Look what it says about David
down here in verse 5. And David went out with us wherever
Saul sent him. You know, David is a beautiful
type of our Lord Jesus Christ. In fact, he was made after the
seed of David. And look what it says, wherever
the king sent him, that's where David went. When our father sent
his blessed son into this world, our Lord Jesus, whatever he sent
him to do, he did. He steadfastly sent his face
toward Jerusalem. And watch what had happened,
and he behaved himself wisely. It says that four times in this
chapter. He behaved himself wisely. He behaved himself wisely. And
Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the
sight of all the people. And our Lord Jesus Christ, now
he's not accepted in the sight of all the people, but he's accepted
in the sight of all the Lord's people, and all God's people,
and also in the sight of Saul's servants. In this particular chapter, we
have Saul, we have David, being loved and being hated, being
envied, being feared for his popularity, and two attempts
on his life. Yet four times, it says, David
behaved himself wisely. Our Lord Jesus says, they hated
me without a cause. and he behaved himself wisely,
oh how our master behaved himself wisely people marveled at him
at his words and we see also here's the thing about David
he never rendered evil for evil never rendered evil for evil
there was an attempt on his life and yet he regarded it not didn't
hold it against Saul either, didn't regard it And how we treated
our master. And when he was on the cross,
there was a crowd around him. And he said, Father forgive them,
they know not what they do. 40 days later on the day of Pentecost,
over 3,000 of those people were converted and multitudes of them
were at that cross that day. Because Christ prayed, Father
forgive them. And when Christ prays, Father
forgive you, you're forgiven. Mark that down and you're forgiven
for all eternity. And you're going to be called
to the Lord. But not only do we see David
behaving himself wisely and Saul being loved and hated of David,
David being hated and loved, but we also see human nature.
Human nature. And those who seek honor and
are ambitious and covetous of worldly honor, we see human nature
as it really is. And it's not a pretty sight.
It's not a pretty sight. To see such malice, to see such
envy, to see such hatred towards one that was so meek and so used
of God. Look what David said here in
verse 18. David said unto Saul, Who am
I? And what is my life, or my father's
family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king? And
that's what he said before the Lord, when the Lord told him
he was going to establish his kingdom forever. He said, who
am I? Who am I, Lord, that thou shouldst consider such a person
as myself? But oh my, he behaved himself
wisely. Now here's David, and we're going
to start here in verse 1 and try to go down through here.
Just comment on these things. Read a verse or two at a time.
But here's Jonathan, after speaking to Saul. And here's a blessed,
blessed illustration of God's grace toward us. Jonathan was
our parent. He was our parent. Here's the
prince, supposed to sit on the throne after his father Saul.
But it says there in verse 1, Jonathan was knit with the soul
of David and Jonathan loved him as his own son. So here's the
son of David's enemy. And yet his soul was knit to
David. There was no hatred. There was no envy. There was
no jealousy. And David Jonathan, the son of
Saul, who was their parent, he sought David's glory. He sought
David's honor. And he loved David no matter
how much his father hated him. He defended David. He honored
David. And he sought to speak well of
David everywhere and every opportunity he got to. And that's not natural. That's not natural. And the scriptures
went on to say there in verse 3, then Jonathan David made a
covenant because he loved him as his own soul. How can this
be? It's not natural. God had touched
his heart. Now who made Jonathan and his
father Saul to differ? Why did Jonathan love David?
Why did Jonathan regard David? And why did Jonathan, charity
envieth not? And David, he loved David, and
there was no envy there, no jealousy there. He just sought the best
for David. He wanted to honor David. But
where's Saul over here? He feared David, he hated David,
and he sought to kill David. Who made those two men to differ? Who made me and you to differ?
Why ain't I Saul? Why ain't you a Saul? Who made us to differ? And oh
my, then a covenant was made because he loved him that his
own soul. Now you're talking about real
love, genuine love, and the results of this covenant love that they
made between them. Look in verse 4. The results
of this covenant. He surrendered all to David. And we rescind all to our blessed
master, the Lord Jesus Christ. And we submit everything to Him.
Look what happened. And Jonathan stripped himself
of the robe. We got to come off that old robe.
We got to throw away this old robe of self-righteousness, this
robe of self-health, this robe of self-confidence, this robe
of our works religion. All got to come off. Got to come
off. And then look what it says. And
gave it to David. And listen here now. And he gave
it in his garments. He even took his garments off
after he took off his robe. Had his garments under and he
took him off. took his sword off, took his
bow off, and his girdle. And Jonathan was willing for
David to have the throne and submit himself to David in every
sin, everything that there was, he's going to submit himself
to David. And that's the will and desire of our hearts to submit
all to our blessed master. Huh? And then Saul took him and
wouldn't let him go home again. Saul, he had left his father's
house And he's entered into service of Saul and he can't turn back.
And wherever Saul sent him, wherever Saul sent him, he was sent over
a man of war and the scripture said he was accepted in the sight
of the people. You know what they said about
our master? The common people heard him gladly. The common
people heard him gladly. The only people who didn't like
to hear him was the Pharisees, and the Sadducees, and the self-righteous,
and those who were in a political party. They despised him. And
then he was also in the side of Saul's servants. Now keep
this and look with me in Luke chapter 2. I want you to see
this in Luke chapter 2. Talk about our Master here. You know, he behaved himself
wisely. Look what our Lord says about
our Lord Jesus Christ. In verse 52, look what he says.
This is when our Lord Jesus was talking. You look back up there
in verse 46 and look what it says about him. And it came to
pass that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting
in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them and asking
them questions. And all that heard him were astonished
at his understanding and answers. Do you know how old he was here?
Twelve years old. I've seen some twelve years old
that just astonish me. I ain't never astonished anybody
but myself. But look what it says about our
Master. He behaved himself wisely. And Jesus increased in wisdom
and stature in favor with God and man. Oh my. That's where our Master was.
Twelve years old. Twelve years old. And you know
what our Lord told us to do? He said, be ye wise as serpents,
wise as serpents and harmless as doves. In other words, know
how to get around, know how to go through this world and not
hurt anybody, not compromise. Don't be tricky. Don't be deceitful.
But you be as harmless as a dove is. You be wise. You be wise
and you understand people's nature and understand what's going on
with them. You behave yourself wise and act according to who
you are, the Lord Jesus Christ's children. Now look at Saul's
enmity toward David. Now look down here in verse 6. Let's go through this here. And
it came to pass, as they came, when David was returned from
the slaughter of the Philistine, remember when he killed Sleuth
the Giant, didn't say Philistines, the Philistine, that the women
came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet
King Saul, with tablets, with joy, and with instruments of
music. And the women answered one another as they played, and
said, Saul is playing his thousands, David his ten thousands. Oh my! You see, the people made a difference
in their praise of Saul and David. They made the difference. They
made the difference. And you know, I'm going to tell
you something about this. That's the best man can do. This is
worldly praise. This is fleshly praise. This
don't amount to anything. When letting man praise you all
he can, you know, he that flatteth, he spitteth a net for your feet,
is what the scripture said. This is just worldly fleshly
praise. When our Lord Jesus Christ was
coming into Jerusalem, and He came in there on a colt, a foal
of an ass, they started singing, Hosanna to the Son of David! Hosanna to the Son of David! And it wasn't just four or five
days later they were saying, Crucify Him! Crucify Him! So
one day they're praising you, and the next day they despise
you. And I'll show you the difference. In Exodus 15, when God brought
them through the Red Sea, you know what the first thing Moses
did? He said, let us sing praise unto
the Lord. He gave God all the glory. He gave God all the praise for
saving them and bringing them out of Egypt. He praised God
for everything that happened. He said, we sing praises unto
the Lord. Here they are singing praises
unto men. What good would it do for somebody
to praise you when it's all said and done? What's it going to
amount to in the end? It's what God knows about us.
I just thought of a verse of scripture. Look at it with me.
In Romans chapter 2 and verse 28. Look at this. This is what
I'm talking about. This is what I'm talking about.
They were concerned for earthly victories. These people, they
were praising Saul and praising David. They didn't attribute
anything to the Lord. They said David slew 10,000.
Saul slew his thousands. I tell you, I'm sure, you know,
David didn't, he, and the only one who got upset about it was
Saul. You know why Saul got upset?
Because he wasn't getting enough glory and he's the king. He's
the king. But look what he said here. Verse 28 Romans 2 28 For he is
not a Jew which is one outwardly neither is that circumcision
which is outward in the flesh But he is a Jew which is one
inwardly in the heart Circumcision is that of the heart and in the
spirit and not in the letter now listen to this whose praise
is not of men but When men win you to Jesus, they're
going to praise God about it. They're going to praise themselves.
They're going to talk about how many people they've won to the
Lord. And that's what Paul said in Galatians 6. He said, they
glory in the flesh. They want you to have circumcised
so they can say, we brought them to Moses. And here he says, it's
not the praise of men, but whose praise? God's praise. If we have
a new heart, God put it in there. If God made us a Jew inwardly,
God did it. We didn't do it. What can we,
why in the world would we look to any flesh to do anything for
us? And that's what these people
are doing. And who was it that gave Saul and David the victory
over the Philistines? You back over here with me in
verse chapter 18? If you are, look over at 1747.
Who gave them the victory? Who gave Saul and David the victory
over the Philistines? Look what it says here in verse
47 of Psalm I mean 1st Samuel 15 47 17 47 and all this assembly shall know
that the Lord listen to this this David now that the Lord
saith not with sword and spirit listen to it for the battle is
the Lord's And He'll give it into our hands. This is God's
war. Oh my. Oh this is the battle. This is the Lord's battle. And
I'll tell you what, He's gonna win it. He's gonna win it. Now
look down here in verse, back over here in chapter 18. Look
down in verse 8 and 9 now. And oh my. And Saul was very
rough, very angry, very upset. And the saying displeased him.
And you look in the margin, it said evil was in his eye. Evil
was in his eye. He was displeased. Evil was in
his eye. Boy, I tell you, eyes can tell
a lot on you. You know that? Yeah, they can tell. Boy, I tell
you what, you've heard that old saying, if looks could kill,
you know, And then there's the other thing,
you know, there's love looks in people's
eyes. There's love looks in people's eyes. You know, when you got
a child and you love somebody and you really love them and
you look at them, you look at them with love in your eyes.
And that's what he did. But David, here's Saul, he had
evil in his eyes. They prescribed unto David ten
thousands and to me they prescribed thousands. What in the world
can David have more than my kingdom? Oh my. And watch what it says. And Saul eyed David from that
day forward. And what he said was, I'm going
to keep my eye on that boy. I'm going to keep my eye on him
and the first chance I get I'm going to put him out of business.
That's why he said I'm going to keep my eye on him. I'm going
to keep my eye on you. I'm going to keep my eye on you. And oh listen, the people honored
have taken to David. They love David. They honor David. David behaved himself wisely.
And what's left for him but to take the kingdom. And when David
was honored before the king, that's more than his pride could
stand. He was envious. He couldn't stand
being second. And you know when our Lord Jesus
Christ, you know how many times it says in the New Testament,
particularly in John, and in the last few chapters of each
book, there it says they delivered him for envy. And they were jealous
of him. And they tempted him. And they
asked questions to try to trap him. You know why they were envious? For all the people followed him.
People believed him. People trusted him. People looked
to him. And these Pharisees who had been
sitting in Moses' seat and had all the power and all the authority
and all the glory and all the robes and all the flatteries
and had everything that made them look like somebody. Then
comes along this poor peasant, this man born in Nazareth that's
so poor. And his mother and his father
they know. Now how in the world can this man be anybody? Anybody
that knows anything knows there's nothing to him will throw thumbs
down on him And they were jealous of him. They were envious of
him just like Saul was envious of David Envy and the scripture
said envious as rottenness in the bones I'm for the life of me God help
me I may do it tomorrow God help me I cannot for the life of me
think that a believer in the grace of God saved by the grace
of God knows Christ and knows that everything they have Christ
gave to them everything they know Christ taught them how they can ever be envious
of anybody in this world I don't understand that does it rest
in your brain? What in the world have we got
that God didn't give it to us? Oh my. And the honor of David,
he was envious. He couldn't stand being second.
And I'll tell you something, he could have, God could have
prevented this. But it served his purpose. It was for David's
spiritual good. And four times Four times it
says, and David behaved himself wisely. And Saul saw that he
behaved himself wisely. And it made him that much more
afraid, we'll see. And let me tell you something,
beloved. A person's character is revealed, real character is
revealed when somebody else is being praised and honored. When somebody else's light is
being turned on and being praised and honored and acknowledged
and treated and held up to a high esteem and you watch that and how your
heart reacts to it tells what you really are if you love that
person when they get honored you get honored When they get
put down, you get put down. That's where God made us all
to be one. We stand and fall together. Old
Tim James said one time, and there was something going on,
he said, I tell you what, you cut one of us and you cut us
all. You hurt one of us and you hurt
us all. And oh my, it's like this, if
your child's being honored, People put it on the back of their bumper
stickers. My child is an honor student.
When your child is being honored, you take the credit. But boy,
you let them get in trouble. I taught them better than that.
I told you that. It wasn't my fault they done
it. I taught them better than that.
So, you know, when they're doing good, you get all the credit.
When they're doing bad, it's them that done it or daddy, you
know, their daddy made them do it or something. Oh, that's just
the way it is, ain't it? Huh? I remember somebody talking
about his kids one time and how good they was doing and all that.
And old Scott Richardson just looked at him as serious as he
could be. And he said, I'm sure you didn't have nothing to do
with it whatsoever. You could just watch that fella
go. He's bragging about his family
and his kids and all there was. And old Scott just looked at
him and said, I'm sure you didn't have nothing to do with it. Just
as serious. And Scott was right. Scott was
true. If we have any children that
turn out right, God done it. And if we have kids that never
ever come to know Christ, God did it. God made a difference
between Jacob and Esau. Did he not? He made a difference
between Isaac and Ishmael. Did he not? He made a difference between
Abraham and everybody else. He made a difference in Noah
and everybody in those days. And if God makes the difference, I'm telling you, God makes the
difference. And I tell you what we're going
to do by God's grace. We're going to say, Lord, I want
to see my children because I want to see them saved. I'd love to
know that you've done something for them. But then if he never does, that
ain't going to make him any less God. That ain't going to make
him love me any less. That ain't going to be able to
change his nature and love towards me. And it don't mean that he
don't hear me cry. It just means He's God and He
does according to His will in the armies of heaven and among
the inhabitants of the earth. Ain't that right? And that's
alright with me. That's fine with me. And oh my,
you know these things are written for our learning. It's what the
scripture said. Flattering and praise and condemnation
sometimes, commendation sometimes are hateful. and hurtful to us
remember this pride cometh before a fall yes it does and you know
what our Lord Jesus Christ said woe unto you woe unto you when
all men speak well of you instead of looking upon David
with esteem and gratitude because of his wonder and blessed behavior
his eye toward him was evil and would do him harm if he could
but I want you to see something in chapter 16 in verse 21 there
was a time that he loved David he loved David and David came to Saul and stood
before him and he Saul loved him greatly and he became his
armor bearer and over here he took javelins and threw them
to kill him his evil eye beloved there is only one in this universe
that changes not I am the Lord and I change not that's the only
one The scriptures not only reveal the attributes of God but reveal
human nature. No wonder God said cease from
man Trust not in princes The scriptures, oh my and so in verse
10, let me go back over here in verse 10, let me get on through
this thing here And it came to pass on the morrow the next day
after they had done all that praising and singing and dancing
and all that and it came to pass on the morrow listen to this
now that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul and he prophesied in the midst
of his house he began to preach and prophesied preaching and
David played with his hand played the harp when did that evil spirit
come upon him David would come in and play the harp and he would
calm down as at other times and there was a javelin in Saul's
hand and Saul cast the javelin free and said I'll smite David
even to the wall with it and David avoided out of his presence
twice and I tell you what this is a principle that never fails
whenever you have a great triumph trouble is going to follow Whenever
you have great blessings, burden is going to fall. And he prophesied. And all prophesies are not of
the Holy Spirit. That's why John said try the
spirits whether they be of God or not. And this spirit no doubt
was not of God. And David was being faithful.
David was serving. Yet Saul threw a javelin to point
him to the wall. And the day before, the praise,
the acclaim of the singers and the women. And they was all singing
about him and bragging about him. Today he's dodging a weapon
to kill him the next day. Huh? Oh my. Beloved, hold on to everything
you got with a loose hand. Huh? For thou knowest not what
a day may bring forth. He went from prophesying to murder. Both in the same heart. And it happened twice. David
avoided him twice. And I'll tell you something David
didn't do. David didn't pick it up and throw it back at him.
It's like our master. When he was rendered evil, he
gave a blessing. When he was cursed, he cursed
not, but put his soul into the hand of God as unto a faithful
creator. And oh, Saul became afraid of
David. Now watch what happened. Verse
12. And Saul was afraid of David. You know why Saul was afraid
of David? Because the Lord was with him. That's why God said,
touch not mine anointing, don't you do my prophets no harm. The
Lord was with him. The Lord was with him. And oh,
here's a second reason why he's afraid of him. Because the Lord
had departed from Saul. The Lord's with him, but he's
not with me. And he can see the difference.
He can see the difference. God's with this young man. The
Lord's with this man. But he's not with me. And why was he afraid? Oh, the
Lord was with him. Therefore, here's how Saul dealt
with this. And we'll get on into this. Saul
said he removed him from him. Get him out of my presence. Get
him out of Jerusalem. Get him away from where people
will praise him and make him more than I am. Therefore Saul
removed him from him and made him captain His made him his
captain over a thousand and he went out and came it went out
and came in before the people Like our master went out and
came in before the people went out and came in before the people
And they marveled at his words marveled at his the way he answered
people, but just give you this about him behaving wisely you
go you go home and you read Matthew 22 and there's So many questions that they came
up with. Sadducees came, the Pharisees
came, the lawyers came, and they all wanted one that had a different
question. And just to give you an illustration of how our Lord
behaved wisely in every situation. They brought him a penny and
said, now who's, are we supposed to pay taxes to Caesar? Are strangers supposed to pay
taxes on the children? And he said, show me your penny. He said, well, whose inscription's
on that penny? He said, Caesars. He said, well,
you give Caesar what belongs to him. You give God what belongs
to him. And they just walked off and
said, well, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I,
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I,
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I,
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I,
I, I, I, I, I, I, Because every time they asked
him a question, they showed how ignorant they was. He was the
wisdom of God manifested in the flesh. And thank God he's our
wisdom. And he's our righteousness. And
he's our redemption. Amen. And oh, this is what happened
to him. And there again in verse 14.
And David behaved himself wisely. in all his ways." Ain't that
our Master? In all of his ways. And watch
what happened. But all Israel and Judah, the
Lord's people, loved David because he went out and came in before
them. And our Master, oh how we love
Him. He comes in and out among us. He's the lily of the valley,
the bright and morning star, the chiefess of 10,000. And He'll
come, He'll come among us, walk among us, bless us and have His
presence. We enjoy His presence. We'll
see Him in the scriptures and we'll see Him in all the things
about Him, what we're preaching and teaching and going through
the scriptures. And as you read them, and oh, and every time He's among
us, how he behaves himself so wisely and so graciously and
so kindly and he's loved among his people. Ain't he? Ain't he? Ain't he? Oh Father, Father, Father oh
bless your holy name Lord Jesus blessed be you Oh, blessed be
you, our King, our Lord, our Master, our wisdom, our righteousness,
our sanctification, our redemption. You are all in all. And thank
you for coming among us. Thank you for letting us feel
your presence, see your presence, enjoy your presence from your
Word by the Holy Spirit. God bless these dear people of
God. continue to bless the homes represented here, the hearts
represented here, and we all have children, grandchildren,
husbands, wives, that don't know you, and we ask you on the behalf
of them, Lord Jesus, all of us cry out for our children. Oh God, for Christ's sake, send
the Holy Spirit Convince them of their great, great need of
Christ. And if you send the Holy Spirit, they'll be brought to
a need. So we ask that you do that. And save your people in
this place. Open hearts to their need of
Christ. We ask these things in His name.
Amen. Amen. What's that time?