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If you have a Bible in your 
hands, meet me in the book of 

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second, Samuel and chapter one. 
As we begin, a new study in a 

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new book. 
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know that although this is a 
fresh book that we will endeavor

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to journey through. 
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manuscripts, first and second, 
Samuel were actually one 

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combined text. 
It was not seen as two separate 

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books. 
It was seen as one book, and it 

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wasn't until there was a Greek 
translation done to 300 before 

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Christ, where these, these two 
books were were created, or at 

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least the one text was separate 
and divide it into two and the 

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introduction to second Samuel as
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And I will see a test That 
reality because there seems to 

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be just the seamless flow from 
the last chapter in first Samuel

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to the introduction of this new 
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It seems like we don't miss a 
beat seems like things just move

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on just fine. 
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know? 
Because as we begin a new book, 

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we often take the time and the 
introduction to look at the 

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themes, or the structure, or the
flow of thought or the main 

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ideas in that text. 
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with 2nd Samuel. 
Because, again, originally, it 

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was just One book. 
So we're just continuing with 

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the same intention that we did 
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We're seeing that God has chosen
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we're going to continue to 
Journey with David as he makes 

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his way towards the throne as 
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throne and all the things in 
between that are to our benefit.

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There are many people who are 
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Testament, or have a limited 
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Christians life. 
New Covenant. 

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And all you have to do is see 
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the value of the Old Testament, 
to realize God's desire for 

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those who are in the New 
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It's not just to find Christ as 
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It's not just to understand the 
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history. 
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tells us in chapter 15, that 
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us to encourage us, And in 1st 
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chapter 10 that there are these 
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Real stories of real people, 
real events to warn us to warn 

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us about Sin to encourage Us in 
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And so, we have every right 
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actually come to David story and
glean spiritual principles for 

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us today as we walk with the 
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And so as we do with every book 
as we do with every study, Why 

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don't we just pause and isil or 
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Especially as we begin a new 
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Can we do that? 
Oh Lord, we thank you for this 

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book. 
We thank you for how you've 

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taught us through first Samuel 
and Lord, we trust that you will

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continue to guide us to know 
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speak to us through these verses
today. 

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Lord give us an attentive mind. 
Give us an open heart. 

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We pray that the spirit of God 
would rest upon the ministry of 

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the word. 
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delivered in power. 
And in Clarity and that Lord, we

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would all leave here, edified 
our faith. 

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Built up. 
Lord that you would speak with 

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your Timeless truth into 
particular areas of our lives 

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today. 
Lord, let your voice be heard 

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and your voice alone. 
We submit our Wills to you. 

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We submit our preconceived ideas
and we surrender to the 

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authority of the scriptures 
tonight O Lord. 

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May this be an impartation? 
I just have knowledge about of 

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Life of life, so that we can 
live like our master. 

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Aster we ask these things in 
Jesus name, amen. 

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Where we begin in second. 
Samuel one is exactly where we 

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left off. 
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died. 
He was brutally killed and War, 

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and we saw the detailed account 
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And as we're about to find out, 
David is going to learn of this 

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news. 
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all about is his response to the
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And as you and I examined that 
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through the whole chapter. 
After just half of it, it will 

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surely challenge us. because the
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more dedicated you are to 
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can assure yourself of enemies 
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in Satan and his minions enemies
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And perhaps you are familiar 
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that is completely foreign to 
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What we will see today will 
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in verse 1, after the death of 
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from striking down the 
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days and ziklag and on the third
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Saul's camp with his clothes, 
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And when he came to David, he 
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homage David said, to him where 
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And he said to him I have 
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and David said to him how did it
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people fled from the battle and 
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fallen and are dead and Saul and
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Then David said to the young men
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that Saul and his son? 
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Remember there was a war between
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which was extremely concerning 
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But God providentially leads him
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own issues. 
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this town called ziklag where he
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the amalekites. 
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after he repents before the Lord
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him a victory. 
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rescue their children and they 
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And when we see that it comes 
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little bit concerned because we 
know ziklag is not where David 

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is supposed to be. 
That is in the land of the 

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Philistines brother. 
You're supposed to be in the 

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promised land. 
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Okay, you've repented and you 
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Victory. 
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ziklag? 
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concerned. 
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that David is going to either 
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rest. 
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travel and battle. 
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worn out with his men or it 
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That David is simply waiting. 
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He's waiting for an announcement
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We don't know what is going on 
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But all we do see, is that 
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Somebody in the Horizon who 
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making his way towards David and
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David realizes that whoever this
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it's not about good news because
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of grief and of mourning because
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There's dirt on his head and so 
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Not so good news. 
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And when he arrives David asked 
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Where did he come from? 
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from the camp of Israel, and 
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How did it go tell me? 
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does it just say tell me? 
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What does it say? 
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Does it say the same and the 
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Tommy, same idea. and when you 
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is, a man who has great concern,
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mere curiosity, David is asking 
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desire to know the well-being of
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What a change of heart compared 
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war against his people. 
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softened enough to be so 
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his own. 
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would you just disclose to me? 
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and what's so incredible about 
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Is that it is a display of his 
compassion that describes just a

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glimpse of the quality of this 
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Effective servant that he was 
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David here is saying, tell me 
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And you're going to see his 
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Israel has fallen that he 
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people of God. 
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At least desire to know what's 
happening is that it was all 

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before. 
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He's not King yet, he's not 
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In fact, she's a fugitive. 
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more mistreatment than anything 
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And yet, at the same time, there
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is this great concern in his 
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And as I look at that, I realize
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to be so concerned because of 
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position This man truly had an 
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interest. 
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consumed him. 
There is this longing to have an

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understanding of the people and 
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look at that, I also think about
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Servants of God, To us who do 
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What goes on in our hearts? 
How do we feel about those who 

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belong to Christ? 
How do we view them? 

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How do we serve them? 
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because David example, here 
causes us to think. but if this 

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man can shows such passion as a 
fallen human being, he is not 

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our ultimate example. 
Jesus is if you're a part of 

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this church, you know, that on 
Sunday, we're discovering the 

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suffering servant in Jesus 
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And I am always humbled as I go 
through, Mark to see the type of

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servant Jesus was not just this,
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servant that he was and this 
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My brother, my sister, if you 
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the kingdom of God, Jesus shows 
in so many ways how he felt not 

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just what he did, but how he 
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served. 
Can I show you? 

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One example, it's in the New 
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You're gonna have to go there in
your Bibles. 

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It's a Mark chapter 6. 
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crowd, a great crowd, thousands 
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And when he shows up on that 
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littering those Hills. 
There is an interesting 

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commentary of how Christ felt 
about these people and some of 

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you are already aware of it in 
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Chapter 6, when he went ashore, 
he saw a great crowd and he had 

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compassion on them. he had 
compassion on them because they 

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were like sheep without a 
shepherd and he began to teach 

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them many things, many things, 
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the word there is extremely 
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It speaks of being moved in the 
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It's almost as though the pit of
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And it was turning with a 
tenderness with, with a concern,

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with an attentiveness, with a 
desire to alleviate some kind of

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suffering or harm, that is what 
he felt before, he served those 

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people before him. 
And when I look at that, that 

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moves me that really does move 
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But what moves me even more is 
when you just zoom out a little 

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bit and understand the context 
when you just go back a couple 

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of verses, you see that Jesus 
did not come to this Shore with 

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the intent of helping thousands 
of people, he did not come to 

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perform some Evangelistic 
Crusade. 

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Actually quite the opposite. 
Now consider this I mean I read 

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it today and I was like Lord I'm
so not like you I need you to 

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make me like, you, as I want to 
serve you. 

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What happens. 
Look at verse 30 of Mark. 

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Chapter 6, his disciples come 
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preaching and casting out 
devils, and Healing The Sick, 

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and they were obviously 
exhausted. 

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And in verse 30, we read the 
apostles returned to Jesus and 

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told him all that had been done 
and that was taught and he said 

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to them, come away by yourselves
to a desolate place. 

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And rest a while, don't you love
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Come and rest. 
What a merciful leader, but a 

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compassionate Christ. 
He saw that these men served 

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them. 
He saw that they went out and 

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sacrifice much and he says come 
rest rest is important. 

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Rest is important. 
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the Lord, rest is important for 
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to the kingdom of God. 
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There is appropriate. 
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We are human. 
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to take care of that. 
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He gathers, these men, he goes 
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on a little Retreat. 
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people on the shore that see 
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going. 
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they start following Jesus on 
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eyes on that boat. 
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They want to go to a desolate 
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Jesus has a plan, he has a 
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disciples so that they can be 
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And what's On the shore. 
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of conference being set up by 
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ministered to they want, they 
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so they come. 
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as Jesus arrives. 
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Interfered. 
There is a interference things 

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did not go as scheduled. 
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being fully human, truly human. 
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I don't see him complaining. 
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approaching this group and 
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this over with It says he had 
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like Jesus. 
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wanted to be like Jesus. 
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if my plans are interrupted. 
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lord and I need a little break. 
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something happens that what 
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would just cause me to be all 
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amazing how when we really study
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challenges us and the smallest 
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I don't know if I would be 
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Ministry trip, just wanting to 
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barbecue with some friends who 
serve the Lord as well to 

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stumble upon thousands of 
people. that are not only going 

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to hear teaching, but are going 
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compassion. 
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And as you think about David's 
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an imperfect example but an 
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seems like he has this unusual 
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defenseless and lost and needy 
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though he was not yet their 
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he was a nobody at this time, 
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that he had would make him the 
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leader. 
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that as we approach David's life
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God has shown us what his life 
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He was promoted for many 
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because remember God could have 
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was anointed 10-15 years have 
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He's on the throne. 
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Kings a lot but for some reason 
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draw certain details. 
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believe that. you see the 
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at the capacity that he was 
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more to do before you open 
greater doors before there was 

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further service And I believe, 
according to the scriptures, not

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my own head, that God saw 
something in David and in seeing

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something in David drew his 
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use them in the way that he used
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Maybe you don't believe me. 
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It's in the book of Psalms. 
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the last part of that psalmist 
in Psalm 78 and I want you to 

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see something in verse 7 of 
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Because in this portion of this 
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described as a shepherd of 
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as a shepherd of people. 
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verse 70. 
Look at this, he chose the Lord,

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he chose David, his servant and 
took him from the sheepfolds 

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From following the nursing use, 
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Jacob, his people. 
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folds and now he's shepherding 
Jacob God's people with an 

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upright heart. 
He shepherded them and guided 

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them with his skillful hand. 
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upright heart and a skillful 
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Or before he became king? 
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answer that. 
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heart and a skillful hand as the
ruler of God's people. 

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David had an upright heart and 
his skillful hand when he was 

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ruling over Jesse's sheep. 
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And the reason why it's 
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God's service, many people are 
only motivated to be devoted and

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developed in their gifting, in 
their Ministry, in their 

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service, to the Lord. 
If the opportunity is right, and

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if the recognition is to their 
liking, and what they fail to 

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realize is that those same 
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further service, when he 
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attention to whatever he has put
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Think about that. if you have 
any doubt that David had a heart

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of Integrity in a skillful hand 
than you did not pay attention 

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during 1st Samuel, You see it, 
sprinkled everywhere. 

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Remember, when David was sent by
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and bread to his brothers on 
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Battlefield against the 
Philistines where he met that 

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giant providentially. 
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left someone in charge of the 
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Why would the Holy Spirit? 
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Why is that important? 
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No. 
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managed the ministry that he had
received those responsibilities 

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already had before that day. 
Where everything changed and his

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future would never be the same. 
I know what it's like to be in a

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place especially early. 
My faith with big desires and 

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longings to serve the Lord, and 
the opportunities not there yet.

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but I had wise counsel, my life 
who gave very similar 

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instructions that God often 
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your attention to what, he's put
before you now before he even 

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considers you for further 
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He had, he had compassion and 
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We see that in verse 4. 
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verse 5 of chapter 1 of second 
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Then David said to the young 
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me, And he answered the people 
fled from Battle. 

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And also, many of the people 
have fallen are dead and saw and

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his son. 
Jonathan are also dead. 

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Now, here's something very 
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highlights the death of Saul and
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for that. 
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And my question is, why do you 
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Did the Saul have more than one 
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He did and so why highlight just
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All may seem obvious. 
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When you see that you almost 
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motives and David has that kind 
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So he begins to ask more 
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understand is though we don't 
know much about this mysterious 

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messenger, perhaps he knows 
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Enough to formulate his 
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he knew that Saul and David were
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Enemies that wasn't just a 
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It was known, it was known and 
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this man, very likely believe 
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Jonathan when we asked, why do 
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Actually, why Jonathan. 
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Jonathan was the primary heir to
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have been very good news for for
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third point. 
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and David were enemies, not only
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primary heir to the throne, but 
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least expected that David would 
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That would sit on that throne. 
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consideration as our bird's eye 
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The following, this is why it's 
important to know many portions 

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of scripture as familiar as we 
can get. 

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With all of scripture that David
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the pieces together, and that 
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couple chapters later, go to 2nd
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David says, when he retells, the
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second Samuel for, he says 
something quite amazing and very

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10:00. 
When one told me behold Saul is 

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dead and thought he was bringing
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I seized him and killed him at 
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I gave him for his news. 
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that this man came with the 
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He was looking to be crowned 
with some kind of prize for not 

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only being the messenger of this
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Saul's death. 
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an intention that was for 
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very, very shrewdly. 
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how he explains it, he doesn't 
wear. 

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It seems, as though saw was 
about Die anyway. 

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And so I kind of just helped him
end his misery and I believe the

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reason why he does that is. 
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Saul's death wasn't taken, right
that he had some kind of excuse 

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anyway, to cover himself up, but
because he mentions that he did.

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In fact, put a hand on saw, 
maybe maybe Dave, and we get 

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excited about that. 
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with some kind of gift or 
position. 

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And so this man is very crafty, 
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And as he comes to David, He 
realizes that the reward that he

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had thought he would get was not
the reward that he thought he 

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would get. 
Because David's, you want to 

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reward. 
Here's your reward. 

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You're a dead man. 
You put your hand on the Lord's.

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Anointed you touched God's 
chosen man. 

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You want a reward, huh? 
Here's your reward. 

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Execute him and they did. 
And as I look at that, we should

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be suspicious of this man. 
And totality I, now question, if

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that's true, if he came for the 
reward, I question his rent 

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garments. 
I questioned him, bowing before 

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David, and trying to show honor 
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Because it seems to be just an 
embellishment. 

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It just seems to be a whole 
thing in order for personal 

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gain, David discern, that and 
then David did something about 

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that. 
Here's what's amazing about it. 

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There's a wonderful principal 
here for us, Believers in our 

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service to the Lord, as we seek 
to serve Lord. 

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And this is so important to 
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Jesus is the greatest and the 
Greater King. 

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He is the son of David and he is
the king that we all serve. 

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He is the perfect King that no 
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the whole point. 
The main point of Samuel. 

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Second, Samuel first. 
King second king, is that? 

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No human King. 
Can rightly govern the people of

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God, no human King can bring 
ultimate deliverance and 

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salvation for the people of God.
And so as I paired all this, I 

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see David. 
Yes, but I also see him With a 

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transparency. 
I want to see Christ as his 

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descendant, as a fulfillment of 
the lineage of this dynasty 

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here, is this man who calls him.
My Lord later on, here's his men

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pretending to be someone hears. 
This man pretending to be in 

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service to this King. 
And here's what we have to 

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consider if David could see 
right through this guy, if David

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can discern his true motive, his
his actual plan though, he 

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disguised it with humility. 
Leti that we disguise it with 

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some kind of allegiance to 
David. 

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He couldn't fool him. 
He could have fooled David and I

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read that, and I thought to 
myself Lord, if this man 

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couldn't fool David, do I think 
I can fool you Do you do, you 

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understand what I'm saying? 
Do I think that I can give the 

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Lord something from the 
external, and he doesn't have 

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X-ray vision to see the 
internal, he dies. 

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I can't fool God. 
I can't trick him. 

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No counsel can Avail against the
Lord. 

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There's nothing I can do to 
matter how radical it may seem. 

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You don't know how radical this 
guy was. 

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He ran four miles, some believe,
a hundred miles from the 

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battlefield to this point. 
That that sacrifice That's 

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serious devotion. 
But the Lord saw the intent, at 

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least David did, and the Lord 
sees our intent and all things 

451
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:16,500
and Jesus puts an emphasis in 
the New Covenant, of where our 

452
00:29:16,500 --> 00:29:19,400
hearts are at. 
He takes it to a new level of 

453
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,600
anybody ever. 
Tells you that the god of the 

454
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,400
Old Testament is more severe 
than the god of the new they 

455
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,100
have in read the New Testament, 
right? 

456
00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:31,900
He is gentle, he is lowly. 
But do you realize that Jesus 

457
00:29:31,900 --> 00:29:35,100
upholds, a greater standard for 
righteousness then how he 

458
00:29:35,100 --> 00:29:40,400
manifested the lawn? 
The old Adultery is when two 

459
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,000
people who are not supposed to 
be together are intimate with 

460
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,400
one another especially in there 
when they're in Covenant with 

461
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:46,900
somebody else. 
Jesus is, if you thought about 

462
00:29:46,900 --> 00:29:50,900
it, you did it. 
I didn't say the Lord said it. 

463
00:29:51,900 --> 00:29:54,900
Murder. 
Murder, when you kill somebody 

464
00:29:54,900 --> 00:29:57,900
when you actually take their 
life, anger, unjust. 

465
00:29:57,900 --> 00:30:00,700
Unrighteous anger is murder in 
Jesus eyes. 

466
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,800
And so one of the one of the 
ways that you and I know as 

467
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:09,100
Believers and we praise the 
Lord, he brings that standard of

468
00:30:09,100 --> 00:30:11,000
righteousness. 
So that every mouth would be 

469
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:15,200
shot and that none can say, I am
righteous and that we would fall

470
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:17,400
at the foot of the cross and 
receive his Mercy. 

471
00:30:17,700 --> 00:30:22,000
But also shows the heart of God.
And as we grow in the New 

472
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,800
Covenant, with the Lord Jesus, 
here's one hint that you and I 

473
00:30:25,808 --> 00:30:27,800
are in the right direction and 
our spiritual maturity. 

474
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,500
Here it is ready. 
We are not concerned just about 

475
00:30:30,500 --> 00:30:35,200
the external but about the 
internal We Are Spiritual 

476
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:37,200
maturity. 
Doesn't just say, how do people 

477
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:40,000
see me spiritual maturity says, 
what do you see in me? 

478
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:43,200
Oh, God. 
That makes all the difference, 

479
00:30:44,100 --> 00:30:48,600
and I hesitate sometimes to 
share these things because not 

480
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,600
that, I'm afraid to share them, 
but because people can 

481
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,300
misunderstand it, and then they 
leave here, feeling condemned 

482
00:30:53,500 --> 00:30:56,900
realize that God has given you. 
And I every resource to not just

483
00:30:56,900 --> 00:30:58,900
be victorious, when people see 
us. 

484
00:30:58,900 --> 00:31:01,900
But when God sees us in our 
hearts, and our minds every 

485
00:31:01,900 --> 00:31:06,100
resource possible, But David 
here shows that he could not be 

486
00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:08,100
fooled. 
And I look at my king, my Lord, 

487
00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:10,400
my master. 
And if there's anything in me 

488
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,700
that says I can fool a more 
trick him than I am greatly 

489
00:31:12,700 --> 00:31:15,200
mistaken. 
But, secondly, what do we see 

490
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:19,500
here that this man clearly 
didn't understand who David was?

491
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,700
He didn't know who David was. 
He thought he did? 

492
00:31:24,300 --> 00:31:27,400
He thought he did because he 
thought that in this news, David

493
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:32,100
would celebrate and rejoice. 
And even maybe bless this man 

494
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,700
and in fact, they put his head 
on a chopping block and says off

495
00:31:34,700 --> 00:31:39,500
with his head, he clearly 
missed, Who David was And I'm 

496
00:31:39,500 --> 00:31:43,400
afraid that that many people who
claim to know, Jesus don't 

497
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:47,800
really know who Jesus is. 
Remember those Parables were 

498
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:52,000
Jesus with the talents, 
especially for a man, buries his

499
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,600
talent and when the master comes
and tells him what he did, he 

500
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:59,500
says, I thought you were a 
severe and Hardman do you 

501
00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:01,900
remember that? 
Do you know what the crime of 

502
00:32:01,900 --> 00:32:05,100
that is? 
He did not know who his master 

503
00:32:05,100 --> 00:32:11,300
really was, he didn't. 
And you and I begin to do things

504
00:32:11,300 --> 00:32:15,200
in a certain way and it all 
begins when we fail to really 

505
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:19,100
understand who God is and what 
he requires of us and there's 

506
00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:24,900
two pitfalls in that there is 
legalism, there's legalism some 

507
00:32:24,900 --> 00:32:27,300
people and and some people 
perhaps even watching or 

508
00:32:27,300 --> 00:32:30,500
listening today, you are living 
according to a standard of 

509
00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:32,500
righteousness. 
And I put that in quotation 

510
00:32:32,500 --> 00:32:34,900
marks, that God doesn't even 
demand of you. 

511
00:32:36,700 --> 00:32:41,800
And there are those who are in. 
Loose living, because they have 

512
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:43,400
a different understanding of who
Jesus. 

513
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:48,000
Is this man got into a lot of 
trouble and it All Began by him,

514
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:52,600
failing to know, who David 
really was David was not like 

515
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,800
those other kings, who would 
celebrate when there was any 

516
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,000
obstacles removed for the 
opportunity of being the ruler 

517
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,300
of a certain land. 
That was not Who David Wise, and

518
00:33:02,300 --> 00:33:05,500
this man did not see it. 
And so you and I are in the 

519
00:33:05,500 --> 00:33:08,600
safest place you and I will know
great, blessing, and great 

520
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:11,100
protection. 
When we first understand who God

521
00:33:11,100 --> 00:33:14,500
is in the more, we understand 
who he is, the more we will know

522
00:33:14,500 --> 00:33:18,400
of his goodness in our lives. 
So David asked him, how do you 

523
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,100
know that they died? 
How do you know that they were 

524
00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:24,900
slain and I want to read from 
verse 52 verse 10 so we can get 

525
00:33:24,900 --> 00:33:27,000
the complete picture. 
Listen to this. 

526
00:33:29,100 --> 00:33:32,200
Verse 6, rather, and the young 
man who told them said, by 

527
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:36,800
chance, I happened to be on 
Mount gilboa and there was Saul 

528
00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:40,100
leaning on his Spear and behold 
the Chariots in the horsemen 

529
00:33:40,100 --> 00:33:42,900
were closed upon him. 
And when he looked behind him he

530
00:33:42,900 --> 00:33:45,700
saw me and called to me and I 
answered here I am. 

531
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,600
And he said to me, who are you? 
I answer them. 

532
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:55,200
I am an amalekite and he said, 
to me stand beside me and kill 

533
00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:59,500
me for anguish, has seized me 
and yet my life still lingers. 

534
00:33:59,700 --> 00:34:02,800
So I Stood Beside him and killed
him because I was sure that he 

535
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,600
could not live after he had 
fallen and I took the crown that

536
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,900
was on his head and the armor 
that was on his arm and I have 

537
00:34:07,900 --> 00:34:15,400
brought them here to my Lord. 
Here's my question. how many 

538
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,600
detailed accounts are, we given 
in the scriptures concerning 

539
00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:24,500
Saul's death, anybody know, 
Somebody said, too. 

540
00:34:26,699 --> 00:34:33,300
Is there two or more? 
There's actually a total of 

541
00:34:33,300 --> 00:34:36,500
three including this one. 
The first one is in 1st Samuel 

542
00:34:36,500 --> 00:34:40,699
31, we read it last week. 
What happens we read, according 

543
00:34:40,699 --> 00:34:44,199
to the writer, Guided by the 
spirit, that's all died of 

544
00:34:44,199 --> 00:34:46,800
suicide. 
He died, a suicide. 

545
00:34:47,699 --> 00:34:50,600
The second telling of this same 
story is not in first and 

546
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:53,199
second, Samuel is found in first
Chronicles chapter 10. 

547
00:34:53,699 --> 00:34:56,199
And there is a verse there. 
In verse 14, that tells us 

548
00:34:56,199 --> 00:34:59,200
another angle to house, all 
died, and First, Chronicles 

549
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:00,800
1014. 
Let me read it to you. 

550
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:04,500
This is what we are told. 
He being solved did not seek 

551
00:35:04,500 --> 00:35:07,800
guidance from the Lord, 
therefore the Lord put him to 

552
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:11,500
death. 
The Lord put him to death and 

553
00:35:11,500 --> 00:35:14,200
turn the kingdom over to David, 
the son of Jesse. 

554
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:19,200
So and first Samuel. 31 Saul 
kills himself. 

555
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:23,000
First, Chronicles, 1014 God. 
Put him to death. 

556
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,700
Second, Samuel chapter 1 and 
amalekite. 

557
00:35:25,700 --> 00:35:29,200
Kills him. 
What's going on here and people?

558
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,200
Jump up, yes. 
Contradiction haha, your Bible 

559
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:32,800
is filled with errors, calm 
down. 

560
00:35:33,700 --> 00:35:38,600
Take a breath, relax. 
That's not the case at all. 

561
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:41,600
We have to understand what's 
Happening Here. 

562
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:46,200
Whenever we see two stories that
are told in different ways with 

563
00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:49,900
different details, we have to do
the work to see if we can make 

564
00:35:49,900 --> 00:35:54,400
some reconciliation and what 
people have realized with this 

565
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,500
specific incident is that it is 
difficult to reconcile all 

566
00:35:57,500 --> 00:35:59,900
three. 
It's easy to reconcile first 

567
00:35:59,900 --> 00:36:04,300
Samuel 31 and First Chronicles 
10y, well Saul died by Suicide 

568
00:36:04,300 --> 00:36:06,900
but it was ordained by God. 
It's as simple as that. 

569
00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:09,900
But what makes this a little bit
muddy is when this amalekite 

570
00:36:09,900 --> 00:36:12,000
comes on the scene he says well 
I was the one who actually 

571
00:36:12,100 --> 00:36:16,500
actually All them. 
With that being the situation 

572
00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:20,200
before us, many have concluded 
that this amalekite must have 

573
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:26,000
been what like like now. 
Here we are a Bible study and 

574
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,400
here we are wanting to study the
word. 

575
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:32,500
And so let me ask you show me 
the evidence that he is lying. 

576
00:36:34,900 --> 00:36:37,700
Show me the evidence, not just 
the simple simple observation 

577
00:36:37,700 --> 00:36:40,200
that it's different in 1st 
Samuel 31 than it is here. 

578
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:42,400
What is the evidence in the 
verses that we just read? 

579
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,600
What are some what are some 
details here? 

580
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:47,000
That seem to put things into 
question concerning? 

581
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:51,100
This man's apparent testimony 
and if you have something feel 

582
00:36:51,100 --> 00:36:52,700
free to lift your hand and give 
you the answer. 

583
00:36:53,500 --> 00:37:00,900
Yes. 
Okay, so he happened by chance. 

584
00:37:01,700 --> 00:37:03,400
Well, that's kind of concerning.
What are you doing? 

585
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:05,600
By chance strolling around in a 
war. 

586
00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,600
Seems kind of odd wording there.
Isn't it? 

587
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:10,800
Good observation? 
Yes. 

588
00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:19,100
Yeah. 
What are you doing in Saul's 

589
00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:22,100
Camp? 
You amalekite are the amalekites

590
00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:25,800
and Saul on good terms. 
Well, if you knew first Samuel, 

591
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:33,100
there would be no yes, David. 
David did fight the amalekites. 

592
00:37:33,100 --> 00:37:46,800
He did early on. 
It's true. 

593
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:50,100
And so that is that is an 
important detail, but I think it

594
00:37:50,100 --> 00:37:52,500
helps to know that there are 
amalekites sprinkled everywhere.

595
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:54,800
Not just in that particular 
location, but that is a good 

596
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:57,500
observation that the amalekites 
should have been completely 

597
00:37:57,500 --> 00:37:59,300
destroyed and we're going to get
to that point in a moment. 

598
00:37:59,300 --> 00:38:07,200
Yes. 
Ah, very good. 

599
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,800
Did you hear it? 
There's another character in 

600
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:12,000
this story, there's another 
character who's on the scene of 

601
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:16,500
Saul suicide, who was it? 
The armour-bearer the 

602
00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:19,400
armour-bearer was there. 
So we're going to hold on to 

603
00:38:19,408 --> 00:38:21,200
that. 
Yes that's a very very important

604
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,800
clue anything else. 
Yes. 

605
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:33,200
Very good. 
Very good. 

606
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:37,100
Did you hear that? 
Saul wanted to die particular 

607
00:38:37,100 --> 00:38:40,900
death and the way he wanted to 
die was not by the hands or at 

608
00:38:40,900 --> 00:38:43,000
the hands of those who are the 
enemies of Israel. 

609
00:38:44,100 --> 00:38:46,600
And so, why would he ask an 
amalekite to kill him? 

610
00:38:47,900 --> 00:38:50,500
If there a reason for his 
suicide was that he wouldn't die

611
00:38:50,700 --> 00:38:53,400
at the hands of the enemy very 
good. 

612
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,100
Anything else there's still some
more clues here. 

613
00:38:56,100 --> 00:39:07,700
Yes. 
Very good, very good. 

614
00:39:07,700 --> 00:39:11,200
And so the observation is this 
meant tells it as though the 

615
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:14,600
Chariots and the men of the 
Philistines are right at his 

616
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:16,400
heels. 
Assaults heels. 

617
00:39:16,900 --> 00:39:20,000
Here's my question. 
If I may take it further, If 

618
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:23,100
that was the case, then why do 
we read in 1st Samuel 31 that it

619
00:39:23,100 --> 00:39:25,400
was the next day that the 
Philistines came and stumbled 

620
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:29,700
upon Saul's body if they were 
right there, if they're pursuing

621
00:39:29,700 --> 00:39:32,700
him right at his door? 
Why does it say that? 

622
00:39:32,700 --> 00:39:37,300
In the next day, the Philistines
came and found the bodies of 

623
00:39:37,300 --> 00:39:41,500
Saul and his sons something's 
not lining up here anything 

624
00:39:41,500 --> 00:39:42,600
else. 
Before we move on these are 

625
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:50,700
great observations. 
And so, here are the three main 

626
00:39:50,700 --> 00:39:54,700
ones. 
Number one, The armour-bearer, 

627
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,300
the armour-bearer go back to 1st
Samuel 31 and notice what 

628
00:39:57,300 --> 00:40:03,900
happens in verse 5. 
Remember sauce armor-bearer just

629
00:40:03,900 --> 00:40:07,000
kill me, please kill me so that 
I'm not mistreated by these. 

630
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:11,300
These uncircumcised Philistine, 
's verse 5 and when his armor 

631
00:40:11,300 --> 00:40:14,700
bearers saw that Saul was what 
was dead. 

632
00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:18,700
He was dead. 
Now either this is a lie or 

633
00:40:18,700 --> 00:40:21,500
something is not lining up here.
We have every reason to believe 

634
00:40:21,500 --> 00:40:23,900
that it was true. 
The armour-bearer saw that he 

635
00:40:23,900 --> 00:40:30,400
had died, if he had not died, 
Then between him not dying, this

636
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:34,500
apparent amalekite would have 
shown up and put him to death, 

637
00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:36,000
there would have been a 
conversation and who would have 

638
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,700
been there the whole time? 
The armor Bearer and he wouldn't

639
00:40:38,700 --> 00:40:40,100
have let that happen. 
I'm sure. 

640
00:40:40,700 --> 00:40:44,600
Now, some would say, well, maybe
he thought he died and, and so 

641
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:47,000
he killed himself, and then the 
amalekite happened to show up 

642
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,500
and in saw was still, you know, 
he was lingering there and so he

643
00:40:49,500 --> 00:40:51,400
asked him to be, you know, 
finished off. 

644
00:40:51,500 --> 00:40:54,100
But that's kind of stretching it
when it says clearly he died. 

645
00:40:54,300 --> 00:40:56,700
Secondly, as we just heard the 
Philistines, Right there 

646
00:40:56,700 --> 00:40:59,000
apparently. 
That's not the case because we 

647
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,300
come to verse a what do you see 
the next day? 

648
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:04,200
When the Philistines came to 
strip this Lane, they found Saul

649
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:06,500
and his three sons. 
If they were right, there isn't 

650
00:41:06,500 --> 00:41:09,400
take 24 hours to find the man 
that you're chasing apparently, 

651
00:41:10,100 --> 00:41:14,500
apparently so close. 
We heard again, if Saul suicide 

652
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:17,600
was caused not by wanting to be 
the hands of the enemy. 

653
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,900
Then why would he request an 
amalekite to kill him? 

654
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:25,600
Especially with his history, 
with the amalekites, he failed 

655
00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:27,800
to destroy the amalekites and 
now he's going to ask an 

656
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:31,400
amalekite to kill him. 
It's questionable. 

657
00:41:32,100 --> 00:41:35,900
Let me give you one more detail.
Notice what the amount guy says 

658
00:41:35,900 --> 00:41:40,200
in 2nd Samuel and verse 6, by 
chance, I happened to be amalga 

659
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:43,100
ball and there was Saul leaning 
on his what. 

660
00:41:44,700 --> 00:41:46,400
Spear. 
This is a spear. 

661
00:41:47,700 --> 00:41:49,400
Is that what happens in first? 
Samuel 31? 

662
00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:52,700
What is the same first name of 
31? 

663
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,200
In verse 4. 
Somebody said it the last part 

664
00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:00,300
therefore saw took his own. 
What sword? 

665
00:42:00,900 --> 00:42:05,400
And fell upon it. 
We have a case before I said, 

666
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:07,000
this man is not telling the 
truth. 

667
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:11,400
He was not a soldier in any army
that was at War. 

668
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:14,100
He might have been those who 
just kind of lurked during the 

669
00:42:14,100 --> 00:42:17,700
war so that when there was the 
slain he jumped on the 

670
00:42:17,700 --> 00:42:21,400
opportunity to take some kind of
kind of possession prizes or 

671
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:24,500
some sort and then and get out 
of there before before there was

672
00:42:24,500 --> 00:42:26,800
that search from the The Winning
Side. 

673
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:30,100
But we also see here is that 
this man clearly was an 

674
00:42:30,100 --> 00:42:33,300
opportunist. 
He realized who saw was he 

675
00:42:33,300 --> 00:42:35,900
realized, he had his crown in 
the armlet on his arm and he had

676
00:42:35,900 --> 00:42:40,600
this whole scheme in his mind to
come before David the soon to be

677
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:45,300
king and to take advantage of 
the situation to be promoted of 

678
00:42:45,300 --> 00:42:49,900
some sort. 
Now, if this was a lie, then 

679
00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:53,800
think about how tragic it is 
that this man thought that in 

680
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:57,500
his deception he was going to 
receive some kind of award but 

681
00:42:57,500 --> 00:43:01,000
in fact his very words would be 
the sentencing of his own death.

682
00:43:04,500 --> 00:43:07,300
No matter how great the 
opportunity is no matter how 

683
00:43:07,300 --> 00:43:11,200
wonderful, the door may seem no 
matter how easy may seem to be 

684
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:14,800
accessed, if you just manipulate
it a little bit or lie or say 

685
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:17,400
something about someone that 
would remove them from that 

686
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:19,400
position and give you a greater 
chance. 

687
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:23,200
I want to tell you in the name 
of Jesus Christ, you will not 

688
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:26,700
succeed. 
You will not succeed. 

689
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:29,600
Your success will be 
short-lived. 

690
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,800
And your deception will 
eventually be exposed if not in 

691
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:35,800
this life. 
And oftentimes it does it will 

692
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:38,600
in the time where it will 
matter, most before God, and His

693
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:43,400
angels, and maybe some people to
Proverbs 12 tells us in, you 

694
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:47,300
don't have to turn there and 
verse 19, truthful, lips, endure

695
00:43:47,300 --> 00:43:51,300
forever. 
But lying tongue is, but for a 

696
00:43:51,300 --> 00:43:55,800
moment, A lying tongue is for a 
moment. 

697
00:43:55,900 --> 00:43:59,000
If you are a victim of 
somebody's lies, if you have 

698
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:04,500
been slandered assaulted know, 
this throughout the Book of 

699
00:44:04,500 --> 00:44:09,300
Proverbs God has a special 
discipline for lying and he 

700
00:44:09,308 --> 00:44:12,500
assured us that lying lips will 
not go unpunished. 

701
00:44:12,500 --> 00:44:17,000
He assures us that whatever 
advancement was made through 

702
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:20,100
deception. 
It's only for a moment. 

703
00:44:21,900 --> 00:44:25,900
It will not know. 
Long-term, success, and fruit. 

704
00:44:27,300 --> 00:44:31,600
That encourages me not to lie 
and that encourages me when I am

705
00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:36,200
a victim of people's lack of 
Truth concerning me. 

706
00:44:36,700 --> 00:44:38,200
But there's something else here 
in the story. 

707
00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:41,000
Did you catch it? 
This man identifies himself and 

708
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:44,700
who is he He's a what an 
amalekite. 

709
00:44:44,700 --> 00:44:47,900
That that part is true. 
We have no reason to believe why

710
00:44:47,900 --> 00:44:52,000
this would be a lie. 
He was in fact an amalekite and 

711
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:54,900
that makes it even more 
questionable in our case of 

712
00:44:54,900 --> 00:44:57,000
whether what he is saying is 
true or not, because the 

713
00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:00,600
scriptures never ever, ever put 
the amalekites in a positive 

714
00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:04,700
light. 
Always always the amalekites are

715
00:45:04,700 --> 00:45:08,800
identified with an Unholy people
group and race. 

716
00:45:09,100 --> 00:45:12,000
They are vicious, they are 
relentless. 

717
00:45:13,100 --> 00:45:16,100
And they are the enemies of 
God's people not just in one 

718
00:45:16,100 --> 00:45:20,100
generation from generation to 
generation and when you think 

719
00:45:20,100 --> 00:45:23,500
about that though there is room 
for debate whether or not he was

720
00:45:23,500 --> 00:45:30,000
telling the truth or not, think 
about this deeper an amalekite, 

721
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:36,300
an amalekite came and saw Saul's
dead body took the crown off his

722
00:45:36,300 --> 00:45:40,400
head, took the armlet off his 
arm and brought it before King 

723
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:43,500
David. 
He was the one who Trips. 

724
00:45:43,500 --> 00:45:47,700
All he was the one who claimed 
that he had killed him, and if 

725
00:45:47,700 --> 00:45:51,400
he was alive after this, he 
would have trumpeted that to his

726
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:55,400
fellow, amalekites. 
I'm sure all to say what this 

727
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:57,200
is. 
A disgrace for song though. 

728
00:45:57,200 --> 00:46:01,000
He wasn't alive to feel it. 
This was a disgrace. 

729
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:06,500
This is humiliating. 
And it carries a crucial message

730
00:46:06,500 --> 00:46:08,800
for us. 
Here's the crucial message. 

731
00:46:08,900 --> 00:46:11,800
All of this could have been 
avoided for Saul. 

732
00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:15,200
If he had just done what God 
told them to do in first Samuel 

733
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:22,900
15 and that was to eliminate all
the amalekites He didn't. 

734
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:28,300
And just like this amalekite sin
in our lives. 

735
00:46:29,500 --> 00:46:31,700
When God calls us to put it to 
death. 

736
00:46:32,700 --> 00:46:35,200
And we failed to do. 
So, we fail to go to war with 

737
00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:40,700
it, at least, and allow it to 
live It will come back to haunt 

738
00:46:40,700 --> 00:46:44,200
us one day. 
It will that is God's law. 

739
00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:48,600
That is just truth from old to 
new and it is a powerful 

740
00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:54,300
illustration before us through 
this amalekite because if you 

741
00:46:54,300 --> 00:46:58,200
study the amalekites in the Old 
Testament, what you will see is 

742
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:01,700
that the characteristics of 
these ancient enemies of Israel 

743
00:47:01,900 --> 00:47:05,600
are shared with our enemy, which
is the flesh. 

744
00:47:06,700 --> 00:47:09,100
I'm telling you it's almost it's
almost mirrored. 

745
00:47:09,100 --> 00:47:12,900
When you look at the amalekites,
their behavior, the 

746
00:47:12,900 --> 00:47:16,300
characteristics that are given. 
We realize that at parallels 

747
00:47:16,300 --> 00:47:22,200
almost perfectly with indwelling
sin, even in the life of a 

748
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:24,800
believer. 
Who remembers where the 

749
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:26,700
amalekites are first mentioned 
in the Bible. 

750
00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:34,600
No further further ahead, but 
good good, good answer. 

751
00:47:36,500 --> 00:47:42,300
Yes, when Israel left Egypt. 
And something happened, they 

752
00:47:42,300 --> 00:47:45,300
were thirsty. 
God provided a miracle through a

753
00:47:45,300 --> 00:47:49,800
rock, which is a picture of 
Christ, and right there, out of 

754
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:53,200
the blue, the amalekites show up
once the people experience, a 

755
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:57,300
great blessing from God and they
did certain things. 

756
00:47:58,500 --> 00:48:00,800
And there we are told certain 
things about the amalekites that

757
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:02,900
says something. 
So powerfully about our war with

758
00:48:02,900 --> 00:48:06,400
sent Peter tells us that you and
I as Christians war against the 

759
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:10,000
passions of the flesh, he says 
Wars against and I want you to 

760
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:12,100
see how the amalekites and the 
relationship with Israel. 

761
00:48:12,100 --> 00:48:14,400
Just a brief example. 
I mean do a whole study in the 

762
00:48:14,408 --> 00:48:17,200
amalekites and you'll be blown 
away but here's just one 

763
00:48:17,300 --> 00:48:21,700
snapshot of how it pertains to 
our sin and how we go to war 

764
00:48:21,700 --> 00:48:23,600
with a go to Exodus 17 very 
quickly. 

765
00:48:23,700 --> 00:48:25,500
We're almost done here in our 
study tonight. 

766
00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:30,500
Look at Exodus 17. 
Verse 16. 

767
00:48:35,500 --> 00:48:41,800
This is after Moses and Joshua 
had victory over the amalekites,

768
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:45,500
they came out of nowhere, they 
attacked according to 

769
00:48:45,500 --> 00:48:48,100
Deuteronomy the weak and the 
vulnerable that's in 

770
00:48:48,100 --> 00:48:50,500
Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy tells 
us that the amalekites 

771
00:48:50,500 --> 00:48:54,700
strategically came for those who
are lingering at the end of the 

772
00:48:54,700 --> 00:48:58,200
line of the Israelites because 
that's what sin does sin comes 

773
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:02,900
to us, most when we are weak. 
and when we are trailing behind,

774
00:49:04,100 --> 00:49:07,100
But they have victory in this 
battle and then look what look 

775
00:49:07,100 --> 00:49:11,800
what we are told in verse 16, a 
hand upon the throne of the 

776
00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:16,100
Lord, the Lord will have war 
with amalek from generation to 

777
00:49:16,100 --> 00:49:21,100
generation. 
And so, though, they saw though,

778
00:49:21,100 --> 00:49:25,400
they saw Triumph, then God 
assured them. 

779
00:49:26,300 --> 00:49:27,900
You're still going to battle 
with this. 

780
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:31,000
The amalekites are someone that 
you're still going to have to 

781
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:32,500
deal with. 
And when you feel like you've 

782
00:49:32,508 --> 00:49:34,500
dealt with him and one 
generation, a new generation 

783
00:49:34,500 --> 00:49:37,900
will rise up and there they'll 
be again, what a powerful 

784
00:49:37,900 --> 00:49:42,900
picture of our sin. 
We feel like we have Victory. 

785
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:47,500
It's been a good week, huh? 
Not a good month. 

786
00:49:47,500 --> 00:49:51,100
I feel more Christian and ever. 
Next thing, you know. 

787
00:49:51,100 --> 00:49:54,700
Temptation comes like a flood. 
Obeying. 

788
00:49:54,700 --> 00:49:58,200
The Lord doing great things. 
In his name, great acts of faith

789
00:49:58,200 --> 00:50:01,200
and all for a sudden this Rush 
of Temptation. 

790
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:03,600
He's opportunities to 
disappoint. 

791
00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:08,000
The Lord to ruin your reputation
for Christ from generation to 

792
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:10,800
generation though. 
You and I are redeemed and 

793
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:14,100
praise God that were Redeemed by
Grace, still this flesh. 

794
00:50:14,100 --> 00:50:17,100
According to Galatians, we were 
told that the spirit in US goes 

795
00:50:17,100 --> 00:50:19,900
to war with this flesh that we 
are trapped in until we are 

796
00:50:19,900 --> 00:50:23,700
glorified forever and ever. 
And so know this you will go to 

797
00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:26,900
War until you go to be with 
Jesus. 

798
00:50:28,900 --> 00:50:31,000
That doesn't discourage as me 
that encourages me. 

799
00:50:32,100 --> 00:50:35,700
And that destroys one aspect of 
false teaching which says that 

800
00:50:35,700 --> 00:50:38,800
you can attain Perfection and 
this life sinless. 

801
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:44,000
Perfectionism, where did you get
that idea from People believe 

802
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:46,300
that you can attain 
glorification today. 

803
00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:51,300
I'm not among those who believe 
that and I am not among those 

804
00:50:51,300 --> 00:50:53,600
who believe that. 
That means we can live in sin. 

805
00:50:54,300 --> 00:50:57,100
I believe that we can have the 
empowerment of the spirit to say

806
00:50:57,100 --> 00:50:59,400
no to sin whenever it presents 
itself to us. 

807
00:51:00,500 --> 00:51:03,100
And there is conscious in and 
sometimes they're unconscious 

808
00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:05,800
things that happen in our lives.
That just spring up and even 

809
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:08,600
surprised us just to remind us 
that we are human. 

810
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:10,900
But look at this. 
Look at verse 14 of the same 

811
00:51:10,900 --> 00:51:14,800
chapter And the Lord said to 
Moses, write this as a memorial 

812
00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:17,800
in a book and recited in the 
ears of Joshua that I will 

813
00:51:17,800 --> 00:51:22,600
utterly blot out the memory of 
amalek from under heaven. yes, 

814
00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:25,600
you will go to war with amalek 
from generation to generation, 

815
00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:30,000
my people but there is a Time 
coming when I will utterly blot 

816
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:35,300
out the memory of amalek And so 
it is with our sin. 

817
00:51:35,300 --> 00:51:39,000
There is a day coming and I hope
it comes soon. 

818
00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:44,300
Where sin will only be a memory.
And I don't even think what we 

819
00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:48,500
want to remember it. 
When were there, not only not 

820
00:51:48,500 --> 00:51:50,900
only will sin. 
Be blotted out Temptation when 

821
00:51:50,900 --> 00:51:52,900
we block, what does that feel 
like? 

822
00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:57,600
That the suggestion to sin won't
even be there at the opportunity

823
00:51:57,600 --> 00:52:01,400
of sin won't even be there that 
the presence of sin will not 

824
00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:04,800
even be there. 
That is, that is the last and 

825
00:52:04,800 --> 00:52:08,200
final phase of our Salvation 
justification. 

826
00:52:08,500 --> 00:52:12,200
What does it deal with the 
penalty of sin sanctification? 

827
00:52:12,300 --> 00:52:15,900
We are being saved day by day. 
What is that deal with the power

828
00:52:15,900 --> 00:52:19,600
of sin glorification? 
What does that deal with the 

829
00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:22,200
presence of sin? 
The presence of sin? 

830
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:26,500
And I can't wait for the Lord to
save us in that sense and he 

831
00:52:26,500 --> 00:52:29,100
will, he said it with the 
amalekites and he said it 

832
00:52:29,100 --> 00:52:31,800
pertaining to our sin. 
When the Lord Jesus Christ comes

833
00:52:31,800 --> 00:52:34,800
to return and redeem his bride. 
We're almost done. 

834
00:52:35,100 --> 00:52:38,600
We come back to the last verses 
here in second, Samuel and verse

835
00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:42,900
11. 
This man tells him about how he 

836
00:52:43,200 --> 00:52:47,300
assisted and saw suicide. 
And here's the response, then 

837
00:52:47,300 --> 00:52:50,500
David and verse 11 took hold of 
his clothes and toward them. 

838
00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:55,200
And so that all the men who are 
with them and they mourned and 

839
00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:58,900
wept and fasted until evening 
for Saul and for Jonathan, his 

840
00:52:58,900 --> 00:53:01,800
son and for the people of the 
Lord, and for the house of 

841
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:04,500
Israel, because they had fallen 
by the sword. 

842
00:53:06,900 --> 00:53:10,900
I almost wanted to get into the 
mind of this in Malachi and 

843
00:53:10,900 --> 00:53:14,200
think. 
What was he anticipating when he

844
00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:18,400
came to David with that Crown in
his head and his hands and with 

845
00:53:18,408 --> 00:53:22,800
that news on his lips while we 
know later that he was obviously

846
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:27,300
anticipating some kind of reward
and and maybe at least some 

847
00:53:27,300 --> 00:53:30,700
rejoicing if no reward. 
Then maybe some celebration 

848
00:53:31,300 --> 00:53:34,700
because anybody in their right 
mind would would be happy to 

849
00:53:34,700 --> 00:53:37,800
know that the person that was 
trying to kill you is no longer 

850
00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:41,900
able to kill you. 
And and perhaps even more than 

851
00:53:41,900 --> 00:53:45,500
that, that the throne that I've 
been promised and what I've been

852
00:53:45,500 --> 00:53:49,400
hoping for is now more of a 
possibility than ever before. 

853
00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:54,000
And to our surprise and very 
likely to the shock of this 

854
00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:58,000
amalekite. 
Instead what you see is a bunch 

855
00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:04,700
of men Warriors, grown Soldiers 
with scars and Trauma because of

856
00:54:04,700 --> 00:54:06,900
one man who has haunted them for
years. 

857
00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:12,200
Breakdown, like little children.
And they weep. 

858
00:54:13,500 --> 00:54:17,700
And they cry. 
And I wish I could have seen 

859
00:54:17,700 --> 00:54:23,000
that man's face in that moment. 
Like what is going on here? 

860
00:54:24,400 --> 00:54:26,800
What did I miss something? 
When I was rehearsing, what I 

861
00:54:26,800 --> 00:54:30,200
was saying like what these men 
are just shattered. 

862
00:54:31,300 --> 00:54:35,900
And that is convicting to me but
it's also a teaching lesson for 

863
00:54:35,900 --> 00:54:37,200
us Believers. 
Is it not? 

864
00:54:38,300 --> 00:54:41,400
Because you and I abide by the 
word of God. 

865
00:54:41,800 --> 00:54:43,900
And this is our standard and 
because of the spirit of God 

866
00:54:43,900 --> 00:54:47,900
dwelling in us, we do not act or
react in the same way that the 

867
00:54:47,900 --> 00:54:51,400
world does. 
We don't. 

868
00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:57,300
Christ salvation and the 
transforming work in US. 

869
00:54:58,500 --> 00:55:03,200
Purifies particular areas in our
lives more detailed than you 

870
00:55:03,200 --> 00:55:05,300
might think. 
In the immediate sense. 

871
00:55:05,300 --> 00:55:09,600
We don't, we don't Rejoice for 
the same things that the world 

872
00:55:09,600 --> 00:55:11,900
rejoices over. 
We don't. 

873
00:55:12,900 --> 00:55:18,100
You heard it last week, right? 
This world is losing their minds

874
00:55:18,100 --> 00:55:20,700
because they can have easy 
access to murder babies. 

875
00:55:20,700 --> 00:55:23,200
You and I are rejoicing and we 
should, we should continue to 

876
00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:26,900
pray and seek God, for a total 
overturn of this vicious ugly 

877
00:55:27,400 --> 00:55:31,800
demented law. 
You got two, contrasting 

878
00:55:31,800 --> 00:55:34,100
reactions to that news of that 
leak. 

879
00:55:35,500 --> 00:55:37,900
You and I don't rejoice in the 
same way that the world rejoices

880
00:55:38,100 --> 00:55:41,100
you and I don't grieve in the 
same way that the world Grieves.

881
00:55:41,700 --> 00:55:45,500
We don't, we have a different 
hope, we have a different 

882
00:55:45,500 --> 00:55:48,700
perspective. 
Take it further. 

883
00:55:48,700 --> 00:55:50,200
I love this. 
I always reference this. 

884
00:55:50,500 --> 00:55:55,000
We don't even greet. 
Not just not just grown and and 

885
00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:59,200
grief we don't even greet the 
same way that the world greets 

886
00:55:59,200 --> 00:56:01,200
didn't Jesus, teach on The 
Sermon on the Mount. 

887
00:56:03,100 --> 00:56:05,800
Don't just greet your brothers. 
The world does that? 

888
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:10,600
And so Christ comes and 
infiltrates every detail of our 

889
00:56:10,600 --> 00:56:14,700
lives, and it brings him glory 
and it brings us blessing. 

890
00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:18,500
And what I see here is a 
contrast you have this amalekite

891
00:56:18,500 --> 00:56:21,300
who was expecting something 
completely different and what 

892
00:56:21,300 --> 00:56:26,600
he's getting it's almost alien. 
It's strange. 

893
00:56:28,600 --> 00:56:31,200
And there are at least two 
observations from this, these 

894
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:33,400
men grieving. 
And this is our closing thoughts

895
00:56:33,800 --> 00:56:36,200
that relates to us. 
The obvious one, is that David 

896
00:56:36,200 --> 00:56:38,200
did not rejoice. 
That baffles me? 

897
00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:43,800
It absolutely just baffles me if
anybody had the right to have a 

898
00:56:43,808 --> 00:56:49,600
smirk, at least try. 
At least you sure he's dead. 

899
00:56:50,200 --> 00:56:52,900
It was this man. 
I don't care how hard you've had

900
00:56:52,900 --> 00:56:55,300
it in life. 
You haven't ran as a fugitive in

901
00:56:55,300 --> 00:56:58,000
the Chicagoland area because 
somebody wanted to kill you. 

902
00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:01,000
If you have, I would love to 
hear your story. 

903
00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:07,000
This man did haunted. 
Mistreated slandered exhausted. 

904
00:57:07,400 --> 00:57:10,400
One would say the prime years of
his life were gone because he 

905
00:57:10,400 --> 00:57:15,700
becomes king at 30 So you think 
to yourself how could this man 

906
00:57:15,700 --> 00:57:20,000
rejoice? 
And we almost think to 

907
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:22,100
ourselves. 
How could he not rejoice? 

908
00:57:23,400 --> 00:57:25,300
Maybe he's just a unique 
character among God's people, 

909
00:57:25,300 --> 00:57:27,600
maybe he's just someone special 
and we can look at that. 

910
00:57:27,600 --> 00:57:30,900
Say what a Godly Man until you 
come to the Book of Proverbs and

911
00:57:30,900 --> 00:57:36,400
you probably, you probably 
wonder did this writer have 

912
00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:38,200
David and mind when he wrote it 
though? 

913
00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:39,500
He was inspired by the Holy 
Spirit. 

914
00:57:39,500 --> 00:57:43,000
Listen to these words just in 
case again just in case you 

915
00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:45,200
might think that's David. 
No wonder. 

916
00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:47,800
He was a man after God's heart. 
No wonder God. 

917
00:57:48,100 --> 00:57:51,800
No wonder God made a covenant 
with him read and listen to 

918
00:57:51,808 --> 00:57:54,500
this. 
And Proverbs 24:17. 

919
00:57:54,500 --> 00:57:56,500
Do not rejoice when your enemy 
Falls. 

920
00:57:58,400 --> 00:58:03,600
And let not your heart be, glad 
when he stumbles, okay, thank 

921
00:58:03,600 --> 00:58:04,400
that. 
That's great. 

922
00:58:04,400 --> 00:58:08,200
But then you read on less the 
Lord, see it and be displeased. 

923
00:58:10,100 --> 00:58:11,800
And turn away his anger from 
him. 

924
00:58:13,600 --> 00:58:16,900
That's something else. 
That's something else. 

925
00:58:18,300 --> 00:58:20,800
The greatest men of God have had
enemies. 

926
00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:25,100
Jesus had enemies. 
Paul had enemies, the apostles 

927
00:58:25,100 --> 00:58:27,700
had enemies, the early church 
had enemies and their enemies 

928
00:58:27,700 --> 00:58:31,700
were great and power Governors 
and emperors. 

929
00:58:33,000 --> 00:58:36,100
And yet, at the same time, we 
read here, that whoever your 

930
00:58:36,100 --> 00:58:41,100
enemy is who intently seeks your
harm, that's an enemy when they 

931
00:58:41,100 --> 00:58:44,100
fall. 
When they are disciplined, when 

932
00:58:44,100 --> 00:58:47,200
they are injured, do not 
rejoice. 

933
00:58:48,500 --> 00:58:54,400
Do not let your heart be glad. 
and if God does see that if he 

934
00:58:54,400 --> 00:58:58,900
sees the sense of arrogance or 
the superiority, or this 

935
00:58:59,300 --> 00:59:04,400
malicious satisfaction, Listen 
to this. 

936
00:59:04,400 --> 00:59:10,500
If the Lord sees it, he is 
willing to reduce his anger on 

937
00:59:10,500 --> 00:59:16,200
the one who was wrong. as a 
response to our pleasure in that

938
00:59:16,200 --> 00:59:20,800
person's discipline, that's 
significant what's being said 

939
00:59:20,800 --> 00:59:25,200
there because of the wrong 
reaction to somebody being under

940
00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:33,100
God's Wrath and displeasure He 
will do something with them as a

941
00:59:33,100 --> 00:59:37,900
rebuke to us. 
That's profound, that's 

942
00:59:37,900 --> 00:59:41,300
incredible. 
And I look at that I think well 

943
00:59:42,200 --> 00:59:46,900
my flesh doesn't like that 
because I want to know some kind

944
00:59:46,900 --> 00:59:50,300
of satisfaction and knowing that
you got what you deserve. 

945
00:59:51,700 --> 00:59:55,400
You've done all this to me when 
I didn't deserve it. 

946
00:59:55,800 --> 01:00:00,500
And I hurt you deserve that. 
And call a couple people and 

947
01:00:00,500 --> 01:00:02,200
tell them about it and celebrate
over it. 

948
01:00:02,400 --> 01:00:05,800
When the Lord sees that he is 
willing, just in order to 

949
01:00:05,800 --> 01:00:09,100
correct us just in order to 
discipline us. 

950
01:00:10,100 --> 01:00:13,100
To deal with them a little bit 
more gently, and to lift his 

951
01:00:13,100 --> 01:00:17,600
hand a little bit lighter. 
As a way of saying, something to

952
01:00:17,600 --> 01:00:20,100
our hearts that is incredible to
me. 

953
01:00:20,800 --> 01:00:22,400
But here's a challenge, of 
course, because we get, we got 

954
01:00:22,400 --> 01:00:23,800
to look at the totality of 
scripture. 

955
01:00:24,200 --> 01:00:28,100
Then how do you reconcile, how 
do you, and I reconcile, the 

956
01:00:28,100 --> 01:00:32,800
Psalms were David celebrates God
intervening against his enemies.

957
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:38,300
Well, how about Exodus 15, the 
the Pharaoh, and his chariots 

958
01:00:38,300 --> 01:00:40,900
drown, Under the Red Sea and 
there's a whole chapter 

959
01:00:40,900 --> 01:00:44,100
dedicated to a song about their 
defeat. 

960
01:00:46,600 --> 01:00:49,900
Help us. 
Because we want to walk in the 

961
01:00:49,908 --> 01:00:52,900
ways of the Lord. 
Anybody have an idea how we can 

962
01:00:52,900 --> 01:00:57,800
reconcile those two realities. 
Very good. 

963
01:00:59,400 --> 01:01:03,400
There's a fine line between 
rejoicing when the person 

964
01:01:03,400 --> 01:01:05,800
experiences some kind of 
misfortune. 

965
01:01:08,100 --> 01:01:10,800
And rejoicing in God's 
Deliverance. 

966
01:01:12,400 --> 01:01:15,300
That's the difference. 
That's why we can have a verse 

967
01:01:15,300 --> 01:01:18,500
like this in the scriptures. 
And then so many other verses 

968
01:01:18,500 --> 01:01:20,600
were seems to give the 
impression that there is 

969
01:01:20,600 --> 01:01:23,800
celebration over God coming to a
man's rescue. 

970
01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:26,600
When he is surrounded by 
adversaries. 

971
01:01:28,100 --> 01:01:31,200
Because you're not rejoicing 
over what happened to that 

972
01:01:31,200 --> 01:01:35,000
person who was created in the 
image of God, you are rejoicing 

973
01:01:35,000 --> 01:01:39,600
in the fact that God had brought
about a Deliverance to you see 

974
01:01:39,600 --> 01:01:43,500
the difference. 
It's not pleasure in the pain of

975
01:01:43,500 --> 01:01:45,700
somebody else. 
It's the light in God's 

976
01:01:45,700 --> 01:01:51,800
faithfulness, in your life. 
I heard of a Preacher, he was 

977
01:01:51,800 --> 01:01:56,000
actually a friend of mine. 
And I saw a little bit of David 

978
01:01:56,000 --> 01:01:57,900
in him when I sat with him and 
one afternoon. 

979
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:04,400
I won't be long here. 
He had told me very briefly and 

980
01:02:04,400 --> 01:02:07,700
availed way of how he had 
experienced great. 

981
01:02:07,700 --> 01:02:11,800
Great, persecution from fellow 
pastors and he obviously didn't 

982
01:02:11,800 --> 01:02:14,300
disclose the details because 
perhaps it would be too 

983
01:02:14,400 --> 01:02:18,000
unbelievable for me, if I had 
not experienced it myself, but 

984
01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:22,200
he told me it was enough for him
to get on his knees and cry out 

985
01:02:22,200 --> 01:02:27,100
to God in such a desperate ways.
And this is his own words, and I

986
01:02:27,107 --> 01:02:30,500
trust his integrity. 
Rhea told me he had cried out to

987
01:02:30,500 --> 01:02:35,600
God and when he had cried out to
God, for Mercy, for just wisdom 

988
01:02:35,600 --> 01:02:39,200
for deliverance from this 
onslaught of whatever was 

989
01:02:39,200 --> 01:02:43,300
happening to him. 
A few of those ministers 

990
01:02:43,700 --> 01:02:47,800
mysteriously died. 
They died. 

991
01:02:49,400 --> 01:02:52,600
In a way that didn't make sense 
to human understanding. 

992
01:02:53,500 --> 01:02:56,900
And I sat there as he said that 
he didn't even look me in the 

993
01:02:56,900 --> 01:02:59,600
eyes. 
He looked to the floor and he 

994
01:02:59,607 --> 01:03:02,500
was staring at the floor and 
underneath underneath his 

995
01:03:02,500 --> 01:03:04,600
breath. 
He said, I didn't ask God to do 

996
01:03:04,600 --> 01:03:07,800
that. 
I didn't ask God to do it that 

997
01:03:07,800 --> 01:03:11,500
way. 
I didn't ask God, and then he 

998
01:03:11,500 --> 01:03:17,400
said, I aged two years and two 
weeks with that news. 

999
01:03:20,300 --> 01:03:22,700
I said, well boy, I have to go 
and prepare for the meeting 

1000
01:03:22,700 --> 01:03:24,200
tonight and he left on that 
note. 

1001
01:03:24,200 --> 01:03:30,900
I was like I saw David in that, 
man. 

1002
01:03:33,500 --> 01:03:39,000
God delivered him. but he did 
not rejoice in the fate of those

1003
01:03:40,700 --> 01:03:45,200
Who harmed him? 
The second observation from 

1004
01:03:45,200 --> 01:03:48,100
these men who rent their 
garments David and his fellow 

1005
01:03:48,100 --> 01:03:51,600
soldiers, it's a subtle one, not
as obvious as the first one, we 

1006
01:03:51,600 --> 01:03:54,200
just heard a subtle one in the 
principle is found in the span 

1007
01:03:54,200 --> 01:03:57,300
of their sorrow. 
Notice that we are told that 

1008
01:03:57,300 --> 01:04:01,600
they wept and fasted and till 
the evening, until the evening, 

1009
01:04:01,600 --> 01:04:04,300
though, their grief was genuine.
It was not prolong. 

1010
01:04:04,400 --> 01:04:07,100
See we all have different 
Temptations. 

1011
01:04:07,700 --> 01:04:09,900
Even in our emotions. 
Some are some are more prone to 

1012
01:04:09,900 --> 01:04:12,800
be angry. 
Some are more prone to be proud.

1013
01:04:12,800 --> 01:04:15,600
Someone were prone to be jealous
and listen to this summer, more 

1014
01:04:15,600 --> 01:04:22,400
prone to be excessively 
sorrowful. these men were 

1015
01:04:22,400 --> 01:04:26,700
genuinely broken, but they, they
stop at a certain point and 

1016
01:04:26,700 --> 01:04:29,700
David stopped at the evening 
because he had a duty to fulfill

1017
01:04:29,700 --> 01:04:34,100
and that was to provide Justice 
on behalf of the king and to 

1018
01:04:34,100 --> 01:04:37,700
execute this man who came to 
confess as a parent murderous 

1019
01:04:37,700 --> 01:04:42,600
plot, or at least his happen, by
chance idea, his assisted 

1020
01:04:42,600 --> 01:04:47,000
suicide and that's important to 
understand, because with David 

1021
01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:51,800
does here, and in the news of 
Saul's death Says something 

1022
01:04:51,800 --> 01:04:56,000
about a healthy view of grieving
I don't want to make too much of

1023
01:04:56,000 --> 01:04:59,000
this but I couldn't help but 
think about David's response to 

1024
01:04:59,000 --> 01:05:03,300
Saul compared to another man 
whom God actually corrected when

1025
01:05:03,300 --> 01:05:05,600
he when he was been sorrowful 
for too long. 

1026
01:05:05,600 --> 01:05:08,100
Who is that man? 
Very good. 

1027
01:05:08,500 --> 01:05:12,700
And first Samuel, 16 one, when 
Samuel learned that Saul had 

1028
01:05:12,700 --> 01:05:16,400
forfeited, the kingdom because 
of his Disobedience, Samuel goes

1029
01:05:16,400 --> 01:05:19,700
to his room and he stays there, 
and he just weeps. 

1030
01:05:19,700 --> 01:05:23,300
And he Grieves, and God comes in
to speak to his prophet. 

1031
01:05:24,100 --> 01:05:26,900
And he told him and first, same 
061, listen to this, remember 

1032
01:05:26,900 --> 01:05:29,500
this, right? 
How long will you grieve over 

1033
01:05:29,500 --> 01:05:32,800
Saul? 
How long will you grieve over 

1034
01:05:32,800 --> 01:05:35,900
Saul since I have rejected him 
from being King over Israel. 

1035
01:05:35,900 --> 01:05:38,700
In other words, it's too much 
Samuel. 

1036
01:05:39,700 --> 01:05:42,200
It's too much. 
It's time to go. 

1037
01:05:45,000 --> 01:05:49,100
And if this is something that 
you're interested in, come see 

1038
01:05:49,100 --> 01:05:51,600
me after the Bible said, I want 
to recommend a resource to you. 

1039
01:05:52,900 --> 01:05:55,100
About when grieving becomes 
wrong. 

1040
01:05:56,500 --> 01:06:00,200
When grieving becomes 
unrighteous when grieving can 

1041
01:06:00,200 --> 01:06:04,900
actually turn into sin. 
That can help us and help others

1042
01:06:04,900 --> 01:06:07,000
that we know that. 
I've known great pains in life. 

1043
01:06:07,100 --> 01:06:11,500
And let me give you two summary 
points before we close here, we 

1044
01:06:11,500 --> 01:06:17,200
can know at least two flags that
are yellow flags or red flags in

1045
01:06:17,200 --> 01:06:22,600
our sorrow one, when we begin to
assault attack. 

1046
01:06:24,100 --> 01:06:28,600
The character of God. 
Samuel should have known better.

1047
01:06:28,900 --> 01:06:31,400
Samuel is a prophet as a man of 
God should have known better as 

1048
01:06:31,400 --> 01:06:32,900
he was grieving for Saul. 
Why? 

1049
01:06:33,300 --> 01:06:36,300
Because he had not he had not 
experienced this for the first 

1050
01:06:36,300 --> 01:06:39,100
time. 
He was a young man, when Eli the

1051
01:06:39,100 --> 01:06:44,600
priesthood had fallen and God 
pronounced judgment and promised

1052
01:06:44,600 --> 01:06:47,600
something else for the future 
concerning God's leadership, he 

1053
01:06:47,600 --> 01:06:51,200
had seen that and when it came 
to Saul for some reason, he 

1054
01:06:51,200 --> 01:06:53,900
doesn't remember that. 
And he just he just he loses 

1055
01:06:54,200 --> 01:06:58,600
sight of God's sovereignty, he 
Just sight of God's control over

1056
01:06:58,600 --> 01:07:02,200
Israel and his leadership. 
And so, when you and I in our 

1057
01:07:02,200 --> 01:07:06,600
sorrow, in our pain, and our 
disturbance, When we begin to. 

1058
01:07:06,600 --> 01:07:10,200
Now, look at God and question 
his ability or question his 

1059
01:07:10,200 --> 01:07:13,100
character in a way that accuses 
them of unfaithfulness were 

1060
01:07:13,100 --> 01:07:16,000
being wrong. 
Then, we know that our grief is 

1061
01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:18,800
letting us cross a certain line 
that we shouldn't have crossed. 

1062
01:07:19,000 --> 01:07:24,200
Secondly, when our grief begins 
to loosen our grip on service to

1063
01:07:24,200 --> 01:07:29,300
God, David stop grieving because
David knew he had a duty to 

1064
01:07:29,300 --> 01:07:32,300
fulfill and that was to deal 
with this amalekite and to move 

1065
01:07:32,300 --> 01:07:35,000
on and be that leader. 
That God called them to be 

1066
01:07:35,200 --> 01:07:38,000
Samuel. 
Same idea, God calls him and 

1067
01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:43,000
says, Hey listen, fill your horn
with oil and go, you can't stay 

1068
01:07:43,000 --> 01:07:45,000
like this for too long. 
You still have a Ministry to 

1069
01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:47,100
fulfill, you must get up and get
moving. 

1070
01:07:47,100 --> 01:07:49,700
There's another king that I have
in mind, and it's your job to 

1071
01:07:49,700 --> 01:07:52,600
find him out. 
Call him out, anoint him and let

1072
01:07:52,600 --> 01:07:54,000
him know that I have a plan for 
him. 

1073
01:07:55,300 --> 01:07:57,400
And there are people, I'm 
telling you who have known great

1074
01:07:57,400 --> 01:08:00,800
grief and Christian circles, 
they've been harmed by fellow 

1075
01:08:00,800 --> 01:08:02,600
Christians so they never show up
to church again. 

1076
01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:04,700
Leadership in churches have 
failed him. 

1077
01:08:04,800 --> 01:08:08,100
So they vowed to never ever 
ever, listen to a pastor sit, 

1078
01:08:08,100 --> 01:08:12,200
under a pastor, have anything to
do with a pastor and all of 

1079
01:08:12,200 --> 01:08:16,200
that, no matter how sincere the 
song, Maybe no matter how real, 

1080
01:08:16,300 --> 01:08:20,800
the crime might have been Is it 
clear or obvious indication that

1081
01:08:20,800 --> 01:08:24,100
that person's grief has turned 
into Disobedience or at least 

1082
01:08:24,100 --> 01:08:27,000
LED them into Disobedience? 
And so we have to be extremely 

1083
01:08:27,000 --> 01:08:32,800
careful of how something as real
and as raw as pain as a result 

1084
01:08:32,800 --> 01:08:35,100
of something that we brought 
about in our own lives or 

1085
01:08:35,100 --> 01:08:37,800
somebody has caused in our own 
lives, we have to be very 

1086
01:08:37,800 --> 01:08:44,200
Vigilant where it takes us. 
With the time left and actually 

1087
01:08:44,200 --> 01:08:46,800
no. 
Next week, we will cover the 

1088
01:08:46,800 --> 01:08:50,800
fact that David here is going to
sing a song. 

1089
01:08:51,200 --> 01:08:54,200
Write a song and even share this
song with the people of God and 

1090
01:08:54,200 --> 01:08:58,899
it is Rich it. 
Drips with awesome Revelation in

1091
01:08:58,899 --> 01:09:01,000
so many areas of Our Lives as 
Believers. 

1092
01:09:01,399 --> 01:09:03,500
And for now we give thanks to 
God for what he has taught us, 

1093
01:09:04,000 --> 01:09:18,399
as we've come to his word. 
Louis, thank you for what you've

1094
01:09:18,399 --> 01:09:23,899
taught us in the scriptures. 
We thank you for this 

1095
01:09:23,899 --> 01:09:27,200
introduction to second Samuel 
one though. 

1096
01:09:27,200 --> 01:09:29,700
We pray that. 
Whatever was spoken. 

1097
01:09:31,600 --> 01:09:35,500
Would have landed in good soil. 
and we pray O Lord that it would

1098
01:09:35,500 --> 01:09:38,300
at least if there is any 
consequence of this Bible study 

1099
01:09:38,300 --> 01:09:44,000
together that it would woo, our 
hearts Woo, our hearts. 

1100
01:09:45,000 --> 01:09:48,800
To the person of Jesus Christ. 
Lori want to give you all the 

1101
01:09:48,800 --> 01:09:53,399
glory and thanks for this family
who loves to be in your word. 

1102
01:09:53,800 --> 01:09:55,400
But Lord, let the word live 
through us. 

1103
01:09:56,200 --> 01:09:59,700
Let it actually manifest in our 
words and our thinking, and our 

1104
01:09:59,700 --> 01:10:01,800
hearts, and our motives in our 
dealings with others. 

1105
01:10:02,300 --> 01:10:05,400
Lord, we thank you that your 
word is for us today, we bless 

1106
01:10:05,400 --> 01:10:07,700
you, hello. 
We want to rejoice in you in 

1107
01:10:07,700 --> 01:10:11,800
song and Thanksgiving for you. 
Are the author of this book. 

1108
01:10:13,900 --> 01:10:17,500
And you are the God who speaks 
and we've heard your voice 

1109
01:10:17,500 --> 01:10:21,100
tonight. 
Lord, encourage the 

1110
01:10:21,100 --> 01:10:24,700
faint-hearted. 
Convict the one who is outside 

1111
01:10:24,700 --> 01:10:28,300
of your will bind our hearts 
together in unity. 

1112
01:10:29,300 --> 01:10:32,500
Help us be the people that 
you've called us to be and Lord 

1113
01:10:32,500 --> 01:10:35,900
with all of that helped us rest 
in the saving work of Jesus 

1114
01:10:35,900 --> 01:10:40,100
Christ, that Lord all that. 
We've heard all the challenges 

1115
01:10:40,500 --> 01:10:44,200
comes from a place of being 
accepted at the cross and that 

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we are not living. 
Holy to be accepted by you. 

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We are not performing so that we
can get heaven. 

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Lord, you've paid it all, and we
just want to live a life of 

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gratitude in light of that great
news. 

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In Jesus name, we pray. 
Amen. 

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But stand and Worship the Lord 
together, shall we?