All for Jesus, all for Jesus, all my being, my brands and powers. All together. All for Jesus, all for Jesus, ♪ All my nature and surprise ♪ ♪ All my thoughts and words and doings ♪ ♪ All my vision, all my art ♪ ♪ All for Jesus, all for Jesus ♪ ♪ All my vision, all my art ♪ ♪ Song for Jesus, song for Jesus ♪ ♪ All my days and all my hours ♪ ♪ Let my answer for this day be ♪ ♪ Let my prayer come in this praise ♪ ♪ Let my answer, Jesus, come be ♪ ♪ All for Jesus, all for Jesus ♪ ♪ And I'm listening for His praise ♪ ♪ All for Jesus, all for Jesus ♪ ♪ And I'm listening for His praise ♪ ♪ Still I ask my heart for Jesus ♪ is ♪ All for Jesus, all for Jesus ♪ ♪ Who begat the cursed one ♪ ♪ O, how wonderful, how amazing ♪ ♪ Jesus, born is He, the King of kings ♪ ♪ Praise to God, the only begotten Son ♪ ♪ Resting now beneath his feet ♪ All for Jesus, all for Jesus ♪ Resting now beneath his feet ♪ All for Jesus, all for Jesus ♪ Resting now beneath his feet Amen. Good singing. You may be seated. All right. As we continue looking at the Word of God today, we began looking at Psalm 119. We looked at Elah, Beth, Gemma, Dalah, Peh. We also looked at Wow, I believe we've done Zaya. No, we haven't. Yes, we did Zaya. So this afternoon, we're going to begin with Pet in Psalm 119. We'll pull in the student council emeritus first. So Daniel Bright, if you would come in to read verses 57 I think we read that yesterday, because yesterday we also read WAU the second time. We started with WAU and did WAUZing and TEP yesterday. Okay, so today is TEP with 65 through 72. So 119 versus 65 through 72. Before I was in the military, I was in the Navy. I'm glad that you're here this year. I'm proud and fortunate to live in this country. I don't know if you agree with me, but I do. It is good for me that I am able to do what I do. Thank you, Daniel. Now we will have, from the middle school, we will ask Ian to come and read Yod. Yod is Psalm 119. This is the one that makes a difference in the letters that Jesus talked about. So verses 73 through 80, Ian. I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are right, and that Your faithfulness has uplifted me. Next is letter Ka. Looks like a backwards C. So Ka. will be read for us today by Timothy. Timothy, come on to me. Verses 81 through 88. Psalm 119, verses 81 through 88. My soul faints for your salvation, but I hope in your words. My eyes fail from searching your words, saying, when will it Yet I do not forget your status. Statutes, yes. How many are the days of your servant? When they execute judgment on those who persecute me, the crowd have dug pits for me, which is not according to your law. All your common men are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me. They almost made an end of me on earth, but I did not forsake earth. In these selections from Psalm 119, we see a man of God who loves the Word of God and yet is facing difficulty. A man who has problems. We see, for example, his eyes failing in verse 82 from searching God's Word, looking for God's comfort. We see in verse 85 the proud digging pits for the psalmist. We see persecution taking place in verse 86. A man of God loving the Word of God, yet in this life facing difficulty from the wicked, facing difficulty in life. This is life. If we do right, we may suffer for it, but it is worth it, because God is faithful. God is faithful to his servants. God is faithful to keep his Word. As we have our final song before the message this afternoon, we're turning in our hymnals. Once again, Ode to Be Like Thee. So a prayer to be like our Lord and Savior, our blessed Redeemer, hymn number 505, 505. Once again, we will stand to sing these four verses. Ode to be like thee. Blessed Redeemer, this is my constant longing and prayer. Let's stand to sing all four verses, 505. Left hand. 505, all four verses. This is my God, this is my God, this is my God, this is my God, this is my God, this is my God, this is my God, this is my God, this is my God. Come to me, I need no compassion. Love me, Lord, hear me. hearing the fainting, singing the wond'ring, sinners defined. O to be like thee, O to be like thee, blessed Redeemer, pure as the heart, God in Thy sweetness, ♪ Come in Thy fullness ♪ ♪ Take I of image ♪ ♪ Fill up my heart ♪ ♪ Come to me like King ♪ ♪ Holy in spirit ♪ ♪ Holy and heartless ♪ ♪ Patient and brave ♪ ♪ Weak and dirty ♪ ♪ Poor and precious ♪ God has to say, don't do me like me, don't do me like me. Blessed Redeemer, you rest now on me. In this time in Thy fullness, turn not Thy face, but turn Thy heart. Oh, to Thee, my King, while I am weeping, pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love. Make me Your temple, meet for Thy dwelling, with Thee for life and heaven above. Oh, to be like Thee, oh, to be like Thee, blessed Redeemer, pure as Thou art. Come in Thy sweetness, Go ahead and put your handles under your chairs. Take your Bibles out, your notes if you're taking them. Take out your Bibles and turn to 2 Samuel. Chapter 22, oh, 1 Samuel, pardon me, 1 Samuel, 22, and we're just looking at one verse this afternoon. I'm going to try to go over it line by line, precept by precept. 1 Samuel, so in the Old Testament, we've got the penitent, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua and Judges, Books 6 and 7. Joshua, Judges. Next book is? Ruth, 1 Samuel. Alright? Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel. Alright? 1 Samuel, Chapter 22. 2-2. Everyone there? Now this is a verse about David. And this verse occurs after the other chapters. What happens in earlier chapters? Chapter 16, Samuel, Prophet Samuel anoints David to be king number two. He is a man, a boy, a shepherd boy, after God's own heart. Other brothers? Brothers 1-7 rejected. Brother number 8, David, anointed with oil to be king number 2 of Israel. So we have David anointed king. 1 Samuel 16. 1 Samuel 17. Little shepherd boy, David, unknown by Saul. goes to help his brothers, to feed his brothers, where they are ready to fight the bad guys. Bad guys include Philistines, bad guys include giant Goliath, little baby boy, only a boy named David, only a rippling brook, Only a boy named David, but he could pray and sing. Only a boy named David, but five little stones he took. And one little stone went in the sling and the sling went round and round. And one little stone went in the sling and the sling went round and round. And round and round and round and round and round and round. And one little stone went up in the air. What happens next? Anyone know? Yes? Yes, the giant comes tumbling down, Goliath is smacked in the forehead by the stone, takes him out, and David, the song doesn't say this, but David takes the giant's sword, and do you know what he does with that sword? Huh? You said it. First and second graders know it. David takes the sword and swings it, and off goes Goliath's head. Rolls away. Rolled away, rolled away, right? Alright, so Goliath's head goes rolling. The Philistines are defeated. That's 1 Samuel 17. And in the chapters that follow, David makes it good. He goes to King Saul's palace. He plays the harp. He calms down crazy King Saul. He nearly gets pinned to the wall, and guess what? He marries the king's daughter. Alright, good times are here, right? Not so much, because we find David becomes an object of song. The ladies of the land begin to sing, and they make up a nice little ditty. A ditty is a song. And the song goes something like this. Oh, King Saul's the man. King Saul's killed his thousands. Woo-hoo! Great guy, King Saul. But, you know, David, David. David's our guy. He's the man who kills not thousands, but tens of thousands. David, David. Right? Great song. Not like that. But it was a great song. All about David and King Saul. And Saul hears this little ditty about David and Saul, and he says, This is not cool. He envies his son-in-law, David. And the Bible says he eyed, not with favor, but he eyed David from that day forward with jealousy. Right? Everyone know this? You've heard this before, right? And so soon, King Saul decides David is too big for his britches. And so he sends his soldiers to arrest his son-in-law David. David's wife is an interesting character. She decides to help her husband escape. Sends him out the window. Not pushing him out the window, but letting him escape. Other guys get pushed out of the window. Anyway, so David escapes, but to keep herself out of trouble and to give David time to escape, she puts an idol to good use. She puts an idol under the bed covers. You know, it's kind of shaped like a person. And so the bed covers cover this statue. And people, you know, hubby's sleeping. And he said, don't bother my husband. Just, you know, arrest him another time. And finally, Saul says, I'm tired of waiting for him to heal. Arrest that man. And they pull off the covers and, oops, he turned to stone. And, you know, Queen David's dearly beloved says, he threatened me. And, you know, the story goes on. Okay. So David's running from Saul, and he comes to chapter 21. He comes to a place called, chapter 21, verse 1, a place called Nah, where there's a priest who gives him food to eat. Actually, the priest's food. Oh well. And the priest also gives to David Goliath's sword. King Saul hears about this because there was a man who was watching all this called, I call him Doug. It's D-O-E-G. Doug, whatever. He sees him, tells Saul, and King Saul ask a limolette for what's going on. All right, so that's where we are and this is what we, the testimony we read. The testimony is 1st Samuel 22 verse 14. Did you have time to get there? Look at it. As a matter of fact, let's read this together because this, this is where we are, where we'll be all day long, all afternoon. So, Out loud, read it with me. One, two, three, verse 14. So Amulek answered the king and said, and who among all your servants is as faithful as David? Who is the king, shall I call, who goes up to the king? And he is honorable in your house. Wow. What a guy. Right? Do we need to get off the light so we can see this? Verses here on the right. Ahimele answered the king. King Esau. King Esau. Ahimele says, ooh, think of all your servants. Who among all your servants? We need this on for the rest of the time, so that's fine. So, who among all your servants? Think of all your servants, King Saul. In all the country, you got so many servants. Your people, your special servants. Who among all your servants is like David? Who is so thankful as David? He's one of a kind. Right? David is faithful. The Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians 4, it's required of a servant, it's required of a steward, that a man be found what? Faithful. This is David. I mean, it's really early in David's life We only know him as a shepherd and a giant slayer and a soldier. And now the king's son-in-law. It's still early. He's still young. He isn't even king yet. But he's faithful. His character is already set. Here's a guy who is faithful. Not only is this man faithful, this is a man, the next line is, not only is he faithful, but he is a king's son-in-law. I mean, Saul, he's family. He's your family. He's married to your daughter. Don't take it out for him that he's married to your daughter, right? He's family. Come on, guy. He's your son-in-law. And I printed out a few translations of this. He goes at your bidding. Some other version says he's the captain of your soldiers. He's the captain of your bodyguards. He has access at your secret council, one translation says. He's taken into your council. He's your guard and confidant. This is the guy that you should be trusting. He's your bodyguard, one translation puts it. Here is a guy who is the captain of your bodyguard or the commander of your bodyguard. This is a guy who's quick to do your bidding. Right? He is honorable in your house. He's someone everyone respects. Now remember, the title of this is, the title of our message today is that David is acceptable. An acceptable servant of God and man. This is a man who in God's sight is a man after God's own heart. He is a man who trusts God. He's the one who writes Psalm 23 about the good shepherd. He is the one who says the Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. This is a man who from his childhood knows God, loves God, trusts God, and God says I want him to be the next king. But God accepts him because he trusts God, but King Saul says, you know what? I trust you. I'll send you out to fight the lions. I'll give you my armor. I'll let you be my son-in-law if you'll give me proof that you killed 100 Philistines. And so here is an acceptable servant of God and man. The king accepts him. The people are singing songs about him. Yes. And so a Himalayan here testifies and says, David, you are, David is devoted to the king. David is a man who is acceptable. He's devoted to king and country. He's a patriot. And so we'll look at this under a few headings. You can see by color where we're going here. Quickly, number one. We have a reliable testimony. The person who is giving this testimony is a priest. This is one who offers sacrifice to God. This is someone who has a job. He's someone whose testimony is trustworthy. So Saul thought Hamelot betrayed Saul, but David had lied to him. Actually, even though this testimony, David had lied David lied and said, you know what? I'm doing the king's business. Actually, David was trying to escape from King Saul. But he was a priest of God. He gave David food and sword, Goliath's sword. All right. And so the question that Ahimelech asks, first of all, as he testifies is, look, David has a sterling testimony. Here's a guy. Who is what? Faithful. David, King David, the servant of King Saul, the soldier, he is the most faithful. Are you faithful? Can people trust you to do something? Are you reliable? Are you trustworthy? Are you someone that people can say, yeah, Can I trust you to do your homework? Can your teacher trust you to get your jobs done? Can your mom trust you and say, my child is faithful? When I tell him to do something, when I tell her to do something, she does it. Are you faithful? Are you trustworthy? David's service to the king, to King Saul, as a soldier, as a bodyguard, as his service was known throughout the nation. The women were singing of him. Everyone knows David's the king's man. Not only who is as faithful as David, he was faithful to Saul, to the country, to the kingdom. He had this link. He was the son-in-law of King Saul. Who is the king's son-in-law? He had family connections. And you know what? You have family connections, too. You do. You're the child of your mom. You're the child of your dad. That's true. But, if you've trusted in Jesus, if you've trusted in God, if you've trusted that Jesus is the Savior, you have family connections even better. You have a better family connection as Christians, you and I. If we've trusted in Jesus Christ, are children of God. John 1 tells us that to as many as believe in Jesus Christ, God gives the right to be called children of God. You are God's child. I'm adopted. I'm a child of the King. Are you? Are you God's child? Have you believed in Jesus Christ? If you have believed in Jesus, you're a child of the King. You're a child of the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. You're a child of God. Are you? Have you trusted in Jesus? If you are a child of God, if you are like David, a son-in-law of the King, not a son-in-law, not married to the king, but a child, then represent God, represent your family, represent your father, as well as David represented Saul, as well as David represented the king, as well as Be as faithful. Be as obedient. He goes about as you're bidding. He does what you tell him to do, king. After all, he's your father-in-law. Or son-in-law. You're his father-in-law. If David would obey the king this way, are you alright, you and I? Are you okay? Alright, just making sure. If David obeys the king this way, how much more should you and I, as children of the king, represent the king well? We should obey him. We should serve him even better than David did. So this is the seminal number three. Number four. This is the final thing, the final thing that we want to think about today. The last part of the verse says, he is honorable in your house. Right, David? Right, Joseph? He's honorable in your house. What does Ahimelech, the priest, say? Here is someone who is respected by everyone in your family. Who is in King Saul's house? Well, David has earned the respect, the love of his wife, right? David has been saved by his wife from Saul. Right? She respects him. She saves his life. Right? That's the wife. David's wife. The King's son-in-law. Right? So here's someone, Ahimelech, saying, Your daughter likes this guy, trusts this guy, saved this guy. How about your other children? How about Jonathan? David has already become Jonathan's best friend, right? They've already agreed we're going to hang out together. We're going to be BFFs, right? Best friends forever. Right? David will protect Jonathan and his family and his children. Jonathan's going to end up saving David's life, too. Two of Saul's kids save David's life. Two of King Saul's children are like this, right? Like this, like this, with King David. David's going to have a tie to Jonathan. He is going to bring Jonathan's son to his own table. He is honorable in his house. The other people, the other, the rest of Saul's family Love David. Trust David. Esteem David. You know, David had credit with the people. David had credit, had a good name. How about you? If you are a child of God, and you are if you've trusted Jesus. If you are one of God's people, and you are if you've trusted Jesus. How do God's people, how do other Christians look at you? Do you have a name, a reputation like David? Have you trusted God like he did? Do you live like he does, Joseph? Let's close. Our Father in Heaven, we thank you for the example of David, a man who trusted you, who could be trusted by his father-in-law, by his family, by his friends, by his people. Lord, help us to be like David. Help us to be acceptable servants of God. Amen. We pray in Jesus' name, seeking your help. Amen. God bless you. We're going to let the elementary go first again. I think it's 344.