1 Chronicles 15:12-13 – He said to them, You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.  For because you did not do it the first time, the LORD our God broke out against us, because we did not consult Him about the proper order.

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And now, Admonition, brought to you by the Collierville Church of Christ. 

It’s so very important to make sure that we do things the way God has commanded us to do them in our worship and in our service, in our lives and in our homes. 

David found that out the hard way and Uzzah died, but we read in first chronicles chapter 15, You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it. For because you did not do it the first time the Lord our God broke out against us because we did not consult Him about the proper order.

We fail to do what’s right when we fail to do it God’s way. Let us live and serve God in accordance with His commandments and not our own opinions.

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1 Chronicles 15:2 Then David said, “No one may carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to minister before Him forever.”

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And now, Admonition, brought to you by the Collierville Church of Christ. 

In 1Chronicles 15, we read, Then David said, no one may carry the ark of God, but the Levites for the Lord has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to minister before him forever.

David makes this declaration, but it really wasn’t David’s choice. David found out the hard way (by trying to transport the ark on a cart and costing Uzzah his life) he found out the hard way that God had already commanded how it was supposed to be done. 

David here declares what God had already said. 

You do it my way, God says, or don’t do it at all.

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2 Samuel 6:6-7 And when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. Then the anger of the LORD was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of God.

2 Samuel 5:18-19 – The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim. So David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” And the LORD said to David, “Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

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And now admonition brought to you by the Collierville Church of Christ. What should you do when you’re in danger? What should you do when you’re afraid of what someone else might do to you?

May I encourage you, begin by praying. When David is threatened by the Philistines in 2 Samuel chapter five, we read. 

So David inquired of the Lord saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines?  Will you deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said to David, Go up for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.

Though our relationship with Lord is different today than it was in David’s day, David inquired with Lord David sought the Lord’s help. Do that for yourself when you’re in danger. 

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2 Samuel 5:6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, “You shall not come in here; but the blind and the lame will repel you,” thinking, “David cannot come in here.”

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And now, Admonition, brought to you by the Collierville Church of Christ. 

Taunting people is a dangerous thing. Some men from the Jebusites decided to taunt David, they said, Our blind and our lame in our city of Jerusalem could keep you back from coming into our city. 

They thought they were well defended. They thought they were Impenetrable. They thought even their blind and their lame could stop David. But David will put the challenge to his army and to the one who retains that challenge and defeats the city, he says, I’ll make you chief and captain over the Army. 

Well, Joab will do exactly that because the people taunted David. David was determined to overthrow them, and he did. 

Taunting people is a dangerous thing 

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2 Samuel 4:9-11 But David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all adversity, when someone told me, saying, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ thinking to have brought good news, I arrested him and had him executed in Ziklag-the one who thought I would give him a reward for his news. How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous person in his own house on his bed? Therefore, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and remove you from the earth?”

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And now, Admonition, brought to you by the Collierville Church of Christ. 

Assumptions are a dangerous thing. In Second Samuel Chapter 4, two men kill Saul’s son who has taken the throne of Israel, and they bring his head to David thinking because he’s David’s enemy, David will reward them. They assumed wrong. We read in second Samuel, Chapter four, 

As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life from all adversity. When someone told me saying, Look, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good news, I arrested him and had him executed in Ziklag, the one who thought I would give him a reward for his news.

How much more when wicked men have killed a righteous person in his own house on his own bed. Therefore, shall I now require his blood at your hand and remove you from the earth? 

Assumptions caused these two men to die. Be careful of your assumptions. 

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