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Please meet me in second Samuel 
chapter 17. 

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I hope you're okay to pray with 
me again. 

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Lord, we invoke your name and we
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the midst of this place. 
I thank you, Lord, for the 

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precious saints were able to be 
here we, thank you, Lord, for 

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the Saints who are watching 
glorious that in this very 

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moment, your word would come 
forth and it would do what only 

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you can do as James says that it
would save us. 

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Not just in Salvation but save 
us from our sins. 

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Save us from lies. 
Save us from Temptation. 

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Save us from ideas that are not 
in alignment with your truth 

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that can lead to confusion and 
deception, Lord. 

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We pray that there would be a 
rescuing and at the same time 

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that there would be a stirring 
of adoration for you. 

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Lord, we don't want to just know
things we want to know the god 

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of the word, please draws closer
to you. 

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Help us Olga through this study.
Love you personally and then 

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reflect you close. 
And more accurately than we did 

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before this meeting, we bless 
the name of your son and we ask 

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that he would be glorified in 
this study. 

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In Jesus name we pray. 
Amen. 

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Last week, if you were here, you
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with a sheath offals, horrific 
advice for Absalom about how to 

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better secure the throne that he
sabotaged his father's throne. 

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And the advice that was proposed
was for Absalom to violate his 

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father's concubines publicly. 
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that statement and that 
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Revolution has arrived. 
A new government has been placed

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and that it is the real deal as 
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And as audacious as such a move 
was he thought was advice is not

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going to cease here. 
It's going to continue into 

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chapter 17 and what you're going
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his proposal in these verses 
will prove To be more severe 

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than what we learned last. 
But I thought foes counsel here 

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is not the only thing that you 
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there's going to be another set 
of instructions that are going 

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to be presented and it's going 
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who shy who shy who is the 
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strategically in the courts of 
Heath offal and who has the plan

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to thwart? 
The council that he fell for, 

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we're coming to that point. 
This is a very critical chapter 

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for David's life for the king. 
Of Israel for the future of this

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nation and what you and I are 
going to do as we examine these 

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opposing views is that we 
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counsel meaning, as we look at 
these words, as we look at these

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instructions, these statements, 
these promises, we are also 

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going to learn some things about
our own walk with the Lord. 

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Because the Holy Spirit, 
obviously preserved, the details

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of what I thought will have the 
same what Housh I have to say 

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for more than just a historical 
account or a colorful episode 

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and Bible. 
There's something instructive 

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here. 
And I say that, every single 

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week to reassure you that when 
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you're not just reading 
something for you to get some 

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more data for a Bible trivia. 
Okay, you're getting something 

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for your walk with Christ, you 
getting something pertaining to 

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your worship for him and how to 
navigate through this life. 

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As you represent his name and 
you're going to find that God 

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willing in these verses. 
So as we come let's read the 

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first three verses right? 
We're continuing. 

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There's no chapter breaks in 
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word begins in verse one with 
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Moreover, I thoughtful set to 
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Let me choose 12,000 men, and I 
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tonight. 
I will come upon him while he is

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weary and discouraged and throw 
him into a panic and all the 

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people who are with them will 
flee, I will strike down Only 

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The King and I will bring all 
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As a bride comes home to her 
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only one man, and all the people
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So I fell for just finished 
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David's concubines go up to the 
rooftop and violate them. 

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That was a political statement 
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And now he continues because I 
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sever the potential 
reconciliation between Father 

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and Son, he thoughtful wants to 
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he wants to Apparently, give 
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can now completely destroy any 
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David and his men by listening 
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there's something deeper going 
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Is there not we learned that 
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reinforced here again. 
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that I personally have observed 
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will see them as well. 
What are some things? 

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Maybe you see something that I 
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to discover but what are some 
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here with the first three verses
with Opals advice that stand out

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to you. 
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this. 
They've told us, we listen to 

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the study but we didn't hear 
what the people have to say. 

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It's very difficult to pass the 
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So I'm going to repeat what you 
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require something from you. 
Please don't let your answer be 

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too lengthy. 
And try to be as concise as 

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possible so that I can repeat it
for future people who would do 

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watch who can't make it or work 
and they want to watch this 

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study later. 
Okay, as I make sense, just an 

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added rule. 
To our study. 

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What stands out to you from 
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Yes. 
I fell for ya. 

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Because it's like he's taking 
Revenge. 

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Okay? 
Very good. 

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I'll stop you there. 
I thoughtful is proposing that 

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he killed David. 
Let's hold on to that. 

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Thought any other observations? 
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He wants to do it now. 
He wants to do it immediately. 

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He wants to do it this very 
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So there's urgency here. 
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Yes. 
Why does he need 12,000 men to 

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kill one man? 
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Yes, so he has some kind of a 
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Very good observation. 
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uses, I will quite a bit. 
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Very good. 
You guys are doing great. 

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Look at, look at the condition 
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thoughtful, while he is weary 
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Very good, last one. 
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Oh, you guys are doing so well. 
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goes through with his plan, 
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men as a result. 
Very good. 

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You guys are excellent students 
of God's word. 

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Let's notice the first thing 
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The amount of times that Absalom
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that he wants to be the one to 
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So he says, let me choose, then 
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I say I will, I will, I will, I 
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will. 
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He's hopeful wants to take on 
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because I thought was motivated 
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personal interest as you know, 
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bitterness. 
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minds. 
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proposed is because I, he filfil
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Vengeance because of what David 
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Bathsheba, let me have David 
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That the reason why I thoughtful
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Absalom is because he's somewhat
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legitimate King appointed to be 
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in fact, by virtue of a slip-up,
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what a heath offal really 
believe that about this whole 

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predicament about this whole 
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that anybody Catch it. 
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verse 2 at the end. 
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I will strike down Only The Who 
The king. 

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Hold on. 
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the king, isn't that? 
Why you are where you are? 

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No, he refers to David as the 
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Goes to show what he really 
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was. 
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even though he knew the truth, 
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with Rebellion. 
He was still willing to side 

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with falsehood and I believe 
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a little insight of who it is 
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deceived and embrace wickedness.
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people who are deceived because 
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And there are others who are 
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not because they're concerned 
about what's true, what's not 

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true, but because whatever 
system of belief, they are 

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ascribing to will ultimately 
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This will satisfy my Personal 
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personal itch, And so they give 
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just like, I hate filfil again. 
Not because they care about 

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what's right or what's wrong, 
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self-interest. you know, I've 
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throughout my walk with the 
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conclusion, that most atheists, 
if not almost all of them except

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for a few Most atheists are 
atheist not because of the 

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evidence supposed evidence but 
because of the implications of 

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what it means to admit that 
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standard. 
That's why they're atheist 

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because to ascribe to an idea 
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objectively provided Truth For 
Humanity, demands accountability

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and I don't want accountability.
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So don't be duped by all the 
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evidence and all the other 
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people with. 
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of these people are very angry 
at something that doesn't exist.

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It's amazing how when you when 
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the real reason why it is that 
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entertain the possibility of a 
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It comes down to this. 
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life. 
I want to be the master of my 

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own fate. 
I'm telling you there's probably

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only a handful of people that 
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in that place of unbelief 
because they just needed some 

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questions answered. 
You can answer as many questions

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for so many and they would still
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ultimately they want to satisfy 
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I thoughtful presents that as an
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Here he is driven by bitterness 
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bitterness and to him. 
It didn't matter of David was 

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the true king or not David was 
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And you know, what Paul says 
something about those who are 

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walking as enemies of Christ. 
He says that there are, there 

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are people who are walking as 
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Why? 
Because in Philippians 3, 19, 

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their God is their belly. 
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Earthly things. 
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And that is why for some no 
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them, no matter how many answers
you give them no matter how much

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evidence you provide for them. 
They will not change. 

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They will not budge because 
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In one thing I want to please 
myself and not please this God 

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that you're proposing to me. 
There's a second thing in some 

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of you have mentioned that we 
can't move forward here without 

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acknowledging something that you
and I have learned in the past 

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few studies. 
At this point of David's life, 

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look at the description of 
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Again, I thoughtful wanted to 
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he knew that David was weary. 
He knew that he was Couraged. 

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And remember, when Zeba and 
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wilderness, we concluded those 
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he was deceived by ziba and 
slandered, by shammai, right 

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that he was emotionally dejected
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And we know obviously see here, 
that that's confirmed by, I feel

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foes human wisdom and he 
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Now to overtake him, this is the
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Satan is no. 
Friends. 

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Just to reinforce some of the 
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Satan is no different. 
He looks for an opportune time. 

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He considers the whole man, you 
are, you are Spirit, soul and 

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body, right? 
And what we do with this body, 

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can affect what happens to our 
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And so the enemy considers the 
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and how to come and to pounce, 
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And if it's true, that 
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sweetest opportunities for him. 
If it's one of the the footholds

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He uses and enjoys the most, 
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to do Warfare. 
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to Shield ourselves against his 
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and sisters out in Christ. 
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to drive into your heart, 
encourage one another often 

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often. 
Guys, there's enough garbage out

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there, there's enough 
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world, right? 
Let the house of God be a 

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charging station of Hope. 
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expect when we come into this 
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So just lay off on the drama, we
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Some people here are not and 
Christian households. 

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They have enough drama at home. 
We see enough of it, on our 

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YouTube headlines and all the 
things that pop up on our 

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phones, it's all out. 
There may this place be an oasis

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and what that will require my 
brother and my sister is for you

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to be filled with God's word so 
that your counsel and your 

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encouragement can be laced with 
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there's no greater encouragement
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And at the same time, it will 
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wounds from from time to time 
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others so that we can receive 
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Scripture says that he who 
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doing? 
He's escaping all sound 

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judgment. 
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community, as you're going to 
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coming together and if Satan 
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let's give them nothing to work 
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Right. 
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can do that is by pouring out 
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It's such a small thing but it 
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It can, it can blow away 
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Away concern. 
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ministry of encouragement. 
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May not be a prophet. 
You may not be an evangelist. 

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You may not be a musician, but 
everybody here can encourage. 

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All right? 
I evil said he's discouraged. 

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Let's come now, let's throw him 
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strength and hope. 
All the enemy is no different, 

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please remember that. 
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are discouraged to escape That 
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possible. 
Find a way to encourage yourself

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in the Lord call a brother, 
call, the sister call a leader, 

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open your heart, pray with 
someone and you will know 

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lasting protection against the 
the schemes of Satan. 

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Lastly, another thing. 
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mentions, as we heard from our 
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If everything goes well, 
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promise was this, all the people
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peace. 
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whether that's advancement and 
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lasting gratification, whether 
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that's material gain or escape 
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premeditated Disobedience. 
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false promises always, And idea 
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that. 
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that the death of a righteous 
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promote Tranquility in society. 
Yeah best of false peace among 

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the wicked but not the true and 
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reflecting God's justice and his
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So remember that when Temptation
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on it, the reward that's 
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It is just as much of a lie as 
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Don't forget that. 
In verse 4, we read and the 

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advice seemed right in the eyes 
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Israel. 
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we expect that? 
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ended in the last verse of 
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given a commentary about a, he 
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It was Godlike. 
It was highly esteemed. 

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It was sought after it was 
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And so to see this response to 
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but what is a shock is verse 5. 
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the our kite also and let us 
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Why you guys already made a 
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It's already settled, it's 
right. 

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That seems good and yet all of a
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inspiration and in the man's 
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from who shy and so he summons 
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This doesn't make sense, it 
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You have the best counselor, the
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the elders are nodding their 
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thumbs up and in something in 
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hurt to hear another perspective
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speaking. 
It doesn't make sense but when 

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you put God in the equation it 
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Did we forget the prayer that 
David prayed while he was in the

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wilderness? 
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thoughtful joined forces with 
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of his prayer? 
Was a very short prayer, Lord, 

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turn the wisdom of. 
I feel fun to what foolishness, 

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if you want to reference for 
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David learned what happened with
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cry, and he sighed a 
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And he said, oh Lord, please 
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into foolishness. 
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verse 6, of chapter 17 is God 
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God is fulfilling what David 
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And here's the point that I want
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Does the unexplainable really 
does prayer is a force that you 

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cannot imagine, but you have 
every right to utilize if you 

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understand what it can do to 
some degree. 

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If you just believe God's word 
about prayer can do prayer 

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prayer. 
Can touch the most unlikely 

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heart. 
Prayer can reach and arrive, 

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where no, man, can go, right? 
Prayer can intervene in the most

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classified political 
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Prayer. 
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Nations and prayer. 
I love this point about prayer 

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prayer, out lives, the lives of 
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Prayer is powerful. 
I wonder if that is what the 

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Holy Spirit intended to teach us
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David prayed to Chapters earlier
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Seeing the Fulfillment of it for
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thing that a man broken and 
shattered, wandering in the 

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wilderness. 
Praying can affect the plans and

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the counsel of wicked men in 
high places. 

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Yeah, that's Old Testament. 
God answered prayer differently 

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than why did James use an Old 
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New Testament Christians. 
Elijah was a man with a nature 

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like ours and when he prayed 
something happened to Nature 

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itself, I mean if if you're 
telling us that we're in the new

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dispensation, and God answers 
prayer differently, don't use. 

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Elijah of all examples to 
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A man who was also a prophet who
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courtrooms and who saw God do 
Mighty things when he prayed and

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you and I are encouraged to do 
the same. 

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Another thing about prayer is 
that God remembered David's 

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prayer You might have forgotten 
that he prayed that prayer in 

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chapter 15, but God did not 
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So many updates between 15 and 
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And yet, we know that God heard 
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perfect time answered it. 
God remembers When you pray, God

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holds onto you. 
You might have forgotten that 

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you've prayed something God. 
Didn't? 

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This is how faithful the Lord is
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Prayer has power. 
God remembers prayer. 

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Can I ask you a question? 
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Did Abraham rescued. 
Lot from Sodom. 

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How many times? 
Good twice. 

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The first time. 
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Well, this is when initially lot
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move, bad move, chapter 13, 
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There's a war that breaks out 
between five Kings and for 

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kings, and who's caught up in 
the conflict lot. 

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Because Sodom was one of those 
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Rather Abraham is Uncle heard 
about it and he recruits 318 

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trained men and they go into the
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right? 
By the strength of the arm God 

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did help them. 
It was a miraculous thing for 

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318, men to come into an army to
bring out lat. 

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It's wonderful. 
It's a great testimony. 

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But what was the second time? 
Genesis, 19. 

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The Lord and to Angels visits 
Abraham in Genesis 18 and 

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Abraham receives Revelation 
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Sodom and Gomorrah. 
So what does he do? 

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Did he get 318 men again as you 
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Javelin? 
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He prays He stands before the 
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intercedes on behalf of his 
nephew lot. 

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And we were told there after lot
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19 and the Lord remembered 
Abraham The Lord remembered 

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Abraham, I love that Peril. 
I love how God gave us two 

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stories of lot being rescued. 
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sword, the first one was with 
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right? 
Flesh. 

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It's not - it's just a different
tactic. 

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And yet when that same man 
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he relies on prayer and it was 
just as effective as an army. 

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It was just as effective as 
Weapons, it was just as 

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effective as a strategy to go in
physically to come out, prayer 

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went and prayer did what we 
often think, only our ideas and 

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our abilities can do does more 
than that. 

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Pray. 
Pray often, I'm going to end 

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this Bible study in a certain 
way. 

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I'm going to ask you by faith to
actually pray about something 

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before you leave this place 
because we're not here to just 

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acquire information, we want to 
respond to the truth that we 

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receive pray. 
How much do you pray? 

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How much do you believe in 
prayer? 

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How much do you believe prayer 
can do all be reminded today, 

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that you can even sigh a prayer,
you can be distracted and yet in

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a little Mustard Seed Faith, 
utter a prayer, God will hear it

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and you can change the heart of 
Kings. 

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So they called for who shine and
who shy comes, and look at verse

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7 and Housh, I said to Absalom. 
Let's read verse six and one who

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shot came to Absalom. 
Absalom set to him. 

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Thus has I fofa spoken, shall we
do as? 

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He says, if not, if not you 
speak. 

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Very direct. 
If I was hoosh, I personally I 

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would be intimidated. 
Why would he shy be intimidated,

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any idea? 
Okay, so you already had a 

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consensus. 
Everybody agreed with what I 

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feel for have to say. 
Yes that is part of it. 

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Let's add to that when a Absalom
came into Jerusalem and he was 

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met by who shies long live the 
king long live. 

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The king was Absalom suspicious,
he was suspicious. 

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It's like this is how you treat 
your friend? 

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Is this your loyalty to your 
friend? 

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And who shy cleverly presented? 
His apparent shift of loyalty 

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without being too detailed. 
So some suspicions subsided and 

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here's the here's the Dilemma, 
not only do you have the popular

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vote? 
If you have who shy now standing

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against the Council of IE 
thoughtful, he might revive 

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those initial intuitions that 
Absalom had him put himself in 

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danger. 
This is a critical point for his

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shy. 
This is actually a dangerous 

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place for his shy. 
The danger is that in this 

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moment, depending on how he 
answers can expose himself and 

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put himself a great harm, but 
there's another danger. 

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The danger is this to miss out 
on a golden opportunity to make 

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a difference for why he 
originally was sent to this 

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place. 
A very unique instance, a very 

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unique moment but the principle 
can be applied to Believers and 

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what they should expect in their
pilgrimage believer. 

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There will be times if you're a 
Really loves the gospel and 

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wants to be used by the Lord. 
There will be times where you'll

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be put in situations in which 
you will have the opportunity to

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speak up and it might cost you 
something to speak up. 

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There will be times where you 
have the opportunity and you 

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might be the only source. 
The only voice of reason to 

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oppose evil. 
And to propose God's view, God's

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will God's truth on a matter, 
whether it's controversial or 

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not. 
And in those decisions, you have

454
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,300
to make a choice before you make
that choice. 

455
00:27:46,300 --> 00:27:48,800
And that choice is, am I willing
to do this no matter what? 

456
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,800
It cost me now we've all been in
those different situations. 

457
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,000
I'm sure in the past if you walk
with the Lord long enough, even 

458
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,000
in the early phases of walking, 
with the Lord, you felt the 

459
00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,700
pressure to remain quiet. 
While there is falsehood being 

460
00:28:00,700 --> 00:28:02,700
presented or blasphemy being 
uttered. 

461
00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:06,300
Whether that's at work, whether 
that's in the classroom, whether

462
00:28:06,300 --> 00:28:10,200
that's at the family gatherings.
We've all felt the intimidation 

463
00:28:11,100 --> 00:28:13,900
to just remain quiet and let it 
pass by. 

464
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,300
Although you know that you must 
say something. 

465
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,300
Can I can I give you a word of 
encouragement to help you 

466
00:28:20,300 --> 00:28:23,800
overcome those hurdles of your 
visited by them again, right. 

467
00:28:25,300 --> 00:28:26,900
Ask yourself this one simple 
question. 

468
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,500
It's very simple. 
And and train yourself to ask 

469
00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:32,100
this question. 
When you walk into the places 

470
00:28:32,100 --> 00:28:35,000
that God has placed you, Why am 
I really here? 

471
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:37,800
It's not deep but it's really 
helpful. 

472
00:28:38,900 --> 00:28:40,600
What is this? 
All really about? 

473
00:28:41,300 --> 00:28:44,600
Why did God in his Providence? 
Put me here with this 

474
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,300
opportunity for this season, at 
this time, what is it? 

475
00:28:48,700 --> 00:28:52,700
Is it like who shine who shine 
was sent by the king to go there

476
00:28:52,700 --> 00:28:56,300
with a specific Duty? 
Do I have the Heavenly Mandate 

477
00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:00,700
of the Gospel in the Forefront 
of my thinking, or are my goals 

478
00:29:00,700 --> 00:29:04,600
and our, my Pursuits muddied 
with temporal causes and 

479
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,500
rewards. 
See oftentimes, they're the 

480
00:29:07,500 --> 00:29:10,300
obstacles and the hurdles to our
witness have to do with things 

481
00:29:10,300 --> 00:29:15,500
tied to to the stuff under the 
sun reputation preservation. 

482
00:29:16,300 --> 00:29:18,700
Promotion. 
And this is a very important 

483
00:29:19,700 --> 00:29:22,200
word of advice here and 
exhortation. 

484
00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:26,400
We're now, we're seeing 
companies asking you to use 

485
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,400
certain pronouns certain titles 
for things that are obviously, 

486
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,200
in blatantly a violation of 
God's word. 

487
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,900
So be encouraged by this, right?
Ask yourself this. 

488
00:29:35,300 --> 00:29:39,200
What am I really doing? 
What is this really all about? 

489
00:29:41,300 --> 00:29:44,300
And if you're Christian, you can
answer that easily. 

490
00:29:45,100 --> 00:29:49,400
I'm an ambassador. 
I am a representative of the 

491
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:53,500
Lord Jesus Christ. 
And my purpose in life is not to

492
00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:56,500
be prettier, not to be more in 
shape, not having more 

493
00:29:56,500 --> 00:29:58,900
comfortable retirement not to 
make as many friends as 

494
00:29:58,900 --> 00:30:01,200
possible. 
Not to be successful person. 

495
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:05,500
It is to preach the gospel, 
that's your goal in life. 

496
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:11,200
No matter what you do, what your
gifts are that is ultimately the

497
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:15,200
reason why you're here. 
And if you can convince yourself

498
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,200
of that over and over, I'm 
telling you it will energize a 

499
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:22,500
holy boldness. 
Because if that's your purpose, 

500
00:30:22,900 --> 00:30:25,100
then it doesn't matter what 
happens here, doesn't matter 

501
00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:28,900
what happens to you, it doesn't 
ultimately affect why you're 

502
00:30:28,900 --> 00:30:32,600
here and where you're going, so 
let that strengthen you. 

503
00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:37,000
Well I might lose my job, okay? 
He's going to take care of you. 

504
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,200
Well, I might lose this person 
might make things awkward. 

505
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,400
That's fine. 
What's going to be more? 

506
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,600
Awkward is if that person knew 
that you knew the truth and you 

507
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:47,500
didn't tell them and it costs 
them their Eternal Soul. 

508
00:30:47,500 --> 00:30:51,400
That's more Awkward trust me. 
At the same time I get it. 

509
00:30:51,700 --> 00:30:53,500
There are some people who hear 
this kind of message and they 

510
00:30:53,500 --> 00:30:55,600
feel it guilt. 
And they feel this this sense 

511
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,700
that I gotta touch every passing
person. 

512
00:30:58,700 --> 00:31:01,900
And I got a minister to at least
one, two, three people a day. 

513
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,100
That's not the case. 
They're still called to wisdom. 

514
00:31:04,300 --> 00:31:06,800
And who shine here is is going 
to implement wisdom in his 

515
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:09,000
approach. 
I'm not saying go wild and be 

516
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:13,100
crazy and just stand on cars, 
and yell, and stand in the bus 

517
00:31:13,100 --> 00:31:15,600
and just shout at people and 
stand in the office at lunch 

518
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:21,600
break and don't do that please. 
At the same time, don't Let the 

519
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:25,900
threats or the intimidations of 
this world silence, you? 

520
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,500
This is going to this could 
potentially cause who shies 

521
00:31:29,500 --> 00:31:31,100
life. 
But why is he shy even here? 

522
00:31:31,100 --> 00:31:33,800
To begin with because King David
said, go back. 

523
00:31:34,900 --> 00:31:38,300
I need you there. 
And I need you to represent me. 

524
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,400
I need you to help me just 
remind yourself of that when you

525
00:31:41,408 --> 00:31:44,000
wake up and you get into your 
car and you grab your coffee and

526
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,200
you go to work. 
Lord, help me. 

527
00:31:46,208 --> 00:31:48,500
Remember, it's more than a 
paycheck, it's more than a 

528
00:31:48,508 --> 00:31:50,500
paycheck. 
God will help you will give you 

529
00:31:50,500 --> 00:31:53,500
wisdom and so this is what 
happens. 

530
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:56,800
He's about to speak up and he 
realizes, this is an opportunity

531
00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:58,800
that I might not have. 
Again, this is a vital 

532
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,800
opportunity because of a, he 
fulfills advice has received 

533
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:03,800
David? 
Might be finished verse 7. 

534
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,300
That who should I set the 
Absalom this time? 

535
00:32:06,300 --> 00:32:09,100
The So, that I fell for has 
given is not good. 

536
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,300
Very wise men. 
Why do you think this is wise? 

537
00:32:13,300 --> 00:32:15,600
Because he's not altogether 
discrediting? 

538
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,000
He thoughtful, he's saying this 
time. 

539
00:32:18,300 --> 00:32:20,600
It's not good. 
I like who shine. 

540
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,300
He says this time, it's not good
and then we read here in verse 

541
00:32:24,300 --> 00:32:26,500
8. 
He shy said, you know, that your

542
00:32:26,500 --> 00:32:30,300
father and his men are Mighty 
Men and that they are enraged 

543
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:33,300
like a bear robbed of her Cubs 
in the field. 

544
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:36,600
Besides, your father is expert 
in war. 

545
00:32:36,900 --> 00:32:39,600
He will not spend the night with
the people behold. 

546
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,500
Even now he has hidden himself 
and one of the pits or In some 

547
00:32:42,500 --> 00:32:44,300
other place. 
And as soon as some of the 

548
00:32:44,300 --> 00:32:48,300
people fall at the first attack,
whoever hears it will say there 

549
00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:51,200
has been a Slaughter among the 
people who follow Absalom. 

550
00:32:53,100 --> 00:32:56,100
What we see here is something 
very, very interesting. 

551
00:32:56,100 --> 00:32:58,900
The first thing that he says, is
you look at verse 8, is that he 

552
00:32:58,900 --> 00:33:05,200
reminds Absalom That the task 
ahead is not as simple as a 

553
00:33:05,208 --> 00:33:10,000
heath opal made it to be right? 
This is more difficult and this 

554
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:13,400
is more challenging than what 
you may think it is. 

555
00:33:13,900 --> 00:33:16,900
And he says a few things about 
his father, your father is a 

556
00:33:16,908 --> 00:33:18,600
mighty man, and he has mighty 
men with him. 

557
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:21,400
He's an expert in war and they 
are mad. 

558
00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:24,400
They've been driven from their 
home, they've been driven from 

559
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:28,400
their their families, their 
friends, their positions, the 

560
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:34,200
Comforts their livelihood, they 
are not at the best place right 

561
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,000
now. 
They are extra motivated to deal

562
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:42,400
with us. 
And so, he encourages Absalom to

563
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:46,000
plan carefully, he encourages 
Absalom more than that, to 

564
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:50,500
really count the cost of what he
is about to do. 

565
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:55,700
And the tactic here. 
The strategy here though who 

566
00:33:55,700 --> 00:33:58,200
shies motive is different has 
been used by the Lord. 

567
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:02,500
Jesus Jesus. 
Also in his call to 

568
00:34:02,500 --> 00:34:06,900
discipleship. 
Encouraged and charge people to 

569
00:34:06,900 --> 00:34:12,300
sit down and think before they 
actually Endeavor to commit 

570
00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:16,400
themselves to his cause, and he 
actually uses two illustrations,

571
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:20,900
very short Parables side-by-side
to communicate to illustrate. 

572
00:34:20,900 --> 00:34:24,400
What it is that he requires of 
his hearers before they actually

573
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,500
make any type of confession. 
What are those two 

574
00:34:26,500 --> 00:34:27,699
illustrations? 
Do, you know what I'm speaking 

575
00:34:27,699 --> 00:34:31,600
about? 
While you're thinking about it, 

576
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,900
turn to Luke 14 there. 
The answer will be in verse 28. 

577
00:34:34,900 --> 00:34:37,800
But if you know before, then 
what are the two Parables? 

578
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:41,699
That Jesus is use that Jesus 
used in order to communicate, 

579
00:34:41,699 --> 00:34:45,699
the need to contemplate before 
committing to his cause anybody 

580
00:34:45,699 --> 00:34:50,800
have an idea. 
Okay, you're that's another one,

581
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:52,400
right? 
He uses that when it when it 

582
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:56,400
came to Luke chapter 9 and 
several different people came up

583
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:59,500
saying, I want to follow you and
one said, you know, I really 

584
00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:01,200
want to do this and he's like, 
you don't understand what you're

585
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,100
getting yourself into in terms 
of comfort and Leisure. 

586
00:35:03,100 --> 00:35:05,900
The other one says, I want to 
bury my father, he told another 

587
00:35:05,900 --> 00:35:09,000
one, follow me and there's all 
these excuses and delays but 

588
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:10,200
it's not. 
That's not what I'm referring 

589
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:11,600
to. 
There's another two sets of 

590
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:16,100
Parables a little lengthier than
that that Jesus uses while 

591
00:35:16,100 --> 00:35:18,200
you're there. 
So you know it, look at verse 

592
00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:19,100
28. 
Eight. 

593
00:35:20,100 --> 00:35:24,400
Of Luke 14 for which of you 
Desiring to build the Tower. 

594
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,900
There's not first sit down and 
count the cost, whether he has 

595
00:35:28,900 --> 00:35:32,900
enough to complete it, otherwise
when he has laid a foundation 

596
00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:34,600
and is not able to finish all, 
who see it. 

597
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,800
Begin to mock him saying, this 
man began to build and was not 

598
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:41,800
able to finish. 
Then in verse 31 or what? 

599
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:45,600
King going up to encounter 
another king and War will not 

600
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,100
sit down first. 
And the deliberate, whether he 

601
00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:50,800
is able with ten thousand to 
meet him, who comes against him 

602
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:54,500
with Tony thousand. 
And if not, while the other is 

603
00:35:54,500 --> 00:35:58,100
yet a great way off, he sends a 
delegation asks for terms of 

604
00:35:58,100 --> 00:36:02,800
peace to parables. 
They both have something in 

605
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:06,800
common their different ideas, 
but they share something in 

606
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:08,500
common and Jesus actually 
reveals it. 

607
00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:09,900
What is it? 
What are they both share in 

608
00:36:09,900 --> 00:36:16,000
common the Builder and the King 
they both have to sit down 

609
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,100
there. 
Both expected to sit down and 

610
00:36:18,100 --> 00:36:22,200
count both of them. 
Sit down. 

611
00:36:23,500 --> 00:36:28,000
And meditate reflect evaluate 
what it is that you're really 

612
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:32,100
going to do often times and 
modern gospel presentations. 

613
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,300
We get people to reach the heat 
of emotion. 

614
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:40,000
We put, we make things happen. 
So that there is, there is more 

615
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:43,000
heart than there is head, and 
then we call for people to make 

616
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:46,600
a decision. 
When they don't really realize 

617
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:50,900
what they're getting themselves 
into urgency is undeniable with 

618
00:36:50,900 --> 00:36:53,100
the gospel. 
But urgency with 

619
00:36:53,100 --> 00:36:57,200
self-reflection, urgency with 
self-evaluation, urgency with 

620
00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:01,300
thoughtfulness urgency with 
Clarity, on the part of the 

621
00:37:01,300 --> 00:37:04,000
messenger to remind you to tell 
you to inform you. 

622
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,200
What it is, it means to follow 
Jesus and for that person to 

623
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:10,400
really contemplate their life 
and what they're willing to do 

624
00:37:10,900 --> 00:37:14,500
with this message and though 
they share the parable share, 

625
00:37:14,700 --> 00:37:17,000
The economy, there's two 
differences, the Builder. 

626
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:22,300
Had to think about whether or 
not they can afford to commence 

627
00:37:22,300 --> 00:37:26,400
this project. 
Can I really give what it takes 

628
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:31,600
for me to do this very thing? 
Am I willing to make the 

629
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:37,800
expenses necessary to go full 
force with this thing? 

630
00:37:39,900 --> 00:37:44,900
Whereas the King has a different
way of thinking, the King on the

631
00:37:44,900 --> 00:37:49,100
other hand, is not necessarily 
counting what it might cost him 

632
00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:52,100
to move forward. 
The king is contemplating, 

633
00:37:52,100 --> 00:37:56,600
whether or not he should resist 
or make terms of peace with 

634
00:37:56,600 --> 00:38:00,500
opposing Force. 
So the king had to think I have 

635
00:38:00,500 --> 00:38:06,000
10,000 this king who wants to 
come against me, has 20,000, 

636
00:38:06,100 --> 00:38:10,700
will I go to war or will I 
submit to his demands? 

637
00:38:11,700 --> 00:38:14,700
And so what you have here is 
really a complete picture of 

638
00:38:14,700 --> 00:38:20,000
contemplation at first. 
We ought to always think At 

639
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,200
least. 
Initially, am I willing to go 

640
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:24,300
full force with this? 
Am I willing to give everything 

641
00:38:24,300 --> 00:38:26,500
that I have? 
Whatever is required of me to 

642
00:38:26,500 --> 00:38:30,400
fulfill my call to discipleship,
but the second presentation, the

643
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,100
second Parable is a different 
process. 

644
00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:37,100
Its this. 
Am I willing to resist this king

645
00:38:37,300 --> 00:38:44,100
or make terms of peace with him?
What I mean by that is the first

646
00:38:44,100 --> 00:38:48,600
idea presents us. 
The cost of following Jesus 

647
00:38:48,700 --> 00:38:50,700
because there is a cost of 
following him, right? 

648
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:54,100
This second, one has a different
emphasis the cost of not 

649
00:38:54,100 --> 00:39:00,500
following him. 
Do I think that I can overpower 

650
00:39:00,500 --> 00:39:04,700
overthrow reject stand as an 
enemy to this coming King and 

651
00:39:04,700 --> 00:39:09,500
think I can succeed or will I 
bow the knee and surrender 

652
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:13,600
before it's too late there is a 
cost to following Christ. 

653
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:15,300
There's a greater cost of not 
following you. 

654
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,600
And the person who hears, the 
gospel should think about both 

655
00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:24,600
paths and they're willing to pay
the price to follow Lord or I 

656
00:39:24,607 --> 00:39:29,600
willing to pay the price to 
resist him and reject him have 

657
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:33,500
my way. 
And Jesus. 

658
00:39:34,900 --> 00:39:37,600
Plain description, your shows 
that that's a, that's a failing 

659
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:41,400
idea because this King has 
20,000, you have ten, you will 

660
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:45,600
not be able to overcome, he will
be king, he will be Lord, you'll

661
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:47,500
receive worship whether you give
it to him or not. 

662
00:39:50,100 --> 00:39:53,400
I thoughtful. 
Didn't present that kind of 

663
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:57,300
argument who shy does. 
And he says absent realize what 

664
00:39:57,300 --> 00:40:00,100
you're up against and really 
think about it and plan 

665
00:40:00,100 --> 00:40:03,100
accordingly and then he goes 
into verse 9, you heard it. 

666
00:40:03,100 --> 00:40:08,300
He makes a different emphasis. 
He reminds Absalom now of the 

667
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:13,500
planned counter-attack that is 
prepared by David and his men 

668
00:40:13,500 --> 00:40:17,800
because they are experienced 
Warriors and have Absalom is not

669
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:20,000
ready. 
The men that will be sent out 

670
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,300
with a he Pho. 
Pho will be taken by surprise 

671
00:40:22,300 --> 00:40:25,100
and they will have consequences 
for the morale of the rest of 

672
00:40:25,100 --> 00:40:28,900
the people who are on his side. 
And so who shy is reminding 

673
00:40:28,900 --> 00:40:34,100
Absalom What you and I need to 
be mindful of concerning our 

674
00:40:34,100 --> 00:40:36,800
foe, right? 
The principal is alive and well 

675
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:39,800
for us though, this is specific 
to a context. 

676
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:41,300
The principal's still 
applicable. 

677
00:40:41,700 --> 00:40:46,500
We have an enemy, we have a foe 
and he's not inexperienced, he's

678
00:40:46,500 --> 00:40:50,400
not inexperienced and listen, he
is not unprepared to come 

679
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,700
against the people of God from 
different angles. 

680
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,900
And I'm afraid. 
That people who believe in 

681
00:40:57,900 --> 00:40:59,800
spiritual warfare because the 
scriptural thing. 

682
00:41:00,900 --> 00:41:04,700
Don't understand. 
The mechanics of spiritual 

683
00:41:04,700 --> 00:41:07,400
warfare, it happens all the 
time. 

684
00:41:07,700 --> 00:41:10,800
Paul says we do not wrestle 
against flesh and blood and 

685
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:12,300
that's where many Christians 
fail already. 

686
00:41:12,300 --> 00:41:16,100
Because when they experience 
certain trials or persecution or

687
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:19,400
irritation from fellow 
professing Christians, what do 

688
00:41:19,408 --> 00:41:20,600
they do? 
They fight against flesh and 

689
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:21,200
blood? 
You already. 

690
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:24,700
You're already lost at the ABCs 
of spiritual warfare. 

691
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:29,100
If you can't see past the 
understanding that we don't 

692
00:41:29,100 --> 00:41:33,300
wrestle against people, we 
wrestle against cosmic, power, 

693
00:41:33,300 --> 00:41:36,200
spiritual forces, principalities
in high places. 

694
00:41:36,300 --> 00:41:38,100
If you can't get that, that's 
the ABCs. 

695
00:41:38,100 --> 00:41:40,200
And there's more to that. 
And here's what Paul says. 

696
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,800
And, you know, this very well, 
he tells the Corinthian Church 

697
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:46,500
in 2nd Corinthians 2 and he 
says, in verse 11 so that we 

698
00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:50,500
would not be outwitted by Satan.
So that we would not be 

699
00:41:50,500 --> 00:41:52,400
outwitted by Satan. 
Why? 

700
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,600
For we are not ignorant of his 
designs. 

701
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:59,800
So, Paul expected Christians, 
not just pastors, not Apostles, 

702
00:42:00,300 --> 00:42:03,300
not prophets. 
Christians, who go to work? 

703
00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:05,900
Who make a living and humble 
ways. 

704
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:08,900
You are not ignorant of Satan's 
designs, right? 

705
00:42:08,900 --> 00:42:13,100
Corinthian Christians. 
Okay, what was the context in 

706
00:42:13,100 --> 00:42:15,200
which Paul said that, anybody 
know. 

707
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:19,400
Why did Paul say that at this 
point in 2nd Corinthians chapter

708
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:24,000
2? 
Let me remind you second 

709
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:27,000
Corinthians chapter 2. 
This is his second letter to the

710
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,300
Corinthians. 
There was a man that was 

711
00:42:29,300 --> 00:42:31,800
excommunicated from the church. 
The very same church that he 

712
00:42:31,808 --> 00:42:34,700
wrote In First Corinthians, he 
was excommunicated from the 

713
00:42:34,700 --> 00:42:38,600
church because of unrepented 
said, because of a gross sexual 

714
00:42:38,700 --> 00:42:43,200
violation, he was he was having 
affairs with his father's wife 

715
00:42:43,500 --> 00:42:47,900
and the people did not care. 
They tolerated it and Paul says,

716
00:42:47,900 --> 00:42:51,600
get them out. 
Get him out, which is important 

717
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:55,900
because for those who believe 
that Christians can be possessed

718
00:42:55,900 --> 00:42:58,900
and that it's the spirit of lust
that comes over you called and 

719
00:42:58,900 --> 00:43:00,800
said, I'm going to cast that 
demon that Spirit of lust out of

720
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:02,200
that man. 
He says no he needs Church to 

721
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,500
this, play needs to go, just 
throw that out there. 

722
00:43:04,500 --> 00:43:09,000
Forever might be watching. 
And so this man. 

723
00:43:10,300 --> 00:43:12,900
Ends up leaving the 
congregation, right? 

724
00:43:13,100 --> 00:43:16,900
The people were obedient to 
Paul's Authority, but in second 

725
00:43:16,900 --> 00:43:18,300
Corinthians chapter 2, you learn
something. 

726
00:43:18,300 --> 00:43:25,300
You learn that the same man 
repents And the same man is 

727
00:43:25,300 --> 00:43:28,500
broken over his sin and he's 
seeking forgiveness. 

728
00:43:28,500 --> 00:43:31,000
He's seeking reconciliation with
a very same church. 

729
00:43:31,300 --> 00:43:34,400
That was faithful and 
confronting his sin, and Paul is

730
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:36,200
urging them. 
Forgive him. 

731
00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:40,800
Paul is urging them, please 
restore him reassure him of your

732
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:44,400
love for him, and then he throws
in that verse 4. 

733
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:47,000
We are what we should not be 
outwitted by saying for we are 

734
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:50,900
not ignorant of his designs. 
I want you to think about how 

735
00:43:50,900 --> 00:43:55,500
conniving the devil is when the 
people were willing to let the 

736
00:43:55,500 --> 00:43:58,500
man remain in his sin, Satan had
Victory to some degree. 

737
00:43:59,900 --> 00:44:03,000
Satan would have enjoyed 
destroying that congregation by 

738
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,500
allowing A little leaven to 
leaven the whole lump, right? 

739
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:11,300
And once the people stepped in 
obedience and dealt with that 

740
00:44:11,300 --> 00:44:16,800
person's sin, Satan was right 
there to ensure that they would 

741
00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:20,500
not continue in obedience and 
what sense when this man 

742
00:44:20,500 --> 00:44:24,900
repented. 
The enemy who was willing to 

743
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:29,000
allow this man to justify his 
sin and was pleased to see this 

744
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:33,800
church justify. 
His sin is now ready to convince

745
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:35,900
them. 
Not to forgive this man for his 

746
00:44:35,900 --> 00:44:39,200
sin. 
And to withhold mercy and 

747
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:45,200
restoration from this. 
Very same man. so, his schemes 

748
00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:48,600
Were right there, every step of 
the way. 

749
00:44:49,900 --> 00:44:52,600
When the sin was tolerated in 
some way, he was there. 

750
00:44:53,700 --> 00:44:57,300
When the scene was repented of 
and this man was broken over his

751
00:44:57,300 --> 00:44:59,700
sin, he was right there to make 
sure that this man would not 

752
00:44:59,700 --> 00:45:02,800
know the Forgiveness of Christ 
through the people of God. 

753
00:45:02,900 --> 00:45:06,100
He's very, very conniving and 
his schemes were not just 

754
00:45:06,100 --> 00:45:10,000
hovering over this local church.
They're equally at work in this 

755
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:14,400
individual. what I mean by that 
again, when he was living in his

756
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:18,100
sin, that's a wonderful victory 
for the enemy. 

757
00:45:19,100 --> 00:45:21,400
That's just one other person 
who's failing in his testimony 

758
00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:24,300
for Jesus Christ. 
Satan. 

759
00:45:24,300 --> 00:45:25,900
Applauded at Satan. 
Love this Satan. 

760
00:45:25,900 --> 00:45:29,500
Encouraged it. 
And the same man, who overcame 

761
00:45:31,500 --> 00:45:36,900
And repented, we read here that 
the enemy was seeking to crush 

762
00:45:36,900 --> 00:45:40,400
him, not by his sin, but by his 
remorse, for his sin, excessive 

763
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:43,800
sorrow and despair. 
Do you see how he's so 

764
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:46,700
conniving? 
And he's so present. 

765
00:45:47,100 --> 00:45:50,900
And he always seeks an 
opportunity to wedge himself in 

766
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:53,600
whether that is with the 
Toleration of sin. 

767
00:45:54,500 --> 00:45:57,300
Or being merciless regarding 
people sin. 

768
00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:01,900
So we need the wisdom of the 
Holy Spirit, we need a 

769
00:46:01,900 --> 00:46:05,700
sensitivity to the word of God. 
And, you know, I was meditating 

770
00:46:05,700 --> 00:46:07,900
on this this afternoon and I 
thought to myself there's 

771
00:46:07,900 --> 00:46:11,300
there's so many profound truths 
that just shoot forth from that,

772
00:46:11,300 --> 00:46:14,800
from that tax and that truth. 
And here's one of them how 

773
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:17,600
essential the local churches for
us as individuals. 

774
00:46:17,900 --> 00:46:22,100
Think about this for a second, 
the local church was used by God

775
00:46:22,100 --> 00:46:26,100
to confront this man sinned. 
And the local church was also 

776
00:46:26,100 --> 00:46:31,700
used by God to comfort. 
This man regarding his sin, you 

777
00:46:31,700 --> 00:46:34,700
can't do all that. 
You think you can do without the

778
00:46:34,700 --> 00:46:37,500
people of God, you're a fool. 
If you think so. 

779
00:46:38,900 --> 00:46:45,800
This man teaches me that God 
uses the local church to not 

780
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:49,400
only promote Holiness but to 
promote the loving kindness of 

781
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:53,800
God, that is how God expresses 
this to us, as individuals 

782
00:46:54,100 --> 00:47:00,800
through the members of his body.
And this man would know that he 

783
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:03,600
would know the loving rebuke of 
God's truth to the people who 

784
00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:05,900
uphold the truth. 
But he would also know the balm 

785
00:47:05,900 --> 00:47:08,700
of healing from the very same 
people, when this man learned 

786
00:47:08,700 --> 00:47:12,000
his lesson, turn from his wrong 
and fell into their arms, it's 

787
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:17,200
the church, the local church. 
A healthy God-fearing wise 

788
00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:21,100
church is so necessary. 
For each of us, never forget 

789
00:47:21,100 --> 00:47:22,900
that. 
Never forget that. 

790
00:47:22,900 --> 00:47:25,000
There are many people who want 
to make many decisions about 

791
00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:28,500
their life moving here. 
Taking a job there. 

792
00:47:29,500 --> 00:47:32,100
Can I ask you something in your 
decision process and you're 

793
00:47:32,100 --> 00:47:35,700
thinking is there any place or 
what priority does the local 

794
00:47:35,700 --> 00:47:42,300
church have in your life? 
I'm so encouraged, when I meet 

795
00:47:42,300 --> 00:47:46,900
people that say, We feel like 
God is calling us here. 

796
00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:50,100
And, and then, in the very same 
breath, there's a local church, 

797
00:47:50,100 --> 00:47:52,800
that preaches God's word 
Faithfully, that has godly 

798
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:55,900
people who want to imitate him 
and we're so excited to be part 

799
00:47:55,900 --> 00:47:58,500
of that Community. 
Like that's how Christians 

800
00:47:58,500 --> 00:48:01,500
think. 
We don't go places and move 

801
00:48:01,500 --> 00:48:05,200
places and do things for for 
just the same reasons that the 

802
00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:07,600
Gentiles do. 
That's not how we operate, 

803
00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:10,900
right? 
Nothing just throwing out there.

804
00:48:12,700 --> 00:48:19,100
So, what happens? 
We see that t reminds him of the

805
00:48:19,100 --> 00:48:22,500
strategies of David and we also 
have to be mindful the 

806
00:48:22,500 --> 00:48:25,000
strategies of the evil one. 
Now, let's come here. 

807
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:30,900
We're closing very soon. 
In verse 11 of second Samuel 17,

808
00:48:30,900 --> 00:48:34,200
it says, but my counsel is that 
all Israel be gathered to you 

809
00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:39,000
from Dan to Beersheba as the 
Sand by the sea from multitude 

810
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:41,200
and that you go to battle in 
person. 

811
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:44,100
So we shall come upon him and 
someplace where he is to be 

812
00:48:44,100 --> 00:48:47,700
found and we shall light upon 
him as do falls on the ground 

813
00:48:47,700 --> 00:48:49,100
and of him and all the men with 
him. 

814
00:48:49,100 --> 00:48:51,200
No one will be left. 
Okay? 

815
00:48:51,700 --> 00:48:54,400
This is where we see a strong 
contrast between the counsel of 

816
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:56,800
ahithophel and the Council of 
who shy. 

817
00:48:57,100 --> 00:49:00,000
What stands out to you in the 
concluding remarks of this, man.

818
00:49:10,300 --> 00:49:11,500
How many men did hoosh? 
I? 

819
00:49:11,500 --> 00:49:16,100
Advise, I thoughtful or Absalom 
to take the whole nation. 

820
00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:18,500
Take them all from Dan to 
Beersheba. 

821
00:49:18,500 --> 00:49:23,400
Don't just take 12,000. 
Take as many as you can. 

822
00:49:24,500 --> 00:49:27,600
So absalom's hearing something 
different Absalom is hearing. 

823
00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:31,700
Yeah the more the merrier, the 
more number the greater our 

824
00:49:31,700 --> 00:49:34,700
strength. 
The more number, the more 

825
00:49:34,700 --> 00:49:37,500
intimidating will be to my 
father and his mighty men. 

826
00:49:38,700 --> 00:49:40,500
And who shies mine? 
What is he thinking? 

827
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:44,800
Let's buy some more time. 
It's going to require much more 

828
00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:47,200
time for you to gather all these
men from the different tribes of

829
00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:49,300
Israel. 
And that's precisely what he is 

830
00:49:49,300 --> 00:49:51,500
doing. 
He wants David and his men to be

831
00:49:51,500 --> 00:49:54,400
better prepared for what is 
inevitable and that is an attack

832
00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:57,500
from Absalom. 
Delay. 

833
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:02,800
In this sense is good, it's good
for David, but delay can be 

834
00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:04,900
deadly depending on what we hold
off on. 

835
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:09,900
Apart from salvation, there are 
many things that the Lord Jesus 

836
00:50:09,900 --> 00:50:13,200
calls us not to wait on there. 
Are many instructions to wait 

837
00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:14,800
upon the Lord. 
There are many things that you 

838
00:50:14,800 --> 00:50:18,800
don't need to pray about. 
You just don't you saying, what 

839
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:20,000
do you mean by that? 
Well, there's some things that 

840
00:50:20,008 --> 00:50:22,600
are so clear in the scripture 
that the pray about it would 

841
00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:24,800
just to hinder you from doing 
what, you know, you're supposed 

842
00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:25,900
to do. 
Here's one thing you're supposed

843
00:50:25,900 --> 00:50:29,300
to do when there is anger, when 
there's animosity, when there's 

844
00:50:29,300 --> 00:50:31,700
potential Strife, when there's 
tension with a brother or 

845
00:50:31,700 --> 00:50:33,000
sister, what are you supposed to
do? 

846
00:50:33,500 --> 00:50:37,500
Matthew 5, 25 says. 
To meet with your accuser and to

847
00:50:37,500 --> 00:50:43,100
settle with them quickly. 
Matthew 525, quickly settle the 

848
00:50:43,100 --> 00:50:45,300
matter with your accuser 
quickly. 

849
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:50,100
And so there is emergency 
protocol in some regards right 

850
00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:52,800
or else like we just heard we 
give we give footholds to the 

851
00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:55,000
enemy. 
And so we should be equally 

852
00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:58,800
mindful of the things that call 
for us to rush into and things 

853
00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:04,000
that we should wait on God for. 
And so this concept of delay is 

854
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:07,600
important for us, it was 
important for David. 

855
00:51:07,600 --> 00:51:09,600
It's important for us in 
different ways and concerning 

856
00:51:09,600 --> 00:51:12,300
our Warfare and unfortunately, 
some Believers don't realize 

857
00:51:12,300 --> 00:51:14,600
that and they don't understand 
that their delay in certain 

858
00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:18,200
areas, can actually empower the 
enemy more and more as each day 

859
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:20,700
goes by, but there's a second 
thing. 

860
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:23,300
What else stands out to you from
who shies concluding remarks? 

861
00:51:26,100 --> 00:51:33,400
In comparison to Eiffel. 
We all very good. 

862
00:51:34,300 --> 00:51:36,400
What was I thoughtful saying 
over and over again? 

863
00:51:37,100 --> 00:51:44,600
Let me choose 12,000 men and I 
will, I will, I will, I will now

864
00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:47,900
shy comes and he does say we but
he does something else. 

865
00:51:47,900 --> 00:51:53,700
I want you to look here at the 
end of verse 11, he says you go 

866
00:51:53,700 --> 00:51:59,700
to battle in person. 
I've always said I'll do it. 

867
00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:06,000
I'll be more than willing to do 
it when he's shy comes. 

868
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:09,900
Oh, you shy. 
Hey absolutely gather all the 

869
00:52:09,900 --> 00:52:14,600
men but don't let those men go 
without you lead that great 

870
00:52:14,600 --> 00:52:20,500
Army, make your presence known 
go in there and show yourself. 

871
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:23,800
Let there be no confusion about 
who is going to receive credit 

872
00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:29,000
for this Victory would be shy is
doing is appealing to absalom's 

873
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:32,400
Pride. 
He's seeking to further inflate 

874
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:36,100
his ego and he knows that 
Absalom is a man who cannot 

875
00:52:36,100 --> 00:52:40,400
refuse the opportunity of 
potential vainglory, right. 

876
00:52:41,900 --> 00:52:44,100
And so Absalom is getting 
excited. 

877
00:52:44,100 --> 00:52:47,900
He likes this because again, it 
just feeds his own Pride, it 

878
00:52:47,900 --> 00:52:51,900
feeds his own self-esteem, and 
he's willing to he's willing to 

879
00:52:51,900 --> 00:52:53,700
do this. 
And he does comply, he does 

880
00:52:53,700 --> 00:52:57,500
agree with it. 
And we look here at verse 14, 

881
00:52:57,800 --> 00:53:00,300
and we read and Absalom and all 
the men of Israel said, the 

882
00:53:00,300 --> 00:53:03,900
Council of who shy the, our kite
is better than the Council of a 

883
00:53:03,908 --> 00:53:06,300
heath offal. 
And it's not because of anything

884
00:53:06,300 --> 00:53:08,500
other than what we read 
following that for the Lord had 

885
00:53:08,500 --> 00:53:11,800
ordained to defeat the Good 
Counsel that he thoughtful. 

886
00:53:14,100 --> 00:53:18,400
This was a decree by God. 
Was it an arbitrary decree? 

887
00:53:18,900 --> 00:53:21,800
No. 
God didn't just decree this 

888
00:53:21,800 --> 00:53:26,300
randomly God, decreed this 
because God has a law. 

889
00:53:27,400 --> 00:53:31,700
There are many things in his law
that applied to this day and one

890
00:53:31,700 --> 00:53:36,400
of the things in his law is this
that he exalts the humble and he

891
00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:39,600
brings down the proud. 
In fact, James says that he 

892
00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:42,600
opposes the proud that were 
deposed in. 

893
00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:48,800
The Greek is a military term. 
Meaning God will actually raise 

894
00:53:48,800 --> 00:53:53,100
up a rank against the person who
harbors and holds onto his 

895
00:53:53,100 --> 00:53:56,800
pride. 
That that to me is one of the 

896
00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:59,000
most frightening verses in the 
New Testament. 

897
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:01,100
You know why? 
Because I already have the devil

898
00:54:01,100 --> 00:54:04,600
fighting against me. 
I have Satan fighting against me

899
00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:08,300
and you, I have the flesh, I 
have this world. 

900
00:54:08,300 --> 00:54:10,800
The last thing I need to fight 
against me as God. 

901
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:15,700
Right. 
I needed to be on my side and I 

902
00:54:15,700 --> 00:54:17,800
want to be on his side. 
And the one thing that will 

903
00:54:17,800 --> 00:54:20,900
cause God to oppose a man is 
when he is proud. 

904
00:54:21,900 --> 00:54:26,000
And so because of absalom's 
Pride God had determined his 

905
00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:29,800
destruction. 
And he's actually going to use 

906
00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:33,900
the very Pride that he hates to 
destroy. 

907
00:54:35,500 --> 00:54:39,900
Absolutely. 
For the Lord, had ordained to 

908
00:54:39,900 --> 00:54:41,700
defeat the Good Counsel of a 
thoughtful. 

909
00:54:42,700 --> 00:54:47,600
I look at this so that the Lord 
might bring harm upon 

910
00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:52,300
absolutely. 
Remember the prayer that David 

911
00:54:52,300 --> 00:54:57,600
prayed O Lord, turn the counsel 
of ahithophel into foolishness. 

912
00:54:58,300 --> 00:55:01,900
Was in this long elaborate 
strategy that he asked of God, 

913
00:55:02,300 --> 00:55:05,900
no is a simple prayer. 
And what I see here is that 

914
00:55:05,900 --> 00:55:08,200
after praying that God was 
willing to answer, he's going to

915
00:55:08,200 --> 00:55:10,600
defeat the Good Counsel but 
there's something added to that 

916
00:55:10,900 --> 00:55:14,900
so that the Lord might bring 
harm upon Absalom, David didn't 

917
00:55:14,900 --> 00:55:16,800
pray for that. 
In fact, when you see that 

918
00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:19,500
there's a war that will break 
down the neck, Chapter David 

919
00:55:19,500 --> 00:55:23,600
wanted to preserve Absalom. 
Remember, he asked whatever you 

920
00:55:23,600 --> 00:55:28,500
do, don't kill my son, remember 
that seems heartfelt, but the 

921
00:55:28,508 --> 00:55:31,800
very mess that David is in is 
because when he should have 

922
00:55:31,800 --> 00:55:35,400
implemented discipline, he 
didn't and Absalom cause of 

923
00:55:35,400 --> 00:55:39,000
Revolt, right? 
So no matter how strong David's 

924
00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:42,100
feelings were for his son. 
God knew what he needed. 

925
00:55:43,100 --> 00:55:46,100
And what he needed was for his 
son to be removed from his life.

926
00:55:48,100 --> 00:55:53,000
David didn't pray that but God 
knew he needed that and when I 

927
00:55:53,000 --> 00:55:55,200
want you to understand is that 
when you pray, God always does 

928
00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:57,600
more than what you asked, that's
what Ephesians tells us, right? 

929
00:55:57,600 --> 00:56:00,600
That he is able to do abundantly
more than we can ask or imagine.

930
00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:04,500
And so even with our limited 
view on things even even with 

931
00:56:04,500 --> 00:56:07,200
our little faith that we got, 
even though we have a linear one

932
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:09,600
dimensional perspective on 
matters. 

933
00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:13,200
When we partner with God, he 
does and he performs more than 

934
00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:16,800
we thought we needed or we knew 
we needed and we should trust 

935
00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:20,000
them in those things. 
And so, I'm encouraged to see 

936
00:56:20,000 --> 00:56:22,800
that that the Holy Spirit 
included that the Lord might 

937
00:56:22,800 --> 00:56:25,400
bring harm upon Absalom. 
That wasn't part of the prayer, 

938
00:56:25,400 --> 00:56:28,200
but that was a needed part of 
David's life. 

939
00:56:29,400 --> 00:56:31,700
And the Lord knew how to provide
exactly that. 

940
00:56:33,100 --> 00:56:35,800
And so, I'm grateful that even 
in the New Testament were told 

941
00:56:35,800 --> 00:56:37,300
that we don't know how we ought 
to pray. 

942
00:56:37,800 --> 00:56:41,100
We don't know how we ought to 
pray, but the spirit of God, 

943
00:56:41,100 --> 00:56:44,500
intercedes for us. 
You know what that means. 

944
00:56:44,500 --> 00:56:46,800
It means this that when you pray
and you don't have the right 

945
00:56:46,800 --> 00:56:49,300
words or you don't know how to 
exactly pray about the 

946
00:56:49,300 --> 00:56:52,300
situation. 
The Holy Spirit, takes your 

947
00:56:52,700 --> 00:56:58,800
fragmented, even sometimes your 
ramblings, your incoherent cries

948
00:56:59,500 --> 00:57:02,500
and he perfectly presents it 
before. 

949
00:57:02,500 --> 00:57:07,200
The throne of grace. 
And God perfectly answers. 

950
00:57:07,200 --> 00:57:08,900
It all. 
He asked of you is that one 

951
00:57:08,900 --> 00:57:11,900
simple step of faith. 
God, I need you. 

952
00:57:12,600 --> 00:57:14,100
God, I don't know where to go 
from here. 

953
00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:15,700
I don't know how to deal with 
this God. 

954
00:57:15,700 --> 00:57:17,700
I think that the answer to this 
is this prayer. 

955
00:57:17,700 --> 00:57:22,200
Would you would you do that? 
Sometimes God doesn't in his 

956
00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:24,300
wisdom. 
Sometimes God does and often 

957
00:57:24,300 --> 00:57:27,400
times he doesn't, he does more. 
He does more. 

958
00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:29,300
Here's how I want us to end our 
time tonight. 

959
00:57:30,300 --> 00:57:32,500
I want you in all sincerity in 
your heart. 

960
00:57:32,500 --> 00:57:34,900
There's so much more in this, 
but we're going to pause to do 

961
00:57:35,500 --> 00:57:37,200
something. 
That is, I think, important from

962
00:57:37,200 --> 00:57:40,000
time to time to respond 
immediately to what we learn 

963
00:57:41,100 --> 00:57:45,300
Just in your heart whatever 
you're dealing with at this very

964
00:57:45,300 --> 00:57:49,000
moment, whatever it is that 
you're asking God for it could 

965
00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:54,400
be, it could be anything. 
To believe in the power of 

966
00:57:54,400 --> 00:58:00,200
Prayer. 
And you might be facing a 

967
00:58:00,200 --> 00:58:02,000
situation where somebody's 
heart. 

968
00:58:04,400 --> 00:58:08,800
Has no heartbeat. 
It's cold, as can be as dead as 

969
00:58:08,800 --> 00:58:15,700
can be as confused as can be. 
And there's Absalom, right? 

970
00:58:17,600 --> 00:58:20,900
He had no reason to ask for 
secondary Council and yet he 

971
00:58:20,900 --> 00:58:24,900
did, There's Something inspired 
in his heart to reach out. 

972
00:58:25,100 --> 00:58:27,900
Yes, it was for his discipline 
because he was unrepentant, but 

973
00:58:27,900 --> 00:58:31,400
let's pray the way Abraham 
prayed, not for the destruction 

974
00:58:31,400 --> 00:58:34,800
of those that we care for 
necessarily, but for their 

975
00:58:34,800 --> 00:58:38,600
Redemption, their rescue, their 
deliverance, and God will 

976
00:58:38,600 --> 00:58:42,200
remember your prayer, he will. 
So, in this, in this very 

977
00:58:42,200 --> 00:58:44,700
moment, I'm going to ask you 
before we sing a song before 

978
00:58:44,800 --> 00:58:47,200
anybody even comes up to the 
play. 

979
00:58:47,300 --> 00:58:51,900
Jay. 
To believe a fresh in the power 

980
00:58:51,900 --> 00:58:57,100
of intercession in supplication.
Say God, I might be tired. 

981
00:58:57,100 --> 00:58:59,800
It might be the end of a work 
week, but what I heard, I 

982
00:58:59,800 --> 00:59:04,100
believe, and I want to present 
this to you and trust that you 

983
00:59:04,100 --> 00:59:07,500
will remember this and that you 
will bring it to fruition. 

984
00:59:08,300 --> 00:59:10,000
Can we do that? 
I'm going to join you. 

985
00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:11,500
I'm going to put my microphone 
down. 

986
00:59:12,600 --> 00:59:16,100
And I'm going to sit in that Pew
and and do that very same thing.

987
00:59:16,500 --> 00:59:20,600
Come up here. 
And called for us to worship 

988
00:59:20,600 --> 01:00:09,600
together. 
I grab the mic again 

989
01:00:10,200 --> 01:00:15,800
intentionally this quickly. 
To encourage you that you can 

990
01:00:15,800 --> 01:00:19,300
pray a short prayer 's and they 
are just as significant to God. 

991
01:00:20,700 --> 01:00:24,700
Scripture says Rejoice always 
pray without ceasing give thanks

992
01:00:24,700 --> 01:00:28,600
in all circumstances for this is
the will of God in Christ Jesus 

993
01:00:28,600 --> 01:00:31,800
for you. 
Make it a habit to pray. 

994
01:00:32,200 --> 01:00:36,000
Always as you walk as you drive,
as you work with your hands as 

995
01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:39,700
you type on your computer to 
remain in communication with 

996
01:00:39,700 --> 01:00:42,600
your heavenly father, I'm going 
to ask the worship team to come 

997
01:00:42,600 --> 01:00:45,700
in and help us lead us in a 
final song. 

998
01:00:56,000 --> 01:00:59,100
And I want to encourage you to 
Worship the Lord Jesus tonight 

999
01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:02,800
with many things that were said,
but with the one Revelation that

1000
01:01:03,000 --> 01:01:09,000
he remembers our prayers, he 
hears our cries, he is working. 

1001
01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:12,900
When we don't see him working, 
he is faithful to his word. 

1002
01:01:13,100 --> 01:01:15,000
Amen. 
Would you stand? 

1003
01:01:19,100 --> 01:01:24,900
Hello. 
We do pray together. 

1004
01:01:24,900 --> 01:01:30,300
Now thanking you for your 
goodness and we asked o God that

1005
01:01:30,300 --> 01:01:32,900
you would be exalted. 
As we end this night in your 

1006
01:01:32,900 --> 01:01:37,100
presence with God's people, 
thanking you for the truths that

1007
01:01:37,100 --> 01:01:42,400
were laced in this chapter and 
Lord we are reminded again of 

1008
01:01:42,400 --> 01:01:46,400
the powerful purpose of the 
local church in our lives that 

1009
01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:49,100
you have ordained for your 
people in line. 

1010
01:01:49,100 --> 01:01:53,100
Local assemblies. 
To push us into further 

1011
01:01:53,100 --> 01:01:54,700
Holiness. 
And to receive us. 

1012
01:01:54,700 --> 01:01:58,600
When we are broken or help us. 
Love your church, your bride, 

1013
01:01:58,600 --> 01:02:01,200
your people, a fresh. 
We glorify you. 

1014
01:02:01,200 --> 01:02:04,200
And we exalt thee, As we sing to
you, in Jesus name, amen. 

1015
01:01:51,100 --> 01:01:53,700
To push us into further 
Holiness. 

1016
01:01:53,800 --> 01:01:56,800
And to receive us. 
When we are broken or help us. 

1017
01:01:56,800 --> 01:02:00,100
Love your church, your bride, 
your people, a fresh. 

1018
01:02:00,400 --> 01:02:02,500
We glorify you. 
And we exalt thee, As we sing to

1019
01:02:02,500 --> 01:02:04,200
you, in Jesus name, amen.