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March 17, 2013
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2. David is King
of all Israel.
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3. 2 Samuel 6 1 Again, David gathered together all
the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 And
David arose, and went with all the people that were
with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from
thence the Ark of God, whose Name is called by
the Name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth
between the cherubims.
David had a very good desire:
Bring the Ark of God to Jerusalem.
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4. The desire to keep God close or, better said,
to keep close to God is a good desire.
James 4:7-10 (KJV) 7 Submit yourselves therefore
to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you.
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your
hearts, ye double minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn,
and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning,
and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in
the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up.
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5. If there is any distance between a Christian and our
God, sin is to blame for it all.
It may be sins of commission or sins of omission.
It may be sins of attitude, or sins of behavior.
The Philistines had taken the Ark of God from
the Israelites on the field of battle,
Because of the sins of the priests in God’s House.
1 Sam 1-6
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6. For 100 long years the Ark of the Covenant had
been separated from the tabernacle and other
places of worship.
The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures by Dallas Seminary Faculty.
Now Israel has the king whom God chose.
His heart is right with God.
The Ark will be restored to its rightful place.
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7. Is thy heart right with God?
We can be restored to full
fellowship with our Lord.
First of all -- our sin must break our heart.
James 4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your
laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to
heaviness.
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8. Psalm 34 18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are
of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a
contrite (crushed) spirit.
So, our sin must break our heart.
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9. James 4:8 Drawnigh to God, and He will draw nigh to
you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify
your hearts, ye double-minded.
Turn from the sins of the flesh, and turn single-
mindedly unto God and righteousness.
Quit fussing and cussing, quit your stinking
drinking, let your pride slide, and get right.
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10. 2 Sam 6:3 Andthey set the Ark of
God upon a new cart, and
brought it out of the house of
Abinadab that was in Gibeah:
and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons To be right with
of Abinadab, drave the new God does not
cart. 4 And they brought it out guarantee that
of the house of Abinadab we will make no
which was at Gibeah, mistakes.
accompanying the ark of God:
and Ahio went before the ark.
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11. They worshipped with
music
5 And David and all the house of Israel played
before the LORD on all manner of instruments
made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries,
and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
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12. Celebration of the Goodness of God with
music is always a good thing.
Some people get so focused on working for
the Lord that they forget to celebrate.
Leviticus 23:39 (NIV) "'So beginning with the
fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have
gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival
to the LORD for seven days; the first day is a day
of rest, and the eighth day also is a day of rest.
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13. Nehemiah 8:10 (NIV) 10 Nehemiah said, "Go and
enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some
to those who have nothing prepared. This day is
sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy
of the LORD is your strength."
Psalm 122:1 (KJV) 1 I was glad when they said
unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
Psalm 42:4 (NIV) These things I remember as I
pour out my soul: how I used to go with the multi-
tude, leading the procession to the house of God,
with shouts of joy and thanksgiving among the
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14. 6 And when they came to
Nachon's threshing-floor,
Uzzah put forth his hand to
the ark of God, and took
hold of it; for the oxen
shook it. 7 And the anger of
the LORD was kindled
against Uzzah; and God
smote him there for his
error; and there he died by
the Ark of God.
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15. 8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had
made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of
the place Perez (outbreak against) Uzzah to this day.
9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and
said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?
Proverbs 19 3 The foolishness of man perverteth his
way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
How were they supposed to transport the ark?
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17. Only certain of the priests were supposed to carry
the Ark, and they weren’t supposed to touch it.
God had told them specifically how
to transport the Ark.
If David didn’t know, he could have known.
Doing things as God has
said is vital.
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18. 10 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD
unto him into the city of David: but David carried
it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
David had made a mistake, God punished him
for his error, and David was afraid to continue.
The better thing would have been to ask
forgiveness, find out the correct procedure,
And continue to take the Ark home.
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19. When we make mistakes, and we will –
Let us acknowledge our error and repent.
Then keep on keeping on.
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