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First Samuel chapter 25. 
Let's meet there together. 

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Now before we begin reading, 
scan through the chapter, it 

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looks like a pretty lengthy. 
One does not. 

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So you know what that means. 
We are not going to be covering 

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all of this and this night, but 
we are going to take our time, 

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and we are going to cover a good
portion of it nonetheless. 

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I would like for us to actually 
pray one more time just before 

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we explore these verses. 
Lord, we thank you for Gathering

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Us in this place. 
We ask that you would bless this

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time of study as we as a family 
come before your word. 

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Lord, we ask that you would 
touch our hearts arrest everyone

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during thought Lord calm. 
Our emotions. 

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Help us receive the food that 
you have prepared for us at your

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table, where we pray that you 
would assist us in the 

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communication of your word and 
the understanding of your word 

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and more importantly, in the 
application of these truths in 

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our lives. 
Just as a result of this study 

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tonight, father, have your way 
in us and through us for the 

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glory of your son's name. 
We ask these things in his name.

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The living name, they're the 
reigning name. 

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And the name that every knee 
will bow to. 

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At the end of it. 
All in Jesus name we pray. 

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Amen. 
Our Study last last week. 

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Concluded with a surprising 
encounter between David and 

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King, Saul these two, men after 
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And in that scene, we saw a 
stirring, a stirring moment 

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where this King was obviously 
shook with conviction and 

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displayed, a visible Brokenness 
and even confessed, his sin out 

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loud and admitted that he was 
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Righteousness, displayed through
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And when I when I read that and 
when you read that, when we 

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learned what we saw there, we 
saw a man. 

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And David handled this 
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With such wisdom in a way that 
made him look like a bigger 

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giant than Goliath. 
This man towered over the 

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sinfulness of another with 
compassion with respect with 

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honor and with love and as Saul 
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righteousness. 
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repented. 
Because at the end there, the 

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last verse of the previous 
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home. 
And it seems like this Manhunt 

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is put to a halt for good and it
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The question as we concluded the
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Now, is this finally over? 
That's all finally surrender. 

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The future of the Kingdom to 
God, Sovereign selection. 

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And to us who are not familiar 
with the larger story, if we're 

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just following as we go and 
learning as we go we might 

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think. 
Yeah, it looks like it 

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especially as we come to this 
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through chapter 25, you and I 
are not going to see a struggle 

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between David and Saul. 
We're going to see David facing 

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a new challenge. 
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Being confronted by another 
enemy and we would think that 

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once this enemy and saw was put 
away that it would be just a 

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wonderful Journey to the throne 
but oh no another one rears its 

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ugly head and harasses this man 
of God. 

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But before we come to this 
never-before-seen character and 

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the different players in this 
chapter that will shape David's 

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future you. 
And I are now reintroduced to 

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somebody that we studied Since 
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we haven't seen for a long time 
and it's in verse 1. 

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Now, Samuel died and all Israel 
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they buried him in his house, a 
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This story, this exhilarating 
Journey to the throne was 

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abruptly. 
Interrupted by the sudden news 

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of Samuels death. 
It was unforeseen. 

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The last thing that we really 
saw of Samuel was that he was 

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old in age, David fled to him 
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After Saul began his Conquest 
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And then now, this Prophet who 
the nation says, you're getting 

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old. 
And they use as an excuse to get

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a king for. 
Their people has finally 

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departed from this world and 
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Now, think about this in light 
of David's life, Samuel Shirley 

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was close to David, he played a 
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I mean, he was there from the 
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concerning his Anointing and his
calling, he was even a source of

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relief and strength. 
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attack him initially, he flees 
first to Samuel and he explains 

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everything, and I'm sure samyaza
man of God. 

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Just instructed him and 
encourage them, and rehearse, 

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the promises of God over him. 
But now this this man is gone. 

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This man is gone out of pivotal 
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can imagine what this made David
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Watchful. 
He could he can end up in panic.

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He can end up now. 
Almost realizing, what else am I

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going to do? 
Who else here is for me? 

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And we would hope and said that,
he would be more reliant on the 

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one who never dies. 
Who can't die and the one who 

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never sleeps for that matter. 
And we should be encouraged 

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that. 
We don't know what swirling and 

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David's mind. 
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1 we see us a certain posture. 
That is encouraging, then David 

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Rose and went down to the 
Wilderness of Paran then David 

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Rose. 
That's that's that's a good 

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thing. 
David was able to get up and 

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David was able to move on 
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to his heart, no matter what 
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inconvenient of samuells death 
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still have a Ministry to 
fulfill, I still have a purpose 

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to accomplish. 
God still has a purpose for me. 

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I still have my life to glorify 
him and what a wonderful 

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illustration of how to deal with
unexpected sorrow in our lives. 

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Because the sorrow that we 
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the grief intentionally caused 
by other people, because they 

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are sinful, just like you. 
And I, and if we're not 

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restrained, by the power of the 
Holy Spirit, we were capable of 

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such great evil. 
Even to the closest ones to us, 

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whether it's the intentional 
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the, the grief that we 
experience because of the 

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consequences of sin in the world
IE death, none of that should 

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ever ever determine our devotion
to the It should not influence 

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our steadfast this, to God. 
Our love to him, our service to 

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him. 
Should never be altered. 

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Even though our life might 
receive a shock that would alter

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the direction of it. 
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How sorrow can determine our 
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It's amazing how we can be 
influenced by the emotional pain

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of a loss. 
Or of disappointment, I brought 

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this up, many many, many months 
ago, but let me bring it fresh 

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to our memories. 
Do you know why? 

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Peter, and the two others fell 
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While Jesus was sweating blood, 
praying to the father people say

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because it was late at night. 
No, Luke tells us that their 

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eyes were heavy because of what 
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So yeah. 
If you know sorrow. 

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Sorrow. 
It was the what they heard in 

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John 13 to John 16, all the 
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all these things. 
I just mess with their minds. 

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They didn't understand how it 
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Messiah and the sorrow of that 
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And it caused them not to pray 
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The Temptations. 
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Betrayal of Jesus Christ. 
You and I have to be extremely 

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careful of how we manage the 
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us or grieve us. 
This man was able to get up and 

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move forward and he did just 
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mentioning not just the response
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the nation. 
What do we read here in verse 1 

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and all Israel assembled and 
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For this is not an ordinary 
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This was like a Statewide event 
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country. 
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And, and what's disappointing 
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looks honorable and respectful, 
what's this? 

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Urging is the fact that the same
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respect in his death, were the 
same people that were very slow 

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to honor this man's counsel and 
instruction during his ministry.

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I mean when he try to restrain 
them from asking for a King when

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he warned and they could care 
less the apostasy that this 

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respect and I think it speaks of
a pattern among the people of 

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God, the people of God have this
weird habit, Of showing respect 

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to Servants of God, when it's 
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You know, there are many people 
today that right about these men

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of God that have shook history 
and have influence the 

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advancement of the gospel. 
And I believe, when these people

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talk about these men and write 
about these men and have 

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conferences about these men, 
these performers and all these 

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other people. 
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Most of these men that would 
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Now, probably would have 
criticized them in their 

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lifetime. 
And Jesus pointed out that same 

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hypocrisy with the Pharisees 
because they were persecuting 

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him. 
But at the same time, there were

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adorning the, the tombs of the 
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These are you kidding me? 
You you just you're not 

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understanding this. 
It's a very sad picture that we 

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see here but I think on a 
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something like this in light of 
how they're inconsistent, if you

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look at it on a personal level, 
I think how we can apply it as 

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this that we should not hesitate
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those who have been a blessing 
to us in Christ and we should 

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not be slow to show that sense 
of honor and love to those who 

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Advance the kingdom of God. 
Who have contributed to our 

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nourishment spiritually? 
Let me put it this way. 

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Expressing honor shouldn't be a 
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We should be those who know how 
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appreciate those who are 
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And I think we see something 
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today. 
David Rose. 

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But look at verse 2 and there 
was a man and my own whose 

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business was in Carmel. 
The man was very rich, he had 

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3,000 sheep and a thousand 
goats, he was shearing his 

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sheep. 
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Now, the name of the man was 
nabal and the name of his wife, 

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Abigail the woman was Discerning
and beautiful but the man was 

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harsh and badly, behaved he was 
a kilobyte We are now introduced

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to this man. 
This man that David is going to 

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be challenged by and the Lord 
found it necessary to provide a 

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certain details about him and it
would do us some good to pause 

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and reflect how these things can
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Applied, these specific insights
about this man that ball So, 

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look at those two verses and 
tell me some things that stand 

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out to you concerning him. 
Okay, very good. 

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So we see here that he was a 
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going to get to that in a 
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That's an important highlight 
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The Bible mentions, it for a 
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He's a descendant of that, great
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Caleb will get to that. 
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this man? 
He's rich. 

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Not just Rich very rich. 
Anything else? 

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Very good observation. 
Abigail doesn't seem to reflect 

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the same attitude and character 
as her husband. 

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And I think that's sufficient 
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first. 
The man was not just Rich very, 

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very wealthy and riches. 
And abundance are not a bad 

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thing in itself, but the purpose
of this being brought up is that

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we should compare and contrast, 
what he owned to the lack that 

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is found in his character. 
Because what do we told here? 

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He was harsh and badly behaved 
and there are many people today 

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as you know, who are rich and 
possessions, but are spiritually

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bankrupt at the same time, their
identity orbits around what they

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have the experiences that they 
can purchase. 

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And yet at the same time, they 
are poor toward God. 

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Everything about their existence
resolves and revolves around 

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what they can touch and feel. 
And what what Produces in terms 

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of surface level enjoyment and 
that's a sad thing. 

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Let me tell you this a person 
like Mabel is a miserable 

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person. 
I don't care what he's or 

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pleasure, they have access to 
what good is it to have an 

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abundance of resources while 
your soul rots? 

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And I would say the same two 
fathers who Focus so much on 

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their business. 
While their children are being 

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neglected, and they become 
Wayward, and Rebellion 

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rebellious, and sinful and all 
these things. 

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We put so much attention on what
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character of his ancestor, Caleb
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moment. 
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Give me a summary of who Caleb 
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How does he stand out in history
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Very good. 
He was one of the twelve. 

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But he's in a very, very 
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One of the twelve, he is one of 
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the other man, very good who 
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faithful outlook on, Conquering 
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And so this man Caleb was a 
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He demonstrated, and he stood 
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trusting, God and Holiness and 
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And what's interesting? 
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of his way to tell us that nabal
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is who he was connected to. 
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out in a different way. 
He chose to stand out as one who

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was a fool Who is a fool who did
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example of his own family line, 
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reminder that parents as much as
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That if we apply the principles 
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they still have a decision to 
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Mother and father, you are not 
their savior, you evangelize 

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your children and you leave the 
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The descendants of our own will 
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to follow Christ or not. 
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the line, chose to love money 
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there's another reason why Caleb
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Caleb from? 
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Caleb is from a different tribe.
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Caleb, according to numbers, 13,
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Where is David from? 
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because in the balls from the 
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Kindred to David that he's going
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that he's going to come to his 
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That their relationship is going
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Which is a prophetic picture of 
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very own despise them and 
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enemy as David approaches the 
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own. 
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response and reaction to this 
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Christ himself. 
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that was brought up is exactly 
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We're told about something else 
concerning table, and it's not 

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about him directly, but about 
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Abigail her, to be this man's 
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the same character. 
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actually told that she is 
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is Discerning or she has good 
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There are few times in the Bible
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out of the way to speak about 
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But mainly women about their 
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beautiful. 
Could you name some Sarah. 

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Yes, told she was beautiful. 
She was beautiful in her in her 

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70s 80s, and 90s. 
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even in that point of her life, 
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Imagine how she looked Sarah. 
Anything else, Rachel? 

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Yes. 
Tamar Bathsheba very good. 

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Yes. 
Yeah, sure. 

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I mean will not specifically 
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sure one of them look good. 
The daughters of job, Esther. 

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Beautiful there, either, we're 
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beautiful, very beautiful or 
beautiful and form and an 

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appearance. 
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out. 
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concerning her and it's that she
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she had discernment. 
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unless, you know, of someone 
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that combination given to a 
woman. 

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Apart from this one. 
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because it speaks about an inner
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She had both and that's, that's 
a great thing. 

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Because oftentimes when somebody
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handsome, the Temptation there 
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the Holy Spirit to Chisel. 
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Christ. 
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they can have just from their 
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caught up in that and that 
becomes pride and all this other

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mess. 
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She realized that there was a 
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focus on the Judy that is inward
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And I think that's very, very 
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would not encourage you to 
neglect your outward appearance.

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I wouldn't but I would encourage
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you're going to put your energy 
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it should be. 
The thing that is hidden and 

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it's not very hidden actually. 
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that inner beauty can either 
Adorn your attractiveness or it 

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can Eclipse it It can. 
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character, the inner person 
because this all fades gravity 

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will have its way, the curse of 
death will have its way, every 

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one of us are dying. 
We're all decaying. 

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It's going to come to a point 
where you're not going to look 

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unless you're someone like 
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going to look like you did in 
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something that outshines all of 
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it's the hidden part of Who We 
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when there's trials and tests 
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In fact, very beautiful people 
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circumstances. 
But very people that might not 

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have the most likes and the most
shares on their pictures can 

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become gorgeous. 
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because I'm telling you talk to 
anybody, long enough who has a 

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conviction of the word of God 
and who's in a relationship in a

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long-term marriage. 
They'll tell you, what really 

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matters when you enter into a 
relationship, I'm not dismissing

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being attracted. 
You should be God wired as that 

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way, but I love how the fact 
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there is an inner and an outer 
beauty. 

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Here, there is character. 
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Begs the question, doesn't it? 
How does a gal, like, Abigail be

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married to a belligerent fool? 
Like Mabel. 

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The Bible isn't clear, so we 
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it. 
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was forced into it. 
It was an arranged marriage. 

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So she just had to live with 
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And she she stood her ground and
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woman. 
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Discerning now. 
But maybe in times past she was 

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foolish. 
He entered into the wrong 

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relationship and that 
understanding developed over 

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time. 
That could be true as well. 

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Regardless of what it is you and
I should look at this as an 

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illustration as a lesson. 
In a day in which you have the 

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choice to say, yes or no, to a 
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Here's, here's what we should 
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That we should be extremely 
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would attract us in a person. 
Because whatever qualities 

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attract us to a person. 
Those same qualities will 

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attract certain realities in our
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That makes sense, whatever, 
whatever draws me to a person, 

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those same things will draw 
certain realities into my life. 

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so some would say that Abigail 
did have a choice, And she chose

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to marry this man in order to 
have a secure future, she made a

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good choice. 
The guy was filthy rich. 

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He got 3,000 sheep a thousand 
goats. 

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I don't know what that means to 
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lot. 
This wasn't just a safe life. 

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This was an access to a 
luxurious life. 

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And some would say I'm willing 
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attitude, and his insensitivity 
to the things of God, because 

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I'm safer with a man like this. 
And that would be a wrong 

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assessment. 
That would be a wrong reason to 

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be wedded to somebody because as
much as the comfort that this 

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man had to offer to his wife and
two others. 

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Look, what else was invited into
Abigail's life as you come to 

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verse 17. 
This is after David is fed up 

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with Nepal. 
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comes to Abigail to warn of the 
imminent, threat that David and 

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his men caused verse 17. 
Now therefore, this is the man 

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speaking to Abigail now 
therefore know this and consider

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what you should do. 
For harm is determined against 

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our master and against all his 
house and he is such a worthless

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man, that no one can speak to 
him. 

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You see that? 
And against all his house, no 

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matter what kind of comfort, or 
Leisure, this man, could offer 

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because of his wealth with all 
those riches, he also invited 

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danger to him. 
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because he lacked the 
characteristics. 

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That was found in his ancestor. 
Caleb for example and I want to 

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tell you today that you have 
many Believers that are making 

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decisions to be partnered with 
the wrong persons. 

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They ignore the warnings of the 
scripture. 

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They are, they're moved by the 
passions of their flesh. 

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They prioritize with the Bible 
says not to prioritize to look 

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for in a spouse and because of 
that, they invite harm into 

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their future home, more than 
good. 

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And those threats are not 
immediately recognized because 

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we think that we possess a 
greater wisdom than God, we 

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enter into something for life. 
And you find yourselves in 

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situations that could have been 
avoided. 

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If you just trust what God said 
to look for in person that you 

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would link with forever and ever
speaking to many young people in

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here who are praying and waiting
and getting to know other 

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people, make sure they fit the 
criteria of what a man or a 

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woman of God is, they may not be
perfect. 

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I'm not saying you have to look 
for somebody who who is 

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absolutely Immaculate. 
What I am saying is we're is 

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their heart, do they fear God? 
Do they love God, that they 

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submit to the word of God? 
I d. 

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So what happens here is inverse 
for after? 

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We're told of a description, 
concerning this man, David heard

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in the wilderness that Nepal was
shearing his sheep. 

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So David sent tongue 10 young 
men, And David said to the young

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men, go off to caramel and go to
Nepal and greet him in my name 

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and thus, you shall greet him. 
Peace. 

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Be to you and peace, be to your 
house and peace, be to all that 

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you have. 
I hear that. 

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You have shears. 
Now your Shepherds have been 

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with us and we did them no harm 
and they miss nothing all the 

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time. 
They were in Carmel, ask your 

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young men and they will tell 
you, therefore, let my young men

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find favor in your eyes for we 
come on a feast day, please give

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whatever you. 
Have at hand to your servants 

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and to your son. 
David, here's what's happening. 

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It's obvious that David performs
some kind of service for Nepal. 

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And so he sends his Messengers 
to go to this affluent, 

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businessman to ask for some kind
of compensation, because it was 

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very common in this time that 
those who had flocks and crops 

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would be rated against by, 
neighboring Nations and people 

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groups. 
And because there's a lack of 

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protection, they would ransack 
them and they would strip them 

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to the Bone. 
And so, what David does as he is

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traveling through the 
Wilderness, he sees this man who

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had thousands of animals and he 
chose with his men to become a 

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wall to protect and essentially,
they are putting their life at 

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risk for this stranger. 
And so, when it came to the time

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for these sheep to be sheared, 
David asks, for some assistance,

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he asked for some compensation, 
for his service from the bomb. 

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Now I would kind of seem odd for
David to do this because there 

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was no prior agreement between 
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so it seems a little awkward. 
You're kind of asking for 

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something that was not even 
asked of you to begin with. 

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But I think we can we can we can
understand it this way. 

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Remember David? 
And his men were fugitives and 

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they were looking for anybody to
help alleviate their suffering 

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at this time. 
And so he approaches this man 

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who was from his tribe and he 
asked for help but instead of 

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being like a mooching beggar, he
first helps him and he says 

453
00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:45,400
look, we need some, we need some
help, whatever you have to give 

454
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:46,400
to us. 
But I want to tell you, we're 

455
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,600
not just here to beg from you 
for no reason. 

456
00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:51,600
We actually helped you, we 
protected your animals, we 

457
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,600
protected your property. 
Can you find it in your heart? 

458
00:27:54,700 --> 00:27:58,000
To help me and my men? 
So that seems fine that seems 

459
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,700
reasonable. 
That seems like a very, very 

460
00:28:01,700 --> 00:28:05,700
reasonable thing to ask for. 
But what's also important verse 

461
00:28:05,700 --> 00:28:09,600
4 is that he comes at the time 
when there is shearing sheep. 

462
00:28:10,900 --> 00:28:12,600
Look, there's no accident with 
that. 

463
00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,400
David is a very sensitive person
as a shepherd. 

464
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:19,200
He knows that the time of the, 
the shearing of the sheep was 

465
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,000
like the Harvest Time for the 
crops. 

466
00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,400
It was a time when you gathered 
things in, it was a time when 

467
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,000
you not only celebrated what God
provided for you, but in that 

468
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,600
celebration, you would actually 
even be more generous, you would

469
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,200
give things out to others. 
And so, David came at a very 

470
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,900
Important time, you didn't come 
at a time, that would have been 

471
00:28:36,900 --> 00:28:38,700
strenuous. 
It would have been awkward, it 

472
00:28:38,708 --> 00:28:40,300
would have been inconvenient 
from the ball. 

473
00:28:40,300 --> 00:28:44,300
He came at the time would have 
been most easiest from about to 

474
00:28:44,300 --> 00:28:48,600
be a generous individual, that 
makes sense so far, okay? 

475
00:28:50,500 --> 00:28:55,500
What's the point? 
That we just read 3445 versus 

476
00:28:55,700 --> 00:28:59,200
how does this script? 
How is that relevant to my life?

477
00:29:00,100 --> 00:29:02,500
And we would say it has 
historical value, has a 

478
00:29:02,508 --> 00:29:05,900
beautiful sequence to the story,
but again, I want to read and I 

479
00:29:05,908 --> 00:29:08,100
want to say Lord, why are you 
why are you telling me all these

480
00:29:08,100 --> 00:29:09,200
details? 
You could have skipped through 

481
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,100
all of that. 
Just gone straight to the point.

482
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:16,500
And I believe in part, one of 
the reasons is because we see 

483
00:29:16,500 --> 00:29:20,500
here an illustrative example of 
the wisdom that we should 

484
00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:25,300
possess as Christians in life. 
Christianity is a very practical

485
00:29:25,300 --> 00:29:28,800
thing. 
God is interested in influencing

486
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:32,500
every part of our Lives, even 
the interactions that we have in

487
00:29:32,500 --> 00:29:36,500
society. 
If you don't believe that, if 

488
00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:39,500
you think some spirituality, 
some Mystic thing that's 

489
00:29:39,500 --> 00:29:43,100
irrelevant to what you would 
call secular life, then you're 

490
00:29:43,100 --> 00:29:46,500
in trouble. 
But I look at this and I see, I 

491
00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:51,400
see a man here who was very 
mindful of another and who 

492
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,100
approached him in a very wise 
way. 

493
00:29:54,700 --> 00:29:59,600
Because as Christians, Listen as
Christians, you and I are 

494
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:03,700
ambassadors of Jesus Christ and 
we are called to act and 

495
00:30:03,700 --> 00:30:06,200
interact. 
A way that would make our 

496
00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:10,200
testimony all the more 
attractive and more receptive. 

497
00:30:10,900 --> 00:30:15,300
Many people who hunger for 
Spiritual things, limit that to 

498
00:30:15,300 --> 00:30:19,500
their study of the Bible, for 
some exhilarating connections 

499
00:30:19,500 --> 00:30:21,800
between versus, oh, this is 
breathtaking. 

500
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:25,300
How you put these things 
together, or they spend a time 

501
00:30:25,300 --> 00:30:29,400
trying to demystify hard to 
understand doctrines and my 

502
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:33,200
question is that's wonderful. 
But are you asking how this 

503
00:30:33,300 --> 00:30:36,700
influences my Living. 
Because if you're not, then 

504
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:38,800
doesn't matter how much you've 
discovered. 

505
00:30:39,500 --> 00:30:42,400
It's not going to prove fruitful
in your life. 

506
00:30:43,900 --> 00:30:46,200
Let me say this and I don't mean
to be, I don't mean to be harsh.

507
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:50,700
When I say it is true that many 
people lack simple, social 

508
00:30:50,700 --> 00:30:56,700
skills, it's true and they don't
see how this this book should 

509
00:30:56,700 --> 00:31:02,400
impress and mold and shape your 
character and your conversation 

510
00:31:02,500 --> 00:31:05,100
and your reactions. 
That's what God is interested in

511
00:31:05,100 --> 00:31:07,200
doing. 
He wants to mold us in a certain

512
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,800
way. 
And even one of the the reasons 

513
00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,500
why God has given us his word 
among the many reasons. 

514
00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:15,600
Yes, for salvation. 
Yes to know, God. 

515
00:31:15,700 --> 00:31:17,600
Yes. 
To all these great things that 

516
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:19,700
are vertical. 
Here's one verse that made an 

517
00:31:19,700 --> 00:31:22,800
impression on me in Psalm 19:7. 
You don't have to turn. 

518
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:28,200
There says that the testimony of
the Lord is sure making wise the

519
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:35,200
simple Making wise the simple. 
What's a simple person because 

520
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,300
somebody tell me what is simple 
or who simple person is? 

521
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,900
A simple person isn't like a 
person who's minimalistic, 

522
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:44,200
that's not simple. 
Okay. 

523
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,800
A simple person is a naive 
person. 

524
00:31:47,700 --> 00:31:50,500
A simple person is a person who 
likes his judgment, who lacks 

525
00:31:50,500 --> 00:31:54,600
experience, who lacks knowing 
what to do in certain 

526
00:31:54,700 --> 00:31:57,600
situations, a simple person is a
gullible person. 

527
00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,000
They believe everything that 
they here. 

528
00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:04,500
It's a person that doesn't 
understand the surroundings and 

529
00:32:04,500 --> 00:32:08,900
so they are unfiltered with 
their words and their actions in

530
00:32:08,900 --> 00:32:12,200
a way that makes others look 
unfavorably on them. 

531
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:17,100
Being simple is not a good thing
and the Bible proust us that God

532
00:32:17,100 --> 00:32:21,200
wants to Deliver Us from that. 
Immaturity for the sake of what 

533
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:26,300
our testimony, our testimony. 
And you know, the main method in

534
00:32:26,300 --> 00:32:29,600
which a person is saved from 
being a simple minded person. 

535
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,100
The word of God. 
The word of God. 

536
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,800
There is an impression, There's 
A discipleship that happens not 

537
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:40,900
just by didactic literature do 
this, don't do this. 

538
00:32:40,900 --> 00:32:44,700
But even through examples in 
this like this, look at, look at

539
00:32:44,700 --> 00:32:48,100
the way this man carries himself
and conducts himself, and then 

540
00:32:48,100 --> 00:32:50,200
you filter that appropriately 
and there should be some 

541
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,800
practical impression that is 
made from the word of God. 

542
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,700
And if we're not careful in 
doing that, we can actually do 

543
00:32:55,700 --> 00:32:58,200
harm to our testimony. 
Now I've been told this over the

544
00:32:58,208 --> 00:33:00,200
years, periodically, I don't 
know if it's true. 

545
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,900
I hope it's not true. 
I really hope it's not true 

546
00:33:02,900 --> 00:33:04,200
because when I heard it I got 
Angry. 

547
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,700
When I first heard it then I was
told a second time and a third 

548
00:33:06,700 --> 00:33:09,500
time and I said, is this really 
a thing and maybe I got to do 

549
00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:14,100
some research on it. 
I was told once that the most 

550
00:33:14,100 --> 00:33:18,700
dreaded day of the week, For 
waiters and waitresses at 

551
00:33:18,700 --> 00:33:20,200
restaurants, guess what day it 
is. 

552
00:33:20,900 --> 00:33:24,700
Sunday afternoon. 
Sunday afternoon. 

553
00:33:26,500 --> 00:33:30,100
Why? 
Because you have hordes of 

554
00:33:30,100 --> 00:33:34,000
cranky Christians, who didn't 
eat breakfast that morning, who 

555
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:39,500
sat in a to our service storm 
into places and they make rude 

556
00:33:39,500 --> 00:33:41,900
demands. 
And then they only leave that 

557
00:33:41,900 --> 00:33:43,500
place with a mess and little 
tip. 

558
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:49,200
And I was told that waiter, they
just they clench their teeth. 

559
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:54,300
Because these churchgoers come 
in and they and I'll look, I'll 

560
00:33:54,300 --> 00:33:56,300
be honest, I've been over the 
years, I've been in some 

561
00:33:56,300 --> 00:33:58,800
settings where I saw that for 
myself so that's why when I 

562
00:33:58,808 --> 00:34:00,400
heard him like that might be 
true. 

563
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,100
If that is true, what kind of 
testimony are we leaving to the 

564
00:34:04,100 --> 00:34:06,600
world? 
You see what I'm saying? 

565
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:10,199
Like, we got to get really 
practical here and not just 

566
00:34:10,199 --> 00:34:13,100
limit our spirituality to how 
much Bible you acquire. 

567
00:34:14,300 --> 00:34:17,400
Like interactions with people 
like if, when I heard that I 

568
00:34:17,408 --> 00:34:20,100
said Sunday afternoon should be 
the most look for today for 

569
00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:23,699
waiters and waitresses. 
Because Believers coming to come

570
00:34:23,699 --> 00:34:27,699
up with an attitude, they come 
in with a Spirit-filled 

571
00:34:27,900 --> 00:34:30,699
Radiance, that's what it should 
be. 

572
00:34:30,699 --> 00:34:33,000
And when I heard that I was 
like, that is so disappointing. 

573
00:34:34,100 --> 00:34:38,100
That is so discouraging. 
And David here, why I bring this

574
00:34:38,100 --> 00:34:39,699
up is showing that kind of 
sensitivity. 

575
00:34:39,699 --> 00:34:41,900
He knows the timing of went when
to come. 

576
00:34:42,300 --> 00:34:46,000
He knows how to articulate 
himself, he knows how to make a 

577
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,400
request without being a burden. 
Do you see this? 

578
00:34:48,900 --> 00:34:51,199
I hope this makes sense. 
I know it's not like deep 

579
00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:54,300
theology. 
Wow, you've but who cares about 

580
00:34:54,300 --> 00:34:58,700
that if people hate us on Sunday
afternoon, do you see what I'm 

581
00:34:58,707 --> 00:35:05,000
saying? 
This man to some degree at this 

582
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,300
time. 
She causes be like, look at the 

583
00:35:07,300 --> 00:35:08,900
way he's speaking. 
Look at the way he is 

584
00:35:08,900 --> 00:35:11,200
approaching. 
And we should look that 

585
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,800
throughout the especially your 
lord and savior. 

586
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,800
When you read, Jesus, do you see
how he interacts with people? 

587
00:35:19,100 --> 00:35:20,300
Or are you just trying to 
memorize the? 

588
00:35:20,300 --> 00:35:22,600
I am statements of him being the
bread of life in the light of 

589
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:23,600
the world. 
And that's great too. 

590
00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:25,900
We should know that as well. 
But look at the example, he 

591
00:35:25,900 --> 00:35:30,000
said, follow me, follow me. 
And I look at the Lord and I see

592
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,600
the recorded things in there 
that the holy spirit that is 

593
00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:35,300
necessary and sufficient for my 
development, my godliness. 

594
00:35:35,500 --> 00:35:38,200
And I look at my savior and I 
say, look at look how the Lord 

595
00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:40,500
spoke to his brothers, look how 
the Lord spoke to his enemies. 

596
00:35:40,500 --> 00:35:42,400
Look at the Lord, spoke about 
money. 

597
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:46,200
Look how the Lord spoke I want 
to, I want to follow him. 

598
00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:50,400
It's very rare in Bible study 
say today we want to figure out 

599
00:35:50,408 --> 00:35:53,800
the mysteries of sovereignty and
Free Will and that's great. 

600
00:35:54,300 --> 00:35:58,000
But God is extremely practical. 
But as much as we want to look 

601
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,400
at practicality, we should look 
at the prophetic elements of 

602
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,200
things. 
Now you you heard verse 4 and 

603
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:08,400
verse 8 is there any kind of 
Illustration concerning David's 

604
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:13,400
future, son? 
The Son of God himself when I 

605
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:16,900
read that, I look at this and I 
see something of prophetic. 

606
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:23,400
Prophetic implication. 
The David initiate, the good or 

607
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,300
the the ball, and him come to an
agreement. 

608
00:36:25,300 --> 00:36:32,700
First Now he initiated the good 
and what I see here is that 

609
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:37,500
Jesus did the same. 
Christ did not wait for us to 

610
00:36:37,500 --> 00:36:42,500
ask him to help us Christ. 
Did not wait for us to beg him 

611
00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:48,100
or to make it Christ moved in 
and Christ made away while we 

612
00:36:48,100 --> 00:36:51,400
were yet enemies. 
While we were steeped in our 

613
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:54,900
sin, while we were lost in our 
Darkness, Christ came. 

614
00:36:56,700 --> 00:36:59,200
And his perfect love and is 
perfect wisdom. 

615
00:36:59,500 --> 00:37:02,200
He died. 
And he provided a way to invite 

616
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:06,300
us to know his goodness and to 
know his salvation and you know,

617
00:37:06,300 --> 00:37:10,900
what Christ does now he sends 
Messengers like David did Of 

618
00:37:10,900 --> 00:37:13,200
what he had done. 
Especially to those who are 

619
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:16,300
unaware, like Nepal was unaware 
of what David had done for him. 

620
00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:18,200
To those unreached people 
groups. 

621
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:21,700
Do we send out people to say, do
you know what Jesus did for you 

622
00:37:22,500 --> 00:37:26,900
and upon Christ initial 
advancement of his love and his 

623
00:37:26,900 --> 00:37:29,700
kindness. 
Does he then make claim Upon Our

624
00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:33,900
Lives? 
He invites us into a 

625
00:37:33,900 --> 00:37:35,500
relationship with him, just like
David. 

626
00:37:35,500 --> 00:37:39,400
I did this for you. 
Now, this is what I ask of you. 

627
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,500
I died on the cross and I made a
way. 

628
00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:48,000
Now you must repent and believe.
And so I see your wonderful 

629
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,700
little snippet of a gospel 
truth. 

630
00:37:50,900 --> 00:37:55,200
He first loved us before we 
loved him or anybody else. 

631
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:59,300
He first loved us, David first 
made the move, David sent 

632
00:37:59,300 --> 00:38:02,100
Messengers to the bow who was 
unaware of what David had done 

633
00:38:02,900 --> 00:38:05,100
and it was up to the ball to 
make a response and what he was 

634
00:38:05,100 --> 00:38:06,900
going to do based on this great 
kindness. 

635
00:38:08,500 --> 00:38:11,600
So what does he do? 
Look at verse 9. 

636
00:38:13,300 --> 00:38:16,500
When David's young men came, 
they said all this than the ball

637
00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:20,500
and the name of David and they 
waited and the ball answered 

638
00:38:20,500 --> 00:38:24,100
David's servants. 
Who is David? 

639
00:38:24,900 --> 00:38:29,200
Who is this son of Jesse? 
There are many servants these 

640
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:33,600
days who are breaking away from 
their masters, shall I take my 

641
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:37,800
bread and my water and my meat 
that I've killed for my shears 

642
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,800
and give it to Men Who come 
from. 

643
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:48,300
I don't know where Wonderful. 
We read here. 

644
00:38:48,300 --> 00:38:51,500
So David's young men turned and 
came back and told him all this.

645
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:57,400
This is concerning. 
This is disturbing because how 

646
00:38:57,400 --> 00:38:59,600
the ball response to all of 
this. 

647
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:04,200
Is very familiar to a man that 
we thought David dealt with once

648
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:05,600
and for. 
All right. 

649
00:39:06,900 --> 00:39:08,700
First, he pretends, that he 
doesn't know who he is. 

650
00:39:08,700 --> 00:39:10,500
Who is David? 
Then he goes on to say, who is 

651
00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:11,900
this son of Jesse? 
So clearly, you know, who the 

652
00:39:11,900 --> 00:39:17,200
guy is, Who is David? 
Who is this? 

653
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:22,800
Son of Jesse sounds familiar. 
Yeah, that was salt. 

654
00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:26,200
Favorite way of referring to his
enemy as son of Jesse. 

655
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,300
And I look at this and it's 
quite humorous because we 

656
00:39:29,300 --> 00:39:33,000
thought that, even though the 
presence of saw was dealt with 

657
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,300
and was not an immediate threat,
the spirit of Salah is alive and

658
00:39:36,300 --> 00:39:40,700
well, here gonna go very far 
without the same attitude facing

659
00:39:40,700 --> 00:39:43,000
you on David. 
Who is this? 

660
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,100
Son of Jesse? 
And the ball goes further than 

661
00:39:46,100 --> 00:39:49,000
that. 
It doesn't just degrade his 

662
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,100
lineage and his humble 
beginnings. 

663
00:39:51,900 --> 00:39:56,900
He goes on to even say there are
many servants breaking away from

664
00:39:56,900 --> 00:39:59,500
their masters. 
What does that sound like? 

665
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:03,500
The guys are Rebel. 
The guys causing trouble for his

666
00:40:03,500 --> 00:40:07,500
boss guys running around. 
So he's even aware of the the 

667
00:40:07,500 --> 00:40:11,100
conflict between Saul and David 
and he puts all the blame on 

668
00:40:11,100 --> 00:40:16,600
David when David showed unusual 
loyalty to an undeserving 

669
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:18,300
Master. 
This is what we would call 

670
00:40:18,300 --> 00:40:21,800
slander. 
Look at this kid running around 

671
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:24,900
and causing trouble breaking 
away from his master. 

672
00:40:24,900 --> 00:40:26,500
We should be staying faithful to
him. 

673
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,100
If you only knew what he did for
his master. 

674
00:40:29,900 --> 00:40:35,200
And so he's just heaping insult 
upon insult upon insult and it 

675
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:38,400
reflects again, the attitude of 
those concerning Jesus Christ. 

676
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,600
Then all the good that he had 
done for them. 

677
00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:46,000
While walking this Earth they 
say they were still able to 

678
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:50,100
accuse him, spit on him 
ridicule, him tarnish him. 

679
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:53,400
If you think that's bad, it gets
worse. 

680
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:57,100
Look at verse 11, shall I take 
my bread and my water and my 

681
00:40:57,100 --> 00:41:00,000
meat that I have killed for my 
shears and give it to The Men 

682
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:03,500
Who come from. 
I don't know where this looks 

683
00:41:03,500 --> 00:41:06,200
like just more disrespect but 
it's more serious than that. 

684
00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:08,000
It's actually more severe than 
that. 

685
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:14,500
Actually, it's wrath provoking 
concerning God because although 

686
00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:18,600
this seems like just being 
disrespectful to an undeserving 

687
00:41:18,700 --> 00:41:23,700
person, he's actually breaking 
two Commandments coded in the 

688
00:41:23,700 --> 00:41:26,500
law. 
And the Bible is actually 

689
00:41:26,500 --> 00:41:31,400
breaking God's word directly. 
By doing what he's doing here. 

690
00:41:32,500 --> 00:41:34,200
Is anybody familiar? 
I'll give you a hint. 

691
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:36,500
Both of the laws are found in 
the book of Deuteronomy. 

692
00:41:36,500 --> 00:41:38,500
They don't, they're not part of 
the Ten Commandments. 

693
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:42,800
Does anybody know what in the 
ball do is doing here? 

694
00:41:44,500 --> 00:41:51,100
Violating, which scriptures. 
Cal show you one, go to 

695
00:41:51,100 --> 00:41:54,800
Deuteronomy chapter 8. 
This is why we need to know the 

696
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:58,900
law of God as we read narratives
because it connects and it will 

697
00:41:58,900 --> 00:42:01,400
show the severity of this man 
sinned. 

698
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:12,900
In this chapter, this whole 
chapter, if you remember in 

699
00:42:12,900 --> 00:42:15,900
Deuteronomy this whole chapter 
is dedicated to instructing the 

700
00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:17,600
people of God. 
To never forget the Lord 

701
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:20,600
especially in their prosperity 
as they prepared to go into the 

702
00:42:20,607 --> 00:42:22,700
land of promise. 
God call them. 

703
00:42:22,700 --> 00:42:26,600
Don't You Dare Forget Me the 
source of your wealth. 

704
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:29,100
The reason for your Prosperity 
Don't You? 

705
00:42:29,100 --> 00:42:32,600
Dare Forget Me and I think this 
is very applicable to Christians

706
00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:36,200
in the west were very ambitious 
for promotion in life. 

707
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:43,100
Look what he says here in verse 
17, beware lest you say in your 

708
00:42:43,100 --> 00:42:48,300
heart, my power, and the might 
of my hand have gotten me this 

709
00:42:48,300 --> 00:42:51,300
wealth, you shall remember the 
Lord your God for it. 

710
00:42:51,300 --> 00:42:56,800
Is he who gives you power to get
wealth that he may confirm his 

711
00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:00,400
Covenant that he swore to your 
father's as it is this day. 

712
00:43:00,500 --> 00:43:04,200
Now go back to what he has said.
And 1st Samuel 25, what 

713
00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:07,800
reoccurring little word appears 
over and over again. and in 

714
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:16,500
verse 11, what's the word my My 
bread, my water, my meet, my 

715
00:43:16,500 --> 00:43:19,900
shears. 
And this man goes in direct 

716
00:43:19,900 --> 00:43:23,900
contradiction to what the Lord 
warned his own people about when

717
00:43:23,900 --> 00:43:26,900
they would become prosperous in 
the land of promise. 

718
00:43:26,900 --> 00:43:33,000
Don't say my don't do that. 
Don't you dare do that. 

719
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:36,600
Because look, he doesn't just 
say, I am the reason why you 

720
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:38,500
have your wife, he goes. 
I'm the reason why you have the 

721
00:43:38,500 --> 00:43:42,200
power to get your wealth, even 
the energy to wake up early in 

722
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:44,600
the mind to think about the 
strategies and the deals that 

723
00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:49,600
you make, that comes from me. 
And when you fail to acknowledge

724
00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:52,700
me, give thanks to me. 
Walk with me in your success, 

725
00:43:52,700 --> 00:43:56,400
you are robbing me of my glory. 
And that is no small offense in 

726
00:43:56,400 --> 00:44:02,100
the eyes of God. 
My my my Where's God? 

727
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:06,500
I couldn't help, but compare 
this to Jacobs reaction after he

728
00:44:06,508 --> 00:44:09,200
become very fruitful and his 
possessions and in his 

729
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:12,200
offspring, he's about to face, 
Esau, he doesn't know what to 

730
00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:14,900
expect. 
So what he does is he sends 

731
00:44:14,900 --> 00:44:18,300
waves of people to help trying 
to ease, whatever wrath. 

732
00:44:18,300 --> 00:44:21,800
He has, so that by the time, he 
succumbs to Jacob, he would be 

733
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:24,700
subdued to some degree. 
Because, remember, when Jacob 

734
00:44:24,700 --> 00:44:28,000
was told, go to your go to my 
brother's Land, by his mother go

735
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:31,100
to your uncle's place. 
She said, I will come to you 

736
00:44:31,300 --> 00:44:32,800
when your brother's wrath have 
subsided. 

737
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:36,700
I did remember that I'll get 
news to you when he's not angry 

738
00:44:36,700 --> 00:44:38,700
anymore. 
So, just go for now and guess 

739
00:44:38,700 --> 00:44:40,200
what? 
She never brings news to him. 

740
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,100
So the what Jacob is left with 
mom? 

741
00:44:44,100 --> 00:44:48,100
Never send me a message and 
emailed that Esau is calm down. 

742
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:51,900
And as he's trying to go back, 
home news comes to me sauce, 

743
00:44:51,900 --> 00:44:53,700
coming with a few hundred of his
boys. 

744
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:58,500
So he sends wave after wave of 
people and gifts to present him.

745
00:44:58,500 --> 00:45:03,500
So by the time he gets to Jacob,
he's kind of he's more calm and 

746
00:45:03,500 --> 00:45:06,000
then he says, what's all this 
stuff? 

747
00:45:06,300 --> 00:45:08,700
When he finally meets him 
face-to-face and I love what 

748
00:45:08,700 --> 00:45:11,000
Jacob says you don't have to 
turn there, just listen to his 

749
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:15,900
words in Genesis 33 11 he says 
here please accept my blessing. 

750
00:45:15,900 --> 00:45:19,200
That is brought to you because 
God has dealt graciously with 

751
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:22,300
me. 
You see the difference? 

752
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:26,000
God has dealt graciously with 
me. 

753
00:45:27,100 --> 00:45:30,400
This is all God my children, my 
possessions, my animals. 

754
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:32,900
It's all from the Lord God has 
been gracious to me. 

755
00:45:33,900 --> 00:45:36,000
You know, there are many people 
who say that I asked them about 

756
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,000
their business or whatever. 
God has been good to me. 

757
00:45:38,100 --> 00:45:40,900
That's wonderful. 
God has been good to me. 

758
00:45:42,100 --> 00:45:45,700
God has dealt graciously with 
me, but this is not the only sin

759
00:45:45,700 --> 00:45:49,000
that enables committed. 
Enabling the bomb. 

760
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:52,700
Go back to verse 11. 
And what does he say? 

761
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:58,300
This is my my my so his attitude
is a sin but his lack of action 

762
00:45:58,300 --> 00:46:02,400
is a sin as well. 
His lack of action is a sin as 

763
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:04,800
well and it's back in 
Deuteronomy, not in chapter 8 

764
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:07,300
but in chapter 15. 
Look at look how clear this 

765
00:46:07,300 --> 00:46:16,900
instruction is in chapter 15 of 
Deuteronomy. and verse 7, But 

766
00:46:16,900 --> 00:46:20,600
with the Lord speaks and 
Deuteronomy, 15 verse 7, if 

767
00:46:20,700 --> 00:46:25,900
among you, one of your brother's
should become poor and any of 

768
00:46:25,900 --> 00:46:28,400
your towns within your land that
the Lord, your God is giving 

769
00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:32,500
you, you shall not Harden your 
heart or shut your hand against 

770
00:46:32,500 --> 00:46:36,900
your poor brother, but you shall
open your hand to him and lend 

771
00:46:36,900 --> 00:46:41,400
them sufficient for his need, 
whatever it may be, he can't get

772
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:44,300
any more clear than that. 
If there is anybody who is 

773
00:46:44,308 --> 00:46:47,300
supposed to have an open hand to
his brother, it was a man from 

774
00:46:47,300 --> 00:46:51,500
the same tribe as David, who is 
in a condition outside of his 

775
00:46:51,500 --> 00:46:54,300
control. 
If Nepal had an ounce of the 

776
00:46:54,300 --> 00:46:57,000
fear of the Lord, if you really 
knew his word he would have 

777
00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:59,000
known that. 
He shouldn't have said, my my my

778
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:03,600
my my and notice the attitude, 
the perception, determine the 

779
00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:08,900
action. 
Because he said my my my my his 

780
00:47:08,900 --> 00:47:11,700
hands were closed but when you 
know it's God you're much more 

781
00:47:11,700 --> 00:47:14,700
generous person because it's not
your own to begin. 

782
00:47:14,700 --> 00:47:17,600
With why don't? 
Why would I withhold something 

783
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:21,100
that belongs to God. 
Anyway, so here it is. 

784
00:47:21,900 --> 00:47:25,500
But see that's that's what pride
has pride is the fruit of 

785
00:47:25,500 --> 00:47:27,400
failing to recognize God's 
gracious. 

786
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:33,100
Enablement in your success. 
Pride is the fruit of a failure 

787
00:47:33,100 --> 00:47:36,000
to acknowledge God's gracious, 
enablement in your success. 

788
00:47:37,500 --> 00:47:44,700
And it is the arrogance that 
blossoms because of how we view 

789
00:47:44,700 --> 00:47:47,300
our accomplishments in our own 
lives in the lives of others. 

790
00:47:49,300 --> 00:47:53,000
when you fail to see God and His
gracious empowerment in your 

791
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:57,000
life, for the most menial 
things, even we make more room 

792
00:47:57,600 --> 00:48:04,500
for arrogance to be a reality, 
in our hearts, my, my, my And 

793
00:48:04,500 --> 00:48:09,300
because of that Pride. 
Any help was choked any any 

794
00:48:10,100 --> 00:48:14,600
attempt to even extend Mercy was
suffocated. 

795
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:19,000
So the attitude precedes, the 
action, how you perceive things 

796
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:22,600
will determine how you behave 
and act and move and plan. 

797
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:25,800
So don't don't deal with the 
fruit deal. 

798
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:29,400
With the root deal, with the 
root and let the fruit Blossom. 

799
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:33,200
Naturally, when you have a heart
that is convinced that God is 

800
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:34,900
the one who is in control of all
things. 

801
00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:38,100
So he says, I'm a can help to 
even if David didn't help him 

802
00:48:38,100 --> 00:48:42,700
with the flock, even if David 
didn't become his bodyguard for 

803
00:48:42,700 --> 00:48:47,400
quite a long time. 
Nepal was under Divine 

804
00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:50,600
obligation to help his brother 
just because the word of God 

805
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:54,500
said. 
So but this man didn't fear the 

806
00:48:54,500 --> 00:48:58,500
lord and these sins because he 
failed to see the reason for his

807
00:48:58,500 --> 00:49:00,600
wealth. 
And he failed to be responsible 

808
00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:03,800
with his wealth. 
The sins are going to lead to a 

809
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:06,700
grievous consequence, as we're 
going to see the end of the 

810
00:49:06,700 --> 00:49:10,300
chapter. 
Let's come back to verse 12 as 

811
00:49:10,300 --> 00:49:13,400
we close. 
Unless you want to finish, but 

812
00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:19,500
we'll be here till very late. 
Deuteronomy, excuse me. 

813
00:49:19,500 --> 00:49:23,400
First Samuel, 25. 
Now what happens is, the news 

814
00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:28,800
comes back to these men. 
And they reach David and now, 

815
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:30,600
here's what we're thinking, 
before we come to David's 

816
00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:36,500
reaction, we're thinking surely 
our hero David David, the same 

817
00:49:36,500 --> 00:49:39,800
man who would not even give to 
the suggestions of his own to 

818
00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:45,000
kill Saul will easily dismiss 
the comments of a stranger. 

819
00:49:46,900 --> 00:49:52,100
Is that the case verse 13? 
And David said to his men, every

820
00:49:52,100 --> 00:49:57,500
man strapped on his sword and 
every man of them strapped on 

821
00:49:57,500 --> 00:50:01,300
his sword, David also strapped 
on his sword and about four 

822
00:50:01,300 --> 00:50:04,200
hundred men went up after David,
while 200, remain with the 

823
00:50:04,207 --> 00:50:13,800
baggage, Is this the same David?
I mean, just a few verses ago, 

824
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:17,700
he was in a cave and the man 
that has been hunting, his life 

825
00:50:17,700 --> 00:50:20,000
was right before him like a 
Sitting Duck. 

826
00:50:20,700 --> 00:50:25,600
And his men were saying this is 
God, get rid of him will live 

827
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:29,700
life in a new way, do it. 
And he refused to kill them. 

828
00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:32,000
He left Vengeance and God's 
hand. 

829
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:35,800
And here's this guy named the 
ball who sends Messengers to 

830
00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:39,000
make some rude comments and he 
goes load him up, boys. 

831
00:50:41,300 --> 00:50:43,200
And you re later on he's not 
just coming after Annabelle. 

832
00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:44,700
He's coming after his entire 
household. 

833
00:50:44,700 --> 00:50:50,000
He goes if even one person 
survives I'm coming after every 

834
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:53,700
person that breathes in that 
place, what happened? 

835
00:50:54,600 --> 00:50:57,900
It's just been a few verses. 
You have such a triumphal 

836
00:50:57,900 --> 00:51:02,800
victory over this temptation 
just a few hours ago to our 

837
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:05,600
understanding last week. 
It might have been days or weeks

838
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:10,800
and now all for a sudden you 
want to do what we praise. 

839
00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:16,500
You not to do in our last study.
It seems inconsistent. 

840
00:51:16,900 --> 00:51:21,200
But again, welcome to a humbling
reflection of the human nature, 

841
00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:24,700
especially those who understand 
the will and the word of God. 

842
00:51:25,100 --> 00:51:28,900
What do I mean by that? 
We all fall short in many ways. 

843
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:32,100
And I think one of the ways that
we fall short but we don't like 

844
00:51:32,100 --> 00:51:35,400
to admit it is that for some 
reason we like to exercise the 

845
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:41,900
fruit of the spirit towards some
over others, For some reason, we

846
00:51:41,900 --> 00:51:47,100
are more willing to be more 
self-controlled towards some and

847
00:51:47,100 --> 00:51:52,400
in towards others there is less 
of that manifestation of the 

848
00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:55,400
grace and the rest of the fruit 
of the spirit that we see in 

849
00:51:55,400 --> 00:51:58,300
Galatians 5. 
Why? 

850
00:51:58,300 --> 00:52:01,900
I don't know. 
I don't really know what it is. 

851
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:06,800
And it's a strange thing indeed.
But it's a reality nonetheless 

852
00:52:06,800 --> 00:52:08,800
and it's worth addressing. 
Why is it like, maybe you're not

853
00:52:08,800 --> 00:52:10,700
convinced? 
Let me say, let me say this way.

854
00:52:11,300 --> 00:52:15,100
Have you ever noticed maybe when
you're a younger especially you 

855
00:52:15,100 --> 00:52:17,700
are much more willing to be 
generous and patient with your 

856
00:52:17,700 --> 00:52:24,800
friends more than your siblings.
Spouses are much more willing to

857
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:28,500
forgive their husband, or their 
wife or less willing to forgive,

858
00:52:28,500 --> 00:52:31,400
but when it comes to somebody, 
in the church, they're much more

859
00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:33,700
willing to be merciful and 
compassionate, and 

860
00:52:33,700 --> 00:52:36,900
communicative. 
No, maybe just me. 

861
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:45,100
Why do we exercise so much more 
tenderness towards people that 

862
00:52:45,100 --> 00:52:46,600
we don't live with? 
But when it comes to our own 

863
00:52:46,600 --> 00:52:51,900
household we are so easily 
engaged in word Wars. 

864
00:52:54,200 --> 00:52:57,500
You see what I'm saying? 
For some in some circumstances, 

865
00:52:57,500 --> 00:53:01,100
with different people we can 
look, we can look really, really

866
00:53:01,100 --> 00:53:02,600
good. 
And we can even feel the 

867
00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:06,700
strength to actually look like 
Jesus, but in, in other 

868
00:53:06,700 --> 00:53:09,800
situations, we give in so 
easily, especially with certain 

869
00:53:09,800 --> 00:53:13,500
people. 
I don't want to prove to you how

870
00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:17,500
some who say, well I just I have
an anger problem, brother. 

871
00:53:17,500 --> 00:53:21,100
I can't control myself. 
I can prove it that, you can 

872
00:53:21,100 --> 00:53:24,400
control it more than, you know, 
because as you're barking at, 

873
00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:26,000
whoever it is that you're 
barking at home. 

874
00:53:26,300 --> 00:53:28,400
How would you act when the 
pastor shows up at the door and 

875
00:53:28,400 --> 00:53:31,500
knocks unannounced, that anger 
is going to go away real quick? 

876
00:53:31,500 --> 00:53:33,400
When you answer that door, I 
have a hunch. 

877
00:53:36,300 --> 00:53:40,400
And so, it's really a picture of
how we are able to know to just 

878
00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:44,300
exercise this thing in some 
settings, better than others. 

879
00:53:44,300 --> 00:53:48,800
And it's, it's, it's a part of 
our fallen human nature and we 

880
00:53:48,800 --> 00:53:52,800
fall short. 
But I don't want us to ever be 

881
00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:55,800
satisfied by being able to point
where we're Victoria's in some 

882
00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:59,000
areas and not in all areas, 
because that's what we should 

883
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:01,200
strive for as Believers in Jesus
Christ. 

884
00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:04,700
Because the most effective 
testimony is the one that is 

885
00:54:04,700 --> 00:54:09,100
consistent in every context. 
This was convicting to me. 

886
00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:14,300
Because I couldn't help but 
think about the men of David as 

887
00:54:14,300 --> 00:54:17,000
they saw him. 
Give the instructions within a 

888
00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:19,000
moment's time to strap their 
swords. 

889
00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:22,400
But just few moments ago, he was
able to be such a wonderful 

890
00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:24,800
example and it's like, what, how
did that work? 

891
00:54:24,900 --> 00:54:27,000
We saw know this man. 
Yes. 

892
00:54:29,500 --> 00:54:32,500
But as an encouragement to us is
a not that though we are 

893
00:54:32,500 --> 00:54:37,000
inconsistent. 
God does not give up on us and 

894
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:40,200
he works on us and he pierces a 
little bit on a Friday night 

895
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:42,500
when it's like, I could have 
been somewhere where I wouldn't 

896
00:54:42,500 --> 00:54:46,300
have to be confronted, but the 
Lord cares about our consistency

897
00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:51,600
with all people, and all things.
And so I want to be, I want to 

898
00:54:51,607 --> 00:54:55,100
be just as patient with my, 
brother's, My Blood Brothers, 

899
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then with the people that I see 
at church, I want to be I want 

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to be just as resolved and calm 
with those that I'm familiar 

901
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:07,300
with. 
Then with the person that just 

902
00:55:07,300 --> 00:55:09,700
knows me as the person that 
shows other church and lift 

903
00:55:09,700 --> 00:55:11,300
their hands and worship and love
God. 

904
00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:14,400
And the Holy Spirit will help 
us. 

905
00:55:14,700 --> 00:55:17,100
He wants to help us. 
He wants to mold us and shape 

906
00:55:17,100 --> 00:55:19,600
us. 
There's a reason why God gives 

907
00:55:19,600 --> 00:55:23,400
us this honest. 
Scenario of David's flippancy 

908
00:55:24,100 --> 00:55:28,000
with a conviction that seems to 
be conquered only in one setting

909
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:32,600
and not the Which brings me to 
the final Point, notice, how no 

910
00:55:32,600 --> 00:55:39,600
ball comes up to David to test 
him and to challenge him in a 

911
00:55:39,607 --> 00:55:41,900
time when he was at peace with 
Saul? 

912
00:55:45,300 --> 00:55:46,900
It's like this. 
All thing was dealt with. 

913
00:55:46,900 --> 00:55:49,600
It's like wonderful like breath 
of fresh air and all for a 

914
00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:51,400
sudden. 
Now ball comes up. 

915
00:55:53,000 --> 00:55:56,200
And it's a reminder that we've 
heard in so many Bible studies 

916
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in the book of 1st Samuel. 
The necessity of us as Believers

917
00:55:59,500 --> 00:56:04,800
to remain on guard at all times.
David was on guard from a 

918
00:56:04,800 --> 00:56:07,300
military standpoint. 
He was always there. 

919
00:56:07,300 --> 00:56:10,700
He was Vigilant. 
He was just, he was so he was so

920
00:56:10,700 --> 00:56:12,800
craft while he was. 
He was like a ninja of his time,

921
00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:16,000
right? 
But he was not as secure. 

922
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:20,900
And as Vigilant with his inner 
man with his inner man, and we 

923
00:56:20,900 --> 00:56:24,400
are all susceptible to falling 
into Times of Temptation. 

924
00:56:24,600 --> 00:56:28,700
When we fail to remain guarded 
our, when we, when we look at 

925
00:56:28,700 --> 00:56:31,700
seasons of life, where we seem 
to be doing really well and then

926
00:56:31,700 --> 00:56:35,600
we let ourselves loose in terms 
of our awareness and our 

927
00:56:35,600 --> 00:56:38,500
watchfulness. 
I was listening to a story of a 

928
00:56:38,508 --> 00:56:41,100
man who was speaking about his 
testimony of overcoming 

929
00:56:41,100 --> 00:56:43,300
pornography. 
I believe it was a testimony and

930
00:56:43,300 --> 00:56:46,300
he had said, you know, I vowed 
to overcome this sin. 

931
00:56:46,300 --> 00:56:50,700
I vowed to see victory over it. 
And so what he did was for 90 

932
00:56:50,700 --> 00:56:54,000
days, he didn't engage with 
anything. 

933
00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:56,700
He was so severe and his 
exposure of things. 

934
00:56:57,100 --> 00:56:59,400
And then, for whatever reason, 
because there was such a long 

935
00:56:59,400 --> 00:57:02,900
time, I guess, a victory over 
this, he goes on his computer 

936
00:57:02,900 --> 00:57:06,100
and he sees just two pictures of
two attractive woman, and he 

937
00:57:06,100 --> 00:57:08,400
thinks himself, he thinks 
himself, they're just pictures. 

938
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:13,200
He let his guard down and he 
relapsed again. 

939
00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:16,600
And I listen to that earlier in 
the week, I was listening to 

940
00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:19,200
that testimony and as I was 
studying this, the connection 

941
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:22,400
was made, his guard wasn't up at
all times. 

942
00:57:23,400 --> 00:57:26,000
There's a time of Victory time 
of peace, and because of that, 

943
00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:28,000
he became lazy and his 
vigilance. 

944
00:57:28,300 --> 00:57:31,600
And that's when the enemy came 
in and for whatever reason, 

945
00:57:31,600 --> 00:57:34,500
David is the same, he saw great 
great Victory. 

946
00:57:35,400 --> 00:57:37,500
And then when another 
opportunity came, the same 

947
00:57:37,500 --> 00:57:41,100
Temptation he gave in because he
was not, as guarded as he should

948
00:57:41,100 --> 00:57:43,300
have been. 
And usually, we are not as 

949
00:57:43,300 --> 00:57:47,700
guarded when we are in seasons 
of great joy, peace prosperity 

950
00:57:48,400 --> 00:57:51,700
when everything is going well as
when we seem to be the weakest 

951
00:57:52,500 --> 00:57:55,100
So remain strong. 
God is faithful. 

952
00:57:55,500 --> 00:57:58,100
Oh, I wish that time can go 
back, so we can finish this 

953
00:57:58,100 --> 00:58:00,200
chapter, but we're not, we're 
not. 

954
00:58:00,200 --> 00:58:01,500
I think that's enough for 
tonight. 

955
00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:24,500
Let's pray. 
Well, what a wonderful study in 

956
00:58:24,500 --> 00:58:28,100
this chapter sobering. 
Oh God honest. 

957
00:58:28,100 --> 00:58:32,900
Clear. 
It confronts us like many of 

958
00:58:32,900 --> 00:58:37,300
these chapters have. 
But Lord, we pray in this moment

959
00:58:37,300 --> 00:58:42,500
as we heard earlier. 
That we would glean everything 

960
00:58:42,500 --> 00:58:46,600
that we've heard and apply it to
our own context help us. 

961
00:58:46,600 --> 00:58:49,600
Oh, God, help us. 
Lord, Deliver Us from 

962
00:58:49,600 --> 00:58:52,300
Simplicity, Deliver Us from 
immaturity. 

963
00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:57,000
Save us from being inconsistent 
as David was, surely. 

964
00:58:57,000 --> 00:58:59,800
You've given us this example, 
for us, to examine our own 

965
00:58:59,800 --> 00:59:03,700
lives, to say, where is it in 
areas of my life, where I feel 

966
00:59:03,700 --> 00:59:08,400
like I can I can walk in this 
way with these people in this 

967
00:59:08,400 --> 00:59:10,600
context, but another times I'm a
different person. 

968
00:59:10,900 --> 00:59:14,600
Lord, we want to be. 
We want to be saved from such 

969
00:59:14,600 --> 00:59:18,300
things. 
We want to be safe from such 

970
00:59:18,300 --> 00:59:21,800
things. 
I'll or we think about all the 

971
00:59:21,800 --> 00:59:24,700
examples and the stories that 
we've heard up to this point and

972
00:59:24,700 --> 00:59:29,100
we are so thankful that you 
speak clearly through David's 

973
00:59:29,100 --> 00:59:34,000
story. 
And Lord, perhaps one point 

974
00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:36,100
meant one thing more than 
another. 

975
00:59:36,900 --> 00:59:40,400
We just pray that whatever was 
said we would cherish it in our 

976
00:59:40,400 --> 00:59:44,100
hearts and we would pray fully 
ask you to manifest it in our 

977
00:59:44,100 --> 00:59:46,600
lives. 
Thank you. 

978
00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:53,800
Lord, that you first loved us. 
You acted on our behalf while we

979
00:59:53,800 --> 00:59:58,300
were in sin loving Darkness, you
rescued us. 

980
00:59:59,500 --> 01:00:03,800
You made a way. 
For any person in here, who 

981
01:00:03,800 --> 01:00:07,100
doesn't know that may that may 
be known tonight that you have 

982
01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:11,100
died for them. 
And you're waiting for them to 

983
01:00:11,100 --> 01:00:14,800
respond. 
Bless your Holy Name. 

984
01:00:15,600 --> 01:00:21,400
Lord, we love you, we honor you,
we have reverence toward you, we

985
01:00:21,400 --> 01:00:24,500
are in awe of the wisdom of your
scriptures and Lord, we just 

986
01:00:24,500 --> 01:00:27,800
worship you in light of the 
Living Word, that speaks. 

987
01:00:27,800 --> 01:00:31,300
So clearly We give you glory now
in Jesus name. 

988
01:00:31,900 --> 01:00:32,300
Amen.