David's Last Words

Q: What does the Bible say about David as a type of Christ?

David is a type of Christ, representing the anointed king and beloved of God, foreshadowing the coming of Jesus. In the Scriptures, David is often regarded as a type of Christ, embodying qualities that point to the Messiah. As God raised David from a lowly shepherd to the king of Israel, it mirrors the exaltation of Jesus, who was born in humble circumstances but is ultimately the King of Kings. Not only does David's life serve as a historical account, but it is also a narrative designed to reveal the glory and majesty of Christ. As the Apostle Paul writes in Romans 15:4, the Scriptures were written for our instruction, showing us how God's plan unfolds through His chosen instruments, with David being a profound example. Furthermore, God's declaration over David, calling him 'the beloved,' resonates with the identification of Jesus as the Son of God, in whom He is well pleased (Matthew 3:17). Every part of David's story, from his battles to his psalms, reflects the life and redemptive work of Jesus. Additionally, the experiences of David foreshadow Christ’s suffering and kingship, revealing God's intention in weaving these truths throughout history to prepare humanity for the coming Savior.

Q: Why is the covenant of grace important for Christians?

The covenant of grace assures believers of their salvation, grounded in God's promises rather than human effort. The covenant of grace holds immense importance for Christians as it is the means through which God has promised eternal life to His people. It encapsulates the divine agreement established between God the Father and God the Son, revealing that salvation is an act of pure grace, not merited by human actions. This everlasting covenant, as noted in 2 Samuel 23, assures believers that their salvation is secure and encompasses all of life’s circumstances. It is 'ordered in all things and sure,' meaning that God governs every aspect of His covenantal promise without fail (Romans 8:28). For believers, understanding this covenant provides peace and assurance. It emphasizes that while our families or circumstances may not reflect God’s grace, we can rest in the truth that our salvation does not depend on our fidelity but upon God’s faithfulness. This covenant invites us to trust in Christ as our only hope, reminding us that He intercedes for us ceaselessly—the foundation of our assurance lies in what God has done through Christ, and not in our personal righteousness or growth.

Q: How do we know that Jesus Christ is all we need?

Jesus Christ fulfills every need for salvation and life, as He embodies our deepest desires and sustains our hope. The assurance that Jesus Christ is all we need stems from His unique identity and the fulfillment of His promises in the life of a believer. He is depicted as the 'light of the morning' and the 'Bright and Morning Star,' signifying the source of hope and renewal (2 Samuel 23:4). In Him, believers find every answer to life’s essential questions and a remedy for spiritual thirst. As believers recognize their deep need for salvation, they discover that all desires and longings are ultimately satisfied in Christ alone. He embodies truth, grace, and the fullness of God, which is a reflection reiterated throughout Scripture (John 7:37-38). Moreover, Christ's covenantal promise underscores that even amidst trials or familial disappointments, He remains the steadfast anchor for the soul. His presence ensures that believers are never abandoned; he nourishes their spirits and transforms their desires to align with Him. In this light, every longing finds its ultimate satisfaction in Jesus, confirming that He is all we truly seek and need for life and godliness.

Q: Why is understanding the Holy Scriptures essential for Christians?

The Holy Scriptures reveal Christ and God's redemptive plan, forming the foundation of faith for believers. Understanding the Holy Scriptures is vital for Christians because they serve as the primary means through which God communicates His will and character. Jesus Himself affirmed the importance of Scriptures, stating that they bear witness to Him (John 5:39). The entire narrative arc of the Bible points to Christ, revealing God’s redemptive plan developed since the foundation of the world. Each passage reflects aspects of Christ's person and work, underscoring the necessity of knowing the Scriptures to grow in faith and worship. Moreover, Scriptures equip believers for life’s challenges by presenting God’s promises, warnings, and guidance on how to live in a manner pleasing to Him. Through the careful study of Scripture, believers gain insight into God’s nature, His covenant with humanity, and the assurance of salvation through Christ (Romans 15:4). Ultimately, the Scriptures unite believers in understanding their purpose, fueling their desire to embody Christ’s love and truth in their daily lives.

Well, she wrote this from a verse
of Scripture that speaks of the unsearchable riches of Christ,
and that's certainly true, the unsearchable. the vastness, the
wealth that can never be told. Who shall their greatness declare? Scripture says, and there's another
hymn we sing that I'm trying to think of the name of it, but
can't. But it says something about the
hill of Zion yields a thousand sacred sweets before we reach
the heavenly fields or walk the Golden Street. You're you're
trying to think of a name to. But a thousand sacred sweet unsearchable
riches. Christ. Is on every page of this book.
Second Samuel twenty three is a is one of these. Rich portions that speaks of
I would love to go back through the life of David again with
you. We've studied quite a few things
together, Tabernacle and many things, but I recall that study
on the son of David as being maybe my favorite of every study
we've ever done. We do well to go through. I've
been searching for a place to preach through. Maybe 1st and
2nd Samuel will be good. You can see how I hesitate. Big
undertaking. I thought about Isaiah. I just
tremble thinking about it. Starting in that great book,
or any book for that matter. We're going through Hebrews now,
and what a wealth, what a gold mine, what an unsearchable the
unsearchable riches of Christ, all the way through the book
of Hebrews, the greatness of Christ. Well, here in 2 Samuel
23, David is a type of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Now, for someone who might not
understand what I mean by a type of Christ, he typifies the Lord
Jesus Christ. He's a representative. In other
words, God raised up David, put him through all that he put him
through, and wrote about it in this book. Not just to give us
an interesting story of a man. Not just so we could have something
to read, you know. an interesting biography of man,
but he's a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ. That's the reason
everything is written in Scripture. That's the reason whatever is
recorded in Scripture is recorded that in some way it might reveal
Christ. Because to know Christ is faith,
and have faiths be saved. That's why this book is written,
to reveal Christ to us. And the Lord Jesus Christ, one
time, was walking with his disciples on the road, and it says he began
in the books of Moses. That's Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,
Numbers, Deuteronomy, and it says, and the Psalms all the
Psalms of David and the prophets. That's the whole Bible, the Old
Testament. And it says, he began to preach
to them all the things concerning himself. In another place, he said, they
are they, talking about Scripture, which testify of me. I like to
say this, I've said it so many times. Again, this is a hymn
book, H-I-M book. It's all about him. It's not
history, but it's his story, he said. And so every person
in scripture, somehow or another, will point us to Christ. David,
now, is such a clear picture of Christ. Such a type of Christ. And Christ was born in his lineage,
the son of David. And he's called, that's what
he's called, the son of David, because David's such a type,
such a representative of Christ. All right. All right. Now, we're going to look at this,
though. But listen, whenever you look at the Psalms or David's
life, You know, it also represents every believer. David was, God
said, David was a man after my own heart. Isn't that what God
said about David? David was one of God's children. David was one of God's men. He chose him. He loved him, set
his love on him. And David represents every child
of God. What David says, we can say.
we do so. So we're going to look at it
both ways. We're going to look at David
the man, and we're also going to look at him as the type of
Christ. So here it is, verse 1. Now,
these be the last words of David. These aren't the very last deathbed
words, but these are the last recorded words per se. I believe he's talking about
chapter twenty-two. I believe this is talking about
chapter twenty-two. Also, chapter twenty-two is Psalm eighteen.
Wonderful, wonderful Psalm. Great Psalm. Speaks of Christ
all the way through. All the way through. Now these
be the last words of David. Now read on with me. David the
son of Jesse. David What is David's name mean? You know what the name David
mean? The name David means beloved. These be the last words of David,
David the beloved, the beloved son of Jesse. I'll stop right
there. David, as you know, was the youngest. He was the youngest
of, we had seven other brothers, didn't we? He was the youngest,
but he must have been the most well-loved. He's the beloved. Daddy named him. Jesse named
him Beloved. Beloved. His father must have
been an older man by the time he had David. By the time he
had eight children, he had sisters as well. David, the Beloved,
he's a picture of Christ. And God said, that's what God
called him, that's what the whole Song of Solomon says about him,
doesn't it? That's what it calls him, my
beloved. The beloved, God said, this is my beloved son, in whom
I'm well pleased, well pleased. David was indeed well pleased
in his father, a tribute to him, and Christ did nothing but bring
glory to the father. All right? Another description
of David. David, the son of Jesse, said,
And the man who was raised up on high, the man raised up on
high, from a shepherd of the sheep to king of Israel, David
was raised up by God, wasn't he? Oh, this was the purpose
God had for this This shepherd all along, wasn't it? You remember
the people wanted a king, and God gave them Saul? Saul wasn't
their king, or wasn't his God's king. He wasn't God's king. People
wanted kings. They said, here, you want a king?
Not seeking my will? Here, have you one? Here's you
a king. He said, but I've got me a king. I always have had
me a king. If you'd have waited, You see, God's always had a king.
God has always had a king before the foundation of the world.
Brother Stan, there's a passage. I didn't write it down, but in
one of the Gospels, it says that the people came and were going
to take Christ and make him king. You remember that? They were
going to take him. They're going to swarm him and
just, I guess, lift him up on their shoulders, you know, and
just head on in and make him king, crown him king. It says
he hid himself. You don't make him king. Why would he need their pitiful
little crown and their approval and their anointing? God had
made him king before the world began. God had already set the
decree, hadn't He, in Psalm 2. I've declared this decree. He's
sitting right here, right now, on my holy hill of Zion, the
King, the King. I thought about this. Making, and people say, you know,
won't you make Jesus Lord? That's blasphemy. He's always
been Lord. You don't make Him Lord. But
it'd be kind of like, you know, trying to make him king or trying
to make him lord. It'd be like a man who had earned
doctorates from Yale, Harvard, Princeton. Earned doctorates. And Ferrum University calling
and saying, we want to bestow an honorary degree on you. Wouldn't he laugh? What? Honorary
degree? Do I need? That's an insult,
isn't it? See what I'm saying? making king. Well, the man who was raised
up on high in Christ, like David, Christ was the meek and lowly
carpenter's son, now raised up and seated on the throne of glory.
Raised up on high? How high? High above the heavens and earth,
Lord over all. High, there's another song we
sing, high king of heaven. I like that. High King of heaven. King of kings. And Lord of lords. Read on. It says the anointed
of the God of Jacob. The anointed. You know the story
of David's sons being paraded before Samuel? Jesse's sons being paraded before
Samuel? You know the story. Samuel came
down to him. God said, I've got me a king.
Go down. I want you to anoint him. And
so Jesse Yes, he paraded his son before him, and he brought
out the first one they brought out was the oldest and the tallest
and the most handsome, you know, and most strongest. And surely
God and Samuel was impressed. He said, surely this is God's
anointing. No, it's not. He said, don't
look on the height of his countenance or the height, his height of
his stature or his countenance. Lord seeth not as man seeth.
God looks on the heart. I had me a man after my own heart.
And after all those boys were paraded before Samuel, God said,
none of them are here. None of these are mine. And Samuel said to Jesse, you
got any more boys? He said, yeah, but he's just
a shepherd. He's just a shepherd. He's out
there right now keeping the sheep. A light should have clicked on
in Samuel's hands. He keepeth the sheep as a good
one. Oh, he never lost one. He's out
there right now, being a faithful shepherd, watching over the sheep.
He's done for me. He's just been a servant. But
he's just a lad. Bring him in, he said. I am preaching
on Sunday. He said, bring him in. He said,
we'll not sit down until you've brought him thither. That's the type of Christ, isn't
it? We're not going to sit with God. We're not going to be seated
in the heavenly unless God brings Him to us. Well, David brought
Him in, and immediately God told Samuel, Arise! I'm anointed. This is the King. Arise, ye saints! Salute thy
King. God Almighty, from the foundation
of the world, Adam and Abraham and Moses and David and Joshua,
and it's on and on and on and on the list of being gold. And
God said, they're not mine. They're not my king, that is.
Two thousand years ago, in walked a man from Nazareth, and God
thundered from the heavens, this is he, my king, my king. has his king, and he's been faithful
ever since. From the beginning. All right,
let me read on. It says, The sweet psalmist of Israel, the
anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel. David was a lyrical man. David
wrote, I don't have any psalms that David actually wrote. He
taught his son, that's where Solomon got from. David wrote
many songs. He was a lyrical man. He was
a musical man. David was a musical man. He wrote many songs and
sang them as well. Played them on a harp. Played
well. As a matter of fact, someone
said, do you remember that? Someone said about Saul was looking
for a guitar player. And someone said to him, I've
heard the son of Jesse play. That's who you know. Son of Jesse. He said he's cunning. He's able
to play. Now he can flat play. He's able
to play. And he's not only that, he's
a mighty, valiant man. Oh, what a good study it would
be. I'm not going to tell you. I'm
not going to do like I'm going to do like Scott said not to
do. He said, don't give him everything in one message. Save something
for later. I was reading the rest of 2 Samuel
23, and it, oh my. Well, let's go on. It says, he's
a mighty, valiant man, a man of war, and prudent in matters,
and a comely person. The Lord's with him. The sweet
psalmist of Israel, David. Well, the Lord Jesus Christ is,
he's the writer of the Psalms. You know that? The Lord Jesus
Christ is the one who wrote the song. That's what David said
right here, didn't he? Huh? Look at there, verse 2. It says, The Spirit of the Lord
spake by me. His word was in my tongue. Who
was writing the song? David? No. David's Christ. David's son. And you know, Christ sang the
song. He sang. Oh, yes, he did. He sang a lot. Scriptures tell the sons of God
to sing. Sing! What are we going to be doing
in heaven? Christ sang. Wouldn't you like to hear him
sing? You know, I bet you, well, I don't even have to guess, I
bet you no man sang like this man sang. That's what they said
about his speech, didn't they? No man spake like this man. Boy,
you ought to hear him sing. No man sang like this man. You
know, singing, what little I know, Jeanette is a, she's a polished
singer, and Jeanette, they say, they, you're one of they. Experts
say that good singing comes from where? The diaphragm, doesn't
it? That's really, that's the heart. Right here in the center of your
being, the diaphragm, within, with all your being. That's the
reason those baritones and those, you know, those operatic singers,
they mellow it out, you know, and boy, they sing. Good singing
comes not like from the nasal, not, you know, pardon me, fellows,
but bluegrass singers, you know, sing from right here. But no, no, good singing is from
the diaphragm, from the inner being, from the chest, from the
filling up the lungs and singing up. And Christ sang from the
heart. You reckon he sang from the heart?
Huh? I'm telling you from a pure heart,
with a heart overflowing with full hearts with gratitude to
God, and praise to God, and thanksgiving, and admiration, and amazement,
and glory, and fear. And you reckon he sung? Could
he sing How Great Thou Art? Wouldn't you like to hear him?
We're going to. He's going to lead the singing. The sweet psalmist of Israel. In heaven, there's going to be
silence for the space of thirty minutes, the scripture says.
It might be when he starts singing. Sweetest note in seraphic song. Sweetest name on mortal tongue. No man sang like this man. You
ever think about that? Guaranteed. He must have the
agreement. Sweet psalmist of Israel. David
sang well, but not as good as his Lord. Let's read on. Verse 2 says, The Spirit of the
Lord spake by me, and God's word was in my tongue. Spirit spake by me. Psalms of
David were inspired by God. And you remember when Christ
said in John 14, He said, The words that I speak, I speak not
of myself, but my Father which is in man. He speaketh the word. God spoke through Christ, God
was in Christ speaking to us. Verse three, the God of Israel
said, the rock of Israel spake. Stan, you just light up, you
just smile every time you see rock. Why? Because our rock is
not like their rock. We say rock, we mean rock. Joe
does too. Every time I say standing on
a rock, he smiles. He smiles because Christ is that
rock. He is that rock. All other ground
is sinking sand. On Christ the solid rock I stand. The rock of Israel spake to me,
he that ruleth over men. David was the ruler. He was the
most powerful man in his day, ruling over the greatest kingdom
of that time, the kingdom of Israel. And it says he must be
just. He was just. David. Wouldn't
you like to have David in Washington? Huh? Wouldn't you? I would. Wouldn't you like to have a ruler
like that? Congress full of Davids. Huh? Wouldn't that be great? He was
just. Oh, but you know where he got
it from? You know where Solomon got his
wisdom from? Got it from David. And where
did David get his from? Got it from Christ. The just
one. That's his name, John. The just
one. The just one. And oh, isn't the
gospel in that? The just one. He that ruleth
over men must be just. He that saves me must be just. He must be my justifier. Through
the righteousness of Christ, God is just, both just and justifier. Read on. And it says he rules
in the fear of God. The fear of God. That's Christ. All right, now verse 4 says,
And he shall be. David then gives this glorious
description of Christ. In verse 4 he says, He shall
be as the light of the morning. The light of the morning. When the sun rises. He shall be like the sun rising
in the morning. That's who the Christ is. You
know, that's the most glorious part of the day, isn't it? Those
of you who are not at work already are able to watch the sun come
up. It's the most glorious part of the day. And that's fitting,
because Christ is called the Son of Righteousness, isn't it? with healing in his wing. He
is called the day spring from on high. The day spring, what's
that? That's the sun, the beginning
of the day, the spring of the day. He's called the bright and
what star? Morning star? What morning star
might that be? The sun. The sun, the brightest
of them all. There are many And many, Scripture
says, we're the light of the world. We're the many shining
ones. He's the bright and morning star.
Many fair ones, fair children of God. He's the fairest of ten
thousand. The bright and morning star. The sun of righteousness. The
day spring from on high. Like a morning without clouds.
Look at that. As a morning without clouds.
You ever wake up early in the morning and go outside and it
would just be breathtakingly beautiful. Breathtakingly beautiful. Clear morning, no clouds in the
sky, everything clear. Air fresh and beautiful and you
can see clearly. I love to watch the sun coming
through the trees. over the eastern side of the
house, filtering through the trees there. It's just glorious. It's just glory. I've tried to
take pictures of it. Get my little camera out, you
know. It never turns out. Never, never can show the true
beauty of that sign. You've got to see it for yourself. You've got to witness it in person.
And that's Christ, that's Christ. Well, and clear, it says, a morning
without clouds. You know, if you ever see Christ, he'll remove all this obscurity
from your vision, all the clouds. He will. He'll remove all the
clouds, all obscurity. You'll see out of us what Isaiah
29 says. They shall see out of the blind
and shall see out of obscurity. They'll remove the cloud. You'll
see everything clearly if you see Christ. I'm not talking about
having all the answers to every single thing, but you'll have
the one great answer. You'll see how that everything
is of Him, through Him, to Him, for Him, by Him, because of Him,
in Him. See what I'm saying, Vicki? When you really say, when you
finally see Christ seated on the sun. The sun. Always set. In it. You take that ball of fire in
the sky called the sun, S-U-N. It's always there, isn't it?
It's always burning. It's always, they say it's the
center of the universe. Everything revolves around it.
It's always there, isn't it? People wrongfully say, you know,
And we all say it. The sun's coming up. You ever
say that? I've heard my daughters say,
the sun's not out today. Oh, yes, it is. Oh, yes, it is. The sun's always
out. The sun didn't come up this morning. We came up. The sun's always
been right where it is. Raining overall. shining over all, ruling over
all, giving life to all. That's the picture of Christ.
And though men can't see him, though men don't acknowledge
him, though he may have hidden his face, a cloud of sin or flesh,
a veil of flesh, he's there all right. He's there. Always has
been. Always will be. The center of
the universe. His name starts with a C. All right, like a morning after
a young rain or a spring rain, clear shining after rain. Oh,
boy, have we been blessed this spring. Every farmer ought to
be just standing out in his fields every morning, standing in his barn. Look at
the hay, would you? Look at the hay. You reckon they
do? Let me give you a little You
know the scripture that says, even the plowing of the wicked
is evil in the sight of the Lord? You've heard that scripture,
haven't you? The plowing, I don't know where it is, but it's in Proverbs,
I know that. The plowing of the wicked is
evil in the sight of the Lord. The very plowing, the very honest,
hard work, reaping or plowing the fields of unbelievers, those
who don't acknowledge God. Those who don't worship God wickedness. I will give you an instance of
that last Sunday. Driving there was a driver. I
forget driving somewhere driving out of country road. There were
two fellows out on their tractor. Just as I know why they're working
today. It has so much. I mean, Stan,
you speak at their farm. But when the hay, they had this
hay, hay, hay, making hay everywhere, right? All day long making hay. I thought, you boys, you should have been praising
God this morning for the hay. Can't you stop for an hour? Can't
you stop for an hour and praise God? That's wickedness out of
the Lord, right out there. He just rain, rain, rain, grow,
grow, grow, rain, grow, grow, cut the hay. See what I'm saying? God's going to set this earth
on fire like a hay field one of these days, for that very
reason. Ah, Christ is a clear, an earth
by clear, shining after rain. How he's blessed. All right,
verse five. You were worried I wouldn't get to this one. Verse
five. All right, David says, Although
my house be not so with God. Now, wait a minute, stop right
there. Why does he start talking like
this? Have you ever stopped? I did. I stopped and looked at
D&A. He's singing God's praises and talking about the glories
and the beauties of Christ and describing him and all his beauty.
And all of a sudden he says in verse 5, Although my house be
not so with God. What are you talking about? Well,
like I said, right after describing Christ's beauty and glory and
in him, he says, It's not so with my family. They don't see any beauty in
him. I can try to describe the greatness
of my God and the glory of Christ and the beauty of the gospel,
and it's not so with them. They don't see. Joe, when I through
the woods and forest glades I wander and hear the birds sing sweetly
in the trees, and when I look down from lofty mountains grander
and hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze, then sings my
soul, my God, how great thou art. It's not so with my family. Not so with the sisters. Not so. Come out from here in
the gospel and you just, your soul is rejoicing. It's not so
with your family, is it John? It's not so with your folks.
It's not so with your brother. It's not so. See that? It's not so with them. No fear of God to them, no worship,
no praise, no thanks, no glory in the gospel, no beauty in Christ
that they should desire. I see God's hand in everything.
It's not so with my family. I see God's reign and rule over
everything, and it's not so with my family. I see God's Son as
my all in any all, and it's not so with my family. It's not so
with my house. But although it be not so. with my house. Yet God, but God,
praise God, hath made with faith, hath revealed himself to me,
hath chosen me by sight. I know better than they. I am
just a sinner like they are. Yet God, but God, is rich in
mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved me in Not of works,
but of grace. By grace, I say, he made with
me, concerning me, an everlasting covenant. There's that word,
covenant. Agreement. Covenant of grace. An everlasting covenant. Read
on here. An everlasting covenant, ordered
in all things and sure. All things. Disagreement concerning
me, which God has made, has ordered everything about it, and it should. Romans 8.28 says that all things
work together according to his purpose. All things. This purpose
in Christ. That's what Ephesians 1 says.
He has chosen us in Christ. In this covenant that he made
with Christ, David's talking and he made with me. Who's talking? Who's talking? David said, God
made with me. Who's talking? Who's doing the
talking? He says, the Lord spake thy name. He spake through me, to me. It's
Christ talking, John. God made with him. this covenant,
ordered in all things and sure. He made with him this covenant.
This is an agreement made between God Almighty and God the Son
before the world began, an everlasting covenant it's called, eternal
in the past and eternal to the future, made with Christ, an
everlasting covenant. He said, I've given thee as a
commander to the people, a captain So Isaiah 55 says, I've given
them to you, I've given you to them, I've given them to you. They'll be yours and you'll be
theirs. I've sent you to do a work for them, to establish righteousness
and to lay down your life to pay for their sins, a covenant.
He said, if you do that, I'll receive them all, every last
one of them. And I'll do everything, I'll order every single thing
concerning them. And the gates of hell won't prevail
against them. I'll order every step. The steps of a good man
are ordered by the Lord. All orders and everything. I'll
look over and make sure of everything. You'll be there surety. I'll
make sure of the covenant. You see, why is the covenant
sure? Because of who God made it with. Our surety. He made it sure. Now this is,
now David says, look at this. David says, now it's not so with
my house. They don't see any beauty. I
say covenant to them. Matter of fact, some of them,
when I talk about an everlasting or eternal covenant made with
Christ, the purpose of God, they get mad. They get mad about it. It's not so with my house. Oh,
but David says, this is all my salvation. It's all my salvation. Jeanette,
isn't it what your family gets mad at and rejects them down? It's all your salvation. It's
all your hope. All your hope. My hope is built
on nothing less than His blood and His righteousness. His oath, His covenant. his blood support me in the well-being
blood. Right? You've got a good standing. You've got a good hope. Although
it's not so when you have. And when the time comes, they'll
be on sinking sand, but you'll be standing on a rock. It's all
my salvation. All my hope of eternal life is
based upon that agreement Christ and the Father made before I
was ever born. Have I got a good hope? Have
I got a good hope? Well, if you've got an all-powerful
God, if you have a God who never lies, if you've got an all-powerful
Christ. You know, I made that statement
this morning. Let me clarify. I said Jesus
Christ is not a powerful person. Remember that? I saw some kind
of shocked looks, but I mean that. I waited even more carefully. You see, this is the difference
between our rock, our Christ, and theirs. This is the difference
between the God, the Christ of the Scripture, and the one that
other Jesus men are talking about. The one they believe or are talking
about is a powerful person. You understand what I'm saying?
He's a powerful man. Not all powerful, but he's a
power. He does have some power. My Christ
is power personified. As a matter of fact, he's all
power. As a matter of fact, no power that anybody has, everybody
gets all power they have from him. He is power, not just a
powerful person. So am I saved? God made an agreement, and he
can't lie. And Christ has my name written
in his palm, his hand. And he's right now seated somewhere,
and ain't nobody going to move him. Got me, got my name right
there. God said Sealed it. It's sure. It's sure. Are you
sure? Is he there? It's sure. It's all
my salvation. Dare not trust the sweetest prank.
And the last thing he says here, 2 Samuel 23, all my desire. All my desire. Oh, my desire. David, I love that Psalm 37.
David said, oh, he said, One thing have I desired of the Lord,
and that will I seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the
Lord all the days of my life. Psalm 27. Oh, to inquire into
his temple, to behold the beauty of the Lord and inquire in his
temple. That's all my desire. One thing have I desired. You
get your desire. It will give men and women what
they want. It was said of Mary, and she sat at his feet, listening
to her Lord. And Christ said of her, she hath
chosen the good part. And he said, you know what he
said to her about that, Jerry? He said, she hath chosen the
good part. And then he said, and it will
not be taken from us. This is where she wants to be.
Remember that? This is where Mary wants to be.
And he said, Mary, you're going to sit right there. You're going
to stay right there. It will not be taken from you.
This is your desire? You desire me? That's where you'll
be. You know where Mary is right
now? It wasn't taken from her. She was in Jeanette. She was
the first one to tell him, was you? Where's my Lord? They've
taken him from me. Oh no, he'll not be taken from
you. You've desired the good part.
All my desire, Christ is all my desire. If he's your desire,
you'll get what you want. Although he make it not to grow.
What does he mean there? Although he make it not to grow. Well, there's several things. I believe this can mean several
things. You know, I don't grow like I
want to grow. Do you? Matter of fact, sometimes
I wonder if I've grown at all. Don't you? You know, we're told
in the scriptures, grow in grace and the knowledge of our Lord.
Although he doesn't, I don't seem to be making any problems.
You know what I'm saying? Amy, you know what I'm saying?
Although he make it not to grow like I think he ought to make
it grow, or like I want him to. But, Amy, that's not my salvation. That's not my salvation. My growth
in grace is not my salvation. My progress in the Christian
faith, so to speak, is not my salvation. Me living the victorious
life is not my salvation. Me trying not to sin is not my
salvation. My salvation is a covenant. See that? And although he does not make
their desire to grow, my family is not so with him. Their desire
does not grow. Although this church doesn't
grow, I thought about this. Don't you think I'd like to see
this place full? Wouldn't you? Talking to Mindy about it this
morning, I bemoan my preaching. After every time, don't just
bemoan, just walk around groaning, worrying. Did I say this too
hard? Was I mean? Did I preach mean?
Did I preach harsh? I don't want to run anybody off.
Visitors come. There's nothing I'd like to see
more than for them to come to know the Lord Jesus Christ and
be joined to this body, be members of the body of Christ. Not for
the sake of numbers. Goodness, no. For their sake. For the glory of God. For their
sake. That they might rejoice with
us. And for our sake. I'd like to see the family grow. I sure would. But although He make it not to
grow. This is all my desire. As a matter of fact, Brother
John, if everybody here was gone but you and me. I don't want that. Well, what
if it did? What's your salvation? Full church, half full church,
half empty church. Two or three, Joe. Two or three. And let me, can I say this? Can you say
this? Although it be not so with my hat. And there's nothing you'd love
more than to see God save your hat. Right? Some ladies, unsaved
husbands. some parents with unsaved children.
There's nothing you'd like to see more, really, is there? But
if it's not so with your house, if God never saves your husband,
if God never saves your child, if God never gives you a believing
mate, can you say with David, here's all my salvation and all
my desire? I don't have to get married.
I don't have to have a husband, but I do have to have Christ.
Can you say that? He's all my desire. Can you say
that? If he doesn't save my daughter,
can I say thank him to high heaven?

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