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Let's go to the book of 1st 
Samuel together in chapter 25. 

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And where we concluded last 
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So let's begin in verse 14. 
It's good to see you with your 

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Bibles today. 
Let's pray. 

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Lord, this is your holy word. 
This is the truth. 

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This is your voice. 
This is breathed out by you. 

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What, we recognize us as the 
sufficient inerrant. 

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Word of God, we tremble before 
it Lord, help us realize we are 

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not reading a story for moral 
principles. 

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Help us realize that we are not 
just reading a piece of History.

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Lord, this word has been given 
for Archer. 

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Meaning for our correcting, our 
reproof our comfort. 

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Our transformation Lord. 
We need the empowerment of the 

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Holy Spirit to rest upon the 
ministry of the word. 

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Tonight, we've come to Feast at 
your table and so Lord, may we 

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leave here full, may we leave 
here with a heart that is 

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softened towards you, your will.
Your purposes for our lives. 

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We surrender. 
This Bible study asking that you

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would take full control Lord 
filter every word man's opinion.

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Lord, may it fall to the ground.
May not even reach. 

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Our ears Olga may not even come 
out of this vessel. 

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Maybe your word alone, your 
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Your will in Jesus name we pray.
Amen. 

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At this point of our study. 
David is prepared to do 

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something that we never thought 
David would do. 

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David this man who has entrusted
himself to God. 

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And so many ways especially with
how he's been treated by King, 

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Saul is now about to take 
Vengeance for the harm that he 

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had experienced from another up 
to this point, he is trusted God

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to deal with Saul. 
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came to the insults of nabal, he
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be better if he were to execute 
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And this was painful obviously 
for him because he had given 

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good, he had shared good, he had
provided good table and he 

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experienced nothing but evil and
wickedness from this man who was

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supposed to be his brother a man
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And before we even read another 
verse we can we can come to this

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conclusion up to this point of 
this chapter that yet again we 

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were given another example about
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devoted and Sanctified Servants 
of God and an Kingdom is but a 

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man's still. 
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God's woman are susceptible to 
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Flesh. 
And so may we never put too much

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hope in man, may we never 
worship man. 

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Rely too much on, man. 
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fail. 
Us is the one that died for us. 

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Others will fail, others will 
have shortcomings. 

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It's no excuse for us to not 
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insight to Remind us that we are
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therefore, we need him all the 
more. 

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If a man, like, David can fails,
surely you? 

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And I can fail, And there's much
to learn in the remaining of 

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this chapter. 
Look how many verses are left in

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that chapter. 
So much to learn from this King 

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and training but not just from 
David, we are now going to learn

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so much from Another Hero, an 
unsung hero by the way. 

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Unfortunately, Abigail was not 
praised in all of Israel through

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song like David was. 
But nevertheless, she was still 

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someone to be praised. 
She is going to save the day. 

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She is going to through her 
intervention provide much much, 

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much instruction for you. 
And I, I mean, look again at 

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this chapter and consider this, 
that most of this content is 

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given for and is reserved for 
her speech toward David. 

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Not into versus not in one 
verse. 

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But in many, many words and 
many, many arguments, surely God

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wants to teach us something 
through this. 

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Man named Abigail. 
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see in this chapter up to this 
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Look at verse 3. 
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as she was a wife of a fool and 
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beautiful. 
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understanding. 
She was a woman who had outer 

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beauty, but more importantly, 
inner beauty and we are going to

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see how that's going to flesh 
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We're going to see these 
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But interestingly enough what 
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discernment of the woman behind 
lighted, way more than her 

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appearance. 
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mentioned again, goes to show 
what God values, we goes to show

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what we should be learning from 
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by our God to be wise and 
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cautious. 
We are going to see some marks 

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of a wise individual. 
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What was them actually? 
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manifested and so the main point
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study is going to be marks of 
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This chapter is so rich that you
can have two Bibles as you. 

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Have many Bible studies on it 
but two themes. 

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There is so much of the Gospel 
in this chapter so much of the 

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Gospel. 
So many parallels to gospel 

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experience gospel truth. 
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Practical implications of what 
it means to live out as a person

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who cherishes and pursues and 
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values and that is wisdom. 
Not knowledge. 

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Wisdom knowledge is information.
Wisdom is what you do with the 

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data that you receive throughout
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And as you hear these different 
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do something? 
Can we all do this together? 

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We're going to hear one point 
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Abigail's encounter with David 
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Lord, is this true of me is this
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My life, if not, would you give 
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Would you give me the 
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can be an effective vessel For 
Your Glory? 

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Because we will not be 
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If we do not have wisdom, we 
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testimony to the testimony of 
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And so, therefore, the great 
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Life As We navigate through it 
with all the events and 

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surprises is to be a people who 
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It's quite amazing. 
How much of this tax is 

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dedicated to Abigail. 
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see how her life In This Moment 
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The last scene that we have in 
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14, is that David, with 400? 
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and his his home with swords, 
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Baggage 400 are Marching on 
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eradicate them from the face of 
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And so in verse 14 we read but 
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Abigail Annabelle's wife behold 
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Wilderness to greet our master 
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The men were very Be good to us 
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did not miss anything. 
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long as we went with them, they 
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And by day all the, while we 
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Sheep. 
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consider what you should do for 
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master and against all his house
and he has such a worthless man,

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that no one that one cannot 
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Him. 
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about this woman, as we read 
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young servants, who observed and
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towards David, and what David, 
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his Readiness to retaliate was 
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Instinct. 
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this woman. 
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obviously had a reputation and 
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She was able to provide 
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She was a source of guidance. 
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her character, something about 
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She was a person who could solve
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them. 
She was a peacemaker, not a 

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troublemaker. 
She was someone that saw peace 

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between relationships, the 
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And then she knew the best way 
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And unfortunately that was not 
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true of many people. 
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Jesus says that they are 
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Not only will they be blessed 
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surely that is true for any 
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Any household, any group of 
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have people who strive for rest 
among Brothers, they are a 

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treasure. 
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recognized the That Abigail was 
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Blessed. 
Be your discretion and blessed. 

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Be you who have kept me this 
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working salvation, with my own 
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and it's a joy to know that you.
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others that our presence that 
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Bring about Harmony and not 
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disturbance, and not strife What
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said of so many people in the 
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have you realized that Satan had
access to everything in jobs 

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life he can destroy anything 
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He destroyed jobs kids but he 
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I've ever thought about that. 
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That Satan, with whatever 
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himself. 
I could kill her but it would be

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more destructive for job of. 
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Imagine that. 
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was nothing more than a greater 
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was experiencing. 
And that could be said of people

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today in churches, again, in 
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siblings at workplaces. 
That their presence only brings 

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more disturbance and difficulty 
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about Grace and assistance and 
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this woman was was of that sort.
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Discerning she was and these 
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But one insight about Abigail is
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about her husband. 
Notice what the man says that 

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the at the end of verse 17 about
in about, he is such a worthless

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man, that one cannot speak to 
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Nabob was a man that he 
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your advice. 
He would not even dare entertain

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the possibility that your input 
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Outlook. 
He could not humble himself. 

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He would not even listen to what
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It was his way or the highway. 
It was his plan or no plan. 

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And this individual, whose name 
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Proving that by this very 
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open his ears to what somebody 
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trustworthy servant, even if his
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his wife was the opposite. 
She was open. 

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She was humble, she could be 
approached. 

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She could inquire, she can 
listen, she could, she could 

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consider a better option. 
That didn't stem from our own 

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thinking, or own ideas. 
And that is in the Bible, the 

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first Mark in this, in this 
chapter, the first Mark of 

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wisdom, someone who is willing 
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Someone who is willing to 
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I've courted it many times 
because it has blessed me in my 

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life. 
It's an Ecclesiastes 413 better 

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to be a poor and wise youth than
an old and foolish King who no 

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longer knew how to take advice. 
What's foolishness? 

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According to that verse a man, 
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matter what resources, he has a 
man who cannot take advice is a 

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fool. 
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But that's not his wife, 
Abigail. 

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She could obviously receive. 
And therefore, one of the marks 

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of somebody who is walking and 
good understanding, is that 

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there they are willing to give 
their ear so that they can gain 

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better understanding. 
So, here's a question to ask for

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ourselves and this Very 
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Bible study, do you seek advice 
from Godly men and godly woman? 

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How does your heart respond to 
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Is it is it difficult for you to
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Told that perhaps you're wrong? 
Or are you in the place where 

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you are so willing to be in the 
will of God that even if you are

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in the wrong you would want to 
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because you want to be walking 
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There is no way that anybody 
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can't get this simple, 
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developed. 
I must be willing to hear. 

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I must be willing to listen. 
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Then Abigail made haste and took
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wine and five sheep already 
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grain and 100 clusters of 
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figs and laid them on donkeys. 
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go on before me, behold? 
I come after you, but she did 

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not tell her husband Abal verse 
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There, when it comes to her 
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young man. 
Haste very good then Abigail 

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made haste. 
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person who possesses wisdom. 
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willing to. 
Listen, they're willing to hear 

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they're willing to Humble 
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and the insights of others. 
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to foresee They have an ability 
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I'm not talking about being 
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can see the future. 
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moment. 
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on the news when she was told 
from this young man, the 

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imminent danger. 
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interpret the urgency of the 
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appropriately. 
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to her front door. 
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understanding, may not know 
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will unfold every situation or 
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danger of someone or something. 
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how they should best either 
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avoid address or do not address.
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concept, they have that 
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that kind of wisdom. 
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text. 
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this on more than one occasion 
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to learn about how to be wise. 
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we told the prudent sees danger 
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go on and suffer, they suffer 
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So, a wise person is able to 
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know what to do based on what is
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with a sense of being prepared, 
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Proactively now, always 
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And this woman is proving that 
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that will cause you. 
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to words of people, the actions 
of people to say this is not 

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worth investing and iota of 
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Right? 
David did that with his older 

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brothers brother was trying to 
scorn him and lock him in 

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public. 
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got it. 
I got bigger things to do here 

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and so we had to be careful not 
to invest things into battles 

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that don't matter in the end. 
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this idea of wisdom and it's not
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situation is. 
Just leave it to God, it sounds 

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spiritual, let God deal with it,
let God deal. 

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And yes, it's true. 
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have to which are out of our 
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Say, Lord, Can't do anything 
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God, dealing with it, meaning 
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hands, we don't move, we don't 
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Then we have a lot of issues 
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scripture, including Paul, if 
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don't worry about it. 
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He can take care of it, then. 
Why did he name so many names? 

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21. 
Christians about agitators and 

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false teachers. 
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Be careful of these individuals,
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The Lord no, don't do that. 
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That's not wise but you have 
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advice for every single thing 
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God gives you instructions to do
something, he gives you 

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principles, he gives you 
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certain things and he will hold 
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And so we have to we have to 
pull back and realize that there

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are moments where the best thing
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Lord fight that battle. 
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God expects us to do something, 
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what point with what situation? 
Well, that's where wisdom comes 

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in. 
That's that's why we need God to

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give us that frame of mind to 
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This is the Lord's. 
This is where I have to do 

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something prayerfully. 
Yes, inquiring God to empower me

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and to give me the guidance, But
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something here. 
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Look at verse 34. 
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How David comments about 
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For surely as the Lord, the god 
of Israel Lives who has 

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restrained me from hurting you, 
unless you had hurried and come 

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to meet me. 
Truly by morning, there are not 

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been left to nibble so much as 
one male you didn't come and 

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show up. 
You all would have been dead. 

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Your timing. 
Your promptness was a God thing.

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But look at her the same woman 
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Look at her patients in verse 36
and dealing with her husband and

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Abigail came to Nepal and 
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He was holding a feast in his 
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And the ball is heart was Marry 
within him for, he was very 

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drunk so she told them nothing 
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You see, there was a moment to 
act, there was a moment to wait 

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and the context the context will
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will know what to say went to 
Saint. 

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Is this the time, is this not 
the time so there's no code of 

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what to do in every situation. 
You realize that right? 

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The Bible would be this big but 
what God does is he impart 

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something known as wisdom. 
So that even in 2022 when you're

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in a situation that is not 
necessarily in a book of the 

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Bible, you know how to go about 
in the most righteous and God 

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glorifying way. 
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when to act shoot she knew where
not to act, and both were very, 

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very prosperous. 
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at her, promptness, her 
Readiness, her hastiness to act 

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upon the news that she receives.
Don't you, don't? 

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You get a gospel, a gospel idea 
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That she receives some news of 
imminent judgment and her 

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comprehension was to be urgent 
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the same. 
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attitude people must have when 
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of the Gospel. 
To promptly, realize the urgency

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of the matter and to respond to 
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As soon as possible, she did not
delay. 

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She did not. 
Wait, she did not think we know 

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this. 
This can hold off till next week

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she realized though not knowing 
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That there was a man coming 
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Vengeance? 
There is one coming who is just 

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with his vengeance. 
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of how every person should 
respond to that. 

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Truth today is the day of 
salvation. 

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Now why would you wait till 
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If we looked at abigaile in this
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I'll think about it I got to 
contemplate other Concepts 

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first. 
I got to realize if I really 

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want to get into this and we 
would say whatever foolish. 

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You're a fool. 
Why would you even hold off on 

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that? 
It's coming? 

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Whether you realize it or not, 
whether you believe it or not, 

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it's going to happen. 
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a fool for reacting in such a 
way with such delay in 

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hesitation, what we tell. 
If those who do the same with 

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the coming Christ, the ultimate 
manifestation of foolishness. 

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And so we see that there is an 
ability to interpret the timing 

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of things, the context of things
and 24, see where things can go,

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that can only come when God by 
his Spirit through his word in 

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prayer, gives you something 
known as wisdom. 

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Look at verse 19, and she said 
to her young men, go on before 

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me, behold? 
I come after you, but she did 

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not tell her husband about 
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First was you're able to listen 
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foreseen to act to act based on 
the unique situation. 

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What to do, what not to do. 
Let me let me emphasize that 

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point again. 
Solomon knew what to do when 

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those two women came arguing for
who who belong to the baby whose

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mother was the baby and he goes,
give me his sword cut in half. 

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Give them each a piece. 
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Where did that come from? 
It didn't come from the book of 

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Deuteronomy. 
You can't find a verse on that. 

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Prior to that he asked God for 
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exact ability to know how to 
evaluate and move about in a 

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situation that was extremely 
unique. 

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So unique was a and so profound 
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from God. 
What's the wisdom here in verse 

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19? 
Very good. 

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But she did not tell her husband
Duvall. 

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Now, I don't know if that would 
sound like wisdom to us, but it 

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is because wisdom is not just 
knowing what to say, it's 

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knowing what not to say. 
Wisdom is not just being able to

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give out wonderful truths about 
life and how to go about certain

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situation. 
Wisdom also knows how to sing 

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even the right thing to the 
wrong person. 

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This is Beyond Basics, this is 
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And we see that here with this 
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Unfortunately, in this case, the
person who is intentionally 

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uninformed was their own 
husband. 

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So we can't look at this as a 
proof. 

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Text of being conniving and 
deceiving and being sneaky 

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especially when it comes to 
marriage because a man and woman

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and that Covenant are one. 
They share many things together.

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But as we come to a text like 
this, although she's not working

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against her husband, she is 
doing something that her husband

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should have been doing. 
Remember the bowel was not just 

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being rude to David nabarro was 
breaking God's commands in his 

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treatment of David by not 
providing from as a script. 

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Sure says to provide. 
So what she is doing here, is 

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she is paying the debt that the 
Manos. 

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She is stepping up because he 
would not step up and she and 

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wisdom knew. 
If I include him in this, it 

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will be to our own destruction 
because surely he would object 

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and there will be chaos and it 
will be to his own demise. 

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And so the best thing to do 
though it was a difficult thing 

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to do. 
Was I cannot tell this man, he 

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is just too foolish. 
She knew that the servants knew 

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that the only person who didn't 
believe that was himself, But 

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the principle is still here, 
right? 

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Obviously the situation is 
unique, this is a matter of life

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and death, it's not a matter of 
you should buy certain piece of 

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furniture for the house or not. 
You're not telling your hubby, 

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that's not what it is. 
We're going to die here and so 

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she needed to come and she 
needed to step up and she needed

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to exclude him for his own life.
And for her own life, or for 

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many other people's lives, 
wisdom knows what not to say. 

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And what not to say to certain 
people. 

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That's not being secretive, 
that's being prudent and 

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responsible. 
Foolishness is seen in the 

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person who is unable to conceal.
Who is unable to reserve things 

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for the thrill of being some 
kind of informant. 

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For the thrill of engaging in 
conversations that can easily to

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gossip. 
And other Troublesome talk a 

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person who is wise is quiet. 
They know that even what is 

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true. 
And right, if it's in the hands 

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of the immature or those who are
not able to deal with such 

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information that could be more 
harmful than anything else. 

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The Bible tells us in Proverbs 
20, do not associate with a 

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simple babbler. 
Somebody that can't just stop 

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talking somebody that just 
doesn't they don't. 

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Local 8, their words. 
They just just word vomit on 

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everything and everybody. 
All right, somebody jokingly 

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said, if you want news to get 
across the land, don't go to 

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your local news station. 
Just go to your local church. 

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People in the church are very 
good at spreading information, 

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very fast and it's information 
that not needed to be spread. 

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And yet, here we see that this 
woman knew what not to say and 

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that was actually for the 
greater good, that was for the 

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greater good. 
I can give you many examples of 

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what that looks like, but let me
just ask you this question. 

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Remember we're examining 
ourselves. 

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Do you always have their urge to
share everything that you learn,

453
00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:37,700
or you experience in life? 
Is there any privacy in your 

454
00:27:37,700 --> 00:27:40,100
life? 
You know, God even encourages 

455
00:27:40,100 --> 00:27:44,400
you and I to keep things secret 
You know that right? 

456
00:27:45,700 --> 00:27:50,300
No, is it looking me like I'm 
lying, doesn't he tell you when 

457
00:27:50,300 --> 00:27:54,300
you pray to do it in secret? 
Did he tell you when you fast to

458
00:27:54,300 --> 00:27:57,600
do it in secret, didn't you say 
when you give to do it in 

459
00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:01,600
secret, you know, we talked 
about being having an intimate 

460
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,200
relationship with the Lord. 
But there's nothing intimate 

461
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,800
about it. 
God, even in him, he wants 

462
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:07,600
things to be one-on-one to 
certain level. 

463
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:09,700
Yes, we live in community, and 
we live openly, and we're 

464
00:28:09,700 --> 00:28:11,500
transparent for the sake of 
accountability. 

465
00:28:11,700 --> 00:28:13,900
But there must be some things 
that are just between us and 

466
00:28:13,900 --> 00:28:16,900
him. 
He tells us that he tells us 

467
00:28:16,900 --> 00:28:21,900
that I remember a young brother 
who was young in the faith? 

468
00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:23,700
When he first got saved, he poor
fellow. 

469
00:28:23,700 --> 00:28:25,800
He thought that he can trust 
every Christian that he talked 

470
00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:28,400
to you. 
And so when he first got saved 

471
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:29,900
he starts he just joined a local
church. 

472
00:28:29,900 --> 00:28:32,800
He was telling everybody what 
God was revealing to his heart, 

473
00:28:32,900 --> 00:28:36,200
what God was calling him to do? 
How I think God is going to take

474
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,000
me there and do this with me and
somebody wisely? 

475
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,700
Put them aside maybe you broke 
his heart but it's okay. 

476
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:46,400
He can't be doing that stuff. 
Why I'm with Christians? 

477
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:48,800
I'm in the church. 
Yeah you'll figure it out long 

478
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:52,600
enough. 
And that person learn from a 

479
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,000
wise individual, but he also 
learned from experience. 

480
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:59,300
And so there is a wisdom in 
knowing how to conceal and not 

481
00:28:59,300 --> 00:29:02,800
being a person who continually 
and always reveals, whether 

482
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:04,900
that's your personal 
information, whether that's what

483
00:29:04,900 --> 00:29:07,500
you see, whether it's about the 
sins of other people. 

484
00:29:09,700 --> 00:29:12,400
Joseph got in a lot of trouble 
for it by sharing his dreams, 

485
00:29:13,300 --> 00:29:16,200
right? 
I mean, talk about immaturity, 

486
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:19,500
you share it the first time, and
you can tell that they're acting

487
00:29:19,500 --> 00:29:21,200
different around you, and you go
ahead and you add fuel to the 

488
00:29:21,208 --> 00:29:22,300
fire. 
And you tell them this next 

489
00:29:22,300 --> 00:29:27,100
dream, There's wisdom and 
concealing. 

490
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:32,700
Let's read on here in verse 20 
and as she rode on the donkey 

491
00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:35,400
and Kane under cover of the 
mountain. 

492
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:39,300
Behold David and his men came 
down toward her and she met them

493
00:29:39,700 --> 00:29:42,300
now. 
David had said, surely in vain 

494
00:29:42,500 --> 00:29:46,500
have I guarded all that this 
fellow has in the wilderness so 

495
00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:49,800
that nothing was missed of all 
that belonged to him and he has 

496
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:54,800
returned me, evil for good. 
God do so to the enemies of 

497
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:58,200
David and more also, if by 
morning, I leave so much as one 

498
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:04,000
male of all who belong to him. 
Now before we go into this next 

499
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:08,100
point the scripture, it's almost
like we're getting a scene cut. 

500
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:11,700
As we now see in the suspense is
building of Abigail preparing 

501
00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:15,600
the provision for this man. 
We come to the man and we can 

502
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:21,200
see the fumes from his head and 
we even see the frustration. 

503
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:25,300
So boiled over in his heart. 
So burning in his soul that he's

504
00:30:25,300 --> 00:30:28,900
actually voicing. 
What is bothering him to the 

505
00:30:28,900 --> 00:30:31,100
Bone. 
He's actually talking to 

506
00:30:31,100 --> 00:30:34,000
himself. 
How much this man is consumed 

507
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,900
with rage. 
And as you read her, you get an 

508
00:30:36,900 --> 00:30:40,500
idea of why he is angry, and 
it's really an inside of why 

509
00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:43,400
many people are disappointed in 
their Christian walk. 

510
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,700
Notice what he says here Now, 
David had said in verse 21, 

511
00:30:47,700 --> 00:30:51,700
surely in vain, I have guarded, 
all that this fellow has in the 

512
00:30:51,700 --> 00:30:57,000
wilderness. 
David believed for a moment that

513
00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:02,200
his efforts that his service, 
that his sacrifice was a waste. 

514
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:07,500
Because I just wasted my time. 
I wasted my energy. 

515
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:12,300
I wasted my love. 
And you know what? 

516
00:31:12,700 --> 00:31:15,900
My brother, my sister, you will 
open yourself up to a lot of 

517
00:31:15,900 --> 00:31:17,800
disappointment in your Christian
walk. 

518
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:25,600
If you are only looking for 
rewards in this life, Because 

519
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,900
you have many people that are 
ready to give up simply because 

520
00:31:27,900 --> 00:31:29,900
they didn't receive the praise 
that they were expecting for 

521
00:31:29,900 --> 00:31:32,400
their service and you have 
people who are not only just 

522
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,700
willing to give up their ready 
to turn their back on God 

523
00:31:34,700 --> 00:31:38,900
altogether because they receive 
unjust treatment for their for 

524
00:31:38,900 --> 00:31:44,100
their good. 
If you view your ministry in 

525
00:31:44,100 --> 00:31:47,800
light of how David viewed his 
service, you're setting yourself

526
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:51,800
up to not have great longevity 
in your faithfulness to the 

527
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:57,300
Lord. you're setting yourself up
for much internal turmoil, if 

528
00:31:57,300 --> 00:32:04,100
you just see your reward in this
life, And not just 

529
00:32:04,100 --> 00:32:08,500
disappointment. 
If you're not careful, that kind

530
00:32:08,500 --> 00:32:12,500
of frustration can lead to 
justifying certain sins and 

531
00:32:12,500 --> 00:32:15,500
compromise to medicate yourself 
because sin always promises 

532
00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:17,500
immediate rewarding 
gratification. 

533
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,000
And this man wanted to satisfy 
to a certain degree, I wanted to

534
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:25,400
just kill all these people and a
mini genocide. 

535
00:32:26,900 --> 00:32:29,200
You know what the antidote is, 
you know, what the remedy is to 

536
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:32,100
this believe. 
With all your heart that there 

537
00:32:32,100 --> 00:32:34,200
is a God in heaven, who is 
keeping a count of all your 

538
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,200
works. 
All your Works ones that you 

539
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,400
would even consider to be worthy
to be rewarded. 

540
00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:45,200
And I believe God knew God knew 
that in his people throughout 

541
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,100
time Woodfield, The Temptations.
That David is saying with 

542
00:32:48,100 --> 00:32:50,300
believe those lies. 
And so throughout the 

543
00:32:50,300 --> 00:32:53,100
scriptures, he's given many 
promises and assurances that 

544
00:32:53,100 --> 00:32:56,200
there is a day coming where I 
will look you in the eyes and I 

545
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:59,500
will reward you though men have 
ignored you and dismissed you 

546
00:33:00,900 --> 00:33:03,200
One of my favorite scriptures is
in the New Testament. 

547
00:33:03,300 --> 00:33:05,300
It's in Hebrews chapter 6, verse
10. 

548
00:33:05,500 --> 00:33:11,400
Look what the author says for, 
God is Not unjust for God is Not

549
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,700
unjust. 
So as to overlook your work and 

550
00:33:14,700 --> 00:33:17,900
the love that you have shown for
his name and serving the Saints 

551
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:22,700
as you still do, men might be 
unjust. 

552
00:33:22,700 --> 00:33:26,200
Even your spiritual leaders 
might be unjust by taking 

553
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,800
advantage of your never thanking
you or never giving you the 

554
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:33,000
appreciation. 
That you believe you deserve but

555
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,300
God is Not unjust to overlook 
what you do for the Saints. 

556
00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,900
He will, in fact, rewards you 
and it will be greater than if 

557
00:33:39,900 --> 00:33:43,700
all the world was given to. 
You see, if David believe that 

558
00:33:43,700 --> 00:33:46,200
what he had done for Anna ball, 
don't he was mistreated. 

559
00:33:46,300 --> 00:33:49,300
I'm sure that this would have 
subsided much more than What's 

560
00:33:49,300 --> 00:33:52,000
Happening Here. 
But we're coming back to 

561
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,900
Abigail, right? 
She's about to face this enraged

562
00:33:55,900 --> 00:33:59,800
Warrior. 
When Abigail saw David and verse

563
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:04,300
23, she hurried and got down 
from the donkey and fell before 

564
00:34:04,300 --> 00:34:07,200
David on her face and bowed to 
the ground. 

565
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:12,600
She fell at his feet and said, 
on me alone, my Lord be the 

566
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:16,199
guilt. 
Please let your servant speak in

567
00:34:16,199 --> 00:34:19,500
your ears and hear the words of 
your servant, all right. 

568
00:34:20,699 --> 00:34:24,900
Marks of wisdom, number one, 
you're able to listen number 

569
00:34:24,900 --> 00:34:27,000
two, you have an ability to 
foresee. 

570
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:31,000
You don't have blinders on you, 
understand that possible dangers

571
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,100
of rewards. 
The best outcome of the 

572
00:34:33,107 --> 00:34:35,500
decisions that you would make in
a certain circumstance. 

573
00:34:37,199 --> 00:34:39,900
Number three, we learned that 
wisdom also knows not what to 

574
00:34:39,900 --> 00:34:41,600
say. 
And to say the right thing to 

575
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:43,900
the wrong person is not 
beneficial. 

576
00:34:44,500 --> 00:34:46,500
There is an element of 
concealment for the sake of 

577
00:34:46,500 --> 00:34:50,900
people's protection and your own
protection at times number, for 

578
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:58,900
a wise person, possesses a 
calculated ability to approach a

579
00:34:58,908 --> 00:35:01,300
specific audience in a specific 
way. 

580
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:08,000
A wise person knows what to say 
how to say it, depending on the 

581
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,300
person, who is receiving, what 
you want to offer. 

582
00:35:11,100 --> 00:35:12,500
And that's what we see in this 
woman. 

583
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:18,300
This encounter, this 
confrontation is very unique, it

584
00:35:18,300 --> 00:35:23,100
is dripping with Grace. 
It is dripping with Divine 

585
00:35:23,100 --> 00:35:26,400
wisdom and it is an 
encouragement in a world where 

586
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:29,000
you will deal with conflict and 
people who will step on your 

587
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,600
toes. 
And that's what we see with this

588
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,800
woman. 
She comes to David and what's 

589
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:36,600
the first thing that she does in
verse 23? 

590
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:44,800
She falls before him. 
She bowed before him before she 

591
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:48,400
says anything. 
She's already demonstrating a 

592
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,100
posture of respect. 
I love that. 

593
00:35:51,100 --> 00:35:53,600
You know why? 
Because not only with all the 

594
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:57,300
supplies that she brought all 
the food that she brought not 

595
00:35:57,300 --> 00:36:01,800
only is she supplying and paying
for the debt that the mall did 

596
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:05,100
not pay. 
She's also providing the respect

597
00:36:05,100 --> 00:36:13,000
that he refused to give. 
She comes with humility and she 

598
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:18,700
falls at his feet. 
And she gently appeals to him. 

599
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:22,100
Read this. 
I don't know if you read it 

600
00:36:22,107 --> 00:36:24,200
before the Bible study, read it.
After you'll realize it, as we 

601
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:28,600
read it together, how many times
she refers to him as my Lord, my

602
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:34,200
Lord, my Lord, my Lord, my Lord,
my Lord, this is this is amazing

603
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:38,100
because she's doing the exact 
opposite of what her husband was

604
00:36:38,100 --> 00:36:41,200
doing. 
She knows exactly what the wound

605
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:45,700
is, as she's treating it. 
She's not just she's doing 

606
00:36:45,700 --> 00:36:48,300
something very, very intentional
here. 

607
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:53,200
And what I love about her 
initial approach, is that she 

608
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,200
could have come off immediately 
with a sharp rebuke. 

609
00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,200
You know why? 
Because David is about to do 

610
00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:00,200
something that is extremely 
sinful. 

611
00:37:00,900 --> 00:37:03,000
He's about to kill people 
unjustly. 

612
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:07,800
And maybe with the news coming 
to us about a person who was 

613
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:11,100
about to do that, and with the 
power that you have, as a 

614
00:37:11,100 --> 00:37:14,000
wealthy woman with, with many 
servants, at your disposal, she 

615
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,200
could have come on. 
His, what do you think you are? 

616
00:37:18,100 --> 00:37:20,400
What do you think you're doing? 
Would it would have been 

617
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,800
Justified? 
Perhaps would have been the best

618
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,700
option. 
Perhaps not wouldn't be the most

619
00:37:25,700 --> 00:37:27,900
effective way of approaching the
situation. 

620
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:34,800
She comes in a way that wins 
David and his attention and his 

621
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:37,500
willingness to pause and 
consider what she has to say. 

622
00:37:38,100 --> 00:37:44,100
That's wisdom that is wisdom. 
And we heard it earlier about 

623
00:37:44,100 --> 00:37:48,700
how a gentle answer turns away 
wrath, you know, I've put that 

624
00:37:48,700 --> 00:37:52,900
to test a couple of times in my 
life with strangers and it works

625
00:37:53,700 --> 00:37:57,700
it actually works especially in 
a day and especially in a nation

626
00:37:57,700 --> 00:37:59,800
like America where it doesn't 
take much for people to be upset

627
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,300
with you. 
It's incredible. 

628
00:38:03,900 --> 00:38:06,400
And we see it. 
We see it lived out. 

629
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:11,500
Here she respects the man, she 
comes with that kind of Aura. 

630
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:15,500
She comes with that kind of 
attitude, and what's even more 

631
00:38:15,500 --> 00:38:18,400
impressive. 
Was she is a wealthy and 

632
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:23,200
beautiful woman. 
She didn't come with a sense of 

633
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:26,500
superiority. 
She didn't come with a snobby, 

634
00:38:26,500 --> 00:38:30,700
kind of feel about her. 
She came like a servant. 

635
00:38:31,900 --> 00:38:35,900
She came and bowed before him. 
That's amazing because I learned

636
00:38:35,900 --> 00:38:39,000
by that this woman though. 
She had the money though, she 

637
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,900
had the beauty that didn't 
poison her character. 

638
00:38:43,300 --> 00:38:45,900
She didn't, she didn't, she 
didn't allow that to interfere 

639
00:38:45,900 --> 00:38:47,800
with her treatment of other 
people. 

640
00:38:48,900 --> 00:38:51,900
And so, when she comes with 
this, we learn here that the 

641
00:38:51,900 --> 00:38:56,000
fragrance of humility is 
attractive. 

642
00:38:57,700 --> 00:39:00,900
And you and I are to apply that 
as a perfume on our garment, so 

643
00:39:00,900 --> 00:39:04,800
that the closer we get to 
people, the more inviting we are

644
00:39:05,300 --> 00:39:08,700
because nothing repels people 
more than pride and arrogance. 

645
00:39:08,900 --> 00:39:12,300
Even if what you have to say is 
right, if you stink with that 

646
00:39:12,300 --> 00:39:14,800
stench people want to walk away 
from you without even giving you

647
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,600
a chance to say what you think 
you have to say. 

648
00:39:19,300 --> 00:39:23,100
She's so, she's so adorable. 
Not an acute sense. 

649
00:39:23,100 --> 00:39:27,500
But in the sense of just just 
her sensitivity and our 

650
00:39:27,500 --> 00:39:32,200
willingness to come solo is 
wonderful and look what she does

651
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:36,200
here, in verse 24. 
On me alone, my Lord be the 

652
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:39,500
guilt. 
Please let your servant speak in

653
00:39:39,500 --> 00:39:42,400
your ears and hear the words of 
your servant this machine. 

654
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:44,400
This is so she doesn't come with
respect. 

655
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,400
Now she comes, she's coming with
a form of repentance. 

656
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:50,800
She says put the guilt on me 
now. 

657
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:55,500
Hold on that seems Noble. 
But that's also that's also 

658
00:39:55,500 --> 00:39:59,800
wrong to our sense of justice 
because we know that the person 

659
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:02,700
who's in the wrong is Annabelle.
Not her and she admits that in 

660
00:40:02,700 --> 00:40:05,300
the next verse. 
She confesses I was ignorant of 

661
00:40:05,300 --> 00:40:10,900
what took place here, but she 
still has her initial call to 

662
00:40:10,900 --> 00:40:13,400
him. 
Wants to take the attention away

663
00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:17,700
from the ball and put it on her 
and she's willing to pay for 

664
00:40:17,700 --> 00:40:18,500
whatever. 
Ball. 

665
00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:20,800
Her husband has caused. 
This is astounding. 

666
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:22,500
Now, here's the prophetic 
picture. 

667
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:26,300
Who does that sound like? 
Your lord. 

668
00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:32,000
Our savior. 
Who is more beautiful than 

669
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,900
10,000? 
Who's wiser than Solomon? 

670
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:39,500
and who like, Abigail is willing
to stand in the way between 

671
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:45,600
Wrath, and the guilty. 
Who's willing to take the guilt 

672
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:48,600
of another and for it to be 
placed upon herself. 

673
00:40:48,900 --> 00:40:50,800
This is, this is a picture of 
Christ. 

674
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:55,600
Let me stand in the way. 
Though, they are deserving of 

675
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:57,600
it. 
I will take it upon myself. 

676
00:40:58,700 --> 00:41:01,000
And I will do so in the form of 
great humility. 

677
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:05,400
As we were told in Philippians 2
that he humbled himself by 

678
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:09,100
becoming a servant and dying, 
not just any death, but even 

679
00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:14,200
death on a cross. 
And so we see gospel picture 

680
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:16,800
here. 
But we also see something very 

681
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:19,100
very, very important when it 
comes to our practical life, 

682
00:41:19,100 --> 00:41:23,700
right? 
What she is doing and her desire

683
00:41:23,700 --> 00:41:27,300
to evade this, and to bring this
to rest, is that she is not 

684
00:41:27,300 --> 00:41:29,800
downplaying. 
The seriousness of the offense, 

685
00:41:30,700 --> 00:41:35,500
she's not ignoring she is not 
trying to dismiss or give excuse

686
00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:40,300
of what was done against David 
listen, and she doesn't a 25 

687
00:41:40,300 --> 00:41:42,700
look here. 
Let not my Lord regard. 

688
00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:45,800
This worthless fellow nutball 
for as his name is. 

689
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:48,800
So is he in the ball? 
Is his name and Folly is with 

690
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:52,600
him but I yours Servant did not 
see the young men of my Lord 

691
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:55,100
whom you sent. 
Is that sound like somebody who 

692
00:41:55,100 --> 00:42:00,900
is downplaying, what happened? 
No, she's calling it as it is, 

693
00:42:01,100 --> 00:42:03,500
and she is pinning. 
The guilt exactly where it 

694
00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:04,900
should go. 
She's recognizing the 

695
00:42:04,900 --> 00:42:09,200
foolishness of this man. 
And that is good, because if you

696
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:12,700
and I are striving to bring 
about reconciliation, whether in

697
00:42:12,707 --> 00:42:15,600
our own lives are between 
others, one of the worst things 

698
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:19,900
that you can do is either make 
an excuse, or to dismiss the 

699
00:42:19,900 --> 00:42:21,800
pain. 
At somebody experienced from the

700
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:27,600
wrong wrong of somebody else. 
This is especially hard when we 

701
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:31,700
are the offender and we are at a
crisis, you have to reconcile. 

702
00:42:31,700 --> 00:42:34,600
So let me just do this and you 
approach the person that you 

703
00:42:34,607 --> 00:42:39,000
have offended and in that 
process you are we've all done 

704
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:40,700
it. 
We've all we've all thought it. 

705
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:44,100
How can I downplay my offense as
much as possible? 

706
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:48,800
And the reason why we do that is
because we don't want our pride 

707
00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:53,800
to be hurt, right? 
You're saying, why is that? 

708
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:55,800
Why is that our inclination? 
Because we inherited from Adam 

709
00:42:55,800 --> 00:43:00,100
and Eve, that's why. 
Almost immediately after the 

710
00:43:00,100 --> 00:43:02,900
fall, one of the reflexes of men
and his Fallen state was ago. 

711
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:07,300
It's her fault. 
Yeah I did it but you did that 

712
00:43:07,300 --> 00:43:10,400
for me to do this. 
Have you said it before? 

713
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:14,500
Have you thought of before? 
Nothing of the sort from this 

714
00:43:14,500 --> 00:43:17,700
woman. 
Because you and I have to 

715
00:43:17,700 --> 00:43:20,600
determine in those moments of 
potential reconciliation. 

716
00:43:20,900 --> 00:43:25,100
Am I willing for my pride to be 
hurt so that the hurt can be 

717
00:43:25,107 --> 00:43:29,500
restored. 
Am I willing for my pride to be 

718
00:43:29,500 --> 00:43:33,200
hurt so that the genuinely 
hurting can be healed? 

719
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:36,100
That's going to require 
acknowledgement. 

720
00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:38,700
It's going to require honest 
assessment. 

721
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:42,500
I was wrong. 
I cannot tell you how over the 

722
00:43:42,500 --> 00:43:45,600
years of seeing people attempt 
to reconcile how that is one of 

723
00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:47,700
the most powerful healing 
forces. 

724
00:43:49,100 --> 00:43:50,800
To seeing something rebuild 
again. 

725
00:43:52,100 --> 00:43:55,300
When there's like no hint of 
excuses, just like I'm wrong. 

726
00:43:55,900 --> 00:43:56,800
It's wrong. 
It was evil. 

727
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:58,300
It was wicked. 
I was in the flesh. 

728
00:43:58,700 --> 00:44:02,500
It just like you can even in the
atmosphere just like something 

729
00:44:02,500 --> 00:44:06,900
happens. 
This is what she's doing and I 

730
00:44:06,900 --> 00:44:09,600
have a feeling that in this 
moment already. 

731
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:13,600
There was cool water poured on 
the inflamed heart of this this 

732
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:18,900
Mighty Soldier. 
She had this ability to know how

733
00:44:18,900 --> 00:44:21,300
to come what to say, how to say 
it. 

734
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:25,600
And already there's been great 
success in her attempt to bring 

735
00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:29,200
about peace in the situation. 
A wise person knows how to 

736
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:32,200
approach a specific audience in 
a specific way. 

737
00:44:33,500 --> 00:44:36,500
If they're filled with Fury, 
you're not going to fight fire 

738
00:44:36,500 --> 00:44:41,700
with fire, that's that's unwise.
If they are hurting and and they

739
00:44:41,700 --> 00:44:44,000
are hurting because of their sin
and they're showing remote 

740
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,500
remorse and Brokenness you're 
not going to come and take 

741
00:44:46,500 --> 00:44:50,200
another whip at them. 
You're going to come in a way in

742
00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:51,900
which you can encourage them and
build them up. 

743
00:44:52,500 --> 00:44:54,800
If there's somebody who is 
extremely arrogant Anderson, no 

744
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:56,800
sign of repentance, no sign of 
conviction. 

745
00:44:56,900 --> 00:44:58,400
You might have to be a little 
bit more Stern. 

746
00:44:58,500 --> 00:45:00,800
How do you apply all of that 
something called wisdom? 

747
00:45:03,300 --> 00:45:06,000
But we come here and we see 
something else of fifth sign of 

748
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:10,800
wisdom. 
And it's here in verse 26. 

749
00:45:12,100 --> 00:45:15,400
Now, then my Lord, as the Lord 
lives and as your soul lives 

750
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:18,600
because the Lord has restrained 
you from blood guilt and from 

751
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:21,700
saving with your own hand, now 
then let your enemies and those 

752
00:45:21,700 --> 00:45:24,600
who seek to do evil to my Lord 
be aznable. 

753
00:45:25,100 --> 00:45:27,900
And now let this present that 
your servant has brought to my 

754
00:45:27,900 --> 00:45:31,900
Lord be given to the young. 
Men who follow my Lord, please 

755
00:45:31,900 --> 00:45:34,900
forgive the trespass of your 
servant for the Lord will 

756
00:45:34,900 --> 00:45:38,400
certainly make my Lord assure 
house because my Lord is 

757
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:41,400
fighting the battles of the 
Lord, and evil shall not be 

758
00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:44,100
found. 
You saw as long as you live, if 

759
00:45:44,100 --> 00:45:47,500
men rise up to pursue you and to
seek your life, the life of my 

760
00:45:47,500 --> 00:45:49,800
Lord shall be bound in the 
bundle of the living, and the 

761
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:52,700
care of the Lord, your God, and 
the lives of your enemies. 

762
00:45:52,700 --> 00:45:57,000
He shall sling out from the 
hollow of a sling and when the 

763
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,300
Lord has done to my Lord, 
according to all the good that 

764
00:45:59,300 --> 00:46:02,000
he has spoken concerning you and
has appointed, you Prince over 

765
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:06,100
Israel, my Lord shall have no 
cause of grief or pangs of 

766
00:46:06,100 --> 00:46:10,100
conscience for having shed blood
without cause or for my Lord, 

767
00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:13,700
working salvation himself. 
If and when the Lord has dealt 

768
00:46:13,700 --> 00:46:17,300
well with my Lord, then remember
your servant beautiful 

769
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:22,600
incredible piercing gripping. 
What's happening here? 

770
00:46:23,100 --> 00:46:26,900
So after she addresses him with 
respect and reverence, and with 

771
00:46:26,900 --> 00:46:30,600
balm and her voice and her 
words, there's much to learn in 

772
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:31,700
the remainder of their speech 
here. 

773
00:46:31,700 --> 00:46:34,100
But one specific thing needs to 
be highlighted. 

774
00:46:34,100 --> 00:46:38,400
She now includes the Lord in the
matter. 

775
00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:45,200
Seven times she names the Lord. 
And she's doing the 

776
00:46:45,207 --> 00:46:47,900
strategically. 
She knows who she speaking to. 

777
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:50,800
She speaking to a man of God, a 
man who loves God. 

778
00:46:50,900 --> 00:46:53,200
She didn't know him personally, 
but she knew enough about him. 

779
00:46:53,500 --> 00:46:58,400
That David would care about how 
God would see the situation. 

780
00:46:59,900 --> 00:47:02,900
And that tells me something 
about what Temptation does, what

781
00:47:02,900 --> 00:47:07,900
sin does is that it is able to 
Blind you to the awareness of 

782
00:47:07,900 --> 00:47:11,200
God and his involvement in 
situations in your life. 

783
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:17,300
It's amazing how sin when it is 
indulge or when it is answer to,

784
00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:22,000
it has an intoxicating effect 
upon the mind and often times if

785
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:26,200
people are not careful, when 
they are just consumed with 

786
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:29,800
passion, they exclude God from 
their thinking. 

787
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:34,200
And if they're not careful, they
might include God, but they will

788
00:47:34,200 --> 00:47:37,300
twist something about God's word
and his willingness person to 

789
00:47:37,300 --> 00:47:41,300
justify the behavior that they 
are premeditating to act upon 

790
00:47:42,100 --> 00:47:44,400
what she does. 
Is she, she's trying to sober 

791
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:48,400
him up and here's the fifth. 
Mark of a person who possesses 

792
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:51,800
wisdom, they have a theological 
frame of mind. 

793
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:55,400
In other words, they know God's 
word and they know how it 

794
00:47:55,400 --> 00:48:00,800
applies to daily life. 
This wisdom that comes from God.

795
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:04,900
Surely you can have practical 
wisdom in life to know how to go

796
00:48:04,900 --> 00:48:06,300
about certain things about 
ultimate. 

797
00:48:06,300 --> 00:48:08,400
Wisdom comes from God. 
So how are you going to? 

798
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:11,700
No Greater Heights of wisdom 
without knowing god and his word

799
00:48:11,700 --> 00:48:13,900
and how it applies to people's 
lives. 

800
00:48:15,700 --> 00:48:18,900
Christians should be the best 
counselors in the world and 

801
00:48:18,900 --> 00:48:21,200
obviously doesn't help much for 
the person whose unregenerate. 

802
00:48:21,900 --> 00:48:24,800
But but to us, we have to 
understand what's happening. 

803
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:30,500
Here she is including God in the
matter and she knows God's word 

804
00:48:30,500 --> 00:48:33,200
specifically in his applying it 
specifically. 

805
00:48:34,900 --> 00:48:37,600
How is she doing that? 
Look again, here in verse 26. 

806
00:48:39,700 --> 00:48:42,400
What do you see from this? 
Now, then my Lord, as the Lord 

807
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:44,800
lives, and as your soul lives 
because the Lord had has 

808
00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:47,500
restrained you from blood guilt.
And from saving with your own 

809
00:48:47,500 --> 00:48:50,500
hand, what is she talking about 
right there? 

810
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:54,700
She's talking about what's 
happening in this very moment. 

811
00:48:54,700 --> 00:48:58,200
Is she not? 
So, what's Abigail doing? 

812
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:04,100
She realizes that this 
interruption is Providence. 

813
00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:09,400
He David God, God is trying to 
get your attention in this 

814
00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:11,800
moment right here. 
I'm telling you that this is not

815
00:49:11,900 --> 00:49:16,400
Abigail coming to you. 
This is God, providing you a 

816
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:19,000
chance to not move forward in 
your sin. 

817
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:22,600
This woman, understood how 
Providence work that this young 

818
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:25,100
man coming up to her and her 
catching David on time. 

819
00:49:25,100 --> 00:49:29,200
That was God and she is 
rehearsing that over this man, 

820
00:49:29,500 --> 00:49:33,200
God is giving you a chance not 
to act in the flesh and she's 

821
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:36,600
doing it. 
So carefully realize that she is

822
00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:39,300
indirectly. 
Telling him you are about to do 

823
00:49:39,300 --> 00:49:41,700
evil, you're about to do wrong 
and God is trying to stop. 

824
00:49:41,700 --> 00:49:45,700
You, like, brilliant. 
So she's now interpreting 

825
00:49:45,700 --> 00:49:49,000
Providence in the matter. 
She believed in Providence and 

826
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:52,000
she knew how to see Providence 
when it presented itself. 

827
00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:58,200
But look at verse 28, what did 
she say in verse 28, please 

828
00:49:58,200 --> 00:49:59,700
forgive the trespass of your 
servant. 

829
00:49:59,700 --> 00:50:02,200
Look at this part for the Lord. 
Will certainly make my Lord a 

830
00:50:02,207 --> 00:50:05,800
scherff house because my Lord is
fighting the battles of the 

831
00:50:05,808 --> 00:50:07,900
Lord, and evil shall not be 
found in you. 

832
00:50:07,900 --> 00:50:12,700
As long as you live, she's 
reminding David that as a 

833
00:50:12,700 --> 00:50:15,600
servant of God, you are fighting
God's battles, you are doing his

834
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:19,400
will, you're accomplishing his 
purposes because of this David 

835
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:21,500
know this that your future is 
secure. 

836
00:50:22,300 --> 00:50:25,900
Your future. 
God has your future in his hand.

837
00:50:26,500 --> 00:50:28,900
She believed that she believed 
that for day that she wanted 

838
00:50:28,900 --> 00:50:31,400
David to believe it. 
Don't don't forget how this is 

839
00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:33,900
going to affect the days to come
realize. 

840
00:50:33,900 --> 00:50:36,700
The goodness of God, he's 
brought you up to this point and

841
00:50:36,700 --> 00:50:39,800
he wants to continue to lead. 
You don't take matters into your

842
00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:43,200
own hands. 
So she had understanding of 

843
00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:46,600
God's plans and God's 
involvement in the purposes that

844
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:49,600
he has and she's counseling. 
This man with that truth. 

845
00:50:50,700 --> 00:50:55,400
Verse 29, what did she say? 
If men rise up to pursue you and

846
00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:58,600
to seek your life, the life of 
my Lord shall be bound up in the

847
00:50:58,600 --> 00:51:00,200
bundle of the living, in the 
care of the Lord. 

848
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:05,400
Your God God's protection. 
This is not your fight to fight.

849
00:51:06,500 --> 00:51:08,200
God will protect you. 
And look at look at the 

850
00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:11,500
language. 
He uses your he shall sling out 

851
00:51:11,500 --> 00:51:15,700
as from the hollow of a sling. 
What does that alluding to? 

852
00:51:19,500 --> 00:51:22,200
I believe she's alluding back to
the battle between David and 

853
00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:24,500
Goliath. 
All of Israel heard about it, 

854
00:51:24,500 --> 00:51:28,000
surely she heard about it and 
she's using the same language of

855
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:31,100
that experience and say, listen 
David, the God that was faithful

856
00:51:31,100 --> 00:51:34,000
to you between you and Goliath 
will deal with this situation. 

857
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:38,000
If you dealt with Goliath, he'll
deal with no ball. 

858
00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:42,300
If you dealt with that giant, 
you'll deal with this fool, 

859
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:47,400
don't get involved with this, 
she was aware of God's acts. 

860
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:49,900
She was aware of what he's done 
throughout history. 

861
00:51:49,900 --> 00:51:53,100
Even if it was obviously in her 
time, but she was aware, she 

862
00:51:53,100 --> 00:51:56,200
applied that, she reminded David
of that. 

863
00:51:57,600 --> 00:52:01,200
Look at verse 30. and when the 
Lord has done to my Lord, 

864
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:04,100
according to all the good that 
he has spoken concerning you and

865
00:52:04,107 --> 00:52:08,700
has appointed you Prince over 
Israel, God's promises. 

866
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:12,500
Look how confident she is in. 
God's promises. 

867
00:52:12,700 --> 00:52:18,900
What does she say in verse 30? 
and, when the Lord, she did, say

868
00:52:18,900 --> 00:52:23,400
if She say if the Lord has done 
to my Lord, but when it's a 

869
00:52:23,408 --> 00:52:25,000
matter of when it's going to 
happen. 

870
00:52:25,800 --> 00:52:29,000
So confident, so, anchored. 
If God said something is going 

871
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:32,600
to happen, and she is so 
confident in what God said that 

872
00:52:32,600 --> 00:52:36,300
she's calling David to build the
foundation of his life and his 

873
00:52:36,300 --> 00:52:39,900
trust upon the Reliance of the 
character and the faithfulness 

874
00:52:39,900 --> 00:52:44,200
of God. 
This woman is wise surely 

875
00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:50,200
because she knows who our God is
and she knows how God's his 

876
00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:55,800
character bleeds into our lives 
and how we act in our lives will

877
00:52:55,800 --> 00:53:00,200
determine how things play out. 
And if we, if we obeyed, and 

878
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:02,300
here's a blessing, if he 
disobeyed his risk of great 

879
00:53:02,300 --> 00:53:06,200
loss, wisdom is found in the 
person. 

880
00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:12,900
Who knows their God And that's 
why you should strive to find 

881
00:53:12,900 --> 00:53:14,600
people in your life, who walk 
with God. 

882
00:53:14,600 --> 00:53:16,300
If you're going to get Council 
on anything. 

883
00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:22,400
Because this is the ultimate 
source of truth and light in 

884
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:26,400
this life. 
Verse 31. 

885
00:53:26,500 --> 00:53:29,000
Here's the final sign of wisdom.
I'm sure if we dissected it 

886
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:32,000
more, we can find many others. 
Let's look at verse 31. 

887
00:53:32,500 --> 00:53:35,700
Here's the final one. 
My Lord shall have no cause of 

888
00:53:35,700 --> 00:53:40,500
grief or pangs of conscience for
having shed blood without cause 

889
00:53:40,700 --> 00:53:43,000
or for my Lord, working 
salvation himself. 

890
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:47,800
What is she concerned about? 
The future. 

891
00:53:49,100 --> 00:53:50,900
She's concerned about the days 
to come. 

892
00:53:51,600 --> 00:53:56,200
She's concerned about when the 
dust settles and and the the 

893
00:53:56,200 --> 00:54:00,900
emotions subsides and the deed 
has been done, what will happen 

894
00:54:00,900 --> 00:54:06,500
after the fact that's wisdom. 
Fools only think about the 

895
00:54:06,500 --> 00:54:10,600
moment, wise people think about 
how the moment effects tomorrow.

896
00:54:12,900 --> 00:54:15,300
Fool things about immediate 
results. 

897
00:54:16,600 --> 00:54:19,000
Wisdom things about the 
long-lasting effects. 

898
00:54:21,500 --> 00:54:24,200
And we become fools when we are 
tempted with sin. 

899
00:54:24,200 --> 00:54:26,300
Because we don't think about the
consequences. 

900
00:54:26,700 --> 00:54:29,600
We only think about what we can 
get from the moment, but a 

901
00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:33,200
person who has wisdom even in 
the midst of the tornadoes of 

902
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:37,200
Temptation, can see if I give in
to this, this is what can 

903
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:38,200
happen. 
Potentially. 

904
00:54:38,600 --> 00:54:41,100
And so I will not give in to 
this because I see that the sin 

905
00:54:41,100 --> 00:54:44,300
and the consequences, outweighs 
whatever, promises or pleasure 

906
00:54:44,300 --> 00:54:46,100
gratification that I can get 
right now. 

907
00:54:47,100 --> 00:54:50,400
And she's reminding him of this.
If you do this, if you do this, 

908
00:54:50,500 --> 00:54:52,100
your testimony is going to be 
ruined. 

909
00:54:53,100 --> 00:54:55,000
How are people going to look up 
to you as a king? 

910
00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:57,800
When they know that you have 
massacred a man and his 

911
00:54:57,800 --> 00:55:00,700
employees and his family? 
How are people going to think 

912
00:55:00,700 --> 00:55:02,100
that you're consistent with 
Saul? 

913
00:55:02,100 --> 00:55:05,700
You've claimed to be a one who 
trusted in God's Vengeance and 

914
00:55:05,700 --> 00:55:08,600
left things into his own hands. 
But in this case, you didn't 

915
00:55:09,500 --> 00:55:12,100
think about this. 
What is Saul going to be able to

916
00:55:12,100 --> 00:55:15,400
say about you? 
If you kill this man without 

917
00:55:15,400 --> 00:55:18,700
cause will he not win? 
More people to come against you 

918
00:55:18,700 --> 00:55:23,300
bellina have something on you? 
If you go about this, you see 

919
00:55:23,300 --> 00:55:26,900
what wisdom does. 
Wisdom thinks about the future 

920
00:55:27,700 --> 00:55:31,500
not just today. 
And that is true, even in face 

921
00:55:31,500 --> 00:55:35,400
of sin. 
And so here's a woman who's 

922
00:55:35,400 --> 00:55:38,200
radiating who almost personifies
wisdom. 

923
00:55:38,200 --> 00:55:40,900
It's incredible. 
And we can go on to finish the 

924
00:55:40,900 --> 00:55:43,500
rest of this chapter, to look at
different different things. 

925
00:55:43,500 --> 00:55:46,900
Concerning that theme. 
But let's just look at David's 

926
00:55:46,900 --> 00:55:51,100
response real quickly. 
So you can imagine once she 

927
00:55:51,100 --> 00:55:53,500
pauses on this, I don't know if 
she just kept your head down, I 

928
00:55:53,500 --> 00:55:54,900
don't know if she looked into 
his eyes. 

929
00:55:54,900 --> 00:55:59,000
I don't know how it looked, but 
you can just imagine the tension

930
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:03,000
in the air as David was there. 
I don't even have his hand on 

931
00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:06,200
his sword as this woman. 
Just appeared out of nowhere. 

932
00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:11,300
And David said to Abigail 
blessed, be the Lord, the god of

933
00:56:11,300 --> 00:56:14,900
Israel who sent you this day to 
meet me blessed. 

934
00:56:14,900 --> 00:56:18,900
Be your discretion and blessed. 
Be you with kept me this day, 

935
00:56:18,900 --> 00:56:22,200
from blood guilt, and from 
working salvation, with my own 

936
00:56:22,200 --> 00:56:27,200
hand, for surely as the Lord, 
the god of Israel Lives who has 

937
00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:30,600
restrained me from hurting you, 
unless you had heard and come to

938
00:56:30,600 --> 00:56:34,500
me me, truly by morning, they're
not been left tunable so much as

939
00:56:34,500 --> 00:56:38,600
one male Then David received 
from her hand, what she had 

940
00:56:38,600 --> 00:56:42,300
brought him and he said to her 
go up in peace in your house, 

941
00:56:42,700 --> 00:56:45,700
see, I will be your voice and 
I've granted your petition. 

942
00:56:47,300 --> 00:56:51,600
This man was so bird. 
It worked. 

943
00:56:51,600 --> 00:56:55,400
It was a success he humbled 
himself, he acknowledged that he

944
00:56:55,400 --> 00:57:00,500
was ready to commit a great sin.
He realized that she was right 

945
00:57:00,500 --> 00:57:05,400
and he was in the wrong. 
And In This Moment here we can 

946
00:57:05,400 --> 00:57:08,300
learn so much from his response 
but here's here's a point I want

947
00:57:08,300 --> 00:57:12,400
to make out of many points. 
What is he bless about? 

948
00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:15,600
Abigail and verse 3? 
What did we learn about our two 

949
00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:19,700
things? 
She was what The street and what

950
00:57:20,200 --> 00:57:23,300
beautiful? 
What is he praising here? 

951
00:57:24,500 --> 00:57:30,100
If you praising her hair, her 
eyes, her figure is that what? 

952
00:57:30,100 --> 00:57:35,300
Want his heart? 
Now their discretion is their 

953
00:57:35,300 --> 00:57:37,200
character. 
You know why? 

954
00:57:37,200 --> 00:57:38,700
This is encouraging by the end 
of the chapter. 

955
00:57:38,700 --> 00:57:42,900
He's going to marry this woman. 
He's going to marry this woman 

956
00:57:43,900 --> 00:57:47,500
because he didn't realize this 
is someone that pushes me 

957
00:57:47,500 --> 00:57:51,400
towards righteousness. 
This is someone that stirs me up

958
00:57:51,400 --> 00:57:53,000
to Godliness. 
This is someone that doesn't 

959
00:57:53,000 --> 00:57:56,900
cause me to be tempted. 
More but causes me to live for 

960
00:57:56,900 --> 00:58:00,900
my God more. 
I want her as a partner in life,

961
00:58:01,700 --> 00:58:04,600
my single brothers and sisters 
consider that as a candidate 

962
00:58:05,100 --> 00:58:08,800
consider, what truly matters and
last in the long run, consider 

963
00:58:08,800 --> 00:58:11,400
as you want to serve God and be 
faithful to him. 

964
00:58:12,600 --> 00:58:15,100
That whoever you're going to run
this race with will help you. 

965
00:58:15,100 --> 00:58:17,700
I heard from somebody that 
whoever your spouse is going to 

966
00:58:17,700 --> 00:58:19,600
be, they will either give you 
weights or they're going to give

967
00:58:19,600 --> 00:58:23,800
you wings. 
I met the person by God's grace 

968
00:58:23,800 --> 00:58:26,900
give you wings to soar to 
Greater Holiness and 

969
00:58:26,900 --> 00:58:29,100
Effectiveness and fruitfulness 
for the kingdom of God. 

970
00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:36,500
He Praises God, he Praises God 
for her and he wants to marry 

971
00:58:36,500 --> 00:58:38,500
her and he's going to do that 
though. 

972
00:58:38,500 --> 00:58:40,300
I don't agree the way he does it
because he marries different 

973
00:58:40,300 --> 00:58:43,800
people too. 
What do we do with the rest of 

974
00:58:43,808 --> 00:58:47,000
this chapter? 
It would be awkward to finish 

975
00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:48,300
here. 
So let's complete it. 

976
00:58:48,700 --> 00:58:51,800
And the way we're going to look 
at it is we're going to see here

977
00:58:51,800 --> 00:58:56,200
in a moment, Abigail's fate and 
the balls Faith. 

978
00:58:57,200 --> 00:59:00,900
They both received the same 
Revelation and opportunity 

979
00:59:00,900 --> 00:59:04,000
concerning David. 
They both responded to it 

980
00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:07,100
differently and they both will 
experience different outcomes as

981
00:59:07,100 --> 00:59:09,700
a result. 
So it is with the sinner in 

982
00:59:09,700 --> 00:59:11,500
light of the truth of Jesus 
Christ. 

983
00:59:12,600 --> 00:59:15,200
The ball will prove. 
What will happen to the center? 

984
00:59:16,500 --> 00:59:18,400
And Abigail approved to some 
degree. 

985
00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:21,300
What is the end result of the 
person? 

986
00:59:21,300 --> 00:59:26,600
Who acknowledges the true, son 
of David verse 36 and Abigail 

987
00:59:26,600 --> 00:59:30,100
came to Nepal and behold. 
He was holding a feast in his 

988
00:59:30,100 --> 00:59:34,300
house like the Feast of a king 
and the balls heart was Mary 

989
00:59:34,300 --> 00:59:38,300
within him for he was very drunk
so she told them nothing at all 

990
00:59:38,300 --> 00:59:41,400
until the morning light. 
Look at that little phrase and 

991
00:59:41,400 --> 00:59:43,100
behold. 
It's almost as though the holy 

992
00:59:43,100 --> 00:59:45,400
spirit that could you believe 
what's happening right now? 

993
00:59:46,100 --> 00:59:49,500
Check this out. 
What's Happening Here? 

994
00:59:50,600 --> 00:59:53,400
That while there's impending 
judgment on the way, this man is

995
00:59:53,400 --> 00:59:58,300
partying. 
This man isn't swimming and 

996
00:59:58,308 --> 01:00:02,200
debauchery. 
This man is enjoying his worldly

997
01:00:02,200 --> 01:00:07,400
success drinking and being 
Merry, and being loud and 

998
01:00:08,100 --> 01:00:13,700
indulging. 
All the while there is someone 

999
01:00:13,700 --> 01:00:17,100
on his way to bring about a 
finality of his life. 

1000
01:00:17,200 --> 01:00:19,400
What a picture of the world, 
what a picture of what's 

1001
01:00:19,400 --> 01:00:25,000
happening this Friday night? 
That there is the son of David, 

1002
01:00:25,000 --> 01:00:28,200
the root and descendant of 
David, who is on his way, not 

1003
01:00:28,200 --> 01:00:32,300
with unjust Revenge, but just 
Revenge upon the wiccan of those

1004
01:00:32,300 --> 01:00:35,300
who did not obey the gospel. 
And he will bring about eternal 

1005
01:00:35,300 --> 01:00:38,100
judgment. 
And yet the world is drowning in

1006
01:00:38,100 --> 01:00:43,300
the sound of pleasure, and 
flesh, and sin, and it didn't 

1007
01:00:43,300 --> 01:00:46,100
change. 
The fact of what was coming his 

1008
01:00:46,100 --> 01:00:49,500
way. 
And some would look at Abigail 

1009
01:00:49,500 --> 01:00:52,900
and consider her to be the fool.
You're not going to celebrate in

1010
01:00:52,900 --> 01:00:55,600
this time of sharing of sheep of
the Harvest. 

1011
01:00:55,600 --> 01:00:58,000
You're not going to join in 
this. 

1012
01:00:59,800 --> 01:01:03,400
Who is the real fool? 
The one who was enjoying the 

1013
01:01:03,400 --> 01:01:05,400
party or the one who is getting 
right? 

1014
01:01:07,100 --> 01:01:12,600
Before they were judged. 
In the end, the Real Fool as we 

1015
01:01:12,600 --> 01:01:15,000
know is noble. 
And the person who knew what to 

1016
01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:18,800
do with their time and their 
lives was was Abigail, so it is 

1017
01:01:18,800 --> 01:01:22,700
with the Christian first. 
Peter tells us that the world is

1018
01:01:22,700 --> 01:01:25,700
surprised when you do not join 
them with their filth. 

1019
01:01:26,600 --> 01:01:28,800
And if Peter goes on to say, but
but these people in their 

1020
01:01:28,800 --> 01:01:32,500
debauchery and then their world 
in this will be judged will be 

1021
01:01:32,500 --> 01:01:35,700
judged. 
See, while the bowel here is 

1022
01:01:35,700 --> 01:01:39,500
numbing himself. 
Abigail, was was getting 

1023
01:01:39,500 --> 01:01:46,400
reconciliation accomplished. 
because she looked forward, she 

1024
01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:49,500
looked at the future, even if 
that in our context and our 

1025
01:01:49,500 --> 01:01:54,900
understanding of this, even if 
it's the Eternal aspect, And 

1026
01:01:54,900 --> 01:01:58,400
this man, he's partying he's 
enjoying himself. 

1027
01:01:58,400 --> 01:02:01,100
But look at verse 37 in the 
morning when the wine had gone 

1028
01:02:01,100 --> 01:02:04,100
out of Nevada, the one of the 
world runs out of entually guys.

1029
01:02:05,200 --> 01:02:08,200
his wife told him these things 
and his heart died within him 

1030
01:02:08,400 --> 01:02:12,100
and he became a stone About 10 
days later. 

1031
01:02:12,100 --> 01:02:15,600
The Lord struck Nepal, he died. 
Think about it. 

1032
01:02:15,600 --> 01:02:20,200
So the night before your heart 
is Mary, you're talking about 

1033
01:02:20,200 --> 01:02:24,700
your success, your boasting, 
about your success, Like what 

1034
01:02:24,700 --> 01:02:27,900
Jesus said in Luke, right about 
the man who had Barnes and he 

1035
01:02:27,900 --> 01:02:29,800
filled the Barnes and goes I got
to build more Barnes. 

1036
01:02:29,800 --> 01:02:32,200
What I'm going to do with all 
this stuff and then he says you 

1037
01:02:32,200 --> 01:02:36,300
fool, you do not know on this 
night, your soul is required of 

1038
01:02:36,300 --> 01:02:38,900
you. 
And here's a man the night 

1039
01:02:38,900 --> 01:02:42,500
before. 
He's the he's the heart of the 

1040
01:02:42,500 --> 01:02:45,600
party everybody's coming because
of him. 

1041
01:02:46,100 --> 01:02:50,700
He's splurging, And the next 
day, he has a stroke. 

1042
01:02:51,900 --> 01:02:56,000
The next day he becomes a stone 
what a picture of the 

1043
01:02:56,000 --> 01:03:00,500
unpredictability of life, and 
here's this man 10 days and a 

1044
01:03:00,500 --> 01:03:07,400
vegetable like condition. 
Sealed in his state of the soul 

1045
01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:11,800
and God killed him. 
What about your sheep? 

1046
01:03:11,800 --> 01:03:14,700
Now, what about the 3000 in the 
1000 goes, what about it? 

1047
01:03:15,500 --> 01:03:18,400
What's that gonna matter now? 
What's that going to matter? 

1048
01:03:18,400 --> 01:03:23,600
Now, as you stand before, God 
and answer for your life, Look 

1049
01:03:23,600 --> 01:03:28,700
at the fate of Abigail. 
Verse 39, when David heard that 

1050
01:03:28,700 --> 01:03:30,500
Annabelle was dead. 
He said, blessed. 

1051
01:03:30,500 --> 01:03:32,400
Be the Lord was Avenge the 
insult. 

1052
01:03:32,400 --> 01:03:35,700
I received at the hand of Nepal 
and has kept back his servant 

1053
01:03:35,700 --> 01:03:38,600
from wrongdoing. 
The Lord has returned the evil 

1054
01:03:38,600 --> 01:03:42,300
of Nepal in his own head, then 
David sent and spoke to Abigail 

1055
01:03:42,800 --> 01:03:49,300
to take her as his wife. 
The Servants of David came to 

1056
01:03:49,300 --> 01:03:52,300
Abigail at Carmel, they said to 
her, David has sent us to you to

1057
01:03:52,300 --> 01:03:55,700
take you to him as his wife. 
Now isn't incredible. 

1058
01:03:55,800 --> 01:03:58,300
This is a woman who knew well, 
through new Comfort, a new 

1059
01:03:58,300 --> 01:04:02,900
luxury. 
Who probably even knew Fame on a

1060
01:04:02,908 --> 01:04:06,000
local level. 
And look how she responds to 

1061
01:04:06,000 --> 01:04:09,900
this news as she Rose. 
And she Rose rather and bowed 

1062
01:04:09,900 --> 01:04:12,700
with her face to the ground and 
said, behold your handmade is a 

1063
01:04:12,700 --> 01:04:16,400
servant to wash the feet of the 
Servants of my Lord. 

1064
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:21,800
Can you imagine that? 
She didn't get up and say, yeah,

1065
01:04:21,800 --> 01:04:22,800
that's right. 
I am. 

1066
01:04:22,800 --> 01:04:26,400
I'm I am a queen. 
You pick the right one. 

1067
01:04:28,200 --> 01:04:31,500
She goes, I want to wash the 
feet, not just of David. 

1068
01:04:31,500 --> 01:04:34,000
I want to wash the feet of the 
Servants of David. 

1069
01:04:36,500 --> 01:04:41,200
She accepts the invitation to be
wedded to this King and she saw 

1070
01:04:41,200 --> 01:04:45,300
a greater treasure to be 
Associated and to be intimate 

1071
01:04:45,300 --> 01:04:49,800
with this King, then to have all
the land, all the goats, all 

1072
01:04:49,800 --> 01:04:53,700
this sheep, all the property, 
all the security that this life 

1073
01:04:53,700 --> 01:04:56,700
can offer. 
So it is with the Christian, so 

1074
01:04:56,700 --> 01:04:59,500
it is with the Christian and you
know, what's incredible? 

1075
01:04:59,500 --> 01:05:04,500
Here she is not entering into a 
palace by saying yes to David. 

1076
01:05:05,700 --> 01:05:07,400
She's entering into a 
wilderness. 

1077
01:05:08,700 --> 01:05:10,900
There is no immediate benefit 
out of this. 

1078
01:05:11,100 --> 01:05:14,800
It would be much later until 
until David becomes the actual 

1079
01:05:14,800 --> 01:05:18,900
ruler and king of all of Israel.
And there is a room with 

1080
01:05:18,900 --> 01:05:25,100
Abigail's name on it. 
But she still saw it of great 

1081
01:05:25,100 --> 01:05:29,800
Worth to say I want to walk this
life with this King and serve 

1082
01:05:29,800 --> 01:05:33,300
him even if I have to turn my 
back on all of what I've known, 

1083
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:37,300
all that has been granted to me 
all the protection and pleasure 

1084
01:05:37,300 --> 01:05:39,400
and provision. 
In this life, I rather be with 

1085
01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:46,100
this King. even if the reward is
down the road, Believer. 

1086
01:05:46,300 --> 01:05:49,100
Do you feel that way with your 
relationship with Christ? 

1087
01:05:51,000 --> 01:05:53,400
Or do you have a tension in your
life between the lifestyle of 

1088
01:05:53,400 --> 01:05:59,100
noble and living for Christ? 
I hope you see his Beauty. 

1089
01:06:00,800 --> 01:06:04,100
See David here was attractive to
this woman even though he was a 

1090
01:06:04,107 --> 01:06:09,300
fallen man, who'd made mistakes.
But there is nothing that we can

1091
01:06:09,300 --> 01:06:11,600
point at Christ and say there's 
something wrong here. 

1092
01:06:12,200 --> 01:06:15,500
He's perfect, he's altogether. 
Lovely. 

1093
01:06:17,300 --> 01:06:19,800
And if you see him for who he 
truly is, you cannot help but be

1094
01:06:19,800 --> 01:06:24,600
magnetized towards him. 
And if you haven't realized that

1095
01:06:24,600 --> 01:06:27,400
long enough, if you haven't 
realized that up to this point, 

1096
01:06:27,900 --> 01:06:30,500
ask God to show you just how 
incredible he is. 

1097
01:06:31,700 --> 01:06:34,400
Ask him to give you such a 
revelation of who he is. 

1098
01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:36,500
That you wouldn't even look over
your shoulder. 

1099
01:06:36,500 --> 01:06:38,800
And say, I wonder if I should 
have stayed. 

1100
01:06:40,100 --> 01:06:43,100
I wonder if I should have gave 
half of myself. 

1101
01:06:43,100 --> 01:06:45,000
Why? 
I don't know if this is really 

1102
01:06:45,000 --> 01:06:49,700
worth it. 
She became his wife. 

1103
01:06:51,400 --> 01:06:56,000
To wash feet. 
She saw serving David as a 

1104
01:06:56,000 --> 01:06:59,100
greater treasure than whatever 
Noble have to provide and leave 

1105
01:06:59,100 --> 01:07:01,500
for her. 
Maybe be the same as a testimony

1106
01:07:01,500 --> 01:07:03,100
to this world. 
Let's pray. 

1107
01:07:24,100 --> 01:07:26,300
Well, thank you for making us 
your bride. 

1108
01:07:28,200 --> 01:07:29,500
Thank you. 
Oh God. 

1109
01:07:31,900 --> 01:07:34,900
That as you sent Abigail away 
with peace. 

1110
01:07:38,500 --> 01:07:41,100
So you do with us who are 
reconciled to Christ in the 

1111
01:07:41,100 --> 01:07:46,600
gospel. 
Well, we pray in this moment. 

1112
01:07:47,600 --> 01:07:51,800
That you would renew our vision.
Of the goodness of Jesus. 

1113
01:07:53,900 --> 01:07:58,900
And we ask, oh, God. 
That you would give us a fresh 

1114
01:07:59,000 --> 01:08:03,100
dose of wisdom. 
Rewire us. 

1115
01:08:04,500 --> 01:08:08,600
Show us where we need to grow. 
Instill within us. 

1116
01:08:09,800 --> 01:08:14,400
A sense of understanding so that
we can be prepared. 

1117
01:08:15,600 --> 01:08:22,500
With surprises in life. 
We want to be found as faithful 

1118
01:08:22,500 --> 01:08:27,500
ambassadors of Jesus Christ. 
It's a Lord give us and equip us

1119
01:08:27,500 --> 01:08:30,300
and furnish us with what is 
necessary so that we would not 

1120
01:08:30,600 --> 01:08:34,899
taint that testimony. 
And we pray O Lord that you 

1121
01:08:34,899 --> 01:08:38,899
would receive the Worship You 
Deserve as a result of what we 

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ate today together. 
We bless you for your goodness, 

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through your word. 
We thank you for how you've 

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spoken to our hearts be 
glorified now as we worship you,

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in Jesus name. 
Amen. 

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Amen. 
Let's Stand Together.