Eternal Promises from an Eternal God

Turn to 2 SAMUEL CH. 7, VS. 1..

!!Open in prayer!!

Intro: “The Insufficiency of Intention”

AS WE BEGIN THIS MORNING, I WANT YOU TO LOOK BACK OVER YOUR LIFE,

AND I WANT YOU TO THINK OF A TIME WHEN YOU SAID YOU WOULD DO SOMETHING,

& WHETHER OR NOT YOU USED THE WORD “PROMISE”.... YOUR WORD DIDN’T STAND.

MORE SPECIFICALLY: THINK of TIME YOU INTENDED to DO IT…BUT COULDN’T:

SCHEDULING CONFLICTS

GOT SICK

FAMILY EMERGENCY

CIRCUMSTANCES OUTSIDE YOUR CONTROL...

EVEN THE BEST OF US WHO MIGHT DESIRE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON OUR WORD WILL AT TIMES FAIL.

STORY: WORKING for DONNA SHULER @ CABIN

WANTED to HELP

OVERWHELMED

HAD to GIVE WORK AWAY

FELT BAD.

MAYBE…YOU’RE LIKE ME:

& SAY “YES” WHEN YOU SHOULD BE SAYING “NO”....END UP OVERBURDENED

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ANOTHER EXAMPLE:

SAID YOU’D PRAY FOR SOMEONE,, & DIDN’T

SURGERY PASSED

BABY CAME

ETC.

YOU MISSED the OPPORTUNITY.

AS FINITE HUMAN BEINGS, WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR LIMITATIONS...

NO MATTER HOW HARD WE MAY TRY, THERE WILL BE TIMES THAT WE AREN’T ABLE TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE’VE SAID WE WOULD DO.

* INTENTIONS = IRRELEVANT....YOU CAN’T DO IT.

**CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL**

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WHY BRING THIS UP??

REMIND: WE SERVE A GOD WHO IS NOT HUMAN.

HE ISN’T LIKE US.

WE SAY WE WILL DO THINGS, & WE DON’T.

BUT GOD, HE FULFILLS HIS PROMISES.

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NEED: AND SO WE NEED THIS TEXT TODAY, BECAUSE IT SHOULD REASSURE US THAT GOD IS A FAITHFUL GOD.

GOD KEEPS PROMISES

NO ONLY MAKES PROMISES

HAS PERFECT ABILITY to CARRY THEM OUT...

**THERE ARE NO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND GOD’S CONTROL**

>>> THE PROMISES OF GOD ARE SECURE. <<<

HE SEES FUTURE

HE KNOWS it ALL...

HE FACTORS ALL of THIS INTO HIS PROMISES...

(T) AND SO, I WANT YOU TO KEEP THESE THINGS IN MIND AS WE DIVE INTO OUR TEXT TODAY.

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RECAP: “INWARD, OUTWARD, OR UPWARD?”

Last Couple Weeks:

KING DAVID OBTAINS CAPITAL CITY (JERUSALEM)

DESIRES to BRING ARK to JERUSALEM

2 WEEKS AGO: DOING it WRONG

LAST WEEK: DOING it RIGHT

FOLLOWING GOD’S LAWS/STANDARDS

& BRINGING ARK into JERUSALEM W/ GREAT REJOICING & CELEBRATION!

MICHAL DISDAINS DAVID

DAVID RESPONDS: “BEFORE the LORD”

**FOR US: FOCUSING on GOD in WORSHIP,, KEEPING OUR EYES “UPWARD”**

(T) NOW: ARK HAS COME to JERUSALEM,,

LOOK W/ ME @ CH. 7 VS. 1,,

WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT in LIFE of DAVID...

THE TEXT SAYS:

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Setting/Inciting Incident (v1-3) “David’s Intentions Towards God”

1 Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,

2 the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.”

3 And Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.”

TIMES = GOOD...

NEW CAPITAL CITY

ARK SUCCESSFULLY CAME BACK

NO MAJOR BATTLES/WARS

DAVID HAD REST....

**LIFE is GOOD…REAL GOOD.**

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DAVID RECOGNIZES PROBLEM:

**SITUATION = BACKWARDS.....ARK OF GOD = LIVING IN A TENT... WHILE HE HAS PALACE.**

>>> DAVID HAS HOUSE....BUT GOD DOESN’T <<<

DAVID = GREAT MODEL:

KEEPING FOCUS on SPIRITUAL THINGS,, DURING GOOD TIMES of LIFE...

**ONE of the GREATEST THREATS to SPIRITUAL HEALTH IS PROSPERITY**

TIMES = BAD— CRYING OUT to GOD

TIMES = GOOD — FORGETTING GOD.

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THINK: KING SAUL

THINGS of GOD = EMERGENCY BRAKE,, NOT STEERING WHEEL...

GOD ONLY BROUGHT UP DURING DESPERATE TIMES

CHRISTIAN,, WHERE ARE YOU??

(Q) HAS LIFE BEEN GOOD? MAYBE TOO GOOD?

**DON’T FORGET GOD & HAVE SPIRITUAL THINGS TAKE BACK SEAT WHEN LIFE is GOOD!!**

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DAVID = CONCERNED ABOUT SPIRITUAL THINGS…EVEN WHEN THINGS ARE PERFECT!

THINK: DAVID FINALLY HAS REST...

REMEMBER: DAVID WAS RUNNING for HIS LIFE for YEARS!

FIGHTING COUNTLESS BATTLES/ENEMIES (DOMESTIC & FOREIGN!)

THINGS = GOOD… DAVID SETS HEART TO BUILD a HOUSE for the LORD.

GREAT IDEA.

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ONE THING = MISSING.

(Q) WHAT is MISSING,, THAT TYPICALLY CHARACTERIZES the LIFE of DAVID?

§ THROUGHOUT THE SCRIPTURE WE FIND COUNTLESS TIMES WHERE DAVID, “INQUIRED OF THE LORD.”

DAVID PLANS to MAKE HOUSE for GOD (ARK)

PRETTY BIG DEAL

HE + NATHAN…CONCLUDE,, THIS = GOOD IDEA.

(Q) CAN YOU IMAGINE,, GOD WOULD HAVE an OPINION on THIS??

LOOK BACK @ the SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION...REGARDING the TABERNACLE

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DAVID HAS GOOD INTENTIONS

WARN: CHURCH, WHAT WE NEED ARE NOT GOOD IDEAS, BUT GOD IDEAS.

DAVID HAS GREAT IDEA

WAY to THANK GOD

DAVID HAS GOOD INTENTIONS

**BUT NEITHER DAVID,, NOR the PROPHET CONSULT GOD!

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WE BEST BE CAREFUL,, NOT to STREAMLINE GOOD IDEAS,,

INSTEAD of OPENING GOD’S WORD,,

GOING to LORD in PRAYER...

**LET’S BE SURE OUR GOOD IDEAS ARE FIRST GOD-IDEAS**

(T) AND SO, WHAT IS THE LORD GOING TO THINK OF DAVID’S GOOD IDEA? LOOK WITH ME AT VERSE 4, THE TEXT SAYS,

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Rising Action (v4-7) “The Contentedness of God”

4 But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan,

5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: Would you build me a house to dwell in?

6 I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent for my dwelling.

7 In all places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?” ’

APPARENTLY, DAVID’S GOOD IDEA IS NOT A GOD-IDEA.

AT LEAST, NOT YET.

IDEA = GOOD.

TIMING = WRONG

PERSON = WRONG.

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GOD BEGINS — POINTING OUT HE’S BEEN CONTENT

**TENT WAS HIS IDEA!**

2ND HALF of EXODUS: DEVOTED to TABERNACLE (TENT) CONSTRUCTION

ARK EXISTED in TENT:

FROM MOSES

THROUGH JOSHUA

THROUGH JUDGES

**ARK (GOD) NEVER HAD PERMANENT DWELLING**

GOD NEVER COMMANDED: BUILD TEMPLE

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DAVID = GOOD INTENTIONS

GOD NEVER HAD PERMANENT DWELLING, LET’S MAKE IT...

BRINGING WORSHIP to FOREFRONT of ISRAELITE LIFE...

ARK in TENT…AGAIN...

DAVID THINKING: “WHY GIVE GOD THE SECOND BEST THAT WE’VE GOT?”

**REVERSAL of SITUATION from HAGGAI’S DAY LATER ON**

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DAVID = GOOD INTENTIONS,,

BUT GOD = CONTENT

DALE DAVIS: GOD SHOWS DAVID AND ALL OF US THAT HE WAS CONTENT TO DWELL WITH HIS PEOPLE AS THEY WERE.

PEOPLE = SOJOURNING,,, THEN GOD = SOJOURNING...

WILLING to CONDESCEND to PEOPLE,, LIVE IN TENTS

GOD = WILLING to WAIT,, TILL HIS PEOPLE FOUND REST…

A PERMANENT DWELLING PLACE WAS SECONDARY...

(T) AND THEN GOD GOES ON TO SAY TO NATHAN,

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More Tension (v8-9a) “A Rehearsal of Grace”

8 Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel.

9 And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you.

GOD CHANGES THE SUBJECT.

FROM PAST DWELLING…TO RECOUNTING PAST GRACE TOWARDS DAVID.

FROM SHEPHERD —> TO KING (2ND ONLY to GOD HIMSELF)

GOD’S BEEN W/ DAVID (COMMON REFRAIN)

GOD’S GRANTED DAVID SUCCESS

**REMEMBER,, GOD = SOURCE of ALL DAVID’S SUCCESS**

DAVID ISN’T GREAT BECAUSE HE’S DAVID,, BUT BECAUSE GOD = WITH HIM!

(T) SO, GOD HAS MADE IT INCREDIBLY CLEAR THAT HE HAS BEEN GOOD TO DAVID, WAY BEYOND WHAT HE DESERVED,

AND THIS IS BUILDING TO A POINT, BECAUSE NOW GOD SAYS THIS in 2ND HALF of VS. 9...:

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Climax & Resolution (v9b-17) “A Promise of Future Grace”

And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.

10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly,

11 from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house.

12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

14 I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men,

15 but my steadfast love will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you.

16 And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.’ ”

17 In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.

CHURCH, DID YOU NOTICE:

AFTER GOD’S REMINDER TO DAVID OF HIS PAST GRACE,

HE PROMISES TO DAVID FUTURE GRACE?

WOW!

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>>> DAVID ENDEAVORED TO BUILD GOD A HOUSE, BUT NOW,, INSTEAD,, WE SEE THAT GOD SAYS HE WILL BUILD DAVID A HOUSE! <<<

PAST FAITHFULNESS,, TRANSITIONS INTO THE PROMISE OF FUTURE FAITHFULNESS.

GOD ESSENTIALLY SAYS: “DAVID IF YOU THINK I’VE BEEN GOOD TO YOU IN THE PAST, I’VE GOT A FUTURE FOR YOU THAT’S OUT OF THIS WORLD!”

GOD PROMISES 8 THINGS:

§ HE SAYS THAT HE WILL MAKE DAVID A GREAT NAME (V9).

§ HE SAYS THAT HE WILL APPOINT A PLACE FOR ISRAEL AND PLANT THEM (V10).

§ GOD SAYS THAT HE WILL GIVE THEM REST FROM THEIR ENEMIES (V11).

§ AND HE WILL MAKE DAVID A HOUSE (V12).

· AND WHEN DAVID DIES, GOD WILL RAISE UP DAVID’S OFFSPRING TO INHABIT THE THRONE (V12).

· AND GOD WILL ESTABLISH HIS [SOLOMON’S] KINGDOM AND THE THRONE OF HIS KINGDOM (V12-13).

· GOD WILL BE TO HIM A FATHER (V14).

· WHEN THE SON COMMITS SIN, HE WILL DISCIPLINE HIM (V14).

FINALLY,, GOD SAYS:

THE HOUSE AND KINGDOM OF DAVID SHALL BE MADE SURE FOREVER (TO ETERNITY) BEFORE GOD

AND THAT HIS THRONE WILL BE ESTABLISHED FOREVER (TO ETERNITY) (V16).

CONTRARY to HOUSE of SAUL…DAVID’S HOUSE WOULD REMAIN FOREVER.

THIS = PROMISE of GOD!!

DESPITE DAVID’S DEATH

DESPITE FAILINGS/SIN of DESCENDANTS

DESPITE PASSAGE of TIME

PROMISE = SURE & SECURE

TO ETERNITY. THIS = FINAL.

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REMEMBER: SAUL’S DISOBEDIENCE DISQUALIFIED HIS DYNASTY & HIMSELF as KING..

§ DAVID’S LINEAGE WILL REIGN ON THE THRONE OF ISRAEL.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT GOD WAS GOING TO DO FOR DAVID AND HIS HOUSE.

THEY ARE MORE GUARANTEED AND SECURE THAN THE NEXT BREATH THAT DAVID WOULD TAKE.

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GOD MAKES COVENANT W/ DAVID...THE DAVIDIC COVENANT.

AND CHURCH: WE OFTEN DON’T THINK of our RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IN TERMS OF COVENANT...BUT WE ARE UNDER THE NEW COVENANT.

WHEN GOD MAKES COVENANTAL PROMISES TO US THAT WE CAN TAKE THEM TO THE BANK!

· GOD IS A COVENANT-KEEPING, FAITHFUL GOD.

Psalm 103:8 (ESV)

8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

HE WILL NEVER FAIL,

AND WHEN GOD MAKES PROMISES...

...WHEN GOD ENTERS COVENANT ...

—> WE CAN REST ASSURED THAT HE WILL FULFILL HIS SIDE OF THE DEAL.

GOD DOESN’T LIE.

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!!REFERENCE INTRODUCTION!!: OUR FAILINGS to UPHOLD OUR WORD

**ONE REASON OUR WORD FAILS IS WE DON’T KNOW the FUTURE**

**CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL!**

JAMES: “WE WILL” = PRESUMPTUOUS & ARROGANT!

BUT GOD IS NOT LIKE THIS.

ALPHA & OMEGA

BEGINNING & END

OUTSIDE of TIME

OMNISCIENT: SEES ALL & KNOWS ALL

OMNIPOTENT: ALL POWERFUL

NO CONSTRAINTS

**GOD EVEN KNOWS the VARIETY of POTENTIAL OUTCOMES THAT WON’T HAPPEN…HE KNOWS HOW IT WOULD ALL UNFOLD**

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GOD IN HIS POWER,,

FOREKNOWLEDGE,,

AND PERFECT LOVE,,

MAKES PROMISES & HE KEEPS THEM.

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TODAY’S PASSAGE:

GOD FORETELLS: DAVID’S OFFSPRING BUILDING [GOD] a HOUSE

SOLOMON

GOD FORETELLS: FAILINGS of SON (SOLOMON) & HIS FUTURE DISCIPLINE

**GOD KNEW ABOUT ALL of THIS!! B4 ANY of IT HAPPENED!!**

EVEN MORE SCANDALOUS:

SOLOMON = OFFSPRING of DAVID THROUGH BATHSHEBA.

(Q) CHURCH,, DO YOU SEE the SCANDAL HERE?

OUR GOD is SO GREAT:

HE KNOWS ABOUT ALL the BUMPS in the ROAD

ALL OUR FAILURES & SIN

OUR DARKEST MOMENTS

DESPITE ALL of THIS: GOD STILL MAKES COVENANT W/ US

GOD STILL FULFILLS HIS SIDE of the DEAL...

Romans 8:28 (ESV)

28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

OUR GOD = INCREDIBLE GOD…

HE’S FAITHFUL BEYOND OUR COMPREHENSION...

HE’S LOVING BEYOND OUR WILDEST DREAMS...

***WE WILL NEVER PLUMB the DEPTHS of the COVENANT-KEEPING,, FAITHFUL LOVE of OUR GOD***

(T)AND SO WE SHOULD LEARN FROM THIS PASSAGE TODAY, THE IDEA THAT,

HOMILETICAL IDEA

GOD AS THE COVENANT-KEEPING, FAITHFUL GOD IS SURE TO FULFILL HIS PROMISES, NO MATTER WHAT MAY COME.

· AREN’T YOU THANKFUL TODAY...THAT WHEN GOD MAKES PROMISES that HE has ALREADY FACTORED EVERYTHING INTO the EQUATION?

OUR MISTAKES AND FAILURES.

OTHER PEOPLE AND THE PROBLEMS THEY BRING.

THE PASSAGE OF TIME,

AND EVEN THE FINITENESS OF OUR OWN LIVES.

>>> GOD KNOWS ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT UPSET HIS PROMISE, BUT HE STILL GUARANTEES THAT HIS PROMISES WILL COME to PASS <<<

· NO MATTER WHAT LIFE MAY BRING, GOD IS A FAITHFUL GOD, AND WE CAN HOPE IN HIM.

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GOSPEL: DAVIDIC COVENANT FULFILLED IN CHRIST, THE KING WHO WILL REIGN FOREVER

TEXT TODAY: GOD MAKES this INCREDIBLE PROMISE to DAVID.

PROMISE ISN’T CONDITIONAL.

GOD SAYS HE WILL DO X, Y, Z....NO IF’S AND’S or BUTT’S

GOD MADE COVENANT W/ DAVID,, HIS DESCENDANTS WILL REIGN on THRONE FOREVER.

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CHURCH, CAN I TELL YOU,, GOD KEPT THAT PROMISE...

FOR HUNDREDS of YEAR LATER....

GOD SENDS HIS OWN SON INTO the WORLD...

THE SON of GOD… & THE SON of DAVID....

HE is THE DESCENDANT of DAVID...

THE ONE WHO WILL FINALLY RULE FOR ETERNITY on THE THRONE.

ALL POWER AND AUTHORITY, IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH, WE KNOW, HAS BEEN GIVEN TO JESUS.

HE IS PRESENTLY REIGNING IN HEAVEN,

AND WE KNOW THAT ONE DAY HE WILL RETURN AND HIS REIGN WILL BE CONSUMMATED ON THIS EARTH.

1 Corinthians 15:25–26 (ESV)

25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

JESUS CHRIST = LORD...

NAME ABOVE EVERY OTHER NAME...

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CAN I TELL YOU of the GREAT CONDESCENSION OF THIS KING?

TODAY’S TEXT: GOD WAS CONTENT TO TRAVEL in TENT…NOT NEEDING a PERMANENT DWELLING....

>>> CLIMAX: CHRIST,, CAME to DWELL (TABERNACLE) AMONG US <<<

Philippians 2:6–8 (ESV)

6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

THE KING of GLORY…IN the FORM of GOD,, HUMBLED HIMSELF UNTO DEATH FOR US....

Romans 5:6–8 (ESV)

6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—

8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

NOT ONLY DID the KING DIE....

BUT HE DIED FOR US....

WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS,,

NOT RIGHTEOUS PERSON

NOT GOOD PERSON

BUT SINNERS.

...I KNOW I WASN’T WORTH DYING FOR...

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IS THERE a GREATER LOVE THAN THIS????

“AMAZING LOVE, HOW CAN IT BE? THAT YOU MY KING WOULD DIE FOR ME.”

WE WILL NEVER REALIZE HOW TRULY AMAZING THAT STATEMENT IS UNTIL WE SEE HIM IN GLORY.

WE DON’T ALWAYS SEE HIM AS KING NOW, BUT WE WILL.

§ AND FOR ALL THOSE WHO BELIEVE,

WHO RECEIVE CHRIST AS SAVIOR AND LORD,

HE HAS SECURED FOR US AN ETERNAL REDEMPTION.

&& IF YOU’RE HERE,, & YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS,, OR DON’T HAVE THIS HOPE....

PLACE YOUR FAITH in the SAVIOR...

TRUSTING in HIM for RIGHT-STANDING BEFORE GOD…

NOT of WORKS/INHERENT RIGHTEOUSNESS....

BELIEVING CHRIST DIED FOR YOU & WAS RAISED....

TURN FROM LIFE of SIN,, PROFESS CHRIST as LORD,,

YOU CAN BE SAVED,, TODAY.

**YOU CAN ENTER COVENANT W/ GOD, TODAY**

HAVE QUESTIONS,,

DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU STAND W/ GOD

TALK to US AFTER SERVICE.

(T) And now, in closing, I’d like to share a few takeaways with you all today.

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TAKEAWAYS

FIRST, WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT GOD?

1. GOD IS A GOD WHO MAKES COVENANT, AND WE KNOW THAT HE IS A FAITHFUL, COVENANT-KEEPING GOD.

**GOD WILL NOT LIE, AND WHAT GOD HAS PROMISED HE WILL PERFORM.**

2. WE SEE AGAIN THAT GOD WORKS BASED OFF OF GRACE.

**GOD DIDN’T REWARD DAVID’S TEMPLE-BUILDING PROJECT WITH THIS PROMISE.**

GOD POSTPONED the PROJECT… & SHOWERED HIS BLESSINGS UPON DAVID...

GOD = INCREDIBLY GOOD GOD.

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AND WHAT DO WE LEARN FOR US?

1. WHEN WE HAVE GOOD IDEAS WE SHOULD STILL SEEK GOD FOR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM.

ULTIMATELY IN LIFE, OUR AIM SHOULD BE TO EXECUTE GOD-IDEAS, NOT JUST GOOD-IDEAS.

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ENCOURAGE: THAT GOD’S KINGDOM AGENDA IS IRREVOCABLE, IT’S UNDENIABLE, IT’S IRREFUTABLE, AND IT IS SURE TO COME.

GOD’S PROMISE to DAVID DIDN’T COME WITH STRINGS ATTACHED....

NO DISCLAIMERS IN FINE PRINT

NO CONDITIONS.

IT WAS A PROMISE THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

DALE DAVIS SUMS UP GOD’S PROMISE: “DEATH DOES NOT ANNUL IT, SIN CANNOT DESTROY IT. . .TIME WILL NOT EXHAUST IT.” [1]

WOULD DAVID’S DESCENDANTS FAIL? ALL THE TIME.

WOULD SOLOMON FAIL? ABSOLUTELY?

WOULD THE KINGDOM DIVIDE? YES.

BUT WOULD THE PROMISE FAIL? NO

HUNDREDS OF YEARS LATER.... THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF DAVID WOULD COME, AND HE WOULD NOT FAIL.

HE CAME INTO THIS WORLD TO LIVE A SINLESS LIFE

TO DIE ON BEHALF OF OUR SIN

AND WHEN HE WAS RAISED TO LIFE AGAIN HE IS RAISED TO LIVE FOREVERMORE!

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CONSIDER THE GREAT PROMISES of OUR GOD:

CHRIST = COMING BACK to SET UP HIS KINGDOM

GATES of HELL WON’T PREVAIL AGAINST the CHURCH

GOD HAS PROMISED to US ETERNAL LIFE & HE WON’T LIE

OUR ETERNAL REDEMPTION = SECURE...

APOSTLE PETER: IN 1 PETER 1 OUR HEAVENLY INHERITANCE IS:

IMPERISHABLE,

UNDEFILED,

UNFADING

AND KEPT IN HEAVEN FOR US,

AND THAT WE’RE BEING GUARDED BY GOD’S POWER THROUGH FAITH FOR OUR SALVATION THAT WILL BE REVEALED AT THE END OF TIME.

NO QUESTIONS…IT’S SECURE...

THERE WILL BE a DAY,, WHEN CHRIST COMES:

FINAL SALVATION WILL BE MADE SIGHT

EVERY KNEE WILL BOW & TONGUE CONFESS

KINGDOMS of this WORLD WILL BECOME KINGDOM of OUR GOD & HIS CHRIST...

ENCOURAGE, CHURCH:

NO POLITICIAN CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS

CHINA CAN’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS,

RUSSIA CAN’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS

A.I. CAN’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS

NONE of the THINGS on the NEWS that CAUSE YOU to FEAR/WORRY OR GROW ANGRY CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS...

NOTHING in THIS WORLD WILL STOP THE RULE AND REIGN OF CHRIST FROM COMING FINALLY TO THIS EARTH.

THE SECURITY of GOD’S PROMISE SHOULD BRING YOU HOPE TODAY...

>>> NO ONE WITH a BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW SHOULD LIVE in PERPETUAL DISCOURAGEMENT!! <<<

GOD HAS MADE GOOD PROMISES to US,,

AND HE’S a PROMISE-KEEPING GOD,,

AND HIS COVENANT-KEEPING FAITHFUL LOVE WILL ABOUND TO ETERNITY

AND IN THAT, WE CAN FIND HOPE THIS MORNING. NO MATTER WHAT THIS LIFE MAY BRING.

!!Close in Prayer!!