Good to Great, Part 2
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I. David’s Big Idea
I. David’s Big Idea
Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,
“Religion brought forth prosperity and the daughter has destroyed the mother.” — Cotton Mather
Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,
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.”
And Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.”
2 Samuel 7:1-3
Self vs God
Who am I living for?
Saving vs Giving
How much is enough?
Past Faithfulness vs Present Faithfulness
That was then, this is now
Age vs Ambition
“Midlife doesn’t introduce you to a new you; it forces you to admit who you have been all along.” ― Paul David Tripp, Lost in the Middle
Rest vs Work
What a rest stop is for
Sensuality vs Sacrifice
Building or Bathsheba?
II. God’s Beautiful No
II. God’s Beautiful No
But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan,
“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: Would you build me a house to dwell in?
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.
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?” ’
God’s “No” Came Through Counsel
God’s “No” Can Bring Confusion
God’s “No” Will Bring Clarity
“The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God.”
― Provocations: Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard
God’s “No” Will Bring Christ
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.
And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.
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,
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.
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.
He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
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,
but my steadfast love will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you.
And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.’ ”
In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.
2 Samuel 7:8-17
Jesus Christ is the temple. The one true meeting place for God and Man.
“Every good poised to bless us, and every evil arrayed against us, will in the end help us boast only in the cross, magnify Christ, and glorify our Creator. At the end of the road of risk, taken in reliance on the blood-bought promises of God, there will be fulness of joy and pleasures forevermore.” — John Piper
And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it,
and its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there.
They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
Revelation
“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”
The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.