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Greg Laurie - The Ups And Downs And Ups Of A World Changer

December 10, 2024 | S24:E5002

Greg Laurie - The Ups And Downs And Ups Of A World Changer
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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - The Ups And Downs And Ups Of A World Changer | December 10, 2024
  • Greg laurie: why do you think god seems to go out of his way
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  • To choose, well, the most unqualified people?
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  • It's a very simple answer.
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  • So he'll get the glory.
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  • See, god isn't looking for talented people or gifted
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  • People or handsome people.
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  • I'm not saying he won't use those people,
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  • But i'm saying god is looking for available people and god can
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  • Do a lot with a little and god can do extraordinary things
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  • Through very ordinary people, people just like you.
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins. ♪
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins. ♪♪
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  • Greg: so let's look now at the ups and the downs and
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  • The ups of a world changer.
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  • Let's look at the rise of david.
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  • He was the least expected man, or the most unexpected man, i
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  • Should say, to ascend to the throne of israel.
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  • But here's what happened. god chose a guy named king saul.
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  • Maybe i should say the people chose him.
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  • He was the people's choice.
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  • They liked saul. saul had a chiseled face.
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  • He had great height, he stood taller than everybody else.
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  • He was sort of charismatic.
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  • And he looked like he would be a good king at first,
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  • But it wasn't long until he was filled with pride and was
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  • Blatantly disobeying god, and the lord warned him
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  • And saul kept disobeying.
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  • And finally, the lord said, "you're done.
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  • I'm gonna replace you."
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  • So the lord directed the prophet samuel to go to the city of
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  • Bethlehem because there in this little city was a man named
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  • Jesse that had some sons and the lord said to samuel,
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  • "one of his sons is the next king of israel.
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  • I'll tell you who when you get there."
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  • So samuel shows up in town.
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  • Everybody turns out.
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  • They didn't have internet or television,
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  • This was a big thing: a prophet's in town.
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  • So they're all there, watching him,
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  • And there is jesse with his seven incredible sons,
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  • The magnificent seven right there.
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  • So samuel's figuring, "okay, it's one of these boys," and he
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  • Looks at each one, and the lord said,
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  • "it's not him, it's not him, it's not him."
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  • And then finally, samuel stops in front of eliab,
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  • The tallest of the sons of jesse who probably reminded him of
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  • Saul, and samuel thought, "this is surely the one."
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  • And the lord had said, "will you stop judging according
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  • To outward appearance?
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  • I look on the heart. he's not the one."
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  • So after he's done looking at all of the sons,
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  • Samuel says, "the lord hasn't chosen any of these sons.
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  • Do you have any other sons?"
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  • "yeah," says jesse, "one other, but he's a little weird.
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  • He hangs out in the field, he watches his little flock of
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  • Sheep, he's a musician, that explains a lot.
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  • He sings songs about god."
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  • "well, bring him in here," the prophet demands.
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  • So in comes david, reddish hair color,
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  • Probably freckles on his face, full of vim and vigor.
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  • I don't even know what vim and vigor are,
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  • But i'm sure he had it.
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  • And the lord says: "that's my boy," and so,
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  • Right there, on the spot, samuel pours oil on david's head,
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  • Symbolizing this is the next king of israel.
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  • The people watching probably thought that
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  • Samuel was going senile.
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  • "are you kidding me?
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  • Him?
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  • And not eliab or one of the other sons?
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  • You're choosing david of all people?"
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  • But it shows that god sees things differently than we do.
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  • And that brings me to my first point about being a world
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  • Changer: god uses ordinary people to change the world.
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  • If you're taking notes, there it is,
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  • Number one: god uses ordinary people to change from the world.
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  • Contrast david with saul.
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  • Saul was loved by his parents, stable home.
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  • David was forgotten and ignored by his parents.
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  • He was the polar opposite of saul.
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  • Saul stood head and shoulders above everybody else.
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  • There was even a song about saul on israeli radio.
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  • I discovered it recently.
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  • It went like this:
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  • ♪ no one's slick as king saul, no one's quick as king saul. ♪
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  • ♪ no one's neck is incredibly thick as king saul. ♪
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  • No, that's gaston. i'm confused, sorry.
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  • "beauty and the beast," get it? okay, forget it.
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  • But that was him.
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  • That was the very guy he was.
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  • And in contrast, david was just an ordinary shepherd boy,
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  • But chosen by god.
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  • Why do you think god seems to go out of his way to choose,
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  • Well, the most unqualified people?
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  • It's a very simple answer.
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  • So he'll get the glory.
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  • See, god isn't looking for talented people or gifted
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  • People or handsome people.
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  • I'm not saying he won't use those people,
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  • But i'm saying god is looking for available people and god can
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  • Do a lot with a little, and god can do extraordinary things
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  • Through very ordinary people, people just like you.
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  • So that was david.
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  • And why does the lord do it this way?
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  • 1 corinthians 1:26 gives the answer.
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  • It says: "remember, brothers and sisters,
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  • Very few of you were wise in the world's eyes,
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  • But god deliberately chose things the world considers
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  • Foolish in order to shame those that think they're wise."
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  • Listen, you have nothing to say about what family
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  • You were born into.
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  • You have nothing to say about the circumstances
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  • You're facing right now.
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  • You have nothing to say about the hand you have been dealt in
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  • Life, but you have a lot to say about how you will react and
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  • What you will live for.
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  • See, you can't control your circumstances.
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  • I've tried; it doesn't work.
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  • But i can control my reaction to the circumstances.
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  • I'm the one who decides if i'll honor god
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  • Or if i'll be angry with god.
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  • I'm the one who decides if i'll be better or bitter.
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  • And david said, "you know what?
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  • My family doesn't care much about me.
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  • My dad won't even acknowledge me,
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  • But i'm gonna honor god.
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  • And that brings me to point number two: world changers are
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  • Focused on what really matters in life.
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  • World changers are focused on what really matters in life.
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  • For a real insight into who david was, just read the psalms.
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  • Understand, psalms were songs, okay?
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  • So think of david as a singer-songwriter, all right?
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  • You know, walking around with his guitar,
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  • His harmonica, bob dylan-style, whatever,
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  • Whatever person you wanna insert there
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  • That you would think is a good singer-songwriter,
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  • And he wrote songs about god.
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  • In fact, he would express his love for god.
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  • Psalm 34, he says, "i'll bless the lord at all times;
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  • His praise will continually be in my mouth."
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  • And he was focused.
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  • He wrote in psalm 57: "my heart is fixed,
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  • O god, my heart is fixed," which meant that he had fixed his
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  • Heart on god or he knew where he was going.
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  • He knew what was most important.
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  • He put the lord first in his life.
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  • Point number three: "world changers are faithful in little
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  • Things so god gives them bigger things."
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  • "world changers are faithful in little things so god
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  • Gives them big things."
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  • Okay, what was david's responsibility?
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  • Watching his flock of sheep. i mean, think about this.
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  • You're david, you're out in the field, tending your flock.
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  • You're called in, you meet the prophet samuel.
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  • He pours oil on your head.
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  • He says you're the next king of israel.
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  • Now your brothers hate you even more than they did before,
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  • And then you just go back to your flock of sheep.
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  • No crown was given to him, no stretched chariot with secret
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  • Service protection was waiting.
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  • Just everything back to normal, so david's...
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  • "go back and watch the sheep."
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  • So one day his dad says, "son, i want you to go
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  • Visit your brother--brothers.
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  • They're out there in the military,
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  • On the front lines, facing off with the philistines."
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  • The father says, "take some bread
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  • And cheese to your brothers."
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  • So, effectively, david is making a pizza delivery.
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  • What is pizza? it's bread and cheese.
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  • Very artfully done, i might add.
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  • Throw in a little pepperoni, it's even better.
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  • But really, he's delivering pizza.
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  • So he shows up and his brothers see him, and eliab,
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  • His older brother, who's still ticked off that he wasn't
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  • Anointed king, says, "oh, have you left your little flock of
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  • Sheep to come see what the big boys are doing?"
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  • David's looking around going, "who's that guy down there?"
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  • And there, down in the valley of elah was this oversized man,
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  • 9 feet 6 inches of solid muscle, covered in body armor with a
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  • Massive sword, asking for someone to come fight him,
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  • Saying, "come fight me, and if i lose we'll serve you,
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  • But if you lose you serve us."
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  • And everyone was terrified, including david's brother
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  • Eliab, including king saul.
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  • David says, "i'll take him on."
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  • "you and what army?"
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  • "oh, me and the lord, 'cause i'm looking at that
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  • Giant in the light of god.
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  • I'm not looking at god in the light of that giant."
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  • And you know, i talked about this in my message,
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  • "facing your giants," in this series,
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  • So we'll just kind of fast forward through it,
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  • And you know what happened.
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  • David picked up that stone, he got it slinging around,
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  • And he got the momentum and let it fly and it hit the giant in
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  • The forehead, and goliath came crashing to the ground.
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  • That was the rise of david.
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  • Now the fall of david.
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  • 2 samuel 11.
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  • The following spring, the time of the year when kings go to
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  • War, david sent joab and the israelite army
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  • To destroy the ammonites.
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  • And in the process, they laid siege to the city of rabbah.
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  • David stayed behind in jerusalem.
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  • Late one afternoon, david got out of bed after taking a nap
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  • And went for a stroll on the roof of his palace.
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  • He looked over that city, and he noticed a woman of unusual
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  • Beauty taking a bath.
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  • He sent someone to find out who she was,
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  • And he was told, 'she is bathsheba,
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  • The daughter of eliam and the wife of uriah the hittite.'
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  • Then david sent for her; and when she came to the palace,
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  • He slept with her.
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  • Then she returned home.
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  • And when bathsheba discovered she was pregnant,
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  • She sent a message to inform david."
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  • We'll stop there.
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  • David was around 50 at this point.
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  • He had been ruling israel for 20 years,
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  • He had gone from victory to victory.
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  • He had distinguished himself in so many ways: man of god,
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  • Skilled musician, gifted poet, writing psalms of praise,
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  • A wise and compassionate ruler, and a man of great courage.
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  • He was on an absolute roll, and that's when the devil hit him.
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  • Hey, know this: when things are going really well,
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  • That's usually when the devil hits.
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  • Greg: greg laurie here.
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  • You know, at harvest ministries we're committing to reaching
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  • Unexpected people in unexpected places
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  • With an unexpected message.
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  • And thanks to your financial support, we've been able to
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  • To fulfill the great commission.
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  • Let's do this together, and let me say in advance,
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  • Thank you and god bless you.
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  • Greg: see, when you're going through crisis,
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  • You're dependent upon god 'cause if god doesn't come through,
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  • You're dead in the water.
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  • But god always comes through.
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  • But here's the problem: when there is no illness,
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  • Where there are no unpaid bills, when there is not a crisis
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  • You're facing, sometimes we're not hanging to the lord as
  • 00:12:49.109 --> 00:12:52.246
  • Tightly as we were before.
  • 00:12:52.246 --> 00:12:54.081
  • See, you're in a hardship and you think this is bad.
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  • Maybe this is one of the best times of your life because
  • 00:12:56.950 --> 00:12:59.987
  • You've never been closer to christ.
  • 00:12:59.987 --> 00:13:02.689
  • Think about it that way.
  • 00:13:02.689 --> 00:13:06.960
  • So when david was facing a giant,
  • 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:08.962
  • He was trusting in the lord.
  • 00:13:08.962 --> 00:13:10.731
  • When david was running through saul who was hunting him down
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  • Like a wild dog, he was calling out to god.
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  • And when he was anointed as the king and ascended to the throne,
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  • He prayed for god's help.
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  • But 20 years have gone by, and things have gone well,
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  • And david's kind of kicking back,
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  • And taking sort of a spiritual vacation from god,
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  • Which never works.
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  • So the devil gets him. when will the devil hit us?
  • 00:13:33.687 --> 00:13:36.023
  • When we are the most vulnerable.
  • 00:13:36.023 --> 00:13:37.891
  • But let me point out: david had set himself up for this
  • 00:13:37.891 --> 00:13:41.461
  • Particular attack because 2 samuel 5 tells us in direct
  • 00:13:41.461 --> 00:13:45.499
  • Disobedience to god, david took concubines
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  • After he became king.
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  • Now, if you're young and you don't know what that is,
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  • Ask your parents later.
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  • And in deuteronomy 17, the king was told never do this.
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  • Never take concubines. why?
  • 00:14:00.948 --> 00:14:03.217
  • Because the lord said, "because your heart will turn away."
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  • And that's what was happening to david: his heart was slowly but
  • 00:14:06.887 --> 00:14:09.857
  • Surely turning away from god.
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  • He had lost sight of that one thing.
  • 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:14.228
  • Now it was too many things, and most of those were the wrong
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  • Things and he was being consumed by lust.
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  • And so one warm spring night, when the soldiers went to war,
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  • David went to bed.
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  • He was in bed when he should have been in battle.
  • 00:14:28.175 --> 00:14:30.577
  • He was staying up late, sleeping in, and being physically and
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  • Spiritually lazy, and now the attack comes.
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  • He sees the beautiful bathsheba bathing herself.
  • 00:14:38.218 --> 00:14:41.788
  • So he couldn't have avoided the first look.
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  • I mean, there it is, boom, okay.
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  • Walking around, kicking back, filled with lust.
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  • There's the beautiful bathsheba.
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  • It's usually not the first look that gets us into trouble,
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  • It's the second look, right?
  • 00:14:56.670 --> 00:14:58.438
  • Know what i'm talking about?
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  • You look, you know, "huh,"...right?
  • 00:14:59.773 --> 00:15:04.044
  • David's first look was probably a really long one,
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  • Drinking it in, "oh my."
  • 00:15:07.414 --> 00:15:09.249
  • Oh, okay, now look.
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  • He should have just, "lord, i wish i hadn't seen her.
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  • She is beautiful, but just give me strength right now,
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  • And i'm gonna go write a new psalm or something.
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  • And take a cold shower, and stop looking in that direction.
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  • Maybe put a wall up there, i don't know what."
  • 00:15:24.498 --> 00:15:26.900
  • No, but he immediately acts on it.
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  • "who is that woman?"
  • 00:15:29.202 --> 00:15:30.704
  • So, one of his servants comes up,
  • 00:15:30.704 --> 00:15:32.039
  • Verse 3, "she's bathsheba, the daughter of eliam,
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  • The wife of uriah the hittite."
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  • "bring her up here, right now."
  • 00:15:36.777 --> 00:15:38.245
  • He gave the order.
  • 00:15:38.245 --> 00:15:41.148
  • God was putting a roadblock in david's life to not sin.
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  • And god puts roadblocks up in our life.
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  • Have you ever noticed when you try to do something wrong,
  • 00:15:47.387 --> 00:15:49.723
  • God doesn't make it easy for you.
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  • He makes it hard.
  • 00:15:52.826 --> 00:15:54.161
  • That's why i think it's so ridiculous when someone says,
  • 00:15:54.161 --> 00:15:56.863
  • "i just fell into adultery."
  • 00:15:56.863 --> 00:15:58.699
  • Really, just like that?
  • 00:15:58.699 --> 00:16:00.534
  • Kind of like tripping over a rock.
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  • "whoops, sorry, i'm in adultery.
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  • How did this happen?
  • 00:16:03.236 --> 00:16:04.938
  • How did i end up in the bed of another person?
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  • How did this happen?"
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  • Did you just fall into the hotel room or wherever,
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  • I mean, gimme a break.
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  • You didn't fall into anything.
  • 00:16:14.514 --> 00:16:15.849
  • You planned it, you plotted for it,
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  • And you executed it.
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  • And then you lied to cover it up over and over again.
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  • You don't just fall into it.
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  • You gotta jump through a lot of hoops to end up in this
  • 00:16:24.891 --> 00:16:27.227
  • Situation, and david did.
  • 00:16:27.227 --> 00:16:30.163
  • And now he's in a mess of a situation.
  • 00:16:30.163 --> 00:16:32.532
  • But, okay, don't do it.
  • 00:16:32.532 --> 00:16:34.267
  • He does it, roadblock number one.
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  • He goes for it.
  • 00:16:36.703 --> 00:16:38.038
  • And now, of course, bathsheba lets him know that she's
  • 00:16:38.038 --> 00:16:43.043
  • Pregnant, roadblock number two.
  • 00:16:43.043 --> 00:16:44.978
  • Now, you've already done it.
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  • Repent, maybe tell uriah what you've done.
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  • Confess to bathsheba, maybe the kingdom, you know?
  • 00:16:50.317 --> 00:16:54.554
  • But he didn't do that.
  • 00:16:54.554 --> 00:16:55.889
  • I mean, instead of just saying, "all right,
  • 00:16:55.889 --> 00:16:57.824
  • Lord, i sinned, i'm sorry," no, he has an idea.
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  • "i know what i'll do. [chuckling]
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  • I'll bring uriah back from the battle.
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  • He'll go spend the night with his wife and he'll think it's
  • 00:17:05.532 --> 00:17:07.634
  • His kid, not mine."
  • 00:17:07.634 --> 00:17:09.336
  • So he gives the order, bring uriah back.
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  • Uriah comes back.
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  • He's sent to his home, but he's such a courageous guy,
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  • He can't bear the thought of having this wonderful luxury of
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  • Being with his wife while his fellow soldiers are still in the
  • 00:17:19.012 --> 00:17:22.382
  • Front lines of the battle.
  • 00:17:22.382 --> 00:17:23.750
  • So he sleeps outside of his house the first night.
  • 00:17:23.750 --> 00:17:27.120
  • David thinks, "oh great, i have some do-gooder."
  • 00:17:27.120 --> 00:17:30.824
  • He gets him drunk, sends him home.
  • 00:17:30.824 --> 00:17:33.160
  • Still, uriah will not sleep with his wife.
  • 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:35.195
  • Another roadblock.
  • 00:17:35.195 --> 00:17:36.630
  • But david won't give up.
  • 00:17:36.630 --> 00:17:38.031
  • He says to his general, "send a charge against the enemy and
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  • Have everyone fall back and leave uriah by himself," which
  • 00:17:42.002 --> 00:17:45.539
  • Happens, and uriah is killed in battle.
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  • The word comes back: uriah's dead.
  • 00:17:48.909 --> 00:17:50.677
  • "yes!
  • 00:17:50.677 --> 00:17:53.680
  • Okay, i'm gonna marry bathsheba and no one will ever know."
  • 00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:56.183
  • Ah, the lord knew.
  • 00:17:56.183 --> 00:17:58.785
  • And the bible tells us that our sin will find us out.
  • 00:17:58.785 --> 00:18:02.122
  • And we read here that this thing that he had done
  • 00:18:02.122 --> 00:18:05.625
  • Displeased the lord.
  • 00:18:05.625 --> 00:18:07.894
  • 2 samuel 11:27.
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  • Okay, man, david is messing up so bad.
  • 00:18:10.597 --> 00:18:12.799
  • You're saying, "wait, he's a world changer?
  • 00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:14.734
  • This is horrible."
  • 00:18:14.734 --> 00:18:16.069
  • I know.
  • 00:18:16.069 --> 00:18:17.404
  • He--but do you know, here's why he was still a man after
  • 00:18:17.404 --> 00:18:20.240
  • God's heart, despite this.
  • 00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:22.943
  • Here's why: 'cause he was miserable.
  • 00:18:22.943 --> 00:18:26.646
  • And he did repent.
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  • Should have done it sooner, but he did repent.
  • 00:18:27.981 --> 00:18:30.484
  • See, a person who really isn't a man or a woman of god will live
  • 00:18:30.484 --> 00:18:33.753
  • In sin without guilt and they won't repent.
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  • A person who is really a man or a woman of god will live in
  • 00:18:36.456 --> 00:18:40.360
  • Guilt when they're sinning and they will eventually
  • 00:18:40.360 --> 00:18:42.996
  • Get right with god.
  • 00:18:42.996 --> 00:18:44.564
  • And that's who david was.
  • 00:18:44.564 --> 00:18:46.066
  • He was still the man after the heart of god.
  • 00:18:46.066 --> 00:18:50.036
  • Now it's time for his comeback.
  • 00:18:50.036 --> 00:18:51.638
  • We've seen his rise, his fall.
  • 00:18:51.638 --> 00:18:53.540
  • Now the comeback of a world changer.
  • 00:18:53.540 --> 00:18:55.876
  • Go to psalm 32.
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  • I had you turn there as well.
  • 00:18:57.744 --> 00:18:59.980
  • Psalm 32.
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  • And he wrote this in the aftermath of being
  • 00:19:01.781 --> 00:19:04.117
  • Confronted by god.
  • 00:19:04.117 --> 00:19:06.386
  • And he says: "oh, what joy for those whose rebellion is
  • 00:19:06.386 --> 00:19:10.724
  • Forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight!
  • 00:19:10.724 --> 00:19:12.959
  • Yes, what joy for those who record the lord has cleared of
  • 00:19:12.959 --> 00:19:16.429
  • Sin--or whose record, rather, the lord has cleared of sin,
  • 00:19:16.429 --> 00:19:19.566
  • Whose lives are in complete honesty!
  • 00:19:19.566 --> 00:19:21.868
  • When i refused to confess my sin,
  • 00:19:21.868 --> 00:19:23.904
  • I was weak and miserable and groaned all day long.
  • 00:19:23.904 --> 00:19:27.174
  • Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me.
  • 00:19:27.174 --> 00:19:30.410
  • My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat.
  • 00:19:30.410 --> 00:19:33.980
  • Selah."
  • 00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:35.348
  • By the way, the word "selah" means
  • 00:19:35.348 --> 00:19:36.716
  • "pause and think about it."
  • 00:19:36.716 --> 00:19:38.251
  • So if this were a song, it would be like an instrumental break,
  • 00:19:38.251 --> 00:19:41.855
  • And the point of the selah, or the musical interlude,
  • 00:19:41.855 --> 00:19:46.860
  • Was to contemplate what had just been said.
  • 00:19:46.860 --> 00:19:49.996
  • So david's saying, "think about this,
  • 00:19:49.996 --> 00:19:52.032
  • Ponder it, this is how miserable i was," selah.
  • 00:19:52.032 --> 00:19:56.369
  • "finally, i confessed my sins to the lord,
  • 00:19:56.369 --> 00:19:58.438
  • I stopped trying to hide them.
  • 00:19:58.438 --> 00:19:59.839
  • I said to myself, 'i'll confess my rebellion to the lord.'
  • 00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:03.143
  • And you forgave me!
  • 00:20:03.143 --> 00:20:04.544
  • And all my guilt is gone."
  • 00:20:04.544 --> 00:20:07.581
  • Psalm 32 describes the futility and misery of sin
  • 00:20:07.581 --> 00:20:11.484
  • That is unconfessed.
  • 00:20:11.484 --> 00:20:13.587
  • For 12 months, david fought the conviction of the holy spirit.
  • 00:20:13.587 --> 00:20:18.525
  • He was not experiencing god's presence as he had before.
  • 00:20:18.525 --> 00:20:22.996
  • Was he still in a relationship with god?
  • 00:20:22.996 --> 00:20:25.098
  • Yes. was he in fellowship with god?
  • 00:20:25.098 --> 00:20:27.300
  • No.
  • 00:20:27.300 --> 00:20:28.902
  • When your child disobeys you and disappoints you,
  • 00:20:28.902 --> 00:20:33.573
  • Are they still your child?
  • 00:20:33.573 --> 00:20:35.475
  • Yes, they are.
  • 00:20:35.475 --> 00:20:36.910
  • Are they in a good relationship with you at the moment?
  • 00:20:36.910 --> 00:20:40.981
  • Probably not, and that's where david was at.
  • 00:20:40.981 --> 00:20:44.117
  • But when he was confronted, he repented.
  • 00:20:44.117 --> 00:20:47.721
  • And you know what's interesting?
  • 00:20:47.721 --> 00:20:49.055
  • How the lord dispatches a prophet.
  • 00:20:49.055 --> 00:20:51.324
  • This time it's the prophet nathan,
  • 00:20:51.324 --> 00:20:53.660
  • And the lord waited until david was ready to come clean.
  • 00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:57.931
  • So nathan wants an appointment. he gets one immediately.
  • 00:20:57.931 --> 00:21:01.468
  • That's what happens when you're a prophet.
  • 00:21:01.468 --> 00:21:04.337
  • Shows up and says, "sire, i have a story to tell you,
  • 00:21:04.337 --> 00:21:07.707
  • Something going on in the kingdom,
  • 00:21:07.707 --> 00:21:09.042
  • You need to be aware of."
  • 00:21:09.042 --> 00:21:10.377
  • "okay, speak on."
  • 00:21:10.377 --> 00:21:12.379
  • "all right, there's this guy, he's very poor,
  • 00:21:12.379 --> 00:21:15.282
  • He has one little baby lamb.
  • 00:21:15.282 --> 00:21:17.217
  • He loves the lamb.
  • 00:21:17.217 --> 00:21:18.551
  • The lamb eats off his plate, he--it sits at the table,
  • 00:21:18.551 --> 00:21:22.455
  • It's like a family pet.
  • 00:21:22.455 --> 00:21:23.790
  • He loves this lamb like a daughter.
  • 00:21:23.790 --> 00:21:25.925
  • Anyway, there's this other guy, he's really rich,
  • 00:21:25.925 --> 00:21:28.361
  • He has a bunch of sheep, a bunch of cattle,
  • 00:21:28.361 --> 00:21:30.563
  • So this other guy, he has a friend coming to town to visit
  • 00:21:30.563 --> 00:21:33.199
  • Him who wants to have dinner.
  • 00:21:33.199 --> 00:21:36.002
  • And so, instead of slaying one of his many sheep,
  • 00:21:36.002 --> 00:21:39.839
  • He kills the guy--guy's lamb who has one little baby lamb.
  • 00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:44.611
  • What should be done to a man that would do that?"
  • 00:21:44.611 --> 00:21:46.379
  • David's blood is beginning to boil.
  • 00:21:46.379 --> 00:21:49.215
  • He's gripping his throne and he says,
  • 00:21:49.215 --> 00:21:52.319
  • "he should restore four times what he's taken and he
  • 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:55.522
  • Should be put to death."
  • 00:21:55.522 --> 00:21:57.757
  • Whoo, kind of overkill.
  • 00:21:57.757 --> 00:22:00.126
  • I mean, it's bad, but death?
  • 00:22:00.126 --> 00:22:02.128
  • "put him to death."
  • 00:22:02.128 --> 00:22:03.763
  • Nathan points his finger in david's face and says,
  • 00:22:03.763 --> 00:22:07.267
  • "you are the man."
  • 00:22:07.267 --> 00:22:09.035
  • You the man.
  • 00:22:09.035 --> 00:22:11.671
  • You the man, man.
  • 00:22:11.671 --> 00:22:14.140
  • "i just described you. that didn't even happen.
  • 00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:17.310
  • You're like the guy who had the many sheep and the many cattle,
  • 00:22:17.310 --> 00:22:20.447
  • And you took uriah's wife and then you had him killed."
  • 00:22:20.447 --> 00:22:24.484
  • So now david has sinned and he's committed adultery and he's
  • 00:22:24.484 --> 00:22:28.955
  • Effectively committed murder.
  • 00:22:28.955 --> 00:22:31.458
  • But then i love what happens there.
  • 00:22:31.458 --> 00:22:34.260
  • It says that david repented of his sin.
  • 00:22:34.260 --> 00:22:37.063
  • That's why he was a man after god's own heart.
  • 00:22:37.063 --> 00:22:40.400
  • He repented of his sin.
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  • Okay, so the prophet said, "the sword will never
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  • Depart from your house."
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  • God forgave david, but he still faced
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  • Repercussions for his sins.
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  • So know this, if i go out and rob a bank this afternoon,
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  • You read about in your twitter feed,
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  • "pastor greg robs bank."
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  • I won't be preaching the next sunday.
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  • Now, if i repent of my sin, will god forgive me?
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  • Yes, but i am going to jail and probably to prison, all right?
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  • So if you go out and you commit a sin,
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  • I'm not gonna rob a bank, i promise,
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  • But if you go out and commit a sin,
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  • And you say, "god, forgive me," he will forgive you.
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  • You'll be restored to immediate fellowship with him again.
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  • But you could still face some of the repercussions of your sin.
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  • So god gives second chances. yeah, david fell.
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  • He fell big, but he came back and he came back strong.
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  • And that's what we wanna do.
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  • We want to admit our sin to god, and the only way you're gonna be
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  • A world changer is if your world gets changed first.
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  • Greg: maybe god has spoken to your heart and you have seen
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  • Your need for jesus christ.
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  • Jesus christ is the son of god who came
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  • From heaven to this earth.
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  • He was born in a manger.
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  • He died on a cross.
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  • He rose again from the dead. why?
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  • Because he loves you, and he wants a relationship with you.
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  • Listen, i'm not talking about religion.
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  • I don't wanna be a religious person.
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  • I don't think you wanna be one either.
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  • I'm talking about relationship with god.
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  • Jesus, who died and rose again stands at the door of your life
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  • And he knocks, and he says if you'll hear his voice and open
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  • The door, he will come in.
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  • Question: have you asked jesus christ to come
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  • And live inside of you?
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  • You might say, "well, i think so, i'm not sure."
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  • Hey, if someone moved into your house in the middle of the
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  • Night, do you think you would be aware of it?
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  • I'm sure you would.
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  • And in the same way, if christ has come to live
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  • Inside of you, you will know.
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  • And if you don't know, maybe he has not come in yet.
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  • He's just a prayer away.
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  • All you need to do is say, "jesus,
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  • I want this relationship with you.
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  • I want you to forgive me of my sin.
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  • I want to go to heaven when i die."
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  • Would you like to do that?
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  • Would you like christ to come into your life?
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  • If so, why don't you just pray this simple prayer with me?
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  • You can pray it out loud or you can pray it
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  • In the quietness of your heart.
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  • But this is a prayer where you're asking jesus christ to be
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  • Your savior and lord.
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  • Pray this with me now: "lord jesus,
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  • I know that i'm a sinner but i know that you're the savior,
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  • Who died on the cross for my sin and rose again from the dead.
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  • Now come into my life.
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  • I choose to follow you from this moment forward.
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  • Thank you for hearing this prayer
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  • And answering this prayer.
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  • In jesus's name, amen."
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  • Did you just pray that prayer with me?
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  • If so, i want you to know on the authority of scripture that
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  • Christ himself has come to live inside of you.
  • 00:25:51.824 --> 00:25:55.161
  • And i would love to send to you, at no charge,
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  • The new believer's bible.
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  • It's a very friendly translation of the new testament you'll
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  • Find very understandable.
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  • And it's filled with hundreds of notes that i wrote that will
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  • Encourage you in this commitment you've just
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  • Made to follow jesus.
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  • And let me be the first to say to you congratulations,
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  • And welcome to the family of god.
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  • Greg: greg laurie here.
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  • You know, at harvest ministries we're committing to reaching
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  • Unexpected people in unexpected places
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  • With an unexpected message.
  • 00:26:36.069 --> 00:26:38.104
  • And thanks to your financial support, we've been able to
  • 00:26:38.104 --> 00:26:42.508
  • Touch people all over the world with the hope of jesus christ.
  • 00:26:42.508 --> 00:26:47.046
  • Your gifts today not only help us reach millions across
  • 00:26:47.046 --> 00:26:50.316
  • The country through this television program, they also
  • 00:26:50.316 --> 00:26:53.920
  • Help us to bring hope to people in their biggest need; whether
  • 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:57.890
  • Through our evangelistic events or our relief efforts, together
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  • We've been able to minister to so many people devastated
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  • By the fires in lahaina on the island of maui.
  • 00:27:05.398 --> 00:27:08.635
  • And also, your support has helped us partner
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  • To bring medical help in the ongoing conflict in israel.
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  • So i'm asking you today to continue to support
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  • This ministry so we can do everything possible
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  • To fulfill the great commission.
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  • Let's do this together, and let me say in advance,
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  • Thank you and god bless you.
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