Sermons of Christ the King Church

David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel,
thirty thousand. And David arose and went with all the
people who were with him from Baale-judah to bring up
from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of
the Lord of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim.
And they carried the ark of God on a new cart and
brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on
the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were
driving the new cart, with the ark of God, and Ahio
went before the ark. And David and all the house of
Israel were celebrating before the Lord, with songs and
lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and
cymbals. And when they came to the threshing floor of
Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and
took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. And the anger of
the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck
him down there because of his error, and he died there
beside the ark of God. And David was angry because the
Lord had broken out against Uzzah. And that place is
called Perez-uzzah to this day. And David was afraid of
the Lord that day, and he said, “How can the ark of the
Lord come to me?” So David was not willing to take the
ark of the Lord into the city of David. But David took it
aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. And the ark
of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the
Gittite three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-edom
and all his household. And it was told King David, “The
Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all
that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So
David went and brought up the ark of God from the
house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing.
And when those who bore the ark of the Lord had gone
six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal. And

David danced before the Lord with all his might. And
David was wearing a linen ephod. So David and all the
house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with
shouting and with the sound of the horn. As the ark of
the Lord came into the city of David, Michal the
daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw
King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and
she despised him in her heart. And they brought in the
ark of the Lord and set it in its place, inside the tent that
David had pitched for it. And David offered burnt
offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. And when
David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the
peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the
Lord of hosts and distributed among all the people, the
whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, a cake
of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins to each
one. Then all the people departed, each to his house.
And David returned to bless his household. But Michal
the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said,
“How the king of Israel honored himself today,
uncovering himself today before the eyes of his servants'
female servants, as one of the vulgar fellows
shamelessly uncovers himself!” And David said to
Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me above
your father and above all his house, to appoint me as
prince over Israel, the people of the Lord—and I will
celebrate before the Lord. I will make myself yet more
contemptible than this, and I will be abased in your
eyes. But by the female servants of whom you have
spoken, by them I shall be held in honor.” And Michal
the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her
death.

1. The holiness of God

2. The necessity of sacrifice

3. The way to worship

4. Epilogue: How not to be a husband

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