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It is always a blessing to open 
God's word with you Mimi. 

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And first Samuel chapter 23, 
please. 

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And as we arrived there 
together, we're going to pray 

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one more time. 
Lord, we thank you for this 

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Friday night. 
You give us. 

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You give us this day. 
You give us this evening and we 

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want to worship you in it and we
asked, oh, God. 

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That as we discover your will 
your mind your heart, your 

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character, your purposes. 
What you've done in the past as 

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a reflection of who you are 
today, that Lord we would feel 

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our hearts being wooed towards 
Christ. 

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Lord, we long that the result of
this Bible study, with the draws

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closer and our relationship with
you. 

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And Lord. 
If there's any sin, if there's 

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any lukewarmness, if there's any
familiarity that breeds 

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contempt, Lord May the hammer of
your word break any callousness.

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May the fire of your word burn 
up all dross. 

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We really want this to affect 
our lives. 

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And so we hunger for 
righteousness, we long for truth

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Open. 
The Eyes of our hearts that we 

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may behold. 
You And so Lord in this moment. 

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Would you deal with every 
distraction? 

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And would you give us the 
strength to receive your word in

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Jesus name? 
We pray. 

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Amen. 
And amen. 

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Let's read together from verse 
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Now they told David behold, the 
Philistines are fighting against

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Kela and are robbing the 
threshing floors there for 

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David. 
Inquired of the Lord, shall I go

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and attack these Philistines and
the Lord said to David go and 

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attack the Philistines and Save 
kiala But David's men said to 

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him, behold, we are afraid here 
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How much more than if we go to 
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Philistines? 
Then David inquired of the Lord 

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again and the Lord answered him,
arise go down to Kayla. 

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For I will give the Philistines 
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men went to kalon fought with 
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their livestock and struck them 
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So David saved, the inhabitants 
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Now, the last time we've heard 
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he was in the forest of her f. 
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there from the prophet Gad God 
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Once he was hiding in the cave 
of a dilemma, and in the land of

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Moab, the prophet was sent to 
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And those 400 band of men that 
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to leave and you need to go into
the land of Judah, not to the 

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Natural mind, that that seemed 
like suicide because David was 

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making himself so much more 
vulnerable to saw spies and even

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Saul's. 
Max. 

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And we can even see the fear in 
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what we read in verse 3, look 
what they said, David's Men, set

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them. 
Behold, we are afraid here in 

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Judah. 
So to the human mind, it didn't 

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make sense for them to leave 
where they were more secure to a

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place where they are more 
suspect and more available to 

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Saul's reach. 
But as we studied throughout 

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these past couple weeks, we 
realize especially in last week,

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that when God instructed David 
to go to Judah though, he didn't

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give them a reason we realized 
by the holy spirit's commentary 

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the motive behind the command. 
That was what I saw discovered 

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where David was and he was about
to close in, he was about to 

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come and find him. 
So, for the sake of David's 

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protection, he gave this command
for the sake of his well-being, 

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for the sake of his 
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God though, he did not disclose 
the purpose, gave him an 

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instruction and David had to 
obey by faith, which is very 

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much how we respond to many of 
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We may not see how obeying him 
in. 

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The moment will bring about the 
best result, but we got to trust

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God's. 
Wisdom. 

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But if we believe that God's 
wisdom ends there, it's in these

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first few verses that we realize
even more reasons, why God 

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called David to go into the land
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And what is it? 
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Again now, they told David 
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fighting against Kayla and are 
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Now, this city according to 
Joshua, 15 is listed among many 

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other cities. 
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Ettore of Judah. 
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is that these citizens heard 
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neighborhood being in close 
proximity somehow, and these 

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unnamed Messengers call for 
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Philistines are now coming to 
attack and they need David to 

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defend and to deliver them. 
And when I read this, I realized

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something about God. 
Then when he often asks us to do

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something when we obey him and 
we walk and follow Christ, he 

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has manifold purposes behind his
commands and there are manifold 

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rewards behind obedience, see 
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learned that Saul knew where he 
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So God protected him by calling 
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the land of Judah. 
But now we read here that David 

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was not just being protective, 
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There was a mission that David 
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not fulfill it unless he was in 
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In other words, if he had stayed
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and a long distance, he would 
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He would not be able to be 
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He would not be able to get to 
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And so do you see God's 
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He moves David. 
He calls David without telling 

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him every single reason and he 
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And we find out last week 
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and we find out this week 
because there's a mission for 

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David to fulfill Now, this isn't
going to mean much to you, if 

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your life isn't governed by 
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If Jesus is your genie, you'll 
fall asleep in this portion of 

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the Bible study, But if Christ 
is your lord, then be comforted 

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by what's being said here, 
here's what God is teaching us 

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that in his Direction, even in 
the unknown, especially in the 

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unknown. 
One thing that you can plant 

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your feet on one thing that you 
can be totally secure in is this

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that God always always postures 
us to either prepare us for his 

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use or to position us for his 
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I hope that encourages you and 
every single season, God has 

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determined a purpose for your 
life and in every chapter 

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whether it's dark or clear, 
whether the heavens are opened 

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or feels like the heavens are 
brass when God Maneuvers us in 

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orchestrates. 
Our lives in every circumstance,

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it's because he is either 
posturing us to be prepared or 

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he's preparing us for a purpose 
to fulfill. 

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He's positioning us to do 
something for his Laurie every 

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single season. 
And that's what's happening with

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David. 
God performs this work. 

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This instruction, he doesn't 
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And as like, David as you walked
down the road of obedience, it 

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is down the road where you 
realize his purposes as you look

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back in the moment, you don't 
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And the moment, I don't know, in
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confusing. 
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But it's when you go through it 
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Christ where you look back and 
say, I see why you moved me from

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here to the, I see why you 
remove this. 

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I see why you gave Davis, I see 
why you open this. 

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I see why you close this. 
But there's something else 

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interesting about these men 
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And I want to ask you what is 
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these men sought David, when the
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Think back. 
There's another character in 

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this story. 
David is being chased by who Oh,

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please answer somebody answer. 
So we're gonna have to go back 

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to chapter 1. 
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Yes. 
What was Saul's purpose as a 

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I want you to see this in your 
Bibles for yourselves in chapter

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9, verse 6. 
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anointed by Samuel and Look What
the Lord tells the prophet 

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tomorrow. 
About this time, I will send to 

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you a man from the land of 
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And you shall anoint him to be 
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He shall save my people from the
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That was his call. 
That was the very reason why he 

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became king to deal with this. 
Particular enemy. 

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And when it came to saws 
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as the ruler, guess who the 
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All they ask David. 
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Why number one as David is 
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eyes of the people are opening 
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but surely the David was the 
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That he was the wrong one that 
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Shepherd. 
Does the Sheep? 

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In fact, when we get there in 
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once David's, officially going 
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people say, in chapter 5 while 
Saul was King, it was you who is

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really leading us. 
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put the two together they made, 
the contrast saw as the title 

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but you have the fruit So has 
the throne but you have the 

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heart. 
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the citizens of Carol, I 
realized David is really the one

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who helped us and the 
observation here is so prophetic

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that it is a wonderful thing. 
When people's eyes are open to 

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realize that Christ, the son of 
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He's the one that's really your 
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He's the one that's really your 
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He's the one that's really your 
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He's the one that's really your 
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He's the one that's really your 
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He's the one that's really your 
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And when you realize that the 
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you, and you realize that 
there's no war nowhere or no one

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else to turn to it is a pleasant
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Indeed, and David is giving us 
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but secondly, realize this this 
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leadership of Saul. 
A very disappointing and 

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discouraging commentary on this 
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Because this man not only did 
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people. 
Not only did they not seek after

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him, he could care less about 
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He could care less that the 
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Siege around the city. 
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Come down to verse 8 of this 
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And Saul summoned all the people

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to war, to go down, to Kayla, to
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And his men. 
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So when it comes to the 
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Saul is is hanging back, but the
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his band of men are there then 
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This is this is disturbing isn't
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When it came to you, fulfilling 
your call, you gave no thought 

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no energy, no Focus. 
But when it came to you, 

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satisfying your jealousy, in 
your Envy in your hatred, you 

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called the nation to go to war. 
We look at this and we might be 

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disgusted but I will shock you 
tonight that this attitude is 

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not foreign within the body of 
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It's not, you know, James says, 
something very interesting to 

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Christians in chapter 4 and you 
don't have to turn there but he 

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asked them. 
What causes fights and quarrels 

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among you and he says, is it not
that your passions are at War 

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within you? 
So Christians are capable of 

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fighting each other. of Warring 
against one another because they

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have they have been dominated by
The sins of their hearts. 

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And like, saw listen when your 
Void of spirituality when you're

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out of touch with the Holy 
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If you're not filled with him, 
you're going to be filled with 

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something else. 
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completely, you can be morally, 
clean your house can be all 

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clean, but you can still have 
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If you're in Christ, you can 
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You can so quiet him and be 
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And here's the problem. 
When you even have just a 

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handful not even a handful of 
you just have one or two people 

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within a community of the 
faithful Believers that have the

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passions of the flesh at War 
within them, you have Sol's. 

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And what do Sol's do? 
They don't put their energy and 

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their focus on the Real Enemy. 
They fight those within their 

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own camp. 
And they get so caught up 

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because they're so possessed 
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And with selfish ambition, that 
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cause casualties from within all
the while there is an enemy that

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wants to destroy you outside, 
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they're not Kingdom Minded. 
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God's glory. 
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So I wasn't concerned about the 
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within the kingdom. 
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to war with his own, he's 
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team. 
Listen selfish ambition, it can 

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be anything, it can be for a 
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It can be for recognition, it 
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about friendships. 
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selfish. 
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Glory it can be extremely 
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So destructive can selfish 
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diverts you from the call that 
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The Obedience, and the 
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you to bring exaltation to his 
name but it even has the ability

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Does that make sense? 
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having to worry about the 
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worry about Saul, David your has
to worry about somebody within 

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his own Camp that's going to 
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That's willing to take him down.
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worried about the true enemy of 
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gospel. 
He is not worried about people 

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that are insecure and selfish 
and they caused issues and you 

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see the issue here, you see the 
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This is why we come to the Old 
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principles of God, and they put 
him in Story, the real stories 

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so that these things can be 
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This illustration, be seared in 
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life. 
We should not be wasting time 

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wrestling with each other. 
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fighting against one another. 
We should not be wasting time 

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about there are souls. 
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And you're bothered because 
somebody didn't say hi to you on

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a Sunday. 
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somebody may have looked at you 
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this a soldier mindset know, 
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the church has not been 
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diapers. 
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to raise up soldiers that are so
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And what it's going to require 
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internal strife is just that a 
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daily basis. 
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confusion, when there's 
miscommunication, you're quick 

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to communicate and when there's 
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forgiveness and repent, your 
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committed and you're so pledged 
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kingdom of God, that when other 
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advancement of God's glory and 
his message in his gospel, try 

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to pull you into childish ways, 
you have no energy to give them 

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because you're so spent for God,
So Saul here is not only causing

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issues for himself, he's causing
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wants to serve God. 
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trouble in the church. 
I can tell you many things about

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them. 
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is that they have no concept. 
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Jesus Christ. 
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there. 
They don't do anything. 

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And not only are they Idol, but 
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to him, he's speaking about 
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he says their Idol. 
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gossiping and being busy bodies.
Meaning you're getting into 

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people's Affairs, that you 
shouldn't be And they are giving

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opportunity for the devil. 
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is a perfect illustration of 
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And one of the greatest things 
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a Ministry is not when the 
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But when every single person 
who's a member is focused, Is 

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focused on the mission because 
when things come in your way, 

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and it would interfere with that
mission or hinder that mission, 

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your heart is so caught up in 
what God's called you to do 

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that. 
You're willing to deal with 

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those issues in order to remove 
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what God has called you to do. 
Does that make sense? 

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When people when people are not 
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excited about what God has 
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the next best thing is drama. 
Next best thing is, she said, he

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said let and they just get 
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causes things to happen and saw 
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started from a place of 
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a place of not being a true 
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And when the enemy is coming in,
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He wants to deal with David, 
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threat to him because David was 
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So, what happens? 
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inquired of the Lord. 
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invitation David stops and he 
seeks. 

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God. 
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know, right? 
Is another David that we saw in 

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chapter 21 that just moved off 
of impulses and fear of, this is

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the David that we love is the 
David that we are familiar with,

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he stops and he inquires of the 
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And I love that. 
I'm encouraged by that, 

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especially in this instance. 
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believe. 
Here's an opportunity for him to

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prove himself even more. 
He's dealt with Philistines 

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before this. 
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win the hearts of more people 
to, to gain a greater following,

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to have people more convinced 
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anointed. 
Not that man Saul. 

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But despite the opportunity, he 
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matter and he still inquires of 
the Lord's Direction and timing 

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and purpose. 
And it is a great site to God to

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see his people stop and pause 
and seek him even at the chance 

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even at the open doors that some
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second thought to before 
performing, anything he does not

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give premature action, he pauses
and he seeks the Lord, that's 

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his reflex. 
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the mistakes when you move 
without stopping and seeking 

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God's wisdom, seeking Godly 
counsel praying and asking the 

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Lord as you sit at his feet. 
Does that. 

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possibility for a reward but 
possible risk. 

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Here's the risk. 
You're already having problems 

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of your own with Saul. 
You want to add more issues with

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the Philistines, you really want
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your life right now. 
And not only that aren't the 

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Philistines saws responsibility,
you want to, you want to step 

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into that lane and add more fuel
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Which Saul, You see what 
happened? 

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When Jonathan try to try to do 
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It got kind of crazy. 
You sure you want to add more 

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fuel to this fire? 
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as he stops and he prays and he 
asked God, I see a man who is so

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selfless. 
He so loves God's people that 

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he's willing to open the 
possibility of Greater danger to

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himself in order to bring 
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If this is going to cost me more
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guy with a Shepherd's Heart. 
No wonder God chose him. 

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He truly cared. 
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He didn't have the title to be 
crowned with He's gonna do the 

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kings job and he doesn't have 
the throne but he's still 

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willing to do it. 
What a blessing, it is to 

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witness a servant who doesn't 
need the spotlight? 

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And what a blessing it is to see
a servant who's willing to 

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actually make a real sacrifice 
to obey. 

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God, like a real sacrifice. 
Actually costing you something 

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not to serve, but until it 
costs. 

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You something you pull back, but
let me serve. 

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Even it does cost me something? 
What, what an encouragement that

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he is displaying here. 
Don't give me the spotlight, I 

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don't need to be the one that's 
on the throne to deal with the 

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Philistines. 
If I got to do the same thing 

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for the sake of my brethren, let
me do it. 

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If it's going to ask for more 
danger and and jeopardize me, I 

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will I do it because I love 
God's people. 

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I want to serve my brethren. 
So he does he gets an answer. 

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The Lord said to David go and 
attack going to tack the 

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Philistines and safe kiella, but
look, what happens in verse 3 

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but David's Mensa and behold. 
We are afraid here in Judah. 

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How much more than if we go to 
kiala against the armies of the 

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Philistines? 
What happens? 

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In verse 3, pay attention is 
what will happen. 

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Many times when an opportunity 
to obey God's word, presents 

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itself. 
Opposition arises. 

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Opposition will often arise when
an opportunity to obey, God 

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presents itself. 
And the obvious opposition. 

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Are the enemies outside of the 
fold outside of the Kingdom, 

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that would try to threaten you 
or taunt. 

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You, if you would dare make a 
move forward to glorify God, but

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there is also the opposition 
that is unintended and the 

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opposition that is unintended 
can come from people that are 

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really for you, and they really 
want to be loyal to the cause of

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God, but when it comes to 
particular instances, they cave 

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under And because they can't 
handle what's happening here. 

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Even though obedience is called 
for, they would discourage those

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who might put them at risk in 
that step of obedience. 

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So what we learn from these men 
is an ingredient that is 

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incredibly needed. 
If you want to know endurance 

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and faithfulness to God and it 
is this courage courage. 

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courage, courage is willing to 
act even if you have to face 

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danger pain or intimidation, For
righteous, cause that's what 

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courage is. 
It's a willingness to be mocked.

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It's a, willingness to be 
misunderstood. 

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It's a willingness to even be 
martyred because of a deep 

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conviction. 
And if there is anything worth 

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being courageous for it is the 
will and word of God. 

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Courage. 
These men lacked it. 

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And these men had a unanimous 
decision. 

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David 400 against one David. 
We're not doing this. 

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We're already in Judah. 
We're already terrified as it is

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and you want to now put us out 
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We're 400. 
You want to go against the 

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armies of fill it. 
Are you serious? 

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But David had a deep conviction 
and that conviction is what 

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fuels courage. 
He was the conviction, God said 

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it, God gave the green light, 
God determined it in his word. 

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Why are we holding back? 
If it's cleared, the let's move 

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forward. 
And I want to show you just how 

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important courage is in the eyes
of God. 

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Here it is. 
It's in the New Testament. 

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It's, in fact, all the way to 
the last book in Revelation 21, 

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I want you to see how much 
courage means to God and chapter

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21. 
Verse 8. 

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This is the group of people that
will be judged in the Lake of 

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Fire for all of eternity. 
Look at verse 8, but as for the 

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Cowardly, the faithless, the 
detestable as for murderers, the

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sexually immoral Sorcerers 
idolaters and all liars. 

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Their portion will be in the 
lake that burns with fire and 

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sulfur, which is the second 
death. 

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People often say that the Old 
Testament, God is in a bad mood 

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and the New Testament, God is in
a much better mood. 

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You know what that proves to me?
Number one, they haven't read 

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the Old Testament, right? 
And number two, they haven't 

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finished the New Testament. 
Because you didn't get to the 

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Book of Revelation, did you? 
Notice the first group that are 

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mentioned that will be judged as
for the who cowardly. 

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To be coward is to be the 
opposite of being courageous. 

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To be coward is to not move 
forward in your conviction 

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because of the threat of 
persecution to be coward. 

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This is important is not the 
same as having a personality 

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that leans towards timidity and 
shyness. 

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No, to be a coward means that 
you back away from standing with

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Christ. 
Because you care about your 

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well-being, more than that 
conviction, that's what it means

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to be a coward. 
And in God's mind, The first, 

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that will be judged by those who
refuse to stand for the gospel. 

453
00:28:52,900 --> 00:28:57,300
Those who refuse to stand for 
Christ because of threats. 

454
00:28:58,900 --> 00:29:02,700
Or, because of because of 
hypocrisy, or because of, 

455
00:29:03,300 --> 00:29:06,500
because of anything, that would 
cause him to say, I can't do 

456
00:29:06,500 --> 00:29:09,400
this anymore and the Lord says, 
you're the first to go into 

457
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,900
hell. 
You know it's amazing here in 

458
00:29:12,900 --> 00:29:18,000
the ESV the Cowardly right after
his partner with the faithless. 

459
00:29:19,300 --> 00:29:22,000
Other translations would say, 
the unbelieving, but the Greek 

460
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,400
actress has to be unfaithful. 
Yes, you can be unfaithful by 

461
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,300
unbelieving but here, it's 
amazing. 

462
00:29:27,300 --> 00:29:32,200
Your this is not an accident you
and I cannot no endurance and 

463
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,000
less. 
We first no courage. 

464
00:29:36,100 --> 00:29:39,600
Faithlessness is inevitable. 
When courage is lacking. 

465
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:46,400
And that's the point here that 
these men were willing to not 

466
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:50,800
obey God because of fear fear of
Saul fear, the Philistines even 

467
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:54,400
though God was on their side and
though they were tempted and 

468
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:57,200
though you and I might be 
tempted to be fearful to obey 

469
00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:02,100
God or to shrink back when 
there's a price to obey Christ. 

470
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:06,900
What conviction does is it 
convinces you to move forward? 

471
00:30:06,900 --> 00:30:08,400
No matter what your emotions 
tell you? 

472
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,500
That's what courage is. 
It's not the absence of fear. 

473
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:14,700
Here. 
It's not the absence of 

474
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intimidation and feeling the 
heat of the price that you might

475
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,300
pay. 
But conviction is so powerful. 

476
00:30:20,300 --> 00:30:22,300
It propels you to move forward. 
Anyway. 

477
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:30,200
And David had that courage. 
He was ready to plow through 

478
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with his life. 
Even about while being tempted 

479
00:30:33,700 --> 00:30:37,600
by his own men and threatened. 
And that can only come when you 

480
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:41,200
haven't Spirit inspired boldness
and bravery. 

481
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,900
I pray that we would have it in 
these last days and that's why I

482
00:30:44,908 --> 00:30:48,500
let me tell you this persecution
purifies the church every single

483
00:30:48,500 --> 00:30:52,100
time because you know what 
persecution does it highlights 

484
00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:54,600
the courageous and assists out 
the Cowardly. 

485
00:30:58,300 --> 00:31:01,600
Because once there's a price to 
pay for this thing, the only 

486
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,700
thing that's going to really 
happen is remove those who are 

487
00:31:04,700 --> 00:31:08,500
in it for the wrong reason and 
strengthen those who had a 

488
00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:14,400
conviction for Christ. 
And that's important. 

489
00:31:15,700 --> 00:31:18,500
But we see here in verse 4, what
David does and response. 

490
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,700
David as a leader. 
You can imagine he receives. 

491
00:31:24,700 --> 00:31:27,100
Clarity. 
From God, he comes into this 

492
00:31:27,100 --> 00:31:31,000
place with all these men. 
And he says, men, the Lord has 

493
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:36,500
spoken, we must go tequila and 
attack the Philistines. 

494
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:40,600
We must defend our Brethren, and
all you hear is just a wave of 

495
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:42,700
murmuring. 
And are you serious? 

496
00:31:42,700 --> 00:31:44,500
I no way. 
No way and some finally, 

497
00:31:44,500 --> 00:31:46,800
somebody speaks us. 
We're already terrified as it 

498
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,200
is. 
You're going to bring us into 

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00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:52,500
more trouble, David and these 
are good hearted men. 

500
00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,600
They risk their lives by 
separating from Saul to join 

501
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:59,000
David, but even good men can be 
fragile, even good. 

502
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:03,000
Men can be shaken. 
So what does this man do? 

503
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,600
What is this leader do hears 
this. 

504
00:32:07,100 --> 00:32:09,700
He doesn't argue with them, he 
doesn't fight them. 

505
00:32:10,500 --> 00:32:12,100
He doesn't even try to persuade 
them. 

506
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:16,400
Then David inquired of the Lord 
again. 

507
00:32:18,700 --> 00:32:22,600
He goes to see God again. 
And as he's wrestling with these

508
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:25,900
thoughts, and maybe as his 
emotions were Disturbed, maybe a

509
00:32:25,900 --> 00:32:28,100
bit. 
We're not told he goes before 

510
00:32:28,100 --> 00:32:34,000
God again and he prays and God 
gives him Clarity once again and

511
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:35,900
we're going to find out why it 
is that God is speaking. 

512
00:32:35,900 --> 00:32:38,700
So promptly. 
And so obviously it's a unique 

513
00:32:38,700 --> 00:32:41,600
thing to the scene. 
But nonetheless, the principle 

514
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,600
lies true. 
That in order for us to remain 

515
00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:48,000
courageous, we must find 
strength in the place of prayer 

516
00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:53,300
prayers, the great provider of 
Visions of Grace prayer 

517
00:32:53,300 --> 00:32:55,500
provides. 
Great power to remain faithful 

518
00:32:55,500 --> 00:32:58,100
to God. 
Even when we're being tempted to

519
00:32:58,100 --> 00:33:01,500
shrink back, And that's what 
this man does. 

520
00:33:01,500 --> 00:33:03,800
He comes before the Lord, he 
seeks him. 

521
00:33:03,900 --> 00:33:07,400
And as his faith is being 
challenged for standing for what

522
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:10,800
is right? 
He lays out at the feet of the 

523
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:15,500
Lord and he he knows that God 
knows what just happened. 

524
00:33:17,300 --> 00:33:20,000
And God is always prepared to 
strengthen the soul that is 

525
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,200
willing to seek that strength to
be faithful to the cause of 

526
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:27,600
Christ always That's what David 
needed, David needed 

527
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:29,100
confirmation. 
And that confirmation will 

528
00:33:29,100 --> 00:33:33,200
provide strength. 
And God is always ready to give 

529
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:36,700
his people, the boldness 
necessary to move forward and 

530
00:33:36,700 --> 00:33:39,800
sometimes it's so Supernatural 
that you will step outside of 

531
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:41,300
yourself and say who is that 
man? 

532
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:46,300
Who is this? 
And listen to this prayer is 

533
00:33:46,300 --> 00:33:51,300
even so effective that God is 
even willing to bring Liberty to

534
00:33:51,300 --> 00:33:54,400
those Source who are captive to 
their own fears, like these 

535
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,700
other men because, you know 
what, he's going to do, right? 

536
00:33:56,700 --> 00:33:59,400
God is going to answer, and when
God answers, it doesn't even 

537
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:00,800
just provide strength with 
David. 

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00:34:00,900 --> 00:34:06,200
Now, the rest of the men are 
like word in we're in Listen, 

539
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:11,500
there's a time to spend energy 
trying to persuade men but never

540
00:34:11,500 --> 00:34:16,000
fail, to reserve energy to come 
before God with unpersuaded men 

541
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:22,500
and let him deal with them. 
There's a time to argue 

542
00:34:22,699 --> 00:34:26,100
righteously there's a time to 
try to convince and there's the 

543
00:34:26,100 --> 00:34:30,199
time to try to persuade, but 
listen when all is said and 

544
00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:33,900
done, you come before, God, and 
you bring those people before, 

545
00:34:33,900 --> 00:34:37,600
God, the situation before God, 
and let God, because prayer is 

546
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:40,600
the invitation for God's 
intervention on the situation. 

547
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:47,000
God confirms in such wisdom and 
precision that he inspires faith

548
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:48,600
in all of them. 
Why? 

549
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,300
Because look, how God answers. 
And the Lord answered them. 

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00:34:51,300 --> 00:34:54,699
Arise go down to klf4. 
I will give the Philistines into

551
00:34:54,699 --> 00:34:56,199
your hand. 
What's the difference between 

552
00:34:56,199 --> 00:35:01,200
this answer in the previous one?
Compare it and you'll see the 

553
00:35:01,207 --> 00:35:11,500
difference. 
Anybody notice the difference he

554
00:35:11,500 --> 00:35:13,700
gave them the assurance that the
Philistines will be will be 

555
00:35:13,700 --> 00:35:16,100
dealt with before he just said 
go and attack. 

556
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:20,800
Now he says they will be 
conquered and it was that 

557
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:24,900
promise that blue fresh wind 
into their sales and even the 

558
00:35:24,900 --> 00:35:28,300
other men that join David said, 
let's do this prayer is 

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00:35:28,300 --> 00:35:31,200
powerful. 
And so what happens when we read

560
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,500
in verse 5 and David and his men
went to Kayla and fought with 

561
00:35:34,500 --> 00:35:37,800
the Philistines and brought away
their livestock and struck them 

562
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,800
with a great blow. 
So David said, the inhabitants 

563
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:45,800
of keala small point to make 
from this verse, Notice that 

564
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,700
when they fought the 
Philistines, they brought away 

565
00:35:48,700 --> 00:35:52,400
what their livestock, they're 
animals. 

566
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:57,200
This would have been 
tremendously helpful to David in

567
00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:59,300
the men. 
Remember when David initially 

568
00:35:59,500 --> 00:36:03,200
fled from Saul the guy only had 
the clothes on his back. 

569
00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:06,400
He didn't even have a lunch to 
carry with him. 

570
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,500
He didn't have a weapon though. 
He had an Armory at his 

571
00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:10,800
disposal. 
He had to come before the priest

572
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:14,200
and said you have a sword here 
because I'm Glide sword. 

573
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:16,800
Do you have any bread here? 
Gives him the holy bread of the 

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00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:20,200
presence. 
And so this man doesn't have 

575
00:36:20,300 --> 00:36:23,300
resources. 
But now through this Conquest, 

576
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:28,800
they have a whole herd They 
gained all this livestock. 

577
00:36:30,300 --> 00:36:35,500
That wasn't promised to them but
oh how encouraging is to see 

578
00:36:35,500 --> 00:36:38,100
that when we obey God, he often 
surprises us. 

579
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:44,300
That went in your heart. 
Obedience to God. 

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00:36:44,300 --> 00:36:49,400
Is your Supreme desire. 
God is faithful to supply your 

581
00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:56,200
needs. 
When you're more concerned about

582
00:36:56,200 --> 00:37:00,300
God, and his people, God, and 
His purposes, God and his 

583
00:37:00,300 --> 00:37:04,900
commands for your life. 
Watch how God will surprise his 

584
00:37:04,900 --> 00:37:07,000
Faithful Servants with his 
Provisions. 

585
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:09,500
I've personally seen in my own 
life. 

586
00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:14,300
How God has provided in ways 
that it didn't make sense? 

587
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,400
You've noticed that you're 
sitting in a place that 

588
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:22,200
testifies to that. 
And it's amazing. 

589
00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:25,900
It's amazing. 
How God truly meets the needs of

590
00:37:25,900 --> 00:37:29,400
his people. 
When they truly set their hearts

591
00:37:29,500 --> 00:37:36,100
to live for him Above All Else. 
And for those who don't seek 

592
00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:38,400
first, the kingdom of God, they 
seek the kingdom, but it's like 

593
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:39,900
fourth on the list. 
I feel bad for them, you're 

594
00:37:39,900 --> 00:37:45,900
missing out on a journey, man. 
Do you want to know how you can 

595
00:37:45,900 --> 00:37:48,200
get rid of anxiety in your life 
for your needs? 

596
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:52,200
Some would say, pray more. 
Sure, some would say. 

597
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,100
Read more. 
Sure, here's another word of 

598
00:37:56,107 --> 00:37:57,700
advice seek first. 
The kingdom. 

599
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:00,900
You want to deal with anxiety, 
you want to do? 

600
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,900
Are you person that's worried 
about your clothes and your food

601
00:38:04,900 --> 00:38:06,600
where you're going to live? 
What kind of car you going to? 

602
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:09,900
Are you worried about that 
instead of worrying about that, 

603
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:13,500
busy yourself with the kingdom 
of God and watch how things will

604
00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:16,100
fall into place. 
When God sees you, taking care 

605
00:38:16,100 --> 00:38:17,700
of his business, you'll take 
care of yours. 

606
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,900
David here was concerned about 
the citizens of keala and as he 

607
00:38:23,900 --> 00:38:27,400
fulfills the command of God, God
says here's a bunch of animals. 

608
00:38:28,300 --> 00:38:29,900
You have lunch for the next few 
weeks. 

609
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,600
And verse 6, we read here that 
when IB author are the son of a 

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00:38:36,607 --> 00:38:39,700
he Malik had fled to David 
tequila. 

611
00:38:39,700 --> 00:38:42,100
He had come down with an ephod 
in his hand. 

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00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,800
We'll come back to that later. 
But look at verse 7, Now it was 

613
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:52,800
told Saul that David a come 
tequila and Saul said, God has 

614
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:57,500
given him into my hand for he 
has shut himself in by entering 

615
00:38:57,500 --> 00:39:02,500
a town that has Gates and bars. 
I remember when I first wrote 

616
00:39:02,500 --> 00:39:07,200
this, how confused I was about 
this man saw, I literally have a

617
00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:14,800
question mark behind that verse 
As a testament to this guy is 

618
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:20,500
losing it. 
God has given David into my 

619
00:39:20,500 --> 00:39:24,000
hands. 
Really. 

620
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:32,300
The inhabitants of Kayla were 
rejoicing, I'm sure but Saul he 

621
00:39:32,300 --> 00:39:36,000
receives news from his his spies
that David is there. 

622
00:39:38,100 --> 00:39:41,900
And they left out of the report 
that David had conquered the 

623
00:39:41,900 --> 00:39:43,400
Philistines. 
Notice that's not mentioned, 

624
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:45,500
they're all that was a concern 
to despise. 

625
00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:48,200
Was we know where David is. 
Never mind that he brought 

626
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:49,400
victory for the nation of 
Israel. 

627
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:51,800
Saul could care less. 
He's not a Kingdom Minded 

628
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:54,500
person. 
He doesn't, he doesn't care 

629
00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:57,000
about these spiritual things. 
He doesn't care about God's 

630
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,600
glory. 
He's so filled with self that 

631
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,000
these people don't even 
communicate these things to him.

632
00:40:03,500 --> 00:40:05,100
And so the news is brought to 
him. 

633
00:40:05,100 --> 00:40:07,200
We know where David has now he's
there. 

634
00:40:07,300 --> 00:40:12,500
He's in Judah, he's so close. 
And you can just imagine this 

635
00:40:12,500 --> 00:40:15,600
perverted grin and sauce face, 
guys. 

636
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:21,300
Given him into my hands. 
And it makes you think for some 

637
00:40:21,300 --> 00:40:27,500
strange reason, this King really
believes that in his pursuit of 

638
00:40:27,500 --> 00:40:31,200
killing David that God was 
supporting it. 

639
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:37,200
Not only was God supporting it, 
but that God provided an 

640
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:41,300
opportunity at the Lord. 
Orchestrated and open door for 

641
00:40:41,300 --> 00:40:44,300
David to be assassinated at the 
hands of Saul. 

642
00:40:44,300 --> 00:40:45,900
This man? 
Just killed. 80 something 

643
00:40:45,900 --> 00:40:49,200
priest. 
He's causing havoc and God's 

644
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:51,100
kingdom. 
He's disobeyed so many times 

645
00:40:51,100 --> 00:40:54,200
that God allows a tormenting 
Spirit to come upon him and this

646
00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:58,900
man still actually believes that
God is on his side. 

647
00:41:03,300 --> 00:41:08,400
I thought to myself, in reading 
this tonight if you've ever had 

648
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:11,600
trouble, understanding, Jeremiah
statement that the heart is 

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00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:14,400
deceitful above all things and 
that is desperately sick. 

650
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:16,800
Just meditate on this verse long
enough, you'll know what he 

651
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:20,500
means. 
Many times in the New Testament,

652
00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:22,200
the Christian not the 
non-believer. 

653
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:25,800
The Christian is warned to not 
be deceived. 

654
00:41:27,500 --> 00:41:30,300
Look it up for yourself. 
Make it a personal study look 

655
00:41:30,300 --> 00:41:32,900
throughout the entire New 
Testament, and search for the 

656
00:41:32,900 --> 00:41:38,800
phrase, do not be deceived or 
let, no one deceive you. 

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00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:43,600
And just see how many times it 
appears the Christian not the 

658
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,300
non-believer. 
And second Thessalonians. 

659
00:41:46,300 --> 00:41:49,600
Her example in Chapter 2, Verse 
3, we are told let no one 

660
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:53,900
deceive you in any way. 
But when you and I hear about 

661
00:41:53,900 --> 00:41:56,300
the dangers of deception and let
me give you a simple. 

662
00:41:56,300 --> 00:42:00,800
Definition being misled to 
believe something to be true 

663
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:05,600
when it is in fact false. 
When we hear about deception 

664
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:09,900
immediately, our minds go to 
external threats threats and 

665
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:13,800
wolves, and sheep clothing, that
tried to lure us away from truth

666
00:42:13,900 --> 00:42:17,600
and that just doctrinal truth. 
Truth about matters in life as 

667
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:22,300
well, connected to truth. 
When in fact, the Bible even 

668
00:42:22,300 --> 00:42:26,300
goes beyond those warnings and 
warns us about another form of 

669
00:42:26,300 --> 00:42:29,700
deception that many people do 
not think about when they think 

670
00:42:29,700 --> 00:42:31,800
about the danger of this thing. 
Can I show it to you? 

671
00:42:32,500 --> 00:42:36,900
It's in 1st Corinthians 3. 
In verse 18. 

672
00:42:42,500 --> 00:42:47,900
Our Corinthians Christians. 
Yes, there is Paul inspired by 

673
00:42:47,900 --> 00:42:50,500
the spirit as an author of 
divine revelation. 

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00:42:51,100 --> 00:42:54,700
Yes, he is. 
So we read here in verse 18, 

675
00:42:54,700 --> 00:42:56,100
just the first few words, you 
ready? 

676
00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:01,700
Let no one what deceive who 
himself. 

677
00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:08,300
Let no one deceive. 
You do not be deceived, let no 

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00:43:08,308 --> 00:43:10,600
one deceive you in any way, let 
no one deceive you, let no one 

679
00:43:10,607 --> 00:43:12,100
deceive. 
You do not be deceived First 

680
00:43:12,100 --> 00:43:14,400
Corinthian. 38, let no one 
deceive himself. 

681
00:43:16,500 --> 00:43:18,800
So deception is not just a 
threat externally. 

682
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:24,900
I myself can mislead myself. 
I myself, am able to be 

683
00:43:24,900 --> 00:43:28,000
persuaded by my own Thoughts by 
my own emotions to believe 

684
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,200
something to be true. 
When in fact, it is false. 

685
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:40,700
Saul was deceiving himself. 
And he was so misled. 

686
00:43:42,900 --> 00:43:47,800
That he was. 
He was interpreting what God was

687
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:51,800
doing in David's life. 
As actually something that he 

688
00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:57,700
was going to do for his life. 
And when I look at this verse, 

689
00:43:58,100 --> 00:44:00,800
it has become a memorial because
I read it many years ago, and it

690
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:04,300
has brought an answer to me and 
many occurrences in my own life 

691
00:44:04,300 --> 00:44:07,600
that I just did not understand. 
And here it was. 

692
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:11,300
I've unfortunately, had many 
instances where I've talked to 

693
00:44:11,300 --> 00:44:20,100
people Who really believe God? 
Was validating or affirming 

694
00:44:20,100 --> 00:44:22,200
something that was clearly 
wrong. 

695
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:26,600
And again, scripture, I've 
talked to people who have 

696
00:44:26,607 --> 00:44:30,200
behaved, so worldly and even 
sinfully and they were so 

697
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:33,300
convinced that God was still 
going to bless their Ministries.

698
00:44:34,300 --> 00:44:37,100
Even though they were violating 
God's standard for what it means

699
00:44:37,100 --> 00:44:40,900
to be a minister and what it 
means to do faithful Ministry 

700
00:44:40,900 --> 00:44:44,300
and yet, still, they believe 
likes all that. 

701
00:44:44,300 --> 00:44:48,800
God has for me, nonetheless, 
I've even had unfortunate 

702
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:51,700
conversations with people. 
Try to convince me that because 

703
00:44:51,700 --> 00:44:53,500
God has revealed something to 
them. 

704
00:44:53,500 --> 00:44:56,400
Personally, subjectively that it
is true. 

705
00:44:56,800 --> 00:45:00,200
Even though it violates the word
of God and it goes against how 

706
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:03,200
the word of God tells you to 
communicate your convictions. 

707
00:45:03,500 --> 00:45:06,700
And when bringing the word of 
God to the situation, and the 

708
00:45:06,700 --> 00:45:10,700
person in their hearts, what 
they've experienced personally, 

709
00:45:10,700 --> 00:45:18,500
trumped over the word of God. 
I'm thinking to myself, how how 

710
00:45:18,500 --> 00:45:21,900
is it that people are soaked. 
It's so clearly wrong. 

711
00:45:21,900 --> 00:45:23,800
It's so off. 
It's so hideous. 

712
00:45:23,900 --> 00:45:25,700
It's so horrific. 
It's so carnal. 

713
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:31,100
And yet, still they have this 
confidence that God affirms and 

714
00:45:31,100 --> 00:45:36,200
God will supply and bless Or God
has spoken to you and has given 

715
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:39,000
you some kind of access to 
Authority and divine revelation 

716
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:42,300
beyond the scriptures, how? 
And in my mind races back to 

717
00:45:42,300 --> 00:45:48,400
this verse about stall, Would 
you like to know how it is? 

718
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:50,400
That saw has arrived to this 
point? 

719
00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:52,200
Let me put it this way. 
Would you like to know how 

720
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:55,900
somebody can deceive themselves?
Because there's a way to get 

721
00:45:55,900 --> 00:45:56,800
there. 
It doesn't just happen. 

722
00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:59,300
Spontaneously, it's not just 
something that just erupts in 

723
00:45:59,300 --> 00:46:00,700
their hearts. 
It's not snow. 

724
00:46:00,700 --> 00:46:03,600
No, it is inspired by something 
first. 

725
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:06,900
The deception is a consequence 
to another sin. 

726
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:16,300
The deception is the punishment.
Of another sin. and the same 

727
00:46:16,300 --> 00:46:18,700
Prophet who said that the heart 
is deceitful above all things 

728
00:46:18,700 --> 00:46:21,800
and desperately sick, who can 
know, it is the same Prophet 

729
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:26,200
that revealed how it is that a 
person can deceive themselves, 

730
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:30,700
you still in Jeremiah Go to 
Jeremiah what? 

731
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:38,200
That common and famous Passage. 
where it's found is in chapter 

732
00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:43,700
17, but where we want to go as 
in chapter 49, Jeremiah, 

733
00:46:43,700 --> 00:46:52,200
Jeremiah Jeremiah Jeremiah 49? 
This is in a prophecy that 

734
00:46:52,200 --> 00:47:05,400
condemns the people of Edom. 
and in this judgement against 

735
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:11,600
Edom, we read in verse 16, 
slowly The prophet says the 

736
00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:14,800
whore, you inspire has deceived 
you. 

737
00:47:14,900 --> 00:47:23,700
Now, look at this and the what 
the pride of your heart. oh but 

738
00:47:23,700 --> 00:47:27,300
I would confirm in that book 
that is purely condemnation 

739
00:47:27,300 --> 00:47:30,400
against the people of Edom and 
Obadiah chapter will there's no 

740
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:35,600
chapter verse 3, chapter 1 He 
says that the pride of your 

741
00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:39,400
heart has deceived you. 
So he's making it even more. 

742
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:44,400
Clear, so how is it that 
somebody can deceive themselves?

743
00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:48,300
It's when they're infected with 
pride. 

744
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:57,500
When Pride lives in a heart. 
That Pride will lie to you. 

745
00:47:59,500 --> 00:48:02,200
That Pride will lie to you about
you. 

746
00:48:03,900 --> 00:48:07,900
That Pride will lie to you about
others often in the form of 

747
00:48:07,900 --> 00:48:12,400
content. 
And listen to this, that Pride 

748
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:15,700
will even cause you to 
misinterpret the character of 

749
00:48:15,700 --> 00:48:23,500
God. and the way he deals with 
your life, When Pride lives in a

750
00:48:23,500 --> 00:48:27,500
heart, when you let Pride be a 
roommate. 

751
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:33,400
In the home of your heart. 
That Pride will sit with you at 

752
00:48:33,400 --> 00:48:34,900
the dinner table and tell you 
things. 

753
00:48:34,900 --> 00:48:40,100
So convincing that you even 
begin to ask you how God, and 

754
00:48:40,100 --> 00:48:44,100
who God really is. 
Because if pride of pride is 

755
00:48:44,100 --> 00:48:46,700
anything, it is, you being the 
center of the universe, and 

756
00:48:46,700 --> 00:48:51,100
pride is so evil. 
It is so damning that it even 

757
00:48:51,100 --> 00:48:53,800
makes you. 
So Central in this whole world 

758
00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:59,500
that even God is under you. 
Thank God wouldn't do anything 

759
00:48:59,500 --> 00:49:03,500
against you? 
So whatever you do, God must 

760
00:49:03,500 --> 00:49:07,200
support in a firm and validate 
and provide for. 

761
00:49:07,600 --> 00:49:10,700
And so, let me ask you this 
question, it's all a prideful 

762
00:49:10,700 --> 00:49:13,700
person or is he a humble person?
All you have to do is just 

763
00:49:13,700 --> 00:49:16,300
reflect on all the times that 
he's try to fish for the praise 

764
00:49:16,300 --> 00:49:20,900
of, man, to realize that he is 
so consumed with self and that 

765
00:49:20,900 --> 00:49:24,900
self that Pride got so inflated.
That it bread deception, and 

766
00:49:24,900 --> 00:49:28,200
that deception was so loud that 
it caused him to even believe 

767
00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:31,100
God wants me to murder. 
The one that he is Anointed to 

768
00:49:31,107 --> 00:49:35,400
be the King of Israel. 
It's Pride. 

769
00:49:37,300 --> 00:49:39,100
It's Pride that commits us some 
and they're convinced. 

770
00:49:39,100 --> 00:49:40,700
They're really. 
You think saw was just blowing 

771
00:49:40,700 --> 00:49:43,600
smoke here. 
He's totally convinced. 

772
00:49:46,500 --> 00:49:50,300
And he's reached a level of 
Pride that is destructive in so 

773
00:49:50,300 --> 00:49:53,900
many ways. 
Now he's bringing God's name 

774
00:49:53,900 --> 00:49:59,000
into it. 
Oh, I'm telling you if you want 

775
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:02,400
to be protected from 
self-deception can I tell you 

776
00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:07,300
how love the truth? 
Listen, you want to be 

777
00:50:07,300 --> 00:50:08,500
protected? 
Never, I'm not talking about 

778
00:50:08,500 --> 00:50:12,000
this evening, other people or 
other people being deceptive 

779
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:14,300
towards you. 
I'm talking about you and me 

780
00:50:14,300 --> 00:50:16,100
deceiving ourselves. 
You want to be protected from 

781
00:50:16,100 --> 00:50:18,500
that. 
Love the truth. 

782
00:50:21,500 --> 00:50:25,400
Second Thessalonians tells us in
Chapter 2, that God allows a 

783
00:50:25,400 --> 00:50:29,200
strong delusion to come upon 
people in the last days because 

784
00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:36,500
they refused to love the truth. 
So if this is your supreme 

785
00:50:36,500 --> 00:50:40,300
authority, if you want to be in 
the light, if you want to be 

786
00:50:40,300 --> 00:50:44,400
unrighteousness side, no matter 
what it costs you, no matter 

787
00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:47,800
what it costs, you even if it 
costs you your own life. 

788
00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:50,400
You'll be protected from 
deception. 

789
00:50:53,500 --> 00:50:56,400
God will not allow a person to 
cries out to be in light, to who

790
00:50:56,400 --> 00:50:59,400
cries out to be in truth to be 
darkened by deception even if 

791
00:50:59,400 --> 00:51:01,700
it's your own, that's his 
promise. 

792
00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:06,000
Saul nothing to do with God, not
a worshiper. 

793
00:51:07,500 --> 00:51:12,100
Filled with pride and because of
Pride deception lied to him even

794
00:51:12,100 --> 00:51:16,900
about God. 
So we come back and we read here

795
00:51:16,900 --> 00:51:21,900
that this man is convinced, That
the Lord is going to bless his 

796
00:51:21,900 --> 00:51:24,900
efforts to come to Kayla and 
kill David. 

797
00:51:25,900 --> 00:51:30,100
And so as we read earlier he he 
brings all these armies of 

798
00:51:30,100 --> 00:51:32,400
Israel. 
Where were you and Kayla needed 

799
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:37,200
help. 
And he's ready to now come and 

800
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:41,400
Siege this city again and who 
hears about it verse 9? 

801
00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:45,500
David knew that saw was plotting
harm against him and he said to 

802
00:51:45,500 --> 00:51:48,700
Abby, after the priest, bring 
the ephod here. 

803
00:51:50,700 --> 00:51:54,100
Now. 
Up to this point, we've seen 

804
00:51:54,100 --> 00:51:56,700
David cry out to God and to 
occasions, he's about to do it 

805
00:51:56,700 --> 00:51:59,600
again. 
And the question is, how is he 

806
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:02,500
getting such clear answers from 
the Lord so quickly. 

807
00:52:02,500 --> 00:52:05,600
So clearly so evidently we would
think that David just wanted to 

808
00:52:05,607 --> 00:52:08,300
some corner somewhere and he 
prayed and God just brought some

809
00:52:08,500 --> 00:52:10,600
some Revelation Vision or 
Audible Voice. 

810
00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:12,900
That was not the case. 
We learn from verse 6 and verse 

811
00:52:12,900 --> 00:52:16,900
9, that when I Bea Arthur one of
the priests in who lived in knob

812
00:52:16,900 --> 00:52:21,300
escaped, the wrath of Saul he 
comes to David and he has 

813
00:52:21,300 --> 00:52:23,400
something in his It's called the
ephod. 

814
00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:25,500
Can anybody tell us what the 
ephod is? 

815
00:52:30,600 --> 00:52:32,400
Okay good. 
So included. 

816
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:34,500
The aluminum and the thummim the
your mother throne. 

817
00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:37,300
But it's a garment. 
It's a vestment. 

818
00:52:37,300 --> 00:52:40,200
We actually went through that in
Exodus when we studied it. 

819
00:52:40,300 --> 00:52:43,500
A few years ago, it's a garment 
worn by the high priest that was

820
00:52:43,500 --> 00:52:47,700
connected to other pieces, it 
was connected to a breast piece 

821
00:52:48,100 --> 00:52:51,700
and on this breast piece, there 
were these different stones that

822
00:52:51,700 --> 00:52:55,300
represented the nation of Israel
but there are two unique gems. 

823
00:52:56,500 --> 00:53:00,900
They were placed there and these
gems, according to the 

824
00:53:00,900 --> 00:53:05,200
narratives of the Bible were, 
were sometimes used to 

825
00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:08,300
understand God's Will and 
direction for certain 

826
00:53:08,300 --> 00:53:11,900
circumstances. 
Now amazingly enough, the Bible 

827
00:53:11,900 --> 00:53:16,100
is quiet about how these two 
gems, the rumen, the through 

828
00:53:16,100 --> 00:53:17,900
them are used. 
We're not told how they're 

829
00:53:17,900 --> 00:53:19,500
using. 
I think that's by Divine Design.

830
00:53:19,900 --> 00:53:21,700
God wanted to be silent about 
it. 

831
00:53:22,300 --> 00:53:25,000
But all we know is that when you
look especially in first Samuel 

832
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:28,700
how its use, it's through those 
stones that God gives yes, and 

833
00:53:28,700 --> 00:53:30,900
no directives. 
And that's how we see God's 

834
00:53:30,900 --> 00:53:32,600
answers. 
God, do I go here? 

835
00:53:32,600 --> 00:53:34,300
Yes, you can go there. 
God, do I do this? 

836
00:53:34,300 --> 00:53:37,700
No, no don't do this. 
It's very, very stiff and direct

837
00:53:37,700 --> 00:53:42,000
it's not elaborate and somehow 
these Stones through the means 

838
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:46,000
of the vessel of the high priest
brought about some kind of 

839
00:53:46,300 --> 00:53:52,400
direct Revelation from God for a
particular problem. so when 

840
00:53:52,400 --> 00:53:56,800
David calls for the ephod, which
contained these gems, which held

841
00:53:56,800 --> 00:54:01,400
these gems, what he was really 
doing was calling upon God What 

842
00:54:01,400 --> 00:54:05,200
you and I see in verse 9 is a 
man who has made great leaps of 

843
00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:10,200
maturity and his faith with God.
Because this is not the same 

844
00:54:10,200 --> 00:54:12,900
reaction David had when we first
saw him in Exile. 

845
00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:18,000
A friend who watches this. 
Who's not even living in this 

846
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:20,500
state message me. 
It's always encouraging. 

847
00:54:20,500 --> 00:54:24,700
When somebody has, they make 
connections with certain things.

848
00:54:24,700 --> 00:54:25,800
In the Bible said, he messaged 
me. 

849
00:54:25,808 --> 00:54:29,300
He goes, I noticed something 
from first Samuel 21, when David

850
00:54:29,300 --> 00:54:32,500
asked for Goliath's sword, and I
want you to see it because it 

851
00:54:32,500 --> 00:54:35,600
blessed me, when he brought it 
up, go back to chapter 21. 

852
00:54:37,500 --> 00:54:40,200
Remember David, fleas saw he's 
in panic. 

853
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:44,500
He wants a weapon to defend 
himself. and look at verse 9, 

854
00:54:44,500 --> 00:54:50,500
when he asks, For a weapon. 
And the priest said the sword of

855
00:54:50,500 --> 00:54:54,100
Goliath, the Philistine whom you
struck down in the valley of 

856
00:54:54,100 --> 00:55:00,800
elah behold, it is here wrapped 
in a cloth behind what the ephod

857
00:55:02,400 --> 00:55:04,500
if you would take that, take it 
for there is none. 

858
00:55:04,500 --> 00:55:07,100
But that here and David said 
there is none like that give it 

859
00:55:07,100 --> 00:55:09,700
to me. 
And when my friend brought up 

860
00:55:09,700 --> 00:55:13,000
the point was this is that in 
this moment where David was 

861
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:15,800
obviously fearful, he didn't 
know where to go next. 

862
00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:20,200
Even the placement of the sword 
invited him to inquire of God, 

863
00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:24,900
but he ignored the ephod and he 
put his trust in the sword of 

864
00:55:24,900 --> 00:55:29,500
Goliath instead, and that is a 
wonderful point if that ephod 

865
00:55:29,500 --> 00:55:33,800
represents the ability to call 
upon God and receive Direction, 

866
00:55:34,500 --> 00:55:36,800
David, totally dismissed the 
ephod. 

867
00:55:37,100 --> 00:55:39,700
And he wanted to put his trust 
in Arm of the flesh. 

868
00:55:41,300 --> 00:55:43,900
And that's often we do, can I be
honest? 

869
00:55:44,100 --> 00:55:46,400
There are many Christians. 
They know we need to pray but 

870
00:55:46,400 --> 00:55:52,700
they don't really believe it 
works. if anything prayer to 

871
00:55:52,700 --> 00:55:55,400
them is like a Divine Lottery, 
like you punching your ticket 

872
00:55:55,800 --> 00:55:59,800
and you hope that the numbers 
just fall through But it's not a

873
00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:01,900
dependency, it's not a 
lifestyle, it's not something 

874
00:56:01,900 --> 00:56:05,100
you do without ceasing is just 
something that you might do when

875
00:56:05,100 --> 00:56:08,500
there's like it's when all your 
options run out and there's no 

876
00:56:08,500 --> 00:56:11,200
physical way to accomplish 
something, then you go to 

877
00:56:11,200 --> 00:56:15,300
prayer. 
But look at the maturity of 

878
00:56:15,300 --> 00:56:17,200
David's faith. 
When it came to him being in 

879
00:56:17,200 --> 00:56:19,400
danger with Saul. 
Again, when saw was threatening 

880
00:56:19,400 --> 00:56:22,000
to pursue me again, what does he
do? 

881
00:56:22,000 --> 00:56:24,200
He goes to the priest once 
again, but he doesn't ask for 

882
00:56:24,200 --> 00:56:27,600
another weapon. 
He asked for the ephod, give me 

883
00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:31,500
the ephod. 
I tried doing it with David with

884
00:56:31,500 --> 00:56:33,400
glide sword. 
It didn't take me very far. 

885
00:56:33,600 --> 00:56:38,600
Let me seek God. 
Let me inquire of him. 

886
00:56:40,600 --> 00:56:43,900
Let me implore, let me beg. 
If I need you, let me ask him 

887
00:56:43,900 --> 00:56:48,900
for this direction. 
And he comes with the ephod and 

888
00:56:48,900 --> 00:56:51,900
sure enough. 
It happens. 

889
00:56:51,900 --> 00:56:55,900
God answers. 
Again, let me say this David and

890
00:56:55,900 --> 00:57:01,000
chapter 21 is an illustration of
how Believers use different 

891
00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:03,400
things, other than the spiritual
weapons that God has given us to

892
00:57:03,400 --> 00:57:08,400
overcome situations. 
But Dave and chapter 23 is a man

893
00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:12,300
who is convinced that when you 
invite God in the matter, God 

894
00:57:12,300 --> 00:57:14,500
will provide a wisdom and a 
strength and the power that no 

895
00:57:14,500 --> 00:57:15,400
sword. 
No weapon. 

896
00:57:15,400 --> 00:57:17,700
No friends, no resources. 
No president or prime minister 

897
00:57:17,700 --> 00:57:22,600
no Army no tank can even come 
close to I need God. 

898
00:57:24,500 --> 00:57:26,800
And you'd be amazed to know how 
God even in that moment. 

899
00:57:27,100 --> 00:57:29,200
I do not dismiss the 
supernatural. 

900
00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:32,800
I believe the same God who wrote
This Book is the same God who 

901
00:57:32,800 --> 00:57:38,100
can intervene in life right now.
He seeks. 

902
00:57:38,100 --> 00:57:41,800
God, God answers. 
And one of the ways that you can

903
00:57:41,800 --> 00:57:45,000
know that you're maturing in 
your faith is to analyze your 

904
00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:48,300
response. 
Two difficulties. 

905
00:57:50,200 --> 00:57:54,300
Where do you go to? 
Does worship cease or does it 

906
00:57:54,300 --> 00:57:58,300
increase? 
Is prayer. 

907
00:57:58,300 --> 00:58:04,300
Abandon or is it heightened? 
There's a flesh flare-up or does

908
00:58:04,300 --> 00:58:08,700
faith arise? 
And if you can't answer those 

909
00:58:08,700 --> 00:58:12,300
things honestly, if you're a 
person that's the finds himself 

910
00:58:12,300 --> 00:58:14,500
reacting. 
Like how David in chapter 21 

911
00:58:14,500 --> 00:58:18,400
look outpatient? 
God is he's willing to teach us 

912
00:58:18,500 --> 00:58:22,300
and show us how to fight these 
battles in the spirit. 

913
00:58:23,500 --> 00:58:26,800
And how to I love that song, 
where it tells us the man who 

914
00:58:26,800 --> 00:58:31,000
fears the Lord, he is not moving
and he's not fearful when he 

915
00:58:31,008 --> 00:58:34,900
receives bad news, he just okay,
God is sovereign. 

916
00:58:37,900 --> 00:58:40,700
I think it's worth as we close 
here to see how David prayed, 

917
00:58:40,700 --> 00:58:41,500
shall we? 
See it. 

918
00:58:41,600 --> 00:58:43,800
Look at how we praise. 
You want to know how to pray 

919
00:58:43,900 --> 00:58:45,100
people? 
Say, how do I pray, brother, 

920
00:58:45,100 --> 00:58:48,800
read prayers in the Bible? 
And adopt a language. 

921
00:58:50,200 --> 00:58:52,700
Then David said, O, Lord, the 
god of Israel. 

922
00:58:52,700 --> 00:58:54,400
Your servant look at the 
humility. 

923
00:58:54,400 --> 00:58:58,200
Your servant has surely heard 
that Saul seeks to come to kiala

924
00:58:58,600 --> 00:59:00,700
to destroy the city on my 
account. 

925
00:59:00,700 --> 00:59:02,100
Look, he's concerned about the 
city. 

926
00:59:03,300 --> 00:59:06,200
They want to do, they want to 
destroy the city of my account. 

927
00:59:07,200 --> 00:59:10,000
Will the men of kiala surrender 
me into his hand? 

928
00:59:10,300 --> 00:59:15,600
That's wisdom. 
Will Saul come down? 

929
00:59:15,600 --> 00:59:18,600
As your servant has heard, oh 
Lord! 

930
00:59:18,600 --> 00:59:20,800
The god of Israel. 
Please tell your servant does 

931
00:59:20,808 --> 00:59:24,400
that sound like desperation. 
It is. 

932
00:59:25,500 --> 00:59:27,400
And the Lord said he will come 
down. 

933
00:59:29,600 --> 00:59:31,900
The Davidson, will the men of 
killers surrender. 

934
00:59:32,200 --> 00:59:35,300
Me and my men into the hand of 
Saul and the Lord said they will

935
00:59:35,300 --> 00:59:39,600
surrender you. 
Not shattering. 

936
00:59:41,200 --> 00:59:43,500
It's like you just save these 
people and they're willing to 

937
00:59:43,500 --> 00:59:46,800
give you up in a moment when 
their safety. 

938
00:59:48,500 --> 00:59:53,000
Is in danger, and after you've 
served them, they're willing to 

939
00:59:53,000 --> 00:59:54,200
go. 
And here's the point. 

940
00:59:54,200 --> 00:59:56,400
I want to make in conclusion, 
you heard earlier that when 

941
00:59:56,400 --> 00:59:59,700
David came to the help of keala 
and the citizens, they receive 

942
00:59:59,700 --> 01:00:01,900
great blessing, blessing beyond 
what they have planned. 

943
01:00:02,100 --> 01:00:03,700
This livestock came to their 
aid. 

944
01:00:03,900 --> 01:00:07,600
This was a supply from God as a 
result of obedience. 

945
01:00:07,800 --> 01:00:12,000
When you obey, God, he will find
ways to not just bless you but 

946
01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:18,300
surprise you with his blessings.
but when you obey, God, You will

947
01:00:18,300 --> 01:00:22,000
suffer. 
You will suffer. 

948
01:00:23,300 --> 01:00:28,100
You think this felt good? 
For David, we just risked our 

949
01:00:28,100 --> 01:00:32,200
lives for you. 
And now when it comes to you 

950
01:00:32,200 --> 01:00:37,000
defending us you're willing to 
sell us when it comes to us 

951
01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:39,000
defending, you were willing to 
stand by you when it comes to 

952
01:00:39,000 --> 01:00:41,400
you defending us you're willing 
to give us to the wolves. 

953
01:00:45,500 --> 01:00:47,300
We like the blessing part. 
We don't like the suffering 

954
01:00:47,300 --> 01:00:51,000
part, you're going to have both.
You're going to get both and in 

955
01:00:51,000 --> 01:00:53,600
some Seasons, the blessings will
be more evident and in other 

956
01:00:53,600 --> 01:00:55,800
seasons of suffering, will be 
much louder and much more 

957
01:00:55,800 --> 01:00:59,400
intense and severe. 
But here's the point, God is 

958
01:00:59,400 --> 01:01:02,400
worthy. 
He is worthy because look at the

959
01:01:02,400 --> 01:01:06,800
end here, I want you to see the 
last part of verse 14 and Saul 

960
01:01:06,800 --> 01:01:10,700
Sodom every day. 
But God did not give him into 

961
01:01:10,700 --> 01:01:14,100
his hand. 
Even though keolis rendered him.

962
01:01:15,800 --> 01:01:18,500
Dave was not at the mercy of 
these citizens, he was at the 

963
01:01:18,500 --> 01:01:24,000
mercy of God. 
And so what a strange picture 

964
01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:26,800
you have Saul, who thinks that 
God is on his side. 

965
01:01:26,800 --> 01:01:30,300
And in reality, the holy spirit 
says, God is holding on to 

966
01:01:30,300 --> 01:01:34,700
David. 
And God will hold on to you and 

967
01:01:34,700 --> 01:01:37,700
me. 
In the blessings and in the 

968
01:01:37,700 --> 01:01:41,000
disappointments in the 
friendships like Jonathan and in

969
01:01:41,008 --> 01:01:44,300
the Betrayal like in this case. 
But here's the thing. 

970
01:01:44,600 --> 01:01:47,500
There is no other way to live 
than to live for him. 

971
01:01:48,400 --> 01:01:52,500
No other way. 
And we're going to see that with

972
01:01:52,500 --> 01:01:54,900
David in the weeks ahead. 
Let's pray. 

973
01:02:14,200 --> 01:02:16,400
We thank you for the wisdom of 
this chapter. 

974
01:02:19,400 --> 01:02:23,500
And Lord tonight we have been 
reminded of the necessity to 

975
01:02:23,500 --> 01:02:28,300
place obedience to you. 
Your will conquering. 

976
01:02:28,300 --> 01:02:35,900
Any other thing that we have in 
our hearts As the primary 

977
01:02:37,200 --> 01:02:45,500
delight and duty of Our Lives. 
Thank you for the reminder that 

978
01:02:45,500 --> 01:02:50,500
when we obey, you never fail to 
supply, you never fail to 

979
01:02:50,500 --> 01:02:52,400
comfort. 
You never fail to encourage, you

980
01:02:52,400 --> 01:02:55,800
never fail to even surprised us 
below. 

981
01:02:55,800 --> 01:03:00,100
Thank you for the honest, 
reminder that there is suffering

982
01:03:00,100 --> 01:03:04,300
on the path of obedience. 
That there is pain that there is

983
01:03:04,300 --> 01:03:07,200
hurt that there is confusion 
sometimes. 

984
01:03:08,500 --> 01:03:12,500
That there are cuts from those, 
even from within, even though 

985
01:03:12,500 --> 01:03:16,600
the people that we serve, and we
made great sacrifices for turn 

986
01:03:16,600 --> 01:03:20,200
on us, Lord, help us to, never 
forget that you hold us. 

987
01:03:21,900 --> 01:03:24,200
And as long as we do, what you 
call us to do. 

988
01:03:25,400 --> 01:03:29,400
No matter who's in or out you 
are the most important thing to 

989
01:03:29,400 --> 01:03:34,000
us. 
And Lori rather have the 

990
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:39,400
citizens of kiella turn on us. 
Instead of being like Saul who 

991
01:03:39,400 --> 01:03:44,200
had the spirit of God removed 
from him, We want your presence 

992
01:03:44,500 --> 01:03:48,100
and your pleasure above all 
else, even our own Comfort Lord.

993
01:03:48,100 --> 01:03:51,900
If that's not true, and even one
person's life today, maybe the 

994
01:03:51,900 --> 01:03:57,200
kingdom is not first And they 
wonder why they're anxious, and 

995
01:03:57,200 --> 01:03:59,100
they're wondering why they're 
fearful and the wonder how their

996
01:03:59,100 --> 01:04:02,600
life is going to play out. 
Lord, may we be reminded from 

997
01:04:02,700 --> 01:04:08,300
this moment on that when anxiety
Creeps in Prayer is important. 

998
01:04:08,300 --> 01:04:10,300
Lord, we know it. 
And so is reading your word and 

999
01:04:10,300 --> 01:04:13,600
being reminded of your promises 
but Lord, may we also evaluate 

1000
01:04:13,600 --> 01:04:18,300
our priorities and to see if 
your kingdom is first because 

1001
01:04:18,300 --> 01:04:20,200
you promised to take care of 
everything else. 

1002
01:04:23,000 --> 01:04:26,400
Thank you for watching us with 
your word tonight. 

1003
01:04:27,000 --> 01:04:29,900
We worship you in light of it. 
In Jesus name, we pray. 

1004
01:04:30,400 --> 01:04:30,800
Amen.