 Hey man, keep your place in 2 Samuel chapter 7, we're going to talk on the second sermon in our sermon series of Why David This Evening, we're looking at reasons that God chose David. Why did God say that David was a man after his own heart? God obviously, if you've ever read through these parts in the Bible about David's life, if you read through the Psalms, you know that God had an affinity to David. Last week we talked about one of the reasons that God chose David for the things that he chosen for was because of David's willingness to accept responsibility. David certainly wasn't chosen by God because he sinned less or he was a better person as people would look at it today than other people because David made some very large mistakes in his life. He made mistakes that hopefully most of us will not make. He committed some big sins, but David last week looked at he was just admitting, the first words out of his mouth when he was confronted by God on these sins was, I have sinned. He just totally laid himself down to the judgment of God and just repented and turned himself back to the Lord right away. So that is a great thing about David. This evening we're going to look at a second attribute of David and that is found, we're going to look at 2 Samuel chapter 7 here in a minute, but basically what I want to talk about this evening is David's loyalty, David's loyalty both to man and to God especially. Look down at 2 Samuel chapter 7 in verse number one. First of all, David's loyalty to God, loyalty to God is the easiest maze for us to navigate in our lives because we're always to be loyal to God through good times and through bad. It was very good at this and in 2 Samuel chapter 7 we see a good time in David's life when he did not forget about God. And if you think about your life and the life of even Solomon and other characters in the Bible, when things get great and things are being, you're being blessed in your life is many times when people turn away from God, when people forget about God, when people you know turn off the path that God would want them on. This was not David. Second Samuel chapter 7, look at verse number one, and it came to pass when the king sat in his house and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies. So here David, he was done with war at this point in his life. God had calmed all his enemies down, David was done fighting at this moment in his life because God had given him this rest. And then the king said that Nathan the prophet, see now I dwell in a house of cedar but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains and Nathan said to the king go and do all that is in nine heart for the Lord is with thee. So here we see David that he's just found himself on some really good times. If you've read about the life of David even up to this point, David did a lot of fighting in his life. He fought a lot of wars, he was a warrior and at this point he had some rest. He had a nice house to be that he was blessed with and he knew it came from the Lord and he immediately thought of the Lord. He's like I'm in this nice house and the ark of God is in the tabernacle, the tent is what he was thinking and that's when he wanted to go and build the house of God and of course in the rest of the chapter God comes to him and says no your son's going to build the temple but then God blesses him with this great prophecy that the Messiah would come from his lineage and that his son would build the temple. And even by the way, even by the way David didn't build the house but if you go and study out Solomon building the temple that God told David you know you're not going to build the house but first of all David thought of the house. David thought of the Lord even in good times and David laid up all the materials. By the time Solomon was ready to build the house David had everything there. David had the plan, the materials and the Bible says that David went and he was thinking about the Lord. He was very loyal to the Lord. Don't forget turn to James chapter one and verse number 17. By the way you know don't forget I mean when you're in good times this is why this is when we as men as people forget about God in good times. It's completely ironic because good times the Bible says in James 1 17 the Bible says every good gift and every perfect gift is from above meaning the reason that we have those things the reason that we have blessings is because of God so it's you know it's stupid to actually turn and forget about the Lord after he's given you blessings in your life. But look even in judgment David was still loyal to God. Turn to 2 Samuel chapter 12. Turn to 2 Samuel chapter 12. So David was loyal in good times. David was also loyal in judgment. David made some big mistakes and he did pay for those mistakes. Judgment came down on David. Just because you're saved tonight don't think that you're not going to get judgment in this life. We'll talk about that in a few minutes. Look at 2 Samuel chapter 12 in verse number 18. Now David is he's just been called out on the sin with Bathsheba and murdering Uriah the Hittite and Nathan has just we looked at this last week Nathan has just told him that the Lord what the Lord is going to do to him and David he goes and he prays for the life of this child who had gotten sick and he's praying and he's praying and in verse 18 the Bible says and it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died and the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead for they said behold while the child was yet alive we spake unto him and he would not hearken unto our voice. How will he then vex himself if we tell him that the child is dead? Look at verse 19. But when David saw that his servants whispered David perceived that the child was dead therefore David said unto his servants is the child dead and they said he is dead. Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his apparel and came into the house of the Lord and worshiped and then he came to his own house and when he required they said bread before him and he did eat. So David was fasting David was in sackcloth and ashes he was fasting and they were all nervous they were all nervous to tell him that the child had died because they're like he's in such a bad state right now he's down he's crying he's praying to the Lord they're like we're nervous to tell him that the child has died because he's in such a bad state right now what kind of state is he going to be in when we tell him that his prayers were not answered you know that his prayers were answered you know the answer was no from God and God took the life of the child but then it was just a matter of fact thing it's super important to understand verse 20 because David he basically tells them he said look while the child was alive I prayed and I fasted but now that the child has died he just gets straight back to the work of God he gets straight back to worshiping he cleans himself up he doesn't fast anymore why fast there's nothing to God he has the answer did David complain did David curse God did David say you know I I'm against what God did God why did you do this I mean how many people have you seen in their life that whine about you know the decisions that God has made David was just like hey that's what it is he went and he worshiped the Lord that's it he accepted judgment and he his loyalty to God did not waver in verse number 20 that is a huge testament to David's character right there in verse number 20 turn to psalm chapter 51 psalm chapter 51 right in the center of your bible you will find the book of psalms and psalm chapter 51 in in this time when this child had died this is after you know God took the life of this child and after he's been called out on his sin with Bathsheba and your eye the hit tight look at psalm chapter 51 and look at verse number 10 we see more evidence of this look what David says look what David says he says create in me a clean heart oh God and renew a right spirit within me who is he focusing on here he's in judgment his child has just died he's completely focused on himself he's saying create in me a clean heart he's like fix my heart lord and a right spirit within me cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirit from me restore unto me the joy of thy salvation and uphold me with thy free spirit i like verse number 12 because that's a proof of eternal security right there he doesn't say he doesn't say hey i lost my salvation god give it back to me he says restore unto me the joy of my salvation he's a saved man under judgment he's under the chastisement of god and he just says to god hey give me my joy back give get my heart right get my spirit right give me my joy back why look at verse 13 then he's like i need a right heart he's like i need a right spirit why because of verse 13 then i will teach transgressors thy ways and sinners shall be converted unto thee can you go out soul winning you go out spread the gospel if you just have a wicked heart no you'll have no interest in those types of things you have no interest in showing people the way of salvation and the gospel if your heart is not right and your spirit is not right why do you think we preach so much about keeping garbage out of your life and living a separated life so you keep that clean heart david is coming out of this terrible sin and he's saying lord clean up my heart clean up my life give me the spirit back give me the joy of my salvation back he never thought he lost his salvation he he knew that his salvation was always secure always there but he's like i need the right spirit and the right heart so i can go out and i can teach people how to be converted to you that's what david was talking about his loyalty never wavered to the lord even in judgment so we see a great example of how we are to be loyal to the lord you say this is easy being loyal to god you're always loyal to god yes understood how about this though how about loyalty towards men loyalty to god's easy we're always to be loyal to god no matter what no matter what anybody tells us what happens in our life good times bad times blessings judgment we're supposed to be loyal to god but how about men how when are we supposed to be loyal to men turn to first chronicles chapter 27 david even even in his flawed relationships that he had in his flawed life he was pretty loyal to the men that were loyal to him look at first chronicles chapter 27 loyalty by the way loyalty amongst men works both ways and you'll see that in first chronicles 27 first chronicles 27 look at verse number one now the children of israel after their number to wit the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year every course were 20 and 4 000 over the first course for the first month was jasho bam the son of zabdiel and in his course were 20 and 4 000 of the children of pares was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month so we see here that david has a new captain every month and if you keep reading this chapter in first chronicles chapter 27 you'll see that men are named a different man is named to rule each month for the first month the second month the third month but here's what's interesting if you go up and you look at the mighty men listed in second samuel chapter 23 10 of the 12 captains here were mighty men listed so 10 of the 12 captains that were listed in first chronicles chapter 27 were part of david's mighty men so these men that were that were part of the 600 the mighty men david was extremely loyal to them because they were loyal to him so loyalty works both ways with men well so what can we take from this of course our loyalty to god should be you know should be unquestioned david is the example here we're to be loyal to god at all times turn to hebrus chapter 12 hebrus chapter 12 look at verse number six even in times of judgment you say i'm saved and i'm going to get judged in my life what in the world look at hebrus chapter 12 and verse number six hebrus chapter 12 and verse number six look what the bible says and make sure by the way when you're out soul winning and you're out giving the gospel that you explain this to people that you explain this to people because many times you will come up to a catholic you will come up to someone who believes in workspace salvation they believe they have to work their way to heaven they believe that you know maybe they get saved and then if they do something bad they can lose their salvation make sure because you know a lot of these people will tell you are you saying that i can just trust on the lord jesus christ and then i can just go do whatever i want well to get to heaven yes that's what i'm saying that's what you need to make sure that you explain to people however you are going to be adopted into god's family and who the lord loveth he chasing it on this earth you will receive the chastening of the lord look at hebrus chapter 12 and look at verse number six for whom the lord loveth he chasing it and scourges every son whom he received it once you are saved you were an adopted son of god into his family and the bible says that once that happens you are going to be under the chastening of your heavenly father look at verse number seven if he endure chastening god dealeth with you as sons for what son is he whom the father chaseneth not the bible here is saying he's like look if you're if you're getting chasen by god that's actually a sign that you're saved that's actually a sign that you know you are adopted into god's family because what what what son wouldn't the father chasen other than how people raise their kids today look at verse number eight but if you be without chastisement we're of all our partakers then you're bastards and not sons the bible says look if you just go out and you just sin and sin and sin look that's why people that's the answer for people who ask how can there be a god if all these terrible things happen if all these wicked people are out there getting away with all this stuff because they're not sons they're not under god's chastisement look those people when they die they're going to pay in hell that is a much worse punishment than anything that could happen to them on this earth but you as a son are going to deal with god's chastisement in your life now look at verse nine furthermore we have had fathers that now this is super interesting verse number nine furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us and we gave them reverence shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the father of spirits and live look at verse number 10 for they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure what the bible here is saying is like saying like fathers like like an earthly father they punish their children like for their own good like i just can't stand like my kids acting up that's why that's the thing that just perplexes me about kids today that are just completely undisciplined like how can these parents put up with it i'd be insane but that's what the bible here is saying is saying worldly fathers they chastise their children they spank their children they punish their children for their own good so they don't go insane but look what the bible says about our heavenly father it says but he for our profit that we might be partakers of his holiness the bible here is saying that your heavenly father is chastening you when you do something and god comes down on you in this life and he punishes you he's like that's for your own good that's for your own good that we might be partakers of his holiness now look at verse number 11 now no chastening for the present present seem to be joyous but grievous he's like you're not going to like it at the time he says nevertheless afterward it yielded the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby look at verse number nine verse number nine notice how the bible says when these people look when you had a father of your flight when you had your dad punish you when you were a kid it's like you gave them reverence you gave them reverence you gave your dad reverence he's like why would you not do that with god is what he's saying and then in verse number 11 he says you know it yields that punishment should yield the fruit of righteousness meaning you should become a fruitful christian after you're punished so the bible here is saying that yes you're going to be under chastisement in your life but look you you should deal with chastisement in your life with reverence to god you should not be this person that's being punished by god and says you know what god i think you're being too hard on me you know what these people out here are way worse than i am it's like are you kidding me i mean i do this little thing and you're you're bringing my life to a screeching halt and all these people that i work with are just wicked people like day in and day out and nothing ever happens hey rules are different for you rules are different for you that's what the bible is saying here and you are never to lose your loyalty to god remember last week's sermon when we looked at the contrast between sol and david when they were confronted with their sin and one man said i've sinned and the other man said no i haven't i haven't sinned the people made me do it notice the difference in judgment that came down on both of those saved men in those cases be careful that your loyalty does not waver to god even when he is chasing you that is the key here how about good times in your life turn to psalm 100 here's a good contrast on loyalty to god in good times in your life look at psalm chapter 100 psalm chapter 100 i'm looking at a church full of people who i consider to have been blessed in the last year and a half you know with all the stupid garbage that has happened i'm looking at a bunch of people who have been blessed in their life look at psalm chapter 100 look at verse number four look what the bible says it says enter into his gates with what with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise be thankful unto him and bless his name this is implying that good things have been happening to you and that you should be thankful to the lord and bless his name now turn to romans chapter one being thankful is huge to the lord being thankful in times of blessing in good times means that your loyalty to god is there even through good times that you haven't forgotten look if you get if you have a birthday party and a bunch of people bring you presents and gifts and you just like don't say thank you to anybody i mean everybody at that i mean people are gonna be mad imagine god who has blessed your life and has given you all these blessings and good times in your life has given you peace in your life i'm looking at a bunch of people who are in peace i don't see anybody at war in this room be thankful for that and show that your loyalty to god is good is is strong even in good times now look at romans chapter one in romans chapter one we see a chapter describing the worst of the worst people that have literally been given up by god given over by god and how does it all start how does it all start with them look at verse 21 it says because when they knew god they glorified him not as god so these people knew who god was probably had some good things going on in their life and they just didn't even they didn't even acknowledge that god was there these are the people that you know they had the birthday party and all the presents were given to them and they're just like thanks party's over presents stay that's who these people were and then i mean then we see the path that it goes down but look at the next the next few words it says neither were what neither were thankful and then and then all the horrible things happen to where they're given over to god and all sorts of perversion which isn't the point of the sermon but the point is these people started out knowing god they knew god they were they were they were in good times but they weren't what they weren't thankful for the things that were put in front of them they weren't thankful it all began there and their foolish heart was darkened it is super important that we were always thankful and we are always loyal to god in our lives good times bad times turn to psalm chapter 118 now the main point this evening is loyalty to men that's what we really want to dive into a little bit here how can you decide when to be loyal to a man in your life this one's a little trickier this one is a little bit trickier look at psalm chapter 118 look at verse number eight psalm chapter 118 verse number eight the bible says it is better i mean when should you be loyal to men the bible says it's better to trust in the lord than to put confidence in man now that's a super interesting verse because it doesn't say never trust a man it says it's better to trust in the lord than to put your confidence in man it doesn't say never trust man it just says it's better to trust the lord so it's implying here that the lord and the man in this verse are on two different pages does that make sense because look if if i'm trusting a man that trusts the lord i'm trusting the same thing if if somebody's saying hey go this way and the lord saying that and the man saying that it's the same thing but it's saying look in the case where there's a man saying one thing and the lord saying another thing it's better to trust the lord is what this verse is saying god is saying go this way a man is saying go the other way it's better to trust the lord but here's the problem with most people here's a problem with most people turn to matthew chapter 15 if you say okay that's a pretty simple lesson like you know just follow the lord and not somebody somebody that says something other than what the lord says but here's the problem with most people most people have no idea what god says most people have no idea what the bible says most people have no idea what the word of god says because they don't read it they don't know what i mean the bible is probably the book that people claim to know the most about and they've never read it i mean how many times you oh the bible oh yeah this and that and this and that look you will never find any other book like that you will never find people going around saying oh yeah you know uh tale of two cities let me tell you about that book and they've never even opened it one time nobody would do that it's it's dumb to even think about something like that but here people do it with the bible all the time everybody thinks they know what the bible says and they never even read one page most people this is why i'm constantly telling you you need to read the bible look you need to read the bible you need to come to church but you need to read the bible too you need to listen to preaching but you need to read the bible why because you need to know what the bible says you need to know what god says otherwise how would you ever know what trusting if what a man says is what god says how would you ever know if you don't know what the bible says look at matthew 15 that this is a problem with most people they go they go to this is a problem with most churches they go to people go to a church and they have some man that's just saying a bunch of stuff he's like saying hey do this and do this and give me this or whatever and people are like oh yeah that sounds great maybe he's a good speaker maybe he's you know he's he's you know he's got a good presence or whatever but people have no idea if that's what the bible says that's a problem why is that a problem look at matthew 15 9 jesus said this is going to be a problem he says but in vain do they worship me teaching for teaching for doctrines the commandments of men talking about false prophets look he's saying that people are going to go out there and they're going to teach they're going to teach what they want to teach and they're going to they're going to try to pass it off as god's word they're going to try to pass it off as like god says this the bible says this and people are going to be like oh okay and why do they do it it's vanity they do it for themselves second peter chapter 2 talks about the false prophets what are they doing it for they're doing it for the money they're doing it for the money that's one of the big parts they're doing it for the power they're doing it for all these things men will say things and they will pass it off as god said this that's why you need to know the bible that's why you need to know the bible you need to trust the bible i'm up here preaching the bible to you and it needs to look you need to be looking in your bible saying does the bible say this and then once you know your bible turn to hebrus chapter 13 because i mean look there's there's responsibility for you it's not just come here and listen to preaching every week you need to know what the word of god says because that's what's going on out here that's what's going on with 99 percent of churches in america today as people are just getting up and teaching the doctrines of man as the commandments of god that's what they're doing and people don't know the bible we've never had a a society that's dumber on the bible so everyone's just like oh yeah okay you know do this and your life's going to be great do this and you know whatever look at hebrus 13 17 and then once you know your bible look at hebrus 13 17 the bible says obey them that have the rule over you and submit yourselves for they watch for your souls as they must give account that they may do it with joy and not with grief for that is unprofitable for you this is talking about spiritual leadership in your life turn to colossus chapter three in verse 23 so we're talking about how to decide if you know man is who to be loyal to as a man in your life hebrus 13 is talking about spiritual leadership look there's leadership out in the secular world you're going to go and you're going to work for somebody you're going to have a boss now that one's easy i'm just going to cover that one real quickly in colossus chapter three in verse number 23 the bible says this it says whatsoever you do do it heartily as to the lord and not unto men knowing that the lord you shall receive the reward of the inheritance for you serve the lord the lord christ the bible here is saying whatever you do just pretend you know you're just working for jesus who to be loyal to in your secular life your work life is an easy one you go out you go to work and you work like you're working for jesus christ that's what you do every single christian should be the hardest worker the most loyal employee but i mean is that the case today it should be the employee that's the one that doesn't complain the one that just goes after it has the best attitude because look i don't care who my boss is i've worked for some i've worked for some crazy people it doesn't matter because i'm working for the lord jesus christ like what if they tell you to do something that's immoral well i just don't do it i told you several cases over the last two years people coming up to me and saying hey we need you to sign this we need you to put your name on this we put your name on it that's easy if it's immoral it's like hey can you stamp this hey you stamp it oh i don't have a stamp yeah i can see why look you work for people like you're working for jesus christ and if there's ethical things or something goes outside the bible just you stick to the bible that's it so easy but you're like oh i don't know what the bible says once again you're gonna have a problem you need to know what the bible says but as far as spiritual leadership in your life the bible says that you should have spiritual leadership in your life and there should be loyalty there look at heber's chapter 13 17 we just read but go to jeremiah chapter three the key for spiritual leadership in your life and loyalty there is in jeremiah chapter three jeremiah chapter three look at verse number 15 you go to work and you just you just work like you're working for jesus christ and if there's a bunch of people in the corner that are complaining about the boss every day and saying you know what this boss is a jerk you know what maybe he is but i'm working for jesus christ it's really simple it's really i mean it's really easy to be a good employee today and especially if you have that attitude i look i don't care if he's been divorced three times and his family's a mess and all this kind of stuff look i'm gonna go and i'm gonna do that job like i'm working for christ and i'm gonna i'm gonna submit myself to the leadership authority but if it gets outside the bible hey you're on your own good luck look at jeremiah chapter three spiritual leadership now this has been the most challenging one in my life and i'll give you a little bit of a perspective here at the end of the sermon but finding someone in your life that you can follow spiritually because look what the bible says in jeremiah three look at verse 15 the bible says and i will give you pastors according to mind heart which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding now there's there's a key there there's a key there in the first part of that verse where it says god says i will give you pastors according to mind heart look you know what this is saying this is saying that the pastor and the lord should be on the same page that's what this is saying look and much more to the to to just not just the same page they should have the they should have the same heart i that is that is that a is that a big statement to anyone but just me that the pastor and the lord should have the same heart now once again you have to read i mean how do i know if my pastor's heart is the same as the lord's heart you have to read the bible i mean you can't just stand up here and just listen to me i mean you could but you know you you could you're at risk you must read the bible you must read the bible is my heart the same as the lord's heart but guess what folks this is super interesting because today you have all these pastors you have all these pastors and they're up and they're telling every all their people god is love god loves you and all these people they come and oh just love love it e dove it e love it e love that's i mean look does god love you yes god loves us but god is also judgment i mean what bible are you reading what bible are these people that think that jesus is this long-haired guy that walks around with a sheep and a cane and just you know talks about i mean have you read what jesus said have you read the gospels look god is love but god is also judgment god is wrath god is chastisement and the bible says that the pastor is to have the same heart as the lord look a true pastor is going to follow the commandments of the bible that's what i'm getting at he's going to be loving to his people but he is also going to be firm you know why these people these pastors they get up and they just preach nothing but good news and nothing but love and nothing but acceptance first of all they're destroying their people is what they're doing they're ruining people's lives they are ruining the next generation they're sending people to literal hell if that's how they are preaching because that is not the heart of god god is the gospel but god is also judgment turn to first peter chapter five first peter chapter five a true pastor is going to have the same heart i mean when you read the bible is there not a lot of wrath in the bible is there not a lot of judgment in the bible look god in the bible he's just doing nothing but correcting things and making things right and preaching doctrines that people don't want to hear we're going to preach the whole thing here and your pastor's heart needs to be the same as the heart of god which you read in the bible look at first peter chapter five the elders are among you which are among you i exhort who am also an elder elder being the same as a pastor in the bible and a witness of the sufferings of christ and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed feed the flock of god which is among you taking the oversight there of that means you're a watchman not by constraint but willingly not for filthy lucre but of a ready mind neither is being lords over god's heritage but being examples to the flock and when the chief shepherd shall appear you shall receive a crown of glory that faded not away this here is is is is comparing the pastor to a shepherd and i love that analogy saying you know you need to feed the flock of god so if i came up here and just preached the same message to you every sunday morning would it would you be fed i'm supposed to tell you look i'm supposed to tell you what the bible has to say whether you like it or not and trust me i could stand up here and one thing that pastor he meant has said that is one of the things that is so true when you're standing up here and you're just preaching a hard sermon that you know affects people and people don't want to hear you i can see it in your faces i can see you guys are all you know and you know it's look but you got to be fed you got to be fed i'm i'm hurting you if i don't have the same heart as god but it says you know not by constraint i'm not supposed to be this controlling you know this controlling person and all this but willingly look you are all here willingly did you know that did you know that no one forced you to come here today but willingly not for filthy lucre i mean i can definitely tell you that's the case with me if you think i'm doing this for the money this is the worst business plan ever but anyway but of a ready mind but here but being examples to the flock i love the analogy of a shepherd he what does a shepherd do he's protecting he's protecting he's hurting right he's he's he does not sit around all day petting the sheep does that make sense i mean what kind of shepherd does that you're working you're feeding you're hurting you're guiding and at times you know there's going to have to be some protecting that's done because look i mean protecting from what you say pretty well from other sheep and from predators that would hurt the sheep i mean look folks one thing you have to understand and i don't think i'll ever be able to get this across because i think that this is just a perspective that you have to be in in order to understand it but there's a lot of things you don't see there's a lot of dangers that you don't see that's why you need to trust your pastor that's why you need to know what the bible says so in times where maybe you don't really understand why pastors being such a meanie head or you know why he's got to be so you know because look i'm telling you one thing we are going to run this church like the bible says it should be run because i i do not i do not fear any of you but i fear the lord this church will be run like the bible says and that's the difference between us and everybody we will run this church like the bible because i mean i'm afraid of god it's really that simple and that's why you need to trust your pastor that's why you need to be reading the bible you need to have that confidence that you can read the bible for yourself and say you know what these things these things that he preaches when i sit here and i don't really i didn't really like that sermon you know i always like getting punched in the face i maybe it's just me but i always liked it but some people don't you have to read the bible you have to go and read it and you have to look at the word of god and you say but it is what he say is his heart with god when he said those things and then you prove those things that the pastor says and you're like yes well that's what the bible says you know what if you don't if you don't have this attitude that if it's in the bible i'm going to believe it you are not going to do well here because this the bible will be preached here every single bit of it and if you pick and choose the bible if you're like you know what i like that page but this page i don't really like that page you're gonna have a hard time here people in a church like this they either get right or they get out that's how it goes that's how it goes in a bible preaching church but look and it's not fun it's not fun it would be more fun for me to just stand up here and just tell you everything you wanted to hear about yourself it would be more fun to be like you know whatever you guys are all great and everything that you do is great you know what all those movies and and stuff well you tell me about movies after church don't ever do that by the way and you just tell me all the sin you're in and i'm just like oh okay whatever all this and you know what that would be easier now i actually i hate it already just even saying it but the point is it's not fun standing up here and preaching the bible to people in a time where people don't want to hear the truth and i could stand up here and say the public school is great and just put your kids in public school and there's no need to homeschool and public school is really not that bad look just just leave this church if i ever say something like that this world is wicked as hell and we either preach the truth and we either preach the whole bible or what is the point of this whole thing but the point is you need to find someone to be your spiritual leader that you can be loyal to and it's a problem with people i don't know why but it's a problem with people turn to 2nd Samuel chapter 3 you know who was a problem with in the bible in David's life it was a problem with joe ab it was a problem with joe ab joe ab had a major loyalty problem to David he was never really on David's agenda joe ab was on joe ab's agenda he was loyal to himself look at 2nd Samuel chapter 3 i'll just give you one example here we had abner he was a general of the enemy abner came and he made peace with David and David decided that you know what i'm going to accept this peace offering and look at 2nd Samuel chapter 3 joe ab he had a he had a he had a bone to pick with abner killed his brother when joe ab and the hosts that were with him were calm they told joe ab saying abner the son of ner came to the king came to David and he has sent him away and he has gone in peace then joe ab came to the king and said what has thou done behold abner came unto thee why is it that i was sent him away and he is quiet gone he is quite gone thou know us abner the son of ner that he came to deceive thee and to know that going out and coming in and to know all that thou doest so he's sitting here and he's saying he's like you accepted peace from this man he just came to trick you so david made a decision as a leader to make peace with this man and joe says i don't agree with that he says that rate to David's face not in a respectful way either look at verse 26 and when joe ab was come out from david he sent messengers after abner which brought him again from the well of syrah but david knew it not he goes behind david's back and when abner was returned to hebron joe ab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly and smote him under the fifth rib and he died for the blood of asahil his brother look back at verse number 22 now this is really the key with joe ab right here so joe ab he just joe ab's got an agenda this guy joe ab's agenda was this guy killed my brother and i'm gonna kill him that was joe ab's agenda he makes up a bunch of stuff and tells david he's just a spy he's just trying to turn david on abner is always trying to do and at the end of the day when david says no when david said this is the way we're gonna go joe ab went his own way and look at verse number 22 of second samuel chapter 3 this is super interesting that the bible points this out in second samuel chapter 7 that we just read the bible calls david my servant god calls david my servant that means you know what that means that means he's loyal to me look what the bible says in second samuel chapter 3 in verse number 22 about joe ab and behold the servants of david and joe ab came from pursuing a troop and brought in a great spoil with them notice how joe ab wasn't put in with the servants of david you know that joe ab was a mighty warrior joe ab fought many battles you know joe ab was not one of the mighty men joe ab was not loyal to david he was never david's servant throughout his life we just see story after story whether it be killing absalom you know just he has his own agenda and he does whatever he wants that is the story of joe ab and david and finally i mean it costs him his life he kills abner he kills absalom but here's the thing joe ab was his own servant he was serving himself he never got on david's agenda back to loyalty correctly placed correctly placed loyalty to man is a good thing with god it's easy with god it's easy we're always to be loyal let me give you my philosophy with men look in my life i struggled to find a spiritual leader i struggled to find a pastor that i could i could be loyal to look i wanted to be loyal to a pastor i wanted to be loyal to a pastor and i struggled to find that for many many years of my life even after i got saved i i struggled to find a pastor which is why we moved to california because we finally found that the first step is this the first step to find a spiritual leader in your life that you can be loyal to is is you need to is you need to find somebody that you can be loyal to that's step number one this in my experience is the hardest part of loyalty to man it's the most challenging thing you need to find a man whose heart is with the lord you need to find a man look who has the life to match i mean that was always you know where my struggle was because every man will tell you his hearts with the lord every pastor will tell you my hearts with the lord you need to find a man who's got the character in the life behind it to match that and that's what we found in sacramento and that's why it was so and look who's got the right gospel who's got the right heart who's got the right qualifications according to the bible look there's a lot of people out there who are pastors who are lazy who are not qualified who just just want to be a pastor for their own vanity for their own sake for money or whatever after their own gain but here's the thing once you find that once you find that be loyal and serve with all your heart and that's where we were in sacramento once we found it it was all in it was all in find the pastor's agenda and get on it and help and serve and just get on that man's agenda as as look i don't do halfway i don't do halfway look think about how weird it would be to find a man that you wanted to be loyal to and then just kind of like be halfway imagine it's like i mean like i said none of you have to be here at church no one's forcing you to be here imagine somebody who would come to like a work day as we're trying to get this building fixed up so we can move and you come to the work day and you just complain the whole time that would be bizarre wouldn't it i mean it never happens but imagine somebody that that's somebody that comes into a church and just like causes trouble and just wants to just like you know have there be a joe ab in the church and just have their own agenda that's look there may be nothing that i appreciate more in being in the ministry than loyal people that i can rely on especially at times like this i mean i am so thankful for all the people that help out with this church that are on the agenda of this church that are pulling for this church because guess what this isn't a one-man show you know no one man could do this by himself and guess what there's gonna be there's gonna be we're in a busy time right now we're in a busy time but there's not really any huge problems there but there's guess what there's gonna be there's gonna be battles there's gonna be attacks because if we're effective if we're effective in the ministry we're moving a building that's whatever if we're effective at carrying the gospel to fresno and we're effective at doing the first works and we're effective at preaching the gospel we're effective at reading our bible and we're effective at being mature christians and growing spiritually in this christian life look there's gonna be a tax the bible tells us that there's gonna be tribulation coming our way and we will all need to be on the same agenda i will be i will need to be loyal to you and you will need to be loyal to me i'm just a man just like you david was the loyalty with men works both ways folks so david was a great example of loyalty in the bible which is why i believe that another reason that god chose him chose him to be king chose him for the royal lineage of jesus christ david has great examples of loyalty and we can learn from those examples we always need to be loyal to god you know we should be loyal to each other we should be loyal to each other i'm not just standing up here saying i'm your pastor be loyal to me i need to be loyal to you i need to serve you and you know what you need to be reading the bible and if and if the man that you're loyal to exits from the bible you hit that door as fast as you can and look i'm gonna do it's not gonna happen because i'm in my bible too all right but you you have a responsibility there you have a responsibility here we're all working for jesus christ in this church loyalty is a big deal let's power heads and have a word of prayer