Promises Coming to Pass

TURN to 1 CHRONICLES, CHAPTER 29.

CLOSE LIFE of DAVID

—PASSING TORCH--

OPEN in PRAYER

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INTRO: THE SURETY OF PROMISE?

I’M SURE SOMETHING A LOT OF US CONSIDER...

...WHEN MAKING VARIOUS PURCHASES...

... IS WHAT SORT OF WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE THE ITEM MIGHT HAVE, RIGHT?

PERSONAL: TOOLS W/ LIFETIME GUARANTEE = FAVORITE.

THIS PRODUCT WILL OUTLIVE ME!

To Consumer (MEANS):

NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I BREAK

NO MATTER HOW I BREAK

IT GETS FIXED/NEW ONE

To Manufacturer (MEANS):

WE REALLY WANT YOU to BUY OUR STUFF

IT’S PRETTY TOUGH

HOPEFULLY WE DON’T HAVE to REPLACE THIS...

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(Q) HOW MANY HERE TODAY EVER WENT to CASH IN on WARRANTY/GUARANTEE & FIND YOURSELVES DISAPPOINTED?

OUTSIDE WINDOW of TIME

BROKEN PART ISN’T COVERED

BROKEN NOT BY INTENDED USE

**WARRANTY = FURTHEST THING FROM “HASSLE-FREE”

LAST YR: CHURCH AX THROWING…WONDERING… ARE THESE HATCHETS STILL COVERED?

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IF YOU’RE LIKE ME....

DISAPPOINTMENTS...TEACH US to BE SKEPTICAL.

LIFETIME GUARANTEE?? EH PROBABLY NOT.

RESULT:

WE STRUGGLE to TRUST the PROMISES of ANOTHER

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(T) I WONDER.... IF WE AREN’T CAREFUL, THESE DISAPPOINTMENTS & DOUBTS…FROM VARIOUS DISAPPOINTMENTS.... CAN AFFECT INTO OUR FAITH IN GOD.

GOD’S WORD: GOD = PROMISE-KEEPING GOD.

DO WE TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD??

NEED:

IT WILL ENCOURAGE US WITH GOD’S FAITHFUL NATURE

&& THE FACT THAT HE TRULY IS A PROMISE-KEEPING GOD.

(T) BEFORE BEGINNING: LITTLE BACKGROUND

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BACKGROUND:

FINISHING LIFE of DAVID

2 SAM ENDS W/ CENSUS & MERCY of GOD

TRANSFER of DAVID’S KINGSHIP = BOTH 1 KINGS & 1 CHR...

1 CHRONICLES:

CENSUS = CH. 21

MANY CHAPTERS DEVOTED to PREPARATIONS

SOLOMON’S REIGN

BUILDING of TEMPLE

ORGANIZING PRIESTS

MILITARY DIVISIONS

PREPPING MATERIAL for TEMPLE..

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SOLOMON’S TEMPLE = MAJOR PROJECT --- TAKING 7 YEARS!

FULFILLMENT of DAVID’S DREAM

2SAM CH. 7: DAVID DETERMINED to BUILD GOD a HOUSE

GOD CAN’T BE CONTAINED

CENTER FOR WORSHIP

ARK ETC LIVING in TENT WHILE DAVID LIVED in PALACE

PROPHET COMES: (DAVIDIC COVENANT)

DAVID’S SON WOULD BUILD the HOUSE

GOD WOULD BUILD DAVID a HOUSE! (LASTING DYNASTY)

SAUL & LINEAGE REJECTED

DAVID’S LINEAGE = SECURE to REIGN

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(T) AND SO, IN RECOUNTING THESE SURE PROMISES OF GOD...

... I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE OUT THE LIFE OF DAVID WITH THE PASSAGE IN 1 CHRONICLES THAT SUMS ALL OF THIS UP SO NICELY.

2 DAY CEREMONY

CLOSE of DAVID’S LIFE

LOOK W/ ME @ 1 CHR CH. 29…VS 1

THE TEXT SAYS,

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TEXT: 1 CHRONICLES 29:1-30 ESV

SETTING (V1-5)

1 Chronicles 29 (ESV)

1 And David the king said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is young and inexperienced, and the work is great, for the palace will not be for man but for the Lord God.

2 So I have provided for the house of my God, so far as I was able, the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, besides great quantities of onyx and stones for setting, antimony, colored stones, all sorts of precious stones and marble.

3 Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, and because of my devotion to the house of my God I give it to the house of my God:

4 3,000 talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and 7,000 talents of refined silver, for overlaying the walls of the house,

5 and for all the work to be done by craftsmen, gold for the things of gold and silver for the things of silver. Who then will offer willingly, consecrating himself today to the Lord?”

DAVID PREPARES for TEMPLE BUILDING—SETTING UP SOLOMON FOR SUCCESS.

SOLOMON = YOUNG

NEW to BEING KING

LATE TEEN??

DAVID HAD 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE

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DAVID WANTS the TEMPLE BUILT RIGHT…WHY?

IF OUR GOD = GREAT—SHOULD NOT THAT WHICH REPRESENTS HIM BE GREAT??

CHURCH…THIS = VERY HELPFUL LINE of THINKING

IF OUR GOD = GREAT…& WE DO THINGS to REPRESENT HIM… SHOULD THEY NOT BE DONE W/ EXCELLENCE?

CHRISTIAN MOVIES GETTING BAD RAP—CHEESY,, POORLY DONE

CHRISTIAN THINGS OFTEN ASSUMED to BE “SUB-PAR”

***WHAT IF “CHRISTIAN” CAME to MEAN EXCELLENCE?

CHRISTIAN THING = BEST

CHRISTIAN COMPANY = BEST

CHRISTIAN BUILDER = BEST

CHRISTIAN WORSHIP CENTER = BEAUTIFUL & THE BEST

IF IT’S in OUR CAPACITY… WE OUGHT to DO THINGS W/ EXCELLENCE...

QUOTE: IF IT’S WORTH DOING—IT’S WORTH DOING RIGHT

—> IF IT’S DONE FOR GOD—IT OUGHT to BE DONE W/ EXCELLENCE

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(V2) AS MUCH AS HE’S ABLE—DAVID PROVIDED

BEGINNING W/ GOLD (VAST SUMS)

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(V3) DAVID SETS ASIDE of HIS OWN WEALTH!

GOLD, SILVER, PRECIOUS STONES ETC...

NOT TAXING the PEOPLE

HE LEADS the WAY W/ GENEROSITY!

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(V5) THEN, DAVID ASKS “WHO WILL OFFER WILLINGLY?”

KEY HEBREW WORD,, FOUND 7 TIMES in TEXT TODAY

OVER 1/3 of ENTIRE USES = IN TODAY’S CHAPTER....

(T) AND WAS HE SUCCESSFUL WITH HIS PITCH? WILL OTHERS BE WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE?

LOOK W/ ME AT VERSE 6.

THE TEXT SAYS,

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The People’s Offering (V6-9)

6 Then the leaders of fathers’ houses made their freewill offerings, as did also the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officers over the king’s work.

7 They gave for the service of the house of God 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze and 100,000 talents of iron.

8 And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord, in the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.

9 Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a whole heart they had offered freely to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly.

DAVID GIVES:

THEN LEADERS COME OUT of WOODWORK to MAKE IT HAPPEN!

EVEN OUTGIVING the KING!

2X the GOLD the KING GAVE!

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(V9) END RESULT of THIS GIVING??

REJOICING!

FREE-WILL GIFTS!

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THE LORD DOESN’T DESIRE GIVING UNDER COMPULSION

***HE DESIRES OUR HEART MORE THAN OUR MONEY***

PAUL: 2 COR CH 9—

DON’T GIVE RELUCTANTLY…OR UNDER COMPULSION. GOD LOVES a CHEERFUL GIVER.

ACT of GIVING = DEVOTIONAL...YIELDING HEART

GOD = MORE IMPORTANT THAN MONEY/MATERIAL THINGS

GIVING LOOSENS the IDOLATROUS GRIP MONEY & MATERIAL THINGS CAN HAVE ON US....

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PEOPLE AREN’T SAD—PARTING W/ POSSESSIONS

INSTEAD: THEY’RE JOYOUS,, THEY GOT to CONTRIBUTE & SEE GOD PROVIDE!

TEMPLE HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR!

(T) AND THEN THE TEXT CONTINUES IN VERSE 10

AND DAVID RESPONDS, THE TEXT SAYS,

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DAVID PRAYS IN THE ASSEMBLY (v10-13)

10 Therefore David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: “Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.

11 Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.

12 Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.

13 And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name.

DAVID RESPONDS to GOD’S PROVISION—THROUGH HIS PEOPLE—W/ PRAISE & WORSHIP

(V11) EVERYTHING BELONGS to GOD—EVEN the KINGDOM!

DAVID = MERELY a STEWARD

KINGS WEREN’T REALLY KING...

ANOINTED as PRINCE

DAVID PRAISES GOD AS THE SOURCE OF ALL THIS BLESSING AND JUST FOR THE GREATNESS OF WHO HE IS!

(T) AND DAVID CONTINUES, ABOUNDING IN PRAISE,

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Prayer Pt 2 (v14-19)

14 “But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.

15 For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding.

16 O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own.

17 I know, my God, that you test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you.

18 O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep forever such purposes and thoughts in the hearts of your people, and direct their hearts toward you.

19 Grant to Solomon my son a whole heart that he may keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, performing all, and that he may build the palace for which I have made provision.”

CHURCH, A TRUE RECOGNITION OF THE GREATNESS OF GOD DEMANDS HUMILITY IN SELF-IMAGE.

IF WE RECOGNIZE GOD = SOURCE of ALL BLESSING & GOODNESS...

THAT HE ALONE is GREAT...

HOW COULD WE BOAST in HIS PRESENCE??

WE CAN’T BOTH BE GREAT....

WE DON’T BRING ANYTHING to the TABLE…WE’RE BEGGARS in PRESENCE of the KING....

(V14) DAVID CONCLUDES “WHO AM I”… “WHAT IS MY PEOPLE...”

**WE DON’T EVEN DESERVE to BE a PART!

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(V14/16) AMAZING TRUTH… ***DON’T MISS THIS***

ABUNDANCE PROVIDED FOR TEMPLE = FROM ABUNDANCE GOD FIRST PROVIDED FOR THEM....

CONSIDER: DAVID GIVES OUT of ROYAL TREASURY

BUILT BY WAR SPOILS

---> IF GOD HADN’T ELEVATED the SHEPHERD BOY to WARRIOR & KING—HE WOULDN’T HAVE HAD ANYTHING to GIVE <---

FURTHERMORE:

THEY’RE SOJOURNERS—GOD GAVE THEM PROMISED LAND

THEIR DAYS = SHADOW—THEIR TIME,, BREATH = FROM GOD...

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CHURCH… WE DON’T TALK GIVING OFTEN.

**THIS PRINCIPLE CHANGED the WAY I VIEW MONEY && LIFE in GENERAL

IF YOU BELIEVE: GOD = SOVEREIGN LORD of HEAVEN & EARTH...

HE’S the RIGHTFUL OWNER of EVERYTHING

HE OWNS the UNIVERSE & EVERYTHING IN IT

HE OWNS the EARTH & EVERYTHING IN IT

**HE OWNS ALL MY THINGS

Psalm 24:1 (ESV)

1 The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,

ALL of IT = GOD’S RIGHTFUL POSSESSION

--->> THIS MEANS I’M a MANAGER. NOT an OWNER.

GOD HAS BLESSED ME:

W/ PAYCHECK…

W/ HOUSE

W/ CARS

W/ FAMILY

BUT IT’S ALL HIS. HE’S GOD.

**MY GIVING ISN’T GOD STEALING FROM ME**

IT’S A PRIVILEGE to GIVE

HE’S NOT ENTITLED to 10%… HE’S ENTITLED to 100%

HE’S the OWNER…WE’RE MANAGERS.

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FURTHERMORE:

HE’S GIVEN ME TIME…LIFE…BREATH in MY LUNGS

HE’S ENTRUSTED to ME GIFTS & TALENTS

ALL of it IS HIS.

I’M a MANAGER.

LIVING LIFE W/ STEWARDSHIP MENTALITY CHANGES EVERYTHING...

WE AREN’T DOING GOD FAVORS…

HE DOESN’T OWE US ANYTHING...

EVERYTHING WE DO FOR GOD

ANYTHING WE GIVE HIM

IT’S ALL MERELY A RESPONSE TO WHAT HE’S ALREADY DONE FOR US AND GIVEN TO US…

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HE BREATHES INTO MAN the BREATH of LIFE

MY LIFE = IN HIS HANDS… SO I GIVE BACK to HIM WHAT HE GAVE ME.

HE GIVES GIFTS & ABILITIES...

SO I GIVE BACK WHAT HE GAVE ME.

HE PROVIDES FOR MY MATERIAL NEEDS & FINANCES

SO I GIVE BACK WHAT HE GAVE ME.

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SIDE BAR: DISGUSTING ASPECT of PROSPERITY GOSPEL...

I’VE HEARD: “GOD WILL BE NO MAN’S DEBTOR”

ESSENTIALLY: YOU GIVE & HE’LL GIVE BACK...

----COMPLETELY LOSES SIGHT: GOD HAS ALREADY GIVEN!!!----

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IF YOU’RE GIVING to GET—YOU’VE COMPLETELY MISSED IT

WE RETURN WHAT HE’S FIRST GIVEN,, AS AN ACT of WORSHIP & DEVOTION to HIM....

HE’S ALREADY GIVEN US FAR MORE THAN WE COULD EVER DESERVE

HE WILL NEVER OWE US

**NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU GIVE:

FINANCIALLY

OF YOUR TIME

VOLUNTEERING

SERVING

TEACHING CHILDREN

WORKING ON FACILITY

ME AS PASTOR...

IT’S a RESPONSE to HIS GRACE....

DON’T EVER THINK HE OWES YOU...

IT’S a PRIVILEGE THAT HE WOULD RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM OUR HANDS...

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DAVID RECOGNIZES THIS SO WELL HERE.

PROVISION FOR TEMPLE = RETURNING to GOD WHAT HE FIRST GAVE.

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(V18-19) DAVID PRAYS FOR PEOPLE

ADDRESSING GOD of ABRAHAM,, ISAAC,, & JACOB

COVENANT-GOD of ISRAEL

DIRECT HEARTS of PEOPLE to HIM

GIVE to SOLOMON WHOLE HEART to LEAD the PEOPLE...

IT’S ALL a MATTER of the HEART

FAITHFUL WORSHIP of GOD = MATTER of HEART

**DON’T WANT a NICE TEMPLE DYING FROM DISUSE!

(T) AND DAVID CONTINUES AND THE SCRIPTURE SAYS IN VERSE 20,

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David’s Closing Address (V20-22)

20 Then David said to all the assembly, “Bless the Lord your God.” And all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers, and bowed their heads and paid homage to the Lord and to the king.

21 And they offered sacrifices to the Lord, and on the next day offered burnt offerings to the Lord, 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, and 1,000 lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.

22 And they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great gladness.

WORSHIP CLIMAXES—GREAT SACRIFICE

PEOPLE BLESS GOD

PROVIDE FOR TEMPLE

OFFER SACRIFICE

(V22) AGAIN—GREAT GLADNESS!

IT’S a WONDERFUL THING to BE A PART!

(T) AND NOW, OUR TEXT IS GOING TO CLOSE, IF YOU’D LOOK WITH ME AT THE SECOND PART OF VERSE 22.

THE TEXT SAYS,

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Resolution/Conclusion (v23-30)

And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and they anointed him as prince for the Lord, and Zadok as priest. 23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king in place of David his father. And he prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.

24 All the leaders and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.

25 And the Lord made Solomon very great in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.

27 The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

28 Then he died at a good age, full of days, riches, and honor. And Solomon his son reigned in his place.

29 Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are written in the Chronicles of Samuel the seer, and in the Chronicles of Nathan the prophet, and in the Chronicles of Gad the seer,

30 with accounts of all his rule and his might and of the circumstances that came upon him and upon Israel and upon all the kingdoms of the countries.

AS GOD PROMISED—DAVID’S HOUSE = SURE.

DAVID SOUGHT to BUILD GOD a HOUSE

GOD BUILDS DAVID a HOUSE

SOLOMON = FIRST DESCENDANT of DAVID UPON THRONE...

**THROUGHOUT KINGS—YOU’LL SEE SON of DAVID on THRONE—FULFILLMENT of GOD’S PROMISE!

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HERE ENDS THE LIFE OF THE GREAT KING, DAVID,

THE SON OF JESSE,

THE PSALMIST OF ISRAEL,

THE GIANT-SLAYER

AND THE MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART.

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

HOMILETICAL IDEA:

· GOD IS A PROMISE-KEEPING GOD, WHO WILL BY NO MEANS LEAVE HIS PROMISE UNFULFILLED.

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GOSPEL: THE SECURITY OF COVENANT

GOOD NEWS—BECAUSE WE’RE RECIPIENTS of PROMISE!

*DAVIDIC COVENANT: DESCENDANT of DAVID on THRONE

SOLOMON = FIRST FULFILLMENT

SCRIPTURE READING—SECURITY of COVENANT!

Jeremiah 33:20–22 (ESV)

20 “Thus says the Lord: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night will not come at their appointed time,

21 then also my covenant with David my servant may be broken, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with the Levitical priests my ministers.

22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me.”

GOD’S PROMISE = MORE SECURE THAN MORNING LIGHT & NIGHTTIME

PROMISE = ABUNDANTLY SECURE

BETTER THAN ANY MONEYBACK GUARANTEE, LIFETIME GUARANTEE, ETC...

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COVENANT = FINALLY FULFILLED in JESUS CHRIST

SON of DAVID

SON of GOD

CREATION’S RIGHTFUL LORD & KING

GREAT HIGH PRIEST

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HE CAME DOWN to EXTEND PROMISE FROM GOD to US....

Titus 1:2 (ESV)

2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began

ETERNAL LIFE = ONLY COMES THROUGH the PRINCE of LIFE,, JESUS CHRIST.

ALTHOUGH HE WAS KING...

WASN’T LIFTED UP ON THRONE,,

BUT a CROSS...

WASN’T GIVEN A CROWN of GLORY,,

BUT a CROWN of THORNS...

THROUGH HIS SUFFERING & DEATH—HE MADE a WAY FOR US to EXPERIENCE PROMISE

BY a FREE GIFT of GOD’S GRACE—WE CAN BE FORGIVEN!!

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***GOD = INCREDIBLY GENEROUS....

TODAY’S TEXT: ALL THAT WE GIVE,, IS IN LIGHT of WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN...

THE GREATEST GIFT of ALL WAS HIS SON...

Romans 5:8 (ESV)

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

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.

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A PROMISE of GOD

GOD MADE PROMISES to NOAH, ABRAHAM, DAVID, ETC.

TO ALL THOSE in CHRIST—THERE is the PROMISE of ETERNAL LIFE,, BEING SPARED FROM JUDGMENT of GOD!

BELIEVING on the LORD JESUS CHRIST—YOU CAN BE SPARED FROM the WRATH to COME

FORGIVEN of ALL YOUR SINS

RECEIVE a NOT-GUILTY VERDICT B4 the KING

**IF YOU’RE HERE WITHOUT HOPE

HAVE QUESTIONS

SPEAK 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:

LEARN ABOUT GOD?

GOD = GREAT & SOURCE of ALL BLESSING

EVERY GOOD GIFT COMES FROM FATHER of LIGHTS...

LEARN FOR US:

IN LIGHT OF THIS...ALL OF OUR GIVING IN THIS LIFE IS ULTIMATELY “GIVING BACK.”

GOD = OWNER

WE = MANAGERS

ALL ACTS of GIVING (TIME, MONEY, RESOURCES, TALENTS) = RESPONSE to GRACE

WE HAVE the PRIVILEGE to CONTRIBUTE

(T) AND AS WE CLOSE THIS MORNING, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU REGARDING THE SECURITY OF GOD’S PROMISE.

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APP:

OVER NUMBER of WEEKS—LEARNED SO MUCH FROM LIFE DAVID…

WE’VE SEEN HIM—RECIPIENT of GOD’S INCREDIBLE MERCY (ENDING of 2 SAM…)

SEE HIM—ONE W/ HEART AFTER GOD—NO OTHER GODS in HIS LIFE… A MAN WITHOUT IDOLS....

SEEN HIM—AS A RECIPIENT of FAITHFUL PROMISE of GOD

**WHERE HIS LIFE ENDS in SCRIPTURE**

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FIRST GOD HAD HIM ANOINTED AS KING:

**HE ISN’T DYING UNTIL GOD’S PLAN COMES to PASS

PRESERVED FROM GOLIATH

SAUL

PHILISTINES

MOABITES

ETC.

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THEN DAVID BECOMES KING

PURPOSES to BUILD GOD a HOUSE

GOD (IN DAVIDIC COVENANT) ISSUES PROMISES to DAVID

TODAY’S TEXT: PROMISES COMING to PASS

TORCH PASSED to SOLOMON (GOD BUILDING DAVID a HOUSE)

BUMPY ROAD? ALWAYS

BUT GOD = FAITHFUL.

PREP FOR TEMPLE BUILDING (SON BUILDING GOD a HOUSE)

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NOW: DAVID’S GREATER SON HAS ASCENDED the THRONE & BESTOWED PROMISES to US WHO BELIEVE.

HE’LL REIGN THROUGHOUT ETERNITY

PROMISED to US ETERNAL LIFE

NEW CREATION—RIGHTEOUSNESS DWELLS

EVERY KNEE BOW & TONGUE CONFESS: JESUS is LORD

—>> GOD’S PROMISE is MORE SECURE THAN the MORNING SUNRISE

**DID ANY of US DOUBT THAT THIS MORNING??

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RETURNING to INTRO:

NEXT TIME YOU SEE WARRANTY/GUARANTEE ETC…

&& YOU MIGHT BE TEMPTED to ROLL YOUR EYES

OR GET OVERLY EXCITED

REMIND YOURSELF of SECURITY of GOD’S PROMISE...

THEY MIGHT NOT HOLD to THEIR PROMISE----BUT MY GOD = a PROMISE-KEEPING GOD.

MY HEAVENLY INHERITANCE = SECURE

GOD = PRESERVING ME THROUGH FAITH

HE IS A FAITHFUL, PROMISE-MAKING AND PROMISE-KEEPING GOD. AMEN?

CLOSE in PRAYER