in Matthew 28:18. And Jesus

Matthew 28:18

came and spoke to them, saying, "All

authority has been given to me in heaven

and on earth."

See, David could rule over his people,

but only for a limited time.

The difference is though, Jesus rules in

the hearts of his people forever.

That translates all the way into

eternity.

You see, to be saved is not to simply

accept Jesus as savior, as many have

put, but it's about submission to him as

king. It's about obeying his will,

repenting of our sins, confessing him to

be the son of living God, and being

baptized, immersed, buried with him in

baptism to rise and walk in newness of

life. As Romans 6:3 and4 says, to walk

Romans 6:3

in newness of life.

We obey his commands.

What did Jesus say in Luke 6:46?

Luke 6:46

Why call me Lord, Lord, and not do the

things which I say?

We seek his kingdom first. Matthew 6 and

verse 33. Seek ye first the kingdom of

God is righteous and all these things

shall be added to you. Matthew 6:33.

Matthew 6:33

And what do we do? We do exactly as Paul

told the brethren at Philippi,

Philippians 3:20. We actually live as

Philippians 3:20

citizens of his kingdom. We live in such

a way that honors the king.

The question is not is Jesus king.

That's already been answered.

He already is. The question that we have

to ask am I willingly under his rule and

does he live within me?

I I I say to you that there's a lot of

shadows and substance here. The shadows

that point to the substance that is

Jesus Christ. And

the chart again as I've been giving you

every every one of these lessons.

There's handouts there in the in the

back. I was able to summarize a lot of

that right there. Again, has scriptures.

So, make sure to grab one of those. And

uh if you if you want that in uh PDF

form or what have you, let me know and

I'll email that to you.

But it gives you again a lot of the

parallels we see. And and what I want to

share with you, just like I have in the

last the last several that we've done,

David's account that we have of him, his

story is some say it it points beyond

itself.

It's like an outline that only makes

full sense when Jesus steps onto the

scene.

And that's the way it has been for the

others that we have noted.

When Jesus steps onto the scene, you see

the puzzle

completed.

When we read about David,

I think about a shepherd with a sling, a

fugitive in the cave, the king on the

throne, a man after God's own heart is

Acts 13:22. That's I think about David

Acts 13:22

like that. Don't you? Now, he had some

other parts obviously of his life.

But when you think about Jesus,

what do we think about? the good

shepherd, the suffering servant, the

exalted king, and the perfect reflection

of God's heart as Hebrews 7 26.

That's what I see.

What David foreshadowed Jesus fulfilled.

David could lead his people to victory

over enemies like Goliath. He could do

it.

Jesus leads us to victory over sin and

death. and it translates into eternity.

David could rule from Jerusalem,

but Jesus rules from heaven itself

where our citizenship lies.

David died. He was buried. And his tomb

is with us this day. That's that's what

we read in Acts, didn't we?

Y'all remember Acts 2? That was our

scripture reading.

Jesus died, was buried, and rose again,

his tombs empty.

What Peter was impressing upon the

people

that heard this very powerful gospel

sermon on the day of Pentecost.

It's not a question as do I admire

David.

It's have I surrendered to the son of

David,

the one who pointed all the way forward

to fulfill the prophecies,

the king of kings and the lord of lords.

Friends, the king of kings

invites you into his kingdom.

I mentioned a moment ago God's plan of

salvation. You believe that Jesus is the

Christ and living God. Do you believe

that? Do you believe

that he is truly reigning

and that one day we will see him

coming in the clouds?

If you believe in Jesus, then you better

do what he says as king over his

kingdom. He's asking, he is saying,

submit, repent of your sins, confess

him, and be baptized into him for the

remission of your sins.

So you can be conveyed into the kingdom

of the son of his love as Colossians 1

and verse 13 said and walk under the

loving rule of the true shepherd king.

All things stand ready.

If you are subject if you are already a

Christian

but have drifted from your king

you can come back. David himself, we

know, needed mercy and restoration,

didn't he? Psalm 51 speaks of that. But

Jesus, the greater son of David, still

extends grace to those who return.

How thankful we should ever be for that.

And what do we need to do? As a song

will say as we sing it together, we need

to trust and obey. Blessed are all they

that put their trust in him. Psalm 2 and

verse 12. Won't you do that this

morning? Whatever your spiritual need

is, won't you come as we stand, as we

sing the song that's been selected.