YP Address—N. Brown
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Our God and Father, we just thank Thee for another opportunity to have that word open for a few minutes and we just ask you for help. I pray that there would be something that each one can benefit from. And we thank the two that we've been able to sing these songs to that remind us of Thee and of thy Son. And I love for us. And we thank Thee that the glory of Thy Son has brought us into blessing as well.
And so we just commit our time to thee in Jesus name, Amen.
I'm going to move this if that's all right.
While I get this hooked up again, I'm going to talk about David.
Can anyone tell me anything about David?
Shepherd.
King Good. Anything else?
His name is David, that's right.
Is there anyone here that doesn't know anything about David?
I see no hands, so that's good. You're all experts.
So tell me some more about him.
The man after God's own heart.
He tried to kill somebody.
He was Jesse's son.
He was haunted. Haunted.
He did kill somebody.
Was David.
Good.
I see some nods and some not sure. Was David bad?
At times, yeah.
So I like David because there's a lot written about him and you can learn a lot from his life. You can also learn not only just about David himself, but he he sometimes a picture of the Lord himself. And we know of course, that David was not always good. He did some bad things too.
And so in that sense, he could be a picture of you and I.
In responsibility, failing and needing help. And so I want to read just to start out with actually, I'll ask one more question.
There were some words of David that were read in the Gospel meeting.
What were they?
I've sinned against the Lord, that's right.
I want to read about that account.
But what we're going to do, we're going to read it from God's perspective.
In First Chronicles chapter 20.
First Chronicles chapter 20 and there's only 8 verses so we'll just read the whole chapter.
And it came to pass that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab LED forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem, and Joab smote Rabba and destroyed it. And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it, and it was set upon David's head, and he brought also.
Much spoil out of the city, and he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so doubt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon and David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. And it came to pass after this that there arose war at Geezer with the Philistines, at which time Sibika the Husha fight slew Sippai.
That was of the children of the giant, and they were subdued.
And there was war again with the Philistines and O'hane, and the son of Jerry slew Lamy, the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weavers beam. And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and 26 on each hand, and six on each foot. And he also was the son of the giant.
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But when he defied Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shamia, David's brother, slew him. These were born unto the giant in gas.
And they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
So in First Samuel 12 That was read to us in the gospel meeting, David said I have sinned against the Lord.
And now I said we were going to read about that, but from God's perspective.
We didn't read that, did we?
No, we didn't.
Keep your place in this chapter and just remember verses 1-2 and three just to start with and let's turn back to.
Second Samuel, Chapter 11.
In verse one. And it came to pass after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel, and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabba, But David tarried at tarried still at Jerusalem.
And verse two. And it came to pass in an evening tide that David arose from off his bed and walked upon the roof of the King's house. And we could stop there because the the account continues on and we don't have time to read it all. But let's now go to the end of chapter 12.
Of Second Samuel.
And verse 30, keeping in mind what we read in in First Chronicles. And he took their King's crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones, and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance. And he brought forth the people that were there in, and put them under saws and under heroes of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln.
And thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
Does that sound familiar?
We just read that in First Chronicles 20 verses 2:00 and 3:00.
So what we have in First Chronicles 20 verse one is the very beginning of Second Samuel 11.
Verses two and three is the very end of Second Samuel 12.
What happened in between?
David said I have sinned against the Lord.
He committed adultery. He masterminded a murder.
There were multiple births during that time.
And if I had to guess, there was probably maybe up to two years covered in those two chapters, just with the time it takes for a baby to be born and then another baby to be born, and time in between perhaps.
But all of that is passed over in First Chronicles chapter 20.
Now let's go to the verse four. We have a series of.
Philistines that were slain.
But there's something missing here as well.
Can anyone tell me what's missing here?
Maybe it might be easier to count how many how many people were slain here.
Verse 4.
Who should I slew Sippai in verse 50? Hainan, the son of Jairus, slew Lamy.
Verse six. A man of great stature whose fingers and toes were four and 26 on each hand, 6 on each foot.
And Jonathan, the son of Shamia, David's brother, slew him. So there's three giants that are slain here.
Let's go to Second Samuel 21.
And just to save time, I'll I'll say that all these three are mentioned in this chapter, but there's another one mentioned as well. And so we'll read about that and Second Samuel 21 and verse 15.
Moreover, the Philistines had yet war again with Israel, and David went down and his servants with him and fought against the Philistines. And David waxed faint. And Ishbabinob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed 300 shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. But Abishai the son of Zerowaya, suckered him and smote the Philistine and killed him.
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Then the men of David swear unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle.
That thou quench, not the light of Israel.
So this account is also missing from First Chronicles chapter 20 and you notice in this account David is waxing faint.
And he needed suckering. He needed help. And.
Umm, then he's he's looked upon as as old and weak and unable to to go to battle. He says thou shalt not go no more out with us to battle.
And so there's a lot of things about David that you might say were negative things or things that didn't really put him in a good light that are left out of First Chronicles 20. And I think it's.
It's nice to see that because there's a lot of stories about David that are repeated. You have some in in Second Samuel, and then they're repeated in large part in First Chronicles. And I know as a kid growing up, I always wondered, why do we need to read the story twice?
I think this is this chapter is a good example of why we need to read the story twice sometimes because.
David can be seen in two two different aspects, and maybe there's more, but.
On in one aspect, he's a picture of a failing servant of God, a failing man who is capable of sin and doesn't regularly. And we see a lot of that in Second Samuel, David. He has a good chapter and then a bad chapter and a good chapter and a bad chapter, and he seems to go up and down, up and down.
Kind of the way that we are sometimes we.
Do something that's not right and we get in a rut and then the Lord restores us and we go on for him for a while and then we stumble on something else and and.
I'm sure we've all felt those ups and downs in the life of a believer, and David had those ups and downs.
But.
A lot of those downs are left out in First Chronicles because not only do we see David as a poor, failing man.
Who was a Sinner no different than you and I. But he's also many times a picture of the Lord Jesus himself.
He was the anointed king, and there's many of the things that he did that are prophetic in nature that point to the Lord Jesus when he sets up his Kingdom and so.
We have to see certain aspects of David as pointing us to Christ and there's.
Things in our life that.
Can point to Christ as well.
We know that in Ephesians it says we're accepted in the Beloved.
And that we're in Christ. And so I understand those terms to mean that when God looks at us, he sees us as if he was looking at his own Son, as if he was looking at the perfection of his Son and seeing that in you and I.
And so that's why I say in First Chronicles 20, it's kind of looking at Davide life through God's viewpoint, a little picture of him seeing somebody in Christ, seeing somebody accepted in the beloved. That's not to say that.
He didn't sin. Of course he did. We read about it, but.
God doesn't see that in you and I. He doesn't see us as sinners. He sees us as in Christ, accepted in the Beloved, and that's our standing before God, and that's something that can't be taken away from us. And so, as I said in First Chronicles.
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In general you have.
In in picture form.
The way it describes David and and some of the others around him as well.
It really brings out the counsels of God in grace, whereas in First Samuel you see more of man's responsibility and a failure at it. And so by grace are you saved. And we are in Christ. We're accepted in the beloved.
And so that's our standing, David.
This this chapter.
Chapter 20 of First Chronicles covers several years, and yet it's only 8 verses long.
I just want to turn over now to.
First Corinthians.
Just want to look at that same chapter in First Chronicles, but look at it in a similar light but maybe from a different perspective. First Chronicles.
Our First Corinthians. Sorry, chapter 3.
And.
I'll just start with verse 9.
For we are laborers together with God. Ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building according to the grace of God which is given unto me as a wise master Builder. I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon, but let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay. Then that is laid which is Jesus Christ.
Now if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones.
Wood, hay, stubble, every man's work shall be made manifest, for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire, and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built, thereupon he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss, but he himself shall be saved yet so as by fire.
And then one more verse in the next chapter.
First Corinthians, chapter 4.
And.
I'll read from verse 4.
For I know nothing by myself, yet am I not hereby justified. But he that judgeth me is the Lord. Therefore judge nothing before the time until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then shall every man have praise of God.
I just want to apply these verses to the account with David. I believe that these verses that we've read in First Corinthians have reference to the judgment seat of Christ. When we're called home, the Lord will take up with our life and review it and there will be reward for the things done for him. But it says here that.
If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss.
But he himself shall be saved yet so as by fire. And so there's things that we do in our lives that are not for the Lord.
Sometimes the the motive is wrong, sometimes the the action is wrong, sometimes our thoughts are wrong, sometimes we just plain out sin. But here we have at the judgment seat of Christ that our works will be tried, and it says in verse.
14 If any man's work abide which he hath built, thereupon he shall receive a reward. So there is a reward for the things done for Christ.
And he's the judge of what is done for Christ. We know that the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. Who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart. I try the reins. And so sometimes we can even.
Deceive ourselves in thinking that we're doing something for the Lord, and yet deep in our heart there's something of ourselves in it. The Lord sees that and He can. He can judge that and bring it out.
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But he wants to reward, and so we have in the next verse, in the next chapter.
Says he will make manifest the counsels of the hearts and then shall every man have praise of God. If you know the Lord as your Savior, that alone is enough to get a reward. And if you know the Lord as your Savior, you're indwelt by the Spirit of God, who only can please the Lord.
And that is able to come out in our lives. It may show up very faintly, but I believe this verse five tells us that even if it comes out very faintly.
Says Then shall every man have praise of God? God is going to scour the depths of your heart until he can find something to praise you for.
Something that he can reward.
And we know that it's nothing that.
We produce on our own and so we can't claim any credit.
And so really what we see in in David, that account in First Chronicles 20.
Where the Lord strips out at least two years of his life and yet records some things that he did. That's the grace of God.
Looking for something to reward?
And he wants to do that with you and I as well.
He wants each one of us to have a First Chronicles Chapter 20 for ourselves, that he can strip out all the bad things and have a whole chapter devoted to things that are worthy of reward that he produces in US.
And I just want to end with one last thought.
This chapter first Chronicles 20.
It's pretty short. There's only 8 verses long.
And I just want to encourage each one of us and myself.
Too.
Can we have a chapter written about us?
It's a little bit longer.
Is there anything that we can do for the Lord that He can write down and maybe give us a ninth verse? And it's not to put ourselves out there as being better than David or anything like that, but we know that we're going to cast our crowns at His feet.
Wouldn't we want to have many crowns to cast at his feet?
He's the one that.
Wore a crown of thorns for.
Us, he gave his life.
So that we can have life.
Surely there's something we can.
Returned to him.
Let's just close in prayer.
Our God and Father, we just thank thee again for this time. We could have that word open. And we thank you too for the time this past week at the camp, and we pray that each one would have a renewed interest in thy things.
And a desire to walk in communion with the Lord Jesus.
We pray that we might represent thee in this world, and that's not so much that people would see us doing good things, but that they would see something.
Of Thee in our lives, that they might come to Thee for themselves. And so we would just thank the two for any refreshments that might be provided tonight. We just would ask Thee for Thy care over the rest of our time too, and pray for all those who would be traveling soon and those who are traveling already.
We just commit ourselves to the Thy name of Jesus, Amen.