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| Dudley Rutherford - Kings And Kingdoms (Part 2) | February 4, 2026
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- Pastor dudley rutherford: look at these lists of kings.
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- Know the ones that served, god blessed;
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- The ones that didn't serve god, he didn't bless.
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- God will honor kings and leaders and rulers and presidents
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- And nations and families and marriages and individuals
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- Who'll serve and honor him with all of their heart.
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- He will, he will, he will.
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- Pastor dudley: thank you so much for joining me here today
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- On "lift up jesus."
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- I'm pastor dudley rutherford, and i'm so glad
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- That you've chosen to tune into our television broadcast.
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- Let me ask you this question:
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- Do you ever visit southern california?
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- If you do, consider this a personal invitation
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- To visit us here at shepherd church.
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- You'll meet some amazing people, and it would be an honor
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- To have you drop by.
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- Visit our website at liftupjesus.com
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- To get service times and locations.
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- And now, let's get right to today's message
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- Because i believe it's a word that you need to hear.
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- So grab your bible, your notes, and a pen, and let's begin.
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- Pastor dudley: the problem is, like many people,
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- He looked good on the outside,
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- But on the inside there were still
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- Some transgressions and some carnality.
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- We know for a fact that god never measures a man
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- By his stature,
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- But he always measures a man by whether or not
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- He has surrendered to him, to god.
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- And eventually, it's too long to tell,
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- Through a series of wrong decisions
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- And a series of sinful mistakes, the same samuel
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- That anointed saul comes back and rebukes saul.
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- So by the time you get to 1 samuel chapter 13,
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- The story doesn't end well.
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- In verse 13, samuel says, "you have acted foolishly."
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- Everybody say, "foolishly."
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- "samuel said."
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- And how has he acted foolishly?
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- "you have not kept the command the lord god has given to you.
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- If you had," now watch this.
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- "if you had simply chosen to obey god's command,
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- He would have established your kingdom
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- Over israel for all time."
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- But then god says this in verse 14:
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- "but now your kingdom will not endure.
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- Instead, the lord has sought out a man."
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- This will be king number two in a few--a little bit.
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- "he has sought out another man after his own heart
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- And anointed him the leader of his people,
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- Because you have not kept the lord's command."
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- I want you to write this down.
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- Saul is told, "your foolishness has derailed your destiny."
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- Your foolishness, your disobedience,
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- Ignoring god's word, has derailed your destiny.
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- And i just want you to know you don't have
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- To be a rocket scientist to see a common thread
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- Throughout the entire bible,
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- That anytime you choose to obey god's word
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- And you faithfully serve and honor him and glorify him,
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- God will put his hand of blessing on your life.
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- And anytime you choose to disobey god and dishonor god,
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- God can and will remove his hand of blessing,
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- And you will miss out on god--
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- What god had, his plans, what he had,
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- His best plans for you.
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- Your destiny will not be blessed.
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- And that is true for any nation.
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- Can someone say amen?
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- It's true for any family in here today.
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- It's true for any marriage.
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- It's true for any church, it's true for any company.
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- It's true for any university,
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- It's true for any political party.
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- It's true for you.
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- It's true for me.
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- If we will follow god, honor god, obey god,
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- And serve god, he will honor and bless us
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- And if we choose not to,
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- Then god will remove that hand of blessing.
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- The psalmist said in psalm 14, verse 2,
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- I don't know if you've ever seen this verse.
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- It says that "the lord looks down from," where?
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- Where's the lord looking down from?
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- He's looking down from heaven
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- And he's looking on the sons of men,
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- And what is he looking for?
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- He's looking to see if there are any who understand.
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- Are there anyone--is there anyone who's seeking after him?
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- I believe god right now is looking down
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- And he knows whether or not we are truly seeking him or not.
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- I'm looking at an audience here.
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- You appear to have it all together.
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- You look marvelous.
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- You're looking at a pastor at first glance,
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- You might say it appears as though he has it all together.
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- Don't let appearances fool you.
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- Don't let outward appearances define you,
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- Because everything god does in our lives,
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- He does from the inside out.
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- Now we see the-- we see the outside.
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- I can't see the inside.
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- We have to look at each other's outside.
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- That's just the way it is.
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- But god sees the inside.
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- And the inside is the real you.
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- So then we come to point three.
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- God's people then follow an anointed monarch named david.
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- Everybody say david.
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- This is king number two.
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- Now king number two is polar opposite of king number one.
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- Saul is impressive outwardly and shallow inwardly.
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- David, he's still good looking, but he's unqualified
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- If you look at him from the outside, but on the inside,
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- David is devoted to god.
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- He is known as a man who had a heart fixed and devoted to god.
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- 1 samuel chapter 16, we jump all the way to the 16th chapter.
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- The lord comes to samuel, and he says--
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- I'll turn over there in chapter 16
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- In that first verse.
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- "'how long will you mourn for saul,
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- Since i've rejected him as king over israel?'
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- The lord said to samuel.
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- 'here's what i want you to do.
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- The same way you anointed saul, i want you to go get that horn,
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- Fill it up with oil, be on your way.
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- I'm sending you down the road to a man named jesse
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- Who lives there in bethlehem,
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- And i have chosen one of his sons.'"
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- He had eight.
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- "'i've chosen one of his sons to be the next king of israel.'"
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- So samuel runs down there to bethlehem to the house of jesse.
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- He's got these eight boys.
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- They march them all out in front of him.
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- The first son, his name is eliab.
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- Eliab, he's a tall warrior.
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- He does crossfit every single day.
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- He could be on the cover of "gq magazine."
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- He could be a quarterback for the rams,
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- And samuel looks at this kid and thinks to himself,
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- "this, this, now this guy could be king."
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- And yet god says to him in 1 samuel 16, verse 7:
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- "the lord says to samuel,
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- 'samuel, do not consider his appearance.'"
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- We did that on the last king.
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- "'do not consider his appearance or his height,
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- For i have rejected him.
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- The lord does not look at the things that man looks at.
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- Man looks at the outward appearance, but god says,
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- 'i look at the heart.'"
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- Now look, that's just his first boy.
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- He had eight sons altogether.
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- Verse 10: "jesse had seven of his sons," and there's eight,
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- But he only had "seven of his sons
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- Pass before samuel.
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- Samuel said to him, 'the lord has not chosen any of these.'"
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- Well, he's gotta be one of these.
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- No, i--god--the lord hadn't chosen this one, this one,
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- This one, this one, this one, or this one or that one.
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- Do you have any more?
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- Well, verse 11, "'are these all the sons you have?'
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- He said, 'well, i got this runt.
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- He's the youngest.
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- He's about 14 years old, maybe 15.'
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- 'where's he?'
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- 'well, he's out tending the sheep.'"
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- Everybody say, "tending the sheep."
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- Where is he?
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- He's out tending the sheep.
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- "samuel said, 'send for him
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- Because we are not gonna sit down until he arrives.'
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- So he sent and had him brought in.
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- He was ruddy, with fine appearance
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- And handsome features.
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- And the lord said, 'rise and anoint him; he is the one.'
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- So samuel took the horn of oil,
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- Anointed him in the presence of his brothers,
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- And from that day on, the spirit of the lord
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- Came upon david in power."
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- And all god's people said--
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- Now david is probably just a teenager.
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- He's out tending the sheep.
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- But he had a heart devoted to god
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- And he was a worshiper of god.
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- I don't have time to read to you psalm chapter 23,
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- But the next time you read psalm chapter 23,
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- That will give you a picture of how david
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- Thought of god when he said, "the lord is my shepherd;
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- I shall not want."
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- And even though at this time in his life,
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- Nobody--nobody knew who david was,
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- God knew who he was and had him anointed
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- When he was just a teenager.
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- About 15 years go by.
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- And in 2 samuel chapter 5, verse 4, it becomes official.
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- David, the bible says, was 30 years old
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- When he became king, and how long did he reign?
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- He reigned for 40 years.
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- How long did he reign?
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- For 40.
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- I like to look at that 40 years in groups of 20.
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- He had a 20-year reign, a 20-year reign,
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- And something happened
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- Between those two 20-year windows,
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- Right smack dab in the middle of that 40-year reign
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- Where there was a dramatic failure in his life.
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- The bible says that he reigns mightily
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- And then he falls dramatically.
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- He will eventually repent and he will be restored.
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- Most of you know the story.
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- It's a bad story.
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- It's an ugly story.
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- It's a sinful story.
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- It's as wrong as wrong can be.
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- It happens right in the middle of this 40-year window.
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- He's in his palace.
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- He looks down and on a rooftop down below,
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- He sees a woman who's out on the roof bathing.
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- Her name is bathsheba.
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- He sees her, he sends for her, he sleeps with her.
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- Then he ends up having her husband killed.
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- This is like a hollywood-style movie.
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- And as you read it, it hurts to read it.
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- And it's another example of a flawed man
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- In a position of leadership who's supposed to be godly.
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- I do believe he had a heart for god,
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- But sin crept into his heart.
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- He commits both adultery and murder.
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- But the main difference between saul and his flaws,
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- And david and his flaws, is that after david sins,
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- He fully repents.
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- And i have it there in your notes.
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- We don't have time to read it.
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- But it's psalm chapter 51.
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- And when you read psalm chapter 51,
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- It's a prayer of humility.
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- It is a prayer of repentance.
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- You will see as you read it, it's not,
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- "i'm sorry, i got caught," fake apology.
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- He's truly remorseful, with complete brokenness
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- And pure humility, contriteness, honest confession,
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- Prayer of repentance.
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- He calls upon god,
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- And god gives him a second chance.
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- And i say to you, if you're here today and you have ever sinned,
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- And you've ever felt the weight of sin,
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- You need to read psalm chapter 51
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- Because that is a prayer of repentance.
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- But in the midst of this story, there are 100 stories.
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- That 20-year window before bathsheba,
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- He's 30 years of age to age 50,
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- That 20-year window, the kingdom is united.
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- He conquers the city of jerusalem.
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- He establishes zion as the city of david.
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- He defeats the philistines.
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- He brings the ark of the covenant
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- Back to jerusalem.
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- He institutes worship and music,
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- And he is feared among the nations.
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- And then he sins and then he falls.
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- And then he repents.
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- And then god restores him.
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- And the next 20 years from age 50 to age 70,
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- He accepts god's discipline.
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- He continues to worship.
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- He raises up solomon, his son, that's king number three,
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- And he prepares the temple to be built.
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- He writes most of the psalms that are in your bible.
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- He exhorts the nation, and by the time
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- You get to 1 kings chapter 2,
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- He passes the throne on to his son solomon,
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- And he himself goes down as the greatest king
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- Who ever ruled israel.
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- And then i have about 2 minutes
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- To explain the next 500 years to you.
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- At this point, god's people are divided.
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- And in your notes, the third king, solomon,
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- David's son, goes--he's like-- he's got a high i--
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- One of the wisest people who ever lived.
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- He's the richest guy who ever lived.
- 00:15:16.168 --> 00:15:18.437
- But he too begins to ignore the things of god.
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- And because of his sins, the kingdom will eventually crumble
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- And split into two sections and what you know today
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- As the land of israel, i have a map to show you.
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- It splits between the north and the south,
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- And the north is israel.
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- You can see the big white letters, you see israel there.
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- And down in the red, you see judah.
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- So the kingdom splits between the north and the south.
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- I want you just to see where the capital jerusalem is.
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- Jerusalem is in judah.
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- You see that?
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- You see where jerusalem is?
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- And then, to the north, you see the city of samaria.
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- Samaria is the capital of israel.
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- So it's divided between the north and the south.
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- And throughout all of this, this entire time period,
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- It's 500 years.
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- Everybody say "500."
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- It's 500 years.
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- I want you to take your bulletin and turn it over.
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- I have a list of all the kings on the back.
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- There's over 40 of them.
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- There's one woman.
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- She's a queen.
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- She's about five, six down on the list of judah.
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- Her name is athaliah.
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- And what i want you to write down in your notes
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- Is that some of these kings are good
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- And some of these kings are bad.
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- And i will tell you right up front, most of them are bad.
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- If you look at your notes or you look at the big purple screen
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- Behind me, all the asterisks, do you see the asterisks?
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- There's only a few of them.
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- Those are the good kings.
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- The rest of them are all bad.
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- I have a chart to show you a kind of a color chart.
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- If you look over on israel, the northern kingdom,
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- There's not one good king.
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- And if you look at judah, the southern kingdom,
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- Where jerusalem, they had a few, like seven or eight.
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- There's one's up in the air, so we painted it yellow.
- 00:17:24.296 --> 00:17:26.965
- So you've got over 40 kings, 43, 44, 45 if you count david
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- And solomon and saul, over what period of time?
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- Five hundred years.
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- Now listen to me.
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- Next year our country will be celebrating 250 years.
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- When they write down the history of the united states of america,
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- It's a 250-year window.
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- That's the window you and i are part of.
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- How many presidents have we had in a period of 250 years?
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- We've had 45.
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- I've just shown you all the history of israel and judah
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- And everything that went on there
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- Over 500 years, and all those kings,
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- All those kings, when there was a good king who honored god
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- And called the nation to repentance,
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- God blessed that nation.
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- And when that king was evil and did evil in the eyes of god
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- And led the nation down the path of evil,
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- Then god removed his hand of blessing off those people.
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- Our nation is 250 years of age, and every president
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- That becomes the president,
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- What do they do when he's inaugurated?
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- He puts his hand on god's word.
- 00:18:43.942 --> 00:18:49.481
- And yet i ask you this question: how many presidents
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- Of the nation's history,
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- I'm talking about the entire 250 years.
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- I'm talking about every one of the 45 men.
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- How many of them stood before this nation
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- And called this nation to repent and turn back to god?
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- And i would say it's not a surprise
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- That we have all the problems that we have in our nation
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- Because our leaders are not people
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- Who call our nation to get down on our knees
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- And to repent and to serve a holy god.
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- I don't care what your politics are.
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- The bible says this in proverbs chapter 14,
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- You can ignore this all you want, but it's in the bible.
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- It says that righteousness exalts the nation,
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- But sin condemns any people.
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- I want you to look at that verse.
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- Leave it up there.
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- It says: "righteousness exalts the nation,
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- But sin is a disgrace to any people."
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- Do you believe that verse?
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- You say, "yeah, preacher, but he was talking to israel
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- Back in those days."
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- Well, let me ask you that question.
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- Do you believe that about israel?
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- Do you believe that god will bless israel
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- If it's a righteous nation
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- And that sin will condemn any people?
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- That sin is a disgrace to any people?
- 00:20:02.087 --> 00:20:04.056
- The answer to that is yes.
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- Well, forget about israel.
- 00:20:05.390 --> 00:20:06.725
- What about judah?
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- What if judah serves god?
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- Would god bless judah? yes.
- 00:20:09.761 --> 00:20:11.196
- But forget about that, what about korea?
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- If god--if korea serves--
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- There's a north and a south korea.
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- One is atheistic.
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- South korea, they-- many people serve god.
- 00:20:19.938 --> 00:20:23.008
- Some of the largest churches in the world are in south korea.
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- You can just see it there.
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- One half serves god, one half does not.
- 00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:30.749
- What about china?
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- Do you think if china, 2 billion people decided
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- Instead of ignoring and saying there is no god,
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- They woke up and their leaders said,
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- "from now on, we want as a nation,
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- We want to serve and honor the one true god,"
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- Do you think god would bless them?
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- I believe he would.
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- He would do the same for cuba.
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- He would do the same for africa.
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- And ladies and gentlemen, he would do the same thing
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- With the united states of america.
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- He would do with any nation, any country, any church, any family,
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- Any corporation, any school, any family, any entity.
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- Righteousness exalts a nation.
- 00:21:00.846 --> 00:21:04.049
- Open god's word.
- 00:21:04.049 --> 00:21:05.917
- Look at these lists of kings.
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- Know the ones that served, god blessed;
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- The ones that didn't serve god, he didn't bless.
- 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:11.657
- God will honor kings and leaders and rulers and presidents
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- And nations and families and marriages and individuals
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- Who will serve and honor him with all their heart.
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- He will, he will, he will.
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- And ultimately, number five.
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- God's people were longing-- they didn't even know it.
- 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:30.609
- They were longing for a divine king.
- 00:21:30.609 --> 00:21:36.014
- You know, i think it was mr. kendrick
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- Who told me once,
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- "there's no such thing as a perfect house."
- 00:21:39.451 --> 00:21:42.621
- I have moved four or five times in my lifetime,
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- And every time i move,
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- I'm looking for the perfect house.
- 00:21:46.158 --> 00:21:47.492
- As soon as i get in, i notice all the things
- 00:21:47.492 --> 00:21:48.960
- That are wrong with this house.
- 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:51.296
- You can actually build a house, i know people--
- 00:21:51.296 --> 00:21:53.398
- I've never had that privilege,
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- But i would like to one day design my own house.
- 00:21:54.733 --> 00:21:56.201
- Some of you have to-- if you had a--an amount,
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- A large, large amount of money,
- 00:21:58.937 --> 00:22:00.772
- You could build any house you want,
- 00:22:00.772 --> 00:22:02.441
- You'd plan it, design it, and as soon as you moved in it,
- 00:22:02.441 --> 00:22:04.443
- You'd say, "i should have had more closet space.
- 00:22:04.443 --> 00:22:07.646
- I should have had more electrical outlets,"
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- Because there is no house on this planet
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- That you can walk into and just think,
- 00:22:12.284 --> 00:22:13.919
- "man, i've finally reached home,"
- 00:22:13.919 --> 00:22:15.520
- Because god put an instinct in us for a perfect home,
- 00:22:15.520 --> 00:22:21.259
- But the perfect home is not a temporary house.
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- The perfect home that will only satisfy us
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- Is that heavenly home.
- 00:22:26.932 --> 00:22:30.902
- And in the same way, we try to set up little kings
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- And kingdoms in our world,
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- Thinking that these kings and these kingdoms will satisfy us,
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- That they will somehow provide for us
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- And protect us, and they're idols.
- 00:22:44.516 --> 00:22:48.754
- Because there's only one king that can provide for you
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- And protect you against everything,
- 00:22:52.958 --> 00:22:55.327
- And that's the lord jesus christ.
- 00:22:55.327 --> 00:22:57.562
- I want you to write this down.
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- He's the one king above all other kings.
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- And only he brings peace and his reign last forever.
- 00:23:02.934 --> 00:23:10.342
- Revelation chapter 17, verse 14 says:
- 00:23:10.342 --> 00:23:13.078
- "they will make war against the lamb,
- 00:23:13.078 --> 00:23:17.249
- But the lamb will overcome them because," why?
- 00:23:17.249 --> 00:23:21.153
- "because he's the lord of all lords,
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- And he's the king of all kings--
- 00:23:22.854 --> 00:23:24.790
- And with him on that day will be his called, his chosen,
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- His church, his people, his sons, his daughter,
- 00:23:34.332 --> 00:23:41.706
- His faithful followers."
- 00:23:41.706 --> 00:23:46.878
- Now, i'll tell you this.
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- If this were a dodger game and it was the ninth inning
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- In the world series
- 00:23:51.616 --> 00:23:54.119
- And shohei ohtani in the bottom of the ninth,
- 00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:57.522
- Hit a grand slam and the dodgers won the world series,
- 00:23:57.522 --> 00:24:00.292
- You would be screaming at the top of your lungs,
- 00:24:00.292 --> 00:24:03.628
- Over a baseball game.
- 00:24:03.628 --> 00:24:05.864
- If the raiders could just win a game, some of you cheer.
- 00:24:05.864 --> 00:24:12.871
- I just said to you that they will make war against the lamb,
- 00:24:12.871 --> 00:24:15.440
- But the lamb will overcome them
- 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.875
- Because he is the lord of all lords,
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- He's the king of all kings, and with him will be his called,
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- His chosen, and his faithful because he has defeated sin,
- 00:24:23.281 --> 00:24:27.986
- He has defeated satan, and he has defeated death.
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- You ought to get on your feet right now and praise the lord.
- 00:24:31.423 --> 00:24:33.425
- Come on, come on, come on.
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- [congregation cheering]
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- Pastor dudley: oh, it's late.
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- I just want you to know you can either bow right now
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- And name him as your lord.
- 00:24:50.609 --> 00:24:53.678
- Or one day you will do it whether you want to or not,
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- Because there's coming a day where every knee will bow
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- And every tongue will confess that jesus christ is lord.
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- ♪♪♪
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- Pastor dudley: oh, aren't you so glad that god is faithful
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- In all that he does,
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- That he's full of unfailing love,
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- And that he alone saves?
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- I'm so thankful we serve a god like that, amen?
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- Amen.
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- Monthly email devotional, discover pastor dudley's books
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- And other resources, and see our national tv and radio schedule.
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- And don't hesitate to reach out on the phone or online.
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- Pastor dudley has a passion and vision to reach more people
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- With the message of hope and if you'd like to partner
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- With us to touch the world, we'd love to hear from you.
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- Your financial gift will do so much to help us impact
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- The nations for christ.
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- And if you're ever in the southern california area,
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- We invite you to visit us at shepherd church
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- Here in los angeles.
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- It's an amazing experience you'll never forget.
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- Until next time, remember to always lift up jesus.
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- Announcer: the preceding program was sponsored
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- By friends and partners of the lift up jesus ministry.
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