Sermon 1663B - Jesse, King David's Father…..(Sun am 6/15/97)

JESSE, KING DAVID'S FATHER.....(SUN AM 6/15/97)

(Father’s Day) Jesse had a good spiritual heritage from his ancestors. His grandparents were Ruth and Boaz His father was Obed, the son of Ruth and Boaz. And, in the bloodline of his son David was Jesus, the Humanity side of the Seed of Promise. Jesse was a spiritually mature person, a zawkane. He was from Bethlehem, the House of Bread. When God saw that Jesse was a good father who fed his children the Bread of the Torah, He sent His Prophet Samuel to Bethlehem, in peace, to sanctify the house of Jesse before he anointed David to be His King.

All good parents, both naturally and spiritually, when they are rearing their children, if they have the right attitude, are rearing them for the LORD. Our children may not grow up to be kings in the natural realm, but they can be kings over the situations and circumstances of their lives, just as David was a King when he was out on the hillside. He was a king over a bear. He was king over a lion. And, he was a king over his sheep. And, more importantly, he was a king unto the LORD when he was playing his flute and singing unto the LORD, the KING OF KINGS.