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Meet me in First Kings chapter 
one, where we left off, verse 

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11, First Kings one, verse 11. 
And as returning there, allow me

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to give you a brief recap from 
the 1st 11 verses of this 

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chapter. 
David, we are told, is very old 

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in age, so old and he is ready 
to depart from this world. 

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One of David's sons by the name 
of Adenija sees this as a great 

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opportunity to seize the throne 
for himself. 

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Though he was not the king 
chosen to succeed his father, 

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his pride was so inflated, his 
ego was so great that he thought

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that he can actually thwart the 
purpose of God, and so he 

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attempts to overthrow the 
purpose of God for the people of

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Israel, which is a very sad 
thing for Adenija to do. 

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Does anybody know what the name 
Adenija means? 

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You can probably guess based on 
his name if you understand basic

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Hebrew words. 
Adonai ya. 

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Adonai ya. 
Any guess? 

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No more specific Daniel, you're 
not allowed to answer. 

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Did you hear it? 
The Lord is Jehovah or my Lord 

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is Jehovah. 
That is what David named his son

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telling me and you that he had 
great hopes for Adonaija. 

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Did he not that he would live to
serve God, honor God, reflect 

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the character of God, and 
instead Adonaija resists God, 

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challenges the will of God, 
exalts himself as king. 

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Which tells me that it doesn't 
matter what kind of hopes and 

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dreams, as godly as they are, 
you have for your children. 

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David named him Adonaija. 
But David didn't do his part as 

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a father to discipline Adonaija.
He did not fulfill his role as a

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father to chastise him, admonish
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and direct him. 
And so now we see the maturity 

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of a of a unhinged boy who now 
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decisions. 
And all his life he has never 

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been told no. 
And so what's going to stop him 

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from saying and from pursuing 
something that doesn't belong to

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him? 
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for Adenija because he was able 
to recruit people and two 

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prominent figures. 
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figures that Adenija was able to
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Job is 1. 
And the other. 

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Yeah, sorry, the priest. 
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David's army, and you have one 
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camp now switching their 
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There are other key figures who 
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celebrating his self promoting 
coronation at a legend, verse 9.

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Sacrifice sheep oxen and fat and
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which is beside and Rogle. 
And he invited all his brothers,

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the king, sons, and all the 
royal officials of Judah. 

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But he did not invite Nathan the
Prophet or Benaiya or the mighty

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man or Solomon his brother. 
This looks pretty promising, and

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it often does when you and I 
choose to resist the will of 

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God, oppose God, and to live 
according to our selfish 

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desires. 
It would be alive for me to 

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stand here tonight and tell you 
that there is no pleasure in 

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sin. 
There is pleasure in sin. 

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But Hebrews 11 is very careful 
to tell us that that pleasure is

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fleeting. 
It's a season of reward, It's a 

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season of promise, but it's very
short lived and the reward is 

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not really reward to begin with.
Adam and I just plans are going 

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to crash and burn very quickly. 
And for the rest of this chapter

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we're going to see how his plans
are actually going to be 

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overturned by God's sovereign 
power and the primary ways 

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through one of David's most 
faithful friends, Nathan. 

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So let's read what happens now 
In verse 11 the Nathan said to 

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Bathsheba the mother of Solomon,
Have you not heard that Adonija 

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the son of Haggeth has become 
king, and David our Lord does 

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not know it. 
Now therefore, come, let me give

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you advice that you may save 
your own life and the life of 

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your son Solomon, going out once
to King David, and say to him, 

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did you not, my Lord the king, 
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Solomon, your son shall reign 
after me, and he shall sit on my

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throne. 
Why then is Adam I Jack words? 

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Let's pray. 
Lord, your word is before us. 

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We are eager to understand your 
mind and your heart. 

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Give us the grace. 
Give us the spirit of wisdom and

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revelation that we may know you 
and be conformed to your image 

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and walk in greater obedience to
your purposes. 

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For our lives. 
We sincerely pray this together 

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as a church family. 
In Jesus name we pray. 

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Amen. 
Nathan. 

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Nathan realizes that Anaija is 
doing something quite dangerous,

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something that David and the 
Kingdom of Israel has seen 

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before. 
And so Nathan reports about this

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with emergency protocol. 
And right from verse 11, we have

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something to learn. 
Nathan, as a faithful servant of

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God, teaches us that as also 
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to expose sin. 
It's our duty to expose sin. 

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It's our duty to expose the 
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It's our duty to expose sin in a
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It's our duty to continually 
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allow His Word and His people to
expose our sin. 

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But in the case of a community, 
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context the local church, Nathan
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are times where it is our 
responsibility to make known 

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things that are probably not 
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danger of not knowing it. 
Nathan here sees and understands

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that if Adenide continues in the
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there will be a massive 
disruption in the Kingdom. 

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And understanding the potential 
consequences of this, Nathan, 

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make sure, and he makes it a 
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those who would be at risk if 
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And in like manner. 
As I just said, there are 

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moments and there are 
circumstances and there's the 

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nature of certain sins that 
demands us to be vigilant and 

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willing to be uncomfortable to 
deal with matters before they 

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get really ugly. 
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I've learned something very 
quickly that there are problems 

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in the local church. 
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time, if not all the time, it's 
relational problems, right? 

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And most of those relational 
problems are very complicated to

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untangle. 
They become very knotted. 

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And one of the reason why they 
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parties involved who are aware 
of the issue were unwilling to 

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take the stance and expose 
certain sins, whether that sin 

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be slander, whether that sin be 
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whether that sin be strife among
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Often times the reason why 
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there is damage, sometimes 
severe damage, that can cause 

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even trauma and and distress and
broken relationships on the long

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run, is because again, there are
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uncomfortable and to put 
themselves out there to say this

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is wrong. 
We have to deal with this. 

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Nathan didn't care because 
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was his duty and two, that there
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on his hands and other people's 
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understood. 
And so the way that you and I 

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are going to see peace and 
protection in our family, in our

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church family, it's not to be 
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sniff out sin in people's lives.
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concern within the church that 
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cut Satan schemes short. 
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that is that when he attempts to
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That you and I surfaced that 
while it is still in seed form, 

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I was meditating on Nathan's 
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And there were so many examples 
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And one example that came to 
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Just a brief observation that I 
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attention, but it it shows how 
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what kind of what kind of reward
and blessing and security it can

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provide if we are people who 
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called us to have as a church. 
And what did he say, Matthew 18?

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That if a brother sins, you 
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and it becomes a community 
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not have breath to breathe in 
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That's the culture Jesus wants 
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One of humble, sincere, broken, 
loving, confrontation when 

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necessary, exposure of sin when 
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Did you know the Apostle Paul 
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Anybody know that? 
Anybody know the impossible? 

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Had a sister? 
Can I show it to you in the 

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scriptures? 
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I love quoting Acts 2311 
whenever teaching about the 

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Providence and sovereign will of
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This is where Jesus appears to 
Paul when he was in prison in 

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Jerusalem and was promised. 
You must also testify about me. 

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Where? 
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testify at that point? 
Rome. 

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You're going to Rome, Paul, I 
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You're going to Rome. 
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that, we're told that this band 
of Jews who conspired and came 

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up with a plot to kill Paul. 
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even faceted until it was 
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And so they had this whole plot 
to try to get Paul to, to enter 

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into a certain region, for them 
to create an ambush and to take 

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his life. 
And then we're told of an 

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interesting character, somebody 
who flashes into the scriptures 

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and then disappears just as 
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It's in verse 16 now. 
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had his sister, and Paul had a 
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Now the son of Paul's sister 
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So he went and entered the 
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look at this from a heavenly 
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This is an encouragement to you 
and I, Paul's nephew, unnamed, 

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never to be seen again. 
Oh, there's so much to say about

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Paul's nephew, even in this one 
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But from a heavenly perspective,
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us. 
God's eyes and ears are 

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everywhere, and if you, like 
Paul, are serving the Lord, you 

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have nothing to worry about. 
Even when the enemy is brewing 

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up a scheme against you, God's 
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He already knows about it, he 
already sees it, he already 

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considers it, and he already 
knows what he's going to do 

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about it. 
You have nothing to fear every 

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waking and sleeping moment of 
your life. 

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Because what I see here is that 
in Providence, nobody knows how 

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Paul's nephew heard about this. 
Nobody knows how he was. 

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It's just Providence. 
He was at the right place at the

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right time. 
He received the news and he 

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brought it to Paul. 
Paul was able to pass that to 

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the Roman soldiers and they were
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God's eyes and ears are 
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For your good. 
But let's look at this from a 

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human standpoint. 
Paul's nephew here, and 

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understanding what he has seen 
in this moment felt the urgency 

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to make this problem known and 
it saved Paul's life. 

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It saved Paul's life. 
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uncomfortable, to expose and to 
correct, to bring things to even

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spiritual authority for the sake
of the preservation of the 

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unity, the love and the holiness
of God's people, we could be 

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saving so much. 
I'm telling you you, you don't 

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know how many people I've talked
to that are aware of certain 

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things. 
People committing spiritual 

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suicide. 
People committing spiritual 

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collateral damage and for fear 
of I don't know what they're 

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unwilling to step forward and 
say in the name of Christ, in 

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the name of His Holiness and the
name of unity. 

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I have to say something, whether
it be stripe, slander, doctrinal

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error, anything and everything 
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But Nathan here makes that 
decision, and and it's really 

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the hinge to what we're about to
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And his wisdom is proven further
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He comes to Bathsheba, not 
amazing Nathan, a prophet of 

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God. 
Knowing what this woman's past 

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was. 
He's the one who exposed the sin

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between Bathsheba and David. 
And here's a man who's still 

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willing to relate to her, to 
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Nathan was more than just a 
courageous, fearless man of God 

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who exposed sin. 
He was a man who was also 

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willing to relate to those who 
have repented of their sin, no 

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matter how grotesque their sin 
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What a man of God he he brings 
in Bathsheet and he says listen,

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your life is in danger, Your son
Solomon's life is in danger. 

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You need to listen to me. 
You need to go into your 

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husband's chamber. 
You need to ask him what 

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happened to the plan that you 
told me about that God had given

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you. 
Where is this going? 

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And while you're explaining that
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right time and I'm going to 
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your words. 
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Why? 
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Why this whole plan? 
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Why didn't Nathan just barge 
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thunderously announced to David?
Hey, listen, you're in trouble. 

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You're negligent here. 
We got to get things into order.

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Why didn't he just do that? 
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Why work with Bathsheba? 
This is very good. 

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We're going to get to that in a 
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There's something about David. 
There's a weakness in David that

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required this kind of approach. 
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David's ignorance. 
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verse 12, verse 11? 
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Our Lord does not know it. 
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so this requires a specific kind
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We have to come and make this 
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But more than just his 
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What's David's weakness when it 
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We learned about it last week, 
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What is it? 
His father had never at any time

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displeased him being out of 
Niger by asking why have you 

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done thus? 
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that he has a history of not 
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discipline his children. 
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to believe the best about his 
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He always had that kind of hope 
and desire, and even if they did

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wrong, even in in the face of 
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he was reluctant to deal with 
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Nathan is David Trent. 
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the decades, and so he 
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this to be something that David 
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with urgency. 
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then I'm going to come in and 
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going to bring this to David's 
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quick to deny it or downplay it,
right. 

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Vividly speaking also in Duran, 
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witnesses, I think is 
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So Nathan comes with this plan. 
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So Bathsheba does, and let's 
read it. 

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Here Bathsheba went and verse 15
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Now the king was very old, and 
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attending to the king. 
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to the king. 
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What do you desire? 
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to your servant by the Lord your
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shall rain after me, and he 
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behold that. 
And I just came, although you, 

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my Lord king, did not do not 
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He has sacrificed oxen, fat and 
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and has invited all the sons of 
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Have you asked the priests? 
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army? 
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He is not invited. 
And now, my Lord the king, the 

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eyes of all Israel are on you to
tell them who shall sit on the 

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throne of my Lord the king after
him. 

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Otherwise it will come to pass. 
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with his fathers, that I and my 
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offenders. 
Bathsheba listens. 

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And again, Nathan here, by what 
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providing us yet more principles
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should do with somebody who is 
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ignorance or causing problems. 
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are frail, if they do lack 
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boldness and stepping out in 
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things, what are the I'm reading
something okay. 

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What are the three things you 
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Maybe more or less, but I see 
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Bathsheba, he first tells her to
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And she does. 
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about how to confront 
respectfully Bathsheba, verse 

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16, bowed and paying homage to 
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So she comes with the sense of 
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She comes with the sense of 
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But more than respect, she comes
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advice, he he brings the 
Bathsheba a format. 

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And the format was bring it in 
the forms of questions. 

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Remember we had her Q&A. 
Somebody asked how do I? 

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How do I confront with somebody 
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Ask questions, even even with 
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Give them a chance to come 
clean. 

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Give them a chance to be honest.
Give them a chance to prove 

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their integrity and their 
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Ask questions. 
And sometimes when people are in

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error, we assume that they do 
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they were doing it really just 
out of ignorance and foolishness

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and a lack of understanding, so 
respectfully, carefully, but 

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also urgently, urgently. 
The most unloving thing that you

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and I can do when somebody is 
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and to delay. 
Our willingness to confront them

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because of whatever selfish 
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even cause more harm. 
Has anybody here ever eaten at a

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restaurant and you were 
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So much so that there was 
something in your teeth and you 

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went through that whole day 
fellowship, been going out for 

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ice cream after the fact, All 
that's come into your car, put 

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down the mirror and realize that
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Why didn't anybody tell me? 
Right. 

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Why didn't anybody tell me about
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Isn't it a nice thing when 
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got something here. 
Hey, brother, sister, you got 

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something here. 
You've done it, haven't you? 

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You've seen it and you've just 
like, I'm not going to deal with

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that. 
Just let them figure it out 

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themselves. 
There's something about us that 

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we we really, most people are 
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unfortunately that transfers 
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If if I see correction in that 
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simple example, that's a gift. 
If you come up to me, say 

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something, brother to see your 
brother. 

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This is this like this. 
Can you fix it? 

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I say thank you for that. 
I didn't want to continue in 

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that way. 
I appreciate it. 

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I look silly. 
I look wrong. 

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I look like I didn't take care 
of myself. 

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I look like I don't care about 
my hygiene. 

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I appreciate that. 
Thank you. 

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Well, take correction the same 
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It's a gift. 
It's a gift. 

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Thank you for that. 
I didn't see. 

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I didn't know. 
My attitude was. 

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I didn't know. 
I didn't know I was. 

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That's how I came off when I say
certain things. 

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Thank you for that. 
Don't get all uptight. 

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And if they love you, if they're
in Christ, and bless them for 

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that, respectfully, carefully, 
urgently. 

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Bathsheba tries to obey. 
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she was instructed to do it. 
And so she comes to her husband,

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and she tells him with warning 
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Now, my Lord the king, the eyes 
of all Israel on you to tell 

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them who shall sit on the throne
of my Lord the king after him. 

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Otherwise it will come to pass. 
When my Lord the king sleeps 

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with his fathers, that I and my 
son Solomon will be counted 

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offenders. 
Like, listen, if you don't take 

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this seriously, people will die.
I will die. 

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Your son Solomon will die. 
Do you understand the 

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repercussions? 
Do you see how serious your 

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delay is? 
When God wants to spring us into

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action, when we are in that 
place of whether that be 

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weakness or hesitation or 
ignorance, He will often often 

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use how we use Nathan, a 
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That's his primary means through
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worth is being brought forth. 
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this place and preachers across 
this land are men who are filled

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with the Holy Spirit. 
So they don't just give nice 

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lessons, but they speak with 
power and insight and 

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sensitivity to the Holy Spirit, 
so they can actually speak into 

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people's lives through the word 
of God. 

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That's how the Lord speaks to 
us, to stir us, right? 

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But that's not the only way the 
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place of concern to a place of 
His desired will and purpose. 

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God has many means, and He is so
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He knows how to bring us where 
He needs to bring us. 

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One of my favorite examples of 
that truth, which I praise God 

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for, is the early church in the 
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God gave clear directions of 
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the regions they were to cover, 
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You're very familiar with that, 
right? 

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What are we told in Acts 18? 
Where were they supposed to 

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start with the gospel? 
Jerusalem. 

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And then where? 
Judea. 

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Very good. 
And then where very good. 

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And then the ends of the earth. 
Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria. 

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The ends of the earth? 
That's what the Lord said for 

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the first seven chapters. 
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Jerusalem. 
They made no progress to the 

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outside regions. 
They stayed in Jerusalem, for 

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whatever reason, there was some 
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What did the Lord do to get them
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So we love Acts 18. 
Go to Acts 81 and you'll see how

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God brought them from where they
were staying to where they 

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needed to be. 
And just look at the ways of 

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God. 
Look at the means of God. 

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Look at the Providence of God, 
and that it caused your heart to

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rejoice. 
He didn't send another Angel. 

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He didn't make his voice from 
Acts 18 be heard again in the 

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churches. 
He does this in Acts 81. 

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In Acts 81, we're told, and Saul
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And there arose on that day a 
great not just persecution, a 

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great persecution against the 
church in Jerusalem. 

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And they were all scattered 
throughout the regions of where 

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Judea and Samaria, except the 
apostles. 

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How many? 
How am I going to get this 

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church, my church, to get to 
Judea and Samaria? 

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Ah, persecution. 
Not a prophet, not a messenger. 

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Persecution. 
You want God to lead your life 

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in mine, huh? 
Very strange, the way he leads 

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us. 
Very strange the way he brings 

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us from one place to the next. 
So God wants you to get 

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somewhere. 
And what does he do? 

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It's not a promotion. 
You get fired. 

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What's this all about? 
And how many scenarios can we 

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give where it seems to be a 
negative? 

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It seems to be a resistance. 
It seems to be a challenge. 

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When in fact it's the doorway. 
It's the doorway. 

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And so God knows how to get your
attention, especially if you 

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didn't hear Him after the 1st 10
sermons after the 15 Bible 

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studies to move you. 
Isn't it a wonderful thing to be

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in the will of God? 
Isn't it a wonderful thing to be

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a child of God? 
He patiently knows how to lead 

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us sometimes, even if it's 
there's some bruises that need 

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to come with it ultimately so 
that we can be conformed to His 

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will. 
All things work together for the

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good of those who are called 
according to His purpose. 

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All things. 
And so here's David. 

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He has his world shook, so to 
speak, and he has to deal with 

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this. 
And So what happens, Verse 22, 

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while she was still speaking 
with the king, Nathan the 

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prophet came in right according 
to plan. 

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And they told the king here is 
Nathan the prophet. 

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And when he came in before the 
king, he bowed before the king 

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with his face to the ground. 
Let me pause and just say this. 

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Earlier we praised Nathan for 
being a person, a prophet, 

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willing to care for and love 
someone like Bathsheba of all 

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people. 
David, right? 

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But I also see something 
praiseworthy of David here is 

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David still near the end of his 
life, clinging to Nathan as a 

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friend, having his life open to 
a friend like Nathan still. 

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Do you know why that's 
significant? 

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If you remember when we were 
introduced to Nathan, we studied

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how every mention of Nathan in 
connection to David, every 

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mention of David and Nathan 
together, Nathan is giving David

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some kind of direction. 
Second Samuel Chapter 7, when 

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when David wanted to build a 
temple. 

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00:25:52,790 --> 00:25:56,710
Second Samuel chapter 12 when 
David was in sin and Nathan 

453
00:25:56,710 --> 00:25:59,390
rebukes him. 
And now we see him here in First

454
00:25:59,390 --> 00:26:01,790
Kings near the end of his life. 
He's telling him what to do. 

455
00:26:03,550 --> 00:26:06,550
That's a real friend. 
That's someone that you should 

456
00:26:06,550 --> 00:26:08,990
have in your life. 
I hope you have a person in your

457
00:26:08,990 --> 00:26:13,690
life that is loving enough to 
speak into your life, even if it

458
00:26:13,690 --> 00:26:17,810
cuts you at 1st. 
That draws you closer to the 

459
00:26:17,810 --> 00:26:19,810
will of God, not away from the 
will of God. 

460
00:26:20,090 --> 00:26:22,770
I hope you have someone like 
that, that whenever you hang out

461
00:26:22,770 --> 00:26:24,370
with them, you want to be 
godlier. 

462
00:26:25,210 --> 00:26:27,650
Whenever you hang out with them,
Do you have anybody like that? 

463
00:26:27,650 --> 00:26:29,890
Whenever you talk to me, like, 
man, I want to read my Bible 

464
00:26:29,890 --> 00:26:31,610
now. 
I have friends like that. 

465
00:26:31,610 --> 00:26:33,850
It's like I don't know my Bible.
I didn't see it that I got to go

466
00:26:33,850 --> 00:26:38,250
back and read or or somebody's 
just that person makes me want 

467
00:26:38,250 --> 00:26:40,240
to pray. 
A person wants me to be, makes 

468
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,600
me want to be more holy, more 
committed, more zealous. 

469
00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:45,560
Ask God for that kind of a 
friend. 

470
00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,240
And when you have that kind of, 
and if you do have that kind of 

471
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,160
a friend, if you do have that 
kind of a church, don't take it 

472
00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:54,400
for granted. 
Thank God for that. 

473
00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:59,240
Praise God for that. 
David made a willful choice. 

474
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:01,080
He had the authority to kill him
if he wanted to. 

475
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,800
He was the king. 
Prophets have been slain before 

476
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,040
for standing up against 
disobedient kings. 

477
00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:09,980
But this king says you're my 
friend. 

478
00:27:09,980 --> 00:27:11,980
In fact, one of David's children
was named Nathan. 

479
00:27:11,980 --> 00:27:13,580
I wonder if he named them after 
his friend. 

480
00:27:16,540 --> 00:27:19,700
And there's evidence here that 
perhaps David did praise God for

481
00:27:19,700 --> 00:27:21,380
Nathan in some way. 
Because look here. 

482
00:27:21,380 --> 00:27:23,100
So Nathan says. 
Now let's read it. 

483
00:27:23,260 --> 00:27:29,100
There's a lot of verses, by the 
way, he says here, verse 24. 

484
00:27:29,100 --> 00:27:31,380
Nathan said, My Lord the king, 
have you said I don't? 

485
00:27:31,380 --> 00:27:34,620
I just shall reign after me, and
he shall sit on my throne free 

486
00:27:34,620 --> 00:27:37,020
has gone down this day. 
And I sacrifice oxen fattened 

487
00:27:37,020 --> 00:27:39,500
cattle and sheep and abundance, 
and has invited all the King's 

488
00:27:39,500 --> 00:27:41,780
sons the commanders of the army,
and have you after the priest. 

489
00:27:41,780 --> 00:27:43,380
And behold they're eating and 
drinking before him. 

490
00:27:43,380 --> 00:27:46,300
And saying, Long live king out 
of Nyjah. 

491
00:27:47,820 --> 00:27:50,860
But me your servant, and Zadok 
the priest, and Bennaya the son 

492
00:27:50,860 --> 00:27:53,860
of Jehodia and your servant, 
solemn he is not invited. 

493
00:27:53,980 --> 00:27:57,140
Has this thing being brought 
about my Lord by my Lord the 

494
00:27:57,140 --> 00:27:59,660
king and you have not told your 
servants who should sit on the 

495
00:27:59,660 --> 00:28:01,100
throne of my Lord the king after
him? 

496
00:28:01,220 --> 00:28:06,030
You see the attitude. 
Hey, David, King did you did 

497
00:28:06,030 --> 00:28:07,710
something change And we're not 
not. 

498
00:28:07,710 --> 00:28:11,110
He didn't point his finger. 
The way is confronting so much 

499
00:28:11,110 --> 00:28:12,790
wisdom. 
Look what David does. 

500
00:28:14,070 --> 00:28:16,550
Then King David answered call 
Bathsheba to me. 

501
00:28:16,830 --> 00:28:19,430
So she came into the King's 
presence and stood before the 

502
00:28:19,430 --> 00:28:23,310
King. 
And the king swore saying, As 

503
00:28:23,310 --> 00:28:28,190
the Lord lives, who has redeemed
my soul out of every adversity, 

504
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,560
as I swore to you by the Lord, 
the God of Israel, saying, 

505
00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,920
Solomon, your son shall reign 
after me, and he shall sit on my

506
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,560
throne in my place. 
Even so will I do this day. 

507
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:43,600
Notice the explosive praise 
before the promise that Solomon 

508
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,280
will succeed him. 
Look at this beautiful 

509
00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:51,720
declaration as the Lord lives 
who has redeemed my soul out of 

510
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:56,840
every adversity. 
David has gone through a lot of 

511
00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,950
adversity, has he? 
Not a lot, whether that be 

512
00:28:59,950 --> 00:29:04,630
foreign armies or internal 
betrayals and strife, his 

513
00:29:04,630 --> 00:29:09,030
fatherinlaw, his son, other 
people from different tribes. 

514
00:29:09,030 --> 00:29:13,230
This man went through a series 
of adversities, and yet at this 

515
00:29:13,230 --> 00:29:16,750
time he pauses. 
He lifts his heart to heaven, 

516
00:29:17,190 --> 00:29:21,030
and he said the Lord. 
The Lord redeemed my soul out of

517
00:29:21,190 --> 00:29:24,590
all of them. 
Why is he saying this? 

518
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,200
Why is he saying this here? 
It seems out of place. 

519
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,640
It just seems kind of random. 
It's noble. 

520
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:30,760
It's it's, it's beautiful. 
But why is he saying this? 

521
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:31,800
Here's why I believe he's saying
this. 

522
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,440
I believe he is saying this 
because he's not just reflecting

523
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,240
on what the Lord has done. 
He's realizing in this moment 

524
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,640
that the Lord is doing what he 
has always done by delivering me

525
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:44,040
yet from another adversity. 
Do you see what I'm saying? 

526
00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:48,120
David is praising God for the 
deliverances that he has known 

527
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,840
because in this very moment he 
is being delivered. 

528
00:29:51,950 --> 00:29:54,830
Because through Nathan the 
Prophet, something is made aware

529
00:29:54,830 --> 00:29:57,990
to him out of Nyjah's wicked 
plan to try to overthrow his 

530
00:29:57,990 --> 00:30:01,030
throne. 
And he goes, oh God, you have 

531
00:30:01,030 --> 00:30:04,190
delivered me from all these 
adversities even now to this 

532
00:30:04,190 --> 00:30:06,230
last moment of my life. 
What? 

533
00:30:06,310 --> 00:30:07,710
What's the lesson? 
God is faithful. 

534
00:30:08,790 --> 00:30:16,830
God is faithful. 
I hope you and I will live for 

535
00:30:16,830 --> 00:30:20,830
the glory of God long enough for
the rest of your life, for you 

536
00:30:20,830 --> 00:30:22,910
and I to be able to say the same
thing David says here. 

537
00:30:24,030 --> 00:30:26,590
He has redeemed my soul out of 
every adverse. 

538
00:30:26,710 --> 00:30:29,230
Just because God is God in your 
life, just because he's your 

539
00:30:29,230 --> 00:30:30,550
shepherd, doesn't mean you're 
not going to go through 

540
00:30:30,550 --> 00:30:31,830
adversities. 
You're going to go through them,

541
00:30:32,350 --> 00:30:33,390
but he will bring you out of 
them. 

542
00:30:34,070 --> 00:30:37,830
That's the difference. 
But a lot of people's theology 

543
00:30:37,830 --> 00:30:39,470
is I'm never going to be 
touched. 

544
00:30:39,470 --> 00:30:41,110
I'm never going to be visited. 
I'm never going to know harm. 

545
00:30:41,110 --> 00:30:42,350
I'm never going to go to the 
heat of the fire. 

546
00:30:42,350 --> 00:30:43,790
I'm never going to know the 
rising waters. 

547
00:30:43,790 --> 00:30:46,030
I'm just going to just just 
float through this life. 

548
00:30:46,030 --> 00:30:51,000
That's not what the Lord says 
out of How are you going to know

549
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:52,680
God's faith in this until you 
have a problem? 

550
00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:55,640
How are you going to know God's 
miracle power unless you stand 

551
00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:57,160
before Red Sea? 
How? 

552
00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,880
Be careful what you're asking 
for, Lord, show me your wisdom. 

553
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,680
Lord, show me your power. 
Lord, show me your mic. 

554
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:05,720
All right, well, here's the 
situation that requires it. 

555
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,560
But David could say confidently,
he could say to something you 

556
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,080
and I could say at the end of 
it, he's saying something that 

557
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,600
you can believe now and you can,
you can lock it in your heart. 

558
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:19,960
He will deliver me out of every 
adversity. 

559
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:21,640
He will. 
Do you want to know the New 

560
00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:23,560
Testament equivalent to David's 
declaration here? 

561
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,320
It was through the lips of the 
Apostle Paul and Second Timothy 

562
00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:28,920
418 Look what Second Timothy 418
is. 

563
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,120
This is a powerful prompt. 
This is a powerful thing for you

564
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:36,040
and I to be able to say over and
over again, especially as you're

565
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:38,880
living for the glory of God. 
And Second Timothy 418 Look what

566
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:43,160
he says. 
The Lord will rescue me from 

567
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:47,510
every evil deed and bring me 
safely into His heavenly 

568
00:31:47,510 --> 00:31:49,390
Kingdom. 
To him be the glory forever and 

569
00:31:49,390 --> 00:31:50,430
ever. 
Amen. 

570
00:31:50,910 --> 00:31:53,230
Amen. 
Indeed, he will. 

571
00:31:53,230 --> 00:31:56,750
From every evil deed, no matter 
how creative, no matter how 

572
00:31:56,750 --> 00:32:00,910
overwhelming, no matter how 
surrounding every evil deed, I 

573
00:32:00,910 --> 00:32:04,830
will be delivered from nothing, 
will be able to sabotage the 

574
00:32:04,830 --> 00:32:09,830
will of God for my life. 
No affliction, no assault, no 

575
00:32:09,870 --> 00:32:15,320
ailment, nothing. 
Every evil deed will be recycled

576
00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:19,240
for the glory of God. 
And David is praising God for 

577
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,200
that. 
And he he responds with urgency.

578
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,880
Nathan approaches him with 
urgency, and he responds with 

579
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:25,600
urgency, and he says, this day, 
I'm not waiting. 

580
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,720
God has made this known to me. 
I'm going to act on this right 

581
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:30,040
now. 
And so they do. 

582
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,240
And as they are now planning, 
David gives this list of 

583
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,920
specific instructions to 
Bathsheba and to Nathan. 

584
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,280
And we see here in verse 34 what
happened. 

585
00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:45,910
Specifically, let's read verse 
32. 

586
00:32:46,070 --> 00:32:49,630
King David said call to me Zadok
the priest, Nathan the Prophet, 

587
00:32:49,630 --> 00:32:52,910
and Bennaya the son of Jehodia. 
So they came before the king. 

588
00:32:52,910 --> 00:32:55,790
And the king said to them, take 
with you the servants of your 

589
00:32:55,790 --> 00:33:01,230
Lord, and have Solomon, my son, 
ride on my own mule and bring 

590
00:33:01,230 --> 00:33:06,310
him down to Guyon or Guillon. 
And let Zadok the priest and 

591
00:33:06,310 --> 00:33:09,550
Nathan the prophet there anoint 
him king over Israel. 

592
00:33:09,870 --> 00:33:14,070
Then blow the trumpet and say, 
Long live King Solomon, you 

593
00:33:14,070 --> 00:33:16,750
shall then come up after me, and
he shall come and sit on my 

594
00:33:16,750 --> 00:33:19,590
throne, for he shall be the 
ruler over Israel and over 

595
00:33:19,590 --> 00:33:23,910
Judah. 
So here are these instructions. 

596
00:33:23,910 --> 00:33:25,750
But something stands out to me 
in verse 34. 

597
00:33:25,750 --> 00:33:27,350
Look at verse 34. 
I wonder. 

598
00:33:27,350 --> 00:33:30,110
I'm asking you this now I'm. 
I'm wondering if something 

599
00:33:30,830 --> 00:33:33,150
stands out to you. 
Look at it and if you can notice

600
00:33:33,150 --> 00:33:40,480
it has to do with these three 
individuals that are named verse

601
00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:47,120
34. 
What positions do each 

602
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:50,320
represent? 
What do you have there? 

603
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,360
Prophet, Priest. 
And who? 

604
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:57,880
King. 
Those are the three major 

605
00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:01,920
leadership offices in the old 
covenant that God instituted to 

606
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:07,510
serve the nation of Israel. 
The prophet spoke on behalf of 

607
00:34:07,510 --> 00:34:09,949
God. 
The priest was the mediator 

608
00:34:09,949 --> 00:34:16,310
between God and man and the king
govern God's people, and here we

609
00:34:16,310 --> 00:34:19,389
see them working together to 
accomplish the will of God. 

610
00:34:19,389 --> 00:34:22,389
And this is a good place to be 
reminded that Jesus made an 

611
00:34:22,389 --> 00:34:28,030
astounding claim about himself 
that he was the greatest. 

612
00:34:28,429 --> 00:34:32,389
He's the greatest prophet, the 
greatest priest, the greatest 

613
00:34:32,389 --> 00:34:34,360
king. 
If you're at the conference, you

614
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:35,639
remembered where Jesus said 
that. 

615
00:34:35,639 --> 00:34:38,000
Who remembers where Jesus said 
that? 

616
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,040
That's what the Thursday night 
session does. 

617
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:47,080
You're still getting acquainted 
and settled in. 

618
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,400
Where did Jesus say I'm the 
greatest priest, I'm the 

619
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:53,920
greatest prophet, I'm the 
greatest king. 

620
00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:57,400
Somebody said Matthew. 
Where in Matthew? 

621
00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:01,640
See. 
Review is good, isn't it? 

622
00:35:02,140 --> 00:35:03,460
It's good. 
Very good. 

623
00:35:03,460 --> 00:35:06,100
Grace Matthew, chapter 12. 
I want to show you where Jesus 

624
00:35:06,100 --> 00:35:08,180
said he's the greatest priest, 
He's the greatest prophet. 

625
00:35:08,180 --> 00:35:09,900
He's the greatest king. 
Matthew, chapter 12. 

626
00:35:09,900 --> 00:35:11,780
Let's look at verse 6. 
All in the same chapter. 

627
00:35:13,100 --> 00:35:16,020
Matthew, chapter 12, verse six. 
What does he say? 

628
00:35:21,130 --> 00:35:25,290
I tell you, something greater 
than the temple is here. 

629
00:35:26,850 --> 00:35:30,670
He's declaring his superior 
priesthood, and with that, him 

630
00:35:30,670 --> 00:35:33,110
being the superior and all 
sufficient sacrifice. 

631
00:35:33,110 --> 00:35:35,150
He's not just a priest, he's a 
sacrifice as well. 

632
00:35:35,750 --> 00:35:39,030
Hebrews declares that over and 
over something greater than the 

633
00:35:39,030 --> 00:35:41,510
Temple is here. 
Whatever the temple represents 

634
00:35:41,510 --> 00:35:43,230
the priesthood and the 
sacrifices there. 

635
00:35:43,230 --> 00:35:47,950
And I'm greater than that. 
Matthew 1241 What is he saying? 

636
00:35:47,950 --> 00:35:53,550
Matthew 1241 The men in Nineveh 
will rise up at the judgment 

637
00:35:53,550 --> 00:35:55,910
with this generation and condemn
it, for they repented at the 

638
00:35:55,910 --> 00:35:59,630
preaching of Jonah and behold, 
something greater than Jonah is 

639
00:35:59,630 --> 00:36:05,110
here. 
Not only in the sense that the 

640
00:36:05,110 --> 00:36:08,470
miracle of Jonah being in the 
belly of the fish pointed to the

641
00:36:08,470 --> 00:36:11,190
resurrection, but the office of 
Prophet as well. 

642
00:36:11,710 --> 00:36:17,910
I am the greatest prophet. 
Matthew 1242 Can you guess what 

643
00:36:17,910 --> 00:36:19,910
the next one is? 
You should know you got a tshirt

644
00:36:19,910 --> 00:36:23,270
with a verse on it. 
The Queen of the South will rise

645
00:36:23,270 --> 00:36:25,430
up of the judgment with this 
generation and condemn it. 

646
00:36:25,430 --> 00:36:27,550
For she came from the ends of 
the earth to hear the wisdom of 

647
00:36:27,550 --> 00:36:29,630
Solomon. 
And behold, something greater 

648
00:36:29,630 --> 00:36:33,550
than Solomon is here. 
Something greater than the 

649
00:36:33,550 --> 00:36:36,230
temple, Something greater than 
Jonah, Something greater than 

650
00:36:36,230 --> 00:36:47,270
Solomon, Priest, prophet, King. 
The concept of those things 

651
00:36:47,270 --> 00:36:52,420
being mixed together in one 
person was totally foreign. 

652
00:36:52,700 --> 00:36:54,580
It was actually illegal in the 
old covenant. 

653
00:36:55,140 --> 00:36:58,460
There was one king who thought 
that he can presume to be the 

654
00:36:58,460 --> 00:36:59,980
king or the priest at the same 
time. 

655
00:36:59,980 --> 00:37:04,260
Who was that king Salt attempted
to sacrifice? 

656
00:37:04,260 --> 00:37:07,420
And there was another one. 
He became a leopard because of 

657
00:37:07,420 --> 00:37:10,500
it. 
King Guziya, when he attempted 

658
00:37:10,500 --> 00:37:15,740
to give incense in the temple 
and God struck him with leprosy.

659
00:37:17,380 --> 00:37:18,940
You could not overlap those 
offices. 

660
00:37:18,980 --> 00:37:22,690
And yet Jesus, by claiming he's 
the greatest prophet, greatest 

661
00:37:22,770 --> 00:37:25,250
priest, greatest king, you know 
what he's saying? 

662
00:37:25,730 --> 00:37:29,170
I'm all of those things in one 
person. 

663
00:37:31,370 --> 00:37:32,370
I'm not just one of those 
things. 

664
00:37:32,370 --> 00:37:35,970
I'm all of those things, he 
declared it. 

665
00:37:35,970 --> 00:37:38,410
Did the New Testament authors 
believe that about Jesus? 

666
00:37:38,410 --> 00:37:42,770
Did the apostles believe that? 
Can I show you one place? 

667
00:37:42,770 --> 00:37:44,770
Just this is just really, really
exciting. 

668
00:37:45,090 --> 00:37:48,050
I want to show you one place, 
just one example of how the New 

669
00:37:48,050 --> 00:37:52,060
Testament authors, the authors 
of the Epistles, believe that 

670
00:37:52,060 --> 00:37:54,420
about Jesus. 
Hebrews chapter one. 

671
00:37:54,500 --> 00:38:04,620
Let's look at the 1st 3 verses. 
I love the book of Hebrews. 

672
00:38:04,620 --> 00:38:06,380
You know why? 
It is saturated with Old 

673
00:38:06,380 --> 00:38:10,140
Testament references, Old 
Testament imagery, Old Testament

674
00:38:10,140 --> 00:38:12,460
shadows pointing to the 
substance in Jesus Christ. 

675
00:38:12,900 --> 00:38:14,700
But look at Hebrews one. 
We're very familiar with this. 

676
00:38:14,700 --> 00:38:15,900
I wonder if you've seen this 
before. 

677
00:38:16,780 --> 00:38:19,740
Verse one long ago at many 
times, and I want to see if you 

678
00:38:19,740 --> 00:38:22,980
noticed this. 
And in many ways God spoke to 

679
00:38:22,980 --> 00:38:26,000
our fathers by the prophets. 
But in these last days He's 

680
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,880
spoken to us by his Son, whom he
appointed the air of all things.

681
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:30,640
Through him also he created the 
world. 

682
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:34,200
He is the radiance of the glory 
of God in the exact imprint of 

683
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,240
his nature. 
And He upholds the universe by 

684
00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:39,520
the word of His power. 
After making purification for 

685
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,400
sins, he sat down at the right 
hand of the Majesty on high. 

686
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:48,520
Did you see it? 
Where's the reference to 

687
00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:54,200
Prophet? 
Look at verse one. 

688
00:38:54,670 --> 00:38:56,950
God spoke to our fathers by the 
prophets. 

689
00:38:56,950 --> 00:38:59,510
Verse 2. 
But in these last days he has 

690
00:38:59,510 --> 00:39:01,990
spoken to us. 
By his Son. 

691
00:39:03,270 --> 00:39:04,870
By his Son. 
Now he speaks. 

692
00:39:05,070 --> 00:39:08,310
This is the true messenger. 
This is the one who would bring 

693
00:39:08,310 --> 00:39:10,110
forth not just the word. 
He is the word. 

694
00:39:12,150 --> 00:39:13,870
Where do we see priests? 
Did you catch it? 

695
00:39:15,670 --> 00:39:17,470
Good. 
Look at verse three. 

696
00:39:17,810 --> 00:39:20,530
He is the radiance of the glory 
of God and the exact imprint of 

697
00:39:20,530 --> 00:39:22,290
his nature. 
And he upholds the universe by 

698
00:39:22,290 --> 00:39:26,610
the word of his power after 
making purification for sins. 

699
00:39:27,770 --> 00:39:34,890
Priest, where's king? 
Right after he sat down at the 

700
00:39:34,890 --> 00:39:36,330
right hand of the majesty on 
high. 

701
00:39:37,810 --> 00:39:41,650
So verse one, you have Jesus 
speaking forth the word of God. 

702
00:39:41,650 --> 00:39:44,090
In the old all these prophets 
came, and now the prophet of 

703
00:39:44,090 --> 00:39:47,010
prophets has come. 
In the old all these purified 

704
00:39:47,010 --> 00:39:50,290
sins have come, but he has for 
one time at all time, for all 

705
00:39:50,290 --> 00:39:53,890
time made purification for sins.
And not only that, he has been 

706
00:39:54,010 --> 00:39:59,170
exalted and he has sended into 
majestic glory, sitting today as

707
00:39:59,170 --> 00:40:02,090
a ruler and the sovereign 
overall the universe. 

708
00:40:03,330 --> 00:40:05,930
Isn't that exciting? 
I hope so. 

709
00:40:07,010 --> 00:40:10,730
Priest, Prophet, King, Prophet, 
Priest, king, king. 

710
00:40:11,210 --> 00:40:15,340
Now do you believe that even 
though each? 

711
00:40:15,340 --> 00:40:17,540
One of these offices occupied 
their own lane. 

712
00:40:19,100 --> 00:40:21,180
Do you believe that? 
There was an anticipation for 

713
00:40:21,180 --> 00:40:25,820
the Messiah to occupy all three.
Let me ask you this way was. 

714
00:40:25,820 --> 00:40:28,540
There any anticipation where? 
Is there any prophetic 

715
00:40:28,620 --> 00:40:33,580
indication that when this 
Messiah comes, he will in fact 

716
00:40:33,580 --> 00:40:38,970
be these things all in one 
because we kind of limit the 

717
00:40:38,970 --> 00:40:41,050
Messiah? 
Son of David as the king, sure. 

718
00:40:41,050 --> 00:40:44,330
But is there any other clear 
indication, prophetic utterance 

719
00:40:44,690 --> 00:40:48,570
that he would be more than that?
That he would be the unification

720
00:40:48,570 --> 00:40:50,610
of these offices to prove 
something? 

721
00:40:50,810 --> 00:40:53,650
That he is the greatest leader? 
He is the only deliver. 

722
00:40:53,770 --> 00:40:59,170
He's the one that eclipses every
other attempt of delivering the 

723
00:40:59,170 --> 00:41:02,450
people of God, yes. 
Very good. 

724
00:41:02,930 --> 00:41:06,750
One of the most favorite psalms.
Utilize in the New Testament by 

725
00:41:06,750 --> 00:41:11,790
the Holy Spirit. 
What's that Psalm Psalm 110. 

726
00:41:12,670 --> 00:41:15,550
Psalm 110 What are we told? 
Well, let's look at verse one. 

727
00:41:15,550 --> 00:41:18,030
You have your Bible as a Bible 
study, right? 

728
00:41:18,310 --> 00:41:20,990
Good. 
I love the screen, but 

729
00:41:20,990 --> 00:41:25,270
sometimes. 
It makes me nervous, the Lord 

730
00:41:25,270 --> 00:41:28,350
says to my Lord. 
Sit at my right hand until I 

731
00:41:28,350 --> 00:41:30,790
make your enemies. 
Your foot still sit at my right 

732
00:41:30,790 --> 00:41:35,690
hand. 
That's royalty sit where I sit 

733
00:41:35,690 --> 00:41:38,570
so to. 
Sit in this place of authority. 

734
00:41:39,490 --> 00:41:41,170
But then you read on. 
What is it saying? 

735
00:41:41,170 --> 00:41:43,010
Verse 2. 
The Lord sends forth from Zion 

736
00:41:43,010 --> 00:41:45,210
your mighty scepter rule in the 
midst of your enemies. 

737
00:41:45,210 --> 00:41:47,770
That's still kingly language. 
Verse three, your people will 

738
00:41:47,770 --> 00:41:50,450
offer themselves freely on the 
day of your power and holy 

739
00:41:50,450 --> 00:41:52,010
garments from the womb of the 
morning. 

740
00:41:52,010 --> 00:41:53,490
The dew of your youth will be 
yours. 

741
00:41:53,690 --> 00:41:54,610
Now look what? 
Here it says. 

742
00:41:54,810 --> 00:41:57,250
The Lord has sworn he's still 
speaking about the Lord. 

743
00:41:57,490 --> 00:41:59,690
The Lord has sworn and will not 
change his mind. 

744
00:41:59,890 --> 00:42:03,250
You are priest forever after the
order of Melchizedek. 

745
00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:09,840
I wonder what David's reaction? 
Was to that when the Holy Spirit

746
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:13,160
inspired that in him. 
Here is one of my. 

747
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:16,720
Sons is not just going to be my 
descendant, he's also going to 

748
00:42:16,720 --> 00:42:21,520
be my Lord, and the Lord is 
going to exalt him to the place 

749
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:26,240
of heavenly glory and authority.
Wow, one of my sons is going to 

750
00:42:26,240 --> 00:42:30,400
be exalted to such a status. 
And then, as the Holy Spirit is 

751
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:31,760
revealing, this time he's also 
learning. 

752
00:42:32,180 --> 00:42:34,300
But he's also going to be a 
priest. 

753
00:42:36,020 --> 00:42:40,100
Uziah was stricken for 
attempting to be both king and 

754
00:42:40,100 --> 00:42:43,660
priest, but my son is going to 
be exalted as king and also 

755
00:42:43,660 --> 00:42:48,980
occupied the office of priest, 
not after the order of Levi but.

756
00:42:48,980 --> 00:42:52,580
After the order of Melchizedek, 
wow, can I show you one of my 

757
00:42:52,580 --> 00:42:55,860
favorite prophecies concerning 
Jesus, the Messiah being King 

758
00:42:55,860 --> 00:43:02,330
and priest at the same time? 
Zachariah Chapter 6 Go to 

759
00:43:02,330 --> 00:43:04,370
Zachariah chapter 6 quickly I. 
Want you to see this because I 

760
00:43:04,370 --> 00:43:10,770
want you to be absolutely amazed
of how these ancient scriptures 

761
00:43:10,770 --> 00:43:12,890
point to the Jesus you love and 
adore today. 

762
00:43:15,050 --> 00:43:17,450
Jesus didn't just. 
Surprise, Israel. 

763
00:43:17,650 --> 00:43:23,290
Jesus was anticipated, 
predicted, prophesied about, and

764
00:43:23,290 --> 00:43:26,450
it was the ignorance of the 
Jewish leadership that caused 

765
00:43:26,450 --> 00:43:28,730
them to reject them in such a 
way, with all their sin and envy

766
00:43:28,730 --> 00:43:31,070
and all that stuff. 
But look at Zechariah 6. 

767
00:43:31,070 --> 00:43:34,270
Let's look at verse 11 and 
Zechariah 6. 

768
00:43:35,310 --> 00:43:38,990
Let's go to verse 12. 
Actually, here's a prophecy. 

769
00:43:38,990 --> 00:43:41,470
Look at this. 
And say to him Thus says the 

770
00:43:41,470 --> 00:43:46,510
Lord of hosts, behold the man 
whose name is the branch capital

771
00:43:46,510 --> 00:43:48,350
B. 
Do you know what would make a 

772
00:43:48,350 --> 00:43:51,670
fascinating study? 
Studying all the places in the 

773
00:43:51,670 --> 00:43:54,470
Old Testament where Jesus is 
referred to as the branch. 

774
00:43:56,730 --> 00:43:59,210
Amazing references. 
Amazing promises and 

775
00:43:59,210 --> 00:44:01,410
prerogatives that are tied into 
that title. 

776
00:44:01,410 --> 00:44:03,450
The branch. 
Have you heard Jesus? 

777
00:44:03,450 --> 00:44:06,610
The Branch. 
The branch. 

778
00:44:07,290 --> 00:44:11,850
For he shall branch out from his
place, and he shall he shall 

779
00:44:11,850 --> 00:44:16,610
build the temple of the Lord. 
Some would say that's the 

780
00:44:16,610 --> 00:44:19,010
spiritual. 
That's the Church of Jesus 

781
00:44:19,010 --> 00:44:21,690
Christ. 
Yes, he is building a temple, 

782
00:44:21,690 --> 00:44:23,930
but there's also physical temple
to come. 

783
00:44:25,250 --> 00:44:26,530
Look at the next verse Now this 
is where he. 

784
00:44:26,530 --> 00:44:28,690
Gets exciting. 
It is he who shall build the 

785
00:44:28,690 --> 00:44:33,450
temple of the Lord, and shall 
bear royal honor and shall sit 

786
00:44:33,490 --> 00:44:36,330
and rule on his throne. 
Now look at this and there most 

787
00:44:36,330 --> 00:44:38,970
translation says he King James, 
New King James. 

788
00:44:39,090 --> 00:44:42,970
And a SVESV says there, but it 
says, And there shall be a 

789
00:44:42,970 --> 00:44:47,890
priest on his throne, and he 
shall be a. 

790
00:44:47,890 --> 00:44:51,970
Priest on his throne, Huh. 
Priest on the throne? 

791
00:44:52,250 --> 00:44:58,450
Unheard of, unheard of, but. 
This branch, this Messiah, he 

792
00:44:58,450 --> 00:45:00,650
will build a temple, and from 
that temple will be his 

793
00:45:00,650 --> 00:45:03,010
headquarters. 
And that headquarters will not 

794
00:45:03,010 --> 00:45:07,130
only be the temple, it will be 
where he exercises his sovereign

795
00:45:07,130 --> 00:45:13,490
rule as king priests on his 
throne and the council. 

796
00:45:13,490 --> 00:45:15,770
Of peace shall be between them 
both. 

797
00:45:17,250 --> 00:45:19,890
So yeah, the prophets. 
Understood that there is a 

798
00:45:19,890 --> 00:45:22,740
Messiah to come. 
That will occupy something that 

799
00:45:22,740 --> 00:45:25,140
has never been known and was not
permitted to be known. 

800
00:45:25,580 --> 00:45:29,300
Prophet, priest, king, one 
person, Jesus Christ of 

801
00:45:29,300 --> 00:45:34,820
Nazareth. 
That's who it is and what's 

802
00:45:34,820 --> 00:45:37,140
gonna happen is. 
To this, most of the chapter, 

803
00:45:37,500 --> 00:45:41,980
Jonathan is going to spell out 
in detail what just occurred in 

804
00:45:41,980 --> 00:45:47,100
the city concerning Solomon 
becoming king and taking over 

805
00:45:47,100 --> 00:45:51,390
his father's place. 
I would read the rest of this, 

806
00:45:51,390 --> 00:45:52,990
but I'm going to. 
Pause and ask this question. 

807
00:45:53,510 --> 00:45:55,910
Have we seen this character, 
Jonathan, the son of Abby 

808
00:45:55,910 --> 00:46:01,830
Athler, before? 
If so, where? 

809
00:46:06,910 --> 00:46:08,230
OK, good. 
So we've. 

810
00:46:08,270 --> 00:46:11,430
Seen him back in Second Samuel. 
We've seen him back in Second 

811
00:46:11,430 --> 00:46:14,670
Samuel, Chapter 15, and if you 
want to turn there, you can. 

812
00:46:14,670 --> 00:46:16,710
I want you to see who this 
Jonathan is because it's going 

813
00:46:16,710 --> 00:46:18,510
to be very important 
understanding what he's doing 

814
00:46:18,510 --> 00:46:24,870
here. 
And second Samuel 15. 

815
00:46:28,510 --> 00:46:32,630
We're told here in verse 27, the
king also said to Xanax the 

816
00:46:32,630 --> 00:46:35,270
priest, Are you not a seer? 
Go back to the city in peace 

817
00:46:35,270 --> 00:46:38,590
with your two sons, Ahimaz, your
son, and Jonathan, the son of 

818
00:46:38,590 --> 00:46:41,190
Abiath. 
I remember this is this is David

819
00:46:41,190 --> 00:46:44,710
now in exile. 
Absalom kicked him out and here 

820
00:46:44,710 --> 00:46:45,990
he is trying to figure out what 
to do. 

821
00:46:45,990 --> 00:46:50,460
And one of the plans is that. 
The son of Zadok and the son of 

822
00:46:50,940 --> 00:46:55,260
Abiatra remain near the premises
of Absalom and his throne so 

823
00:46:55,260 --> 00:46:58,260
that they can have Intel about 
what Absalom is going to do 

824
00:46:58,260 --> 00:47:01,300
next. 
Jonathan, the son of Abiatra. 

825
00:47:01,300 --> 00:47:05,780
Was a spy for David during 
Absalom's revolt. 

826
00:47:07,100 --> 00:47:10,780
He put his life on the line. 
He risked his life. 

827
00:47:11,020 --> 00:47:15,230
He was loyal to David. 
And now we see him again, right?

828
00:47:15,230 --> 00:47:18,550
We see him next in Second Samuel
17, when he almost gets caught 

829
00:47:18,950 --> 00:47:22,110
after the news about abstinence 
plan to attack came to him. 

830
00:47:22,710 --> 00:47:24,830
And then there's silence. 
And then we see him again in 

831
00:47:24,830 --> 00:47:28,430
First Kings chapter one. 
So is Jonathan a good guy or a 

832
00:47:28,430 --> 00:47:32,790
bad guy with that knowledge, 
with that background? 

833
00:47:34,110 --> 00:47:35,670
He's a good guy, we can honestly
say. 

834
00:47:35,830 --> 00:47:38,670
He's a faithful servant to the 
cause of Yahweh. 

835
00:47:41,310 --> 00:47:44,380
Now we see him here. 
And he does something that he 

836
00:47:44,380 --> 00:47:47,340
did back in Second Samuel 17, 
where he gives report. 

837
00:47:49,100 --> 00:47:52,700
But there's something strange 
going on because he's giving 

838
00:47:52,700 --> 00:48:01,820
report to who out of Naija? 
What happened to Jonathan? 

839
00:48:04,740 --> 00:48:07,380
Do we have any right to question
his loyalty now? 

840
00:48:08,540 --> 00:48:11,220
Any clues? 
Based on what I read there that 

841
00:48:11,220 --> 00:48:14,620
would give you the right to 
question Jonathan's fidelity? 

842
00:48:22,150 --> 00:48:25,150
Very good observation. 
Abby Yathar, remember, was at 

843
00:48:25,150 --> 00:48:28,870
this party. 
He, with Jo AB joined and 

844
00:48:29,030 --> 00:48:31,030
changed their allegiance over to
AD and Naija. 

845
00:48:31,030 --> 00:48:36,830
Yes, but was it just his father?
Any clue on what we read here? 

846
00:48:36,830 --> 00:48:42,030
Any insight that might cause us 
to question Jonathan, Yes, 

847
00:48:43,470 --> 00:48:44,830
that's a very. 
Good point. 

848
00:48:44,830 --> 00:48:47,910
Did you hear that? 
Notice what AD and I just said. 

849
00:48:49,710 --> 00:48:53,630
Jonathan as and I just said, 
come in for you are a worthy man

850
00:48:53,630 --> 00:48:55,990
and bring good news. 
Now generally that would be a 

851
00:48:55,990 --> 00:48:57,550
good commendation. 
That would be something 

852
00:48:58,030 --> 00:49:03,270
honorable, but not from a guy 
like this ad. 

853
00:49:03,270 --> 00:49:06,270
And Nigel was very strategic on 
who to invite and who not to 

854
00:49:06,270 --> 00:49:08,190
bring in and who to bring in 
right to his little get 

855
00:49:08,190 --> 00:49:10,310
together. 
He didn't invite Nathan, he 

856
00:49:10,310 --> 00:49:13,950
didn't invite Benai. 
He didn't invite Zadok because 

857
00:49:13,950 --> 00:49:16,950
he understood their strong. 
Stance that he understood that 

858
00:49:16,950 --> 00:49:20,710
they would not compromise. 
So what does it say about 

859
00:49:20,710 --> 00:49:22,190
Jonathan, the son of Abbie 
Athar? 

860
00:49:22,190 --> 00:49:24,670
For Adam and I just say, oh, 
he's a good guy. 

861
00:49:24,830 --> 00:49:27,230
Come on in. 
Question mark. 

862
00:49:27,230 --> 00:49:32,430
Right Flag. 
So is he a traitor? 

863
00:49:32,750 --> 00:49:35,390
Could be. 
But then you read what he says 

864
00:49:35,390 --> 00:49:37,070
and then you're even more 
confused. 

865
00:49:37,950 --> 00:49:41,070
So now he explains, right. 
So he brings good news. 

866
00:49:41,070 --> 00:49:43,630
And Jonathan's like, not really.
Verse 43. 

867
00:49:44,270 --> 00:49:46,790
Jonathan, answered. 
Adam and I just no for our Lord 

868
00:49:46,790 --> 00:49:49,390
King. 
David has made Solomon a king, 

869
00:49:50,070 --> 00:49:52,670
and the king he has sent with 
him Zach the priest, Nathan the 

870
00:49:52,670 --> 00:49:55,550
prophet, Benign, the son of 
Johadada Joyada and the 

871
00:49:55,550 --> 00:49:58,110
Carothites and the Pelothites. 
And they had him ride on the 

872
00:49:58,110 --> 00:50:00,030
King's mule. 
And Zach the priest and Nathan 

873
00:50:00,030 --> 00:50:02,030
the prophet have anointed him 
king, a guy on. 

874
00:50:02,430 --> 00:50:05,030
And they have gone up from there
rejoicing so that the city is in

875
00:50:05,030 --> 00:50:07,070
an uproar. 
This is a noise that you have 

876
00:50:07,070 --> 00:50:08,270
heard. 
And he goes out to explain in 

877
00:50:08,270 --> 00:50:13,950
great detail what happened. 
Any clue in what Jonathan said? 

878
00:50:14,730 --> 00:50:17,810
That might actually indicate the
opposite of what we might think,

879
00:50:18,530 --> 00:50:24,890
that he is in fact still loyal 
to David, King David, and not 

880
00:50:24,890 --> 00:50:26,250
just King. 
David, what does he say? 

881
00:50:27,330 --> 00:50:29,370
Jonathan verse 43 answered 
Anaija. 

882
00:50:29,370 --> 00:50:36,010
No, for our Lord King David so 
at Anaija. 

883
00:50:36,850 --> 00:50:40,090
At least from what we see here, 
still believe that David was the

884
00:50:40,090 --> 00:50:43,690
rightful king, that David still 
had authority that it wasn't. 

885
00:50:44,370 --> 00:50:48,010
King Adan Ija, It's still King. 
So there's some sense of honor 

886
00:50:48,210 --> 00:50:51,210
of the process here, honor of 
who's still truly in the 

887
00:50:51,210 --> 00:50:55,250
position of authority. 
So is he with David? 

888
00:50:55,250 --> 00:50:57,250
Is he against David? 
Is he with Adan Ija? 

889
00:50:57,250 --> 00:50:59,370
Is he against Adan Ija? 
Do you know what I believe about

890
00:50:59,370 --> 00:51:00,650
it? 
He's a confused fellow. 

891
00:51:02,810 --> 00:51:06,210
He's conflicted. 
He's torn. 

892
00:51:06,890 --> 00:51:09,810
As our brother brought up, his 
father is with Adan Ija. 

893
00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:14,400
You don't see. 
Benai you don't see. 

894
00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:17,760
Zadok, you don't see Nathan 
coming to this camp and giving 

895
00:51:17,760 --> 00:51:20,800
them a heads up of what's taking
place, do you? 

896
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:25,080
Why is Jonathan here at the same
time? 

897
00:51:25,720 --> 00:51:28,600
There's something in him that 
still recognizes David for who 

898
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:34,520
he is, for our Lord, King David.
So there's some kind of internal

899
00:51:34,520 --> 00:51:38,440
struggle. 
Here's the lesson from this Your

900
00:51:38,440 --> 00:51:40,720
testimony shouldn't be 
confusing. 

901
00:51:43,500 --> 00:51:44,820
Shouldn't be confusing to 
people. 

902
00:51:45,020 --> 00:51:48,180
People shouldn't wonder that you
are a follower of Christ and 

903
00:51:48,180 --> 00:51:51,500
also how are you that and also a
lover of the world. 

904
00:51:54,020 --> 00:51:55,420
It should be clear. 
Cut it. 

905
00:51:55,820 --> 00:51:59,420
We should be like Nathan and 
these other fellows where even 

906
00:51:59,420 --> 00:52:02,300
the world even at the Nyjah and 
those guys who are rebels could 

907
00:52:02,300 --> 00:52:08,580
say those guys are for real. 
Those guys are truly pledged to 

908
00:52:08,580 --> 00:52:13,060
the anointed one. 
People shouldn't wonder where. 

909
00:52:13,060 --> 00:52:17,740
We stand on these things and 
let's talk about your heart. 

910
00:52:17,940 --> 00:52:22,620
There shouldn't be in your heart
and in mine, this division, 

911
00:52:24,340 --> 00:52:26,420
this, this one foot in one. 
Foot out. 

912
00:52:26,940 --> 00:52:30,180
He is king. 
But I also see this and I want 

913
00:52:30,180 --> 00:52:32,500
to be part of that as well. 
You can't do that. 

914
00:52:33,100 --> 00:52:34,740
He's not going to let you do 
that. 

915
00:52:35,340 --> 00:52:37,340
He won't. 
He wants. 

916
00:52:37,700 --> 00:52:41,940
Everything, every single part of
you to belong to him. 

917
00:52:43,620 --> 00:52:45,220
And so Jonathan here is a very 
sad. 

918
00:52:45,220 --> 00:52:48,100
Picture of somebody who can't 
figure out where he stands. 

919
00:52:50,900 --> 00:52:56,020
It may not be so of us, but you 
know what stands out to me here?

920
00:52:58,340 --> 00:53:02,820
If you look back here in verse 
39, Zanuk anoints him and all 

921
00:53:02,820 --> 00:53:03,980
these. 
Things take place, but look at 

922
00:53:03,980 --> 00:53:06,380
the description of the 
celebration when Solomon is made

923
00:53:06,380 --> 00:53:08,420
king. 
And all the people went up after

924
00:53:08,420 --> 00:53:13,020
him, playing on pipes and 
rejoicing with great joy, so 

925
00:53:13,020 --> 00:53:15,100
that the earth was split by 
their noise. 

926
00:53:16,140 --> 00:53:22,580
Think about it was so loud. 
It was so resounding with shouts

927
00:53:22,580 --> 00:53:25,700
and cries and laughter, perhaps,
that the earth shook. 

928
00:53:25,700 --> 00:53:27,180
I mean, they heard it. 
They weren't too far, but they 

929
00:53:27,180 --> 00:53:30,500
heard it. 
Compare that kind of atmosphere 

930
00:53:30,740 --> 00:53:34,060
with how Nathan describes the 
celebration for King Adenija. 

931
00:53:34,580 --> 00:53:37,540
Go to verse 25. 
Look at this. 

932
00:53:37,540 --> 00:53:39,420
It's very similar but. 
You'll see a difference. 

933
00:53:39,740 --> 00:53:42,860
For he has gone down this day, 
and has sacrificed ox, and 

934
00:53:42,860 --> 00:53:46,340
fattened cattle and sheep, and 
abundance, and has invited all 

935
00:53:46,340 --> 00:53:48,780
the King's sons, the commanders 
of the army, and Abiath of the 

936
00:53:48,780 --> 00:53:50,660
priest. 
And behold, they are eating and 

937
00:53:50,660 --> 00:53:52,660
drinking before. 
I'm saying, Long live King 

938
00:53:52,660 --> 00:53:54,260
Adanaija. 
What's the difference? 

939
00:53:57,820 --> 00:54:01,940
Both had people, both had. 
Specific protocols and. 

940
00:54:02,820 --> 00:54:04,060
But there's something that 
stands out. 

941
00:54:06,170 --> 00:54:07,370
Not the eating and drinking, not
the. 

942
00:54:07,370 --> 00:54:11,170
Music even. 
No, not even that necessarily. 

943
00:54:12,850 --> 00:54:16,170
Look at verse 40 again. 
Rejoicing with great joy. 

944
00:54:19,170 --> 00:54:24,250
Rejoicing with great joy. 
There is tangible, observable, 

945
00:54:24,250 --> 00:54:28,410
genuine true joy when Nathan 
describes this. 

946
00:54:29,050 --> 00:54:30,730
We see here that they're eating 
and drinking before. 

947
00:54:30,730 --> 00:54:36,020
I'm saying Long live King 
Atanaija, but here we see that 

948
00:54:36,020 --> 00:54:38,380
there's something. 
Deeper going on, I wonder if 

949
00:54:38,380 --> 00:54:41,540
this is a lesson about how true 
joy is found in being an 

950
00:54:41,540 --> 00:54:45,460
obedience to the will of God. 
You want to live according to 

951
00:54:45,460 --> 00:54:47,060
your selfish. 
Pleasures you want to build your

952
00:54:47,060 --> 00:54:50,300
own little Kingdom. 
You can do that. 

953
00:54:51,420 --> 00:54:52,940
You can try to think that you 
can conjure. 

954
00:54:52,940 --> 00:54:55,100
Up a better plan for your life 
than if you just submit to the 

955
00:54:55,100 --> 00:54:58,140
will of God. 
But you will never know true 

956
00:54:58,260 --> 00:54:59,740
joy. 
Never. 

957
00:55:01,020 --> 00:55:02,860
That's why you should never envy
the wicked. 

958
00:55:03,220 --> 00:55:05,510
Ever. 
Ever envy the wicked? 

959
00:55:05,510 --> 00:55:08,030
And Psalms tells us repeatedly, 
do not envy the wicked. 

960
00:55:08,110 --> 00:55:09,590
Why would we told that? 
Because there's something, 

961
00:55:09,710 --> 00:55:12,430
especially in this day of age 
where everything is plastered 

962
00:55:12,430 --> 00:55:15,270
before you, you can't ignore it.
And we wonder why there's a rate

963
00:55:15,270 --> 00:55:17,990
of anxiety, hiking and 
depression and self esteem 

964
00:55:17,990 --> 00:55:19,630
issues. 
Because all you're seeing is 

965
00:55:19,630 --> 00:55:24,990
fake images of people in their 
lives and what do you think is 

966
00:55:24,990 --> 00:55:27,590
being posted godly? 
Things appraise God. 

967
00:55:27,590 --> 00:55:29,750
There are people who are doing 
that, but most of it is all look

968
00:55:29,750 --> 00:55:34,110
what my life is without God. 
And there's a temptation, right?

969
00:55:35,110 --> 00:55:37,230
Their life looks so easy. 
Their life looks so fun. 

970
00:55:37,230 --> 00:55:39,830
Their life looks so easy and 
wonderful and joyful and 

971
00:55:39,830 --> 00:55:44,390
memories and experiences. 
Oh, and here you are on a Friday

972
00:55:44,390 --> 00:55:47,630
night. 
Week after week at a Bible 

973
00:55:47,630 --> 00:55:49,310
study. 
Amen. 

974
00:55:49,310 --> 00:55:53,550
Indeed. 
And so here's the thing that I 

975
00:55:53,550 --> 00:55:56,470
want to make. 
I want to make known to you even

976
00:55:56,470 --> 00:56:00,990
in a world where people want to 
present themselves in a certain 

977
00:56:00,990 --> 00:56:03,160
way. 
All the little events, all the 

978
00:56:03,160 --> 00:56:06,200
little gatherings, even manmade 
ministries, if they are not 

979
00:56:06,200 --> 00:56:09,280
submitted to the will of God, 
you have one thing guaranteed 

980
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:14,760
they will not know true joy. 
It's only when you align 

981
00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:16,480
yourself to. 
God's will, His purposes. 

982
00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:20,080
And like Zadok and these other 
men, give yourself over to every

983
00:56:20,080 --> 00:56:22,880
detailed instruction that God 
has revealed to you, and conform

984
00:56:22,880 --> 00:56:25,080
your life to that will, you 
know, rejoicing. 

985
00:56:26,450 --> 00:56:30,090
A deep seated happiness that can
never be taken from you where 

986
00:56:30,090 --> 00:56:32,810
you can say Amen. 
I want to be here on a Friday 

987
00:56:32,810 --> 00:56:36,170
night because I know my God. 
I want to know him. 

988
00:56:36,610 --> 00:56:40,490
I want to live for him and it is
my delight to be in his 

989
00:56:40,490 --> 00:56:42,610
presence. 
With God's people, That's 

990
00:56:42,610 --> 00:56:44,450
Supernatural. 
Why are you here? 

991
00:56:44,450 --> 00:56:48,290
Like this is Supernatural. 
You're here on a Friday night 

992
00:56:49,610 --> 00:56:51,970
talking about First Kings 
Chapter One, and you're actually

993
00:56:51,970 --> 00:56:55,850
happy about it. 
That's the Holy Spirit. 

994
00:56:56,640 --> 00:56:58,360
That's the miracle of 
regeneration. 

995
00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:02,800
That's God in you. 
And isn't it a genuine joy? 

996
00:57:03,520 --> 00:57:06,000
Isn't it true rejoicing? 
Absolutely. 

997
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:09,600
Let's end it here. 
Adenija's little party came 

998
00:57:09,600 --> 00:57:14,880
crashing down, and soul will the
purposes and plots of the. 

999
00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:18,360
Wicked verse 49 Then all the 
guests of Adenija trembled and 

1000
00:57:18,360 --> 00:57:22,090
rose, and each went his own way.
And Aden? 

1001
00:57:22,090 --> 00:57:24,890
I just feared Solomon. 
So he arose and went and took 

1002
00:57:24,890 --> 00:57:27,890
hold of the horns of the altar. 
Then it was told Solomon, 

1003
00:57:27,890 --> 00:57:31,650
Behold, Aden, I just fears King 
Solomon, for behold he has laid 

1004
00:57:31,650 --> 00:57:34,330
hold of the horns of the altar, 
saying, Let King Solomon swear 

1005
00:57:34,330 --> 00:57:36,930
to me first that he will not put
his servant to death with the 

1006
00:57:36,930 --> 00:57:39,250
sword. 
Why is he holding on to the 

1007
00:57:39,250 --> 00:57:43,770
horns of the brazen altar? 
It's very good. 

1008
00:57:44,810 --> 00:57:47,530
Not many people know that 
reference because in Exodus 21 

1009
00:57:47,970 --> 00:57:53,200
we are told there by inference 
that there was permission to 

1010
00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:55,360
come. 
To the altar of sacrifice and 

1011
00:57:55,360 --> 00:57:57,800
hold onto the horns. 
On the corner right, there's 

1012
00:57:57,800 --> 00:58:01,080
these little pieces that stuck 
out like horns, and people would

1013
00:58:01,080 --> 00:58:07,480
run there as a place of safety. 
If they have done any wrong, and

1014
00:58:07,480 --> 00:58:10,160
that was permitted to some 
extent, unless they've committed

1015
00:58:10,160 --> 00:58:13,680
a a capital crime that required 
them to be punished by death. 

1016
00:58:14,300 --> 00:58:16,420
And so it was a practice for 
people who knew they were in the

1017
00:58:16,420 --> 00:58:18,820
wrong to flee to the altar and 
to cling. 

1018
00:58:18,860 --> 00:58:20,620
Why the altar? 
Because it represents God's 

1019
00:58:20,620 --> 00:58:23,540
mercy. 
This is where God accepts 

1020
00:58:23,540 --> 00:58:26,420
sacrifice to cover your sin, to 
overlook your your error and 

1021
00:58:26,420 --> 00:58:28,860
your faults. 
And so in in the same way they 

1022
00:58:28,860 --> 00:58:31,340
would run not with a sacrifice, 
but with their guilty hands and 

1023
00:58:31,340 --> 00:58:35,020
say, I'm clinging to the mercy 
of God, surely you will not slay

1024
00:58:35,020 --> 00:58:40,700
me Where God receives sinners. 
In some sense, the altar 

1025
00:58:40,900 --> 00:58:42,820
symbolizes the mercy of Jesus 
Christ. 

1026
00:58:44,860 --> 00:58:46,060
I wonder if that's where the 
term. 

1027
00:58:46,500 --> 00:58:48,300
Altar call comes from come to 
the altar. 

1028
00:58:48,300 --> 00:58:49,460
Maybe that is it. 
I don't know. 

1029
00:58:50,500 --> 00:58:54,140
And so they they clung to this. 
And this is exactly what Adenija

1030
00:58:54,140 --> 00:58:57,060
is doing. 
He's fearful of King Solomon and

1031
00:58:57,060 --> 00:58:59,220
look what Solomon does. 
And Solomon said, if he will 

1032
00:58:59,220 --> 00:59:02,860
show himself a worthy man, not 
one of his hair shall fall to 

1033
00:59:02,860 --> 00:59:04,740
the earth. 
But if wickedness is found in 

1034
00:59:04,740 --> 00:59:09,100
him, he shall die. 
So King Solomon sent and they. 

1035
00:59:09,100 --> 00:59:11,500
Brought him down from the altar,
and he came and paid homage to 

1036
00:59:11,500 --> 00:59:14,580
King Solomon. 
And Solomon said to him, go to 

1037
00:59:14,580 --> 00:59:17,260
your house. 
He paid homage to King Solomon. 

1038
00:59:17,380 --> 00:59:19,580
What goes up? 
And pride will come down. 

1039
00:59:20,580 --> 00:59:22,620
Here's a man who was willing to 
stand up against the will of 

1040
00:59:22,620 --> 00:59:24,500
God, against Solomon. 
And now at the end of the 

1041
00:59:24,500 --> 00:59:27,420
chapter, he's bowing down before
Solomon. 

1042
00:59:28,220 --> 00:59:30,780
And what is Solomon doing here? 
Does he show mercy or not? 

1043
00:59:31,420 --> 00:59:35,580
Incredible mercy. 
Incredible mercy. 

1044
00:59:35,740 --> 00:59:38,060
Not only does it say I'm going 
to let you live, he lets him 

1045
00:59:38,060 --> 00:59:42,180
keep his house, his estate. 
Go to your house, just don't 

1046
00:59:42,180 --> 00:59:44,020
cause trouble and I'll let you 
live. 

1047
00:59:45,140 --> 00:59:46,660
And here at the end of chapter 
one. 

1048
00:59:47,500 --> 00:59:50,860
We see Solomon now finally 
coordinated as king, but we also

1049
00:59:50,860 --> 00:59:54,540
see where He establishes his 
Kingdom, how we establish it. 

1050
00:59:54,580 --> 00:59:59,420
He builds it upon mercy. 
He builds it upon. 

1051
01:00:01,060 --> 01:00:05,060
He builds it upon forgiveness. 
This says something about 

1052
01:00:05,060 --> 01:00:08,020
Solomon. 
This is how he starts. 

1053
01:00:10,160 --> 01:00:12,520
And I was reading this today. 
You know what came to mind? 

1054
01:00:13,520 --> 01:00:18,640
How Solomon ended? 
Does anybody know? 

1055
01:00:18,640 --> 01:00:22,920
I wonder, does anybody know the 
last recorded thing that Solomon

1056
01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:25,560
does before we told that he 
sleeps with his father's? 

1057
01:00:27,120 --> 01:00:37,230
The last recorded thing he 
begins his reign. 

1058
01:00:38,070 --> 01:00:42,750
By choosing not to kill Atanija,
Let me show you how he chooses 

1059
01:00:42,750 --> 01:00:44,550
to end his reign. 
Go to Chapter 11. 

1060
01:00:45,560 --> 01:00:52,240
Please meet me there and verse 
40. 

1061
01:00:53,200 --> 01:00:56,200
This is where Solomon was going 
to be disciplined for his 

1062
01:00:56,200 --> 01:01:00,120
apostasy. 
And the prophet Ahad Jau now 

1063
01:01:00,120 --> 01:01:02,880
comes to a man named Jerabom and
was told that he would receive 

1064
01:01:03,840 --> 01:01:07,880
the Kingdom at least in part. 
Somehow Solomon hears about this

1065
01:01:08,200 --> 01:01:10,040
and verse 40. 
This is the last thing Solomon 

1066
01:01:10,040 --> 01:01:12,040
chooses to do before we're told 
that he sleeps with his 

1067
01:01:12,040 --> 01:01:14,200
father's. 
Solomon sought therefore, to 

1068
01:01:14,200 --> 01:01:18,570
kill. 
Jeraboam But Jeraboam arose and 

1069
01:01:18,570 --> 01:01:23,610
fled into Egypt to Shishak, king
of Egypt, and was in Egypt until

1070
01:01:23,610 --> 01:01:29,330
the death of Solomon. 
That's how he ends. 

1071
01:01:30,610 --> 01:01:32,490
He begins by choosing not to 
kill a man. 

1072
01:01:33,250 --> 01:01:36,330
He ends by trying to kill a man 
justly or unjustly. 

1073
01:01:36,330 --> 01:01:41,290
Unjustly, it's not how you 
start. 

1074
01:01:42,290 --> 01:01:48,770
It's how you and I finish. 
This is a different person, and 

1075
01:01:48,770 --> 01:01:54,890
it's very possible for us to 
start so well, so zealous, so 

1076
01:01:54,890 --> 01:01:59,410
pure, so humble. 
And if we're not on guard, if 

1077
01:01:59,410 --> 01:02:03,170
we're not careful, we can end up
looking completely different 

1078
01:02:03,570 --> 01:02:06,890
than how we did begun. 
May it not be so of us. 

1079
01:02:07,690 --> 01:02:13,210
Stay close to the Lord. 
Listen, finish this race well. 

1080
01:02:13,960 --> 01:02:16,640
Finish well. 
Keep going. 

1081
01:02:17,080 --> 01:02:20,040
Don't give up. 
Don't give in. 

1082
01:02:20,400 --> 01:02:25,000
Don't surrender to the flesh. 
It will be worth it in the end, 

1083
01:02:25,600 --> 01:02:29,160
for the sake of God's glory. 
Would we finish well? 

1084
01:02:29,920 --> 01:02:32,920
And may people not see a 
different horrendous, 

1085
01:02:33,400 --> 01:02:35,920
questionable testimony at the 
last of it. 

1086
01:02:36,400 --> 01:02:41,040
But may they see someone who is 
brighter, holier, lovelier than 

1087
01:02:41,040 --> 01:02:43,730
when they started? 
By God's grace, he can do it in 

1088
01:02:43,730 --> 01:02:44,810
us. 
Let's pray 

1089
01:02:58,760 --> 01:03:02,080
how rich is the? 
Banquet of your word, O Lord, 

1090
01:03:03,160 --> 01:03:07,920
how full of truth it is. 
And, Lord, with a lengthy 

1091
01:03:07,920 --> 01:03:13,040
chapter like this, we have 
indeed felt that we have sat 

1092
01:03:13,040 --> 01:03:14,920
before an. 
Abundance of revelation. 

1093
01:03:16,560 --> 01:03:19,280
Thank you that. 
In the same chapter, you can 

1094
01:03:19,280 --> 01:03:22,880
teach us theology and you can 
teach us practical godliness. 

1095
01:03:23,480 --> 01:03:25,120
Lord, there is nothing like this
word. 

1096
01:03:25,680 --> 01:03:28,280
There's nothing like your word 
now. 

1097
01:03:28,280 --> 01:03:32,920
Lord more than becoming acquires
of insights and connections in 

1098
01:03:32,920 --> 01:03:37,920
your word made this producing us
worship worship more than a A. 

1099
01:03:37,920 --> 01:03:40,800
Song because our emotions are 
stirred, but worship? 

1100
01:03:40,800 --> 01:03:47,560
That translates into a life of 
sacrifice laid on the altar, a 

1101
01:03:47,560 --> 01:03:51,760
living sacrifice. 
We pray, Lord, that in this. 

1102
01:03:51,760 --> 01:03:58,840
Place we would indeed hear your 
voice, and hear it in a way that

1103
01:03:58,840 --> 01:04:02,400
causes us to. 
Bow before you to live, for you 

1104
01:04:02,960 --> 01:04:08,160
to deny the flesh, carry our 
cross, renounce the world, and 

1105
01:04:08,160 --> 01:04:11,520
shine brighter for your glory. 
Lord, as we close this time 

1106
01:04:11,520 --> 01:04:16,160
together as a family, would you 
receive these last few moments 

1107
01:04:16,160 --> 01:04:19,480
of singing sacrifice, of praise,
and may be pleasing to your 

1108
01:04:19,480 --> 01:04:22,290
ears? 
Lord, we bless you again for 

1109
01:04:22,290 --> 01:04:26,130
first kings chapter one. 
We thank you for speaking to our

1110
01:04:26,130 --> 01:04:29,170
hearts. 
Comfort us, convict us, 

1111
01:04:29,210 --> 01:04:33,170
challenge us, encourage us. 
Whatever we need to be brought 

1112
01:04:33,170 --> 01:04:35,810
into greater conformity. 
So be it. 

1113
01:04:36,610 --> 01:04:39,130
We ask this of your Holy Spirit 
tonight in Jesus name. 

1114
01:04:39,610 --> 01:04:40,730
Amen. 
Amen. 

1115
01:04:41,210 --> 01:04:42,130
Amen. 
Saints.