WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.260 Man, the title of my sermon this evening is 00:02.260 --> 00:04.520 A Man After God's Own Heart. 00:04.920 --> 00:07.100 A man after God's own heart. 00:07.240 --> 00:09.080 Of course, this is a reference to David. 00:09.660 --> 00:11.680 And it's interesting, if you think about all 00:11.680 --> 00:13.160 of the different human characters 00:13.640 --> 00:15.420 that are mentioned in the Bible, 00:15.980 --> 00:18.840 David is actually mentioned more by name 00:18.840 --> 00:21.420 than any other character in the Bible. 00:21.580 --> 00:28.140 In fact, David is mentioned about 1139 times in the Bible. 00:28.660 --> 00:32.040 Jesus is mentioned 984 times. 00:32.140 --> 00:34.140 Of course, that's pretty much all in the New Testament. 00:34.760 --> 00:37.280 And then Moses, 848 times. 00:37.580 --> 00:39.700 Saul, 425 times. 00:40.040 --> 00:42.000 Jacob, 377 times. 00:42.620 --> 00:44.180 Aaron, 352 times. 00:44.460 --> 00:47.100 I mean, Abraham is mentioned 250 times. 00:47.380 --> 00:53.180 But David is mentioned 1139 times in the Bible. 00:53.300 --> 00:55.740 He's the most mentioned human character. 00:55.880 --> 00:57.340 So he's a pretty important character 00:57.880 --> 00:58.640 in the Bible. 00:58.840 --> 01:00.600 And he kind of just becomes the standard 01:01.060 --> 01:04.540 for all future kings of Israel or Judah. 01:05.220 --> 01:06.360 And so he's super important. 01:06.460 --> 01:10.020 Someone told me, oh, I don't really like the character David. 01:10.360 --> 01:12.720 Like, they were just offended by some of the sins 01:12.720 --> 01:13.620 and mistakes that he made. 01:13.760 --> 01:14.360 Like, I don't like David. 01:14.740 --> 01:17.520 It's kind of hard not to like David 01:17.520 --> 01:18.680 if you're gonna like the Bible. 01:19.660 --> 01:21.940 Because I mean, we're talking about somebody 01:21.940 --> 01:23.460 who's mentioned 1100 sometimes. 01:23.940 --> 01:26.800 And obviously he authored a lot of the Psalms 01:26.800 --> 01:28.540 and he's a super significant character. 01:29.020 --> 01:30.300 But the Bible says of David 01:30.300 --> 01:32.600 that he was a man after God's own heart. 01:32.780 --> 01:35.080 And so this is someone that we could look at 01:35.080 --> 01:37.360 and see what these attributes were 01:37.360 --> 01:39.720 that made David a man after God's own heart 01:39.720 --> 01:43.340 so that we could also be people after God's own heart. 01:44.000 --> 01:46.480 It's not that David is just special 01:46.960 --> 01:49.280 and that God just has a soft spot for David 01:49.280 --> 01:50.220 for no reason. 01:50.760 --> 01:53.360 No, because afterward people are compared to David. 01:53.480 --> 01:55.780 It's like he did right in the side of the Lord 01:55.780 --> 01:57.120 like David his father. 01:57.420 --> 01:59.860 Or he did evil in the side of the Lord. 01:59.920 --> 02:01.260 He was not like David his father 02:01.260 --> 02:04.440 showing that we can either be like David 02:04.440 --> 02:07.320 or not be like David even in 2026. 02:07.640 --> 02:09.940 And if we want God to like us, 02:10.000 --> 02:11.760 if we want God to be pleased with us, 02:11.940 --> 02:13.640 if we want God to bless us, 02:13.640 --> 02:16.920 obviously we wanna be like David 02:16.920 --> 02:19.120 in the sense that wanna be a man after God's own heart. 02:19.500 --> 02:21.720 So what was it that made David a great person? 02:21.860 --> 02:23.760 Well, let's look at what the Bible says here 02:23.760 --> 02:25.480 when we're first introduced to David. 02:25.480 --> 02:29.600 Now flip back a few pages to chapter 13 verse 14 02:30.220 --> 02:34.260 because the first time David is actually mentioned by name 02:34.260 --> 02:36.020 is in the book of Ruth. 02:36.400 --> 02:39.020 But in the book of Ruth, it's just part of a genealogy 02:39.020 --> 02:41.000 basically just explaining to you 02:41.000 --> 02:44.180 that Boaz begat Obed and Obed begat Jesse 02:44.180 --> 02:46.000 and Jesse begat David. 02:46.400 --> 02:48.160 And so that's the first time we get that name. 02:48.320 --> 02:50.180 But as far as in the narrative here 02:50.180 --> 02:52.520 in first Samuel chapter 13, 02:52.640 --> 02:54.980 this is the first place that he's actually mentioned 02:54.980 --> 02:56.260 as a character, as a person. 02:56.580 --> 02:58.220 And it says in verse 14 there, 02:58.860 --> 03:01.460 but now thy kingdom shall not continue. 03:01.560 --> 03:03.460 This is God speaking to King Saul. 03:04.120 --> 03:05.680 He says, your kingdom shall not continue. 03:06.140 --> 03:09.280 The Lord had sought him a man after his own heart 03:09.740 --> 03:12.480 and the Lord had commanded him to be captain 03:12.480 --> 03:15.020 over his people because thou hast not kept 03:15.020 --> 03:16.820 that which the Lord commanded thee. 03:16.860 --> 03:18.260 And this is where we first get the idea 03:18.260 --> 03:19.920 that David is a man after God's own heart. 03:20.300 --> 03:22.100 Go to chapter 15 verse 28. 03:22.260 --> 03:23.260 Just a couple of pages to the right. 03:23.960 --> 03:26.820 Chapter 15 verse 28, Samuel said unto him, 03:27.480 --> 03:31.120 the Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day 03:31.120 --> 03:33.720 and hath given it to a neighbor of thine 03:33.720 --> 03:36.100 that is better than thou. 03:36.260 --> 03:38.440 So again, we see David is a man after God's own heart 03:38.440 --> 03:41.460 and he is better than King Saul. 03:42.020 --> 03:44.360 Well, let's see what attributes made him better. 03:44.500 --> 03:46.240 Go if you would to first Samuel chapter 16 03:46.240 --> 03:46.880 where we started. 03:47.440 --> 03:49.280 And just to bring you up to speed in the story, 03:49.640 --> 03:50.720 of course, as God said, 03:50.720 --> 03:53.780 he's going to replace King Saul with a man 03:53.780 --> 03:54.560 after his own heart. 03:54.780 --> 03:55.860 That's gonna be King David. 03:56.200 --> 03:58.900 Well, the Lord appears unto Samuel in a vision 03:58.900 --> 04:02.020 and tells him, one of Jesse's sons 04:02.640 --> 04:04.340 is gonna be the next king of Israel. 04:04.460 --> 04:06.080 You're gonna go anoint one of his sons. 04:06.580 --> 04:08.760 And so Samuel goes there 04:08.760 --> 04:12.520 and all of the sons of Jesse are paraded 04:13.080 --> 04:14.980 in front of Samuel. 04:15.100 --> 04:16.760 And each time the Lord is telling him, 04:16.800 --> 04:18.180 this is not the right person. 04:18.180 --> 04:20.520 So it's like the first born, second born, 04:21.320 --> 04:23.660 seven sons paraded before him. 04:24.080 --> 04:27.640 And Samuel's like, none of these is who I'm looking for. 04:27.760 --> 04:29.280 God has not chosen any of these. 04:29.760 --> 04:31.100 Is there another son? 04:31.240 --> 04:33.340 Do you have another son that you're not showing me? 04:33.740 --> 04:35.760 And they're like, well, you know, we do have the youngest 04:36.430 --> 04:38.480 but he's out watching the sheep and whatever. 04:38.800 --> 04:40.740 So David is kind of an afterthought 04:40.740 --> 04:42.060 even in the mind of his father. 04:42.600 --> 04:45.520 They thought that these really tall strapping young 04:45.520 --> 04:48.280 men that had more physical prowess 04:48.280 --> 04:49.200 were gonna be the choice. 04:49.580 --> 04:50.480 Whereas it's David. 04:50.660 --> 04:52.580 So look at verse number 11 of chapter 16. 04:54.040 --> 04:55.820 It says, and Samuel said unto Jesse, 04:56.380 --> 04:57.620 are here all thy children. 04:58.040 --> 04:59.740 And he said, there remaineth yet the youngest 04:59.740 --> 05:01.420 and be able to keepeth the sheep. 05:01.780 --> 05:04.620 And Samuel said unto Jesse, send and fetch him 05:04.620 --> 05:07.260 for we will not sit down till he come hither. 05:08.000 --> 05:08.680 Verse 12. 05:08.900 --> 05:10.140 And he said and brought him in. 05:10.640 --> 05:14.360 Now he was ruddy and with all the beautiful countenance 05:14.360 --> 05:15.980 and goodly to look to. 05:16.540 --> 05:20.380 And the Lord said, arise, anoint him for this is he. 05:20.560 --> 05:22.900 So point number one, the first thing I wanna show you 05:22.900 --> 05:25.560 because remember he's out keeping the sheep in verse 11. 05:25.900 --> 05:29.940 Point number one about David is that he did a humble job. 05:30.420 --> 05:32.260 This is a guy who did a humble job. 05:32.380 --> 05:35.640 I mean, this is one of the greatest men of all time. 05:36.260 --> 05:38.040 1100 some mentions in the Bible, 05:38.400 --> 05:39.720 man after God's own heart. 05:39.960 --> 05:42.340 And he's a man who did a humble job 05:42.340 --> 05:44.620 of being a shepherd of caring for the sheep. 05:44.900 --> 05:45.380 And you know what? 05:45.460 --> 05:50.100 You as men should never be ashamed to do a humble job. 05:50.560 --> 05:52.280 Any kind of honest work 05:52.280 --> 05:54.020 where you're out working for a living, 05:54.400 --> 05:56.780 whether it's blue collar or whatever it is. 05:57.020 --> 06:00.960 Hey, never be ashamed to go out and do an honest job. 06:01.460 --> 06:04.060 You know, there's no shame in being a garbage man 06:04.520 --> 06:08.580 or an electrician or a plumber or cooking food 06:08.980 --> 06:10.840 or whatever it is that you do. 06:10.840 --> 06:14.860 You should not be too proud to do a humble job. 06:15.820 --> 06:18.180 And you know, clean in bathrooms or whatever. 06:18.460 --> 06:20.220 Hey, that's the Lord's work. 06:20.360 --> 06:22.680 If you're doing it as unto the Lord, not unto men. 06:23.360 --> 06:24.980 And so David did a humble job. 06:25.580 --> 06:27.340 Being a shepherd is not a glamorous job. 06:27.620 --> 06:29.820 He's forgotten about, it's an afterthought. 06:30.300 --> 06:32.660 It's not a super highly skilled job, 06:32.940 --> 06:34.940 but yet he did that humble job and he did it well. 06:35.340 --> 06:37.420 The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 9 verse 10, 06:37.420 --> 06:39.120 whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, 06:39.420 --> 06:41.460 do it with thy might, right? 06:41.620 --> 06:42.540 Give it everything you got. 06:43.140 --> 06:44.780 Colossians 3.23 says, 06:45.220 --> 06:47.820 and whatsoever you do, do it heartily 06:47.820 --> 06:49.920 as to the Lord and not unto men. 06:50.220 --> 06:52.080 And I guarantee you that if he would have been 06:52.080 --> 06:54.480 slacking off in his shepherding job, 06:54.840 --> 06:56.700 there's no way God is gonna bring him 06:56.700 --> 06:58.000 to shepherd the people of Israel. 06:59.120 --> 07:00.720 If you can't shepherd the sheep, 07:01.200 --> 07:03.000 you can't shepherd the people of Israel, right? 07:03.100 --> 07:03.780 Because that's the test. 07:04.180 --> 07:06.060 If you're faithful in the least, 07:06.060 --> 07:07.600 then you'll be faithful in much. 07:08.000 --> 07:10.060 And so when you're doing that humble job, 07:10.440 --> 07:11.840 God needs to look down at you 07:11.840 --> 07:14.080 and see you giving it everything you got, 07:14.440 --> 07:16.420 being faithful, taking it seriously, 07:16.900 --> 07:18.180 and then God's gonna move you on 07:18.180 --> 07:19.140 to bigger and better things. 07:19.900 --> 07:22.060 Now you might think, yeah, but nobody sees me. 07:22.500 --> 07:23.420 Nobody sees what I'm doing. 07:23.700 --> 07:24.380 God sees. 07:24.740 --> 07:26.640 Because nobody saw David either. 07:27.000 --> 07:29.980 He's not voted most likely to succeed in his yearbook. 07:30.380 --> 07:31.780 Because they're saying, hey, 07:31.860 --> 07:33.140 one of your sons is gonna be king. 07:33.740 --> 07:35.100 He's not even on the list. 07:36.180 --> 07:38.440 It's like, are you sure you don't have another son? 07:38.600 --> 07:39.580 Well, yeah, okay. 07:40.020 --> 07:43.060 Because he's so out of sight, off with the sheep. 07:43.560 --> 07:45.840 But at the end of the day, God is the one who sees. 07:46.220 --> 07:47.900 No matter what humble job you're doing, 07:48.200 --> 07:50.320 God sees if you're doing well or not, 07:50.460 --> 07:52.340 and God can give you bigger and better things. 07:52.720 --> 07:54.900 So number one, he's a man after God's own heart 07:54.900 --> 07:58.060 because he did a humble job 07:58.060 --> 07:59.840 and he did it faithfully and he did it well. 08:00.900 --> 08:03.000 Number two, what do we see about David? 08:03.200 --> 08:04.140 The next thing we learn about him 08:04.140 --> 08:05.980 is that he's good looking, right? 08:06.140 --> 08:09.280 Because it says right after this that he was ruddy, 08:09.760 --> 08:12.600 which ruddy, this is related to our word for red, 08:12.880 --> 08:15.680 meaning that I guess he has like blushy cheeks 08:15.680 --> 08:17.280 or something probably is what that means. 08:17.720 --> 08:21.100 He was with all of a beautiful countenance. 08:21.220 --> 08:25.280 So he has a very handsome face and goodly to look to. 08:25.460 --> 08:27.120 So he's handsome and good looking. 08:27.580 --> 08:29.080 And you say, well, what in the world 08:29.080 --> 08:31.960 does this have to do with being a man 08:31.960 --> 08:33.000 after God's own heart? 08:33.200 --> 08:34.400 Because, you know, let's face it, 08:34.440 --> 08:36.660 we can't control the way that we look. 08:36.740 --> 08:39.480 We can't control the face that God gave us. 08:39.700 --> 08:41.700 But if you would turn to 1 Corinthians chapter one, 08:42.100 --> 08:43.820 I think the significant thing here 08:43.820 --> 08:46.760 about David being such a good looking young man 08:47.320 --> 08:49.020 and being a man after God's own heart 08:49.020 --> 08:51.720 is that even though he was very handsome, 08:52.020 --> 08:54.080 he did not let that go to his head. 08:54.300 --> 08:56.580 He did not become puffed up because let's face it, 08:56.580 --> 08:58.700 most people who are very good looking, 08:59.160 --> 09:02.500 this could cause them to become prideful, arrogant, 09:03.000 --> 09:05.060 and maybe instead of serving God 09:05.060 --> 09:07.800 and spending time working hard and doing the right things, 09:08.020 --> 09:09.460 they could be out womanizing 09:09.900 --> 09:11.920 and doing all kinds of sinful things 09:11.920 --> 09:14.220 and just taking a different path in life 09:14.220 --> 09:15.540 because they've been blessed 09:15.540 --> 09:17.600 with that beautiful countenance. 09:18.000 --> 09:20.640 Good looking guy doesn't necessarily mean 09:20.640 --> 09:22.020 that he's gonna live for God. 09:22.600 --> 09:24.500 And so in spite of being good looking, 09:24.500 --> 09:26.580 he didn't let that get him puffed up. 09:26.800 --> 09:28.500 He still was a humble servant of God. 09:28.840 --> 09:29.840 Because look what the Bible says 09:29.840 --> 09:32.920 in 1 Corinthians chapter one, verse 26, 09:33.160 --> 09:34.920 it says, for you see your calling, brethren, 09:35.600 --> 09:38.460 how that not many wise men after the flesh, 09:38.840 --> 09:42.160 not many mighty, not many noble are called, 09:42.460 --> 09:44.960 but God has chosen the foolish things of the world 09:44.960 --> 09:45.840 to confound the wise 09:45.840 --> 09:48.000 and God has chosen the weak things of the world 09:48.000 --> 09:50.440 to confound the things which are mighty 09:50.440 --> 09:51.940 and the base things of the world 09:51.940 --> 09:54.780 and the things which are despised had God chosen. 09:55.180 --> 09:56.620 Yay, and the things which are not 09:56.620 --> 09:58.540 to bring to not the things that are 09:58.540 --> 10:01.000 that no flesh should glory in his presence. 10:01.260 --> 10:02.460 He said, look around, 10:02.940 --> 10:05.480 look at the movers and shakers in the church, 10:05.700 --> 10:07.260 look at the great men of God, 10:07.540 --> 10:10.160 look at the preachers that are being greatly used by God. 10:10.520 --> 10:11.940 And here's what you're gonna notice 10:11.940 --> 10:16.200 is that it's not many wise men according to the flesh, 10:16.720 --> 10:18.920 not many people where the world would say, 10:18.920 --> 10:21.040 this guy's a big time intellectual. 10:22.140 --> 10:23.240 There's not many wise, 10:23.400 --> 10:25.480 no, are there gonna be some intellectuals? 10:25.520 --> 10:28.940 Absolutely, but not many, okay? 10:29.280 --> 10:31.360 Not many mighty men after the flesh, 10:31.860 --> 10:33.740 not many that are noble. 10:35.100 --> 10:37.540 Look, God has chosen the foolish things of this world 10:37.540 --> 10:38.320 to confound the wise. 10:39.760 --> 10:41.460 So basically what the Bible is saying, 10:41.520 --> 10:42.500 if you look around at the people 10:42.500 --> 10:44.260 that are being the most greatly used by God, 10:44.620 --> 10:47.120 they're not necessarily, they're really smart people, 10:47.280 --> 10:48.160 they're really rich people, 10:48.160 --> 10:49.760 they're really good-looking people, 10:50.120 --> 10:53.140 they're really high-bred, well-born people. 10:53.720 --> 10:56.080 You know, God has chosen just the base people, 10:56.460 --> 10:58.700 normal people, average people. 10:59.060 --> 11:00.880 And look, you don't have to be super smart 11:00.880 --> 11:04.220 to be greatly used by God as a preacher, right? 11:04.360 --> 11:06.060 Because if you're filled with the spirit of God 11:06.480 --> 11:08.400 and you're preaching the basics of God's word, 11:08.480 --> 11:09.920 that's what most people need to hear anyway. 11:10.360 --> 11:12.060 You don't have to go super deep. 11:12.340 --> 11:13.880 You don't have to be super intellectual. 11:14.340 --> 11:17.520 You don't have to know Greek and Hebrew and Aramaic. 11:17.520 --> 11:20.760 You don't have to know all of this high-level stuff 11:20.760 --> 11:22.620 in order to be greatly used by God. 11:22.820 --> 11:25.580 You need to know the Bible and preach the word of God 11:25.580 --> 11:26.420 and be spirit-filled. 11:26.940 --> 11:29.400 Now, are there gonna be some people that are intellectual? 11:29.720 --> 11:31.640 Absolutely, so we're not saying God can't use 11:31.640 --> 11:32.120 the intellectual. 11:32.680 --> 11:36.100 We're not saying that no preachers are good-looking, okay? 11:36.400 --> 11:39.940 We're not saying that no preachers are very athletic. 11:40.540 --> 11:43.620 But in general, the most athletic people, 11:43.940 --> 11:46.240 the best-looking people, the smartest people, 11:46.240 --> 11:47.720 you know what they're gonna do, something else. 11:48.060 --> 11:48.340 Why? 11:48.660 --> 11:51.180 Because of just ego and pride 11:51.180 --> 11:52.640 and just wanting to serve themselves. 11:53.800 --> 11:55.640 And some of the more humble people, 11:56.340 --> 11:58.020 maybe they even struggled in school. 11:58.400 --> 12:00.400 They're not that good-looking, not that athletic, 12:00.820 --> 12:01.740 not that social. 12:02.240 --> 12:04.560 God could actually do a great work through those people 12:04.560 --> 12:05.620 and then he gets all the glory 12:06.120 --> 12:07.760 and no flesh glories in his presence. 12:08.100 --> 12:08.760 Because think about it. 12:08.860 --> 12:10.660 If God greatly used a man of God 12:10.660 --> 12:13.060 who was super talented and super smart, 12:13.380 --> 12:14.240 then people would just say, 12:14.240 --> 12:16.180 well, he's succeeding because he's so smart and talented. 12:16.640 --> 12:18.780 Whereas if he takes an ordinary guy 12:18.780 --> 12:20.280 and does something extraordinary, 12:20.560 --> 12:21.660 then people would look at that and say, 12:21.900 --> 12:24.380 it's the spirit of God that did that. 12:25.000 --> 12:27.320 And so the fact that David is good-looking, 12:27.620 --> 12:29.380 yet he didn't let it go to his head, 12:29.600 --> 12:32.780 he's one of the few that excels in some area 12:32.780 --> 12:34.840 and yet still can be greatly used by God. 12:35.540 --> 12:36.580 You don't have to turn there, 12:36.680 --> 12:38.880 you can if you want, but in Ezekiel chapter 28, 12:39.520 --> 12:41.360 you know, we have the prophecy 12:41.880 --> 12:43.120 that talks about Satan. 12:43.620 --> 12:46.720 And it talks about him being actually puffed up 12:46.720 --> 12:49.620 and arrogant and prideful because of his beauty. 12:49.820 --> 12:50.980 It says in verse 17, 12:51.320 --> 12:54.000 "'Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, 12:54.340 --> 12:57.540 thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness. 12:57.940 --> 12:59.320 I will cast thee to the ground, 12:59.680 --> 13:01.780 I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.' 13:01.780 --> 13:05.580 So we see that Satan was very good-looking 13:06.180 --> 13:07.640 and also very wise 13:08.020 --> 13:08.900 and because of that, 13:08.960 --> 13:10.320 his heart's lifted up and he's prideful. 13:10.520 --> 13:12.440 So if we were really good-looking and smart, 13:12.860 --> 13:14.260 we could also get prideful 13:14.580 --> 13:15.920 and then not be used by God 13:15.920 --> 13:18.100 and yet David overcame that. 13:18.620 --> 13:21.060 Now go back if you would to 1 Samuel 16. 13:22.340 --> 13:27.220 Also in Ezekiel, it mentions Satan's musical prowess 13:27.680 --> 13:29.260 and it talks about his pipes 13:29.660 --> 13:31.600 and his tabrets and so forth. 13:32.060 --> 13:33.840 And what we're gonna see about David 13:33.840 --> 13:36.440 is that he also was very musically talented. 13:37.080 --> 13:38.420 And again, if you're good-looking 13:38.420 --> 13:39.540 and musically talented, 13:39.540 --> 13:41.800 that's a recipe for being a womanizer. 13:42.420 --> 13:44.560 But that's not the route that David went. 13:44.740 --> 13:47.860 Instead, he dedicates his life primarily to serving God. 13:48.700 --> 13:50.640 Look at verse number 13. 13:51.460 --> 13:51.820 It says, 13:51.860 --> 13:53.660 "'Then Samuel took the horn of oil 13:53.660 --> 13:55.120 and anointed him in the midst of his brethren 13:55.560 --> 13:57.620 and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David 13:57.620 --> 13:58.500 from that day forward. 13:58.940 --> 14:01.500 So Samuel rose up and went to Ramah." 14:01.500 --> 14:04.480 Okay, so the third thing I want you to see about David 14:04.480 --> 14:07.000 is that he was filled with the Holy Spirit of God. 14:07.440 --> 14:10.060 Now you say, well, that happened after he was chosen. 14:10.220 --> 14:11.540 He was filled with the Spirit of God. 14:11.880 --> 14:15.000 But he was a vessel that could be filled 14:15.000 --> 14:17.560 with the Holy Spirit and was filled with the Spirit. 14:17.820 --> 14:20.600 Because remember, it was Saul's sin and disobedience 14:20.600 --> 14:22.660 that caused him to lose the privilege 14:22.660 --> 14:23.860 of being filled with the Spirit. 14:24.200 --> 14:26.060 And the Holy Spirit departed from him 14:26.060 --> 14:29.160 and then the Spirit of the Lord rested upon David. 14:29.580 --> 14:31.720 He was no longer a suitable vessel 14:32.280 --> 14:33.620 to be filled with God's Spirit. 14:33.620 --> 14:35.500 Now in the New Testament, 14:36.060 --> 14:38.240 we all as saved Christians are permanently 14:38.240 --> 14:39.760 indwelled by the Holy Spirit. 14:40.360 --> 14:42.240 He will never leave us nor forsake us. 14:42.400 --> 14:43.780 We're sealed by the Holy Ghost 14:43.780 --> 14:44.500 under the day of redemption. 14:44.940 --> 14:48.540 But we still can either be filled with the Spirit 14:48.540 --> 14:50.400 or not filled with the Holy Spirit. 14:51.020 --> 14:53.580 And so we want to be Spirit filled. 14:54.220 --> 14:54.820 And here's the thing, 14:55.080 --> 14:57.840 living a life of sin and disobedience to God 14:58.400 --> 15:01.060 will preclude you from being filled with the Holy Spirit. 15:01.760 --> 15:04.920 And you will actually not be filled with the Holy Spirit 15:04.920 --> 15:07.420 because of your carnality and your sin 15:07.820 --> 15:09.100 and you're not living forgotten. 15:09.220 --> 15:10.100 And what did Jesus say? 15:10.240 --> 15:11.580 He said, without me, you can do nothing. 15:12.280 --> 15:13.780 You gotta abide in the vine 15:13.780 --> 15:15.180 if you want to bring forth much fruit. 15:15.440 --> 15:17.460 So if we want to be productive Christians, 15:17.960 --> 15:19.860 fruitful Christians, soul-winning Christians, 15:20.040 --> 15:21.240 want to be filled with the Holy Spirit, 15:21.540 --> 15:22.120 well here's the thing, 15:22.320 --> 15:24.740 if you start just living a life of sin and disobedience, 15:24.960 --> 15:26.820 well then you could lose that fullness 15:26.820 --> 15:27.760 of the Holy Spirit. 15:29.180 --> 15:30.560 Productivity is gonna go down 15:30.560 --> 15:31.500 or be non-existent. 15:32.500 --> 15:35.920 And so the Bible talks about in the New Testament 15:35.920 --> 15:37.320 the importance of being filled with the Spirit. 15:37.920 --> 15:40.100 Acts 4.31 says when they had prayed, 15:40.760 --> 15:43.120 the place was shaken where they were assembled together 15:43.120 --> 15:45.240 and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost 15:45.240 --> 15:47.380 and they spake the word of God with boldness. 15:47.460 --> 15:50.280 So we should pray for boldness, pray for power, 15:50.600 --> 15:52.540 pray for the fullness of the Holy Spirit 15:52.540 --> 15:54.540 so that we can preach God's word with boldness. 15:55.140 --> 15:57.940 Ephesians 5.18, be not drunk with wine, 15:57.940 --> 16:00.280 we're in his excess, but be filled with the Spirit. 16:00.740 --> 16:02.780 You know, that tells me that if you're drinking 16:02.780 --> 16:04.500 a bunch of alcohol, taking drugs, 16:04.980 --> 16:06.220 you know, you're not filled with the Spirit. 16:06.600 --> 16:09.280 That's the kind of stuff that's gonna prevent you 16:09.280 --> 16:10.840 from being filled with the Spirit. 16:11.180 --> 16:14.940 Be not drunk with wine, rather be filled with the Spirit, 16:15.500 --> 16:17.820 speaking to yourselves in Psalms and hymns 16:17.820 --> 16:20.520 and spiritual songs, singing and making melody 16:20.520 --> 16:22.720 in your heart to the Lord. 16:23.160 --> 16:25.300 And so being filled with the Spirit 16:26.280 --> 16:28.080 is what made David a great man 16:28.080 --> 16:29.900 and it's what's gonna make you a great man 16:29.900 --> 16:32.640 or you a great woman is being filled with the Spirit. 16:33.120 --> 16:34.840 Now, not only that, but number four, 16:35.020 --> 16:35.980 the next thing we learn about David 16:35.980 --> 16:37.800 is that he is an accomplished musician. 16:38.900 --> 16:40.900 And again, we just read the verse that said, 16:41.060 --> 16:43.700 be filled with the Spirit, speaking to yourselves 16:43.700 --> 16:45.680 in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. 16:46.040 --> 16:47.740 The Bible says in Colossians 3.16, 16:47.860 --> 16:49.880 let the word of Christ dwell in you richly 16:49.880 --> 16:52.900 in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another 16:52.900 --> 16:55.100 in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, 16:55.460 --> 16:57.980 singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 16:58.080 --> 17:00.700 So we said number one, he did a humble job 17:00.700 --> 17:02.360 and he was faithful at that humble job. 17:02.780 --> 17:04.060 Number two, he was good looking, 17:04.420 --> 17:05.900 but he didn't let it go to his head. 17:06.260 --> 17:08.100 Number three, he was filled with the Spirit of God. 17:08.300 --> 17:09.220 What are we talking about tonight? 17:09.340 --> 17:11.940 We're talking about why was David a man 17:11.940 --> 17:12.940 after God's own heart? 17:13.020 --> 17:14.100 Why was he such a great man? 17:14.520 --> 17:16.160 And the fourth reason that he was a great man 17:16.160 --> 17:18.360 is that he was an accomplished musician. 17:19.160 --> 17:21.140 Look at 1 Samuel 16, 18. 17:21.540 --> 17:23.080 Then answered one of the servants and said, 17:23.180 --> 17:26.560 behold, I've seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite 17:27.100 --> 17:31.260 that is cunning in playing and a mighty, valiant man 17:31.720 --> 17:34.580 and a man of war and prudent in matters 17:34.580 --> 17:36.060 and a comely person. 17:36.240 --> 17:38.260 Again, comely person is again pointing out 17:38.260 --> 17:39.580 the fact that he's a good looking guy 17:40.100 --> 17:41.560 and the Lord is with him. 17:41.920 --> 17:44.120 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse 17:44.580 --> 17:46.580 and said, send me David thy son, 17:46.880 --> 17:47.840 which is with the sheep. 17:48.060 --> 17:49.460 So we see that he is cunning 17:50.010 --> 17:51.360 at playing the harp. 17:51.480 --> 17:53.020 He is a skilled musician. 17:53.620 --> 17:55.260 And I believe that God likes this. 17:55.580 --> 17:57.140 I believe that God looks down at that 17:57.140 --> 18:00.240 and he respects that and thinks it's a beautiful thing 18:00.240 --> 18:02.600 because you see the longest book in the Bible 18:02.600 --> 18:05.700 is literally a song book, the book of Psalms. 18:05.920 --> 18:07.440 So apparently God loves music. 18:08.000 --> 18:11.020 And one of the verses in Psalms, Psalm 332 says this, 18:11.300 --> 18:13.000 praise the Lord with the harp. 18:13.740 --> 18:15.680 Sing unto him with the sultry 18:15.680 --> 18:17.340 and an instrument of 10 strings. 18:17.340 --> 18:19.080 Sing unto him a new song. 18:19.260 --> 18:19.640 Watch this. 18:20.100 --> 18:23.520 Play skillfully with the loud noise. 18:23.860 --> 18:25.760 So the Bible is saying praise the Lord 18:25.760 --> 18:27.220 using musical instruments. 18:27.500 --> 18:30.140 Play skillfully with the loud noise. 18:30.440 --> 18:33.120 So apparently this is something that God cares about. 18:33.440 --> 18:38.040 And not only is music a beautiful way to praise God 18:38.040 --> 18:40.480 and worship God and we're filled with the spirit 18:40.480 --> 18:42.320 when we're speaking to ourselves 18:42.320 --> 18:44.280 in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. 18:45.280 --> 18:47.880 But not only that, getting good at playing an instrument 18:47.880 --> 18:49.680 just takes a ton of hard work. 18:50.320 --> 18:51.900 Now people who are not musicians, 18:52.240 --> 18:53.920 they don't understand this. 18:54.420 --> 18:55.260 They can't grasp it. 18:55.320 --> 18:56.520 If you don't play an instrument, 18:57.100 --> 18:59.080 you can't grasp what I'm saying right now 18:59.080 --> 19:01.580 because people just think like, oh yeah, no big deal. 19:01.820 --> 19:03.420 Or they think like, oh, you're so talented. 19:03.780 --> 19:04.640 Oh, it's so much talent. 19:05.120 --> 19:06.180 Okay, it's not talent, 19:06.380 --> 19:08.640 it's called thousands of hours of practicing. 19:08.640 --> 19:13.200 Okay, now talent is gonna make you a little better 19:14.100 --> 19:16.720 or lack of talent is gonna make you a little bit worse. 19:17.080 --> 19:18.140 But at the end of the day, 19:18.220 --> 19:21.740 it's 90% hard work, 10% talent, you know? 19:22.100 --> 19:23.660 And the reason, oh, what about Mozart? 19:24.080 --> 19:27.160 You know Mozart's dad had him just playing nonstop 19:27.160 --> 19:28.520 when he's like a toddler and stuff. 19:28.720 --> 19:30.060 You know, he's just, he's in that home. 19:30.260 --> 19:32.300 He's brought up that way and he's pushed 19:32.300 --> 19:33.120 and pushed and pushed. 19:33.220 --> 19:34.740 He's putting in thousands of hours of practice 19:34.740 --> 19:36.420 as a little kid, you know? 19:36.420 --> 19:38.380 And these guys that you see up here, 19:38.820 --> 19:41.440 you know, Moses on the sax, Kira on the piano, 19:42.100 --> 19:43.740 you know, all the, I don't wanna leave people out, 19:43.800 --> 19:44.640 but I'm just saying like, 19:44.960 --> 19:47.180 these people that are up here playing musical instruments, 19:47.520 --> 19:50.840 they put thousands of hours of work into that. 19:51.540 --> 19:53.920 Guaranteed, they're not just savants 19:53.920 --> 19:56.160 or, you know, autistic or something, you know? 19:56.480 --> 20:00.120 They actually just practiced a lot to get to that point, 20:00.300 --> 20:00.560 okay? 20:01.180 --> 20:02.980 And again, you know, what does that show you? 20:03.040 --> 20:04.760 That shows you some level of character 20:05.480 --> 20:07.660 of how about just sticking with something? 20:07.840 --> 20:09.380 Because I'm not gonna ask for a raise of hands. 20:09.640 --> 20:11.240 How many of you started an instrument 20:11.240 --> 20:12.500 and never went through with it? 20:12.640 --> 20:14.080 You know, I mean, it'd be hands all over the building 20:14.080 --> 20:14.940 if we're honest, right? 20:16.100 --> 20:18.760 It takes character, it takes follow through, 20:19.180 --> 20:21.860 it takes hard work to actually get good at it 20:21.860 --> 20:25.120 and then to take that talent and use it for the Lord. 20:25.640 --> 20:27.280 Because again, worldly musicians, 20:27.400 --> 20:29.680 they can get super talented and just go out 20:29.680 --> 20:31.340 and just use it to make money 20:31.840 --> 20:35.240 or even to sing songs that have a bad message, 20:35.980 --> 20:38.360 glorifying sin, glorifying drinking, 20:38.840 --> 20:41.040 glorifying drugs and fornication 20:41.040 --> 20:43.140 or just singing blasphemous songs 20:43.140 --> 20:45.660 that are just taking jabs at the Bible 20:45.660 --> 20:47.840 and jabs at Christianity and stuff like that. 20:48.020 --> 20:49.320 I mean, music like that abounds. 20:49.920 --> 20:52.140 But to put in the effort and the work 20:52.140 --> 20:54.300 and then use your talents for the Lord, right? 20:54.620 --> 20:55.820 That is praiseworthy. 20:56.360 --> 20:57.900 And so he was an accomplished musician. 20:58.400 --> 21:00.360 But not only that, the Bible says 21:00.840 --> 21:03.460 he was a mighty valiant man 21:03.460 --> 21:05.600 because in verse 18 it says he was cunning in playing 21:05.600 --> 21:07.220 and a mighty valiant man. 21:07.680 --> 21:10.040 You know, isn't it a shame that so many musicians 21:10.640 --> 21:15.140 get a stigma or a stereotype of being effeminate? 21:16.520 --> 21:19.300 And then unfortunately effeminate musicians make this worse 21:20.820 --> 21:23.760 by just proving it to be true or something like that. 21:23.960 --> 21:26.260 But there's nothing inherently effeminate 21:26.260 --> 21:27.560 about playing a musical instrument. 21:27.960 --> 21:30.180 You don't have to be a queer little sissy 21:30.580 --> 21:32.980 to be good at the piano or the guitar 21:32.980 --> 21:34.540 or the trumpet or whatever. 21:35.280 --> 21:37.920 So why is it though that there are so many 21:37.920 --> 21:40.160 effeminate musicians out there 21:40.160 --> 21:42.400 is because a lot of people just become 21:42.400 --> 21:44.220 imbalanced in their lives. 21:45.180 --> 21:46.720 Okay, and I'm a strong believer 21:47.100 --> 21:49.640 in having balance in your life 21:50.220 --> 21:53.160 and not being this one trick pony 21:53.700 --> 21:55.300 but that we should all kind of, 21:55.400 --> 21:56.640 for lack of a better word, 21:56.640 --> 21:58.440 we should be Renaissance men 21:58.950 --> 22:01.340 in the sense that we're balanced and well-rounded 22:01.810 --> 22:03.480 and we do a little of this, a little of that. 22:03.800 --> 22:05.560 And what happens is a lot of people, 22:06.300 --> 22:08.660 they kind of just go overboard on one thing. 22:08.800 --> 22:10.360 They're called nerds, right? 22:10.440 --> 22:12.100 That's what it means to be like a nerd 22:12.540 --> 22:14.480 or a geek or something, right? 22:14.920 --> 22:18.380 It's usually somebody who just goes way all in 22:18.380 --> 22:20.740 on one thing, whether that's, and it could be, 22:20.820 --> 22:22.200 there's all kinds of different nerds 22:22.200 --> 22:23.380 and geeks out there, you know, 22:23.380 --> 22:26.600 because the science geek is totally different 22:26.600 --> 22:29.580 than the Latin geek, like the classics geek 22:30.380 --> 22:33.220 or the music geek or whatever. 22:33.480 --> 22:35.420 And I'm kind of being silly and poking fun 22:35.420 --> 22:36.700 but at the end of the day though, 22:37.240 --> 22:39.740 we should all seek for balance in our life 22:39.740 --> 22:41.980 and so it's great to see a guy like David 22:42.580 --> 22:46.800 who is intelligent and he can play music beautifully 22:47.180 --> 22:49.340 but he can also get out there and fight 22:49.990 --> 22:53.800 and be manly and he's not being this soft musician. 22:54.040 --> 22:57.080 And so I think that a reason why a lot of musicians 22:57.450 --> 23:01.120 could be effeminate or get the stigma of being effeminate 23:01.120 --> 23:03.560 is because basically they're just kind of indoors 23:04.260 --> 23:06.340 practicing their instrument for hours and hours 23:06.340 --> 23:10.020 at the expense of going outside and getting physical 23:10.020 --> 23:14.340 and touching grass and doing stuff like more physical 23:14.340 --> 23:16.300 but here's the thing, there's 24 hours in the day. 23:17.620 --> 23:20.740 And even the most committed professional musicians 23:20.740 --> 23:23.420 they usually only practice for three, four hours a day. 23:23.640 --> 23:25.600 You know, what are you doing for the rest of the day? 23:26.180 --> 23:28.660 Get a, become a lumberjack or something, I don't know. 23:28.860 --> 23:31.520 Just get a physical job and if you don't have 23:31.520 --> 23:33.140 a physical job then you know what? 23:33.360 --> 23:35.180 You gotta get out, hit the gym, 23:36.040 --> 23:39.660 play sports, wrestle, do something 23:40.280 --> 23:42.320 because you don't wanna become imbalanced. 23:43.220 --> 23:44.540 You know, and then some of you, 23:45.260 --> 23:49.040 muscle heads out there, need to maybe get some smarts 23:49.040 --> 23:50.620 or learn how to play a little music or something. 23:50.940 --> 23:52.480 Get a little balance in your life 23:52.480 --> 23:55.920 because we don't wanna just be these rugged, manly men 23:55.920 --> 23:59.460 who have no appreciation for beauty and art, right? 23:59.640 --> 24:01.180 You wanna, yeah, you wanna be rugged and manly 24:01.180 --> 24:01.840 but you know what? 24:02.020 --> 24:03.760 Maybe you should do some music 24:03.760 --> 24:05.300 and maybe you should do some art 24:05.300 --> 24:07.220 and maybe you should be a little more of an intellectual 24:07.680 --> 24:11.200 instead of just being some kind of a big dumb animal, okay? 24:11.700 --> 24:14.180 But then some of you intellectuals out there 24:14.180 --> 24:16.000 or musicians or whatever, you know, 24:16.020 --> 24:17.000 you need to get out there 24:17.000 --> 24:19.220 and become a little more of an animal, you know? 24:19.320 --> 24:22.000 And get out there and play sports, get in shape, 24:22.240 --> 24:25.400 get outside, get in the sun, socialize 24:25.860 --> 24:28.200 and not become soft and weak 24:28.680 --> 24:31.060 just because you're playing an instrument for hours 24:31.060 --> 24:33.200 doesn't mean you have to be soft and weak, you know? 24:33.280 --> 24:34.500 And here's the thing, our world 24:34.500 --> 24:37.180 wants us all to be super specialized 24:37.760 --> 24:39.820 whereas I think we should strive in our lives 24:39.820 --> 24:42.100 to be balanced because think about it. 24:42.240 --> 24:42.440 You know what? 24:42.720 --> 24:44.980 When society wants you to be super specialized, 24:45.360 --> 24:46.780 do they want you to be super specialized 24:46.780 --> 24:48.140 because that's what's best for you 24:48.820 --> 24:50.320 or is it because it's what's best for them? 24:51.180 --> 24:54.440 You know, yeah, obviously the machine of society 24:54.440 --> 24:57.060 wants these super specialized cogs 24:57.060 --> 24:59.220 to just kind of do their job and be in their place 24:59.220 --> 25:03.760 but what's best for you as a person is to be well-rounded 25:04.280 --> 25:05.640 and if we study the Bible, 25:06.080 --> 25:09.680 we're gonna see that God praises music 25:09.680 --> 25:12.280 and playing music and singing and being musical. 25:12.420 --> 25:16.220 He also praises being strong and being manly 25:16.220 --> 25:19.160 and being a warrior and being physical 25:19.160 --> 25:20.120 and doing these things. 25:20.260 --> 25:23.260 And then he also praises wisdom and knowledge 25:23.260 --> 25:25.100 and reading and learning. 25:25.340 --> 25:27.480 So if God's telling you, get wisdom, 25:27.800 --> 25:30.600 get instruction, get knowledge, right? 25:30.700 --> 25:32.820 But then over here, he's also telling you, 25:32.820 --> 25:35.880 be a man, fight the good fight, you know? 25:35.980 --> 25:37.300 And then over here, he's telling you, 25:37.380 --> 25:39.040 play skillfully with a loud noise. 25:39.620 --> 25:43.180 I don't think that God wants us to be super specialized 25:43.180 --> 25:45.080 because people become imbalanced. 25:46.380 --> 25:48.200 They become so super intellectual 25:48.200 --> 25:49.860 they can't relate to normal people. 25:50.800 --> 25:51.880 You become, you know, 25:52.160 --> 25:54.840 you just become so physical and sports and everything 25:54.840 --> 25:55.820 and then it's like you're just, 25:56.060 --> 25:58.060 you need to get some smarts. 25:59.080 --> 26:01.300 You know, you need to appreciate the finer things 26:01.300 --> 26:03.440 and you know, that's part of the reason why 26:03.440 --> 26:05.020 we as men need to get married 26:05.660 --> 26:06.980 because if we didn't get married, 26:07.160 --> 26:09.940 like our houses would just be like super utilitarian. 26:10.640 --> 26:12.080 There'd be no decorations. 26:12.940 --> 26:15.580 It would just be like just so minimal 26:15.580 --> 26:18.080 and, you know, it would be weird. 26:19.200 --> 26:21.400 Whereas like, you know, you need that woman's touch. 26:22.000 --> 26:23.860 You ever walk into a house and you're like, 26:24.000 --> 26:25.860 yeah, there's not a woman who lives here? 26:27.200 --> 26:28.520 Or you walk in and you know, 26:28.580 --> 26:29.560 the woman does live here 26:29.560 --> 26:31.800 because she, you know, adds a woman's touch. 26:31.920 --> 26:34.440 You know, we need balance in our lives 26:34.440 --> 26:36.200 and that's one of the things about getting married 26:36.200 --> 26:38.500 is that your spouse kind of balances you out a little bit. 26:38.700 --> 26:42.200 You know, your wife kind of tones you down a little 26:42.200 --> 26:46.080 or fires you up or whatever you need, you know. 26:46.660 --> 26:48.680 And this is why a lot of times opposites attract. 26:48.940 --> 26:50.240 We can kind of compliment each other 26:50.880 --> 26:52.740 and fill in for each other's weaknesses 26:52.740 --> 26:53.960 and help each other out 26:54.520 --> 26:56.440 and become greater than the sum of our parts. 26:57.260 --> 27:01.280 But it's important that we as Christians have balance 27:01.280 --> 27:02.520 because here's the thing. 27:02.860 --> 27:04.180 Look at churches that are imbalanced. 27:04.360 --> 27:07.240 I mean, there are churches that are obsessed with one issue 27:07.240 --> 27:08.880 and that's all they talk about and all they think about. 27:09.120 --> 27:10.360 You know, there's a certain church I'm thinking of 27:10.360 --> 27:11.800 where the pastor just preaches 27:11.800 --> 27:13.180 for months and months and months, 27:13.520 --> 27:14.820 every sermon is political. 27:15.400 --> 27:17.560 Every sermon's about liberty, freedom, 27:17.760 --> 27:19.480 the United States, the Constitution, 27:19.800 --> 27:20.780 the Declaration of Independence 27:20.780 --> 27:23.360 for month after month after month. 27:23.360 --> 27:26.200 You go to other churches and it's just everything 27:26.860 --> 27:28.560 is just one subject. 27:28.840 --> 27:30.840 Oh, it's just family, family, family. 27:31.020 --> 27:33.560 It's just all sermons about the family, everything. 27:33.940 --> 27:35.320 It's just you don't wanna be balanced. 27:35.500 --> 27:37.980 Other sermons, it'll be prophecy 27:37.980 --> 27:40.820 and it's just that's all the guy preaches about 27:40.820 --> 27:42.240 is just prophecy, just prophecy. 27:42.620 --> 27:45.100 Other guy, oh, I'm just a creation ministry. 27:45.360 --> 27:46.540 It's just only gonna talk about creation. 27:47.000 --> 27:48.480 These people tend to be very imbalanced 27:49.020 --> 27:51.340 because I think that church should preach the whole Bible. 27:52.300 --> 27:53.940 We should read the whole Bible. 27:54.640 --> 27:56.520 We should all be interested in prophecy. 27:57.260 --> 27:59.000 We should be interested in the family. 27:59.480 --> 28:02.520 We should be interested in hard preaching against sin. 28:02.980 --> 28:05.080 We should wanna learn doctrine about Jesus. 28:05.340 --> 28:07.800 We should wanna learn about who Jesus is, 28:07.920 --> 28:10.020 the life of Jesus Christ, his death, 28:10.120 --> 28:12.660 barrel, resurrection, all those nuances. 28:12.880 --> 28:14.980 We wanna be general practitioners, 28:15.040 --> 28:18.280 not super hyper specialists where we're imbalanced 28:18.280 --> 28:19.760 because, you know, other churches 28:19.760 --> 28:21.580 are only positive all the time. 28:21.740 --> 28:23.740 Like Joel Osteen's like, well, you know, 28:24.000 --> 28:26.500 I don't talk about hell because I'm more of a coach. 28:26.620 --> 28:27.780 I'm more of a motivator. 28:28.040 --> 28:30.280 And so I only wanna talk about that which is positive. 28:31.340 --> 28:33.400 He's only preaching that which is positive. 28:33.740 --> 28:35.120 But then you'll have other people, 28:35.760 --> 28:37.220 every sermon's super negative. 28:37.820 --> 28:39.780 It's all hellfire and damnation 28:39.780 --> 28:41.860 and there's nothing positive. 28:42.280 --> 28:44.020 And I remember when we were in the preaching class, 28:44.300 --> 28:47.120 sometimes I would assign to different guys 28:47.120 --> 28:48.960 topics to get them out of their comfort zone 28:48.960 --> 28:50.640 because in the preaching class there'd be a guy 28:50.640 --> 28:53.120 who shows up and he just rips face every week. 28:54.000 --> 28:56.420 And then I told that guy, hey, next week 28:56.420 --> 28:57.840 you're gonna preach a Mother's Day sermon. 28:59.060 --> 29:00.480 You know, or you're gonna preach, you know, 29:00.580 --> 29:04.800 whatever the sermon on love and charity and grace 29:04.800 --> 29:05.220 or whatever. 29:05.540 --> 29:06.460 And then there's another guy 29:06.460 --> 29:08.700 that just he can just never rip any face. 29:09.200 --> 29:11.240 He's just preaching all these soft sermons. 29:11.520 --> 29:12.660 And I told him, I said, look, 29:12.720 --> 29:14.520 there's gotta be something that makes you mad, 29:14.620 --> 29:15.600 that gets you fired up. 29:16.380 --> 29:19.060 Figure out which sin bothers you the most 29:20.160 --> 29:22.100 and I want you to get real mad about it 29:22.100 --> 29:23.420 and get up and preach a hard sermon. 29:24.680 --> 29:26.920 You know, and just show us that you can preach hard 29:26.920 --> 29:27.440 because why? 29:27.780 --> 29:28.680 We wanna have balance. 29:28.780 --> 29:30.280 You don't wanna be negative all the time. 29:30.500 --> 29:32.140 You don't wanna be positive all the time. 29:32.420 --> 29:33.660 You gotta preach the whole Bible. 29:34.620 --> 29:37.620 And in our lives we don't wanna be super athletic 29:37.620 --> 29:38.960 but dumb as a brick. 29:39.360 --> 29:41.260 And we don't wanna be super smart 29:41.260 --> 29:42.920 and super good on music 29:42.920 --> 29:45.520 but just we get winded going up the stairs 29:46.160 --> 29:48.040 because we're gonna die young like that. 29:48.640 --> 29:50.100 You know, you gotta be healthy. 29:50.520 --> 29:51.760 You gotta be balanced. 29:52.360 --> 29:54.840 You gotta have the whole package and try not to be. 29:55.280 --> 29:57.000 And you know, this is what we try to do 29:57.600 --> 29:58.440 with people at our church 29:58.440 --> 29:59.760 because we've had people at our church. 30:00.820 --> 30:03.560 You know, they're super into serving God 30:04.160 --> 30:06.540 and they love the Lord and they love soul winning 30:06.540 --> 30:07.860 and the Bible and the preaching 30:08.260 --> 30:11.400 but it's like they're just so bad at socializing 30:11.880 --> 30:13.620 or they just don't even wanna socialize 30:13.620 --> 30:14.200 and they don't care. 30:14.360 --> 30:15.840 So it's like, we'll go soul winning. 30:15.980 --> 30:17.340 It's like, hey, let's go for food afterward. 30:17.340 --> 30:18.480 And they're just like, oh, I gotta go. 30:19.800 --> 30:22.280 Like they can never show up to any activity 30:22.860 --> 30:24.000 if there's fun involved. 30:25.800 --> 30:26.420 And you know what? 30:26.480 --> 30:29.380 These people never make it in the long run. 30:29.820 --> 30:31.220 They seem super spiritual. 30:31.440 --> 30:32.500 Like you see these people are like, whoa, 30:32.880 --> 30:34.260 this guy's a whole nother level. 30:34.720 --> 30:36.940 Like he's just all work, no play 30:37.620 --> 30:39.700 and he's just soul winning machine 30:40.180 --> 30:43.760 and just constant Bible reading, but no fellowship. 30:45.120 --> 30:47.540 And it's like, I'm thinking of several, 30:47.660 --> 30:48.700 I'm not even thinking of one person. 30:48.740 --> 30:49.760 I'm thinking of several people 30:49.760 --> 30:51.040 over the years that have been like this 30:51.040 --> 30:53.520 where it's like, they don't know how to have fun. 30:53.880 --> 30:54.940 They don't know how to laugh. 30:55.360 --> 30:56.440 They don't know how to show up 30:56.440 --> 30:58.180 and just eat a meal with people 30:58.180 --> 30:59.820 and just hang out and talk. 31:00.360 --> 31:01.380 They will literally, 31:01.760 --> 31:03.680 if there's nothing spiritual going out at the activity, 31:03.800 --> 31:04.300 they won't come. 31:05.360 --> 31:07.500 Hey, drop me off before you go out to eat 31:08.140 --> 31:10.960 or they'll just be off in the corner with their butt 31:10.960 --> 31:12.800 like they're Jewish or something. 31:12.980 --> 31:13.380 And they're just like, 31:16.840 --> 31:19.620 it's like, bro, you need to become a normal person. 31:20.000 --> 31:21.640 And I'm telling you, these people, 31:21.740 --> 31:22.800 they seem super spiritual. 31:23.260 --> 31:25.480 None of them is still here right now. 31:26.040 --> 31:28.000 It's not a single person in our church like that 31:28.000 --> 31:28.340 right now. 31:29.320 --> 31:31.260 Yet I can think of several examples over the years. 31:31.520 --> 31:32.240 Why are they not here? 31:32.400 --> 31:32.860 Where are they? 31:34.280 --> 31:34.640 You know what? 31:34.720 --> 31:36.120 I'll tell you where a lot of these people are 31:36.120 --> 31:38.500 is they go off the deep end, 31:38.760 --> 31:39.660 they get out of church, 31:39.980 --> 31:40.980 they crash and burn, 31:41.440 --> 31:42.400 they get back slidden, 31:42.620 --> 31:44.000 they stay home, whatever. 31:44.320 --> 31:45.080 Let me tell you something. 31:45.560 --> 31:46.980 If you are imbalanced, 31:47.900 --> 31:50.640 you're like a cake not turned as the Bible says. 31:51.440 --> 31:56.040 You wanna be complete and entire wanting nothing. 31:56.560 --> 31:58.700 You don't wanna be lacking in your Christian life. 31:58.800 --> 32:00.620 You wanna add to your faith virtue 32:00.620 --> 32:03.100 and add temperance and add charity. 32:03.380 --> 32:04.580 You wanna have the whole package 32:05.160 --> 32:07.340 and not just be partially done. 32:08.580 --> 32:10.540 And I'm telling you, you might think like, 32:10.820 --> 32:13.620 oh, I'm just too super spiritual to hang out 32:13.620 --> 32:14.620 and have fun and fellowship. 32:14.920 --> 32:15.680 You're imbalanced. 32:16.980 --> 32:19.820 And it's like, oh, I'm just going to the gym 32:19.820 --> 32:21.800 and working out and playing sports. 32:21.920 --> 32:22.980 That stuff's also carnal. 32:23.800 --> 32:24.680 It's good for you. 32:25.140 --> 32:26.260 It's good for you physically. 32:26.580 --> 32:27.440 It's good for your soul. 32:28.060 --> 32:32.480 It's good for you actually mentally to actually do. 32:32.740 --> 32:33.340 And you know what? 32:33.340 --> 32:34.800 I think that people were smarter 32:35.290 --> 32:36.740 when they're learning the whole package 32:36.740 --> 32:38.000 and getting a variety of subjects. 32:38.180 --> 32:40.840 Then if they just go super specialized on one thing, 32:41.340 --> 32:42.800 you gotta be cross trained. 32:43.560 --> 32:46.300 Even in your job, like when you're a tradesman, 32:46.900 --> 32:49.300 it's good to know what the other trades are doing 32:49.960 --> 32:51.620 and how to interface with them 32:51.620 --> 32:52.660 and how to interact with them 32:52.660 --> 32:54.640 and not be so super specialized 32:54.640 --> 32:56.960 that you only know your job and nothing else. 32:58.180 --> 33:00.340 So not only is David an accomplished musician, 33:00.340 --> 33:03.420 he is also, and the Bible calls him, quote, 33:04.000 --> 33:06.260 the sweet psalmist of Israel. 33:06.660 --> 33:08.400 So he's the sweet psalmist of Israel, 33:08.800 --> 33:10.340 but he's also a mighty man of valor. 33:11.560 --> 33:13.360 He's also a man of war. 33:14.180 --> 33:14.940 He's a warrior. 33:15.180 --> 33:15.740 He's a fighter. 33:16.860 --> 33:19.120 Now look, that sounds like a pretty good balance. 33:21.240 --> 33:23.100 He's this sweet psalmist 33:23.100 --> 33:25.160 writing all these lovey-dovey psalms 33:26.020 --> 33:28.100 and then he can turn around and kick some butt. 33:28.100 --> 33:30.140 It sounds like a great guy. 33:30.240 --> 33:30.840 I like him already. 33:32.320 --> 33:34.360 So number four, he was an accomplished musician. 33:34.600 --> 33:36.360 Number five, he was a mighty man. 33:37.580 --> 33:41.140 And obviously that's talking about his physical prowess. 33:41.400 --> 33:44.480 We should also seek to be mighty spiritually, right? 33:44.580 --> 33:45.800 We want to be spiritually strong, 33:45.980 --> 33:47.300 not just physically strong. 33:47.640 --> 33:49.520 We want to be spiritually strong as men. 33:49.900 --> 33:51.440 The Bible says, finally my brethren, 33:51.920 --> 33:54.820 be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. 33:56.300 --> 33:58.960 Thou, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace 33:58.960 --> 33:59.940 that is in Christ Jesus. 34:00.300 --> 34:02.080 Now go to Deuteronomy chapter 31. 34:03.740 --> 34:07.120 Deuteronomy 31, David was a man after God's own heart. 34:07.180 --> 34:08.660 I want to be a man after God's own heart. 34:09.360 --> 34:12.080 We all want to be people after God's own heart. 34:12.280 --> 34:15.740 We want to be people that God looks down on 34:15.740 --> 34:17.880 and he's pleased with us and he likes us. 34:18.560 --> 34:20.420 You know, because it also says of David 34:20.420 --> 34:23.020 that God quote, liked him. 34:23.860 --> 34:28.380 David said he liked me about God in chronicles. 34:29.100 --> 34:31.540 And so number one, what made him such a great man of God? 34:31.860 --> 34:35.520 Well, he did a humble job and he gave it his best. 34:36.140 --> 34:37.420 Number two, he's good looking, 34:37.980 --> 34:39.520 but he didn't let that go to his head. 34:39.780 --> 34:41.940 Now look, you can be as ugly as homemade sin 34:42.480 --> 34:44.880 and still be a man after God's own heart, 34:45.560 --> 34:46.480 a woman after God's own heart. 34:46.500 --> 34:48.260 In fact, the uglier you are, 34:48.360 --> 34:49.720 probably the better chance you have 34:49.720 --> 34:51.140 of being a man after God's own heart 34:51.640 --> 34:52.880 or a woman after God's own heart 34:52.880 --> 34:55.120 because you know, God uses very few 34:55.680 --> 34:58.340 mighty, noble, wise, good-looking people. 34:58.580 --> 35:00.260 You just, he chooses very few people like that. 35:00.640 --> 35:03.020 Most people that do great things for God 35:03.020 --> 35:05.780 are gonna be delinquent in some area 35:06.760 --> 35:08.420 because then that keeps him humble 35:08.420 --> 35:09.600 and then God gets all the glory. 35:11.440 --> 35:13.880 And even David, even though he's a good-looking guy, 35:14.180 --> 35:15.440 he's small of stature. 35:15.920 --> 35:17.700 So when he goes up against Goliath, 35:18.100 --> 35:19.660 David kind of seems like a joke 35:19.660 --> 35:21.040 compared to Goliath physically 35:21.040 --> 35:24.600 and then God gets the glory for David defeating Goliath. 35:25.280 --> 35:26.900 So he's good-looking, didn't let it go to his head. 35:26.980 --> 35:28.300 Number three, he's spirit-filled. 35:28.960 --> 35:30.280 You know, you're not gonna do great things for God 35:30.280 --> 35:31.220 if you're not spirit-filled. 35:32.120 --> 35:33.540 And if you're living a life of sin, 35:34.140 --> 35:35.880 then you're gonna lose that privilege 35:35.880 --> 35:37.100 just like King Saul did. 35:37.980 --> 35:39.860 Number four, he's an accomplished musician. 35:40.860 --> 35:41.720 God likes that. 35:42.200 --> 35:44.300 Number five, he was a mighty man. 35:44.700 --> 35:45.900 He's a strong man. 35:46.040 --> 35:46.900 He's a powerful man. 35:47.180 --> 35:49.100 He wasn't a weak little sissy. 35:49.260 --> 35:50.300 He was a strong man. 35:50.300 --> 35:52.200 And look, obviously some people 35:52.200 --> 35:54.300 are gonna be naturally stronger than others, 35:54.500 --> 35:56.920 but those that are weak should get a little stronger. 35:57.840 --> 36:01.100 Those that are dumb should get a little smarter, right? 36:01.380 --> 36:03.240 Those that have a deficiency, 36:03.460 --> 36:04.440 we should work on our weaknesses. 36:05.500 --> 36:06.900 You know, the world sometimes will tell us 36:06.900 --> 36:07.840 to just work on our strengths. 36:08.540 --> 36:11.600 So we can be a super-specialized cog in the machine, 36:11.940 --> 36:13.520 but I think we should all work on our weaknesses 36:13.520 --> 36:16.800 and try to be well-rounded, healthy individuals 36:16.800 --> 36:18.780 that can be in church for decades. 36:19.420 --> 36:20.780 And we know how to fellowship. 36:21.320 --> 36:22.440 We know how to win souls. 36:22.820 --> 36:23.760 We know the Bible. 36:24.160 --> 36:25.580 We know how to get along with people. 36:25.880 --> 36:29.200 We can go out and talk to the worldly people 36:29.200 --> 36:31.460 out at the doorstep, and we can go to the res, 36:31.840 --> 36:32.760 and we can go to the ghetto, 36:33.100 --> 36:34.340 and we can go to the rich area, 36:34.340 --> 36:35.480 and we can talk to everybody 36:36.200 --> 36:38.160 and connect with as many people as we can 36:38.580 --> 36:40.720 and preach the gospel to all kinds of people, 36:40.860 --> 36:43.520 get along with each other, have a good time, 36:44.040 --> 36:45.080 be in it for the long haul. 36:46.620 --> 36:47.840 So he's a great musician. 36:47.840 --> 36:50.260 He's a mighty man, but he's also a valiant man. 36:50.740 --> 36:52.840 Now what does it mean to be a valiant man? 36:53.220 --> 36:56.000 To be a valiant man means courageous. 36:57.040 --> 36:58.800 This means that you are brave. 36:59.740 --> 37:01.820 Now look at Deuteronomy chapter 31, verse six, 37:02.000 --> 37:04.760 it says, be strong and of a good courage. 37:05.180 --> 37:07.700 Fear not, nor be afraid of them. 37:07.800 --> 37:10.620 So notice the opposite of being courageous 37:10.620 --> 37:12.800 is being afraid, right? 37:13.400 --> 37:16.480 And he says here, be strong and of a good courage. 37:16.480 --> 37:17.720 These things go together. 37:18.540 --> 37:19.560 Mighty, valiant man. 37:20.640 --> 37:23.520 God wants us to be strong physically, 37:23.680 --> 37:25.780 but he also wants us to have spiritual strength 37:26.600 --> 37:28.420 because when they're filled with the Holy Spirit, 37:29.540 --> 37:31.480 they spoke the word of God with boldness. 37:32.180 --> 37:33.900 They weren't scared and afraid. 37:34.300 --> 37:36.240 And you know, the biggest problem with preachers 37:36.240 --> 37:38.280 in America is that they're scared to preach. 37:38.400 --> 37:39.140 What needs to be preached? 37:40.300 --> 37:41.580 They need to be valiant men. 37:41.720 --> 37:43.700 They need to be strong and of a good courage 37:43.700 --> 37:46.020 and stop fearing persecution. 37:46.520 --> 37:48.440 The Bible says, fear none of those things. 37:48.600 --> 37:49.300 It's not supposed to suffer. 37:50.420 --> 37:52.640 Don't fear the faces of the congregation. 37:53.140 --> 37:54.280 And look, I've been up here preaching 37:54.280 --> 37:57.140 and had people glare at me and fold their arms 37:57.140 --> 37:59.900 and look at me and it's like, okay, 38:00.000 --> 38:01.160 let's park it on that point. 38:03.060 --> 38:04.740 Let's turn this into the whole sermon. 38:06.920 --> 38:08.180 One thing I've learned is that 38:08.180 --> 38:09.380 you can't always judge people's faces 38:09.380 --> 38:10.460 because I've looked at some people 38:10.460 --> 38:12.280 and I thought, oh, this person hates me 38:12.280 --> 38:13.120 and they walk up to me afterwards 38:13.120 --> 38:14.780 and just said, that was the most awesome sermon ever. 38:14.900 --> 38:16.400 And I'm just like, great. 38:16.940 --> 38:18.900 Other people are smiling at me the whole time 38:18.900 --> 38:20.600 and it's like, yeah, I hate this 38:20.600 --> 38:21.440 and I'm never coming back. 38:21.720 --> 38:24.480 Like, wow, you looked like you were so happy. 38:25.480 --> 38:27.720 You know, so you can't always judge a book by its cover 38:28.200 --> 38:30.600 but at the same time, even if people do hate you, 38:30.620 --> 38:32.100 even if people are glaring at you, 38:32.240 --> 38:33.140 getting up and walking out, 38:33.240 --> 38:34.000 you know what the Bible says? 38:34.300 --> 38:35.760 Be not afraid of their faces. 38:36.500 --> 38:37.740 Be of a good courage. 38:38.460 --> 38:40.680 The Lord is with us who could be against us. 38:42.280 --> 38:44.660 For the Lord thy God, verse six, be there. 38:45.140 --> 38:47.040 He it is that doth go with thee, 38:47.340 --> 38:49.660 he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 38:49.760 --> 38:52.020 And Moses called unto Joshua and said unto him, 38:52.380 --> 38:53.340 in the sight of all Israel, 38:53.840 --> 38:55.620 be strong and of a good courage. 38:55.960 --> 38:57.520 For thou must go with this people 38:57.520 --> 38:59.360 into the land which the Lord has sworn 38:59.360 --> 39:01.320 of their fathers to give them 39:01.320 --> 39:03.300 and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. 39:04.080 --> 39:06.640 And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee, 39:07.020 --> 39:09.420 he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, 39:09.780 --> 39:10.800 neither forsake thee, 39:10.800 --> 39:13.000 fear not, neither be dismayed. 39:13.160 --> 39:17.020 So the opposite of valor is when you're just dismayed 39:17.020 --> 39:20.160 and disheartened and you're throwing in the towel 39:20.160 --> 39:23.860 and you're scared and you don't wanna face the enemy. 39:25.160 --> 39:26.360 We gotta be valiant. 39:27.520 --> 39:29.120 You wanna be a man after God's own heart? 39:29.220 --> 39:30.140 I mean, God looks down and he says, 39:30.220 --> 39:32.560 man, David is a man after my heart. 39:32.620 --> 39:33.620 I like this guy. 39:34.040 --> 39:34.860 You know why I like him? 39:35.040 --> 39:36.680 Because he's not doing his humble job 39:36.680 --> 39:38.320 and he's working hard at it 39:38.320 --> 39:39.820 and he's doing it with his might 39:39.820 --> 39:41.720 and he's jamming on that harp 39:41.720 --> 39:43.040 and it sounds awesome 39:43.500 --> 39:46.960 and he's not some soft little queer effeminate musician 39:46.960 --> 39:51.200 but he's also a bad dude that can get down 39:51.200 --> 39:52.940 and throw down if he needs to 39:52.940 --> 39:54.420 and he's not a weakling. 39:55.240 --> 39:56.900 And you know what else I like about him? 39:57.140 --> 39:59.440 I like the fact that he has guts, 40:00.120 --> 40:02.820 that he has courage, that he has valor. 40:03.880 --> 40:05.980 Look at Joshua, just a couple pages to the right, 40:06.140 --> 40:07.680 Joshua chapter one, verse six. 40:09.120 --> 40:10.980 And look, this is the Bible. 40:11.960 --> 40:13.400 Oh, I don't really like David. 40:13.760 --> 40:14.820 I don't like the character David. 40:15.340 --> 40:16.480 I don't know, do you like the Bible? 40:16.620 --> 40:18.280 Cause he's mentioned like 1,100 sometimes. 40:19.300 --> 40:22.680 If you like the Bible, you better start liking David 40:23.320 --> 40:25.260 cause it's kind of hard to like the Bible 40:25.260 --> 40:26.100 without liking David. 40:26.720 --> 40:29.060 You certainly don't like the Old Testament very much 40:29.060 --> 40:30.680 if you don't like David. 40:31.420 --> 40:35.480 This is kind of the main character in many ways. 40:37.480 --> 40:39.240 Joshua chapter one, verse six. 40:39.440 --> 40:40.760 Be strong and have a good courage. 40:41.500 --> 40:43.180 For unto this people shall thou divide 40:43.180 --> 40:44.460 for an inheritance of the land 40:44.460 --> 40:46.060 which I swear unto their fathers to give them. 40:47.020 --> 40:50.040 Only be thou strong and very courageous. 40:50.180 --> 40:51.160 He said, you know, what does that mean? 40:51.400 --> 40:53.060 Only be thou strong and very courageous. 40:53.360 --> 40:55.320 He said, look, this is the one thing 40:55.320 --> 40:57.480 that's gonna screw you up more than anything else. 40:57.660 --> 41:00.700 Like you can do this as long as 41:01.240 --> 41:02.820 you just only do this one thing, 41:02.820 --> 41:04.920 be strong and courageous and it's gonna be fine. 41:06.360 --> 41:08.360 To me, when I see that word only there, 41:08.860 --> 41:10.100 it kind of spells out 41:10.100 --> 41:13.100 that this is probably his biggest potential pitfall. 41:14.460 --> 41:16.160 He's like, look, it's gonna work. 41:17.120 --> 41:18.820 Only be strong and courageous. 41:20.260 --> 41:22.820 Sounds to me like if you're not strong and courageous, 41:23.340 --> 41:24.340 you're gonna crash and burn. 41:25.960 --> 41:27.980 This seems to be the principal thing. 41:28.880 --> 41:33.240 He says, do, or sorry, verse seven. 41:33.480 --> 41:34.800 Only be thou strong and very courageous 41:34.800 --> 41:37.740 that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law 41:37.740 --> 41:39.160 which Moses my servant commanded thee. 41:39.440 --> 41:41.580 You know, it sounds to me like it takes guts 41:42.020 --> 41:43.140 to follow the Bible. 41:44.040 --> 41:47.220 He says, you're gonna need courage and strength 41:47.220 --> 41:49.240 in order to do everything that the Bible 41:49.240 --> 41:50.220 is telling you to do. 41:51.040 --> 41:53.140 So you know what makes you the baddest dude? 41:53.600 --> 41:55.000 You know what means that you have guts 41:55.000 --> 41:56.700 is when you have the guts to say, 41:56.700 --> 41:58.660 as for me in my house, we will serve the Lord 41:58.660 --> 42:01.440 and you actually follow the Bible and obey the Bible, 42:01.700 --> 42:03.000 that makes you a lot tougher 42:03.000 --> 42:04.660 than being some guy who goes around 42:04.660 --> 42:06.000 and gets in physical fist fights. 42:06.520 --> 42:08.800 Because when I talk about being a man of war 42:08.800 --> 42:11.480 and being strong and courageous and being tough, 42:11.740 --> 42:13.100 I'm not talking about being a brawler. 42:13.620 --> 42:15.820 The Bible says that being brawler is a bad thing. 42:16.180 --> 42:17.680 Being a striker is a bad thing. 42:17.960 --> 42:19.620 Going out and picking fights with people 42:19.620 --> 42:22.200 and you know, going out and doing violence 42:22.780 --> 42:25.220 or getting in these ego trip fights with people, 42:25.220 --> 42:26.660 there's no glory in that. 42:27.020 --> 42:28.460 That's not what the Bible is saying here. 42:29.320 --> 42:32.140 The Bible is talking about being athletic 42:32.960 --> 42:36.100 and being a fighter in legitimate scenarios 42:36.100 --> 42:38.460 like going off to war as a soldier 42:38.900 --> 42:41.240 and being a great warrior in a situation 42:41.240 --> 42:42.640 where you're supposed to be fighting 42:43.300 --> 42:45.640 or where you're training and sparring 42:45.640 --> 42:46.760 and doing those kind of fights 42:46.760 --> 42:49.840 or just being physically strong so that you can work hard 42:49.840 --> 42:52.480 and swing that axe or swing that hammer 42:52.980 --> 42:57.100 or run that, what do they call it? 42:57.220 --> 42:59.540 Jackhammer or power drill or whatever. 43:01.300 --> 43:03.120 But he says, be strong and courageous 43:03.120 --> 43:05.340 that that may as observed to do according to all the law. 43:05.620 --> 43:09.380 The biggest thing that takes guts in 2026 America 43:09.380 --> 43:10.960 is standing on the word of God 43:10.960 --> 43:12.320 and following the word of God 43:12.320 --> 43:13.580 and doing what the Bible says. 43:14.860 --> 43:17.040 You know, it's like, oh, I'm so scared. 43:17.500 --> 43:20.440 And look, people are often scared to do the right thing. 43:21.500 --> 43:22.820 Why don't people go soul winning? 43:23.060 --> 43:24.240 Some of it is like, well, I'm scared. 43:25.400 --> 43:26.780 I'm scared, I'm nervous. 43:27.040 --> 43:28.240 Like, what am I just gonna knock 43:28.240 --> 43:29.720 on some random person's door? 43:30.460 --> 43:33.120 Super embarrassing, I've stage fright, I'm scared. 43:33.560 --> 43:34.520 I can't do it, you know, 43:34.720 --> 43:36.580 some people won't go soul winning because they're scared. 43:37.680 --> 43:40.860 You know, and then now we have these broads 43:40.860 --> 43:43.080 that are calling themselves pastor's wives 43:43.080 --> 43:45.600 teaching and saying, oh, well, if you're scared, 43:45.720 --> 43:46.940 leave your husband if you're scared. 43:47.520 --> 43:48.160 How about this? 43:48.340 --> 43:49.900 Have the guts to do right. 43:51.320 --> 43:53.240 You know, if I was scared of my wife 43:53.820 --> 43:55.480 and you know, I'd just stay married 43:55.480 --> 43:57.360 because I'd just be like, well, you know, 43:57.900 --> 43:59.760 I'd rather just be in God's will. 44:00.760 --> 44:02.640 And you know, hopefully she doesn't come 44:02.640 --> 44:04.720 kill me in my sleep, you know? 44:04.940 --> 44:07.320 But it's like, it is what it is. 44:07.800 --> 44:08.940 If I perish, I perish. 44:09.360 --> 44:10.460 That's what Esther said. 44:10.920 --> 44:12.020 If I perish, I perish. 44:12.140 --> 44:14.080 But now in 2026, 44:14.080 --> 44:17.220 the Independent Fundamental Baptist are like, 44:17.540 --> 44:19.420 oh, you know, just all the, you know, 44:19.660 --> 44:21.840 if there's, if you're scared at all, 44:22.080 --> 44:24.560 I mean, you got to just get out of there for your safety. 44:25.040 --> 44:26.260 It's so stupid. 44:26.700 --> 44:27.960 It's the dumbest advice. 44:28.200 --> 44:30.100 And here's the thing, if your husband's that scary, 44:30.980 --> 44:33.160 you know, leaving him's probably just gonna set him off. 44:33.300 --> 44:34.240 He'll probably come kill you. 44:34.440 --> 44:36.060 He'll just come find you and kill you. 44:36.620 --> 44:38.380 He's not gonna care about the restraining order. 44:38.640 --> 44:40.400 He's not gonna care about the gun for his own. 44:40.980 --> 44:43.160 He's gonna take the gun into the gun for his own. 44:43.740 --> 44:46.120 Okay, because if he's that much of a psycho 44:46.540 --> 44:49.060 and that much of a weirdo, you know what? 44:49.220 --> 44:51.720 Then maybe you should just trust in the Lord a little bit 44:51.720 --> 44:54.060 because it sounds like only God can save you from this guy. 44:54.400 --> 44:55.720 And my bigger question is, 44:55.800 --> 44:57.420 why did you marry this guy in the first place? 44:58.160 --> 44:59.820 Why are you out there marrying a psycho? 45:00.520 --> 45:01.840 Why are you marrying, you know, 45:02.000 --> 45:05.120 a lot of times unsaved people or rotten people 45:05.120 --> 45:08.420 or known fornicators and adulterers and stuff. 45:08.660 --> 45:11.000 But then it's like, oh no, I'm so scared. 45:11.280 --> 45:11.780 Well, you know what? 45:11.780 --> 45:13.380 If I'm scared to do the right thing, 45:13.400 --> 45:14.440 I'm just gonna do the right thing anyway. 45:14.860 --> 45:16.420 If I'm scared to go soul winning, 45:16.460 --> 45:17.400 I'm gonna go soul winning anyway. 45:17.880 --> 45:19.180 Scared to preach on a subject, 45:19.340 --> 45:20.380 I'm just gonna preach it anyway. 45:21.320 --> 45:22.740 Oh, I'm scared of my wife. 45:23.160 --> 45:24.400 Well, you know what? 45:24.500 --> 45:25.520 I'm gonna stay married anyway. 45:25.900 --> 45:27.980 And no, I'm not actually scared of my wife. 45:28.660 --> 45:30.620 Although I am glad she's on our side, amen. 45:32.020 --> 45:34.520 You know, because she's formidable. 45:34.920 --> 45:36.320 She's no joke, you know? 45:36.940 --> 45:40.480 I mean, this kid threatened not too long ago, 45:40.480 --> 45:42.900 this kid, or I say kid, he was almost 18. 45:43.520 --> 45:45.860 He was like almost 18, so he's pretty much a grown man. 45:46.520 --> 45:49.720 He threatened to come and I wasn't here, 45:50.140 --> 45:52.360 but he came and said that he was gonna come 45:52.360 --> 45:54.700 and shoot up our house and kill our whole family. 45:55.140 --> 45:56.560 And I wasn't here, my wife was there. 45:56.900 --> 45:58.700 And she said, she's like, let me tell you 45:58.700 --> 45:59.740 how the house is laid out. 46:00.000 --> 46:01.420 She said there's this one staircase 46:01.920 --> 46:03.020 and everybody's up there. 46:03.160 --> 46:05.400 And she's like, I'm gonna be at the top of that stairs 46:05.400 --> 46:07.780 and I'm gonna blow your bleepin' head off 46:07.780 --> 46:09.060 and I'm not even gonna care. 46:10.020 --> 46:11.820 I'm not even gonna think twice about it. 46:14.460 --> 46:14.860 Amen. 46:15.540 --> 46:17.340 I mean, if somebody comes to kill our family, 46:17.520 --> 46:19.340 my wife's like, let's go. 46:20.240 --> 46:20.480 You know? 46:20.980 --> 46:22.340 She's like, make my day, punk. 46:23.220 --> 46:25.080 She's like, I'm gonna be at the top of the stairs 46:25.840 --> 46:27.440 and I'm armed to the teeth. 46:27.720 --> 46:29.440 And she's like, I'm gonna kill you 46:29.440 --> 46:32.240 and I'm gonna empty every round into your body 46:32.240 --> 46:34.260 and it's gonna be a suicide mission for you, buddy. 46:34.560 --> 46:35.820 So don't even think about it. 46:36.160 --> 46:36.440 Amen. 46:37.780 --> 46:39.620 But I'm not scared of her. 46:40.940 --> 46:42.280 I'm the boss of her. 46:42.620 --> 46:43.580 She answers to me. 46:44.100 --> 46:46.960 But you know what, the shooters, 46:48.300 --> 46:50.920 the terrorists of this world are shooters 46:50.920 --> 46:53.320 and burglars, they ought to be very afraid. 46:53.700 --> 46:55.580 And I'm glad she's on our side. 46:56.700 --> 46:59.040 Because she doesn't play. 47:01.640 --> 47:03.580 So, how did I get off on that? 47:03.580 --> 47:06.240 I was kind of a wild little rabbit trail. 47:08.540 --> 47:12.840 But the thing is that being valiant 47:12.840 --> 47:15.500 means having the guts to do what's right. 47:15.680 --> 47:17.980 And yeah, we can all picture it on the battlefield. 47:18.560 --> 47:19.660 You're charging the enemy. 47:20.000 --> 47:20.660 You're not scared. 47:20.820 --> 47:21.540 You're not retreating. 47:21.600 --> 47:22.260 You're not breaking ranks. 47:22.480 --> 47:25.080 But how about spiritually having the guts 47:25.580 --> 47:28.340 to basically turn down alcohol when it's offered to you? 47:28.680 --> 47:31.660 Turn down drugs when they're offered to you, right? 47:31.660 --> 47:34.220 Turn down women that are offered to you 47:34.220 --> 47:35.060 that are not your wife. 47:35.340 --> 47:37.820 And when the opportunity to fornicate is there, 47:38.020 --> 47:41.320 having the guts to say, no, this isn't right. 47:41.640 --> 47:45.480 This is not being peer pressured into fornication, 47:46.060 --> 47:47.220 adultery, whatever. 47:47.600 --> 47:50.000 Or, oh hey, let me show you something on my phone. 47:50.260 --> 47:51.560 And they want to show you pornography. 47:52.480 --> 47:54.140 How about having the guts to say, 47:54.180 --> 47:55.300 hey, get that out of my sight. 47:55.360 --> 47:56.260 I'm not gonna look at that. 47:56.360 --> 47:56.960 That's trash. 47:57.480 --> 47:59.060 The guts to stay married. 47:59.760 --> 48:03.420 The guts to do what's right in every scenario. 48:04.000 --> 48:05.460 All of this takes courage. 48:06.480 --> 48:08.620 And the problem with Christians today 48:08.620 --> 48:10.520 is there are a bunch of cowards in many cases. 48:11.000 --> 48:13.220 They don't have the guts to stand up for Christ, 48:13.620 --> 48:16.680 to preach the gospel, to stand for what's right, 48:17.000 --> 48:20.100 to speak against sin, to speak out against wickedness 48:20.100 --> 48:20.720 and perversion. 48:20.980 --> 48:22.260 They want to go with the flow 48:22.260 --> 48:23.980 because they're weak and soft 48:23.980 --> 48:26.020 and they're not mighty men of valor. 48:30.180 --> 48:31.420 So he's a valiant man. 48:31.520 --> 48:33.380 He has the courage to do what the Bible says. 48:33.520 --> 48:34.120 Look at verse eight. 48:34.760 --> 48:36.640 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth. 48:36.680 --> 48:38.020 We're still in Joshua chapter one. 48:38.520 --> 48:40.580 But thou shalt meditate therein day and night 48:40.580 --> 48:42.280 that thou mayest observe to do 48:42.280 --> 48:44.140 according to all that is written therein. 48:44.460 --> 48:46.840 For then thou shalt make thy way prosperous 48:46.840 --> 48:49.220 and then thou shalt have good success. 48:49.500 --> 48:50.640 Have not I commanded thee? 48:52.080 --> 48:53.260 Be strong and have a good courage. 48:53.320 --> 48:55.480 He's like, look, what's the disconnect here? 48:56.040 --> 48:58.080 He's like, didn't I tell you what to do? 48:58.580 --> 48:59.560 So do it! 49:01.280 --> 49:04.140 What's the obstacle between us doing 49:04.140 --> 49:05.280 what God told us to do? 49:05.540 --> 49:06.780 Like, didn't God command us? 49:06.900 --> 49:08.800 I mean, didn't God command us, stay married. 49:09.800 --> 49:12.460 Didn't God command us, go preach the gospel. 49:13.300 --> 49:15.840 Didn't God command us, abstain from fornication. 49:16.360 --> 49:18.340 You know, do not be drunk with wine. 49:19.000 --> 49:19.800 Be sober. 49:20.080 --> 49:20.740 Didn't God command us? 49:20.960 --> 49:24.620 Okay, then why would we get in a situation 49:25.180 --> 49:26.280 where we're just like, oh, 49:26.280 --> 49:27.460 I'm not gonna preach the gospel. 49:28.020 --> 49:29.840 Oh, I gotta drink to fit in. 49:30.060 --> 49:32.780 I gotta do drugs to fit in, you know, or whatever. 49:34.280 --> 49:38.300 Oh, my husband threw a raw hot dog at me 49:38.300 --> 49:39.860 and now I'm scared for my life 49:39.860 --> 49:41.800 so I gotta go flee or whatever. 49:42.600 --> 49:43.820 You know, the Bible says the wicked flee 49:43.820 --> 49:44.720 when no man pursuits. 49:46.140 --> 49:50.300 I mean, look, if my wife were literally chasing me 49:50.300 --> 49:53.760 with a weapon, I'd run away, you know? 49:53.900 --> 49:55.600 Because at that point, it's just like, 49:55.600 --> 49:56.940 yeah, I mean, that makes sense. 49:57.180 --> 49:57.940 But you know what I'm not gonna do? 49:57.980 --> 49:59.380 I'm not gonna flee when no one's pursuing. 50:00.740 --> 50:02.480 You know, I mean, if someone's coming at you 50:02.480 --> 50:04.120 and actually swinging a weapon at you 50:04.120 --> 50:05.400 or pointing a weapon at you, 50:05.600 --> 50:07.960 then yeah, taking cover makes a lot of sense at that point. 50:08.940 --> 50:10.580 You know, I mean, if somebody walked through that door 50:10.580 --> 50:12.860 right now with a weapon, you know, 50:13.160 --> 50:15.320 then we'd all be ducking for cover, right? 50:16.160 --> 50:18.400 Except for 30 of us would be pulling out guns 50:18.400 --> 50:21.400 and blowing them away, turning them into Swiss cheese. 50:21.400 --> 50:25.540 But you know, it makes sense 50:26.320 --> 50:29.180 when there's actually a clear and present danger 50:29.180 --> 50:31.840 that's happening right now to go run and scared, 50:32.060 --> 50:35.940 but the wicked flee when no man pursuits, okay? 50:36.080 --> 50:38.820 And we're not gonna run because of a pre-crime 50:39.540 --> 50:41.520 because of something that might happen. 50:42.140 --> 50:43.820 You know, I mean, I might get struck by lightning. 50:44.580 --> 50:48.220 You know, I might get stung by a whole hive of bees 50:48.220 --> 50:48.880 and die. 50:49.540 --> 50:52.600 I might get killed by a shark if I go swimming in the ocean. 50:52.760 --> 50:54.300 I could just get eaten by a shark. 50:56.360 --> 50:57.480 But you know, at the end of the day, 50:57.520 --> 50:58.740 I'm still gonna go swimming in the ocean 50:58.740 --> 51:02.160 and I'll worry about it when I hear the Jaws music come on. 51:02.260 --> 51:04.040 That's when I'll know that something bad's about to happen 51:04.800 --> 51:07.000 or if I see a fin or something, you know. 51:07.600 --> 51:10.640 One time I saw a dolphin and it looked like a shark 51:10.640 --> 51:13.480 and it scared me, you know. 51:13.620 --> 51:15.540 But the thing is like the wicked flee 51:15.540 --> 51:16.500 when no man pursues, 51:16.500 --> 51:20.900 but the righteous are as bold as a lion, right? 51:21.300 --> 51:24.520 And so we need to have the courage to trust God 51:24.520 --> 51:26.600 even in dangerous situations. 51:27.220 --> 51:29.460 You know, I would rather walk through the valley 51:29.460 --> 51:33.000 of the shadow of death knowing that God is with me 51:33.000 --> 51:35.580 than to be like, oh, I gotta go be a feminist 51:35.580 --> 51:39.360 and leave my spouse and whatever because I'm scared. 51:40.620 --> 51:42.660 And like I said, here's the thing. 51:42.920 --> 51:44.720 People that are actually in real danger, 51:44.720 --> 51:47.960 they don't ask themselves what does Pastor Anderson 51:47.960 --> 51:49.680 think about what I'm doing right now. 51:50.240 --> 51:52.460 Like do you think that if somebody came at me 51:52.460 --> 51:56.200 with a baseball bat or a gun or a club or a crowbar 51:56.200 --> 51:59.480 or a knife, I'd be like, oh, I wonder what my pastor 51:59.480 --> 52:00.160 friends think. 52:01.620 --> 52:03.580 What would Pastor Anderson do? 52:04.560 --> 52:06.320 You know, what would Jesus do even? 52:07.100 --> 52:09.000 You'd just be like, you know, 52:09.000 --> 52:10.540 instinct just kicks in at that point. 52:11.380 --> 52:11.880 Am I right? 52:12.820 --> 52:13.620 And you run away. 52:14.280 --> 52:16.380 You grab something to defend yourself with. 52:16.560 --> 52:18.560 You run whatever, but it's just like this stuff 52:18.560 --> 52:20.820 are just like, oh, you're scared. 52:21.200 --> 52:22.100 Oh, you're nervous. 52:22.540 --> 52:24.460 Oh, you know, your husband has a temper. 52:24.940 --> 52:27.520 Oh, your wife said something scary or whatever. 52:27.660 --> 52:29.160 It's like, bro, I'm sorry, 52:29.240 --> 52:31.080 but I'd rather be in the will of God 52:32.300 --> 52:33.720 than out of the will of God 52:34.220 --> 52:37.480 because you could be like, oh, I'm just Mr. Safety. 52:37.900 --> 52:39.200 Hey, safety's of the Lord. 52:40.960 --> 52:44.200 You know, if I were running from a bear 52:44.200 --> 52:45.300 in the woods or something 52:45.300 --> 52:47.700 and I run into the cabin and shut the door 52:47.700 --> 52:49.060 and I'm in the safety of the cabin, 52:49.500 --> 52:51.140 you know, God could just make a snake bite me 52:51.140 --> 52:53.140 in the cabin or a spider bite me in my sleep. 52:53.540 --> 52:55.840 At the end of the day, if God wants to smoke you, 52:55.920 --> 52:57.500 he can smoke you whenever he wants. 52:58.160 --> 53:00.020 You could just be in bed at night and something, you know, 53:00.220 --> 53:04.160 or you could just be surrounded by the enemy 53:04.160 --> 53:05.080 and nothing about it. 53:05.080 --> 53:07.900 I mean, David wrote in one of his Psalms. 53:08.420 --> 53:11.220 He says, you know, if, man, I haven't memorized 53:11.220 --> 53:12.400 but I'm drawn a blank. 53:12.580 --> 53:14.760 Like he said, you know, if 10,000 people 53:14.760 --> 53:16.680 encamp around me, I'm not gonna be afraid. 53:16.840 --> 53:18.280 I'm just gonna sleep like a baby. 53:18.640 --> 53:20.440 I'm paraphrasing because I'm having trouble 53:20.440 --> 53:21.540 with the actual quote. 53:21.880 --> 53:25.060 But he says, I could be surrounded by 10,000 enemies 53:25.060 --> 53:26.300 and I'll just sleep like a baby 53:26.300 --> 53:27.600 because God's protecting me. 53:28.280 --> 53:31.440 You know, so I feel like the safest thing you could do 53:31.940 --> 53:34.340 is to just do whatever the Bible said to do. 53:35.280 --> 53:37.020 That's always the safest thing to do. 53:37.540 --> 53:39.320 He's like, oh, we gotta worry about people's safety. 53:39.500 --> 53:41.180 Okay, here's the safe thing to do. 53:41.520 --> 53:42.500 What the Bible says. 53:43.940 --> 53:46.160 And people look, some people think it's too dangerous 53:46.160 --> 53:48.380 to go soul-winning, you know, 53:48.460 --> 53:50.000 because who knows what's behind that door? 53:50.680 --> 53:52.240 Who knows what you're gonna run into? 53:52.820 --> 53:55.040 But you know what, I'd rather be doing God's will 53:55.040 --> 53:56.360 and God's work because he said, 53:56.580 --> 53:58.700 I'm with you all the way, even under the end of the world. 53:59.720 --> 54:03.700 And so I think being a good courage is gonna allow you 54:03.700 --> 54:05.900 to do great works for God and follow the Bible 54:05.900 --> 54:09.080 and fear and cowardice is gonna be the thing 54:09.080 --> 54:11.680 that keeps you a lame Christian. 54:12.120 --> 54:13.980 Afraid to step out in faith. 54:14.620 --> 54:16.680 Afraid to give your marriage a chance. 54:17.080 --> 54:21.220 Afraid to turn down drugs or alcohol or whatever. 54:21.620 --> 54:25.240 Afraid to not laugh at the blasphemous, filthy jokes 54:25.240 --> 54:26.440 because you wanna fit in with people. 54:26.560 --> 54:29.020 I mean, it's just, fear is the enemy. 54:30.880 --> 54:33.480 So one last quick point here. 54:34.000 --> 54:35.200 I'm almost out of time. 54:35.980 --> 54:37.920 But you know, we said he's a man of war. 54:38.480 --> 54:40.160 You know, he's a mighty valiant man, he's a man of war. 54:40.600 --> 54:41.780 And what does the Bible say? 54:41.960 --> 54:42.900 You know, war or good warfare? 54:43.520 --> 54:45.340 Fight the good fight spiritually. 54:46.440 --> 54:48.140 But the last thing I wanna show you 54:48.140 --> 54:52.920 is go if you would to Proverbs 12, verse 16. 54:54.980 --> 54:57.360 Because we saw eight attributes of David tonight. 54:58.240 --> 54:59.860 He did a humble job. 55:00.820 --> 55:02.600 He's good looking, didn't let it go to his head. 55:03.040 --> 55:04.160 He's filled with the Holy Spirit. 55:04.280 --> 55:05.340 He's accomplished musician. 55:05.700 --> 55:06.880 He's a mighty man. 55:07.020 --> 55:07.920 He's a valiant man. 55:08.180 --> 55:09.400 He's a man of war. 55:09.740 --> 55:12.380 And lastly, it says that he's prudent in matters. 55:13.240 --> 55:16.100 So even though he's got guts, he's not stupid. 55:17.200 --> 55:19.640 You know, he's got courage to follow the Bible, 55:20.020 --> 55:22.160 to do what's right, to fight for what's right, 55:22.260 --> 55:25.240 to defend his family, to defend the flock of sheep, 55:25.840 --> 55:27.220 to fight the Lord's battles. 55:27.760 --> 55:29.820 He had the guts to go up against Goliath. 55:30.580 --> 55:32.660 I mean, Goliath is way bigger and stronger, 55:32.820 --> 55:35.280 but yet he said the Lord's gonna fight this battle. 55:35.560 --> 55:36.900 The battle is the Lord's. 55:36.980 --> 55:38.220 And he went and fought, he had the guts. 55:38.480 --> 55:39.720 But that doesn't mean that he's stupid. 55:39.880 --> 55:40.940 He's also a prudent man. 55:41.760 --> 55:43.540 Now, what does it mean to be prudent in matters? 55:44.020 --> 55:45.440 Well, I looked up prudent in the dictionary 55:45.440 --> 55:49.420 and it means wise or judicious in practical affairs. 55:50.800 --> 55:52.000 Discrete or circumspect. 55:52.120 --> 55:53.660 Meaning that you're careful 55:54.100 --> 55:56.740 and you know what's going on around you. 55:57.280 --> 56:00.820 And you kind of know what is the practical right move to make. 56:00.980 --> 56:03.100 And you're not just a bowl in a china closet, 56:03.360 --> 56:05.000 just doing a bunch of stupid things, 56:05.100 --> 56:05.880 saying a bunch of stupid things. 56:06.100 --> 56:07.500 So let's look at prudent in the Bible. 56:08.080 --> 56:11.060 Proverbs 12, 16 says a fool's wrath is presently known, 56:11.440 --> 56:13.940 but a prudent man covereth shame. 56:14.140 --> 56:15.600 So one of the things a prudent person does, 56:15.720 --> 56:16.780 they don't just say everything 56:16.780 --> 56:18.060 that's on their mind all the time. 56:18.860 --> 56:20.280 You know, they're gonna hold back things. 56:21.060 --> 56:22.880 Like for example, look at verse 23. 56:22.880 --> 56:25.940 A prudent man concealeth knowledge, 56:26.940 --> 56:30.140 but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness. 56:31.080 --> 56:32.960 But then in chapter 13, verse 16, 56:33.160 --> 56:36.360 it says every prudent man dealeth with knowledge, 56:36.780 --> 56:38.800 but a fool layeth open his folly. 56:38.920 --> 56:40.720 So, you know, prudence is gonna know 56:40.720 --> 56:42.260 when is it appropriate to speak? 56:42.620 --> 56:44.180 When is it appropriate to be silent? 56:44.740 --> 56:46.020 You know, you're gonna be practical 56:46.640 --> 56:48.360 and you're gonna make good, wise, 56:48.860 --> 56:50.820 judicious decisions in your life. 56:51.480 --> 56:53.480 And the Bible also says, 56:53.620 --> 56:54.900 we'll just go through some of these quickly. 56:55.620 --> 56:57.480 It says the wisdom of the prudent 56:57.480 --> 56:58.900 is to understand his way. 56:59.640 --> 57:02.700 Chapter 14, verse 15, the simple believeth every word, 57:03.360 --> 57:05.560 but the prudent man looketh well to his going. 57:05.740 --> 57:08.140 He's not gullible, he looks into things. 57:09.320 --> 57:10.640 The simple inherit folly, 57:10.760 --> 57:12.220 but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. 57:12.900 --> 57:14.960 A fool despises father's instruction, 57:15.120 --> 57:16.760 but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. 57:17.660 --> 57:19.640 The wise in heart shall be called prudent. 57:20.100 --> 57:22.320 The sweetness of the lips increase at learning. 57:22.760 --> 57:25.020 The heart of the prudent geteth knowledge. 57:25.460 --> 57:26.820 And so I think one of the themes 57:26.820 --> 57:28.540 that you'll see with prudence in the book of Proverbs 57:28.540 --> 57:31.720 has to do with knowledge, learning, and intelligence, 57:32.040 --> 57:34.980 but also how to practically apply those things 57:34.980 --> 57:37.680 and know when to speak and when not to speak. 57:38.140 --> 57:41.480 So, it sounds to me like David is a Renaissance man. 57:42.040 --> 57:43.280 He's got the whole package. 57:43.660 --> 57:44.840 He's a balanced guy. 57:45.280 --> 57:46.080 He's spiritual. 57:46.880 --> 57:47.640 He's artistic. 57:48.500 --> 57:49.300 He's physical. 57:50.140 --> 57:50.940 He's intellectual. 57:51.880 --> 57:54.560 And obviously, we're all gonna have our strengths 57:54.560 --> 57:56.620 and weaknesses, but I think that we should work 57:56.620 --> 58:00.200 on our weaknesses and try to be the most well-rounded 58:00.780 --> 58:02.280 Christian people that we can be 58:02.280 --> 58:04.860 so that God can use us in a variety of ways. 58:05.660 --> 58:07.100 And so that we can succeed, 58:07.200 --> 58:09.340 not just in one area of life, but in others. 58:09.680 --> 58:12.280 I wanna be healthy so that I can physically 58:12.280 --> 58:13.600 go out and do the serving of God. 58:13.860 --> 58:15.560 I mean, look, I've taken people out soul-winning 58:15.560 --> 58:17.240 for the first time and they just couldn't physically 58:17.240 --> 58:17.760 keep up. 58:19.220 --> 58:20.940 Like, I've taken people on a mission strip 58:21.460 --> 58:23.080 and they're just like, well, I'm not used 58:23.080 --> 58:25.560 to walking this much, you know? 58:25.660 --> 58:27.420 And the Bible says how beautiful are the feet 58:27.420 --> 58:28.780 of them that preach the gospel. 58:30.160 --> 58:32.120 Because preaching the gospel, you use your feet a lot. 58:32.440 --> 58:35.260 Now, look, if you're older or if you're injured 58:35.720 --> 58:37.780 or if you're in some way impaired, 58:38.080 --> 58:39.500 God can still use you as a soul-winning. 58:39.560 --> 58:40.540 You can go soul-winning in a wheelchair. 58:41.740 --> 58:43.160 But I'm saying in general, 58:43.900 --> 58:45.420 if you don't have to be in a wheelchair, 58:45.420 --> 58:47.620 why would you, you don't wanna just choose the wheelchair? 58:48.680 --> 58:49.380 Am I right? 58:49.980 --> 58:51.840 So it's like, you wanna make sure 58:51.840 --> 58:53.940 that you're at least in good enough shape 58:53.940 --> 58:56.140 to where when you go soul-winning at the apartment complex, 58:56.340 --> 58:58.880 you can walk up the stairs and knock that door. 58:59.460 --> 59:01.280 Or you can get off the cruise ship 59:01.280 --> 59:03.120 and walk to the soul-winning field. 59:03.780 --> 59:06.240 And you know, some people, they struggle physically. 59:06.780 --> 59:08.220 We wanna be in the best shape again. 59:08.360 --> 59:09.740 Obviously, we're all gonna get old someday. 59:10.300 --> 59:12.440 We're all gonna get injured at times and things. 59:12.440 --> 59:15.260 But we should just do the best with what we've got. 59:16.120 --> 59:18.540 We can do the best with what we've got, that's all. 59:18.860 --> 59:20.240 Be as healthy as we can be. 59:21.040 --> 59:22.820 We wanna be as smart as we can be. 59:23.280 --> 59:25.520 Study to show ourselves approved under God. 59:26.320 --> 59:27.460 You know, be well-rounded. 59:27.840 --> 59:29.100 Why? Because if we're not smart, 59:29.300 --> 59:30.260 if we're not studying the Bible, 59:30.380 --> 59:33.540 we could be tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine. 59:34.040 --> 59:35.520 Cause we don't know the word of God. 59:35.940 --> 59:36.800 So we need the knowledge. 59:37.460 --> 59:38.960 But you know what? Knowledge puffs us up. 59:40.020 --> 59:41.500 Knowledge can just make you arrogant. 59:41.500 --> 59:43.800 So knowledge puffs us up, but charity edifies. 59:44.280 --> 59:47.040 So we need to not only have the smarts, 59:47.040 --> 59:48.740 but we also need to be able to condescend 59:48.740 --> 59:51.440 to men of low estate and be humble enough 59:51.440 --> 59:53.440 to talk to simple people about simple things. 59:54.560 --> 59:56.540 You know? And look, I'm glad you go soul-winning, 59:56.840 --> 59:57.320 but you know what? 59:57.400 --> 59:59.560 You should also have a little fun and fellowship too. 01:00:00.580 --> 01:00:02.840 Cause if you're all work, no play, I'm telling you, 01:00:02.900 --> 01:00:04.080 you're not gonna pan out in the long run. 01:00:04.160 --> 01:00:04.840 I've never seen it. 01:00:05.600 --> 01:00:07.600 Never seen anybody pan out in the long run 01:00:07.600 --> 01:00:09.320 who doesn't know how to have a good time. 01:00:10.720 --> 01:00:12.260 You know? And look at the Bible. 01:00:12.860 --> 01:00:13.600 They're making merry. 01:00:14.440 --> 01:00:15.100 They're having fun. 01:00:15.740 --> 01:00:19.420 You know, David, he's a guy who he gets excited and has fun. 01:00:19.740 --> 01:00:21.500 When the Ark of the Covenant came to Jerusalem, 01:00:21.740 --> 01:00:25.420 he's dancing and playing before the Lord with all his might. 01:00:26.380 --> 01:00:28.360 He's just out there just cutting loose, 01:00:28.620 --> 01:00:31.680 dancing and playing the harp and praising God. 01:00:32.080 --> 01:00:35.200 He's physical, he's spiritual, he's mental. 01:00:35.960 --> 01:00:36.880 He's got the whole, you know, 01:00:36.880 --> 01:00:39.200 we should strive for balance in our lives. 01:00:39.720 --> 01:00:42.460 And we should strive to have these godly attributes 01:00:42.460 --> 01:00:43.700 of a man after God's own heart. 01:00:45.280 --> 01:00:48.500 Courage, strength, wisdom, prudence. 01:00:49.200 --> 01:00:50.940 These are all the things that made David 01:00:50.940 --> 01:00:51.840 a man after God's own heart. 01:00:52.100 --> 01:00:53.020 Let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer. 01:00:53.460 --> 01:00:55.120 Father, we thank you so much for your word, Lord. 01:00:55.240 --> 01:00:56.280 And thank you for David, 01:00:56.520 --> 01:00:58.960 that we could learn so much from him and see 01:00:59.450 --> 01:01:02.080 what it was about him that made him 01:01:02.080 --> 01:01:03.060 a man after your own heart. 01:01:03.100 --> 01:01:04.580 And Lord, of course, you created us. 01:01:05.160 --> 01:01:06.980 You created us to be artistic. 01:01:07.440 --> 01:01:08.740 You created us to be physical. 01:01:09.260 --> 01:01:11.240 You created us to be intelligent, Lord. 01:01:12.120 --> 01:01:13.920 And so you must love those things 01:01:13.920 --> 01:01:16.140 because you instilled those things in us, Lord. 01:01:16.460 --> 01:01:17.940 Help us to cultivate those things 01:01:18.440 --> 01:01:20.420 and be the best, most fruitful, effective, 01:01:20.840 --> 01:01:22.720 healthy Christians that we can possibly be. 01:01:23.160 --> 01:01:24.260 And in Jesus' name we pray amen.