OK, we're going to be studying
from 1 Samuel 16 tonight. 1 Samuel 16. I sure hope this comes out like
it went in. I had a blessing, I got such
a blessing in studying this, but the wind blows where it lifts. Last Wednesday I felt so so very
dead and dry and unfruitful, but his word will not return
void. If we had truly spiritualized
to see the beauties, the wonders, and the mysteries of this book,
we would be like old Elisha's servant. You remember when Elisha
prayed that the Lord would open that young man's eyes and he
saw? And when he did, he saw the hosts of heaven, they that
before us are more than they that against them. We'd see the
heavenly wonders, a host of heavenly wonders if we had eyes to see.
If we had the eyes to see in this book, we'd see some glorious
things. That's what we're praying for
tonight. I hope you'll silently and within yourself be praying
about this, that the Lord will open this up to you. There is
a dim glimpse of wonders things concerning Christ to be had here
in first Samuel sixteen. Let me remind you last week we
began a study of the son of David or how that Christ is pictured
in the life of David the king and in the history of redemption.
Let me just review a little bit in the history of redemption
or God's purpose of salvation. God chose a particular people. God is an electing God. He chooses
particular people in His election of grace, His covenant mercy. He always had and He always will. A particular people, particular
men and women. He chose, you remember, Abraham
in Abraham's seed. He chose Isaac. He chose a particular
boy out of Isaac's loins, Jacob, and Jacob was called Israel.
And on down through the ages, God chose or revealed that he
had a particular people, a chosen people. And later on, God announced
through Jacob, he announced the very tribe, the very tribe of
Jacob's people, that is, Judah, from which the Messiah would
come. Now, hold there in 1 Samuel, and let's look at a genealogy
over in Genesis 49. Now, Paul warned that we shouldn't
be taken up with endless genealogies. I got to thinking about that
today. I thought, you know, that's what people, this question of
where Cain got his wife, that's an endless genealogy. That's
one you'll never figure out. But there are genealogies that
are rich and instruction and here's one that we must know.
We've got to know a little bit about this genealogy here in
order to know who the Christ is. He's got to be a particular
Christ according to the scriptures. He's got to be the Christ of
scripture. He's got to come from the right place. He's got to
do the right things according to the scripture. And Genesis
49 tells us where he came from specifically. He came from Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, and from Jacob's loins, he came from one of those
twelve boys, one tribe. Now look at it. Here's where
Israel is blessing the twelve tribes, his sons. Verse eight. And he gets to Judah. This is
a glorious passage of Scripture. Let's look at it. Judah. You remember three words back
there in first Samuel sixteen. Anointing. This is a. This is the line of the tribe
of Judah. Paul talked about that in Hebrew.
Judah, you're he. Whom by breath, you know what
the word Judah means, the name praise praise Judah, thou art
he whom thy brethren shall praise. Thy hand shall be in the neck
of thine enemies. That's Christ, isn't it? Who
defeated all his foes. Thy father's children, the people
of God, the children of God, shall bow down before thee. Judah
is a lion's wealth. As a young man, Christ was strong
and powerful, even God in his youth. From the prey, My son,
thou art gone up, or that is from his conquest, he's gone
up into the high mountain and he stooped down or he sat down.
He couched as a lion. You know, what is a lion other
than, but a king, right? Lion is the king of the jungle
and Christ is the king who sat down on his throne as an old
lion, the eternal king. Who shall rouse him up? Once
he sat down, who's going to unseat him? Look at verse ten, and a
scepter, the scepter, that regal and royal rod of his kingship
shall not depart from Judah nor a lawgiver from between his feet
until the king of peace, until peace come, Shiloh. And unto
him, unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Look at this, binding his foal
unto the vine, and his ass's coat unto the choice vine. Remember
when Christ the King came riding into Israel? Zechariah 9. He washed his garments in wine,
or rather he washed our garments in the blood of the Lamb, and
his clothes in the blood of grace. His eyes shall be red with wine,
or that picture in Revelation 1 is his eyes as a flame of fire. Remember that? His teeth white. With milk, well, that's a picture
of Christ, the lion of the tribe of Judah. Look over it, Matthew
chapter one with me now. So the Christ clearly speaks
of the son of David, the Christ coming from the loins of Judah,
the tribe of Judah. Now look over here in Matthew
one, and this tells us for certain that Christ is the one from Judah. Matthew chapter one look at verse
one this is the book of the generation of Jesus Christ the son of David.
The son of David. The son of Abraham. Abraham begat
Isaac. Isaac begat Jacob. Jacob begat Judah and his brethren
and Judah begat Phares and Zarah of Tamar and Ferris begat Esram
and Esram begat Aram and Aram begat Amenadab and Amenadab begat
Naasan and Naasan begat Salmon and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab
and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth and Obed begat Jesse and Jesse begat
David, the king. So he's truly the son of David.
And David was the king, but Christ, the son of David, is the king
of kings and Lord of lords. Now look back at 1 Samuel with
me. We're going to look verse by verse at 1 Samuel 16. You say, we did that last week.
I know, we're going to do it again. Fell on my face last week,
and we'll try her again. 1 Samuel 16, I looked at it a
little more carefully this time. And there's a real story here
in every single verse, every single line. This is the gospel
in no uncertain terms. If you pray for that Lord's help
here, you're going to get a blessing out of this, as I did. Now, there
are five principal characters here in this story, and you need
to know who they represent. First of all, there's Samuel.
Now, Samuel represents the servant of the Lord or the preacher of
the gospel or maybe even the angel of the Lord sent to tell
of the Christ. That's Samuel. And then there's
Saul. Saul represents man, the natural
man. That's who Saul represents, the
natural man. And then there's Jesse. Jesse
being David's father naturally represents God, the father of
Christ, the son. So Jesse is God. David is Christ. Christ, the son of David, and
then the Lord here who's spoken of the Lord who said unto Samuel,
that's the Holy Spirit who speaks. OK, now look at verse one again
with me. And the Lord said unto Samuel.
The Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul? See, and I have rejected him
from reigning over Israel. Now, you remember God put man
in the garden, put Adam in the garden to reign on this earth,
to reign and to rule as a king on this earth, right? But he
rebelled against God, didn't he? He took a terrible fall.
He was once a king, but he took a terrible fall, rebelled against
the commands of God, just like Saul did. And God rejected man
from being king on this earth. But really, God had a king all
along. Man never was the king. Adam never was the king of this
earth, never was. There's one that owned this place,
Emmanuel. He was always the king. And it
says here, the Lord, the Holy Spirit, spake unto this servant
of God and said, I've rejected Saul, or man. Now, fill your
horn with oil, And go, fill your horn with oil. It takes the power,
the anointing of the Holy Spirit of God to see who God's King
is, doesn't it? It takes the powerful anointing
of God's Holy Spirit to give eyes to see Christ, to give ears
to hear His voice. And look at what His instructions
are to Samuel. Fill your horn with oil and go,
I will send thee to Jesse. Send thee to Jesse. Go to Jesse. Now, the name Jesse, you know
what the name Jesse means? The marvel and the wisdom of
God Almighty's Word. I tell you, every name, every
word, every commandment, every oracle, every title, every period,
every cross on the T, means something eternally. Jesse means the Existent
One. Jesse means being. It comes from the very word Yah,
meaning God, I am. It comes from the very word I
am. And the Holy Spirit says to the
servant of God, go to God. You go to Jesse. He that cometh
to God, the scripture says, must believe that he is, that God
is God, and that Christ is God's King. You go to Jesse. The Bethlehemite,
I'm going to show you my king. If you go to God, you're going
to see who God's king is, right? By the power of the Holy Spirit.
OK. And the Holy Spirit turns a man,
the natural man, he turns us from our idols to call upon the
living God and to see Christ as anointed one. And I told you
last week what Bethlehem means. That means the house of bread.
Now, from God, from Jesse, From the house of bread, we're going
to get the king. The king is going to come down.
David, the king. Christ is the bread from heaven,
who came from heaven itself. And God said, look at it in verse
one, you go to Jesse, the Bethlehemite, the house of bread, for I have
provided me a king among his sons. I have provided a king. God will provide himself. a king. Turn over to Psalm 89
with me. We read this last week. God had
a king all along who was ever with him, who, as Solomon said
in Proverbs 8, was ever his delight. He dwelled with him from time
and eternity. who dwelt with him before time
began, God's son, God's king, God's chosen, God's elect servant
in whom his soul delighted, Isaiah said. Look at Psalm 89, verse
19. God spoke in vision to thy holy
one, that's Christ, and said, I've laid help upon one that
is mighty. I've exalted one chosen out of
the people. I've provided me a king among
the sons. of Abraham, sons of Judah more
particularly, sons of David even more particularly. I have exalted
one chosen out of the people. I have found David, my servant. And with my holy oil, my Holy
Spirit, have I anointed him as the Spirit without measure. And
with whom my hand shall be established, my power, my strength, my salvation,
the right arm of the Lord shall be established with Christ. Mine
arm also shall strengthen him, my Holy Spirit. The enemy shall
not exact upon him, he can't find anything in it, nor the
son of wickedness afflict him. And I'll beat down his foes before
his face. I'll crush the head of the serpent
and plague them that hate him. Hell, I'll condemn them, those
that don't love Christ. But my faithfulness and my mercy
shall be with him. The faithfulness, the mercy,
the goodness, the salvation of God is where? It's in Christ.
It's with him. And in my name shall his strength
be exalted. I'll set his hand in the sea,
his right hand in the rivers. Christ walked on it. He shall
cry unto me, you're my father, my God, the rock of my salvation. Also, I will make my firstborn
higher than the kings of the earth. Oh, he'll be king of kings
and Lord of lords. And my mercy will I keep for
him forevermore. And my covenant shall stand fast
with him. Yea, he'll prosper in that thing
whereunto I have sent him. He shall not fail nor be discouraged.
He'll prosper. My covenant will stand fast,
sure, with him. Look at verse 35. Once have I
sworn by my holiness that I'll not lie unto David. His seed,
these elect people of mine, they'll endure forever. Sound like preservation
to me, doesn't it to you? Sound like perseverance of the
saints, preservation by the Holy Spirit? And his throne is the
sun before me. It shall be established forever
as the moon and as a faithful witness in heaven. So that's
Jesus Christ. Turn back to Samuel now. That's
God's provided king. Jesus Christ, he's God's provision. He's Jehovah-Jireh. Do you remember what Abraham
said on that Mount? Mount Moriah? My son, God will provide. He
named that place Jehovah-Jireh. The Lord will provide. And he
said, I've provided me a king. Jehovah-Jireh. Jesus Christ is
Jehovah-Jireh. I don't care what the rest of
the light say. He's Jehovah. He's Jehovah Jireh, that's who
he is. He's God's provision for salvation. Look at verse two.
And Samuel said, How can I go? If Saul hear it, he'll kill me.
He'll try to kill me. And they did. And they do now. Man tried to kill all the prophets
and tried to kill the Christ, and they did. They killed all
the prophets and killed the Christ. And they do try now. They try
now. They try to, because the natural
man, the carnal mind, is enmity against God and against God's
people. Christ said, they hated me, they're
going to hate you too. And that's what Samuel's saying
here. They'll kill me if they find out I've come to anoint
another king. Saul will kill me. Don't be afraid
of him who killed the body and has no more that he can do. Fear
me, Samuel. Fear me. Take a heifer with you,
though. Take a sacrifice and go in the
name of the Lord. Say, I'm come to sacrifice to
the Lord. In the name of the Lord, I'm come. Verse three. And make sure you call Jesse.
Call upon the name of the Lord. Call upon God in the day of trouble
and he'll hear you and he'll deliver you. And he'll show you
what to do. See this? Call Jesse to the sacrifice,
and then I'll show you what thou shalt do. The Holy Spirit shows
his people what to do. He shows them what to do. He
says, I'll show you what to do, and thou shalt anoint unto me
him. The Holy Spirit leads, guides, and directs the steps and the
paths and the ways in God's providence of all his people into Christ's
way. to anoint Him, to worship Him,
to bow before Him. He takes the things of Christ
and shows them unto us, right? And you'll anoint Him whom I
name unto thee. See that? The Holy Spirit here
in type says, I'll show you what to do and you'll anoint Him,
you'll anoint unto me Him whom I name unto thee. Remember what
God said to Moses in Exodus 33, 19? He said, I'll make my goodness
pass before you. I'm going to show you my best. Then what did he say? I declare
the name of the Lord. Didn't he? I'm going to declare
a name unto you that's never been told before. Jesus Christ. The Word. I'm going to declare
my name unto you. Him whom I name unto thee. I'm
going to show you who he is, who my King is. And at the name
of Jesus, every knee is going to bow. and every tongue and
faith that he's Lord verse four and Samuel did that which the
Lord spoke and he came to Bethlehem and the elders of the town who they esteem highly esteemed and
respected God's servant him who came in the name of the Lord
they respect him they remembered him who had the rule over them
and they tremble The elders of the town trembled at his coming,
and they said, You come in peace of mind. Why is he coming here? Has he got a word of judgment,
or has he got a word of peace? Oh, that we would approach preaching
the gospel in this way. Right? Oh, my. We need both. All scriptures
are profitable for doctrine, for proof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be truly
furnished in all good works and so forth. Know that we would
respect and esteem the preaching of the gospel above all things
and tremble at the word of God. Tremble at the word of God. But this reminds me of the angel
of the Lord. and the heavenly host appearing
to those shepherds on that mountain outside of Bethlehem. Do you
remember that? Don't you know now, don't you
know that these poor little shepherd fellows sitting out there about
half asleep, you know, watching their flock, about half asleep,
and all of a sudden the heavens split and the hosts of heaven
singing and shouting and praising Don't you know they were shaking
in their boots on their face? What's going on here? What's
this all about? Is the end of the world come?
Is there going to be peace? And what was the cry? Peace on
earth. Goodwill toward me. Glory to
God in the highest! Peace on earth! Peace. Unfeasibly
peace! The king of peace is here. Go
see. Let's look at verse five. That's
what he said. Peace of God come to sacrifice unto the Lord. We
got a sacrifice coming. Come see the sacrifice. Oh, little
shepherds, come see the sacrifice. He's in a manger. He's in a manger. Come see the sacrifice. And sanctify
yourselves. Come with me to the sacrifice.
And so he sanctified Jesse and his sons and called them to the
sacrifice. Ah boy. Come see the sacrifice. And he said he sanctified them.
That's the work of the Holy Spirit in setting apart a people for
himself by the call of the gospel and pointing us to Christ, isn't
it? Setting apart us by the call of the gospel and bringing us
to Christ by faith. Come see the sacrifice. Come
see a man. That's what Mary said. Come see
a man. Is not this the Christ? Shepherd,
you go see this man. Said this to the elders there. In verse six, let's read six
through ten. And it came to pass when they were come that he looked
on Eliab. You remember the story here.
Now that Jesse paraded his sons before Samuel. And Eliab appeared
and surely Samuel said the Lord's anointing is before me. Surely
the Lord's anointing is before him, but the Lord said unto Samuel,
Don't look on his outward countenance or on the height of his stature,
because I have refused him. The Lord seeth not as man seeth.
Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And God said, Neither hath the
Lord chosen this one. Then Jesse made Shema to pass
by, and he said, neither hath the Lord chosen this. And again,
and again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel,
and Samuel said unto Jesse, the Lord hath not chosen these. These
aren't them. These aren't them. So they looked
on many sons, many sons of Jesse, many of them, but none were God's
kings. They were brothers. They were
brothers. But they weren't God's king.
And all who went before Christ were not the Christ. They asked
John the Baptist, didn't they? Are thou the Christ? No. I'm
going to prepare the way. Prepare the way. All that ever
went before Christ, all men were just that. Men. Abraham, Isaac,
Jacob, John the Baptist. Sons of God, yes. Brothers to
Christ, yes. But they weren't him. of whom
the prophets gave witness. They weren't him. But all those
elders shall serve the younger. Look at verse eleven. And Samuel
said unto Jesse, Are these all? Are here all thy children? And
he said, There remaineth yet the youngest. And behold, he
keepeth the sheep. The youngest one is keeping the
sheep. Now let's look at this a minute.
This is the title of our message. David, his youth and anointing. Let's look at the youth of David
here. He's just a young man. Many say that he was about 20
years old here. At any rate, he was a very young,
very young man. And his occupation was that of
shepherd. David was a shepherd significantly. Look at Ezekiel. Chapter 34,
Ezekiel chapter 34. Jesse said he's the youngest.
And he's keeping the sheep. He keepeth the sheep. He's a
faithful shepherd over his flock. He's faithful. And David, David,
like another servant of God's, whom God sent to lead his people
out of captivity. David was a shepherd, just like
Moses. Do you remember Moses was kept
hidden for a while on the backside of a desert as a shepherd until
the Lord revealed him as his captain over the people? Well,
David was the shepherd of God's people to be revealed. And Christ
the Lord is the shepherd of his people. Christ is the spiritual
shepherd of the sheep of God. And look here in Ezekiel chapter
34. Ezekiel chapter 34, look at verse 11 with me. Thus saith the Lord God, Thus
saith the Lord God, Behold, I, I will both search my sheep and
seek them out as a shepherd to seek it out his flock in the
day and then that say that the Lord God G. O. D. Is the shepherd of his people
well it seems to me that I remember Christ saying somewhere John
ten to be exact and he said I am the good shepherd. Now, wait
a minute, there's some confusion here. We've got two shepherds. No, we don't. We've got one.
Look at verse 23. I'll set up one shepherd. See,
there are three that bear record in heaven. The Father, the Word,
and the Holy Ghost. And these three are one. One
shepherd. One shepherd. God is a shepherd.
He said in verse 15, I'll feed my flock. I'll cause them to
lie down and say of the Lord God, I'm the good shepherd. That's
who I am. And Christ said, I am the shepherd.
God the Father is a shepherd. God the Son is a shepherd. God
the Holy Spirit is a shepherd. These three are one. And they're
seen in Christ, the one shepherd. I don't care what the rest of
the life says. I don't care. I don't care. The Lord God said,
I'm the shepherd. And Christ, when he came, who
is the Lord God, said, I'm the shepherd. I'm the shepherd. So
the Lord God himself is the shepherd of his sheep, and Christ has
always been the eternal and faithful shepherd of the sheep. Like they
said about David, he keepeth the sheep, present tense. He
has, he always has, and he is right now keeping the sheep,
and always will. David became, did you remember
reading that over there in Psalm 78, how that he took it from
the flocks to lead a greater flock? Hmm? So Christ has always
been the good shepherd. Always has been. Always will
be. And He is right now. He is right now. The good shepherd.
And He keeps the sheep. He's the faithful shepherd. He'll
not lose a one. We're going to look into this
in a couple of weeks. How that David went out and slew
that lion and that bear. He's just a young man. Just a
young man. But he went out after one measy
little lamb. After a lion. a boy against a
lion, a measly little boy after a lion. But he stepped on the
head of that old lion, grabbed him by the beard, and cut his
head off for one lamb. Why didn't he just let him go?
David is just one insignificant lamb. Oh, no, I'm the good shepherd.
I'm the faithful shepherd. I won't lose a one, not a one. And Christ said, of all that
the Father giveth me, I'll lose nothing. I'll lose nothing. I'll leave the ninety and nine
in heaven and go after the one lost sheep. And I'll slay that
lion. I'm getting ahead of myself,
aren't I? All right. All right. He's keeping the sheep.
Do you remember Christ as a young man in the temple? Do you remember
what his reply was to his mother when she came to him? Oh, your
mother and father, don't you know a word? I wished you not that I must
always be about my father's business." I'm always about my father's
business. Evidently had some sheep he was talking to, leading
and guiding in the truth of God. Even as a 12-year-old boy, he
was the good shepherd, sent to his sheep. And all the prophets,
now look back at the text, all the prophets like Samuel, as
all of God's service now, They call upon God for the one thing
needful. So here comes Samuel, and he
says, Are these all your boys, Jesse? Is this it? Remember how all the prophets
cried unto God? I'll send the Messiah. Is this
it? When? When will you come? When
will you send the Holy One of Israel? And Samuel said unto
Jesse, he called unto Jesse and said, You got a young boy? You
got a boy out there keeping sheep? Would you send and fetch him?
Would you fetch him? Would you send him my way? Because
we're not going to sit down until he comes. We're not going to
sit down until he comes. And to Christ gave all the prophets
witness. To God the cry goes out, come
and help us. And we will not have peace, we
will not have rest, we will not be partakers of God's blessings,
we will not be seated with the Father and the heavenlies until
Christ comes hither, until he comes back. As a man, he comes from the grave and go to the
Father and become our mediator, our advocate, our king. We're
not going to sit with the Father. We're not going to walk with
God. We're not going to be in God's presence until he comes
hither, until Christ appears to us personally. Right? Right. Verse 12. So he sent. Now look at this. This gets good.
So Jesse gave commandment. God gave commandment. He sent
and brought him in. They waited a while, patiently,
standing around. What's he going to be like? Can't wait to see him. I bet
you Samuel was thinking, this must be him. And Jesse sent word, and they
brought him in. And they brought him in. And it says here, now, he was
ruddy. ruddy. That word ruddy means
red. It means red. Here come in this
young 20-year-old red-faced young man. A red face, that indicates to me he was a
hard-working young man. He didn't tarry. He didn't dilly-dally
around. He set his face to go home when
he heard the instruction from his father, and he ran. According
to the commandment, he ran. He got flush-faced, red-faced,
and he ran. That's his liveliness. That's
the blood flowing through his vein. That's his humility. You
know how people flush when they are humble and meek and lowly? That's his humility. And it says
here that he was with all of a beautiful countenance. Now,
you have a margin. Does it say in your margin there
about a beautiful countenance? It says fair of eyes. You say
that that's the proper rendition of the. He was fair of eyes that
is his eyes were clear. They were keen they were watchful
and sharp. Yet they were tender. To have
pleasant look out of his eye. Pleasant look out of his eye.
There's one thing that you cannot hide. as you look out of your
eyes, can't you? Look somebody in the eye. I know
that old saying, eyes are the window to the soul. That's not
in Scripture. Don't say the Bible says that. It doesn't say that.
But it's a pretty good statement anyway. You can see things in
people's eyes, can't you? Well, David came in there and
he had good eyes. Not only good eyesight, but he
had a good pair of eyes. Good pair of eyes. One of the
most beautiful and endearing traits of all. is a pair of beautiful
eyes, and especially a kind look out of the eyes. Right? You know
people like that. You know people have good eyes
to look at. I'll give you an example. I can
sit and look at my daughter's eyes for hours on end. I can. You can too. your little children. Why? Because a little child's
eyes, their eyes are very clear. Have you ever noticed, have you
ever looked real carefully at the whites of the eyes of your children? They're washed with milk. Right? Clear. Clean. Their eyes aren't
bloodshot with the smoke and the vanity of this world yet.
They're clear and they're clean. They're tender. Children's eyes
are sensitive, aren't they? They're revealing. A child can't
hide a thing from their eyes. Y'all, you can spot guilt or
whatever, or sadness in a child's eyes, I mean, in a second, can't
you? They're very revealing, very revealing, and they're,
in a sense, they're somewhat innocent-looking. I like looking
at little children's eyes. I like looking at them. Well,
God Almighty sent His Son down here. He brought Him in. brought forth his only begotten
son into this world. He was ruddy. He was red. Do you know what
the word ruddy means? The very root word of the word ruddy means,
could you say it? Adam. That's what the word ruddy
means. That's the original Hebrew word.
Adam. Now the first Adam was of the
earth, earthed it. But there came a second one in,
right? The second Adam is the Lord from glory. He came in.
Ruddy, the Lord of glory, came in, and he was red. Who is this
that cometh from Edom, from Adam, with dyed garments from Basri,
that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of
his strength? I that speak in righteousness,
mighty to say. Well, why are you red in your
apparel? You're ruddy. And your garment's
like him that treadeth in the wine fat. Because I've treaded
the winepress of God alone. My garments are red with my own
blood. He's bloody. He's bloody. Samuel says, after they bring
him in. He says he's goodly to look to. Goodly to look to. Old
David was a good-looking boy. And Samuel said, the Lord said
unto Samuel, Arise, anoint him. This is he. This is he. And the Holy Spirit says unto
us, when we take a look at that bloody man on Calvary's tree,
he says, Arise, anoint him. Worship Him. This is He. This
is the Lord your Savior, the Son of David, Jesus the Christ. What about His eyes? You remember
our study in the Song of Solomon, chapter 5? Anybody? What about
His eyes? Well, it says His eyes are as
the eyes of doves, full of love. Faithfulness. Doves are faithful.
You and I are talking about this. You know, a dove, when it loses
its mate, it'll never get another. That's the reason they call them
morning doves. Never get another one. They're true and faithful
to one mate. Christ said, I'll never leave
you, no forsaken. Got the eyes of doves. Faithfulness. Tender. Merciful. By rivers of
water, as the scripture said. Eyes of dove, by rivers of water.
He wept over his people. Rivers. full of feeling. His eyes were full of feeling,
compassion and tenderness. It said, washed with milk. That's
the holiness of Christ in His eyes, harmless, undefiled, separate
from sinners, without guile. Not a look of guile in His eyes. Never. Never. Sometimes people
can't look in the eye, you know. Why? They're hiding something. Never not Him. No guile in him,
no guile, without hypocrisy. It says his eyes were fitly set,
fitly set, keen, clear, regal-looking, all-seeing. His all-seeing, omniscient
eyes. And he's goodly to look to. Christ
is goodly to look to. I tell you what, he's so goodly
to look at, there's life for a look at this man. There's salvation
in a look at this man. Look unto me, and be ye saved,
all the ends of the earth." I'm God. I'm God. There's none else. Look to me. I'm God your Savior.
Arise. The song says, I will arise and
go to the Savior. I will arise and go to the Savior.
Anoint Him. Peter said, sanctify the Lord
God in your own hearts. Sanctify. Anoint Him. This is
he of whom the prophets spoke. This is he of whom Moses wrote.
This is he of whom Abraham rejoiced to see his death. This is the
son of David. This is Christ. Arise, anoint him, worship him.
This is he. This is the king. Look at John
1. So Samuel took the horn of oil. Verse 13 says, He anointed him
in the midst of his brethren, and the Spirit of the Lord came
upon David from that day forth. Look at John chapter one. John
chapter one. You know that David, this is
interesting here. It's marvelous. David was anointed
three times. Three times he was anointed.
Once by Samuel, this first time as a young man, he was anointed.
The second time he was anointed by the men of Judah, the tribe
of Judah. He was anointed when Saul died. The men of Judah,
they recognized him as their king. Not all of Israel had yet.
He was still in disarray, but the men of Judah did. The elect
tribe did. They knew who he was, and they
anointed him the second time. They came to his house, and they
anointed him. You're our king. Be thou king over us, David.
All right. And then the third time, when
he came to Jerusalem in his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. All Israel
anointed Him there. This is it. And all of Israel,
collectively, all the people bowed down and they anointed
Him. Hail to the King. Three times. Christ was anointed three times. First at His birth, the Holy
Spirit came and anointed Him. Not only announced, but anointed
How did the Holy Spirit anoint Christ? He took a seed and anointed
the womb of that virgin woman. He anointed this earth with his
Son and said from heaven, this is he. This is he. Call his name
Jesus. He'll save his people from their
sin. And secondly, he was anointed
right here at his baptism when the Holy Spirit descended. Look
at verse 29. The next day John seeth Jesus
coming unto him. and saith, Behold, the Lamb of
God, which taketh away the sin of the world. This is he, of
whom I said, After me comes a man, whom is preferred before me.
He was before me, and I knew him not, but that he should be
made manifest to Israel, king of Israel. Therefore I am come
baptizing with water." And John Boer records saying, I saw the
Holy Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and anointing him. It abode upon him, abode on him. And I knew him not, but he that
sent me to baptize with water, that is God, the same said unto
me, upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending and remaining
on him." Do you remember back there in verse 13? It said, "...the
Spirit of the Lord came upon David, and stayed with him from
that day forward." I like this. I don't know if
anybody else does or not. The Spirit of God remained on
him, the same as he was baptized with the Holy Ghost, and I saw
and bear record that this is the Son of God, the Son of David,
Jesus the Christ. Three times he was anointed.
And the third time, Christ is going to be anointed when he
sits on his holy throne, and God the Father says, this is
he. And every knee will bow and every tongue will confess at
the anointing. At the setting up of God's King,
this is He. I told you from the beginning,
this is He. All the prophets gave witness.
God the Holy Spirit gave witness. The works of Christ gave witness.
Everything gave witness three times to who this was. This is He, the Son of David. And He's seated on His throne
forever. And He has a spirit without measure. Well, next week we're going to
look at the rest of this, and if you'll go home and read this
this week, whether or not I have liberty to preach it or whether
you have liberty to hear it, it doesn't matter. But if you'll
go home—God will bless His Word—if you'll go home and read this
passage carefully for yourself, it'll shout at you. of who Christ
is. Next week, we're going to look
at the sweet psalmist of Israel. Christ is the sweet psalmist
of Israel. It wasn't David. David didn't write the psalm. Asaph didn't write the psalm.
Christ wrote the psalm. We're going to see that. You
go over to 2 Samuel 23, and you'll see that. But if you'll read,
starting in verse 14, during this week, You'll see how that David was
a sweet psalmist of Israel who soothed the troubled soul of
that man named Saul. Soothed his troubled soul, or
an evil spirit troubled him. And Christ is the only one who
speaks peace to a man's heart and conscience. Okay, stand with me and I'll
dismiss this in presence. Our Lord, we marvel at your holy
word. It's so miraculous, so mysterious,
so wonderful. Every word in it is just significant
and has eternal wisdom and glory in it. God, if only we had eyes
and a heart to see it and receive it. Lord, God, anoint our dull
and and dead and cold and lifeless selves. Anoint it, Lord, that
holy anointing oil. We don't deserve it, but we sure
would like to have it. Take the word that's been spoken,
your word, not my word, but your word, and a little morsel of
it. Take a little morsel of it, even
if it be these three words. This is it. And cause our faith
in the Christ to be strengthened and magnified. In His name we
pray until we meet again. Amen.