100:00:00,020 –> 00:00:03,760You know200:00:03,900 –> 00:00:11,960what the people did eventually after I won that great victory against Goliath?300:00:12,040 –> 00:00:15,600They made me their king.400:00:15,600 –> 00:00:21,740And God gave me many successes and you know about my failures too.500:00:21,760 –> 00:00:24,340God’s people needed a better king than me.600:00:24,620 –> 00:00:28,219Welcome to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith, I’m David Pick.700:00:28,240 –> 00:00:31,879I’m glad you could be with us today and we’re continuing today looking800:00:31,879 –> 00:00:34,599at the Christmas story through the eyes of King David.900:00:35,259 –> 00:00:39,279Yeah and David is significant because he was Israel’s greatest king.1000:00:39,400 –> 00:00:43,860No one higher in all of the Old Testament in terms of his accomplishments.1100:00:44,360 –> 00:00:49,200And yet David himself knows he needs someone greater than himself.1200:00:49,680 –> 00:00:52,240And you know that’s really the beginning of Christian faith isn’t it.1300:00:52,240 –> 00:00:56,240I come to the place of realizing I need someone greater than myself.1400:00:56,259 –> 00:01:00,580I need someone who’s going to rule my life whatever my accomplishments and1500:01:00,580 –> 00:01:04,660someone who’s going to be my redeemer and thank God for David’s greater1600:01:04,660 –> 00:01:10,879son our Lord Jesus Christ David to whom people looked up as Lord looks1700:01:10,879 –> 00:01:14,500up to Jesus as Lord and that’s what Christ calls us to do as well.1800:01:14,720 –> 00:01:19,059So today we’re continuing in the first book of Samuel chapter 171900:01:19,400 –> 00:01:21,940as we continue David’s story here’s Colin.2000:01:22,160 –> 00:01:26,879You know people have fallen into the habit of calling me Israel’s greatest2100:01:26,879 –> 00:01:27,260king.2200:01:28,279 –> 00:01:30,419Frankly, I wish they wouldn’t do that.2300:01:30,860 –> 00:01:34,059But here’s why they do when I was king.2400:01:34,580 –> 00:01:37,599God gave us victory over our enemies.2500:01:38,059 –> 00:01:42,419Our borders were secure and we lived with peace in our time.2600:01:43,139 –> 00:01:47,180And get this during the entire period of my reign.2700:01:47,180 –> 00:01:48,739You’ll like this.2800:01:48,820 –> 00:01:49,660You’ll like this.2900:01:50,379 –> 00:01:53,519Our economy was booming.3000:01:55,019 –> 00:01:56,959Now, just thinking about that and being around.3100:01:57,320 –> 00:02:02,139I’m thinking maybe I should stick around and have a shot running to be your president.3200:02:04,500 –> 00:02:06,180But I’m not here to talk about myself.3300:02:07,320 –> 00:02:11,839I’m here today to talk to you about my greater son.3400:02:12,539 –> 00:02:14,580Whose name is Jesus.3500:02:15,460 –> 00:02:16,020By the way.3600:02:16,020 –> 00:02:25,660Have you noticed that I get a direct personal mention in the very first verse of the New Testament?3700:02:25,699 –> 00:02:26,539Did you notice that?3800:02:27,039 –> 00:02:27,979Here’s what it says…3900:02:28,220 –> 00:02:30,899Matthew chapter one and verse one.4000:02:31,500 –> 00:02:36,460A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ.4100:02:37,179 –> 00:02:42,300The son of David, my favorite verse in the New Testament.4200:02:43,580 –> 00:02:44,320Well, by the way.4300:02:44,360 –> 00:02:45,139While we’re on that.4400:02:45,199 –> 00:02:47,860You might be interested to know, did you know this?4500:02:48,860 –> 00:02:55,860That both Joseph and Mary where descended from my line, through different sons.4600:02:56,899 –> 00:03:03,220Joseph was my descendant through Solomon, and his line is traced in the gospel of Matthew.4700:03:04,199 –> 00:03:10,100Mary was my descendants through Nathan, the son that I named after the prophet.4800:03:10,399 –> 00:03:14,059And her line is traced in the gospel of Luke.4900:03:15,000 –> 00:03:17,419Both of them were of the royal bloodline.5000:03:18,559 –> 00:03:20,759Both of them living in obscurity.5100:03:21,899 –> 00:03:22,600Amazing.5200:03:24,500 –> 00:03:27,759Actually, I get a mention all over the Christmas story.5300:03:28,100 –> 00:03:32,399Do you remember when the angel appeared to Mary, he said that the son that she would5400:03:32,399 –> 00:03:37,600be bare would be called the son of the most High, and that God would give him the5500:03:37,600 –> 00:03:43,880throne of his father, David, my son on my throne.5600:03:45,240 –> 00:03:49,559And then when Caesar called for that census, and everyone had to return to their5700:03:49,559 –> 00:03:52,139own time of origin in order to register.5800:03:52,360 –> 00:03:54,139Where did Mary and Joseph go?5900:03:54,339 –> 00:03:57,839But to Bethlehem, which was my hometown.6000:03:59,399 –> 00:04:00,399Now, think about this.6100:04:01,240 –> 00:04:02,580Has it ever occurred to you?6200:04:02,839 –> 00:04:05,440I was a shepherd from Bethlehem.6300:04:05,960 –> 00:04:09,139I knew what it was to be out on those hills watching sheep at night.6400:04:09,179 –> 00:04:13,500That’s what I did as the youngest brother for years before God6500:04:13,720 –> 00:04:17,519had given me opportunity to serve in other ways.6600:04:17,579 –> 00:04:22,160I knew what it was like for these guys who were out on the hills behind Bethlehem,6700:04:22,160 –> 00:04:27,079watching sheep on the night when Jesus was born and the angel of the Lord6800:04:27,079 –> 00:04:30,160appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them.6900:04:30,320 –> 00:04:32,760And do you remember what the angel said to them?7000:04:33,540 –> 00:04:34,640Don’t be afraid.7100:04:34,640 –> 00:04:38,940He said, today there’s good news of great joy, because today in the town7200:04:38,940 –> 00:04:43,040of David, Bethlehem, they’ve renamed it, really.7300:04:43,519 –> 00:04:45,100Because that’s where I came from.7400:04:45,320 –> 00:04:51,220A Savior has been born to you, and he is Christ the Lord.7500:04:53,140 –> 00:04:59,640Roll the story forward, because if you end at Christmas, you really don’t get what7600:04:59,640 –> 00:05:00,359it’s all about.7700:05:01,839 –> 00:05:07,739Roll the story forward and you find Jesus beginning his public ministry, and he7800:05:07,739 –> 00:05:08,760healed people.7900:05:09,700 –> 00:05:11,940And folks were astonished at what he did.8000:05:12,799 –> 00:05:18,260On one occasion — you can read about this in Matthew 12 — some people found a8100:05:18,260 –> 00:05:22,559person who seemed to be a uniquely difficult case.8200:05:23,959 –> 00:05:32,260This man couldn’t speak and he couldn’t see, and on top of that he was possessed8300:05:32,299 –> 00:05:35,299by many evil spirits, demons.8400:05:36,500 –> 00:05:39,040I guess these folks wanted to test Jesus.8500:05:39,059 –> 00:05:40,559You know, we’ve seen him doing some miracles.8600:05:40,679 –> 00:05:43,440Let’s see what he can do with this fellow.8700:05:43,440 –> 00:05:46,720So they brought this fellow who can’t see and can’t speak and is possessed by many8800:05:46,720 –> 00:05:48,320demons — they bring him to Jesus.8900:05:48,320 –> 00:05:49,640Let’s see what he can do with him.9000:05:49,640 –> 00:05:52,320And do you know what Jesus did?9100:05:52,320 –> 00:05:56,980He healed him and delivered him on the spot.9200:05:56,980 –> 00:05:59,420Well that absolutely astonished everyone.9300:05:59,420 –> 00:06:00,559You can read this in your Bible.9400:06:00,559 –> 00:06:02,920Here’s what people started to say.9500:06:02,920 –> 00:06:08,880They said, could this be the son of David?9600:06:08,920 –> 00:06:14,359Could this Jesus be the one who for all these centuries and generations we’ve been looking9700:06:14,359 –> 00:06:18,859since God gave the promise to me?9800:06:18,859 –> 00:06:21,420Word about him spread of course.9900:06:21,420 –> 00:06:23,380And eventually he came to Jerusalem.10000:06:23,380 –> 00:06:28,700When you celebrate this a little nearer to Easter — there was a day when he came into10100:06:28,700 –> 00:06:31,200the city riding on a donkey.10200:06:31,200 –> 00:06:35,980And more and more people had come to the same conclusion that they expressed that day.10300:06:35,980 –> 00:06:40,399You remember they picked up palm branches and they said to me, say it with me,10400:06:40,399 –> 00:06:43,959Hosanna to the son of David.10500:06:43,959 –> 00:06:53,119They had come to believe that this is the one in whom that great promise to me would10600:06:53,119 –> 00:06:55,500be fulfilled.10700:06:55,500 –> 00:07:02,839You know, as you read through the Gospels, Jesus referred to me on many many occasions,10800:07:03,220 –> 00:07:12,119but my favorite is the time when Jesus quoted one of my Psalms and threw the Pharisees10900:07:12,119 –> 00:07:14,480into utter confusion.11000:07:14,480 –> 00:07:17,220I wonder if you know this story.11100:07:17,220 –> 00:07:20,940Here’s what I wrote in Psalm 110.11200:07:20,940 –> 00:07:26,359I wrote these words, they’re very important, in fact they are so important that these words11300:07:26,359 –> 00:07:31,359are the most quoted words from the Old Testament in all of the New Testament Scriptures.11400:07:31,380 –> 00:07:34,320Psalm 110 verse one, here’s what I wrote.11500:07:34,320 –> 00:07:42,899Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit I said, the Lord, that is God Almighty Yahweh,11600:07:42,899 –> 00:07:53,399the Lord I wrote said to my Lord, sit at my right hand until all your enemies are under11700:07:53,399 –> 00:07:56,100your feet.11800:07:56,100 –> 00:08:05,480You see, it had been revealed to me by God that beside the Almighty himself would be11900:08:05,480 –> 00:08:16,880one who I could only describe as my Lord and that the Almighty would say to the one that12000:08:16,880 –> 00:08:24,799I can only describe as my Lord, that he should sit at the right hand of the Almighty and12100:08:25,519 –> 00:08:30,920that he should sit there until all his enemies have been placed under his feet.12200:08:30,920 –> 00:08:35,200It was all a little hazy to me, but enough was revealed to me, so that I knew that the12300:08:35,200 –> 00:08:41,960one I could only describe as my Lord would be at the right hand of the Almighty and that12400:08:41,960 –> 00:08:44,640all his enemies would be put under his feet.12500:08:44,640 –> 00:08:51,559And I wrote that in Psalm 110 under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and it’s so important that12600:08:51,580 –> 00:08:55,640that is the most quoted single statement from all the Old Testament Scriptures in the New12700:08:55,640 –> 00:08:58,780Testament, I wonder if you knew that?12800:08:58,780 –> 00:09:03,659Well, Jesus took that up.12900:09:03,659 –> 00:09:07,599The Pharisees, you see, knew that the Messiah would be one of my descendents.13000:09:07,599 –> 00:09:09,179They were always talking about this.13100:09:09,179 –> 00:09:13,780The Son of David, the Son of David, the Son of David, the Son of David.13200:09:13,780 –> 00:09:17,719So Jesus asked them this question, how is it that the teachers of the law say that the13300:09:17,719 –> 00:09:20,719Christ is the Son of David?13400:09:20,859 –> 00:09:24,440Then he quoted what I had said in Psalm 110.13500:09:24,440 –> 00:09:28,960He said, David calls the Messiah his Lord.13600:09:28,960 –> 00:09:37,780Since David calls the Messiah his Lord, how then is the Messiah David’s son?13700:09:37,780 –> 00:09:40,700Well, that had them absolutely staggered.13800:09:40,700 –> 00:09:43,099The crowd loved it.13900:09:43,099 –> 00:09:47,059Those pompous folks.14000:09:47,059 –> 00:09:49,380Here was their mistake.14100:09:49,380 –> 00:09:57,260They were always telling people that the Messiah would be the Son of David.14200:09:57,260 –> 00:10:04,840They never said the Messiah will be the Son of God.14300:10:04,840 –> 00:10:08,340And you see, that’s my relationship with Jesus.14400:10:08,340 –> 00:10:09,880He’s my son.14500:10:09,880 –> 00:10:14,140He’s my Lord.14600:10:14,140 –> 00:10:19,419But He’s both my son and my Lord because He’s God and Man.14700:10:19,419 –> 00:10:27,000He’s born into the line of my descent but He is God of God, God in the flesh, God with14800:10:27,000 –> 00:10:37,460us, God come to us, God for us, and He is the focus of my worship and my adoration and14900:10:37,460 –> 00:10:39,780my praise.15000:10:39,820 –> 00:10:42,900The Pharisees couldn’t get that because they15100:10:42,900 –> 00:10:48,099did not read the Old Testament Scriptures properly.15200:10:48,099 –> 00:10:50,739They did not hear what God had said.15300:10:50,739 –> 00:10:59,580Not only will the Christ be the son of David, but I will be his father and He will be my15400:10:59,580 –> 00:11:01,700son.15500:11:01,700 –> 00:11:06,000You’re listening to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith and David’s Story, part of our15600:11:06,119 –> 00:11:08,179Christmas stories series.15700:11:08,179 –> 00:11:11,840And if you’ve ever missed one of the series, you can catch up or go back and listen again15800:11:11,840 –> 00:11:16,979online at our website Openthebible.org.uk.15900:11:16,979 –> 00:11:17,979Back to the Message now.16000:11:17,979 –> 00:11:20,559We’re in the first book of Samuel, chapter 17.16100:11:20,559 –> 00:11:21,580Here’s Colin.16200:11:21,580 –> 00:11:23,900Now, there’s all kinds of other stories that16300:11:23,900 –> 00:11:26,400I could tell you.16400:11:26,400 –> 00:11:30,039So let me tell you just one more story that I think you’ll know.16500:11:30,039 –> 00:11:34,640Any of you heard the story about the day I fought a giant.16600:11:34,640 –> 00:11:35,640You have?16700:11:35,640 –> 00:11:39,679Let me tell you about that day.16800:11:39,679 –> 00:11:42,000What a man Goliath was.16900:11:42,000 –> 00:11:51,840Nine feet tall and he carried body armor that weighed 125 pounds.17000:11:51,840 –> 00:12:00,020Can you imagine that, carrying armor that is 125 pounds in weight?17100:12:00,020 –> 00:12:05,239The Philistines, of whom he was one, were the enemies of the people of God.17200:12:05,239 –> 00:12:09,840They were cruel and they were violent and they wanted to make us their slaves.17300:12:09,840 –> 00:12:13,320Goliath was really their champion.17400:12:13,320 –> 00:12:18,520Every day, as the armies of the Philistines were camped on one side of the Valley of Elah17500:12:18,520 –> 00:12:23,859and our armies were camped on the other side of the Valley of Elah, every morning, this17600:12:24,679 –> 00:12:31,659giant of a man, Goliath, would step forward, and he would defy the armies of Israel.17700:12:31,659 –> 00:12:34,280He would say to them this.17800:12:34,280 –> 00:12:41,960Choose one man who’ll come out and fight me.17900:12:41,960 –> 00:12:43,960One man!18000:12:43,960 –> 00:12:46,500And then he would say this.18100:12:46,500 –> 00:12:53,440If your man wins, you win, and we’ll all be your slaves.18200:12:53,440 –> 00:13:01,520But if I beat your man, you’ll be our slaves, and you’ll all be the losers.18300:13:01,520 –> 00:13:04,320He would come out, and he would say this every morning.18400:13:04,320 –> 00:13:09,020He did it for forty days, same taunt.18500:13:09,020 –> 00:13:13,280And here’s our armies, and everyone’s looking at each other and thinking, I don’t fancy18600:13:13,280 –> 00:13:14,280going.18700:13:14,280 –> 00:13:21,500Any of us is going to be a loser against him, and none of them wanted to step up and to18800:13:21,500 –> 00:13:23,419prove the point.18900:13:23,419 –> 00:13:31,260So the taunts and the humiliation continued day after day after day after day after day.19000:13:31,260 –> 00:13:36,580Then one day, while all this was going on, I’m back home, minding the sheep while my19100:13:36,580 –> 00:13:40,659brothers are camped out there with the armies of Israel in the valley.19200:13:40,659 –> 00:13:47,260Dad says to me, David, I want you to go and take some food to your brothers, and take19300:13:47,260 –> 00:13:50,020some cheese for the commander of their unit.19400:13:50,580 –> 00:13:56,299I was so pleased, I got the food, went there, and I arrived just as Goliath was coming out19500:13:56,299 –> 00:13:57,900to do his morning routine.19600:13:59,559 –> 00:14:00,979What in the world is all this about?19700:14:00,979 –> 00:14:01,539I asked.19800:14:02,380 –> 00:14:03,739And they explained it to me.19900:14:04,619 –> 00:14:09,380This man keeps coming out and defying the armies of Israel.20000:14:11,200 –> 00:14:12,460Then they told me something else.20100:14:13,320 –> 00:14:23,580They said, you know, King Saul is so anxious about this man that he has decided that to20200:14:23,599 –> 00:14:30,359anyone who can kill Goliath, he will give great wealth.20300:14:30,359 –> 00:14:32,419He will give his daughter in marriage.20400:14:32,419 –> 00:14:35,359And get this, I think some of you will like this.20500:14:36,340 –> 00:14:43,179And King Saul had said to the man killed Goliath, neither he nor his family would pay any taxes20600:14:43,179 –> 00:14:47,780to the government for the rest of their lives.20700:14:47,780 –> 00:14:48,780That got my attention.20800:14:48,780 –> 00:14:51,119I guess it might have got yours.20900:14:51,119 –> 00:14:53,659I said, I’ll fight him.21000:14:53,659 –> 00:14:57,299So they took me to Saul.21100:14:57,299 –> 00:15:04,880And Saul said to him, me, God be with you.21200:15:05,380 –> 00:15:07,820I thought, you know this story.21300:15:07,820 –> 00:15:10,299I went down to the brook, I picked up a stone.21400:15:10,299 –> 00:15:16,400I put it in my sling, wow, that shot flew so fast and right on target.21500:15:16,400 –> 00:15:17,400Goliath didn’t know what hit him.21600:15:17,400 –> 00:15:22,780He fell forward, face down, stone dead.21700:15:22,780 –> 00:15:24,500Now you know that story.21800:15:24,500 –> 00:15:26,020I wonder how much you’ve thought about it.21900:15:26,020 –> 00:15:27,179Why did it happen?22000:15:27,179 –> 00:15:30,599You see, I ask that question many times afterwards.22100:15:30,599 –> 00:15:33,239God has a thousand ways of dealing with giants.22200:15:33,479 –> 00:15:35,820It didn’t need to do that.22300:15:35,820 –> 00:15:40,239God has a thousand ways of dealing with the armies of enemy nations.22400:15:40,239 –> 00:15:43,979He did it in all kinds of different ways if you read through the Old Testament story.22500:15:43,979 –> 00:15:52,919So why did God orchestrate this whole situation in which you have this enemy coming out and22600:15:52,919 –> 00:15:56,200laying down the gauntlet and throwing out the taunt?22700:15:56,320 –> 00:16:01,599Why this wager that the future of all the people of22800:16:01,599 –> 00:16:09,640God would rest on a battle in which only one man would engage?22900:16:09,640 –> 00:16:15,919Why all this story about one man who should come out and fight on behalf of everyone else?23000:16:15,919 –> 00:16:23,419Of course I understand that now having been up there for thousands of years.23100:16:23,419 –> 00:16:27,479That story that you know so well but may not have thought about so much gives the most23200:16:27,479 –> 00:16:34,000marvelous window into who Jesus is and why he came.23300:16:34,000 –> 00:16:38,820That’s why it says in the New Testament that for all the gracious things that God did for23400:16:38,820 –> 00:16:40,880us living before Jesus.23500:16:40,880 –> 00:16:46,119From your point of view, everything that happened before Jesus is given to give you light onto23600:16:46,119 –> 00:16:51,159who he is, and why he came, and what it is that he has done.23700:16:51,359 –> 00:17:00,719See, my greater son, Jesus, came to fight a greater giant and to engage in a greater23800:17:00,719 –> 00:17:08,280battle and to win a greater victory that would be for a greater number of people.23900:17:08,280 –> 00:17:12,920You all face far bigger giants than Goliath.24000:17:12,920 –> 00:17:15,959Whatever the problems that you’re dealing with in your life right now, you know the24100:17:16,079 –> 00:17:19,520three real biggies are these.24200:17:19,520 –> 00:17:23,000Sin and death and hell.24300:17:23,000 –> 00:17:29,079I promise you having been in heaven for three thousand years, all the problems of my life24400:17:29,079 –> 00:17:30,800seem a long, long way away.24500:17:30,800 –> 00:17:37,439Once you’re in eternity, everything else is in an entirely different perspective.24600:17:37,439 –> 00:17:39,800But these are the three ones that really matter.24700:17:39,800 –> 00:17:43,560To be in eternity with your sins.24800:17:43,560 –> 00:17:49,219To be in an everlasting death.24900:17:49,219 –> 00:17:53,160To be in an everlasting hell.25000:17:53,160 –> 00:17:57,579These are the giants you really need to be concerned about.25100:17:57,579 –> 00:18:02,560And they’re the giants that none of us are able to overcome, they come and they intimidate25200:18:02,560 –> 00:18:11,520and they humiliate and there we are, who can face the great giant of sin and death and25300:18:11,680 –> 00:18:16,579hell and here’s what the Christmas story is all about.25400:18:16,579 –> 00:18:22,599God has come to us in Jesus Christ and arrived on our field of battle.25500:18:22,599 –> 00:18:32,359And in Jesus Christ he goes down into the valley and he faces the giant for us just25600:18:32,359 –> 00:18:40,199as it was in those days with the two armies on either side of the valley and our guys25700:18:40,359 –> 00:18:47,760were saying, if he wins, we win, if he loses, we’re all gone.25800:18:47,760 –> 00:18:53,880So when Jesus goes into the battle, if he wins, we win.25900:18:53,880 –> 00:18:58,400And if he loses, there’s no other hope for us.26000:18:58,400 –> 00:19:00,939We’re all gone.26100:19:00,939 –> 00:19:04,699And he goes there and you see him on the cross.26200:19:05,560 –> 00:19:11,260And you think, how can he possibly win?26300:19:11,260 –> 00:19:19,859And yet right there, he is bearing sin, and he’s bringing death to death, and he’s26400:19:19,859 –> 00:19:25,300splintering the gates of hell and making a way through death for all his people that26500:19:25,300 –> 00:19:27,859is opened by his marvelous resurrection.26600:19:27,859 –> 00:19:30,859He wins!26700:19:31,640 –> 00:19:36,859He comes to our field of battle.26800:19:36,859 –> 00:19:47,660He comes to us, and he fights for us, and his victory belongs to all who are his people.26900:19:47,660 –> 00:19:49,380That is why Christmas is such good news.27000:19:49,380 –> 00:19:55,219You see I know folks have the idea that Jesus came simply to show us how to live.27100:19:55,459 –> 00:20:00,640If that’s all it was, then however wonderful his example, Christmas27200:20:00,640 –> 00:20:03,939would simply be one more demand being placed on you.27300:20:03,939 –> 00:20:04,640This is what you should be like.27400:20:04,640 –> 00:20:06,839Why not be perfect?27500:20:06,839 –> 00:20:11,760But I tell you Christmas isn’t one more demand that God places upon you.27600:20:11,760 –> 00:20:13,500It’s not about what you have to do.27700:20:13,500 –> 00:20:16,619It is about what has been done for you.27800:20:16,619 –> 00:20:21,459It’s about the one that comes and takes his stand in the battle you cannot win,27900:20:21,479 –> 00:20:26,540and goes to fight it for you, so that you may share his victory.28000:20:26,540 –> 00:20:30,459If he wins, we win.28100:20:30,459 –> 00:20:37,239And in his death and resurrection, the God-man has triumphed for all his people.28200:20:37,239 –> 00:20:40,260That’s why the greatest thing in all of life is to be one of his people.28300:20:40,260 –> 00:20:43,359That’s why I said to you at the beginning that the most important thing28400:20:43,359 –> 00:20:45,640about you is your relationship to him.28500:20:45,760 –> 00:20:52,119And you know what the people did, eventually,28600:20:52,119 –> 00:20:56,920after I won that great victory against Goliath?28700:20:58,920 –> 00:21:00,560They made me their king.28800:21:02,040 –> 00:21:03,439Took them a long time to do it, by the way.28900:21:06,280 –> 00:21:08,939And God gave me many successes.29000:21:08,939 –> 00:21:11,099And you know about my failures too.29100:21:11,439 –> 00:21:15,760God’s people needed a better king than me.29200:21:15,760 –> 00:21:18,699God’s people need my greater son,29300:21:19,900 –> 00:21:21,380who is the King of kings.29400:21:22,500 –> 00:21:24,079And he’s the Lord of Lords.29500:21:25,079 –> 00:21:26,140He’s my son.29600:21:27,579 –> 00:21:29,339He’s my Lord.29700:21:31,300 –> 00:21:33,819One day, every eye is going to see his glory.29800:21:33,819 –> 00:21:36,459And I hope that before that day comes,29900:21:37,479 –> 00:21:39,699you will come through a relationship30000:21:40,500 –> 00:21:44,599of faith in him to call him your Lord.30100:21:46,400 –> 00:21:48,640And it will be the most important thing30200:21:49,699 –> 00:21:50,540about you.30300:21:52,260 –> 00:21:53,699You’ve been listening to Open the Bible30400:21:53,699 –> 00:21:55,339with pastor Colin Smith,30500:21:55,339 –> 00:21:57,839and part of our series, Christmas Stories,30600:21:57,839 –> 00:21:59,339all about the Christmas story30700:21:59,339 –> 00:22:02,420through the eyes of characters from the Bible.30800:22:02,420 –> 00:22:05,640And today’s message was called David’s story.30900:22:05,640 –> 00:22:08,780As we celebrate the birth of Jesus this Christmas,31000:22:08,939 –> 00:22:11,699maybe you’ve often thought about the Christmas story,31100:22:11,699 –> 00:22:13,479but you’ve never had the experience31200:22:13,479 –> 00:22:16,140of meeting personally with Jesus.31300:22:16,140 –> 00:22:17,319If you want to do that,31400:22:17,319 –> 00:22:20,979you can simply acknowledge your need of his saving grace31500:22:20,979 –> 00:22:22,920and ask God to forgive your sins31600:22:22,920 –> 00:22:26,079through Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross.31700:22:26,079 –> 00:22:30,060He has promised that he will forgive all who come to him.31800:22:30,060 –> 00:22:31,319And in that way,31900:22:31,319 –> 00:22:34,699you can begin a new life today in Jesus 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