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Program Code: CR001813A
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00:01 Welcome to a new Carter Report series,
00:03 The Game Changers. 00:05 These rare individuals appear once in a lifetime. 00:09 Like a blazing meteor across the night sky, 00:12 they change the course of history. 00:15 They show us the way forward. 00:18 Welcome to The Game Changers. 00:26 Welcome to this terrific series on 00:29 The Game Changers. 00:32 Now the program today is R rated. 00:36 Now don't turn me off, 00:39 it's R rated, 00:41 but it's okay for you to look at. 00:44 Let me tell you why. 00:46 We are calling it R rated, quite frankly, 00:48 to get your attention but it's different 00:51 to the filth and the violence of many movies, 00:55 this is R rated in a special way. 00:58 It's R rated because R stands for Righteous, 01:03 we are going to talk about righteousness. 01:06 It also stands for Rebels, 01:09 so this is a story of a huge rebellion, 01:13 bunch of rebels. 01:15 It also stands... 01:16 R stands for Repentance. 01:20 We are going to discover today that God is the God, 01:23 not only of the first chance and the second chance 01:26 but the third chance. 01:28 God is a very gracious God because of repentance. 01:31 R also stands for Retribution. 01:37 Somebody said, "You know what? The mills of God grind slowly." 01:42 You know the saying? 01:44 "But they grind, how? Exceeding small." 01:50 We are going to talk today about retribution. 01:54 And R stands for Redemption. 01:59 As I said a moment ago, people would've said to me, 02:03 "They can't believe in the doctrine 02:04 of the second chance." 02:06 Well, I believe in the doctrine 02:08 of the second chance and the third chance 02:10 because we will discover that where 02:12 "Sin did abound, grace did," what does it say? 02:16 "Much more abound." 02:19 R also stands 02:24 for Restricted. 02:26 This is a restricted telecast. 02:30 It is restricted to those who don't cringe 02:34 when they hear the truth about real Bible characters. 02:39 The Bible tells it as it is, 02:41 it doesn't gloss over the sins of men and women. 02:47 This, today, is a story of real courage, 02:53 real courage. 02:54 It's also a story of adultery, 03:00 and rape, and incest in the Bible. 03:05 Yes, especially in the Bible. 03:07 Revenge, rebellion, and salvation. 03:13 So we're dealing today with The Game Changers, 03:15 and The Game Changer today is King David, 03:20 Israel's greatest king, 03:23 the most famous king in the Old Testament. 03:28 We're going to go to the Bible and we're going to take a text 03:31 in the New Testament, Acts 13, and you've got Bibles 03:36 in front of you there, 03:37 so turn with me to Acts 03:40 13:22,23. 03:49 "And when He had removed him, that's Saul, 03:53 He raised up for them David as king, 03:59 to whom also He gave testimony and said, 04:04 'I've found David the son of Jesse...'" 04:07 This is quite amazing. 04:09 "A man after My own heart, a man after My own heart, 04:14 who will do all My will. 04:17 From this man's seed, according to the promise, 04:20 God raised up for Israel 04:23 a savior, Jesus." 04:28 Now when you study this, we're going to do today, 04:31 this great Game Changer, this remarkable person, 04:36 it's almost hard to see how he can be a man 04:40 after God's own heart. 04:43 But we will discover that in spite of all the sins, 04:48 the grace of God comes 04:50 through loud and clear. 04:54 A man after God's own heart. 05:00 Now history tells me that 05:02 David started off as a shepherd boy, 05:05 he was looking after his father's sheep. 05:08 He was a strong young man. 05:10 The Bible says, 05:12 this is almost too hard to believe, 05:14 but he killed a lion and a bear. 05:18 There's something I forgot to tell you 05:20 that people come to us and they say, 05:22 Can you believe in these characters? 05:24 Can you believe in characters like King David? 05:28 It's just one mythology." 05:30 But when I was, recently, 05:33 in the Israeli museum in Jerusalem, 05:37 I looked at a remarkable plaque 05:40 on which were the words, King David. 05:43 There it is. It's quite an amazing story. 05:45 We now know that King David was a real, 05:49 historical character. 05:51 The Bible is reliable. 05:53 Now coming back to the time when David was a shepherd boy 05:57 looking after his father's sheep, 05:59 when he killed a lion and a bear. 06:02 If you come over to 1 Samuel 17, 06:06 and we're going to stay in this vicinity today 06:10 in the telecast and I'm glad you joined us, 06:13 Chapter 17:34, 35, 06:20 "But David said to Saul, 06:22 'Your servant used to keep his father's sheep, 06:25 and when a lion or a bear came 06:27 and took a lamb out of the flock, 06:29 I went after it and struck it, 06:32 and delivered the lamb from its mouth, 06:35 and when it arose against me, 06:38 I caught it by its beard, 06:42 and struck and killed it.'" 06:43 Can you believe it? 06:48 This young guy, he killed a lion and a bear 06:52 with his bare hands. 06:55 I've been to Africa number of occasions, 06:58 I've been an on safari in Africa. 07:00 I've had the great privilege of seeing lions in the wild. 07:05 They seem to be much bigger 07:06 than the scrawny looking lions that you see in circuses. 07:12 These big powerful beasts... 07:14 And the Bible tells us that David took a lion 07:18 and grabbed it by its beard. 07:22 I mean, it's almost too hard to believe. 07:23 He grabbed the bear with his own hands 07:26 as he grabbed the lion and slew it. 07:30 It appears to me that God... 07:34 Now remember this, God loves courage. 07:40 God doesn't love cowardice, and God doesn't love wimpiness, 07:45 God doesn't love the attitude. 07:48 God loves people, He loves cowards, 07:50 but God doesn't love the attitude 07:53 that throws in the sponge 07:55 and runs away from the battle. 07:58 So here you've got a young guy and God says, 08:02 "He's a man after my own heart" Why? 08:06 Because he's got the attribute of God 08:09 and God has got courage. 08:12 Now we're told that this young guy, 08:14 by the name of David, 08:16 was destined in the plan of almighty God for greatness. 08:21 There was a prophet by the name of Samuel, 08:24 and God tells him to go to the town of Bethlehem, 08:28 that's where David lived, that's where Jesus lived, 08:31 that's where Jesus was born. 08:35 And he goes there and he finds a man by the name of Jesse, 08:38 and Jesse has got these big, 08:41 handsome, tough young sons. 08:47 And all the boys passed before 08:50 the Prophet Samuel 08:53 and each boy seems to out do his predecessor, 08:57 they're such good-looking boys. 08:59 So all these boys pass before 09:02 the prophet and the prophet says, 09:04 "Not him, not him. 09:07 I've been told to come here 09:08 because you got to have somebody else" 09:11 Now if you come over here to 1 Samuel 09:14 16:7, 09:20 "But the Lord said to Samuel, 'Do not look at his appearance 09:25 or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. 09:31 For the Lord does not see as man sees, 09:35 for man looks at the outward appearance...'" 09:37 What does it say? 09:39 "The Lord looks at the heart.' 09:43 Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before 09:46 the Prophet Samuel. 09:48 And Samuel said to Jesse, 09:50 'The Lord has not chosen these.' 09:54 And Samuel said to Jesse, 'Are all the young men here?'" 09:58 Hey, are they all... 10:00 "Then he said, 10:01 'There remains yet the youngest, 10:03 and there he is, he's keeping the sheep.' 10:08 And Samuel said to Jesse, 'Send and bring him. 10:11 For we will not sit down till he comes here.' 10:14 So he sent and brought him in. 10:17 Now..." 10:18 Look at these words. 10:19 "He was ruddy, ruddy, with bright eyes, 10:25 and good-looking. 10:26 And the Lord said, 'Arise, anoint him, 10:31 for this is the one!'" 10:35 God had a plan for this boy. 10:37 You know why God had a plan for this boy? 10:40 You know why he was destined for greatness? 10:43 Because man looks on the outward appearance, 10:46 what does God look? 10:48 God looks on the heart, 10:50 and He looked into the heart of this boy, David, 10:55 and he found so much good in that heart 10:59 that he said, "This is the boy. 11:04 This is the boy. 11:06 He is going to become the king." 11:09 His heart was right with God. 11:10 I would like to remind you today 11:11 that God has a plan 11:13 and a purpose for every man, woman, and child. 11:18 God has a plan for the man or the woman 11:20 whose heart is right with God. 11:22 Every one of us is called for greatness in the plan 11:27 and the purpose of God if we will only believe. 11:33 Now the story goes on and tells us 11:37 about a man by the name of Goliath. 11:42 He is the champion of the Philistines 11:45 who are the enemies of the Israelites. 11:48 Do you know how tall Goliath was? 11:54 If you do, don't tell me because that will spoil things. 11:59 He was just a tad under 10 feet tall, 12:05 and he wasn't skinny, 12:07 he wasn't like a pole. 12:09 He must've been three feet across the shoulders 12:12 at least, maybe four feet. 12:14 He was a hulk, he was the incredible hulk. 12:20 He had a spear that was so big 12:22 that the head of the spear weighed 17 pounds. 12:26 And he's out cursing God and the children of Israel. 12:31 You know what the children of Israel are doing? 12:34 "Oh, we can't do it, he's too big for us." 12:39 These are the people of God. 12:40 "We can't do it!" 12:42 At sometimes, how the people of God operate? 12:45 "We can't do it, he's too big. 12:48 It's too hard." 12:55 And then this boy arrives and he says, 12:58 "Why is this uncircumcised Philistine 13:03 defying the God of heaven?" 13:06 He says, "Isn't there a champion?" 13:08 They said, "Go home boy, go home boy. 13:12 Go back to your mother." 13:14 One of his brothers said, "Go back to those few sheep." 13:20 But he says, "I will fight this man." 13:24 And he's got one thing, 13:27 he's got one thing that the giant hasn't got. 13:30 He's got courage and a... 13:34 He's got a weapon. 13:36 He got a slingshot. 13:38 You know what it is? 13:39 You know, flip... 13:41 Now you can read the story, 13:43 I want you to notice the story. 13:45 I want you to notice in 1 Samuel 17:45-47, 13:50 how interesting this is. 13:52 1 Samuel 45-47, 13:54 "Then David said to the Philistine, 13:56 'You come to me with a sword, with a spear, 14:00 and with a javelin. 14:02 But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, 14:04 the God of the armies of Israel, 14:07 whom you have defied. 14:09 This day the Lord will deliver you 14:11 into my hand, 14:13 and I will strike you and take your head from you. 14:16 And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp 14:19 of the Philistines to the birds of the air 14:23 and the wild beasts of the earth, 14:25 that all the earth may know 14:27 that there is a God in Israel. 14:30 Then all this assembly shall know 14:31 that the Lord does not save with sword and spear, 14:35 for the battle is the Lord's, 14:37 and He will give you into our hands.'" 14:41 And then this young man, the Bible says, 14:46 he runs towards the giant. 14:50 That's why he was a man after God's own heart. 14:53 He wasn't a weakling, he wasn't a coward, 14:56 he wasn't a person who was filled with doubts, 15:00 he wasn't a person saying, 15:02 "It can't be done, it's impossible. 15:05 We can't do these things." 15:07 But the Bible tells us that 15:09 David actually runs towards the Philistine 15:14 and the Philistine charges towards David, 15:18 and David lets it go. 15:24 When I was at Avondale College, 15:26 I heard a preacher talking this, 15:27 an old man by the name of Pastor Gane, 15:30 and he spoke about the moment 15:32 when the stone hit the forehead of the giant. 15:35 He said, "Something like this 15:37 had never ended his head before." 15:39 And this is true, 15:41 something like that had never ended 15:44 the head of the arch-enemy before. 15:48 And Goliath goes down but he's not dead. 15:53 He's not dead yet. 15:55 And this young man comes 15:57 and he pulls out Goliath's sword, 16:00 I guess he has a battle lifting up 16:03 the sword but within a moment, 16:07 he's lopped off the head of the giant. 16:13 That's why he is a man after God's own heart. 16:18 Many Christians think 16:19 all the attributes of Christianity 16:22 are summed up in the little rhyme 16:24 "Gentle Jesus, meek and mild," 16:28 you see, but it's far more than meekness and mildness, 16:32 it's a slingshot 16:38 that tells me God and one person are a majority. 16:45 We are saved not by our works, 16:48 but by the works of the son of David 16:50 who defeated Goliath on the cross. 16:54 You see, Goliath represented the devil 16:57 and the armies of darkness. 17:00 David represented the kingdom of God. 17:04 If Goliath had won, 17:07 all Israel was lost, 17:12 but when David won, 17:15 all of the people of God were saved, 17:19 not because of their courage and not because of their works, 17:24 but because David 17:28 had won the battle. 17:31 If God calls you, He will empower you. 17:37 A slingshot goes a long way with God. 17:41 With God you are invincible. 17:46 Don't hang out with people 17:49 who are naysayers. 17:53 Don't make friends of people 17:56 who talk you down, 17:59 whether it's in church or out of church. 18:02 Christian churches are filled 18:04 with faithless people. 18:08 "It can't be done!" 18:11 You see, don't tell me to preach 18:13 or else I'll just get out of control. 18:18 Listen, if God calls you, He will empower you. 18:23 Now I come to the next great truth. 18:25 The path to glory is paved with rough, 18:28 jagged stones. 18:33 King Saul is full of jealousy and anger 18:36 and he sets out to kill David. 18:38 Jealousy is a terrible sin. 18:42 It is a sin of insecure little men and women. 18:48 Saul, initially, loved him. 18:51 He takes him into the palace. 18:53 David is a skilled musician, 18:56 didn't belong to the Gaithers but he did better. 19:01 Why was the king so depressed? 19:04 David comes into the palace and he plays the psalms 19:08 and beautiful music. 19:09 You know why the king is depressed? 19:11 Because the Bible says, "The king is angry." 19:16 Listen to this, you may not know this. 19:19 The main cause of depression 19:24 is repressed anger. 19:29 So if you have got anger inside 19:34 and you don't give it up get it out, 19:37 you will become clinically depressed. 19:43 That's a fact. 19:47 "And on one occasion, this anger came upon the king, 19:51 he took his javelin and tried to pin David to the wall." 19:57 After the defeat of Goliath, 20:00 the king was supposed 20:02 to give to David his daughter because that was promised. 20:06 His eldest daughter was Merab, but the king was a liar 20:10 and a cheat and he gave the girl to somebody else. 20:13 He had a younger daughter. 20:15 His youngest daughter was Michal 20:20 and she loved David. 20:24 And the king was going to use his own daughter to kill David, 20:28 whom he hated. 20:31 And so he said, "You can have my daughter 20:35 and become the king's son-in-law, 20:37 but I want a 100 dead Philistines 20:40 as the dowry." 20:43 And David said, "No problem," 20:45 and brought him 200 dead Philistines. 20:51 He was not a wimp. 20:53 Saul pursues him, David flees. 20:57 One night David is on this hill, 21:00 the king and his army is on this hill, 21:03 and a young man and David go over to where 21:07 the king is sleeping. 21:10 It's an amazing story. 21:12 1 Samuel 26:7, 8, 21:17 "So David and Abishai..." 21:19 He had courage, this young guy too. 21:20 "Came to the people by night, 21:22 and there Saul lay sleeping within the camp, 21:25 with his spear struck in the ground by his head. 21:28 And Abner and the people lay all around him, snoring. 21:34 Then Abishai said to David, 21:36 'God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. 21:39 Now therefore, please, let me strike him at once 21:44 with the spear, right to the earth, 21:47 and I will not have to strike him 21:49 a second time!'" 21:52 Look at me, you know why they were sleeping? 21:56 Because God put them to sleep. 22:00 God can put your enemies to sleep. 22:03 Some crooked attorney is coming after you 22:06 who wants to fleece you. 22:10 If you have God in your life, 22:12 God can put your enemies to sleep. 22:15 They can't hurt you. 22:18 But David would not lift up his hand 22:20 against the Lord's anointed, 22:21 that's why he is called a man after God's ownheart. 22:26 And so they take the spear 22:28 and they go to the other side of the ravine 22:32 and you read 1 Samuel 26:21, 25, 22:37 Because David has called out to him, 22:39 "Then Saul said, 'I have sinned. 22:41 Return, my son David. 22:42 For I will harm you no more 22:44 because my life was precious in your eyes this day. 22:48 Indeed I have played the fool and erred exceedingly.' 22:52 Then Saul said to David, 22:54 'May you be blessed, my son David! 22:56 You shall both do great things and also still prevail.' 23:00 So David went on his way, 23:02 and Saul returned to his palace.'" 23:06 What a tragedy to come to the end of your life 23:10 after being the leader of God's people 23:13 and your closing testimony is 23:16 "I have played the fool." 23:20 "I've played the fool." 23:24 But even great and good men can do bad things. 23:29 David goes and hides with the Philistines, 23:32 the enemies of Israel. 23:34 It's not good to associate willingly 23:37 with the enemies of God. 23:39 He hangs out with the wrong crowd. 23:42 If you're hanging out with the wrong crowd, 23:45 don't expect that God is going to bless you. 23:49 Don't hang out with the wrong crowd, 23:53 you don't need them and they don't need you. 23:58 While there he deceives the king Achish, 24:01 who was protecting him. 24:04 1 Samuel 27:10, 11 24:08 "Then Achish would say, 24:09 'Where have you made a raid today?' 24:11 And David would say, 24:12 'Against the southern area of Judah, 24:14 or against the southern area of the Jerahmeelites, 24:17 or against the southern area of the Kenites, and so forth.' 24:21 David would save neither man nor woman alive, 24:24 to bring news to Gath, saying, 24:26 'Lest they should inform on us, saying, 24:29 'Thus David did.' 24:31 And thus was his behavior all the time 24:34 he dwelt in the country of the Philistines.'" 24:36 You know what David is doing? 24:40 David is making his own bed. 24:43 David is lying to the man who was protecting him 24:49 and befriending him. 24:50 Don't tell me now he's a man after God's own heart. 24:55 In his desperation to stay alive, 24:57 he became a deceiver. 25:00 This was a start of his own personal descent into hell. 25:05 Listen to me, 25:06 a liar always travels downhill 25:13 and we live in a time when the world 25:16 and the nation are full of liars, 25:21 going down to hell, 25:26 I tell you. 25:29 I've known many lies, they've all had a bad end. 25:34 David the deceiver was later deceived. 25:40 Saul dies, David becomes the king 25:45 and according to the customs of those days, 25:49 he acquires a harem. 25:55 And in the next part of our program 25:58 in just a few minutes, 26:00 I will tell you the story of David's harem. 26:06 Don't go away, we'll be right back. 26:23 The antichrist is in the temple of God. 26:28 I will read you the actual words 26:31 of The Great Roman Catholic Church. 26:35 More than a billion people pray to the dead. 26:41 But the Bible talks very plainly 26:42 about good angels 26:44 and bad angels. 26:49 Why on earth were you and I born? 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