Now this story that I'm dealing
with today, it begins way back. There was
a man back here in 1 Samuel chapter 1. There was a man who had two wives,
Elkanah, and one of them had several children. She just had
several children, I think ten or twelve. But his beloved wife,
Hannah, had no children. Her womb was barren. And Hannah prayed and prayed. You will find her story in chapter
one, as you read it later, prayed that God would give her a son.
Now then, her husband was a a God-fearing man, a man who loved God. He
always faithfully, regularly went up to the house of God at
all the feasts, all three feasts. He'd be there, Passover and the
Feast of the Tabernacle and so forth. And on one occasion, she
went with him. The men had to go. The men had
to go all the feasts. The women did not have to go.
But Hannah went on one occasion, maybe several, but on this particular
occasion, she went. Now she took a lot of mocking
and ridicule because she had no children. Especially this
other wife. Gave her a terrible time. And
a lot of times she would refuse to eat. She'd weep all the time.
Her husband said to her one day, well, why are you weeping? And
she told how they mocked her and made fun of her and laughed
at her. Of course, she was barren. And he said, well, am I not better
to thee than ten sons? She said, well, yes, but I want
a son. So she went with him up to the
feast, and she, Eli the priest, Eli the great priest, was sitting
there by the post of the temple. And Hannah was nearby, and he
watched her. And her mouth moved, but she
didn't say anything. She was praying to God for that
son. Her mouth would move, but she
didn't say anything, and Eli thought she was drunk, and he
reprimanded her. He said, uh, what are you doing?
drinking so early in the morning, she said, My Lord, I'm not drunk.
But she said, I've asked God for a son. I've asked God for
a son. And I promised God, if He'd give
me a son, that I'd give him to God always, forever. Just give me a son, I'll give
him back to you. And Samuel, or Eli told her,
Eli said, Well, go on home. God's going to give you a son.
And he did. She said, Now, when this son's
born, I'm going to bring him back up here and give him to
you when he's born. After he's a young boy, I'm going
to bring him up here and give him to you." So she went home.
She had a son. She named him Samuel. That name
means ask of God. Aren't we sometimes, shouldn't
we be under conviction we have not because we ask not? Here
was a woman. who held on to God. She had a
good reason, a good request. You know, we ask that we may
consume it on our lusts. She wanted to give that son to
God. She wanted a son for the glory of God, and she asked of
God. Well, Samuel was born, and when
he was just a baby, her husband, Elkanah, came to her and said,
I'm going to the feast. You want to go? And she said,
no, I'm not going back to the feast. till I take Samuel and
leave him." She said, that's what I said. I told God, if He
give me a son, I'd give him back to Him forever. And she said,
well, next time I go to the feast, and I write Charlie, she said,
I'm taking Samuel, and I'm leaving him, and I'm never bringing him
back. Well, it says in the Word, when she weaned the child, she
took him to the feast, but now there were three weanings in
these old days. Number one, a child was weaned.
about two years of age from the mother's breast. The second weaning
was from the dry nurse when he was seven. The child was seven
years old. But there's a third weaning.
She didn't take a two-year-old up to Samuel. Heaven forbid. Terrible twos, you know. Would
you like to take yours up there, Samuel? You say, well, you can
have him. At seven they weaned him from
the dry nurse, but at twelve they weaned him from what they
called childish manners. And you know, she sat down at
Rema, her home, till Samuel was twelve years old. Twelve years
old. A goodly lad. A gracious lad. And when he was twelve, Sheila,
she took him. She went to the feast. She took
him to Shiloh. And she said to Eli, here he
is. And she went home. That's right, she went home.
And he stayed, see 1 Samuel 2, 11. Look at 1 Samuel 2, 11. And Elkanah went to Ramah, to
his house. And the child did minister to
the Lord before Eli the proof. She left him there shallow with
Eli. Look at 1 Samuel 3, 1. And the child Samuel ministered
unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was
precious in those days. There was no open vision. So
he stayed there. Well, Eli was an old, old man. And Eli did not discipline his
sons. I got an encouraging letter from
a preacher last week, a good friend of mine, who has three
children. And he and his wife are studying
some tapes and other material on disciplining children. And
he said to me in the letter, he said, a pastor must have his
children under control and under discipline, or he can't be a
very effective pastor. And to that I said, Amen. And
that's so of any home. We must. A person who does not
discipline children really does not love that child. Does not
love that child. People do not love unruly children. misbehaving children. And they
bring reproach upon their parents. That's what happened to Eli here.
He had two boys that he would not discipline. And they were judges. They were
judges. And they were wild. It says here
in 1 Samuel 2, verse 12, look back here, the sons of Eli were
sons of Bilal, the devil. They knew not the Lord. They
didn't know God. And he didn't discipline. And
so God killed him. That's the story, you know, when
he appeared to Samuel, called him by name, and told Samuel
he was going to kill Eli's son. And so he did kill him, and Samuel
was established to be the prophet and judge of Israel. He was established. You will find that in 1 Samuel
3, 1 Samuel 3, verse 19 and 21. 1 Samuel 3. You got it? 19-21. And Samuel grew, and the
Lord was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the
ground. And all Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, knew that
Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord. And the Lord appeared again in
shallow, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel in shallow
by the word of the Lord. Now turn to 1 Samuel 7. Samuel
was a faithful prophet, faithful judge, and a faithful priest.
In 1 Samuel 7, verse 15. And Samuel judged Israel all
the days of his life. And he went from year to year
in circuit to Bethel and Gilgal, Mishpeth, and judged Israel and
all those places. And his return was to Ramah,
for there was his house, and there he judged Israel. And there
he built an altar unto the Lord. But you know, strange as it may
seem, the same experience that Eli had in regard to his son,
Samuel, experienced. Look at verse 1 of chapter 8.
And it came to pass when Samuel was old that he made his son
judges over Israel. Now the name of the firstborn
was Joel, and the name of the second, Abba, And they were judges
in Beersheba, and his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside
after money took bribes, perverted judgment. Then all the elders
of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel in
Jeremiah, and said to him," and that's where I tore it a while
ago, "'Behold, I told thy sons, walk not in thy ways, make us
a king.' You are just like all the nations. Now, this is not
the first time that this has come up. I looked this up, and
this is not the first time that this question has risen, or that
this proposition has been put to one of God's judges. Turn
with me to the book of Judges. The book of Judges, chapter 8.
Judges, chapter 8. Look at this. And this is a tremendous
scripture. Right here beside verse 6 in
1 Samuel 8, where the people asked for a king, where they
said to Samuel, make us a king, I jotted Judges 8.23. You ought
to put that right beside that passage so you can go back to
it if you're teaching sometimes. Judges 8.23, or preaching. Now watch this. Judges 8, let's
read verse 22 and 23. Then the men of Israel said unto
Gideon, Gideon, rule thou over us. And you say, what are they doing?
Well, the people of God have only one king, and that's God,
the Lord. The Lord is our king. The Lord
is our master. The Lord is our ruler. But they
keep wanting a human ruler. And they said to Gideon, you
rule over us, you and your son, and your son's son also, for
thou hast delivered us from the hand of the Midianites. And Gideon,
now listen to Gideon. This is a blessing. Gideon said,
I will not rule over you, neither shall my Son rule over
you, the Lord shall rule over you." The people of God have but one
King. Jesus Christ is our King of Kings
and Lord of Lords. This is what Peter said at Pentecost. He said, God hath made this same
Jesus whom you crucified. both King and Christ, Lord and
Christ. We have but one Lord, one King. Turn to Matthew 23. Listen to
our Lord here. People of God have but one King,
one Master, one Lord, one Ruler. In Matthew chapter 23, verses
8 through 11. But all this old sinful nature,
rejects the reign of Christ, the rule of Christ, and follows
after the flesh? Matthew 23, verse 8, listen.
Be ye not called rabbi, for one is your master, even Christ.
And all ye are brethren, call, O man, your father upon the earth.
For one is your father which is in heaven, neither be ye called
masters, one is your master, even Christ. He that would be
greatest among you shall be your servant." You see, the request
of the people here, turn back to the text, the request of the
people here displeased Samuel. It says, it was evil in the eyes
of Samuel. And he prayed to the Lord about
it, 1 Samuel 8, 6. And the thing was evil in the
sight of Samuel when the people said, give us a king. And Samuel
went to the Lord, and the Lord said, Samuel, here's the bottom
line. Here's the bottom line. Here's the whole problem. Hearken
unto the voice of the people and all that they say to you,
for they've not rejected you. They have rejected me, that I
should not reign over them. Now then, here's what I have
to say to you. This was the issue here. Here's
the issue. He said, they've not rejected
you. They rejected me, that I should not reign over them. This was
the issue here, and I say to you, this is the issue now. The
crown rights of Jesus Christ. That's the issue. I never will
forget, back in 1950, when we had the meeting at Pollard
Baptist Church, and God brought Evangelist Ralph Barnard here
to preach. And he sounded a note that I
had not heard before. And one of our men, Brother Edgel
Moore, I think Edgel was superintendent of Sunday School at Potter's
Baptist Church at that time, or one of the officers, one of
the leading deacons. And he mentioned this to me also. He said that the keynote of that
man's message is the Lordship of Jesus Christ. And that's what
we haven't heard, the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Christ is not
just your personal Savior, Christ is King. Now that's what that
man's saying, that's what Edgell said, that's what I saw, and
that's what some of you who are here today saw in that man's
message. And a few days later, I heard
him mention this. I heard Rob say this, the issue
today is not who is your Savior. The issue today is who is your
Lord. And he said to me and two or
three other preachers, he said, people will have Jesus Christ
to be their blessor and benefactor, but they refuse to bow to his
crown rites. His crown rites. And that's what
God is saying here to Samuel about Israel. Israel never rejected
God's blessings. They never rejected God's benefits.
But God says they've rejected Me that I should not reign over
them. Now, I want you to run some Scripture
references. First of all, turn to Psalm 2.
Psalm 2. Now, Almighty God, Almighty God's
eternal decree and eternal design, The eternal decree and design
of Almighty God is that Jesus Christ shall reign as King of
Kings and Lord of Lords. Listen to Psalm 2. Let's read
the first six verses. Why do the heathen rage, and
the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against
His anointed, saying, Let's break their bands asunder. Let's cast
away their cords from us. In other words, we'll go through
religious ceremonies and religious ordinances and religious motion,
but we'll not have God's bands upon us. We'll not have God's
crown rights upon us. We'll not have God's rule over
us. Let's cast it aside. And he that
sitteth in the heaven shall lie. The Lord shall have them in derision,
then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in
his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my King upon my
holy hill of Zion." That's Christ. I have established and anointed
my King. He reigns. All right, let's look
at Isaiah 9. Now listen to Isaiah 9. Isaiah
9 chapter. And I want you to listen to verse
6 and 7. And we've been singing this little
chorus lately. His name, His name shall be called
Wonderful. His name, His precious name shall
be called Counselor of the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father,
the Prince of Peace. But now you listen carefully
to this verse. Isaiah 9, 6. Under us a child is born, under
us a son is given, and the government shall be on his shoulders. The
rule. And his name shall be called. This is his office, he's governor,
king, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty
God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Of the increase
of his government and peace, there shall be no end, upon the
throne of David and upon his kingdom, to order it, to establish
it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for evermore. Now Isaiah 32. Isaiah 32. Listen to this. Isaiah 32, 1
and 2. And you've heard this scripture
preached from and read. Verse 2 says, A man shall be
a hiding place, a covert in the tempest, rivers of water and
a dry place, shadow of a rock and a weary land. Look at verse
1. Behold, a king shall reign. A king shall reign in righteousness. And princes shall rule in judgment,
and a man shall be a hiding place from the wind. Yet this man who
is the hiding place, this shadow of a rock in a weary land, is
the king." Now turn to Daniel. Daniel chapter 7. Daniel chapter 7. This is the neglected message
of 1987 among religionists. crown rites of King Jesus, the
Lordship of Christ. You know, Paul said in Romans
10, If thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus to be Lord, and
believe in thy heart God hath raised him from the dead, thou
shalt be saved. But here in Daniel 7.13, listen, Daniel 7.13, I
saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the Son of Man
came with the clouds of heaven and came to the ancient of days,
and they brought him near before him, and there was given him
dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and
languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting
dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which
shall not be destroyed." That's Christ who reigns. Now then,
turn to Romans chapter 14. Not only is the decree of Almighty
God and the design of God's everlasting purpose for Christ to reign as
King, but Christ died to be King. Christ died that he might be
Lord and King. Romans 14, 9. Listen to this. To this end, to this end, Jesus
Christ died and rose again. Not that He just might be our
personal Savior and cleanse us from sin, but He died that He
might be Lord, sovereign, eternal Lord, both of the dead and the
living. Both of the dead and the living.
Both of those dead in sin and those living under God. Both
under those who are His people who have gone on to glory and
those who are still on the earth. But he has crown rights over
all flesh. Now turn to Philippians 2. Philippians
2. Philippians 2 verse 5. Now listen
to this, 5 through 11. Let this mind be in you, which
was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, thought
it not robbery to be equal with God, but made himself of no reputation
for a while, took upon him the form of a servant, was made in
the likeness of flesh, and being found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, became obedient unto death, even the death of
the cross." Now, what did Romans 14 say? He died that he might
be Lord. Wherefore? Because of his death, God hath
highly exalted him, not going to, he has. and given him a name
which is above every name, that is the name of Jesus, every knee
should bow in heaven, in earth, and under the earth, and every
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is my personal Savior."
No, sir, He's my Lord. He's my King, to the glory of
God the Father. Now, further, first, God's eternal
decree and design. Christ should be Lord. Christ's
death. In His death, He purchased those
rights. He purchased the crown rights.
They're His. Now, it was made clear in His
death. Have you ever noticed this? What's
the issue? Jesus Christ is arrested. Jesus
Christ is molested. Jesus Christ is mocked. Jesus
Christ is spit on, Jesus Christ is ridiculed, Jesus Christ is
nailed to a cross, Jesus Christ dies on that cross and is buried. What's the issue? What's this
all about? Well, if you listen, they'll
tell you. Turn to John 19, verse 15. John
19, verse 15. John 19, verse 15, this one,
the whole one, they deliver him to Pilate. They told Pilate, he said, he's
a king. And verse 12 of John 19, from
that moment, Pilate sought to release him. But the people cried
out, if you let this man go, you're not Caesar's friend. Whosoever
maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. This man made
himself a king. This is the issue. When Pilate
therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth and sat
down on the judgment seat that is called in the pavement in
the Hebrew, Gabbatha, and it was the preparation of Passover,
about six hours, and he said to the Jews, Behold your king!
And they cried away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate
said, Shall I crucify your king? They said, We have no king but
Caesar. This is the issue. We will not have this man reign
over us. I hear these preachers today
running around here saying, Jesus can heal, I believe in miracles,
I believe Jesus can heal. Those people knew He could. And
they were satisfied to keep Him as a healer if He had stayed
in that area. If He hadn't messed around with
His kingdom business, He could have stayed alive. They didn't
care if He healed people. They didn't care if He preached
good work. They didn't care if He fed people. They followed
Him to get to the They objected to his crown rites. That's right,
I'm telling you the truth. Just like Israel, they picked
up the manna and ate it, and then turned and worshipped other
gods. They picked up the quail and fried them, they drank out
of the rock, and they wore the same shoes forty years and clothes.
They didn't mind God opening almshouses of heaven and pouring
out blessings on them. But God said, they rejected my
reign over them. And when the soldiers mocked
our Lord, turn with me to John 19 again. Look at this again,
verse 1, John 19, you're already there, verse 1. Then Pilate therefore
took Jesus and scourged him, and the soldiers planted a crown
of thorns. What's this all about? And put
it on his head and put on a purple robe and said, Hail, King of
the Jews! And they smote him with their
hands. Their mocking and scourging and ridiculing was in the character
of a king. And then when they put that sign
over his head at the cross, now what they did is they put the
charges against the man. If he's a thief, they wrote thief
up there. If he's a kidnapper, they wrote
kidnapper up there. If he's a murderer, they wrote
murderer up there. Wasn't it right over Jesus Christ? This
is Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews. And I tell you this, people who honor Him, and people
who know Him, and people who receive His mercy, they honor
Him and believe Him, and that character is king. That's right. I'm saying that Jesus Christ
will be Lord of all, or He won't be Lord at all. Turn to John
13. John 13, verse 13. That's right. I'm saying the
great issue today, and I'll stand on this, that all of this religion that's
going on today, talking about healing and talking about prosperity
and talking about new jobs and financial success and clothes
and all these things, and folks accepting Jesus as their personal
Savior and making decisions and going on about their rat killing,
I'm saying that that's not what God's doing. God's not in that. I'm saying
God's in the business of magnifying, exalting His Son, Jesus Christ, and establishing a kingdom of
people who honor Him, who love Him, and who magnify Him and
who exalt Him in their hearts, who have been brought to His
feet to serve Him and to worship Him and to bow to His Lordship. People who come under His yoke.
That's right, who come under His yoke. He's the King and the
Master. Look at John 13, 13. He was washing
the disciples' feet, and He said, You call Me Master and Lord,
and you say, And so I am. What do these disciples call
Jesus of Nazareth? They call Him Master. What do
they call Him? They call Him Lord. What do we
call Him? Jesus. Our personal Savior. I'm not being, trying to be ugly.
I'm just saying that Christ, my personal Savior, impossible
if He's not my Lord. Impossible. Christ my Savior
from hell, if he's not the Lord of my life, impossible. That's
right. You see, the Lord Jesus, and
I want you to watch this, the Lord Jesus is being offered by
preachers today in only one office. Do you know anything about the
offices of Christ? I hope you do. I've preached
it around here enough. In the Old Testament, Christ
is set forth. There's three offices in the
Old Testament. There's God's prophet. You saw
Samuel was God's prophet. There's God's priest. God's priest. Only the priest would offer a
sacrifice, care for the altar and so forth. And there's God's
king. God's king. And no one man in all the Old
Testament ever held all three of those offices. Nobody. Moses
was a prophet. But Moses was not a priest. Abram
was a priest, but he was not a king. David was a king, but
he was not a priest. David never offered a sacrifice. But the Lord Jesus Christ came
as the prophet. That prophet, like unto Moses,
him you shall hear. This my son, hear ye in. The
prophet to reveal God. No man knows the Father except
the Son, he to whom the Son will reveal it. We bow to Christ as
our prophet. If you're saved, He's your prophet. You can't know God by the sunshine
or the stars, not God in His redemptive work. You know Him
through Christ. Christ is a priest forever. Even
Aaron is not a good type of Christ, so God raised up a singular priest
called Melchizedek to represent Christ. And Christ is king, sovereign,
unchangeable king. like David. And people who know
God, people who are in the kingdom of God, people who are in the
family of God, people who are in the church of God, people
who are in the house of God, have bowed to Christ as their
only prophet, priest, and king. That's right. You see, Israel,
if you wouldn't follow Moses, the prophet God would open the
ground and swallow you up. If you wouldn't come to the priest,
Avon, for the sacrifice, God would open the ground and swallow
you up. People who did not bow to and submit to and serve David
were destroyed. And I'm saying that John Jesus
Christ is that prophet, that priest, and that king. And you
know him. You bowed to him, submitted to
him, surrendered to him, embraced him, and received him, as all
three are known. Is that right? That's exactly
right. Christ is being offered today,
though, what do we ask people to come down? Except Jesus as
their personal Savior, as their atonement for sin, as their sacrifice
to sin. Hold it right where you are.
Hold it right there at the front row. You can't come down here
and have a third of a Savior. You'd turn around and go back
to your seat. until you come to the place where Christ is
not only your priest, but He is your revelator, He is your
prophet, He is all the knowledge you have of God is in Him. And
from this moment, He is your absolute King. And all you are
and have belongs to Him. One hundred percent, not ten
percent. No sir, ten percent is a cop-out. One hundred percent. He's king,
is that right? What this book says. And you
see, this is what they wanted. They wanted God's blessing, but
they wanted another king. Listen to the hymn writer. We
bless the prophet of the Lord that comes with truth and grace.
Jesus, thy spirit and thy word shall lead us in God's ways.
We reverence our great high priest above who offered up his blood.
and lives to carry on his work by pleading with our God. We
honor our exalted King, how sweet are his commands. He guards our
souls from hell and sin by his almighty hands. So Hosanna to
his glorious name! Prophet, Priest, and King, his
mercies lay a sovereign claim to our immortal praise. All right, back to the text.
I'm going to show you one thing, and quit. 1 Samuel, chapter 13. And I want you to read these chapters sometime. So they made a king. They said,
God said, they want me to reign. They want a human king. So Samuel
made him a king called Saul. Went down to the house of Kish.
He had a son that was six foot ten. He stood head and shoulders
above everybody. Keep saying that about him. Saul
was tall. Everybody came to his shoulders. He was that taller
than everybody. Shoulders and head taller than
everybody. A fine man. But a man out of
his office. A man in a place he had no business.
He's a fine man. Outstanding. One of the finest
men in Israel. But they put this on him that he couldn't carry.
God's the king, Christ is the king. And he hadn't reigned but
two years. Look at 1 Samuel 13. Saul reigned
one year, and when he'd reigned two years over Israel, uh-oh. You know, whoop! Let me ask you
this. Look up here a minute. Whoop! Do you suppose would be
the first order of business for a king appointed by a people
to be king instead of Christ? to usurp the authority of Christ.
What would you say is first order of business today? Also, to usurp
the authority of the priest. That's the first thing old Saul
did, was offer a sacrifice. Look at 1 Samuel 13, verse 9,
8. And Samuel, Saul was going to
war, and Saul tarried seven days according to the set time that
Samuel had appointed. But Samuel came not to Gilgal,
and the people were scattered from him. And Saul said, Bring
hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offering. And Saul
offered the burnt offering. And it came to pass, as soon
as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel
came, and Saul went out to meet him, that he might bless him.
And Samuel said, What have you done? Oh, Saul said, Because
I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest
not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered
themselves together to make war on us, I said, The Philistines
will come down now upon us to guilt, and I have not made supplication
to the Lord. So I forced myself and offered
a burnt offering. And Samuel said, Saul, you have
done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment
of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee. For now would
the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel forever.
Your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord hath sought him a man
after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be
captain over the people, because you've not kept that which the
Lord commanded thee." You see, this human reasoning, once it
starts out, there's no end to where it'll go. Well, this seems
right to me. What we've got to do is bow to
Christ, bow to His Word, bow to His atonement. Just bow, just
submit. God, Thy Word. I don't understand
it all, but I believe it. Thy Word, Thy sovereignty, Thy
grace, Thy atonement, Thy sacrifice, man's fall, depravity, Your purpose,
plans, You're King, You speak, Lord, Thy servant is King! But
once that slips away, Once we say, well, we're going to get
us an interpreter. We're going to get us a man,
like all the other religions. We're going to get somebody to
interpret it. Somebody to defend us. Somebody to teach us. Somebody
to lead us. Somebody to fight our battles. We don't need God.
We don't need just to go... Well, once you do that, you'll
start dabbling even with the atonement. See what I'm talking
about? You'll start messing around,
and nothing is holy. Nothing's sacred. See, this is
what gets folks in trouble. This is what gets folks in trouble. They put a question mark there.
They put a question mark on his right to reign and root his authority,
his lordship, his kingship. They're no longer children, they're
now smart people. They're no longer learners, they're
now teachers. They're no longer at his feet,
they're now special in the kingdom of God. Like, oh, so I'm the
king. No, you're a goner now. You'll
start dabbling with the ark, with the mercy seat, with the
atonement, with the blood, and that'll got to wipe you out.
That man didn't rule but two years, and God put him on the
shelf. Just let him mark time till David
came. He's the king. Just shut my mouth and bow to
him. He's the king. His words are
solemn last words.