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All right, we were talking last
week about David having an intercessor, somebody that would go between,
you know, in the case of somebody's upset, somebody else has upset
them, to get in between and try to work those things out. Normally
we think of intercession as between us and God, and that's the focus
of the application of what we've been looking at. But in this
case, it is that the king is upset at David, And so he's issued
an edict to his men, say, kill David on sight. And so Jonathan
has secured David's safety and gone to him because he had a
strong friendship with him. Verse two of 1 Samuel 19. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted
much in David. And he could have hid his father's
threat against David, but he didn't. Jonathan told David,
saying, Saul, my father seeketh to kill thee. And then he encouraged
David to hide. Now, therefore, I pray thee,
take heed to thyself until the morning and abide in a secret
place and hide thyself. And we talked about he that dwelleth
in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow
of the Almighty. And no doubt David in those places
where he hid away really was secreting himself in God and
that God was the one in reality that was taking care of David. Secondly, Jonathan plans a way
to get to the heart of the conflict, okay, is what we looked at. Verse
3, And again, we talked about the wisdom of Jonathan. He's
going to search this out in the heart of his father. He's going to
try to reveal both to himself and his dad what exactly is taking
place there in his heart about David. And then, Jonathan boldly spake
well of David, and this is where we ended last week. Verse four,
Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father and said
unto him. Okay, so he's gonna start, begin
to talk to him well about David. We talked about Jonathan's not
afraid of the reaction that he's gonna get from King Saul. Right
is right. You know, he's gonna stand with right. And if that
causes problems for himself, so be it. And so he's gonna be
very bold to speak to his dad. So this is where we pick up from
where we left off last week. And so he begs of King Saul not
to sin against David. Verse four, let not the king
sin against his servant, against David. Now that's a bold statement.
King Saul is not somebody to be trifled with. We know this
because we know the rest of the story. There are gonna be people
that die. because of the hatred that King Saul has for David. So it's no little thing to go
before this king, and I think Jonathan's aware that this is
fragile ground that he's on. It's kind of unsettled territory
where he could incur the wrath of the king if he says something.
We gave the verse last Sunday night. of Proverbs 28, 1, the
wicked flee when no man pursueth, but the righteous are bold as
a lion. It is a great thing to be in
the right, to be able to stand up against that which is wicked
and have courage because you're clearly standing for that which
is right. You know, some people have had to face kings at times
and confront them. We know the story of Elijah.
and King Ahab, right? And he had to confront the king
about his wickedness and say, king, it's not gonna rain until
this situation is right, until I give the word. And then he
has to flee for his life. We talked, I preached recently
on the story of the widow woman that sustained Elijah during
the drought, but he was in hiding from the king. John the Baptist
faced an ungodly King Herod. And the story there is as Herodias
danced and it pleased the king, the king said, unto the half
of my kingdom, I'll give it you. Herodias' mom said that, I'm sorry, Herodias'
daughter, Herodias is the mom, said, ask for the head of John
the Baptist and we know that John the Baptist was beheaded
because he confronted a king and he was in prison because
he confronted a king in his wickedness. In modern life there's been people
that have had the privilege to be brought into the king's presence
and try to convince the king of truth. Our family's reading
Adoniram Judson's biography and Judson goes up to Ava with an
entourage to go before the king and try to convince the king
to put some religious liberty protection upon them and their
disciples because they're being persecuted. And he asked the
favor of the king and the king got upset. And many times they
had to go before the king and there was danger in that and
some other dangers that we're reading about right now. That's
a very serious thing. It'd take a lot of boldness to
enter into the king's presence. Well, when's the last time you
were called to go before Queen Elizabeth? When's the last time
you were called before the Prime Minister or the First Minister
or even lower levels of government? This past week in my evangelism,
I didn't witness to any heads of state. I witnessed to a stonemason
this past week and that was kind of neat. He was right there outside
the church on the other side of the wall, repairing the wall.
We did some evangelism over in the area just to kind of get
to know the area a little bit and he was there. And I was able
to ask him about, what do you think? Looking at the building,
I saw him out there working. And then I was able to give him
the gospel. I witnessed to a joiner in Livingston
this past week that he was installing a bathroom. That was kind of
a neat opportunity because he said, are you guys part of that
group that stands out in front of the mall? I said, well, I'm
with the man that does that. Don's church goes and they witness
at the mall. He said, well, he's a really
nice guy. And Don is a cheerful chap when it comes to doing evangelism
out in front of the mall. So it was good to hear somebody
say that. And it's neat to see that people
are witnessing that, right? And have a good, favorable opinion
of that. And I was able to encourage him,
really, because he's a non-believer. He was working. I gave him a
track. And I said, you really should go up to Don and say,
Don, convince me. And I shared some things with
him, but convince me that there is a God. So Jonathan is standing for what's
right. He's very bold to face a king.
I'm just saying to us, we're not gonna face that, probably. But there ought to be a boldness
in our heart to stand up against ungodliness in lower levels of
people and say, you know, this is what's right. Let's talk about
this. And so he points out David's
righteousness. He says to the king, don't sin
against David, he entreats him not to, because he hath not sinned
against thee. Okay, remember, Jonathan's plumbing
the depths of Saul's heart. He's gonna try to shine a light
into his dad's heart, try to help his dad to see some truth
about David. And so if you were to ask the
question, what one sin could King Saul point at and justify
his behavior towards David, the answer would be nothing. Yeah,
and that's what Jonathan's bringing to his attention. Look, David
has done nothing against you. I don't know if you've ever watched
court situations much. Recently, there's been some court
cases that have been newsworthy, right? And kind of mainstream
news have been covering and reporting on these stories. And it's interesting
to watch. You've got a defense attorney,
the guy that's protecting The client, and I just think, I'm
glad I'm not a defense attorney. A defense attorney has to take
a client, and whether that client has integrity or does not have
integrity, in either case, they got to do their best to try to
defend that person. Now, if I was a defense attorney,
I'd be very glad to have a client that had a squeaky clean record
that you know is just obviously in the right because then it's
with great liberty go wait what what is this person done they've
done absolutely nothing and that's that's what Jonathan is able
to do he's able to say there is there is nothing that David
has ever done. David didn't pick up a spear
and throw it back. David, when Saul misbehaved towards
David, David never responded ungraciously to Saul. He responded
very graciously to him. You know, in our evangelism,
again, as we try to reconcile people to God, it's easy for
us to say, God has not done anything against you. God has done everything
for you, right? God has never transgressed against
you. Psalm 92 verse 15, to show that
the Lord is upright, he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness
in him. If anyone ever feels like, hey,
God has transgressed against me, the simple answer is no. God is perfectly right in everything
that he has ever done. So if the courts of heaven were
open and God was on trial, man was on trial, the court would
ring with not guilty towards God and guilty towards man. There's a lot of people in our
evangelism. As we speak to them, I had a
man tell me yesterday, he said, I used to go to church, but ever
since, and he went to Catholic church anyway, but ever since
my mom died. That's me. And a lot of times
when they're saying that, they're saying, if there is a God, why
could he do that? They want to stand in judgment
against God, but it's a great thing for us to be able to say, God is
absolutely righteous. He's done nothing. And so he points that
out. Then he points out David's goodness. And because his works
have been, to the word, very good, very good. David was a
loyal soldier. He was a loving son-in-law. He
was a gracious musician in Saul's court. I mean, not only had David
not transgressed against Saul despite what Saul had done, but
David had been very gracious and good towards him. Matthew
5, 44. It says, but I say unto you,
love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them
that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and
persecute you. Again, as we go from our story
and we look at the, you know, David's a type of Christ, but
as we look at Christ and we think about him, it's interesting to
me that Jesus should have got the Nobel Peace Prize, right?
Isn't that interesting? I mean, you think, I mean, just
human nature being what it is, you look at Jesus, you think
they ought to have embraced him. They ought to have rewarded him
because he was exceptionally good. He was the answer to disease. He cured the incurable. He was
the answer to death. He brought the dead back to life.
He was the answer to world hunger. He fed the multitude. He was
the answer to true knowledge. He was the fountain and the bread
of life, right? Jesus Christ was exceptionally
good to everybody. Has God been good to mankind?
He gave us life. He gave us his word. He offers
salvation and abundant life. And again, I know we understand
this today, but as we deal with men, we're saying, God has not
transgressed against you. In fact, God has been exceptionally
good towards you. John 3, 16 says, for God so loved
the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Man transgressed against God.
God, despite their transgression, has been exceptionally good in
return to them. And that's the argument here
with regard to David and a wicked king. He's not sinned against
you, he's been very good to you. And then he reminds the king
that David had done great service to Saul's kingdom. Remember David,
he reminds him David risked his life to kill the giant. Verse
5 says, for he did put his life in his hand and slew the Philistine. You know, put his life in his
hand, that's the idea. He risked it all. for you, for
God, and for this kingdom that we have, primarily for God and
for God's glory. You know, Saul's kind of forgotten
about the 40-day headache he had at the battle of Goliath,
right, that was taking place, and the giant coming out and
again and again, mocking, and all the things that were taking
place. Saul's forgotten about that. Saul's turned from that,
and the glory of that, and the thanksgiving for that, to hate
the man that was instrumental in accomplishing that. David had risked everything.
He's like the men of God in the New Testament, Acts 15, 25. It seemed good unto us, being
assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with
our beloved Barnabas and Paul, men that have hazarded their
lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. David is a part
of that group. He risked his life for God and
for God's glory, physically risked his life. Again, as we look at
our Lord, did Jesus risk his life to save those that were
against him? Absolutely. In fact, he didn't just risk
his life, he gave his life for them. Romans 5, 8, but God commendeth
his love toward us and that while we were yet sinners, Christ died
for us. To defeat the enemy, Satan, Jesus
Christ, risked everything. He gave everything to be able
to do that. And again, we say to people, wait a second, you're
saying you're against God, he transgressed against you. No,
he didn't. In fact, he's very good. In fact, he gave his life. for you, right? So you can see
how this argument kind of fits together. Again, it's just an
application of what he's trying to reconcile and there's similarities
that we can look at with regard to Christ. And that God had used
David to deliver Israel. It says, and the Lord hath wrought
a great salvation for all Israel. It must have been evident for
everybody that saw that battle that God had done something amazing with David, having used David
as his tool. 1 Samuel 17, verse 45. The story of the battle as he
comes out against Goliath David said this day will the Lord deliver
me I'm sorry will the Lord deliver thee Into my hand and I will
smite thee and take thine head from thee and I will give the
carcasses of the hosts of the Philistines this day unto the
fowls of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth that all
the earth may know that there is a God in Israel and and all
this assembly shall know that the lord saveth not with the
sword and spear for the battle is the lord's and he will give
you into our hands okay david as he went out to battle he didn't
go as the great i'm the great shepherd boy that's going to
slay the giant he went out saying no uh it's going to be about
god doing this and god is going to do this so god gets the glory
through this and he emphasized that everybody that was there
heard david i think there was a probably a Holy hush over that
valley on that day. It was evident that as David
won that battle It was not David, but it was God and so he's saying
he's saying to Saul Don't you realize? That this is God's champion
Are you really wanting to go against God's champion? Again,
as we think about our Lord and as we speak to people about Jesus
Christ, he is God's champion. Of course, he is God, but he's
the champion. 2 Peter 3, 18, but grow in grace
in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, to
him be glory both now and forever. Amen. There are people that blaspheme
Christ, there are people that hate Jesus Christ, you know,
they blame God and they say God isn't good and they forget about
what Jesus Christ did, but He is God's champion. He's God's
champion. 1 John 4, 14, we have seen and
do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the
world. Jude 1, 25, to the only wise
God, our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power,
both now and evermore. Saul shouldn't go against God's
little S, Savior. Mankind should not go against
God's big S, Savior. And so it's good to say to them,
you know, this is a person that you hate. This is a person that
is the Savior of the world. And then reminder, You yourself,
O king, had rejoiced in that victory. Notice what it says
there. Thou saw'st it, and didst rejoice. Okay, on that day, the giant
fell. I don't know if Saul gets excited
or not, like David. We see David in the Bible getting
excited as the ark comes back into Jerusalem. I don't know
if there was any exuberance that was displayed by Saul, but somehow
Jonathan said, on that day, Dad, you were excited. You were thrilled
at what had taken place. And he's reminding of what he
saw God do, who he saw God do it through, and the old response
of his heart in rejoicing. in that. You know, it's sad to
me today to know some who despise what they used to rejoice in.
I mean, there was a day where they saw it like we just presented
it, of what Jesus Christ did. I mean, they got so excited.
Their life changed. I mean, they got involved. They
got passionate about the things of God. But now, you know, whatever
happened in their life, I don't know, You know, now maybe they
got bitter against God. They begin to blame God. They
begin to resist God. The things that they used to
look at and say, hey, that's great about Christianity, separated
Christian living and holy living and sanctified living and set
apart living, now their life mocks what they used to believe.
And that's like Saul. And Jonathan's just trying to
take him back there. Dad, you were so excited about
that. And it's good for us to think,
man, pity the person that has gotten to the point where they
despise what God did instead of going back to what they used
to be and excited about what God's doing, thrilled at the
grace of God, thrilled at the power of God, thrilled at the
truth of Jesus Christ, involved in evangelism, involved in bus
ministry, and somebody that I'm thinking about specifically with
regard to that, this person was zealous for God. But it would be rare for this
person now to darken the door of a church, and if they did,
it would not be a church that honors God. And you look at it
and go, man, what happened? You yourself, O King, you used
to rejoice in that, remember these things. And so then, as
we continue on, Jonathan questions the reason behind Saul's injustice
against his servant. He said, wherefore then, based
on all these things, he's good, he's not sinned against you,
and he was God's champion, God has used David, wherefore then
wilt thou sin against innocent blood to slay David without a
cause? All right, he's at the point
of conviction and decision. So he's brought Saul to it, he's
made Saul look at it, examine it, and then he's gonna bring
it all to bear. Okay, having seen that, what's
going on? Why is it like this? You know, if he proceeds, it's
with full knowledge that he's gonna kill the innocent. And
we're gonna see that. He's gonna admit that at times in the future.
And so if he proceeds, he's gonna transgress. I mean, he's just
gonna step right over everything that God's tried to do in helping
him see the truth through Jonathan's intercession about right and
wrong. As we seek to reach men in our,
again, it's the opposite of what we're looking at. We're looking
at a wicked king and a righteous man. And it's the opposite of
that. It's a righteous man who's king
and wicked men that we're looking at. But as we deal with them,
our work is to bring them to a point of decision and to say,
based on this, this is where you're at. Why would you then
continue on down this path against God? And won't you understand
your need to repent and accept Jesus Christ as your Savior? You know, as we think about that
this morning, what side of that work are we on? Are we on the
side where somebody has to come to us and say, look, A, B, C,
and D. A, B, C, and D. You're on this side, God's righteous,
God's doing what's right. You need to get reconciled to
God. Are we on that side today or are we on the side of God
where we're going to people and saying, we're that intercessor
where we've got a person that is not right with God and we've
got a righteous God and we're doing our best to say, man, I
just want to encourage you, get right with God. Get right with
God. We ought to be intercessors like
Jonathan, going between a righteous God and wicked disobedient men,
trying to reconcile them by pointing out the righteousness of Christ
and what he's done, and to try to reveal to them their wickedness
against him. D.L. Moody, tried to witness
to one person every day. And there was one day where he
realized late that he had not gotten out and shared the gospel
with anybody. So he went out and the story is there was a
man that was walking past there. It was late at night. He engaged
that man with the gospel. It was a tough conversation.
It was very confrontational. conversation where he really
tried to point out to this man that he had transgressed against
God. That man got upset, told a business friend of his, a banker
I think, or something like that, about what Moody had done. And
that man called Moody into his office and confronted him and
said, it's so wrong what you did there, and really kind of
put that on Moody. But the story is, two to three
weeks later, the man that he witnessed to got right with God. Because Moody had taken the opportunity
to go to him and say, you know what, you need to get right with
God. Again, God helped us to be bold like Jonathan. To be
able to go to somebody and confront them and say, you know what?
I just want to help you get right with God and be that intercessor
like in our story here, all right? Opposite, but I think you understand
the application. All right, let's pray and ask
God to bless His word to our hearts. Father, I thank you for
the example. Jonathan is a bold intercessor. Now we normally think of intercession
as prayer, and that's a good thing for us to pray for people
to get right with God. But another way we can intercede
is to intercede with men to get right with God. And Father, I
pray that the Holy Spirit of God would give us a burden to
speak with people about the righteousness of God, the goodness of God,
the truth of God, to bring it to bear upon their heart, to
bring them to a point of a decision, and to encourage them to make
the right decision towards God. And Father, if there's any here
this morning, in their heart they just think, you know, the
Spirit of God's been speaking to me. about an area I need to get right with
God, then I pray for that, Lord, to take place, and for victory
in our hearts and our lives, and so that, Father, we can help
others to get right with God. Thank you for your love. Thank
you for our time in the Word of God this morning. May it be a blessing to us even
this week. Remind us of the truth that we've
heard. It's in Christ's name we pray. Amen.
Lesson 13, Life of David
Series The Life of David
Jonathan's intercession to try to get a wicked king right with righteous David.
| Sermon ID | 327221418441751 |
| Duration | 23:48 |
| Date | |
| Category | Sunday Service |
| Bible Text | 1 Samuel 19 |
| Language | English |
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