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BUT CERTAINLY RELEVANT...

--OPEN in PRAYER--

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INTRO: “DO AS I SAY”

WE’VE ALL SEEN a CHILD WALKING in PARENTS FOOTPRINTS:

BEACH

SNOW

ETC.

WE’VE ALL SEEN IT

DONE IT

OR HAD OUR OWN KIDS DO IT.

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POWERFUL METAPHOR FOR LIFE & PARENTING

FOR CHILDREN DO WALK in FOOTSTEPS of THEIR PARENTS

FOR THOSE W/ KIDS…YOU’LL NOTICE...

THEY PICK UP YOUR VOCABULARY...

MANNERISMS...

LITTLE THINGS ABOUT YOU THAT YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW...

BEYOND GENETIC SIMILARITIES… THEY GET SIMILARITIES in THEIR PERSON…

“BOTH NATURE & NURTURE”

SELAH SAYING “GUY” INSTEAD of “THING”

NORMAL PEOPLE SAY “THING”

GUESS WHERE SHE GOT THAT FROM....

**I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW I DID THIS....UNTIL M.I.L. POINTED OUT!!

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WE KNOW —> CHILDREN PICK UP THINGS FROM THEIR PARENTS… WALK in FOOTSTEPS...

CHALLENGE:

FIRST to ALL PARENTS

also,, GRANDPARENTS

EVEN SIBLINGS

OTHERS in POSITIONS of INFLUENCE

REMIND: SOMEONE is LOOKING UP to YOU FOR THEIR EXAMPLE...

NEED:

TEXT is GOING to REMIND US: CHILDREN DO IN FACT WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THEIR PARENTS,

ALL EXAMINE OURSELVES… WHAT SORT of EXAMPLE ARE WE SETTING FOR OTHERS to FOLLOW??

CAN/SHOULD SOMEONE FOLLOW ME as I FOLLOW CHRIST???

(T) BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO OFFER A QUICK RECAP FOR THOSE WHO WEREN’T HERE LAST WEEK.

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RECAP: “THE WAGES OF SIN”

Recent Weeks:

TRAGIC DOWNFALL & SIN of KING DAVID W/ BATHSHEBA...

ADULTERY

FOLLOWED BY MURDER...

—> NOW WE SEE a SERIES of CONSEQUENCES COMING...

DEATH of CHILD CONCEIVED in ADULTERY....

SWORD WOULDN’T DEPART FROM DAVID’S HOUSE

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DAVID = FORGIVEN.... THANK GOD.

Psalm 103:8 (ESV)

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

YET FORGIVENESS DOESN’T ALWAYS SPARE US ALL CONSEQUENCES

**NO ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES to THOSE in CHRIST**

BUT WE MIGHT STILL FACE NATURAL BYPRODUCTS/CONSEQUENCES to OUR SIN...

(T) WE’RE GOING TO SEE TODAY:

HOW THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES TO SPELL ITSELF OUT IN THE LIFE OF DAVID.

OUR TEXT BEGINS IN CHAPTER 13, VERSE 1 THIS MORNING.

THE TEXT SAYS,

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TEXT: 2 SAMUEL 13:1-39

SETTING (V1) “AMNON’S LOVE”

2 Samuel 13:1–39 (ESV)

1 Now Absalom, David’s son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar. And after a time Amnon, David’s son, loved her.

STORY---HARSH TURN---INTRODUCED TO THREE NEW PEOPLE.

DAVID’S SON— ABSALOM (3rd IN LINE)

HAS BEAUTIFUL SISTER… “TAMAR”

DAVID HAS FAILED INSTRUCTION REGARDING KINGS & WIVES....

MANY KIDS W/ MANY WOMEN

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DAVID HAS ANOTHER SON —AMNON (OLDEST/1ST in LINE)

AMNON FALLS in LOVE (LUST) W/ HALF-SISTER TAMAR

RELATIONSHIP FORBIDDEN in LEVITICAL LAW…

WE HAVE a PROBLEM

(T) SO, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

LOOK W/ ME @ VS 2

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INCITING INCIDENT/RISING ACTION (V2-6) “JONADAB’S SCHEME AND AMNON’S FAKE ILLNESS”

2 And Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her.

3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother. And Jonadab was a very crafty man.

4 And he said to him, “O son of the king, why are you so haggard morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

5 Jonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill. And when your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat it from her hand.’ ”

6 So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. And when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”

AMNON’S LOVE BECOMES OBSESSIVE...

PER LEVITICAL LAW

& PRESUMABLY BEING KING’S DAUGHTER...

SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE TO, “DO ANYTHING TO HER.”

A PRETTY DISGUSTING COMMENT.

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AMNON LEFT LUST UNRESTRAINED UNTIL it CONSUMED HIM & MADE HIM ILL....

LUTHER: YOU CAN’T STOP A BIRD FROM FLYING OVER YOUR HEAD BUT YOU CAN KEEP IT FROM BUILDING A NEST IN YOUR HAIR.

WE CAN’T PREVENT THOUGHTS FROM POPPING in OUR HEAD...

BUT WE CAN CHOOSE WHETHER to DWELL on THEM or NOT...

APOSTLE JAMES:

TEMPTATION OCCURS WHEN LURED & ENTICED BY DESIRE...

DESIRE GIVES BIRTH to SIN

SIN FULLY GROWN BRINGS DEATH...

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THE SECRET = to STOP the THOUGHT BEFORE it BECOMES ENTRENCHED in YOUR MIND...

NEUROLOGICAL PATHWAYS—MAKE THOUGHTS EASIER to THINK

AMNON DOESN’T STOP the THOUGHT.... DWELLS on IT—TILL CONSUMED

HE BECOMES “HAGGARD”—RUN DOWN

EVERYONE CAN SEE the PRINCE is TORMENTED!!

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FRIEND & COUSIN—JONADAB = INCREDIBLY CRAFTY

ASKS “SON of KING” WHY UPSET??

“YOU’RE the SON of the KING…” = ENTITLED to HAVE PROBLEMS SOLVED

COMES UP W/ HORRID SCHEME....

AMNON LIES DOWN PRETENDING to BE SICK

(T) TAMAR HAS BEEN REQUESTED....

AND WE CAN IMAGINE THIS ISN’T GOING TO BE GOOD.

LOOK W/ ME @ VS 7.... THE TEXT SAYS,

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CLIMAX (V7-14) “THE HUMILIATION OF TAMAR”

7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, “Go to your brother Amnon’s house and prepare food for him.”

8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house, where he was lying down. And she took dough and kneaded it and made cakes in his sight and baked the cakes.

9 And she took the pan and emptied it out before him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, “Send out everyone from me.” So everyone went out from him.

10 Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the chamber, that I may eat from your hand.” And Tamar took the cakes she had made and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.

11 But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”

12 She answered him, “No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this outrageous thing.

13 As for me, where could I carry my shame? And as for you, you would be as one of the outrageous fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”

14 But he would not listen to her, and being stronger than she, he violated her and lay with her.

UNKNOWINGLY, DAVID SENDS TAMAR INTO THIS TRAP.

JUST LIKE THEY PLANNED:

AMNON = SICK

TAMAR BRINGS FOOD

AMNON PUTS EVERYONE OUT

AMNON RAPES TAMAR

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TAMAR DOES EVERYTHING SHE CAN to GET OUT of IT....

STATES… THIS WOULD BE an OUTRAGEOUS THING… OUGHT NOT BE DONE in ISRAEL...

IT WOULD RUIN BOTH THEIR REPUTATIONS...

SHE WOULD BE ASHAMED

HE WOULD BE COUNTED as a FOOL

BESIDES: DAVID MIGHT GIVE HER to HIM IF HE ASKS...

PROBABLY NOT REALLY— THIS = a DESPERATE FINAL ATTEMPT...

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AMNON DOESN’T CARE:

DOESN’T CARE ABOUT WHAT = RIGHT or WRONG

DOESN’T CARE ABOUT ISRAEL

DOESN’T CARE ABOUT TAMAR

DOESN’T CARE ABOUT HER HUMILIATION or HIS REPUTATION BEING TARNISHED...

HE WANTS ONE THING & ONE THING ONLY.... HE’LL GET it NO MATTER the COST...

HE SEES.

HE LIKES.

HE WANTS.

HE TAKES.

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EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS TOTALLY OFF LIMITS,, HE DOES IT ANYWAYS.

CHURCH, DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?

FEW WEEKS AGO: “DAVID & BATHSHEBA”

DAVID SAW BEAUTIFUL WOMAN BATHING

SHE WAS OFF LIMITS

HE TOOK HER ANYWAYS

THE GREATEST SIN of DAVID is BEING REPEATED in the LIFE of HIS OLDEST SON....

DAVID’S EXAMPLE:

IF YOU WANT, YOU TAKE.

NOTHING = OFF LIMITS WHEN YOU’RE ROYALTY...

WE PRAY THIS WAS DAVID’S ONLY FAILURE of THIS LEVEL…

BUT NEVERTHELESS HE SET THIS EXAMPLE....

(T) AND NOW THIS HORRIBLE DEED HAS BEEN DONE,

SO WHAT HAPPENS IN THE AFTERMATH?

LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 15.

THE TEXT SAYS,

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RESOLUTION (V15-19) “AMNON’S HATRED”

15 Then Amnon hated her with very great hatred, so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, “Get up! Go!”

16 But she said to him, “No, my brother, for this wrong in sending me away is greater than the other that you did to me.” But he would not listen to her.

17 He called the young man who served him and said, “Put this woman out of my presence and bolt the door after her.”

18 Now she was wearing a long robe with sleeves, for thus were the virgin daughters of the king dressed. So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her.

19 And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe that she wore. And she laid her hand on her head and went away, crying aloud as she went.

SEXUAL SIN = OFTENTIMES a MOMENT of PLEASURE... LEADING to LIFE of MISERY

IN AFTERMATH,, AMNON HATED TAMAR

POSS. FROM SHAME???

SENDS HER AWAY:

REFERS to HER as “THIS WOMAN” —DEROGATORY...

TAMAR LEAVES SOBBING,, RENDING GARMENTS of VIRGINITY

PER the LAW—AMNON WAS REQUIRED to MARRY HER & PAY a CONSIDERABLE SUM to HER FATHER

SHE POINTS OUT HIS SENDING HER AWAY AFTER RUINING HER VIRGINITY = WORSE THAN the SIN ITSELF...

(T) AND THEN THE TEXT SAYS IN VERSE 20,

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CONCLUSION (V20-22) “ABSALOM’S HATRED”

20 And her brother Absalom said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? Now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother; do not take this to heart.” So Tamar lived, a desolate woman, in her brother Absalom’s house.

21 When King David heard of all these things, he was very angry.

22 But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had violated his sister Tamar.

ANOTHER PROBLEM:

ABSALOM (TAMAR’S FULL-SIBLING) CONNECTS DOTS

NEWS BREAKS OUT & KING DAVID = ANGRY

IRONY: DAVID = the EXAMPLE AMNON FOLLOWED...

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BIGGER PROBLEM: DAVID DOESN’T DO ANYTHING.

ANGER WITHOUT ACTION ISN’T RIGHTEOUS ANGER...

HIS DAUGHTER CLOTHES HERSELF W/ ASHES

TEARS GARMENTS

LEAVES SOBBING

LIVES REST of LIFE as DESOLATE WOMAN

DAVID GETS ANGRY.

—> PER the LAW, HE SHOULD’VE HAD the RESPONSIBILITY to CARE FOR HER AS HUSBAND...

MARRY

PAY SIGNIFICANT SUM

COULD NEVER DIVORCE

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DAVID as KING…JUDGE of the LAND....FINDS HIMSELF in HARD PLACE...

SON = GUILTY

DAUGHTER = VICTIM

INCEST = OUTLAWED

RAPISTS WERE FORCED to TAKE CARE of VICTIMS...

WHICH LAW DO YOU FOLLOW @ THIS POINT???

TOUGH SITUATION....

RESPONSIBILITY to JUDGE RIGHTEOUSLY

BUT HOW COULD HE????

HOW COULD YOU CALL OUT AMNON WHEN YOU HAVE BATHSHEBA in YOUR HAREM??

NO MORAL LEG to STAND ON..

NEVERTHELESS—DAVID’S RESPONSIBILITY....

DALE DAVIS: “ONE MAY UNDERSTAND DAVID’S FAILURE TO ACT; ONE MAY NOT, HOWEVER, EXCUSE IT.”[1]

EPISODE ENDS: DIFFICULT SITUATION/HORRIFIC SIN.... W/ ABSALOM’S HATRED of AMNON

(T) THIS FIRST MOVEMENT THROUGH THE STORY ENDS WITH A LOT OF BAD THINGS GOING ON AND A LOT OF HATRED.

AMNON HATES TAMAR AFTER RAPING HER.

TAMAR IS HUMILIATED.

ABSALOM HATES AMNON.

AND DAVID IS ANGRY ABOUT ALL OF IT, AND JUSTIFIABLY SO,

SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

LOOK W/ ME @ VS 23…

THE TEXT SAYS,

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SETTING2/INCITING INCIDENT2 (V23-25) “ABSALOM’S SCHEME”

23 After two full years Absalom had sheepshearers at Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

24 And Absalom came to the king and said, “Behold, your servant has sheepshearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant.”

25 But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you.” He pressed him, but he would not go but gave him his blessing.

TWO UNEVENTFUL YEARS PASS...

ABSALOM HAS SHEEP-SHEARERS...

TIME of PROSPERITY…

LIKE the HARVEST of SHEEP

ABSALOM INVITES DAVID & SERVANTS to a BIG PARTY!

KING SKIPS OUT,, BUT GIVES BLESSING...

(T) AND THEN THE TEXT SAYS IN VERSE 26,

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RISING ACTION/CLIMAX (V26-29) “THE MURDER OF AMNON”

26 Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.” And the king said to him, “Why should he go with you?”

27 But Absalom pressed him until he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.

28 Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Mark when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not fear; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.”

29 So the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and each mounted his mule and fled.

DAVID SKIPS the PARTY

ABSALOM REQUESTS BROTHERS/ SONS of KING COME… ESPECIALLY AMNON...

DAVID GIVES IN

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KING’S SONS @ PARTY

AMNON GETS DRUNK

SERVANTS of ABSALOM KILL AMNON

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GETTING SOMEONE DRUNK...

EVENTUALLY KILLING HIM...

DOES THIS LOOK FAMILIAR??

WE’VE NOW SEEN the TWO PRIMARY SINS OF DAVID W/ BATHSHEBA & URIAH REPLICATE THEMSELVES IN THE LIVES OF HIS SONS.

AMNON SEES, LIKES,, TAKES. & RAPES TAMAR

DAVID HAD TAKEN BATHSHEBA

ABSALOM DESIRES REVENGE & KILLS AMNON BY SERVANTS

DAVID HAD URIAH KILLED

APPLES DIDN’T FALL FAR FROM TREE....

SEXUAL SIN & MURDER = FOUND in FATHER

FOUND in SONS...

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FURTHERMORE...AMNON BECOMES 2ND of 4 SONS to DIE to REPAY URIAH’S DEATH...

DAVID = PAYING 4-FOLD BY HIS OWN DECREE....

GOD IS ALLOWING ALL THESE THINGS to HAPPEN as PART of DAVID’S DISCIPLINE FOR HIS SIN

SWORD WOULDN’T DEPART FROM HIS HOUSE…WE SEE THIS in ACTION...

(T) AND NOW ALL THE KING’S SONS ARE FLEEING AWAY FROM ABSALOM AFTER THE MURDER OF AMNON,

SO WHAT WILL THE AFTERMATH OF ALL OF THIS BE?

LOOK W/ ME @ VS 30... THE TEXT SAYS,

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FALLING ACTION (V30-33) “THE REPORT TO DAVID”

30 While they were on the way, news came to David, “Absalom has struck down all the king’s sons, and not one of them is left.”

31 Then the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the earth. And all his servants who were standing by tore their garments.

32 But Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, said, “Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men, the king’s sons, for Amnon alone is dead. For by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day he violated his sister Tamar.

33 Now therefore let not my lord the king so take it to heart as to suppose that all the king’s sons are dead, for Amnon alone is dead.”

OVERLY EMBELLISHED & EARLY NEWS COMES to DAVID

((PROB 1ST ONE to ESCAPE DRAWING LOGICAL CONCLUSIONS))

JONADAB—SCHEMER—REASSURES DAVID THIS = MERELY VENGEANCE...

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RESOLUTION2 (V34-36) “THE KING’S SONS COME TO DAVID”

34 But Absalom fled. And the young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, many people were coming from the road behind him by the side of the mountain.

35 And Jonadab said to the king, “Behold, the king’s sons have come; as your servant said, so it has come about.”

36 And as soon as he had finished speaking, behold, the king’s sons came and lifted up their voice and wept. And the king also and all his servants wept very bitterly.

REST of SONS = ALIVE

ABSALOM = RUNNING AWAY

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NOW WE’VE SEEN: TEARING of CLOTHES && INCREDIBLE MOURNING AMONGST KING & HIS SONS...

WHERE WAS THIS RESPONSE to TAMAR’S RAPE???

NO ONE WAS TEARING CLOTHES OVER HER SUFFERING

NO ONE CONFRONTED AMNON

ABSALOM = ONLY ONE WHO SOUGHT a MEASURE of JUSTICE for HER...

**HARD TIME to BE PART of the KING’S FAMILY…**

RAPE

MURDER

DIVISION

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CONCLUSION2 (V37-39) “DAVID’S LONGING”

37 But Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son day after day.

38 So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

39 And the spirit of the king longed to go out to Absalom, because he was comforted about Amnon, since he was dead.

YEARS PASS

DAVID’S SOUL = COMFORTED OVER AMNON’S DEATH

ONCE AGAIN—DAVID DOES NOTHING to PUNISH REBELLIOUS SON

JUSTICE HASN’T REALLY BEEN ESTABLISHED

FAMILY = STILL DIVIDED...

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

HOMILETICAL IDEA:

THE LIFESTYLE AND SINS OF PARENTS ARE OFTENTIMES REPEATED IN THE LIVES OF THEIR CHILDREN.

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GOSPEL: “NEEDING A BETTER KING”

TEXT TODAY:

FRUIT of DAVID’S SHORTCOMINGS—SONS WALKING in HIS WAYS

FURTHER SHORTCOMINGS— NOT DEALING W/ SINS of HIS SONS...

BACK in CH. 8:15 TEXT SAID:

2 Samuel 8:15 (ESV)

15 So David reigned over all Israel. And David administered justice and equity to all his people.

DAVID’S KINGDOM = INITIALLY a MANIFESTATION of KINGDOM of GOD on EARTH!

PROBLEM COMES HOME…HE DOESN’T DEAL W/ IT....

JUSTICE = PERVERTED…

NO JUSTICE FOR TAMAR

DAVID = ANGRY & NOTHING ELSE...

BEAUTIFUL & GODLY YOUNG WOMAN

TARNISHED

THROWN ASIDE as DAMAGED GOODS

LIVES as DESOLATE WOMAN...

NO JUSTICE FOR AMNON

DAVID = SORROWFUL & NOTHING MORE...

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I’M SURE WE LOOK @ TEXT....

&& @ WORLD...

OFTENTIMES…WE LONG FOR JUSTICE

WORLD = FILLED W/ INJUSTICES...

IN DAVID’S DAY & OUR OWN WE AWAIT a COMING KINGDOM...

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DAVID’S KINGDOM POINTED FORWARDS...

1ST ADVENT of CHRIST = KINGDOM INAUGURATED

2ND ADVENT of CHRIST = KINGDOM CONSUMMATED

2 Peter 3:13 (ESV)

13 But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

ALL CREATION LONGS FOR THIS DAY

WE LONG FOR THIS DAY....

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JUSTICE COMES FOR ALL OFFENDERS of GOD’S HOLY LAW

PROBLEM: THAT INCLUDES YOU & ME....

WE ALL LONG FOR JUSTICE WHEN WE’RE the VICTIM...

BUT WHEN YOU’RE the GUILTY PARTY, YOU DON’T WANT JUSTICE...

GOOD NEWS:

GOD = NOT ONLY JUST

BUT ALSO the JUSTIFIER of the ONE WHO HAS FAITH in JESUS...

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GOD WAS JUST—HE PUNISHED SIN on the CROSS...

GOD’S SON TOOK the PUNISHMENT FOR OUR SINS...

YET WE CAN BE JUSTIFIED BY a FREE GIFT of GOD’S GRACE,, BECAUSE HE TOOK OUR PENALTY

2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV)

21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

GOOD NEWS: YOU CAN BE FORGIVEN! DECLARED NOT GUILTY!

MUST FIRST RECOGNIZE YOUR NEED,,

ACKNOWLEDGING SIN

& NEED of SALVATION

TURNING FROM SIN to SAVIOR in FAITH

BELIEVING CHRIST DIED & WAS RAISED

PROFESSING HIM to BE LORD....

BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH YOU CAN BE SAVED TODAY....

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GOD ISN’T LIKE DAVID...

HE WON’T LET SINNERS INTO HIS HOLY ABODE WITH THEIR SIN...

ALL SIN MUST BE PUNISHED,,

EITHER JESUS TAKES the PENALTY FOR US…

OR WE STAND BEFORE GOD on THAT DAY UTTERLY HOPELESS...

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 SOME TAKEAWAY THOUGHTS WITH YOU ALL TODAY.

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TAKEAWAYS:

LEARN ABOUT GOD?

SOMETIMES GOD WILL ALLOW US TO REAP WHAT WE SOW.

GRACE DOESN’T ALWAYS OVERRIDE REAPING AND SOWING

@ TIMES THERE = CONSEQUENCES FOR SIN...

GOD = SEEMINGLY ABSENT in TODAY’S TEXT...

BUT ALL CONSEQUENCES CAME as FULFILLMENT to GOD’S PROMISED PUNISHMENT...

LEARN ABOUT US?

PRACTICALLY: DON’T LET BIRDS BUILD NESTS IN HAIR....

TEMPTATIONS & THOUGHTS WILL COME

WE MUST ENSURE THEY DON’T TAKE UP RESIDENCE

DON’T YIELD to SINFUL PATTERNS of THINKING...

(T) AND LAST THIS MORNING, I WANT TO MAKE A SPECIFIC CHARGE TO THE PARENTS HERE TODAY:

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APP: “DO AS I DO”

RECENT WEEKS: A LOT to LEARN ABOUT NATURE of SIN & OVERCOMING TEMPTATION....

ADDING ONE MORE to LIST....

ANOTHER REASON WE OUGHT TO FIGHT SIN WITH ALL THAT WE’VE GOT:

OUR CHILDREN WILL FOLLOW IN OUR EXAMPLES.

“DO AS I SAY, AND NOT AS I DO” = FOLLY....

COMMON PARENTING QUOTE: “MORE IS CAUGHT, THAN TAUGHT.”

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ALL of US HAVE POSITIONS of INFLUENCE in LIVES of OTHERS....

PARENTAL POSITIONS = MOST SIGNIFICANT...

WE’RE an EXAMPLE:

VOCABULARY

HABITS

MANNERISMS

APOSTLE PAUL ONCE SAID:

1 Corinthians 11:1 (ESV)

1 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

FOLLOW ME… AS I FOLLOW CHRIST....

ALL of US OUGHT to AIM to LIVE EXEMPLARY LIVES....

PARENTS....“YOUR CHILDREN WILL FOLLOW YOU AS YOU FOLLOW, OR DON’T FOLLOW CHRIST.”

LOOK OVER YOUR LIFE & ASK:

“DO I WANT MY CHILDREN TO FOLLOW MY EXAMPLE?”

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PARENTS, IF YOU CLAIM -- CHURCH AND SPIRITUAL THINGS = INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT....

BUT IT TAKES ALMOST NOTHING FOR YOU TO SKIP CHURCH??

YOU’RE SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE.

NOT PERFECT ATTENDANCE...

VACATION DOESN’T CONDEMN

EVEN I’M NOT EXPECTED to HAVE PERFECT ATTENDANCE

BUT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE APPARENT TO YOUR CHILDREN.

PRIORITIES AREN’T SEEN in WHAT YOU SAY...

BUT WHAT YOU DO...

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IF YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO BE IN CHURCH AS ADULTS...

THEN YOU BEST BRING THEM WHILE YOU CAN

IF YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO READ THE BIBLE AS PART OF THEIR LIVES,

DON’T LET THEM SEE YOURS GETTING DUSTY.

IF YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO PRAY,

THEN YOU SHOULD PRAY WITH YOUR CHILDREN AND TEACH THEM HOW TO PRAY.

&& ULTIMATELY: THEY NEED TO SEE THE EVIDENCE OF YOUR FAITH IN THE DAY TO DAY.

THEY NEED to SEE BOTH SPOKEN & LIVED OUT PRIORITIES

THE NUMBER ONE WAY TO GET YOUR KIDS TO LEAVE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IS FOR YOU TO DISPROVE YOUR BELIEFS THROUGH THE LIVES THAT YOU LEAD THE 167 HOURS OF THE WEEK WHEN YOU’RE OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF THE CHURCH.

NOT PERFECT.... BUT ALSO NOT HYPOCRITES....

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THE PATTERNS of SIN YOU ALLOW in YOUR LIFE...

THE PRIORITIES YOU HAVE or DON’T HAVE in LIFE...

ALL of THESE YOUR CHILDREN WILL IMITATE.

GOD is GRACIOUS,, SOMETIMES GOD WILL WORK IN SPITE of YOU...

BUT BY in LARGE,, GOD DESIRES US to BE EXAMPLES to OUR CHILDREN

**DOESN’T MEAN THOSE W/ ADULT CHILDREN ARE AUTOMATICALLY @ FAULT if KID’S AREN’T WALKING W/ GOD…**

ULTIMATELY GOD = ONLY ONE WHO SAVES...

BUT GODLY PARENTS = GREAT & COMMON MEANS of BRINGING GOSPEL

MORE is CAUGHT THAN TAUGHT

REMEMBER: NATE MCCOULLOUGH LAST WEEK: FOSTER CARE CHILDREN & REPEATED PATTERNS of BROKENNESS...

ALL of US OUGHT to STRIVE to LEAD OTHERS BY EXAMPLE...

WHETHER WE HAVE CHILDREN or NOT...

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CLOSING: RODNEY ATKINS SANG FAMOUS COUNTRY SONG FEW YEARS AGO....

· IN THE CHORUS, HIS SON SAYS THIS,

"I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU DAD, AIN'T THAT COOL? I'M YOUR BUCKAROO, I WANNA BE LIKE YOU AND EAT ALL MY FOOD AND GROW AS TALL AS YOU ARE WE GOT COWBOY BOOTS AND CAMO PANTS YEAH WE'RE JUST ALIKE, HEY AIN'T WE DAD? I WANNA DO EVERYTHING YOU DO SO I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU"

Close in Prayer