1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,480 Hallelujah, Hallelujah, for the Lord God Almighty reigns. 2 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:30,480 Hallelujah, Hallelujah, for the Lord God Almighty reigns. 3 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:43,680 Hallelujah, Hallelujah, for you Lord God Almighty reigns. 4 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:53,120 When there is a love, when there is a love, you are holy. 5 00:00:53,120 --> 00:01:02,240 Hallelujah, for you Lord God Almighty reigns. 6 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:12,320 When there is a love, when there is a love, you are holy. 7 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:25,760 Hallelujah, Hallelujah, for the Lord God Almighty reigns. 8 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:39,360 Hallelujah, Hallelujah, for the Lord God Almighty reigns. 9 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:56,880 Hallelujah, Hallelujah, for you Lord God Almighty reigns. 10 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:09,040 When there is a love, when there is a love, you are holy. 11 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:14,960 Hallelujah, for you Lord God Almighty reigns. 12 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:32,880 When there is a love, when there is a love, you are holy. 13 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:36,560 Alright, it's Tuesday night, whacked out, simple stuff. 14 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,080 What's the spiritual discipline focus right now for you guys? 15 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:41,120 Bible intake. 16 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:45,680 So we're going to talk about the Bible and we're going to do it in a fun and unique way. 17 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:47,280 Can you see Susan? 18 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:48,800 Anyone see her? 19 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:56,800 Alright, separating from the rest of the teenagers. 20 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:58,480 You came home from school with a fever, right? 21 00:02:58,480 --> 00:02:59,480 Don't sit near anybody. 22 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:00,480 Move. 23 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:01,480 I'm not kidding. 24 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:02,480 He didn't actually have a fever. 25 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:03,480 Oh, he didn't have a fever? 26 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:04,480 Yeah. 27 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:05,480 Okay. 28 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,480 If you breathe on anybody, if he breathes on you, smack him. 29 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,480 No joke. 30 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,880 I think he's getting cold. 31 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:15,880 Alright, okay. 32 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,880 So I need a volunteer to come up here. 33 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:19,880 Come up here baby. 34 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:20,880 Baby, you're going to hold this poster. 35 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:21,880 You can read, right? 36 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:22,880 Yeah. 37 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:23,880 Okay. 38 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:24,880 So these are all facts about the Bible. 39 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:25,880 See all the facts? 40 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:26,880 Oh, yeah. 41 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:27,880 Okay. 42 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:41,680 So Bailey is going to pick one of the facts on this poster. 43 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:43,680 You can go to the one you want. 44 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:44,680 Okay. 45 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,360 And then y'all as a group, I'll know the answer because I'm looking at the poster. 46 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,760 I might, some of them I would know, some of them I would not know. 47 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:50,760 So I would not know them all. 48 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:51,760 But I'll know the answer. 49 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,080 And then y'all are going to work together to come up with the correct answer. 50 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,080 All you got to do is point. 51 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:58,080 Point to point. 52 00:03:58,080 --> 00:03:59,080 Take an even one. 53 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:00,080 It's our word. 54 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:01,080 Okay. 55 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,080 Alright, how many books are in the Bible? 56 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:05,080 66. 57 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:06,080 That's right. 58 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:07,080 66. 59 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:08,080 Nailed it. 60 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:09,080 Okay. 61 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:10,080 Got to jump right in there. 62 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:11,080 Jump right in there. 63 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:12,080 Jump right in there. 64 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:13,080 Okay. 65 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:14,080 Any other? 66 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:15,080 Okay. 67 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:16,080 What is it? 68 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:17,080 Okay. 69 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:18,080 How many chapters are in the Bible? 70 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:23,080 You can take a guess and we'll go higher or lower if you want. 71 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:24,080 Lower than 3,000. 72 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:25,080 More than 656. 73 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:26,080 2,000. 74 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:27,080 Lower than 1,200. 75 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:28,080 Lower than 2,000. 76 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:29,080 1,600. 77 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:30,080 You got close. 78 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:31,080 Lower than 1,200. 79 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:32,080 Okay. 80 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:33,080 1,000. 81 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:34,080 More than 900. 82 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:35,080 More than 1,000. 83 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:36,080 Listen, it's more than 1,105. 84 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:37,080 So it's between 1,105 and 1,200. 85 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:38,080 1,123. 86 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:39,080 More than 1,123. 87 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:40,080 1,155. 88 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:41,080 More than 1,155. 89 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:42,080 I got it. 90 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:43,080 1,189. 91 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:44,080 1,189. 92 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:45,080 1,189. 93 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:46,080 1,189. 94 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:47,080 1,189. 95 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:48,080 1,189. 96 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:49,080 1,189. 97 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:50,080 1,189. 98 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:51,080 1,189. 99 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:52,080 1,189. 100 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:53,080 1,189. 101 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:54,080 1,189. 102 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:55,080 1,189. 103 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:56,080 1,189. 104 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:57,080 That is correct. 105 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:58,080 Look it up. 106 00:04:58,080 --> 00:04:59,080 It ain't too good. 107 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:00,080 Okay. 108 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:01,080 All right. 109 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:02,080 Here we go. 110 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:03,080 How many, ready for this, words. 111 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:04,080 How many words in the Bible? 112 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:05,080 Four million. 113 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:06,080 Again? 114 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:07,080 Four million. 115 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:08,080 More than $66,000. 116 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:09,080 That's kind of very strange. 117 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:10,080 $75,000. 118 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:11,080 $99,000. 119 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:12,080 Lasting $4,000. 120 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:13,080 Lasting $4,000. 121 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:14,080 Lasting $4,000. 122 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:15,080 Lasting $4,000. 123 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:16,080 Lasting $4,000. 124 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:17,080 Lasting $4,000. 125 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:18,080 Lasting $4,000. 126 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:19,080 Lasting $4,000. 127 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:20,080 Lasting $4,000. 128 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:21,080 Lasting $4,000. 129 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:22,080 Lasting $4,000. 130 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:23,080 Lasting $4,000. 131 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,080 Lasting $4,000. 132 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:28,080 Less than $4 million. 133 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:29,080 $75,000. 134 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:30,080 Less than $99,000. 135 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:31,080 Less than $99,000. 136 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:32,080 Less than $99,000. 137 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:33,080 More than $99,000. 138 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:34,080 If you Google it you can't answer. 139 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:35,080 More than $1.5. 140 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:36,080 No, $1.5. 141 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:37,080 $994. 142 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:38,080 More than that. 143 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:39,080 Less than $1. 144 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:40,080 If you Google it, don't answer. 145 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,080 more than 1.5 146 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,080 no, 100 147 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,080 994 148 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:48,080 more than that 149 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,080 less than what? 150 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,080 if you google it, don't answer 151 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:54,080 less than 1 million 152 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,080 700,000 153 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,080 more than 400,000 154 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,080 more than 700,000 155 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,080 800,000 156 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,080 800,000 157 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,080 less than 900,000 158 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,080 700,000 159 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,080 700,000 160 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:12,080 8,000 161 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,080 8,000 162 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:16,080 800,000 163 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,080 8,000 164 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,080 770, more than 770 165 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,080 780 166 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,080 790 167 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:26,080 790 168 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,080 less than 775 169 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,080 779 170 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,080 700,000 171 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,080 775 172 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,080 775 173 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,080 775, we're in there somewhere 174 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,080 773 175 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,080 773 and 176 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,080 772 177 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,080 773 and something 178 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,080 772 179 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,080 773,692 180 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,080 words 181 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,080 and as RJ pointed out 182 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,080 it would vary by translation 183 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,080 how is no 184 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,080 that's not so hard 185 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,080 this time 186 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:04,080 that's a big number 187 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:06,080 that's a little 188 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,080 small 189 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:10,080 the writings of the bible 190 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,080 span how many years? 191 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,080 the writing of it 192 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,080 over how many years? 193 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,080 a little less than 2000 194 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,080 1000 195 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,080 now y'all should know this 196 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,080 1000 197 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:26,080 this book 198 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,080 says 1500 years 199 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,080 1500 200 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:32,080 1400 201 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,080 1500 202 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,080 1500 203 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:38,080 1500 204 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:40,080 1500 205 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,080 1500 206 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,080 1500 207 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,080 1500 208 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:48,080 1500 209 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,080 1500 210 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,080 1500 211 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,080 what is the longest book? 212 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,080 the long book in the bible 213 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:58,080 jason said 214 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:00,080 psalm 215 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,080 another one 216 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,080 what is the longest chapter? 217 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:06,080 the longest chapter 218 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,080 psalm 119 219 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,080 psalm 119 is correct 220 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,080 what is the shortest verse? 221 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,080 the shortest verse 222 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,080 jesus what? 223 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:18,080 john 1135 224 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,080 john 1135 225 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:22,080 jesus what? 226 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,080 what is the shortest chapter? 227 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,080 shortest chapter 228 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,080 what is the shortest chapter? 229 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,080 the shortest chapter 230 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,080 it's got to be one of the Psalms 231 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,080 the psalm has got like 4 verses 232 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,080 so what is that? 233 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:38,080 i don't know 234 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,080 there's only 150 of them 235 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,080 i know there's a psalm 236 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,080 no 237 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,080 psalm 117 238 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:48,080 would that be hard to guess? 239 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,080 what is the shortest book? 240 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,080 the shortest book 241 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,080 the shortest book 242 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,080 the shortest book 243 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:58,080 is it jesus? 244 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:00,080 no 245 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,080 in the right area 246 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:04,080 bible 247 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:06,080 so by leaving 248 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,080 competes for shortest 249 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,080 it's second job 250 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,080 and actually one of them has 251 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,080 the least number of words 252 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,080 and the other one has the least number of verses 253 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,080 i'm not sure what you wish 254 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,080 okay 255 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,080 how about that one? 256 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,080 how about 257 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,080 the number of writers? 258 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,080 number of writers 259 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,080 how many different people wrote 260 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:32,080 75,000 261 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:34,080 65 262 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:36,080 45 263 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,080 40 264 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:40,080 40 265 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,080 one more 266 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:44,080 one more 267 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,080 one more 268 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,080 one more 269 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:50,080 okay 270 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,080 okay 271 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,080 so stand with us 272 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:56,080 stand your hands 273 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,080 the motion leaders 274 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,080 children to the front 275 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,080 please clear some space 276 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,080 follow the motion 277 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,080 done this one many times 278 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:22,080 you should be able to do some of it at least 279 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:38,080 oh 280 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:52,080 oh 281 00:10:52,080 --> 00:11:06,080 oh 282 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:16,080 oh 283 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:26,080 oh 284 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:30,080 oh 285 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:32,080 oh 286 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,080 oh 287 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:44,080 oh 288 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,080 oh 289 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:54,080 oh 290 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:56,080 oh 291 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:58,080 oh 292 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:00,080 oh 293 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,080 oh 294 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:12,080 oh 295 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,080 oh 296 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:18,080 oh 297 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,080 oh 298 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,080 oh 299 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,080 oh 300 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:26,080 oh 301 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:28,080 oh 302 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,080 oh 303 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:36,200 few words that you might be just kind of assuming, and I'll bet you we don't, half of us know 304 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:41,840 a good definition of those words. And so the first word is holy. We sang in the first song 305 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:49,120 that we sang tonight, holy, holy, holy. And right now, going on in heaven, ongoing permanently, 306 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:55,640 is angels around the throne of God singing holy, holy, holy. And you know when they stop. 307 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:59,320 They stop singing holy, holy, holy. It says in Revelation they stop singing that when 308 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:04,400 the Lord pours out His wrath on the earth. Okay? And so they are still singing holy, 309 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:15,400 holy, holy. So what does the word holy mean? I'll jump at once. Okay, good. Different, 310 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:19,840 set apart, completely different. And obviously when we're talking about God, we mean holy 311 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:24,960 like God, and only like God, right? So no one else is really holy like Him, although 312 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:30,480 Scripture does tell us to be holy as He is holy. And so even though we can't be holy 313 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:34,080 exactly like them, and it's not telling us to be holy, Scripture is not telling us to 314 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:39,320 be exactly holy like God is holy, but even though that's true, it's saying that we should 315 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:44,960 be holy, which means we should be different. We should be set apart. We should not, teenagers 316 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:49,680 should not be like other teenagers. Dads who are Christian dads should not be like other 317 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:57,720 dads. Family members, friends, workers, teachers, doctors, pastors, you know, that we should 318 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:06,640 be different. We should be different in that God has made us unique and for Him. And so 319 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:12,960 realize that what makes us all equal is that we are all unique. And if you are not unique, 320 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:16,000 if you're just following the crowd, following somebody else, just doing what somebody else 321 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:22,720 is doing, then you're not equal. You're actually a slave. If you think about it. If you have 322 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:27,520 to do what other people are doing, you follow social media, follow the news, follow magazines, 323 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,640 follow whatever your friends at school are doing. If you have to do things because other 324 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:34,240 people are doing those things, then actually you're becoming a servant, you're becoming 325 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:39,120 a slave. It's outside your control. And that's why the Bible says, do not be conformed to 326 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:41,920 the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. So you're going to realize you 327 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:46,400 are unique and it's okay to be unique. And sometimes you'll feel alone because you're 328 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:51,600 unique and God is holy. He is completely different. We should be holy as He is holy. And then 329 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:55,640 the other one will take it, which is a pretty easy word, but people don't really use it 330 00:14:55,640 --> 00:15:07,920 all that much more, which is hallelujah. So what does hallelujah mean? No, not exactly. 331 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:14,560 So whenever in the Old Testament you see a word that ends in Yah, Yah, J-A-H or something 332 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:22,000 like that, that's always God. It's Lord. It's a derivative from the word Jehovah. And Jehovah 333 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:29,640 is the Hebrew word for Lord. So if it's hallelujah, then the last part is Lord, then what does 334 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:36,840 it mean? Pretty much, yeah. Praise the Lord. Praise be to God. Praise be to the Lord. And 335 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:45,800 so halal is a certain kind of praise. Do you know what kind of praise it is? Hallelujah 336 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:52,480 is composed of halal to God. So in order for you to hallelujah, you got to know what kind 337 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:59,480 of praise halal is. Is that the one where you're surrendering to Him? Nope. Is that 338 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:04,720 the other one? I mean, there's seven of them, so it's one of the other six, right? Halal 339 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:19,320 is this kind of praise. Woo! Did you see that? It's loud. It's boisterous. But it's pointed 340 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:26,400 in the right direction. We know we were excited, but you realize that… Listen, listen. Do 341 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:31,920 you realize that the God of the universe that created everything is literally working on 342 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:37,520 your behalf right now? So if you had a good lawyer and you were going to court, you'd 343 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,560 be like, I got a good lawyer. I'm going to do well in court because I got a good lawyer. 344 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:43,880 If you have a good doctor, you get sick, you go to your doctor, you really trust him, you 345 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:48,360 know, he's a really good doctor, then you're like, wow, I'm going to get help. If you 346 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:52,400 have a good dad and you have a problem and you go to your dad, you're like, hey, I'm 347 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:56,680 going to get help. If you have a good wife and you feel lonely, you go to your wife, 348 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:02,840 and you're like, hey, I'm not going to feel lonely anymore. I have a wife. The God 349 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:08,720 of the universe is a holy God, completely different from men and all of his creation. 350 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:12,720 He can wash the entirety of his creation, all the stars, all the planets in his hand 351 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:16,200 with a tiny bit of soap if he wanted to. He's God. He's bigger than it all. He's 352 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:20,640 lasted before all of it ever began. And if it all was destroyed, which it won't because 353 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:26,000 he'll sustain it, but if it all was destroyed, he would still be left. And he's on your 354 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:32,320 side. Is that not awesome? That is something to be excited about. And so when we praise 355 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:39,240 God, when we say hallelujah, praise the Lord, that's not praise the Lord like this. Draw 356 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:48,960 me close to you. Never let me go. No. Right. That's not hallelujah. Hall- hall- is bold, 357 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:58,160 right? It's not, Lord prepare me. It's, Lord prepare me. Right? Let's get some voice going. 358 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,960 Let's get our lungs moving. Right? You got a little kid that doesn't pay attention, you 359 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:06,400 raise your voice. God's not a little kid. He does pay attention, and he expects you 360 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,960 to raise your voice. Praise the Lord. Do you know how many times it says praise the Lord 361 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:13,400 in Psalms? I don't actually know how many times it says that, but I know it says it 362 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:19,040 a lot. All right? And so, and that's halal almost every single time. There are others, 363 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:23,280 and when we study worship, we'll talk about the other six ways that God says praise Him. 364 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:31,600 Right? But hall- hallelujah is to get excited, pointing your attention at God. So we're not 365 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:36,240 excited about football. Other- do people get up and, oh man, he just picks six, right? 366 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:39,160 He's running back, he's clear. My team's going to win the Super Bowl, my team's going 367 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:42,480 to win the national title, and they're jumping up and down in front of their couch. Yes! 368 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:52,560 A touchdown! Yes! And they're halal NFL. Or halal Michigan State University. Right? But 369 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:59,760 we're not halal that. We're halal- There you go. All right. So now we're passing on that 370 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:04,200 now. We're moving on to the worksheet. We have time, because the worksheet will go quickly. 371 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:10,600 This is an easier one. We're going to look at an interesting character. His name is Zadok. 372 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:17,440 Z-O-K. Okay? His name is Zadok. And we're starting in the upper left-hand corner, and 373 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:21,200 then it's just basically three rows. So you're going to go from the upper left, straight 374 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:25,000 down, then we'll go to the row in the middle, go straight down, then we'll go to the row 375 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:29,240 on the right, straight down, and then if you'll notice, it says Isaiah 1-1 down there. That's 376 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:33,160 just a little side note, something I thought you'd think was interesting. Okay? So that 377 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,400 isn't even part of the lesson. It's just there. So you're going to go straight down, and then 378 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:40,560 straight down, and straight down in three rows. So the first thing we have is the rest 379 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:45,840 of the conference. So we're going to talk about the time when David was ousted from 380 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:52,840 Jerusalem like we did last week. So does anybody know the book and chapter already? Okay. 2nd 381 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:58,760 Samuel's right. What's the chapter? Nope. You can flip one page back in your notebook, 382 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:09,280 probably, and find it. Nope. Keep going. 15. Okay? So we're on 2nd Samuel 15. And really, 383 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:14,600 2nd Samuel 15 verse 24 really starts the process of David being, is right in the 20s there 384 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:20,560 where David is being ousted from Jerusalem. So the reference is 2nd Samuel 15, and then 385 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:27,280 we're going to look at verses 24 to 29. Okay? And then the very first word starts with a 386 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:33,800 Z. So anybody want to take a stab at what that might be? Zadok. Right. Or Zadok. I don't 387 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:37,640 know how you want to pronounce it. All right. So yeah. So the very first word is Zadok. 388 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:48,240 So we're going to find out about. Say that again. Okay. Zadok is spelled Z-A-D-O-K. Again, 389 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:55,120 I gave that a few minutes ago. Okay. So Zadok, 2nd Samuel 15. I'm going to read and almost 390 00:20:55,120 --> 00:21:01,120 everything on this page is going to come out of what I'm about to read. So listen closely. 391 00:21:01,120 --> 00:21:06,440 All right. Will not necessarily be word for word. All right. So here we go. Starting in 392 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:13,760 verse 24. Zadok also was there and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of 393 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:19,000 the covenant of God. Okay. And so basically David is leaving. It says in the verse before 394 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,800 that, the king was crossed in the Kidron Valley. The valley is outside Jerusalem. So if you 395 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:28,840 look, use your imagination a little bit and look beyond all these words. You see a picture 396 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:37,600 on the page beyond the words. Everybody see it? That is Jerusalem. It's a sketch basically. 397 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:41,040 It's not actually a good picture of Jerusalem and nobody has one because this was a long 398 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:48,120 time ago. All right. And the valley in question is on the backside of Jerusalem. And as the 399 00:21:48,120 --> 00:22:07,720 king's leaving Jerusalem, Zadok what? C-O what did he do? Came out. Zadok came out. 400 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:16,320 And the next word is and. Say it again. Okay. Let me read it because I think actually I 401 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:20,000 didn't go quite far enough to get the full piece. Zadok also was there. Oh no I did. 402 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:24,880 Listen. Zadok also was there and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant 403 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:31,600 of God. All right. So all the Levites with him and all the Levites with him. What's a 404 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:38,400 Levite? They were in charge of the chalene. Yeah. They're in charge of worship. They're 405 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:44,940 in charge of the temple. Priests. So in order to be a priest, you just. Say excuse you. 406 00:22:44,940 --> 00:22:52,400 Thank you. In order to be a priest, you need to be a Levite. All right. And so not all 407 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:57,120 the Levites were priests but they were all families of which, out of which could come 408 00:22:57,120 --> 00:23:03,840 priests. So Zadok came out and all the Levites with him. Now the next guy you know, we talked 409 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:07,400 about him a little bit last week. Does anybody remember him? Hushai? 410 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:17,680 There's one dude that David is. David's son trusted. Yes. But not the one we talked about. 411 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:23,800 I think you're thinking of Ahithophel. Yeah. Yeah. So that, nope. That's Ahithophel. Okay. 412 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:37,800 So let me read the reference for him real quick. David said to him, if you go away with 413 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,960 me, you will be a burden to me. But if you return to the city and tell Absalom, I will 414 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,840 be your servant. My king, previously I was your father's servant, but now I will be your 415 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:52,640 servant. Then you can counteract Ahithophel's counsel for me. So Hushai was the man who 416 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:58,640 was loyal to David and then switched and said he was loyal to Absalom when Absalom replaced 417 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:02,360 David. Okay. We're not looking in deep at him yet, but we did talk about him a little 418 00:24:02,360 --> 00:24:12,760 bit last week. And he goes back and he makes his promises to them. Also, then when he sends 419 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:17,560 him back, the story goes on a little bit. Let me read the whole thing straight through 420 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:26,560 so we get all of these at one time. All right. So we have, he comes out, Zadok was also there 421 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:30,040 with all the Levites with him. We're carrying the Ark of the Covenant of God. They set the 422 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:34,560 Ark down. Abbiathar offered sacrifice until the people had finished marching past. Then 423 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:42,160 the king instructed Zadok, return the Ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the 424 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:47,160 Lord's eyes, he will bring me back and allow me to see both it and its dwelling place. 425 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:55,320 However, if he should say, I do not delight in you, then here I am. He can do with me 426 00:24:55,320 --> 00:25:00,760 whatever he pleases. The king also said to Zadok, the priest, look, return to the city 427 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:07,800 in peace and your two sons with you, your son Ahimaaz and Abbiathar's son Jonathan. 428 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:13,000 Remember I'll wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me. So 429 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:19,920 Zadok and Abbiathar returned the Ark of God to Jerusalem and stayed there. Okay. Now you 430 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:26,800 know a little bit of the story from before, from what we studied last week. Okay. So we'll 431 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:31,200 see if we can fill that in. Skip down to the bottom one for a second and we'll come back 432 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:43,600 up to where it says Hushai. So David was saying to Hushai and to Zadok for them to go back 433 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:48,320 into the city. And then David said, I'm going to go by the water and I'm going to, it says, 434 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:52,040 I will wait. David said, I will wait by the water. So that's the next one below that. 435 00:25:52,040 --> 00:26:01,400 I will wait. Okay. And then it says, send me word. Do you remember the story from last 436 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:09,200 week? Ahithophel gave advice, right? Well, actually he gave pretty good advice, but his 437 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:19,840 advice was thwarted, right? Because Hushai gave contrary advice and then Absalom went 438 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:25,040 out with him and that's when Ahithophel went home and hanged himself. So remember that 439 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:30,000 was from last week. So David went out and he's waiting for the word. All right. And 440 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:34,220 then we have two characters, Zadok and there was another name. Did you hear the other name 441 00:26:34,220 --> 00:26:44,540 in there? Starts with an A. Abbiathar. Zadok and Abbiathar will bring. Okay. But they would 442 00:26:44,540 --> 00:26:48,440 be in the capital. These are two priests. They would be in the capital and they would 443 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:57,920 be here. And so they heard Hushai and Ahithophel's advice. Okay. And then they are going to try 444 00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:05,920 to get that to David. And how are they going to get it to David? We read it. They each 445 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:10,640 have somebody that they can use to get a message to David. They're two sons, right? So if you 446 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:19,680 look at the next blanks, two sons, word. Okay. So I'll slow down a little bit. I will wait. 447 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:29,400 Send me word. It's all from David. Zadok and Abbiathar will bring two sons, the word. And 448 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:37,080 the result is from last week, what happened? Nope. What happened after Ahithophel gave 449 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:42,800 advice, Hushai gave advice, they followed Hushai's advice, David was warned and then 450 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:58,480 David what? Yeah, he escaped or he evaded them. Okay. It is an E. It's capital E in 451 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:05,360 a certain font that I wrote because sometimes I do that. Okay. So then someone reported 452 00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:13,360 to David, this is verse 31, then someone reported to David, Ahithophel is among the conspirators 453 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:18,120 with Absalom. We read all about him last week. We know a lot about Ahithophel. I kind of 454 00:28:18,120 --> 00:28:20,960 summarized it for you already, but if you don't remember, you can go back to your worksheet 455 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:29,080 on the previous page. Okay. And then it says, still verse 31, Lord, David pleaded, please 456 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:35,680 turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. There's the actual verse. Right? And so we've 457 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:43,200 got two A's there. The first one's capitalized and it is Ahithophel. And then Ahithophel 458 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:58,200 gave what? Starts with an A. Advice. Very good. Okay. Now the next one, you need the reference 459 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:11,400 it was in what we read. And I'll go back and find it real quick. Okay. Verse, the reference 460 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:20,440 is 1525. And this is what it says, the king instructed Zadok, return the Ark of God to 461 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:29,640 the city. And so if you'll notice there, those letters all work perfectly for that. Can we 462 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:38,240 stop here one second and just ask the question, what is the Ark of God? So does anybody know 463 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:44,880 anything else that might've been in there? Possibly might've been in there. The tablets 464 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,880 of the Ten Commandments were written on the replacement tablets, right? Cause the first 465 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:51,520 one's Hithrodot got in anger and broke and then he went back and wrote with God wrote 466 00:29:51,520 --> 00:30:02,880 more. I don't think so. Not at this point. So we've got the tablets, the rod of Aaron, 467 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:09,760 which had budded and tumors. Nope, those come later. So I think at this point it would just 468 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:15,360 be those two things. The tablets and the rod of Aaron. Later they'll put the tumors and 469 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,880 the rats from the Philistines when they have to, they capture the Ark and then they get 470 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:24,680 it back again. Is that later than this or is that before this? I can't remember. Don't 471 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,680 quote me on that part. But anyway, the point is, so it's the Ark of the Covenant. Why is 472 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:34,560 the Ark of the Covenant such a big deal? Anybody see the Raiders of the Lost Ark movie? They 473 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:44,480 took some license with that movie, but yeah, it melts faces. Yeah. Go ahead. Yes. So the 474 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:52,280 Ark of the Covenant is the footstool of God in the temple. So it represents God's presence. 475 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:59,520 So wherever the Ark of the Covenant goes, God's presence goes theoretically. Okay. Now 476 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:04,200 what is the problem with that? Does anybody kind of creeped out by that a little bit? 477 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:09,760 Oh yeah, definitely not. Right? And actually, is there anything when you said before the 478 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:15,000 Levites would carry it? Actually, it was the Korahites that carried the Ark of the Covenant, 479 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,360 but they were kind of blended in and considered Levites, but they weren't. It was a different 480 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:22,640 tribe, different group of people that were assigned to carry it. The Levites weren't 481 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:32,720 allowed to touch it. No one was really allowed to touch it. Carried it on poles. So why is 482 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:37,760 it, why does that a little weird? If it's the footstool of God and you're going to take 483 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:42,640 it out with David. So what would that be saying? If they take the Ark of the Covenant with 484 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:50,040 David, then what does that say? God's presence is with David. Right? And then David says, 485 00:31:50,040 --> 00:32:02,360 send it back to the city. So why does he do that? I agree. I think David understands that 486 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:05,320 you don't have to have the Ark of the Covenant to have God with you. And it's worse than 487 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:13,320 that because why? If you can have the Ark of the Covenant and you can make God be somewhere, 488 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:19,520 then God can be with somebody who's not on God's side. So whoever has the Ark of the 489 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:23,160 Covenant becomes the boss of the world. That's what the movie, The Raiders of Lost Ark was 490 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:27,380 all about. It was all about the Germans wanting to use the Ark of the Covenant as an item 491 00:32:27,380 --> 00:32:34,640 of war to destroy all their enemies. And of course it didn't, it destroyed them. Right? 492 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:39,040 But interestingly enough, he says, take the Ark of the Covenant back to the city. And 493 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:44,400 I think Caleb nailed it on the head when he said he realized God was already with him. 494 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:50,480 Right? It doesn't require the Ark of the Covenant. If you had the Ark of the Covenant, then only 495 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:53,440 how many other people could gather around the Ark of the Covenant? That's the only people 496 00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:59,400 who could ever have God's presence. Right? That's extremely limiting to God. Okay. So 497 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:03,960 then you're in the middle box, in the middle of the page. David said, take the Ark of the 498 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:15,400 Covenant back. Okay. And then this is what he says next. If I find favor in the Lord's 499 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:23,000 eyes, he will bring me back and allow me to see both it and its dwelling place. Okay. 500 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:32,080 So you've got an I, which is an if. Then you've got an I, which is an I. Then what? Find favor. 501 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:41,640 Yep. That's an S. It's kind of sloppy. In the sight of the Lord. Okay. And then I put 502 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:46,360 an ellipsis there because you're skipping ahead a little bit. Okay. So if he finds favor, 503 00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:54,120 there's some words in the verse that are skipped. Capital H. He, representing God. Right? He 504 00:33:54,120 --> 00:34:04,320 will. God will bring me back. Perfect. Okay. So basically, David was saying he was willing 505 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:11,840 to let God be the one who decides. You follow? So he was saying, if I find favor in the sight 506 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:17,760 of the Lord, he will bring me back. And then the next box says, capital B. The capital 507 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:30,240 B as always. But, the worst capital B there is. But, if I find favor in the sight of the 508 00:34:30,240 --> 00:34:41,480 Lord, he will bring me back. But, if not, then what? If I do not find favor in the sight 509 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:52,480 of the Lord, then what? That's an L. And capital H. Capital H is always probably him. It could 510 00:34:52,480 --> 00:35:05,720 be he or him. In this case, it's him. So it's let him do. Let him do. As. Nope. As seems 511 00:35:05,720 --> 00:35:12,400 good to him. Right? And who is he talking about? Talking about God. So this says a lot 512 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:18,280 about David. David is putting his fate in the hands of the Lord. But, moreover, he's 513 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:24,680 asking somebody else to do the same. Who is he asking to put his fate in the hands of 514 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:33,800 the Lord? Zadok. Especially Zadok. But Zadok and Abbiathar. You're right. It's both. And 515 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:40,400 they're two sons. So basically saying, God will use you to bring about his will. If it 516 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:45,160 is so that God finds, if I find favor with God, I'll get to come back and see the Ark 517 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:50,740 of the Covenant in the place where it belongs. But, if I do not find favor with God, then 518 00:35:50,740 --> 00:35:56,320 let God do to me as seems right to him. Whatever God wants, is basically what he's saying. 519 00:35:56,320 --> 00:36:04,080 Who does that sound like? It's almost like what Jesus was saying. And what did Jesus 520 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:07,920 say? Take this covenant with it. Not by my will, but yours. Your will be done. Not my 521 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:13,880 will, but not my will, but your will be done. So understand that later in David's life, 522 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:18,480 David will be called a man after God's own heart. And we know that Jesus was definitely 523 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:23,280 a man after God's heart. Right? And so if that's an example that you see in David and 524 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:31,840 in Jesus to say, the will of the Lord be done, then that ought to be us. And realize that 525 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:37,680 he was literally losing his kingdom. This is the day that he was fleeing from Jerusalem, 526 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:44,440 pursued by men who would take his life, losing his throne possibly forever. Right? And Zadok 527 00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:48,400 comes out with the Ark of the Covenant, the power of God, the presence of God, and says, 528 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:53,700 we're with you, all the Levites. If all the priests leave Jerusalem, which is the center 529 00:36:53,700 --> 00:37:01,160 place of worship, how could Absalom be king? That was the end of it. He'd have to make 530 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:05,160 more priests, which he could do because he's king, but they wouldn't be God's priests. 531 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:09,480 It would be the end of the faith as they knew it, or the end of Absalom as king. One or 532 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:11,960 the other. They'd have to choose. Everybody in Jerusalem would have to choose between 533 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:21,120 their faith and having David be king, or choose some other faith, choose some other method 534 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:26,440 and let David go, to side with Absalom. Now remember that Absalom became king because 535 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:33,120 a lot of people backed him. A lot of people began calling him king, and he rode on a chariot, 536 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:39,560 and so on, and it looked like he was king. Okay. So we're almost done already. We're 537 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:46,560 going to wrap it up in a nice, neat bow, and then ask some questions. All right? So, all 538 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:55,000 right. So then it goes on to the part about David sends Hushaiy back to town. 34 says, 539 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:59,160 but if you return to the city and tell Absalom, I will be your servant, my king. Previously, 540 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:03,960 I was your father's servant, but now I will be your servant. Then you can counteract Ahithophel's 541 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:09,760 counsel for me. Won't Zadok and Abbaothar the priests be there with you? Report everything 542 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:14,160 you hear from the king's palace to Zadok and Abbaothar the priests. Take note, their two 543 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:22,000 sons, Zadok's son Ahimaaz and Abbaothar's son Jonathan, are there with them. Send me 544 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:28,160 everything you hear through them. So Hushaiy, David's personal advisor, entered Jerusalem 545 00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:47,760 just as Absalom was entering the city. Okay? So what role is David using Zadok for? He's 546 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:53,960 a priest, ten in the Ark of the Covenant leading worship and so on. What is he using him for? 547 00:38:53,960 --> 00:39:09,040 A.S. He's a servant. Say it again. A spy or a seer. He's using him to know things he 548 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:13,320 cannot know. There's no way that David can know what's going on in Jerusalem, what advice 549 00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:19,120 Ahithophel would give, what Absalom's plans are, right? But he sends him back in to use 550 00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:29,280 him as a spy or a seer to see what David cannot see. Okay? And then he told him to return 551 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:42,360 and this is going to connect back in one second. Take your sons. Right? So it wasn't just Zadok's 552 00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:47,880 son, it was also Abbaothar's son. They were the two, so at this time they're sharing the 553 00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:54,640 high priesthood. They're both high priests. Okay? And they each have a son. And they're 554 00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:59,160 going to return and take their sons. Now if you go all the way back over to the side to 555 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:08,920 the box that we skipped, Hushaii, 2 Samuel 15.35. Anybody want to try to fill it in now? 556 00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:20,920 All the way back on the other side. Yep, the...I'll make it easy for you. The two sons will...nope, 557 00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:28,200 that'd be one too many words. They will what? The two sons will bring word. That's correct. 558 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:33,360 Okay? What's interesting, I don't want to get off topic. What's interesting is this 559 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:38,440 young man, the young man that they use to bring the word becomes a messenger. He becomes 560 00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:43,600 like there's another scene later that we'll look at, not today, when we have two more 561 00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:46,920 really interesting, at least two more really interesting characters to look at in this 562 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:50,760 whole period of time. So don't just walk out of here tonight and forget everything we talked 563 00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:55,640 about because it all connects together. It's like the general hospital or soap opera or 564 00:40:55,640 --> 00:41:02,240 venture story that's going on. Everybody connects together. Right? So anyway, he becomes a messenger 565 00:41:02,240 --> 00:41:07,280 and later he has to take a message. He really desires to take a message to David that's 566 00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:13,080 going to cause a lot of trouble and he wants to take the message even though his father 567 00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:16,520 doesn't want him to take the message. And so he becomes an interesting character at 568 00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:21,600 that point in time. All right, so you've got one big box left down there on the right. 569 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:29,360 Okay? So we have a guy. His name starts with a J. I'll just give it to you. It's Jotham. 570 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:38,760 J-O-T-H-A-M. Okay? Does anybody know anything about Jotham? Have you ever heard the name 571 00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:48,120 before? Okay. So Jotham or Jotham was a king later after all of this is done transpiring 572 00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:54,240 in 2 Chronicles 27.1. It says this, Jotham was 25 years old when he became king and he 573 00:41:54,240 --> 00:42:00,880 reigned 16 years in Jerusalem. So he became king at the age of 25 and he remained king 574 00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:05,560 for 16 years. Okay? I'm going to skip the next verse for one second. I'll come back 575 00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:11,880 to it. It says he did what was right in the Lord's sight as his father Uzziah had done. 576 00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:21,120 So we know his dad was Uzziah. Okay? In addition, he didn't enter the Lord's sanctuary but unfortunately 577 00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:25,800 the people still behaved corruptly. Jotham built the upper gate of the Lord's temple. 578 00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:30,680 He built extensively on the wall of Ophel. He built cities in the hill country of Judah, 579 00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:34,480 fortresses and towers in the forest. He waged war against the king of the Ammonites. He 580 00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:39,520 overpowered the Ammonites and that year they gave him 7500 pounds of silver, 50,000 bushels 581 00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:45,640 of wheat, 50,000 bushels of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years. 582 00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:52,440 So Jotham strengthened himself because he did not waver in obeying the Lord his God. 583 00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:57,860 Okay? And the rest of the events of Jotham's reign along with all his wars and his ways 584 00:42:57,860 --> 00:43:02,000 note that they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. He was 25 years 585 00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:06,120 old when he became king. He reigned 16 years in Jerusalem, rested with his fathers and 586 00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:12,040 was buried in the city of David. His son Ahaz became king in his place. So this is an interesting 587 00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:17,480 character. Why do you think I might be interested in this character considering we're actually 588 00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:20,520 talking about Zodak today? Go ahead, sir. 589 00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:24,680 He's a good king and ancestor of Jesus. 590 00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:28,560 He is an ancestor of Jesus, that's correct. And so you filled out all the blanks. So you 591 00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:32,840 want to go and fill them out now? You can. Jotham is a good king and an ancestor of Jesus. 592 00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:37,600 But how does he relate to Zadok? Well, it's in the verse that I skipped. Here it is. 593 00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:49,880 Yes, he is. His mother's name was Jerusha who was a daughter of Zadok. So here's what 594 00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:59,440 happens. David is ousted from Jerusalem and the Levites rally together led by Zadok and 595 00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:04,320 they all bring the Ark of the Covenant out to him. And David says, no, no, no, no, no, 596 00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:10,240 he said, we must we have trust in the Lord. You take the Ark of Covenant back. And if 597 00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:15,800 my if the Lord's favor is on me, then he'll bring me back so I can see the Ark of the 598 00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:20,600 Covenant there where it belongs. But if it's not, then let him do to me whatever seems 599 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:25,600 right. So what is he saying? He's saying trust the Lord. You let the will of the Lord be 600 00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:30,240 done. Don't use your position. Don't use your knowledge. Don't use your power, whatever 601 00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:35,600 to try to put me back on the throne or try to protect me in any way. So you go back and 602 00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:42,280 trust in God. So Zadok then does exactly that. He goes back and he acts as a spy or a seer 603 00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:48,520 for David and allows David to escape. Now, still later, sometime later, David does come 604 00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:52,320 back. He does become king. This is we're studying the period of time when David is ousted from 605 00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:59,520 Jerusalem. But David does come back and Zadok serves as high priest. Right. So he continues 606 00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:09,280 and then he has a daughter and her name, I read it and I forgot it, Jerusha. Jerusha 607 00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:19,280 is his daughter and her daughter has a son and her son is Jotham, king. So he is a descendant 608 00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:24,120 and he takes over ruling after David is long gone. Right. He's not even the next king. 609 00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:30,360 He takes over ruling and he is a good king. And what does he teach the people? Trust in 610 00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:36,080 the Lord. The Lord is with you if you trust in him. See the message of David through Zadok, 611 00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:41,400 who was the high priest, who had access to the scripture, who was in charge of the Ark 612 00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:46,200 of the Covenant. Right. David says to him, no, trust in the Lord. The Lord's will be 613 00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:50,720 done. If God wants to punish me and get rid of me, fine. If he wants to bring me back, 614 00:45:50,720 --> 00:45:53,640 which I believe he will, but he'll bring me back and then I'll see the Ark of the Covenant 615 00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:59,400 where it belongs. Trust in the Lord. And then Zadok does that and then he has a daughter, 616 00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:04,440 Jerusha, and Jerusha has a son, Jotham, and at 25 years old he becomes king. And not just 617 00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:12,520 any king, but a king that calls the people back to trust in the Lord. Right. And then 618 00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:17,600 you go into the New Testament in Matthew 1, 9, which is right there. The reference is 619 00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:26,760 already on your page. I'm just going to read it to you real quick. I'm almost there. Matthew 620 00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:34,400 1, 9 says, I'll go back to verse 8, it says, Asa father Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat father 621 00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:41,400 Joram, Joram father Uzziah, Uzziah father Jotham, Jotham father Ahaz, Ahaz father Hezekiah, 622 00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:47,600 and so on. And then you get down to the bottom and you hear, and Jacob father, Jacob father 623 00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:52,520 Joseph, the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, who is called the Messiah. And so 624 00:46:52,520 --> 00:47:01,680 what I want you to see is that that encounter between David and Zadok affects the line of 625 00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:08,480 all the way down to Jesus. And Jesus would have known, as a devout Jew, even if he wasn't 626 00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:13,440 God, he would have known that he had a lineage that went all the way back to David, and that 627 00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:21,160 David said, no, trust the Lord, you trust the Lord, and the Lord will be with you. Who 628 00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:25,560 do you want to judge you? Do you want the world to judge you? Because some days they 629 00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:29,440 like you, some days they don't. Some days they have the same opinions of you, some days 630 00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:36,520 they don't. Some days, like when I was hiring managers at Pizza Hut, I took a class on it, 631 00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:40,480 whatever study up on it, and they said, don't hire people who are just like you, and don't 632 00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:44,040 hire them just because they're just like you, and then don't hire people who are just different 633 00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:48,760 from you. So you can't do either one of those things. You look at the job, what's needed, 634 00:47:48,760 --> 00:47:52,040 and you hire the person that will do well in the job, whether they're like you or different 635 00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:56,360 from you in whatever ways. You have to avoid those biases. And that's what David said to 636 00:47:56,360 --> 00:48:00,120 him, avoid those biases. I understand that you're the priest, but I didn't make you the 637 00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:04,960 priest, God did that. I understand that's the arc of the covenant and God's presence 638 00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:11,520 is there, but God's presence is here too. And if God wants to spare me, He'll spare me. 639 00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:15,600 And don't use your power or your authority or your voice or your charminess or your good 640 00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:21,080 looks or your height or your strength or your violence or nothing. Don't use any of that 641 00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:27,160 to bring about the will of the Lord. Let the Lord bring about the will of the Lord. And 642 00:48:27,160 --> 00:48:32,680 then it got all the way down to Joseph. And before Jesus was born, we understand that 643 00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:38,520 Joseph is technically not Jesus' biological dad, right? But before Jesus was ever born, 644 00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:44,960 the angel came to Joseph and he said, don't put away Mary. It's okay for you to take her 645 00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:51,880 as your wife because the child that she has in her is the child of God. And what do you 646 00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:57,360 think Joseph does in that case? He has every right to do all kinds of other things. He 647 00:48:57,360 --> 00:49:03,760 could ignore that dream. He could do anything that he wanted to legally because she betrayed 648 00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:08,480 him as far as the world was concerned. But he listened to the angel in the dream and 649 00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:13,720 followed. And then later, God sends him another dream and says, you need to flee and go to 650 00:49:13,720 --> 00:49:17,720 Egypt because they're hunting. They're going to try to kill the child. And he takes the 651 00:49:17,720 --> 00:49:22,880 gifts of the Magi, which were worth a lot of money, and they flee to Egypt. And all 652 00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:28,160 of that to fulfill a prophecy where it was prophesied about Jesus, out of Egypt I've 653 00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:34,080 called my son. What I'm saying is, this guy, Zodak, and there's a couple of other interesting 654 00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:37,680 events that take place between here and there, but we're just looking at this and how the 655 00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:44,120 events of David being kicked out of Jerusalem by his son Absalom, who was betraying him, 656 00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:50,520 how Zodak's response in those days, now that affected everybody all the way down to Jesus 657 00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:56,360 and therefore affects us. We would be wise to learn this very valuable lesson because 658 00:49:56,360 --> 00:50:01,040 as a Christian, you have the Holy Spirit in you. You know what the footstool of God is 659 00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:07,160 now? It's us. This is a God that does not live in temples made with hands. He lives 660 00:50:07,160 --> 00:50:12,240 in people. And so the Holy Spirit is in you. And you can go, I'm going to go force my will 661 00:50:12,240 --> 00:50:18,660 on the world and I'm going to take God with me. Or you can say, no, I'm going to let God 662 00:50:18,660 --> 00:50:24,240 have his way. And if God wants to bless me, prosper me, make me rich, make me poor, make 663 00:50:24,240 --> 00:50:28,840 me healthy, make me sick, make me strong, make me weak, whatever God wants, that's what 664 00:50:28,840 --> 00:50:34,320 I want. Because then that's how God gets the glory. And God's plan is going to still be 665 00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:39,640 unfolding a long time after you or I are dead. So it just matters how we live this life so 666 00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:43,720 that when God's plan unfolds in a hundred years from now, wouldn't it be cool if you 667 00:50:43,720 --> 00:50:52,480 could say, you know, Brian Mitchell, Tommy's great, great, great, great, great, great, 668 00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:57,320 great, great grandchild is faithful to the Lord. And you can look back and you can say 669 00:50:57,320 --> 00:51:02,640 he's faithful to the Lord because our family has a legacy. Now there were people in the 670 00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:08,320 chain that weren't as faithful as Jotham, but you could say that Tommy Mitchell, deacon 671 00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:12,600 of New Heights Fellowship Baptist Church, he was faithful to the Lord in 2025. And he 672 00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:17,240 made decisions that affected us all the way down the line. And now we're faithful to the 673 00:51:17,240 --> 00:51:24,320 Lord. That's what we need. My grandfather was faithful to the Lord. My dad was not. He 674 00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:31,280 gave his life back over to the Lord when he was in his seventies. Okay. And so he had 675 00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:34,640 a lot of decades in there. But my grandfather was faithful to the Lord all the time and 676 00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:40,220 died faithful to the Lord. And I read, after I got saved, I read Psalms to him in his, 677 00:51:40,220 --> 00:51:46,400 in his deathbed to my grandfather. I did the same thing for my dad. And so then there's 678 00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:53,280 that little side point there. It's Isaiah 1, 1. Does anybody know why that what's that 679 00:51:53,280 --> 00:52:04,520 C is? Anyone take a stab at it? Nope. So it's going to relate to Jotham. I'm almost there. 680 00:52:04,520 --> 00:52:11,320 Okay. So Isaiah 1, 1 says this, the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah, 681 00:52:11,320 --> 00:52:20,040 son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 682 00:52:20,040 --> 00:52:29,280 So the word is contemporary. And so if you look at it, it's C-O-N-T-E-M-P-O-R-A-R-Y, 683 00:52:29,280 --> 00:52:38,520 contemporary. If you look in the book of Isaiah, you will find some of the most obvious prophecies 684 00:52:38,520 --> 00:52:50,360 about the coming of Jesus. Isaiah 53, for example, where it says, who has believed our 685 00:52:50,360 --> 00:52:56,280 report, who has believed what we have heard and who has the arm of the Lord been revealed 686 00:52:56,280 --> 00:53:00,600 to? He grew up before him like a young plant, like a root out of dry ground. He didn't have 687 00:53:00,600 --> 00:53:04,720 an impressive form or majesty that we should look at him, no appearance that we should 688 00:53:04,720 --> 00:53:09,040 desire him. It's all talking about Jesus. He was despised, rejected by men, a man of 689 00:53:09,040 --> 00:53:13,760 suffering who knew what sickness was. He was like someone people turned away from. He was 690 00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:19,160 despised and we didn't value him. Yet he himself bore our sicknesses, carried our pains, but 691 00:53:19,160 --> 00:53:24,540 we in turn regarded him stricken, struck down by God and afflicted. He was pierced because 692 00:53:24,540 --> 00:53:28,980 of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities, punished for our peace was 693 00:53:28,980 --> 00:53:35,200 on him and we are healed by his wounds. We all went away astray like sheep. We all have 694 00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:41,280 turned in our own way and the Lord has punished him for the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed 695 00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:45,200 and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughter, like a sheep 696 00:53:45,200 --> 00:53:50,600 silent before her sheers, he did not open his mouth. He was taken away because of oppression 697 00:53:50,600 --> 00:53:54,320 and judgment and who considered his fate. He was cut off in the land of the living and 698 00:53:54,320 --> 00:53:59,520 he was struck because of my people's rebellion. They made his grave with the wicked, with 699 00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:05,080 a rich man at his death, although he had done no violence and had not spoken deceitfully. 700 00:54:05,080 --> 00:54:09,980 Yet the Lord was pleased to crush him severely. When you make him a restitution offering, 701 00:54:09,980 --> 00:54:13,720 he will see his seed, he will prolong his days and by his hand the Lord's pleasure will 702 00:54:13,720 --> 00:54:20,520 be accomplished. Get the last part. And by his hand the Lord's pleasure will be accomplished. 703 00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:27,680 What did David say? If I should find favor with the Lord, then he will bring me back. 704 00:54:27,680 --> 00:54:33,700 But if not, then let him do whatever seems right to him. See, the faithful people of 705 00:54:33,700 --> 00:54:37,840 God have always recognized you can't force God to be anywhere God doesn't want to be. 706 00:54:37,840 --> 00:54:42,480 You can't force God to do anything God doesn't want to do. But if you trust in the Lord, 707 00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:48,520 the Lord is with you. Okay, so any questions first of all? Everybody got every blank filled 708 00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:57,400 out? Okay, I got candy. I'm going to go and ask a few questions and we'll be done. It's 709 00:54:57,400 --> 00:55:05,200 a brand new bag of candy. You got the tiny little guys of fun. So you get two different 710 00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:11,280 kinds every time. All right, here we go. Raise your hand if you know the answer. Don't shout 711 00:55:11,280 --> 00:55:23,840 it out. Okay, you ready? Okay, so David sent Zadok back to Jerusalem so that he could use 712 00:55:23,840 --> 00:55:34,880 him as a what? Jason? Correct. Zero out of two. Congratulations on the catch. All right, 713 00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:47,760 let's go. How many sons of Zadok were involved in the conspiracy? That is incorrect. Are 714 00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:57,560 you guessing? Is anyone not guessing? Just one. There's one son of Zadok and one son 715 00:55:57,560 --> 00:56:07,920 of Abhiathar, right? Two sons total. One son of Zadok and one of Abhiathar. Okay. All right, 716 00:56:07,920 --> 00:56:17,280 so what part did the two sons of Zadok and Abhiathar play in the conspiracy? What was 717 00:56:17,280 --> 00:56:26,560 their job? Go. To bring the message. One out of two. That's better than Jason did. 718 00:56:26,560 --> 00:56:41,760 Okay. Jotham was a king in the lineage. First of all, what was, and you won't find this 719 00:56:41,760 --> 00:56:48,600 on your paper, what was Jotham's father's name? I said at least twice. Jason? Nope. 720 00:56:48,600 --> 00:56:56,840 Josh? Uzziah is correct. Is that what you're gonna say? Nope. Okay. Gotta love an honest 721 00:56:56,840 --> 00:57:09,800 man. Okay. During the ousting of David from Jerusalem, this guy would have gone with David, 722 00:57:09,800 --> 00:57:22,960 but David sent him back to pledge his allegiance to Absalom. Jason? Haseeb? Hushai? Two for 723 00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:38,720 two. Improved. Much improved. Much improved. Okay. This famous artifact came out with Zadok. 724 00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:42,960 The Ark of the Covenant is correct. Raise your hand so I can call her. Jason had his 725 00:57:42,960 --> 00:58:02,400 hand up too. Okay. I think David and Zadok were both hopeful that David might find this 726 00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:11,040 in the Lord. Favors? Favors is correct. Jason had his hand up too, but he already got it 727 00:58:11,040 --> 00:58:19,360 twice. She just can't get both of them in one shot. Okay. All right. Here we go. Natalie. 728 00:58:19,360 --> 00:58:32,040 Are you ready? Okay. Describe the relationship between Jotham and Isaiah. Very good. I can't 729 00:58:32,040 --> 00:58:47,720 pick it up. Doesn't have a handle on it. One out of two. Okay. Tashon. Ready? Yes! Jotham 730 00:58:47,720 --> 00:58:57,680 was king for this many years. I said it at least twice. Not on the paper. He might be 731 00:58:57,680 --> 00:59:14,920 right. 16? Sorry. Okay. All right. A couple of fun ones. Two. Hannah. How many books in 732 00:59:14,920 --> 00:59:30,680 the Bible? Stop giving answers. Smack in your head. Say it to me because I'm... 66 is correct. 733 00:59:30,680 --> 00:59:40,640 By committee, but correct. Okay. Oh, they're trying to drink candy. You can do that later. 734 00:59:40,640 --> 01:00:05,720 Okay. Okay. Shortest book of the Bible. Anybody that raises their hand. Deltz included. Josh. 735 01:00:05,720 --> 01:00:11,800 Second John is correct. I think you have both chocolate. I don't have any non-chocolate 736 01:00:11,800 --> 01:00:30,160 up here, Josh. That was awesome. All right. Longest book of the Bible. Anybody? Zero for 737 01:00:30,160 --> 01:00:55,520 two. Shortest chapter. This side of the room only. Okay. Must be over 30 years old. Shortest 738 01:00:55,520 --> 01:01:11,520 verse in the Bible. Zero for two. I got one. Well, only because it hits you. Okay. All 739 01:01:11,520 --> 01:01:28,840 right. Raise your hand if you just want a free tiny chocolate bar. I can't throw very 740 01:01:28,840 --> 01:01:46,320 accurately today. Anybody over here? You didn't raise your hand, but I just give it to you 741 01:01:46,320 --> 01:02:00,720 for fun. Okay. We're going to pray. I do have some snacks kept here. I didn't make any drinks 742 01:02:00,720 --> 01:02:05,480 yet. I had trouble getting here and getting things done today. I was here, but I had trouble 743 01:02:05,480 --> 01:02:14,800 getting things done. Ready? Father in heaven, we thank you for this story and David's devout 744 01:02:14,800 --> 01:02:33,280 care, for everything we do. There's 100 percent. He was up here in Summit, shekance, the Apost için 745 01:02:33,280 --> 01:02:38,240 We've got to realize that if we take it in our own hands and we make things go, even if we make, 746 01:02:38,240 --> 01:02:42,880 force them to go, what we think is the way you want them to go, that's just not good enough. 747 01:02:44,240 --> 01:02:47,440 Because we won't always know what the way you want things to go is. 748 01:02:48,960 --> 01:02:53,840 We need to learn to submit them into your hands, to let them be the way you want them to be. 749 01:02:53,840 --> 01:03:05,280 It's so easy as a young person to think that God wants this situation for me, or this would be 750 01:03:05,280 --> 01:03:10,480 best for my career, or this would be best for my relationship. It's always so easy as a parent to 751 01:03:10,480 --> 01:03:15,760 think, well, I know for sure what I want to have happen with my kids, what they need to do, how they 752 01:03:15,760 --> 01:03:23,520 need to behave, what their future needs to look like. It's easy on the job to face some kind of 753 01:03:23,520 --> 01:03:28,720 a trial, or desire a promotion, or something, and to figure a way to make a plan how we can get that 754 01:03:28,720 --> 01:03:37,520 done. There just isn't place for all of that. We should be praying every single day, your kingdom 755 01:03:37,520 --> 01:03:43,120 come, your will be done. We shouldn't just be praying, we should be learning to grow, to desire 756 01:03:43,120 --> 01:03:47,360 it in everything. If we desire what you want, then we know that you will give us the desires of our 757 01:03:47,360 --> 01:03:54,320 heart. Hopefully Lord, some years down the road somebody will look back at my life and say he 758 01:03:54,320 --> 01:04:00,320 honored God. And in order for that to be true, I know I got to make good decisions, even better 759 01:04:00,320 --> 01:04:05,360 decisions than I have thus far. So I pray that we'll all do that. We'll all submit to you. We'll 760 01:04:05,360 --> 01:04:09,520 all recognize that your will being done is the most important thing. And if we should find favor 761 01:04:09,520 --> 01:04:16,480 with you, then you will bring us into a place of power, or authority, or prosperity, or service, 762 01:04:16,480 --> 01:04:21,920 or we'll be able to give like nobody else can give, or do like nobody else can do, to honor your name. 763 01:04:23,360 --> 01:04:29,600 And Lord, if we don't find favor with you, then whatever seems good to you, help us endure it, 764 01:04:29,600 --> 01:04:34,720 stand up under it, walk the way you have us. Bless us if you seek to heal our sick and hurting, 765 01:04:35,120 --> 01:04:40,720 provide for us in finances. If this should be your will, Lord, then you know where we're hurting in 766 01:04:40,720 --> 01:04:44,640 all these different areas and things, and we just pray that you'll just attend to every single one 767 01:04:44,640 --> 01:04:47,680 of them. And we pray in Jesus' name, amen.