Fr. Mike Schmitz

We can have a change of direction so that we can become more and more like you, our God, our father, our dad. In Jesus' name we pray, amen. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen. So in 1 Chronicles chapter 25, it's kind of, I think there's a really awesome connection today because what do we have?

We can have a change of direction so that we can become more and more like you, our God, our father, our dad. In Jesus' name we pray, amen. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen. So in 1 Chronicles chapter 25, it's kind of, I think there's a really awesome connection today because what do we have?

In Chronicles 25, it talks about the temple musicians and it describes the sons of Asaph, right? And of, sorry, not just Asaph, of Asaph, of Heman, or Heman, but hard for me not to say Heman, of Heman and Jeduthun, which is great, not only because we have all the names of their sons who were part of this, What were they set apart for? They were set apart for certain kinds of service.

In Chronicles 25, it talks about the temple musicians and it describes the sons of Asaph, right? And of, sorry, not just Asaph, of Asaph, of Heman, or Heman, but hard for me not to say Heman, of Heman and Jeduthun, which is great, not only because we have all the names of their sons who were part of this, What were they set apart for? They were set apart for certain kinds of service.

In Chronicles 25, it talks about the temple musicians and it describes the sons of Asaph, right? And of, sorry, not just Asaph, of Asaph, of Heman, or Heman, but hard for me not to say Heman, of Heman and Jeduthun, which is great, not only because we have all the names of their sons who were part of this, What were they set apart for? They were set apart for certain kinds of service.

What was the service? The service was prophecy in song, like praise of God in song. They're the temple musicians. And so you have these three sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun. And then we read Psalm 39, which is a Psalm of Jeduthun. So that's, I thought, wow. Wow. That's really, that's pretty cool. Pretty neat. Great connection today. But in 2 Samuel, what do we have?

What was the service? The service was prophecy in song, like praise of God in song. They're the temple musicians. And so you have these three sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun. And then we read Psalm 39, which is a Psalm of Jeduthun. So that's, I thought, wow. Wow. That's really, that's pretty cool. Pretty neat. Great connection today. But in 2 Samuel, what do we have?

What was the service? The service was prophecy in song, like praise of God in song. They're the temple musicians. And so you have these three sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun. And then we read Psalm 39, which is a Psalm of Jeduthun. So that's, I thought, wow. Wow. That's really, that's pretty cool. Pretty neat. Great connection today. But in 2 Samuel, what do we have?

In 2 Samuel, we have a rebellion against King David, right? So David has now, I mean, in the previous chapter, in chapter 19, David has been hailed as he's the king. We're unanimous in this. Yes, we want him as our king. All of Israel, they were competing to say, who can... claim David sooner, who can honor David more when he's crossing the Jordan.

In 2 Samuel, we have a rebellion against King David, right? So David has now, I mean, in the previous chapter, in chapter 19, David has been hailed as he's the king. We're unanimous in this. Yes, we want him as our king. All of Israel, they were competing to say, who can... claim David sooner, who can honor David more when he's crossing the Jordan.

In 2 Samuel, we have a rebellion against King David, right? So David has now, I mean, in the previous chapter, in chapter 19, David has been hailed as he's the king. We're unanimous in this. Yes, we want him as our king. All of Israel, they were competing to say, who can... claim David sooner, who can honor David more when he's crossing the Jordan.

And they were resentful of Judah because they got to, you know, honor David by crossing over the Jordan with him. And now there's this guy, Sheba, the son of Bichri, who is what? A Benjaminite, right? Benjamin, tribe of Benjamin, same as King Saul, former King Saul. And he claims, no, you guys leave King David. I'm the new king.

And they were resentful of Judah because they got to, you know, honor David by crossing over the Jordan with him. And now there's this guy, Sheba, the son of Bichri, who is what? A Benjaminite, right? Benjamin, tribe of Benjamin, same as King Saul, former King Saul. And he claims, no, you guys leave King David. I'm the new king.

And they were resentful of Judah because they got to, you know, honor David by crossing over the Jordan with him. And now there's this guy, Sheba, the son of Bichri, who is what? A Benjaminite, right? Benjamin, tribe of Benjamin, same as King Saul, former King Saul. And he claims, no, you guys leave King David. I'm the new king.

And so all these tribes of Israel who had just been fighting to be the ones to honor David, a lot of them go over to follow Sheba, the son of Bichri. And again, it just goes to show the fickleness of the human heart. This is us. This isn't just way back when. This is completely us. You know, someone promises more. Someone promises better.

And so all these tribes of Israel who had just been fighting to be the ones to honor David, a lot of them go over to follow Sheba, the son of Bichri. And again, it just goes to show the fickleness of the human heart. This is us. This isn't just way back when. This is completely us. You know, someone promises more. Someone promises better.

And so all these tribes of Israel who had just been fighting to be the ones to honor David, a lot of them go over to follow Sheba, the son of Bichri. And again, it just goes to show the fickleness of the human heart. This is us. This isn't just way back when. This is completely us. You know, someone promises more. Someone promises better.

Someone is, you know, the idea of like new is always better. So we've had Saul. We've had David. Let's go with Sheba, the son of Bichri. And it doesn't go well, not only because they're able to defeat Bichri pretty handily. And how they defeat him is they go to the city, Abel of Beth Ma'aka. And they're gonna, Joab is gonna tear down the whole thing. They're gonna destroy the city.

Someone is, you know, the idea of like new is always better. So we've had Saul. We've had David. Let's go with Sheba, the son of Bichri. And it doesn't go well, not only because they're able to defeat Bichri pretty handily. And how they defeat him is they go to the city, Abel of Beth Ma'aka. And they're gonna, Joab is gonna tear down the whole thing. They're gonna destroy the city.

Someone is, you know, the idea of like new is always better. So we've had Saul. We've had David. Let's go with Sheba, the son of Bichri. And it doesn't go well, not only because they're able to defeat Bichri pretty handily. And how they defeat him is they go to the city, Abel of Beth Ma'aka. And they're gonna, Joab is gonna tear down the whole thing. They're gonna destroy the city.