Okay, now you can turn with me
to 2 Samuel. 2 Samuel. We'll look at a verse in chapter
2, verse It's been spending most of our time in chapter five.
This is the next to the last message in this series. On the
son of David. I hope it's been profitable to
you, I believe some of you have. Expressed. Your. Appreciation for them, I've enjoyed
them to be one more message following this one. Do you remember in
the very first message? In this study. That message was
entitled David's anointing. We talked about. We talked about
David. When Samuel came to anoint David
king over Israel, when God told Samuel, I have a king, a man,
I've got a chosen king for Israel, it's not Saul. It's another. And you remember David when an
anointed Samuel. Well, I told you that David was
anointed three times. Do you remember that? David,
the man was anointed three times. The first time when Samuel appeared
to him as just a boy, he was 20 some years old. The second
time is right here in chapter two of second Samuel. We briefly
looked at this last week, verse four, the men of Judah came.
This was when David was in exile and he was being chased by Saul. It says in verse four, the men
of Judah, they came and there they anointed David king over
the house of Judah. Now this is right after Saul
was dead. Excuse me. This is right after
Saul died. And the men of Judah came and
anointed David king over the house of Judah. Even though David was the rightful
king. David was anointed by God he
was the king of Israel. He was revealed by the prophet
Samuel Samuel revealed to all that David was the rightful king. David was rejected by me. Everybody
rejected David in favor of Saul. Saul was the people's choice.
Remember, he was the people's king, but David was the true
king of Israel. Follow with me now, David was
the true king of Israel all the while that David was in exile. All the while, while he was being
chased by Saul, while he was being rejected by everyone, David
was fighting Israel's battles. If you read that story down in
Ziklag, when David went down to Ziklag, it says that while
he was living there, he went out. and fought some battles,
and he killed the Amalekites. I didn't show you that last week.
While he was living in Ziklag, he went out and killed some more
Amalekites. David was fighting Israel's battles,
even though he was in exile, even though the people rejected
him. Are you following my train of thought here? David was laying
the groundwork. David was fighting for Israel's
safety and success, even though they rejected him, he was still
fighting for them, their battles. Even so, the Lord Jesus Christ
has always been the king, always. He's the chosen, the anointed,
crowned king by God Almighty. He was revealed by the prophets.
The Old Testament prophets revealed that the son of David was to
be king, Messiah. Even though Christ was rejected
by man when he got here, in favor of man, Saul, themselves, Christ
was and is the true king. Always has been. And even though
he was not yet born, before he was born, Christ was the king. Stay with me. Stay with me. He
was the king, he was the shepherd, he was the lord, he was the ruler
over all. And Christ was anointed three
times. At his birth, God, through the
angels, announced his coronation. This is my son. This is the son
of God, this is the Savior, this is God's son. At his baptism,
the Holy Spirit ascended upon him in the form of the dove and
God spoke from heaven again and said, this is my son, this is
thy king, this is your ruler. Bow to him, hear to him, hear
him, adhere to him, and hear him. And then in glory. on the
cross, and then when he went back to heaven, he was seated.
And we read that in Psalm 2, where God said, I set my king
on the holy hill of Zion. He's called the head, the king
of the church of the whole world. Yeah, the Lord overall. And then
back in David's day, back in David's day, by God's grace,
even though David was rejected by most people, some people Some
people, by God's grace and mercy, were made to see their desperate
state and condition. Some of these wandering Israelites
were made to see how that they were in bondage to King Saul. Though one time they were willing
and obedient servants to this wicked King Saul, by God's grace
and mercy, God revealed to them, You're in debt this man this
wicked king has got you in debt to him you're in distress you're
in bondage. You're discontented, he made
these people, do you remember that? 1 Samuel 22. He made them
in debt, in distress, and discontented with their bondage under King
Saul. And they came to David. And it
says David became captain over them. He became their captain. And a little bit later, upon
the death of Saul, what we just read there, after Saul died,
these Strangling. These few motley man and their
wives and children, they anointed David King over there. I said,
you're our king. And even though a few just a
few recognize David and followed him. Remember. God had already
made him king. He was already king, even though
just a few acknowledged him. David was king over Israel. because
God said so, and it was just a matter of time before his full
coronation to the crown in Jerusalem. And as Scripture says about us,
about Christ, the Scripture says, God who is rich in mercy for
his great love wherewith he hath loved us, that is his long suffering
to us, God put up with us for many years while we willingly
served, obediently served, sin, Satan, and self under the rule
of the God of this world. Willingly, we made him our Lord,
didn't we? Sin, we were willing subjects
of sin. God in mercy, even though we
were dead in sin, subject to Satan all the while, quickened
us together with Christ. It's by grace you're saved. Though
we were loyal subjects of the king's sin, God in grace brought
us to see our awful condition. Just a few, just a few men of
Judah made them distressed with their condition, made them in
debt to see their awful sin dead against the Holy God and made
them discontented with themselves and their old false profession
of religion. These elect according to the
foreknowledge of God, and then they were led to Christ and he
became the Hebrew says what? Captain. of their salvation,
yea, Lord King, the lion of the tribe of Judah became king. And it's just a matter of time.
Like David, although he was a king. Although men rejected him, he
was still the king, and it was just a matter of time before
David was going to be installed in Jerusalem. You could just
count on it. David was going to be anointed.
Why? God said so. And nobody's going to stop. God
will work. Who will let it? Who will stop it? And even though
people do not acknowledge Christ as the sovereign Lord over all
now, oh, they'll let him be sovereign over thunder and lightning and
their finances. and whatever, but not over salvation. But I'm here to tell you, he's
Lord over all. He's king. He's sovereign. And
it's just a matter of time until all see, hey, he is the king. All will see him, the scripture
says, as he is. Not like men think he is, but
as he is. All flesh shall behold his judgment
day is going to be what? Coronation day. coronation day
of Christ, Christ's coronation or crowning day, and every knee
will bow, every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess
he's Lord, he's Lord to the glory of God the Father. This same
Jesus that only a comparative few on earth right now really
believe, recognize and follow, he's the King right now. Let's
look at his coronation. Look at David's coronation here
in 2 Samuel chapter 5. 2 Samuel 5. Now this is beautiful. This is a beautiful picture of
Christ. I'll try to make it as clear as possible, although I
hope the Holy Spirit makes it clear. I can't make it clear. Saul was dead. Saul was dead. Then came, verse one, then came
all the tribes of Israel to David. Then came all the tribes of Israel
to David and to Hebron. All. Every word is significant. All, A-double-L, all the tribes
of Israel. all of God's chosen people were
going to come to David. There weren't going to be any
missing, not hiding a hair or one of them. From here and there
and yonder, from the highways and the hedges, from this place
and that, old and young, rich and poor, male and female, they
heard about David, they heard King Saul was dead, they heard
about David, and it says all the tribes of Israel. came to
David. Christ said, all that the Father
giveth me shall come to me. Is there any possibility that
anybody who God loves, anybody who Christ died for, won't come
to Christ and be saved? No. All that the Father giveth
me shall come to me. All Israel shall be saved, spiritual
Israel. Christ said, all that the Father
giveth me shall come to me. Why? Because he said, they're
my sheep and my sheep will hear my voice. They'll hear that David,
the son of David reigns. He's on the throne. That's the
first thing they'll hear. He's king. And the scripture
says this, all thy children shall be taught of God. Taught what
of God? that Christ reigns, what we read
there in Psalm 2. I set my king on the hill. Now,
if you're going to be one of my children, if you're going
to be one of my servants, if you're going to dwell with God,
you're going to have to bow to my king. And he's on the throne. You go down and you bow to him
and you kiss his feet, lest he be angry. And you perish when
his wrath is kindled but a little. And all the children of God shall
be taught this. Not one exception, Joe. They've
all got the same learning. They've all got the same basic
teaching that Christ is King, that God is holy, that God is
sovereign, and that Christ is their only hope. And every man,
the scripture says, John 6, 45, every man that hath heard and
learned of the Father shall come to me." Christ said, every man
will come. Ain't a one of them missing?
Not a one. All the tribes of Israel then
came to David under Hebron. And look at this. They spake,
saying, Behold, now don't read ahead of me here, OK? Stay with
me. Stay right where I'm reading,
because every word is significant. And they all spake unto David.
All of them came to David and spake unto him and said, We're
thy bone and thy flesh. We're your bone, that is, your
body. We're vitally joined to you now.
Though we're many members, though we're many people, yet one, you're
our head. You're our king. You're David.
You're our king. We're your body. Vitally joined
to you. Christ said, Christ is called
the head of the church, which is his body. He is one within. You remember back when God created
Adam and Eve, when God created Eve, that is. Adam, when he saw
that woman coming to him after God took the rib out of his side,
God laid Adam's side open and took the rib out of his side
and made a woman with it. Christ on the cross was pierced
with a sword and out came blood and water. That wasn't the only
thing that came out of that bloody side, the church. It was a church
born. A people born, a bride, the bride
of Christ. But when that woman came to Adam
in the garden, what did he say? Bone of my bones, flesh of my
flesh. And the man called her woman,
woman. Ish called her, isha. Adam said
that of Eve, and it said of Christ's body. that we are a bone of his
bones, flesh of his flesh. Yea, Christ's people are called
Christians. Christians. Christians. OK, these
people continue here. This is their confession of faith
before the king. This is their profession of faith
unto David, the king, and they continue it here in verse two.
We're your bone and your flesh." And they said, in time past,
when Saul was king over us, we thought, we thought he was king
over us. Yea, we willingly and wickedly
chose him as king over us. And he brought us in the bondage.
But all the while that Saul was king over us, in times past,
thou wast he that leadest us out. Paul said in Ephesians 2, 2,
the very same words, in time past. They said to David, also
in time past, when Saul was king over us, Paul said in Ephesians
2, in time past, we walked according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the air. the spirit
that now worketh in the children of disobedience, among whom also
we had our conversation in time, that we were obedient and willing
servants of sin and Satan. He had his sway over us, but thou wast he. But God was he
who led us out. Are you reading it with me? Come on now, verse two. Thou
wast he that led us out and brought us in Israel. led us out from
under the rule of sin and Satan and the law and brought us in
to Christ into the church. But God quickened us together
with Christ, kept us by his power. It was Christ all the time. Even
though we were dead in trespasses and sin, Christ still had us,
still had a hold of us, lest we be condemned, lest we be brought
down into the pit. The God in whose hands, the Lord
God, the Lord Jesus Christ in whose hand our breath is, our
soul, had a hold of us in his hand. We were kept by his power
until the day of his power when we were made willing servants
of his, brought out from under Saul, brought in to King David,
the son of David. Christ was the faithful like
Hosea. You remember the story back in
Hosea when he came down to get his bride, Gomer? She was a prostitute. She was on an auction block being
ready to be sold. He was the faithful husband all
the time that was providing for her, wasn't he? He was providing
everything for her even though she was playing the harlem. And
she said, I thought it was my lover. I thought the world was
giving me all that I had. But then she finally came to
herself and realized it was Hosea. It was my faithful husband taking
care of me all the while. And Christ was the faithful husband
like Hosea who loved us and would not let us go. Who cared for
us. Who provided everything necessary
for us. Who paid for us. Bought us off
that auction block, and then wooed us and took us home. Cleaned
us up, washed us in his blood, robed us in a white robe, and
set us by his side. And remarried us. Married us. Because of that eternal covenant.
Look at this. This is great. Verse 2. You were
he, they said to David. Thou wast he that led us out
and brought us into Israel. And it was the Lord that said
to thee. It was because of the Lord's covenant. The Lord told
you to feed my people Israel. The Lord told you be a captain
over Israel. Even though the people rejected
you, even though we willingly rejected you. You came, you were
fighting our battles for us, and we were going to be yours,
weren't we? God the Father said to Christ
in an eternal covenant, go save my people. I've loved the people
with an everlasting love, and yea, with everlasting kindness,
I'm going to draw them. But there's something got to
be done for them. Their sin debt has to be paid for. They owe
a debt to my glory. They've sinned against me. It's
got to be paid for. Justice of God's got to be satisfied. They've
got to live a perfectly righteous life. You go do that, son. You
go down there. You be their shepherd. They're
lost. All they, like sheep, have gone
astray. Every man has gone his own way. You go down and be a
shepherd over them. Feed them the bread of life.
Water them. Lead them by the still water.
Bring them in the green pastures of the Word. Teach them. Feed
them. Guide them. Provide for them. Lead them.
Instruct them. Bring them to me. Bring them all home, son.
They're mine. They're mine. Restore their soul
back to its former glory. Be the captain of their salvation,
be their surety. They can't do anything for themselves. And the good and faithful shepherd,
the son, the son of David, Christ said, I'll go. I'll go. So first three, so all the elders
of Israel came to the king of Hebron. We're called kings and
priests, aren't we? Elders, kings, priests under
our God, and everyone will come to Christ in his glory. We'll
see him in his glory. And they all came, and it says
they made a league with him in Hebrew. A league. That's the
same word as covenant. They made a league, a covenant,
with David in Hebrew before the Lord, and they anointed David
king over Israel. They made a covenant with David.
Based upon. And listen, the only reason these
people did this. Is because of God's covenant
of David. They said it back there in verse
two, they said, because God made a covenant with you and said,
go get my people. That's the only reason we're
coming to you. We realize this now, God is anointed you. And
God has wooed us to you, and they made a covenant with David
based upon God's eternal covenant, and they promised to be loyal
and faithful followers of David. As much as lies within them.
To the according to the grace of God, they promise. And when
we come to Christ, you know, when we confess Christ, when
we take partake of the Lord's table, when we confess Christ
and believers baptism. We're not making him Lord. We're
not making him Lord. God already did that. God already
did that long time before we were born. We don't make him
Lord. He is Lord. We just acknowledge
it. All we're doing when we're baptized,
we partake of the Lord's table, we confess him unto men. We just
acknowledge it, that he is Lord. He already is Lord. We just bow
to him. We receive him as he is, who
he is, Lord, King, Master, Savior. And we bow, yeah we do take a
bow, before all men. We bow by the grace of God to
take up the cross and be followers of Christ. Don't
we? Sure we do. Become his loyal servants and
faithful followers as much as lies within us of the grace of
God. We do. We bow. If you don't,
if you're not dead set, intent, committed to being a loyal and
faithful servant of Christ, being taken up with that, you're not
one of his. You're not. And we vow by God's grace to
take up his cross and follow him. Now look at verse four.
Now David was thirty years old when he began to pray. Thirty
years old, he began to reign and he reigned forty years, thirty
years old significantly. Christ was thirty years old when
he began his earthly ministry, when he began speaking publicly,
when he went into that temple that day and read from the Isaiah,
from the book of Isaiah. He read and he sat down. He was reading of the Christ
who was going to come. The eyes of the blind should
be open. He's anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor
and so forth. And he sat down and all the elders
and the people beheld him, stared at him, and he said, this day
is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. Today, the kings in
Jerusalem, the kings here. And though he had been fighting
battles and providing for his people for 4000 years. That day he started his earthly
ministry. Verse 5. In Hebron he reigned
over Judah 7 years and 6 months. And in Jerusalem he reigned 33 years. 33 years
over all Israel and Judah. For seven days he created the
earth, and then for thirty-three years he walked the earth. Christ's time in Israel was thirty-three
years. Now let's look at David's entry
into Jerusalem. David's coming into Jerusalem.
He's going to take up residence. He's going to storm the castle. sit on the throne. David is coming
into his kingdom, verse six. And the king and his men went
to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land. David, don't read on, don't you
dare. Look up at me. David, according
to God's purpose and covenant, must reign. He must reign till
all of his enemies have been made his footstool. David, if
you'll read on through 2 Samuel, everywhere David went he was
confronted with an enemy. He never lost a thing. David
just went through, like the children of Israel went through the land,
just bowling them over, killing all his enemies until finally
he was crowned king in Jerusalem. He was making he must rain. God
said he would. He must rain if the people are
to have a good kind benevolent man of God on the throne who
will save them from their enemies. He must rain in Jerusalem. Jerusalem
is the capital of Israel. It's the enthronement place.
It's where the throne is. He must reign. David must reign
if his people are to have rest from their enemy. So David, as
it were, set his face to Jerusalem. That's where he was headed all
the time, Terry. He was in the cave. He was thinking about Jerusalem. When God crowned him as a boy,
he was sitting out there in the field watching sheep. He was
thinking about Jerusalem. Had a work to do, didn't it?
had a throne to sit on. He had a people to save. And
Christ, from his youth up, was singing about Jerusalem, wasn't
he? When he came to Jerusalem, he
was going to be killed, though. Oh, but he said, for this hour
came I into this world. From the cradle, from a small
boy, he said, I must be about my father's business. What? To
sit on the throne in Jerusalem. Or that is, Hang on the cross
in Jerusalem. Christ was thinking about his
work, Christ said his face towards Jerusalem to enter into the city
to be lifted up and crowned as the king, but. There was some
Jebusites there. There are some fellows called
Jebusites parasites would be a good word for. But significantly. Three syllable word sounds a
whole lot like. Pharisees. Jebusites, Pharisees,
Sadducees. There were some Pharisees in
Jerusalem when Christ came. There were some Sadducees in
the city when Christ came. Now look at what they said to
David. David and his men came into Jerusalem like Christ and
his men came. And these Jebusites spake unto
David, verse six, saying, Except thou take away the blind and
the lame, thou shalt not come in hither. Thinking, David can't
come in here. He can't do anything. Now, I
want you to turn with me over to a little book called Zephaniah.
Now, don't take too much time to find it. important, your index,
find it real fast. Stephania, David said in Psalm
115, listen to me while you're hunting that up. David said,
when they said to David, where's your God? Where's your God, David? Here's
our God. We got him right here, see? We made him. Isn't he cute? God of silver and gold. We made him a little idol. We've
got a little picture here of it. This is Jesus. We've got
him here hanging on a little crucifix. Hang him right here.
See him? He's right here around my neck. Here's our God, David. Where's yours? David said in Psalm 115, he said,
Our God's in the heavens. God doesn't dwell on earth in
buildings made with hands. God's not on a cross. God's not
around your neck. God's not in a house. God's on
the throne. Our God's in the heaven. You
know what? David continued. He said he's done whatsoever
he hath pleased. Our God doesn't do what we let
him. He does what he wants to and purposes to do. Your God,
the God of this world, does what men let him. God's done all he
can do. Now it's up to you. Let God this. Let God that. David said not
our God. And not your God. He's your God,
whether you know it or not. He said, Our God is in the heavens.
He had done whatsoever he had pleased, and he went on to say,
Their God, their idols are works of their hands. Now, most people say what these
Jebusites were saying here. These Jebusites were a pagan
people who came in and took up residence in Jerusalem. They
were a pagan, heathen, idolatrous people, and they set up idols
on the walls around Jerusalem. They were little idols. They
set up these little pagan gods, you know, with all the faces
you know, different forms and so they made them and they set
them up there on the walls to ward off their enemies. They
were their little patron saints, you know, like Christopher on
the dashboard. And they set them up on the walls and they were
so confident, they were so confident that none could conquer the city
and they said to David, the man who slew the Philistines, practically
single-handedly. They said he can't come in here. Look at Zephaniah. And men say
this about Christ. God can't do what he wants to
do, except you let him. I say that over and over again,
don't I? Why? Because it's the most common statement made today
about God. God wants to and can't. He can't
unless you let him. This is the exact, that's idolatry. You've got a god of your imagination.
You've made up some god. Men have made up some god and
they stuck him on a dashboard, on a cross, around their neck,
in a picture, you know, and he's warding off evil spirits. Well, look at Zephaniah chapter
one, verse fourteen. Now the great day of the Lord
is near. It's near, and it hasteth greatly.
Read this with me. Zephaniah 114. The day of the
Lord is near. Now, this is talking about either
the first coming of Christ or the second, or both. Even the
voice of the day of the Lord, the mighty man shall cry there
bitterly. That day is a day of wrath, a
day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness, a day of
desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess. A day of clouds
and thick darkness, a day of the trumpet and alarm against
the fenced cities, that is, Jerusalem, against the high tower. God says,
I'll bring distress upon men, they that shall walk like blind
men, because they've sinned against the Lord, they've not believed
him. Their blood shall be poured out as dust, their flesh as the
dung. Their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver
them in the day of the Lord's wrath, but the whole land shall
be devoured by the fire of his jealousy. He shall make even
a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land that day."
The day Christ rode into Jerusalem, the first thing he did was what?
When he got into that town, he went into the temple, didn't
he? The first thing he did, and he cracked the whip, didn't he?
He said, Get out of this place. He saw the money changers buying
and selling, making money, merchandise of people, selling idols, selling
sacrifices and making money in God's house. He said, My house
will be called a house of prayer. You made it a den of thieves.
What did he start doing? He started knocking down idols.
He started casting out people. Christ was the great, are you
ready for this, iconoclast. You know what iconoclast means?
A tearer down, a destroyer of idols. He said, You'll worship
the Lord thy God. That's the first thing he said
to Satan. You'll worship the Lord thy God and him alone. And he went into that temple,
the first place, and cast out those money changers. And if
you'll read back through the Book of the Kings, In the Chronicles,
you'll see how that every faithful king, it says that so-and-so
was a good king. He did right before the Lord.
What does it say about it? When so-and-so was a good king
and did right before the Lord, what did he do? The first thing
he did when he got king was tear down the high places, tear down
the idols, wipe the place clean of all that idolatry and so forth,
destroying all the images that are set up by the religious leader.
And I tell you what, if Christ comes into your heart, if Christ
comes in to conquer you, the first thing he'll do is tear
down your religious idol, Holy Henry. He'll tear down your false
refuge of religion. When I made a profession, that
was just a profession. It was a silly little emotional,
sentimental thing you went through and went down and accepted some
Jesus. You didn't bow to the Lord. You didn't even know who
he was. And he'll tear down your idol,
he'll break down all your former notions of religion, all your
thoughts. Well, I thought it ain't like
you thought it was. God said thou thoughtest. I was
altogether such a one as I said. He'll tear down your superstition.
He'll tear down your tradition. He'll tear down your false refuge,
and he'll set up rain in your heart. Yeah, he will. And the
Jebusites, they thought, though David can't conquer this place. Nevertheless, it didn't matter, did it? What
they thought. Nevertheless, David took the
stronghold of the city. Why? It's David's city. It's David's city. And to this
day, it's called the city of David. And men say this, and
here I go again. Men say, God can't save you,
save us, unless we let him. They say, you have to make Jesus
Lord. You have to let him into your
heart. Nevertheless! But God, to some
of you, came in anyway, didn't He? You said the same thing,
didn't you, Henry? Are you wherever you were wherever
what little church you're going to Methodist Episcopal whatever
it may be. God can't. God did didn't he? He did. The son of David took
the stronghold of the city. You know what the stronghold
is in the life of a human being? It's the heart. It's the heart. And he'll take your heart by
force. Yeah, he will. You've got to be made willing,
Charlie, don't you? Somebody said God takes every
man against his will with his full consent. A man doesn't have a free will.
It's got to be broken, like our children. We've got to break
their will or they'll be the biggest rebel there ever was.
They'll be no child of Satan unless their will is broken and
come into submission to authority. Don't break their spirit, break
their will. That's where the wisdom comes in. But their will
is dead set on having mine, mine, mine. That's the first thing
they learn to say. Mine. I do it. Right? And that's the first thing we
say coming in this work. I reign. I rule. I'm a little
god. I have control. My will. And
men put it across their church buildings, don't they? Free will.
Of all things to put. We don't have a free will. Our
will only does what our will lets us, and that's sin. And
God, through Christ, must break our will, must break it down
and make us, Psalm 110 says, willing in the day of his power. In the day of his power, he makes
us willing. Comes into the heart, the scripture
says, listen to this, ever thought of it in this lot? The kingdom
of heaven suffereth violence. What did Christ say? Where did
he say the kingdom of heaven was? Within you. Didn't he? So the
kingdom of God is within your heart. The Holy Spirit reigns
their rules their Christ. I don't expect us to understand
that I don't understand. But he said the kingdom of heaven
is within you the heart and he said the kingdom of heaven suffered
violence and the violence. Take it by force. That is the
violent man. We read about the violent man
comes with a sword and pierces that old hard heart. That hard
heart is like a flint, like a rock. And the Word of God, the sword,
he unsheathes it, doesn't he? He opens it up, unsheathes it,
and operates on the heart of his people. Tears it asunder,
doesn't he? Pierces to the dividing of the
sunder of bone and marrow, flesh and spirit, discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart. Lays you bare, lays you open,
doesn't he? The violent one. Christ said,
I didn't come to bring peace. Ain't no mealy-mouthed little
poor little martyr trying to do my best, trying my best to
have men let me save them. He said, I'm not come to bring
peace, but a sword. A Henry sword. Just thought of that. He's one
of mine. He's a rebel, but I'm bringing
it against his will. He'll be kicking and screaming
at first, but buddy, after it's all over, he's going to be screaming
grace. He's going to be crying out,
thank God. Thank God he broke my will. And when Christ unsheathes that
sword and pierces your heart, he's saying all the while, I'm
coming in. David, I'm coming in. That's my city. Salvation is
in man's soul. Man's soul. And Emmanuel must
take it. It's his. And the same is the
city of Christ. Zion. Zion. The heart is a dwelling
place of Christ. And Christ, now listen to this.
Christ, upon coming to Jerusalem, and I'll quit, when He came to
Jerusalem, He was apprehended by the Pharisees and the Sadducees.
They thought they had him. He was cruelly beaten. He was
nailed to the cross. He was raised up for all to mock
and jeer at. They said things like this. Well,
he saved others himself he cannot save. They spoke the eternal
truth when they said that. In saving others, he couldn't
save himself. They said, if you be the son
of God, you come down from that cross. Show us. If he's going
to be the son of God and the Savior of sinners, he can't come
down from that cross. Why? Because we're supposed to
be there. And he's being a substitute. He's hanging there, paying the
sin debt, the penalty for our sins for us. If he comes down,
nobody's going to be saved. And they said he saved others.
You better believe it. You better believe it. Himself,
he could not save. He could have, but he did not
save himself. And they mocked and jeered him,
and they said this, of all things, they wrote over the top of his
head what they wrote. Jesus, King of the Jews. King of the
Jews. And the Pharisees said, don't
write that up there. Right, he said. Pilate said,
what I've written, I've written. What God wrote, Pilate wrote. And that's what Peter said at
the Day of Pentecost. You men of Hear these words. Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved
of God by signs and miracles, you with wicked hands have taken
and crucified him, haven't you? But you did what God had determined
before to be done. This same Jesus whom you have
taken and wickedly crucified, God's what? Made him Lord. Made him Lord. And Christ, while
hanging there on the cross, The Jews, the Pharisees were going,
we've finished him now. He was crying, it's finished
now. There's a big difference. Yeah,
we've killed the king. You've crowned the king. Because he poured out his soul
unto death. The scripture says, God has given
him a name which is above every name. That is the name of Jesus. Every knee will bow and every
tongue confess. He's king. He's king. And the scripture says it thundered.
And the earth shook. It wasn't an earthquake. It said
the earth shook. As if God was saying, my king. Lifting him up for all to see. And Christ is now the eternal
conquering king. And it says down here in verse
10, David went on. and grew great. Look at it. Look
at verse 10. David went on and grew great,
and the Lord God of hosts was with him. Christ died on the cross,
yes, but he went on. God raised him from the dead
and sat him at his right hand. He ascended on high and grew
great. Terry, he was our great high
priest, went to the right hand of the Father, our King Emmanuel,
he's called, God with us. God was with him. God was in
Christ, reconciling a world of sinners to himself. Next week, conclusion, David's
last words. Stand with me and I'll dismiss. Our great God and Lord, we thank
you. We thank you for crowning Christ
King, for sending him down here to fight our battles for us,
even though we rejected him, even though we still reject him
now in a sense, in a very great sense, by not being the obedient
followers, by not being wholly taken up with Him, by not being
consumed with Him and His gospel. God help us. God forgive us.
But He's still King, and He will reign. He'll perfect that which
concerneth us and how we thank Him. He's on the throne. Take
our enemies, take ourselves, and put them under His feet,
till we finally come to see Him as He is and bow before His holy
sovereignty. Bring us back to worship you
on Sunday. In Christ's name we pray, amen.
You're dismissed.