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if you have your Bibles go to 
second Samuel, chapter 20 with 

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me second, Samuel chapter 20, 
I'm going to read a few of these

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verses with you and then we will
do what we always do. 

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And that's learn what these 
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us as Christians. 
The New Testament tells you, and

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I that the Old Testament has 
been given to us more than just 

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to prove that. 
Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the 

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Messiah that's been foretold 
hundreds of years ago. 

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The Old Testament has also been 
given to you and I for our 

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instruction, for our guidance to
provide the best illustrations, 

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and knowing how to apply New 
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principles. 
And that's why we come here 

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because we want to be further 
furnished to know exactly what 

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it is. 
That God God requires of us and 

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what it is that we can do to 
honor and glorify and honor him.

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And so when we come to this 
chapter, believe that God has 

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something to say. 
That's what we believe every 

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single week. 
Let's read it. 

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Beginning in verse 1. 
Now, there happened to be there 

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a worthless, man, whose name was
Sheba. 

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The son of bichri Benjamin 
night. 

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And he blew the trumpet and 
said, we have no portion in 

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David and we have no inheritance
in the son of Jesse, every man 

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to his tent. 
So Israel, so all the men of 

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Israel withdrew from David and 
followed Sheba, the son of 

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bichri but the men of Judah, 
followed their kings steadfastly

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from the Jordan to Jerusalem. 
Let's pray, Lord, this is your 

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word. 
We are your people, we believe 

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by faith that you have something
to say to us, not just as a mere

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study, but they you would speak 
directly into our lives into the

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details of our existence and 
that we would conform ourselves 

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to the wisdom. 
And the truth that has been 

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presented and preserved in these
very versus. 

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And for this we give you glory 
and honor. 

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Let there be a special Grace 
from the spirit of God teaching 

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this and hearing this and more 
importantly and applying it in 

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Christ's name we pray. 
Amen. 

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Does it surprise you? 
That after dealing with a man 

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who caused an uprising and 
attempted to divide the nation 

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of Israel. 
After Absalom was done away with

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that, there would be. 
So soon, another attempt by 

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another man to try to bring 
about severance, And disunity 

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among the people of God, it 
shouldn't surprise you. 

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And the reason why it shouldn't 
surprise you is because division

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among the people of God, is one 
of Satan's most favorite and 

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repeated schemes against the 
Saints. 

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He is the one who sows Discord 
among the Brethren. 

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He's the one who inspires men 
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do. 
Just that among those that are 

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called to not just a Unity, but 
a supernatural Unity. 

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Now, I know we just started here
in second, Samuel, 20. 

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But I want us to go quickly to 
Ephesians 4. 

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I want you to see something so 
important in the New Testament, 

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in light of this, in Ephesians, 
chapter 4, and verse 30, If you 

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want to know how Paul wrote his 
Epistles, he had a common 

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format, he would be very 
theological up front, he would 

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teach and he would go deep 
concerning matters of the Gospel

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of the Cross of the person of 
Jesus Christ. 

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And then the second half of his 
letters, he would get intensely 

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practical. 
And, so, he would say, okay, 

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here's all these wonderful 
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These gems about who God is, and
then he would hinge that with. 

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Therefore, now, this is what it 
means for your life, and that's 

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what he does. 
Exactly here in Ephesians 

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chapter 4. 
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dense with Rich truth and in 
chapter 4 is very heavy on 

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practical application. 
Look what he says. 

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In verse 1, I therefore a 
prisoner for the Lord urge you 

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to walk in a manner worthy of 
the calling of which you have 

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been called because chapter one 
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being called you being called, 
right? 

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And he builds upon that leading 
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okay, you're called right. 
That's a theological truth. 

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With that's a position that you 
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Now that you're called you 
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that position is just something 
that it's not just something you

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tucked away in your brain. 
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of faith and in just live the 
way you want, no because of 

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these things now you should walk
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How should I walk Apostle Paul 
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gentleness with patience bearing
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Yes, you got to do that with 
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live with other Christians, bear
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But look at verse 3, eager to 
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in the bond of peace. 
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What's fascinating here is that 
we have a truth here about the 

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experience of unity Unity. 
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there is mutual love, when there
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one another, in a group of 
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That is a work of the spirit of 
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It is the Holy Spirit who 
connects you, who providentially

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leads you to be in a group of 
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They represent various 
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same Lord and to enjoy that 
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That's a holy spirit work. 
That's a miracle. 

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It's nothing short of a miracle.
I mean, I look at this place 

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week after week more than once a
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And he see different shades of 
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different ages, different 
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testimonies. 
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right before the service, even 
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is filled with the sound of 
laughter and the site of hugs 

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and people laying hands on each 
other's shoulders and praying 

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for them young and old old 
giving advice young, energizing 

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the old What is that? 
That's a work of the spirit of 

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God. 
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God, more now than ever in a 
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That is so fragmented and 
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We can peek in here week after 
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but across the globe and witness
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they'll take it for granted. 
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of the spirit, the author of 
unity in the church, is the Holy

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Spirit. 
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responsibility in nurturing 
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And so do I, because Paul tells 
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eager to maintain that. 
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The Holy Spirit can help us walk
in and continue in it but there 

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must be a diligence and there 
must be a reverence and there 

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must be an awareness on our part
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God has started. 
And what the Holy Spirit wants 

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us to continue in. 
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Usually, where our minds? 
Go to is forgiveness, right? 

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And that's right. 
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forgive whatever faults because 
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another in love. 
We're going to step on each 

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other's toes. 
It's going to happen eventually.

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It's going to happen. 
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it's more than just forgiving. 
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carefully. 
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I mean by that Because of are 
non-essential preferences 

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non-essential convictions if we 
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Led unity and it's going to 
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selfish ambition or desires or 
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discern. 
What it is that is important 

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what it is and that is not 
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people hand-in-hand for a 
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are not willing to do that 
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have even among the church in 
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shortage of individuals who are 
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of this Unity for justifiable 
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And that's exactly what you. 
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we read of a man among the camp 
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And this man Sheba took 
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He trumpeted his voice and 
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To separate the tribes of Israel
yet again, and you're thinking 

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to yourself. 
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And it's because people take 
advantage of vulnerable 

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situations, especially among the
people of God and that is 

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exactly what's Happening Here. 
Notice the timing when Sheba 

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this worthless, man, that's what
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Me sometimes people people think
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straightforward, not as much as 
the Bible. 

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Worthless worthless. 
The Bible is not saying that he 

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has no value as a person created
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The Bible is saying using that 
word that he has no conviction 

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or character and that is the 
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to breed Discord. 
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learn that in second, Samuel 
chapter 15 that division is bred

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in the hearts of Unholy men and 
it's no different. 

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There were no different with 
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We didn't cover this last week. 
So this going to be very 

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insightful. 
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chapter 19. 
Look at verse 41 down and you 

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get the context of when Sheba 
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Lead astray a group, verse 41, 
then all the men of Israel came 

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to the king and said to the 
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Men of Judah, stolen you away 
and brought the king and his 

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household over the Jordan and 
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Pause, What's Happening Here? 
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bringing David back From the 
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David is waiting there at the 
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agree with him, the Elders of 
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back and who trails along the 
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How many tribes in the northern 
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northern part of Israel, 10 
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And how many in the southern? 
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to, right? 
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always represents 10 of the 
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Judah rather instead of the 
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that from time to time. 
But the tribe of Judah, read the

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kingdom of Judah is represented 
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And so we see here that Judah 
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men of Judah, stolen you away 
and brought the king and his 

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household over the Jordan, all 
the men's with him. 

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This is their problem. 
Why did you do this without us 

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and verse 42 and all the men of 
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because the king is our close 
relative. 

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Why then are you angry over this
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The king's expense or has he 
given us? 

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Any gift and the men of Israel 
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The men of Judah. 
We have 10 shares in the king, 

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and in David, also, we have more
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Why then did you despise us 
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of bringing back our King? 
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Judah, were fiercer than the 
words of the men, as of Israel. 

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It's like the author there by 
the spirit, just after that, 

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Initial conversation, just 
sensors. 

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What else was said? 
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fierce enough for us to know the
details of what was 

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communicated. 
Okay, that was a mouthful. 

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So let me explain what's 
happening again Judah and the 

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Elders of that tribe. 
Come and bring David back. 

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The ten other tribes learn of 
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They trail behind and they're 
upset. 

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Here's what they're upset about,
you didn't include us in this 

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process. 
We want to be in this parade. 

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We want to lead this parade, and
so they begin to criticize the 

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tribe of Judah. 
Why didn't you call us? 

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Why didn't you invite us? 
Why didn't you include us? 

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And you would think that the 
immaturity of the in tribes 

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would have been wet with wisdom.
Remember, when Gideon went to 

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war and Ephraim comes and they 
say, why didn't you include us 

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in this battle and and Gideon 
answers with such wisdom that he

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he squashes any beef, right? 
He quiets, they're selfish ideas

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and they're aroused flesh, 
because he was, he was very 

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gentle, and his answer. 
We would hope that Judah would 

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do the same, but unfortunately, 
they met Match the immaturity of

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the northern tribes with their 
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So look back at what the line of
argumentation is here. 

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Look at the debate, the men of 
Judah, verse 42 say, he's our 

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close relatives, like he's part 
of our tribe. 

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So, we have claim on him and 
this is expected of us. 

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And how does Israel answer verse
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We have 10 shares. 
We have more numbers. 

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because there are more of us. 
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privilege of bringing him back 
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about. 
Who is the one leading him back?

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Who's the one that's responsible
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his throne. 
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This is extremely silly. 
How do you equate this with a 

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church context? 
I thought about it. 

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Well there are many ways our our
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ministry. 
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more this ministry, we should 
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here. 
We've been here longer than 

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everybody else. 
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We're one of the founders, 
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We were there from from day one.
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would have access to more of 
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of the operations here. and so, 
what you have here is fleshly 

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strife This is not essential, 
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insignificant, this is not, this
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who's first who's there and you 
would think like well no I mean 

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it is kind of rude for them to 
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Israel. 
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David answer? 
No one because in just a moment 

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here, they're going to divide 
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What they are concerned about 
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honored in their pursuit of 
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It's amazing, what we try to 
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We want to be a part of this. 
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And so we can share it somewhat 
in that exaltation, it's about 

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me, it's about me, it's about 
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and that's the start of much 
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Is it not whenever you have even
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thinks that way Some kind of 
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And in the same way that Shiva 
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calculates and sees this very 
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no different with Satan. 
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a group of people who are called
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The thing that the world gets 
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prominence and me and us he 
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And when he stirs who usually 
finds a person who is worthless 

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To take the torch and to 
manifest what he has been doing 

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for thousands and thousands of 
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Do you know how we can eliminate
that Potential Threat do the 

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opposite of these men? 
I thought to myself if you were 

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really about the honor of David,
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Would it concern you? 
Why does it concern you who's in

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front of the parade? 
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Because David is being honored, 
David is being exalted, remember

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fetishes. 
He's like zebra can take my 

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land, your back, and your 
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That's all that matters to me. 
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spirit. 
And if you just keep your eyes 

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on Christ, you won't get caught 
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church. 
Who is recognizing, who is not 

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whether your acknowledged, your 
love your praise or not because 

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of Christ is being blessed. 
Anyway, then what's it to you? 

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You should be filled with joy. 
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would be able to rejoice in the 
gifts of others rejoice, in the 

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opportunities of others, because
your object is him being 

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glorified, whether you're the 
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But when that's lost. 
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people of God, Shiva reared, his
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promote Division and he does 
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We have no portion in David, and
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son of just that's disrespect. 
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No, mention of the king. 
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beginnings. 
This is the son of Jesse is the 

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farmer's, boy. 
Let's get out of here and notice

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verse 2. 
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withdrew from David and followed
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Me just like that just like few 
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That you were not included in 
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of King David and all it took 
was the persuasion of one man to

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have your opinion, altered 
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you claim to love and adore. 
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Yet again, another biblical 
example laid out for us for you 

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to realize the fickleness of 
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It is week. 
It is unpredictable. 

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It is all the ways. 
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Old Testament. 
Let me prove it to you in the 

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new go to Acts chapter 14 
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Acts chapter 14. 
Paul and Barnabas are preaching 

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together as a Ministry. 
Team, a miracle takes place. 

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A man is able to walk. 
He sprang up and the crowd saw 

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this. 
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14. 
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had done, they lifted up their 
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The gods have come down to us in
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They called, Zeus and Paul 
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speaker. 
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miracle takes place at the hand 
of Paul, and the people see this

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and they declare them to be 
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These guys are Gods. 
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they ascribe Paul to be Zeus 
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Barnabas here. 
Excuse me, Barnabas Jesus, and 

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Paul to be Hermes. 
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godhood, they're literally ready
to worship them and they tend to

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and the men ran their garments 
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I want you to see this for a 
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How much higher can you esteem? 
A man than this, your from 

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heaven? 
You're a God. 

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There's No One Like You 
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And then you scroll down. 
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verse 19 occurs and it's just 
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But Jews came from Antioch and 
Iconium and having persuaded the

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crowds. 
They Stone Paul, and drag them 

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out of the city other than last 
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One moment you're a God. 
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and you're thrown out of the 
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When somebody says they don't 
like you, for no justifiable 

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cause why are you so concerned? 
When that person unfollowed you 

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on Instagram? 
Why are you so moved even when 

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adoration is showered upon you 
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Those opinions are just as 
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with David and with Paul, aim 
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Commendation that comes from 
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Not only will, you know 
maximum-security you will know 

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maximum Delight, you will know a
name of just an immovable sense 

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of peace and joy and strength 
when your object is him and him 

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alone. 
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your own from your own tribe 
tribe, a faith and you try to 

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pull out of them and fish for 
compliments to try to make you 

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feel more valuable and work and 
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You're in trouble. 
Keep your eyes on him and you'll

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be safe. 
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praise in the next day, they 
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And look at verse 3, and David 
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and the King took 10 concubines.
The 10 concubines whom he left 

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to care for the house and put 
them in a house on regard and 

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provided for them but did not go
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That's it. 
That's a Biblical way of veiling

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sexual relations. 
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day of their death living as if 
in widowhood, the seems like a 

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very strange placement. 
For this scene, you have a man 

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who creates division of a man 
who's trying to cause an 

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uprising. 
And you would think now we're 

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going to continue in that theme 
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transferred over to David going 
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matters of his own home. 
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This is not poor authorship, 
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There is something for us to 
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Up to this point we have seen 
David weather and endure severe 

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chastisement from God. 
The Lord has been disciplining 

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David and that discipline is 
still continuing actually it 

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will until the day he dies. 
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when David returns home, he had 
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right in that home, they were 
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respectively, and Tenderly, put 
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provides for them and he tries 
to do what he can to extend love

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and compassion. 
Absalom sun' ruin, not just his 

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own life, but the lives of 
others, that's what's intends to

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do. 
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altered for the rest of their 
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David chooses to refrain from 
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And I think that's the main 
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The Holy Spirit highlights, he 
did not go into them. 

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He did that know them in that 
way. 

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You know, what's amazing? 
Unless I missed it, there is not

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one mention. 
After this chapter of David, 

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adding to his wives or acquiring
more concubines, you will not 

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see it. 
And I think the reason why we're

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seeing this here is to show the 
fruit of the chastisement. 

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That David was undergoing. 
He's becoming a new person. 

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In the very same house where 
David's unbridled lust was acted

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upon, do we see David returning 
to? 

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But as a new man, he returns to 
his home and he is a different 

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conviction, is a different frame
of mind and if there is any 

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indication that he has close 
relations with a woman, we see 

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that even the Holy Spirit tells 
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Kings chapter one with abishag, 
right? 

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The shunammite who's assigned to
David to keep him warm in bed. 

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In his old age, we're told even 
there but David did not know 

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her. 
To reinforce David really did 

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change. 
He did become a new person, one 

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of the reasons, the Lord 
chastises his children and it is

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this for our good and that we 
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That's the ultimate goal that 
when the Lord chisels you as 

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painful as it may be when he 
afflicts your body when he 

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causes disruption, to bring you 
to your knees to get your 

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attention. 
It's because he wants you to 

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become like him. 
And David is doing that. 

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David is submitting and yielding
to the discipline of God and 

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it's actually working Here's the
thing. 

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God doesn't just want you to 
acknowledge sin. 

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He wants you to abandon it. 
Early in my Christian walk. 

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I've met some people who do not 
believe in the doctrine of 

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repentance because they believe 
that to repent means to work. 

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And so if you repent of your sin
and Believe on, Jesus Christ, 

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that is a work based gospel. 
There's a whole camp that 

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believes that. 
So if you ask these people, what

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do you believe about repentance 
well though? 

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Go to the Greek and say it's the
word metanoia, and the word 

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metanoia, simply means change of
mind. 

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So when the Bible says, repent 
is really synonymous with 

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believe, change your mind about 
Christ and believe that you 

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can't work for your salvation 
that he did it for you and 

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that's it. 
Oh, that's a big part of it but 

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you can't change your mind about
Christ unless you're willing to 

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also change your mind. 
Sin and you can't change your 

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mind about Sin and not affect 
the way you deal with sin. 

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I don't understand where they're
coming from. 

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So you're expecting me to change
my mind about who God is and who

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I am. 
And that not affect the way I 

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live. 
It's absurd. 

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It's contrary to the will of 
God, David acknowledged before 

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the prophet I have sinned. 
But God doesn't just want you to

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be able to label what is sin or 
confess your sin. 

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He wants you to walk away from 
it. 

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He wants you to change your 
attitude toward it. 

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And that's what we see here. 
This man recognised his sin he 

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recognized what his loose 
standards concerning women and 

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marriage brought him to. 
And so now after a season of 

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being under the heavy hand of 
the Lord, he comes back and He 

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sets his Affairs in order not 
for the sake of these woman but 

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to show I'm a different man so 
we get that Insight. 

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Wow. 
What's happening with David? 

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At least we should and now we 
continue back to the main theme 

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in the main story verse 4. 
And the King said to a masseuse 

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call the men of Judah together 
to me, within three days and be 

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here yourself. 
So amasa went to summon Judah 

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but he delayed beyond the set 
time that had been appointed to 

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00:26:55,100 --> 00:26:59,400
him, who was the original 
commander of, David's Army, 

452
00:27:00,100 --> 00:27:05,700
joab, but job was replaced by 
his cousin, I'm Assad. 

453
00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:10,900
So David now, some enzyme assay 
says, listen if we don't get to 

454
00:27:10,900 --> 00:27:13,100
this quick, we're in trouble. 
We got a quench. 

455
00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:16,900
This fire that Sheba sparked. 
Let's deal with this time is of 

456
00:27:16,900 --> 00:27:18,000
the essence. 
Here's what I'm asking you to 

457
00:27:18,008 --> 00:27:19,200
do. 
Go. 

458
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,000
And recruit the men, you have 
three days. 

459
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,500
I need you to be here with all 
of them, you got it? 

460
00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:26,900
Yes, sir. 
And he makes his way out. 

461
00:27:28,500 --> 00:27:31,300
You and I have already 
established concerning Sheba are

462
00:27:31,300 --> 00:27:35,500
scuse me current concerning. 
I Masa that David made a choice 

463
00:27:35,500 --> 00:27:38,700
to electing him and promoting 
him to the general of his army 

464
00:27:38,900 --> 00:27:43,800
for two reasons. 
One was what Politics. 

465
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,400
And the other one also starts 
with a P, personal good. 

466
00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:51,700
Set aside the personal for a 
moment because the personal 

467
00:27:51,700 --> 00:27:54,500
reason is because he wanted to 
get back at Joy, you killed my 

468
00:27:54,500 --> 00:27:56,800
son, you're no longer because I 
know how much you love your 

469
00:27:56,800 --> 00:28:00,000
position job. 
So I'm replacing you with 

470
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,100
somebody else and he does, but 
that's a secondary reason. 

471
00:28:03,100 --> 00:28:06,800
The primary reason is because in
order to reconcile with this 

472
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:09,600
nation of rebels, that sided 
with Absalom, David wanted to 

473
00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:11,900
prove his willingness to forgive
and he does. 

474
00:28:11,900 --> 00:28:13,400
So by using Amazon has an 
example. 

475
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:17,000
Look, I'm willing to take the 
guy that worked with Absalom as 

476
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:21,100
his General and make him my own,
huh really? 

477
00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:23,000
Hey look if he's willing to do 
that. 

478
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,400
Then surely he's willing to 
reconcile with us and that was 

479
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,200
it that was a major motivation 
for a masseur to be where he's 

480
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:29,700
at. 
That a mistake. 

481
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,800
Yes, we are. 
Rio determined that because 

482
00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,100
David was willing to dismiss the
lack of qualifications, in 

483
00:28:37,100 --> 00:28:42,500
amasa, for political Gain, No 
matter how good that political 

484
00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:46,100
game might have been, it ended 
up coming back to bite him. 

485
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:52,200
And so a Masai here, Was not set
up to be a leader of an army. 

486
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:57,700
How do we know that? 
Exactly. 

487
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:04,300
When he works for Absalom with a
much larger army with many more 

488
00:29:04,300 --> 00:29:08,000
resources, he still couldn't 
defeat David and his forces. 

489
00:29:09,300 --> 00:29:12,400
And David was willing to 
overlook that David was only to 

490
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:18,800
say come on my team. 
And when he does, it hurts him. 

491
00:29:20,100 --> 00:29:24,600
Is there a lesson here for us? 
Absolutely, especially for 

492
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:26,800
leaders. 
And here's the lesson, leaders 

493
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:31,800
have to be careful. 
Of ignoring God's Blueprints and

494
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:35,300
his standards. 
For how his church should 

495
00:29:35,300 --> 00:29:40,500
operate pertaining to positions 
of pertaining to practices in 

496
00:29:40,500 --> 00:29:45,100
the name of helping, the people 
of God, because like a Mossad 

497
00:29:45,500 --> 00:29:48,200
whenever we compromise, no 
matter how good our intentions 

498
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,100
are it will end up hurting. 
The people of God, more than 

499
00:29:51,100 --> 00:29:53,300
anything else. 
Is that understood? 

500
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:59,000
David, I believe David's 
reasonings were very good. 

501
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:03,400
He wanted to manifest kindness 
and he did so by doing 

502
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,200
something. 
He shouldn't have done only to 

503
00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:11,500
satisfy some immediate goal. 
And in time the very same people

504
00:30:11,500 --> 00:30:14,300
that he tried to appease were 
the very same people who are now

505
00:30:14,300 --> 00:30:17,300
put in danger. 
It ain't different in the 

506
00:30:17,300 --> 00:30:20,900
church. 
My friend, it's not But we want 

507
00:30:20,900 --> 00:30:24,200
to bring in more people, we want
to, we want to let their guard 

508
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:27,600
down, we want them to see that 
we are just like them. 

509
00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:29,700
We want them to understand that 
we are human. 

510
00:30:29,700 --> 00:30:32,700
We're not holier than thou and 
so we make all these decisions. 

511
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:36,200
We apply all these strategies 
thinking that they will come 

512
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,900
thinking that they will absorb 
thinking that they will end up 

513
00:30:38,900 --> 00:30:41,600
believing when in reality, 
you've created a greater mess 

514
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:45,100
than what you started with. 
Because if you bring in people 

515
00:30:45,100 --> 00:30:47,700
for carnal reasons, then you 
must keep people with carnal 

516
00:30:47,700 --> 00:30:52,900
methods. and I've seen this, I'm
not just seeing this from 

517
00:30:52,900 --> 00:30:55,200
Beyond, I've seen this firsthand
with people, and I've heard the 

518
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,100
woes of some Elders, realizing 
the trouble that they've gotten 

519
00:30:58,100 --> 00:31:02,900
themselves into because now they
have to make one of two choices 

520
00:31:02,900 --> 00:31:09,300
one to either again, to keep the
people to maintain that tone of 

521
00:31:09,300 --> 00:31:12,700
compromise to maintain that tone
of something, Beyond with the 

522
00:31:12,700 --> 00:31:16,800
scripture demands, Or to make a 
decision. 

523
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,200
At this point, we have to say 
something true. 

524
00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:21,600
And the Temptation is not too 
because they know they're going 

525
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:23,000
to lose two-thirds of their 
people. 

526
00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:26,900
So David's relations with 
Amazon. 

527
00:31:26,900 --> 00:31:30,300
Here's a wonderful illustration 
of ensuring, listen to this, 

528
00:31:30,300 --> 00:31:32,500
even in your own life, you may 
not be a pastor, but you're a 

529
00:31:32,508 --> 00:31:34,400
person who makes decisions about
people. 

530
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:37,400
To make a decision. 
Hear me. 

531
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:39,900
Hear me hear me? 
Trust the truth. 

532
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:46,200
All the time. 
Trust the truth all the time. 

533
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:50,800
What does that mean? 
Disassociate, your feelings and 

534
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:54,800
disassociate your human wisdom 
when it comes to what God has 

535
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:59,000
clearly said about a particular 
situation or person abandoned 

536
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:03,300
self and cling to God's mind and
heart and you will know success 

537
00:32:04,300 --> 00:32:08,700
You will know success just trust
his blueprint, no matter how 

538
00:32:08,700 --> 00:32:12,600
difficult, no matter how. 
Every fiber of your being says, 

539
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,700
it could be better if we go this
way. 

540
00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:20,400
Don't don't. 
He's God's word is true, and let

541
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:22,400
every man be a liar, including 
you and me. 

542
00:32:24,300 --> 00:32:26,100
Notice no amens but it's true. 
Anyhow. 

543
00:32:28,900 --> 00:32:32,000
Amazon delayed. 
A mr. 

544
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,100
Delayed. 
He proved his incompetency. 

545
00:32:35,100 --> 00:32:37,200
He didn't show up. 
Now, there's debate about why he

546
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:42,800
delayed but it left enough time 
for people to speculate. 

547
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,300
And notice what David says, 
exactly the point that I was 

548
00:32:46,300 --> 00:32:50,100
making verse 6 and David said to
abishai now Sheba, the son of 

549
00:32:50,100 --> 00:32:53,000
bichri will do us more harm than
Absalom. 

550
00:32:54,100 --> 00:32:56,300
Take your Lord's servants and 
pursue him less. 

551
00:32:56,300 --> 00:32:58,900
He get himself to fortified 
cities and escape from us. 

552
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,700
Think about that, Sheba? 
The son of bichri will do us 

553
00:33:01,700 --> 00:33:04,600
more harm than up, some more 
harm than Absalom. 

554
00:33:04,700 --> 00:33:09,200
David is aware of the capability
of Sheba, and he was aware that 

555
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:13,000
I masses weakness and inability 
to be who he was called to be 

556
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:16,300
contributed to a potential 
catastrophe. 

557
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:22,900
That could have been avoided if 
David just bit his tongue. if 

558
00:33:22,900 --> 00:33:26,200
David put aside his political 
motivations and put aside his 

559
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:32,800
personal ambition and just 
trusted simple wisdom, So, what 

560
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,400
happens? 
He has to replace. 

561
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:37,400
Amasa ain't no way that he's 
going to choose joab. 

562
00:33:37,500 --> 00:33:39,000
So he goes with abishai, 
abishai. 

563
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,200
Is given David enough headaches,
right? 

564
00:33:41,300 --> 00:33:43,800
But he's better than joab 
abhishekam here. 

565
00:33:44,700 --> 00:33:46,900
Listen, I need you to deal with 
Chiba, all right? 

566
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:49,200
Fetch for him. 
And you know what to do. 

567
00:33:49,300 --> 00:33:51,000
If we don't, it's going to get 
ugly. 

568
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:54,400
Time is of the essence, every 
minute matters, go. 

569
00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:59,400
Abishai goes and their verse 7 
went out after him jobs men and 

570
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:03,100
the Cara thights in the pellet 
fights and all the Mighty Men. 

571
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:06,600
Why doesn't anybody make it 
movie out of David's life? 

572
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,000
Like a long extended more a 
series please. 

573
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,900
If you're going to put your 
money on that thing, if you're 

574
00:34:10,900 --> 00:34:13,000
going to put your money in any 
kind of entertainment, let it be

575
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:17,500
God's most amazing. 
Insight about a man's life. 

576
00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:21,699
In the Old Testament. 
That's debatable. 

577
00:34:21,699 --> 00:34:26,900
I guess they went out from 
Jerusalem and pursue Sheba the 

578
00:34:26,900 --> 00:34:28,199
son of bichri. 
Now something interesting 

579
00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:34,300
happens because joab here sees 
an opportunity himself, amisom 

580
00:34:34,300 --> 00:34:38,100
messed up. 
This is my chance to reclaim my 

581
00:34:38,100 --> 00:34:40,800
position. 
And so, you're going to see a 

582
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:42,600
shift of the balances of power 
here. 

583
00:34:43,500 --> 00:34:48,500
Abishai, replaces a Mossad. 
Remember those names, right? 

584
00:34:49,500 --> 00:34:53,100
Joab. 
Realizes, this is my chance. 

585
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,900
And so, you're going to see now 
just in a very subtle way, job 

586
00:34:56,900 --> 00:34:59,000
is going to take the prominent 
Place. 

587
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:03,300
Although abishai was put in 
charge and it's all going to 

588
00:35:03,300 --> 00:35:09,300
take place with an encounter 
with amasa Verse 8, when they 

589
00:35:09,300 --> 00:35:11,800
were at the great stone. 
That is in gibeon. 

590
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,600
A Masa came to me that this guy 
just shows up out of nowhere. 

591
00:35:15,300 --> 00:35:18,200
Like, where have you been, you 
just appears out of the forest? 

592
00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:21,000
I don't know how it happened. 
He just shows up, like I think 

593
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:22,400
we're called to come here, 
right? 

594
00:35:23,100 --> 00:35:25,500
He hears the news maybe of 
what's Happening of the new 

595
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:28,800
mission. 
This is interesting. 

596
00:35:29,500 --> 00:35:33,100
Now joab was wearing a soldier's
garment look out descriptive. 

597
00:35:33,100 --> 00:35:37,100
The Bible is here. 
And over it was a belt with a 

598
00:35:37,100 --> 00:35:40,200
sword in its sheath fast and on 
his thigh. 

599
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,500
And as you went forward, it fell
out. 

600
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,000
Wonder if it looked accidental, 
I wonder if he made it look 

601
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:50,900
accidental. 
The sword kind of falls out. 

602
00:35:51,100 --> 00:35:54,800
Obviously he has to grab it. 
So doesn't look that suspicious 

603
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:56,700
that you're just picking up your
tool. 

604
00:35:57,900 --> 00:36:02,900
Picks up the sword with his left
hand and job set to amasa. 

605
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:09,500
Is it well with you, my brother?
And job took amasa by the beard 

606
00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:11,400
with his right hand and to kiss 
him. 

607
00:36:13,100 --> 00:36:16,200
But Emma said do not observe the
sword that was in jobs hand. 

608
00:36:16,900 --> 00:36:21,400
So job struck him with it in the
stomach and Spilled his entrails

609
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,700
to the ground without striking a
second blow and he died. 

610
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:31,000
I have a feeling this is not a 
Sunday School Story. 

611
00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:36,000
It's detailed. 
But it's not just for the sake 

612
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:39,600
of being detailed, it's 
instructive job. 

613
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:43,100
Already has a reputation of 
being a man who resolves to 

614
00:36:43,100 --> 00:36:45,200
murder when it comes to his 
conflicts in life. 

615
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,100
He hasn't just proven it here. 
We've seen him deal with a 

616
00:36:49,300 --> 00:36:51,300
another General early on in the 
reign of David. 

617
00:36:51,300 --> 00:36:54,500
What's his name? 
Starts with the letter, A as 

618
00:36:54,500 --> 00:36:58,900
well who remembers Abner Abner, 
right Abner. 

619
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:02,900
And what makes this man job, 
even more ruthless, not, not 

620
00:37:02,900 --> 00:37:06,400
only his willingness to kill 
someone on site, but his 

621
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:09,500
implementation of deception in 
order to accomplish it. 

622
00:37:10,500 --> 00:37:15,300
What did job do in order to 
cause Abner to let his guard 

623
00:37:15,300 --> 00:37:17,700
down? 
How did he kill him more 

624
00:37:17,700 --> 00:37:19,300
specifically? 
Where did he kill him? 

625
00:37:19,300 --> 00:37:24,800
Who remembers that bible study? 
All very good David. 

626
00:37:24,900 --> 00:37:30,300
I would expect that from David 
and our study of David He brings

627
00:37:30,300 --> 00:37:34,500
him to the gate of the City of 
Refuge in Hebron and he kills 

628
00:37:34,500 --> 00:37:37,900
him there. 
How grotesque, how evil, how 

629
00:37:37,900 --> 00:37:42,100
Wicked that in a proximity where
you're supposed to be safe? 

630
00:37:42,100 --> 00:37:44,900
For the very same crime, you 
committed, you kill a man. 

631
00:37:46,300 --> 00:37:48,900
And we see this man committing, 
a very similar crime, though, 

632
00:37:48,900 --> 00:37:54,900
with a different shade of this 
deception, he approaches amasa 

633
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,200
and notice his language, notice 
his actions. 

634
00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:01,400
First thing he does, is he 
greets him with a sense of love 

635
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:05,200
and tenderness and affection. 
He asked about his well-being, 

636
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,300
is it? 
Well with you, my brother? 

637
00:38:09,700 --> 00:38:12,900
And then he leans in. 
Remember, you can just imagine 

638
00:38:12,900 --> 00:38:14,600
the site. 
Perhaps, the weapon just 

639
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:16,400
stumbled out. 
He picks it up, he approaches 

640
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:20,100
him, is it well with you? 
My brother, he takes his right 

641
00:38:20,100 --> 00:38:22,200
hand. 
Grabs him by the beard and 

642
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:24,100
kisses him. 
Now, that might be strange to 

643
00:38:24,100 --> 00:38:27,300
you, but it ain't for us middle 
easterners, right? 

644
00:38:28,300 --> 00:38:31,200
Men, great men. 
That way woman, great woman. 

645
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:33,600
That way your culture might do 
it to you. 

646
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:35,400
Probably seen in wonder what's 
Happening Here? 

647
00:38:37,100 --> 00:38:40,300
All right. 
And so he leans in and he kisses

648
00:38:40,300 --> 00:38:47,700
him as a form of salutation. 
But in doing that, with his left

649
00:38:47,700 --> 00:38:52,400
hand, he thrust into the very 
core of, emesis, being this men 

650
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,400
must have been very strong 
because he didn't need a second 

651
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,100
strike and kills him with that 
one. 

652
00:38:57,100 --> 00:39:01,300
Blow. 
The deceptiveness of Joy up 

653
00:39:01,300 --> 00:39:04,800
here. 
Speaks of the trickery of sin 

654
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:10,000
temptation greets you with a 
kiss but in its heart and its 

655
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:14,400
desire and it's mine is to put 
you to an end. 

656
00:39:15,900 --> 00:39:19,700
And like Amazon's 
inattentiveness, if we are not 

657
00:39:19,700 --> 00:39:22,400
walking in the spirit, if we are
not filled with the word of God,

658
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,200
if we are not discipline 
ourselves to fellowship with the

659
00:39:25,207 --> 00:39:29,700
Lord and know the Lord, then we 
too can fail to see the 

660
00:39:29,700 --> 00:39:33,900
deception of sin in our lives. 
How it approaches? 

661
00:39:33,900 --> 00:39:37,900
How it creeps in? 
How it is packaged, and it looks

662
00:39:37,900 --> 00:39:40,200
like a warm embrace. 
When in reality. 

663
00:39:40,300 --> 00:39:44,200
It has a knife in his hand. 
I don't I don't just say that 

664
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,800
about obvious sin. 
I think this is true for 

665
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:51,700
Antichrist, Audiology 's and 
philosophies and mantras and 

666
00:39:51,700 --> 00:39:57,700
agendas and narratives. 
If you are not sharp with your 

667
00:39:57,900 --> 00:40:01,500
your discernment that comes 
through a regular exercising of 

668
00:40:01,500 --> 00:40:05,600
the word of God, a life of 
prayer, you'll look at the lips 

669
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:09,100
but you won't see the hands and 
you let your guard down and when

670
00:40:09,100 --> 00:40:11,500
you let your guard down how do 
you let your guard down in New 

671
00:40:11,500 --> 00:40:13,600
Covenant sense? 
Jesus said Watch and Pray. 

672
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,400
Watch and Pray. 
Be aware be aware. 

673
00:40:17,700 --> 00:40:21,400
How many of us this is just this
is just a test and we don't 

674
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:25,300
answer it but how many of us are
daily aware? 

675
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:28,400
Not the moment you step out of 
your front door, but the moment 

676
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:31,800
you open your eyelids on your 
bed Warfare is ready. 

677
00:40:33,100 --> 00:40:34,500
How many of us really think like
that? 

678
00:40:36,300 --> 00:40:39,200
How many of us are fully 
convinced in aware that every 

679
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:43,200
single waking moment, Satan and 
his minions, especially, if 

680
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,700
you're walking in active 
obedience to the will of God, 

681
00:40:45,700 --> 00:40:48,900
wants to find a way to hinder 
you and to taint, your 

682
00:40:48,900 --> 00:40:51,900
testimony. 
I don't know. 

683
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:57,800
But here we see, amasa was not 
where he was supposed to be in 

684
00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:00,600
terms of his understanding of 
his surroundings of the people 

685
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,400
of the threats around him, and 
it cost him his life. 

686
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,700
It cost him his life, but I 
learned something else hear 

687
00:41:06,700 --> 00:41:11,600
about jobs. 
Packaged friendship. 

688
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:17,300
Go to Romans chapter 16 quickly.
Since we're talking about 

689
00:41:17,300 --> 00:41:23,700
kissing. 
Let's go to Romans chapter 16. 

690
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:33,700
In verse 16. 
What is Paul tell this church to

691
00:41:33,700 --> 00:41:36,600
do? 
Greet one. 

692
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:41,200
Another with a holy kiss, All 
the Churches of Christ, greet 

693
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:44,300
you. 
This is not the only place where

694
00:41:44,300 --> 00:41:46,400
we were told in the New 
Testament to greet one another. 

695
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:50,300
With a holy kiss, there is 
actually a total of how many 

696
00:41:50,300 --> 00:41:52,800
times do you think, who says 
twice? 

697
00:41:53,500 --> 00:41:59,400
Who says Thrice who says for? 
Nobody's going to participate. 

698
00:42:03,300 --> 00:42:09,100
There is a total of five times. 
That the New Testament 

699
00:42:09,100 --> 00:42:13,400
encourages the saints of God to 
greet one another with either 

700
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:17,500
kiss, a holy kiss or a kiss of 
love, right? 

701
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:22,600
Now, here's the thing. 
I already mentioned that in 

702
00:42:22,700 --> 00:42:25,900
David's time, it was a cultural 
norm for men. 

703
00:42:25,900 --> 00:42:30,000
And men woman woman to greet one
another in this way to express 

704
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:32,700
love and affection in a very 
pure manner, right? 

705
00:42:32,700 --> 00:42:35,600
We see that even cultures today 
and it was true of Paul's day, 

706
00:42:35,900 --> 00:42:38,300
it was true for them. 
It was true for the surrounding 

707
00:42:38,300 --> 00:42:44,200
Gentiles that he dealt with, so 
seems strange That how many 

708
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:47,300
people interpret this verse, as 
make sure that you greet one 

709
00:42:47,300 --> 00:42:52,400
another in a very pure and 
unromantic and very honorable 

710
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:55,400
fashion when it was something 
that they just did. 

711
00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:00,700
Shirley Paul though. 
That could be part of what he's 

712
00:43:00,700 --> 00:43:02,500
saying. 
There is something that he has 

713
00:43:02,500 --> 00:43:05,900
in mind that's deeper than hey, 
don't be inappropriate with 

714
00:43:05,900 --> 00:43:10,900
people in church. 
Could it be that when Paul says 

715
00:43:10,900 --> 00:43:13,200
greet one another with a holy 
kiss? 

716
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:17,400
That he's instructing the people
of God who interact with one 

717
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:20,900
another on a regular basis to be
free from deception and 

718
00:43:20,900 --> 00:43:23,400
Apocrypha. 
See and how you deal with one 

719
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:30,300
another In other words, when you
hug that brother, who walks 

720
00:43:30,300 --> 00:43:33,900
through those doors, one of the 
time, the pastor says, well, why

721
00:43:33,900 --> 00:43:35,000
don't you just greet one 
another? 

722
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:37,600
Before we sit down and you turn 
around and you give a hug to 

723
00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:42,900
that lady and you ask her, how 
she's doing and you ask her 

724
00:43:42,900 --> 00:43:46,600
about her children and you asked
about what's been going on in 

725
00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:48,700
their lives and their walk with 
the Lord. 

726
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:54,000
That, at the same time, your 
heart doesn't have Envy toward 

727
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,100
them. 
Jealousy. 

728
00:43:57,300 --> 00:44:04,100
Hatred criticism. that while you
smile at them on Sunday morning,

729
00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:07,900
Tuesday, night with the gals, 
you're murdering their 

730
00:44:07,900 --> 00:44:12,100
reputation. 
You're slandering their name and

731
00:44:12,100 --> 00:44:16,000
dragging it in the dirt. 
You kiss them on the cheek but 

732
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:17,700
you have a sword in your left 
hand. 

733
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:23,400
Could it be that what Paul is 
saying is, don't be like joab. 

734
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:28,900
Don't be a Judas who hailed King
Jesus but wanted to arrest him 

735
00:44:28,900 --> 00:44:32,500
the very same tonight. 
Greet one. 

736
00:44:32,500 --> 00:44:38,000
Another with a holy kiss, let 
your greeting be genuine and 

737
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:41,700
that's why Paul though he says, 
holy kiss over and over Peter 

738
00:44:41,900 --> 00:44:45,800
says in First Peter 514 to give 
a kiss of love. 

739
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:51,200
It's synonymous love. 
Let there be sincere, love among

740
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:54,400
the Brethren that there be a 
transparency. 

741
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:57,500
Don't be one thing. 
Outwardly in something else. 

742
00:44:57,500 --> 00:45:00,900
Inwardly don't be like joab. 
Who can say how are you brother?

743
00:45:00,900 --> 00:45:03,100
But you Really want to kill 
them. 

744
00:45:05,500 --> 00:45:09,200
That's what I think. 
Giving a holy kiss means, it's 

745
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:11,000
not about figuring out whether 
or not we should kiss each other

746
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:14,800
in the 21st century, okay? 
Something much deeper than that 

747
00:45:16,100 --> 00:45:18,600
and I think we have biblical 
examples of what an Unholy 

748
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:21,200
Kisses. 
One of the main ones is joab 

749
00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:24,300
here. 
So we come to 2nd Samuel 20 

750
00:45:24,300 --> 00:45:33,600
again. 
And see here in verse 10. 

751
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:36,000
But I'm a sudden observed, the 
sword, right? 

752
00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:40,900
And we continue in verse 11, and
one of jobs, young men, took a 

753
00:45:40,908 --> 00:45:45,500
stand by Amazon and said, 
whoever favors joab and whoever 

754
00:45:45,500 --> 00:45:48,000
is for David, let him follow 
joab. 

755
00:45:49,300 --> 00:45:54,700
And I'm a suddenly wallowing in 
his blood in the highway and 

756
00:45:54,700 --> 00:45:57,700
anyone who came by seeing him 
stopped. 

757
00:45:58,500 --> 00:46:02,300
And when the man saw that all 
the people stopped, he carried a

758
00:46:02,300 --> 00:46:06,500
messiah out of the highway into 
the field and through a garment 

759
00:46:06,500 --> 00:46:09,700
over him. 
When he was taken out of the 

760
00:46:09,700 --> 00:46:13,400
highway, all the people went on 
after job to pursue Sheba the 

761
00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:16,200
son of Dorothy. 
And so the sight of this man's 

762
00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:20,700
murder was just horrific. 
There he is wallowing in his 

763
00:46:20,700 --> 00:46:23,800
blood and these men who are 
called to pursue Sheba couldn't 

764
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:27,100
move forward because they were 
absolutely stunned by what just 

765
00:46:27,100 --> 00:46:30,200
happened. 
Like we just killed our 

766
00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:33,400
commander. 
Specifically Joy. 

767
00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:35,300
I've just killed our commander 
and they were, they were 

768
00:46:35,300 --> 00:46:40,100
paralyzed. 
Perhaps by the the sheer evil of

769
00:46:40,100 --> 00:46:43,300
what just took place and the man
realized he's like okay this is 

770
00:46:43,300 --> 00:46:46,500
obviously hindering us so he 
wraps his body and he throws him

771
00:46:46,500 --> 00:46:49,700
out to a field and out of sight 
out of mind, right? 

772
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:52,900
That's what they try to do in 
Canada. 

773
00:46:52,900 --> 00:46:55,500
I don't know what happens here. 
I don't go to gas stations to 

774
00:46:55,500 --> 00:46:58,700
too often I guess, but when you,
when you go to gas stations in 

775
00:46:58,700 --> 00:47:02,000
Canada, this happened years ago,
they put the cigarettes Behind 

776
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:05,800
these drawers and they think 
they thought, psychologically, 

777
00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:08,500
if you don't see the cigarettes,
then you're not going to want to

778
00:47:08,500 --> 00:47:10,500
ask for cigarettes or not going 
to be as tempted to want to 

779
00:47:10,500 --> 00:47:13,300
smoke. 
And so they try all these ways 

780
00:47:13,300 --> 00:47:16,200
of keeping these things out of 
your vision so that you would 

781
00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:22,500
not entertain it further. 
And so we see here that there is

782
00:47:22,500 --> 00:47:25,600
an obvious obstacle here with 
this evil and so let's just try 

783
00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:31,400
to bury the evil and we don't 
want joab to be reconsidered as 

784
00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:34,300
our new leader. 
And so let's just hide away the 

785
00:47:34,300 --> 00:47:37,500
evidence and let's just move 
forward in and people today are 

786
00:47:37,500 --> 00:47:40,100
willing to ignore the evil that 
others commit because they 

787
00:47:40,100 --> 00:47:42,800
promised so much. 
That's why people are willing to

788
00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:45,500
follow so many politicians in 
certain directions and are 

789
00:47:45,500 --> 00:47:47,600
willing to follow so many 
celebrities and their way of 

790
00:47:47,600 --> 00:47:49,600
thinking. 
And they're willing to look over

791
00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:55,400
all these Other evil things. 
Because they want something else

792
00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:59,800
and that person has something to
offer and that's exactly what 

793
00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:04,400
happens, right? 
They followed job verse 14 and 

794
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:08,100
sheba, passed through all the 
tribes of Israel, to a bow or 

795
00:48:08,100 --> 00:48:12,700
able of Beth maachah and all the
big critz assembled and followed

796
00:48:12,700 --> 00:48:15,900
him in how many tribes joined 
Sheba. 

797
00:48:15,900 --> 00:48:19,500
When he first said, we have no 
portion in David and we have no 

798
00:48:19,500 --> 00:48:28,300
inheritance in the son of Jesse.
10, 10 and no more than three 

799
00:48:28,300 --> 00:48:31,100
days in a little bit when we are
reintroduced. 

800
00:48:31,100 --> 00:48:37,100
Toshiba. what are the support 
dwindle down to Look at this. 

801
00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:40,600
And she passed through all the 
tribes of Israel and look and 

802
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:45,500
all the big critz assembled and 
followed him in the only people 

803
00:48:45,500 --> 00:48:47,700
that followed him were the 
people of his own Clan. 

804
00:48:49,100 --> 00:48:54,300
You went from ten tribes not to 
people from your own family, not

805
00:48:54,300 --> 00:49:00,000
very impressive. 
Maybe he wasn't as persuasive. 

806
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:03,700
Absalom was we don't know. 
I'd like to believe that in 

807
00:49:03,700 --> 00:49:11,700
great part David swiftness in 
dealing with Sheba Hindered him 

808
00:49:11,700 --> 00:49:15,400
from becoming more effective in 
organized and trying to convince

809
00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:19,800
and persuade others to join him.
The willingness of David not to 

810
00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:23,400
delay any longer. 
But to deal with this leaven 

811
00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:29,100
right away, perhaps contributed 
to his early success and you and

812
00:49:29,100 --> 00:49:33,100
I should have the very same 
attitude. when it comes to all 

813
00:49:33,100 --> 00:49:37,300
the other obstacles in our 
Christian Life, when sits in is 

814
00:49:37,300 --> 00:49:41,100
in seed form, when it's just a 
thought that keeps reoccurring 

815
00:49:41,100 --> 00:49:45,400
and visiting you, when it keeps 
you up at night, when it has you

816
00:49:46,500 --> 00:49:50,400
browsing on the internet when it
has you looking on things where,

817
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:52,800
you know, where this can lead 
to, but you just want to out of 

818
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:57,700
curiosity, know something, when 
you see an issue at hand 

819
00:49:57,700 --> 00:50:01,300
relationally and you can sense 
the tension when somebody comes 

820
00:50:01,300 --> 00:50:05,300
in and I have doctrinal level or
11 or more 11, and it doesn't 

821
00:50:05,300 --> 00:50:08,400
seem to be a problem at first, 
but you can, you can sense it. 

822
00:50:08,700 --> 00:50:13,500
Have the attitude of David, we 
must deal with it immediately. 

823
00:50:14,100 --> 00:50:18,600
I must conquer this now. 
Now, I must see the threat for 

824
00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:22,100
what it is. 
Sheba was, not that big of a 

825
00:50:22,100 --> 00:50:24,900
threat at this point, but David 
had enough insight to realize 

826
00:50:24,900 --> 00:50:28,500
that, if we don't get ahold of 
him, it will be worse than what 

827
00:50:28,500 --> 00:50:32,900
Absalom did. 
And we need the wisdom of God's 

828
00:50:32,900 --> 00:50:35,700
word, to be able to filter. 
All that we see all that we 

829
00:50:35,700 --> 00:50:39,200
experience all that, visits us, 
all the problems around us and 

830
00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:42,600
to know, when to execute went to
refrain and went to jump on the 

831
00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:45,500
opportunity. 
And again, you're not listen, 

832
00:50:46,300 --> 00:50:48,700
hey, this is not going to apply 
to you unless you have a 

833
00:50:48,707 --> 00:50:53,500
revelation of the Warfare that 
you're in, it's not if you just 

834
00:50:53,500 --> 00:50:56,700
think individually and you don't
think beyond your own life. 

835
00:50:56,900 --> 00:50:58,800
If you think that being a 
Christian simply means to have 

836
00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:01,100
an easier life than those Wicked
people there that are banging 

837
00:51:01,100 --> 00:51:03,300
their heads against the wall and
can't figure out what a woman 

838
00:51:03,300 --> 00:51:06,800
is. 
Your Christian life is going to 

839
00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:10,100
be extremely hindered. 
You got to look beyond that and 

840
00:51:10,100 --> 00:51:13,600
see how God frames your life, 
and then you'll be able to 

841
00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:16,100
understand and evaluate the 
things in your life. 

842
00:51:16,900 --> 00:51:19,600
So this man was a very 
successful and I think in great 

843
00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:22,800
part, he realized that job was 
on his tail. 

844
00:51:23,100 --> 00:51:27,300
David did not hesitate to jump 
and to reach him. 

845
00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:31,100
And so he fled he flees rather 
and he goes into this one city 

846
00:51:31,200 --> 00:51:35,200
called able and he tries to hide
their now, look what happens. 

847
00:51:36,700 --> 00:51:39,400
And all the men who were with 
joy came in besiege them. 

848
00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:43,400
In a bowl of Beth maachah, they 
cast up a mound against the city

849
00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:46,800
and its stood against the 
rampart and they were battering,

850
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:51,500
the wall to throw it down. 
Then a wise woman called, from 

851
00:51:51,500 --> 00:51:52,900
the city. 
Listen. 

852
00:51:52,900 --> 00:51:56,100
Listen, tell, joab. 
Come here that I may speak to 

853
00:51:56,100 --> 00:51:59,900
you and he came near and the 
woman said, are you joab? 

854
00:52:00,900 --> 00:52:04,400
He answered, I am. 
And she sent them listen to the 

855
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:07,300
words of your servant and he 
answered I'm listening. 

856
00:52:08,200 --> 00:52:11,800
And she said, they used to say 
in former times, let them but 

857
00:52:11,800 --> 00:52:15,100
ask Council a table and so they 
settle the matter. 

858
00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:17,700
I'm one of those who are 
Peaceable and faithful and 

859
00:52:17,700 --> 00:52:21,100
Israel, you seek to destroy a 
city that his mother, a mother 

860
00:52:21,100 --> 00:52:23,300
in Israel. 
Why will you swallow up the 

861
00:52:23,300 --> 00:52:26,600
heritage of the Lord? 
I just love this interaction. 

862
00:52:27,100 --> 00:52:31,900
You have this woman. 
With no name and she appears on 

863
00:52:31,900 --> 00:52:33,500
the scene. 
And she deals with this 

864
00:52:33,500 --> 00:52:36,000
bloodthirsty man, who probably 
had the blood of amasa still 

865
00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:38,200
staining his hands. 
He goes. 

866
00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:44,600
Where's Joe have joy and joy of 
comes and she goes, you willing 

867
00:52:44,600 --> 00:52:46,100
to listen to yourself. 
Yeah, I'm willing to listen, 

868
00:52:46,100 --> 00:52:49,600
it's just like, this strange 
shift of authority. 

869
00:52:50,100 --> 00:52:52,400
Right. 
And so she's like confronting, 

870
00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:54,000
but we're told she's a wise 
woman. 

871
00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:58,700
And there are elements of wisdom
here that we can we can apply to

872
00:52:58,700 --> 00:53:01,500
our own lives. 
Notice the humility of this 

873
00:53:01,500 --> 00:53:03,800
woman. 
She didn't yell at job. 

874
00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:05,800
She didn't curse job. 
She didn't insult. 

875
00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:07,700
Joy should, are you willing to 
listen to me? 

876
00:53:08,700 --> 00:53:11,100
Are you willing to listen to 
your servant? 

877
00:53:12,700 --> 00:53:16,900
And so she submits herself and 
with the specific tone is able 

878
00:53:16,900 --> 00:53:21,300
to win his attention. 
I know you're hot blooded and 

879
00:53:21,300 --> 00:53:25,500
you think the louder you are and
the more Force you use and the 

880
00:53:25,500 --> 00:53:28,200
more intimidation you have, the 
more persuasive, you'll be 

881
00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:33,100
that's not wisdom. 
This woman is wise, and so she 

882
00:53:33,100 --> 00:53:37,300
gets this man's attention and he
has, she has his ear and he 

883
00:53:37,308 --> 00:53:39,600
says, in verse 20 Job, answer 
far be it for me far. 

884
00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:42,000
Be it that I should swallow up 
or destroy. 

885
00:53:43,700 --> 00:53:46,200
That is not true but a man of 
the Hill Country of Ephraim 

886
00:53:46,600 --> 00:53:48,600
called Sheba. 
The son of bichri has lifted up 

887
00:53:48,600 --> 00:53:52,600
his hand against King, David, 
give up him alone and I will 

888
00:53:52,600 --> 00:53:56,700
withdraw from the city and the 
woman said to draw a behold, his

889
00:53:56,700 --> 00:53:58,600
head shall be thrown to you over
the wall. 

890
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:04,200
Who is this lady? 
Then the woman went to all the 

891
00:54:04,207 --> 00:54:08,400
people in her wisdom and they 
cut off the head of Sheba, the 

892
00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:10,500
son of bithia, and threw it out 
to joab. 

893
00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:13,900
So he blew the trumpet and they 
dispersed from the city, every 

894
00:54:13,900 --> 00:54:16,800
man to his home and job returned
to Jerusalem to the king. 

895
00:54:18,400 --> 00:54:22,200
So much to unpack here, which I 
won't for the sake of time, but 

896
00:54:22,200 --> 00:54:24,300
there's one point that I want to
drive here. 

897
00:54:24,300 --> 00:54:26,600
You have Sheba, run into this 
fortified City with his little 

898
00:54:26,600 --> 00:54:29,600
Clan. 
Obviously, they convinced the 

899
00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:35,200
city To hide their in to borrow 
anybody, namely job and David's 

900
00:54:35,200 --> 00:54:39,300
men to enter in job sees this 
and he says, you know what, 

901
00:54:39,300 --> 00:54:42,100
let's create a Siege. 
And what a Siege was, an Army 

902
00:54:42,100 --> 00:54:44,800
surrounding a city, and you were
essentially try to starve them 

903
00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:48,100
out, you wouldn't let anybody go
in, you wouldn't let anybody go 

904
00:54:48,100 --> 00:54:51,200
out, let them run out of food, 
let them run out of water and 

905
00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:52,500
then they eventually they'll 
surrender. 

906
00:54:52,500 --> 00:54:54,800
That's what a Siege is, but he 
doesn't even wait for that. 

907
00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:57,900
He creates a Siege and he's 
like, let's just tear the wall 

908
00:54:57,900 --> 00:55:00,700
down and so they begin to Ram 
against the wall. 

909
00:55:01,400 --> 00:55:04,200
This Woman's walls are probably 
shaking. 

910
00:55:04,200 --> 00:55:06,000
Who knows? 
She obviously hears about it 

911
00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:08,300
comes and confronts David or 
confronts Joy. 

912
00:55:09,700 --> 00:55:11,200
Why are you going to destroy 
this whole city? 

913
00:55:11,900 --> 00:55:14,200
What's the issue? 
Well, you have a guy in there 

914
00:55:14,200 --> 00:55:17,700
that needs to be given up and so
we're willing to cease from this

915
00:55:17,700 --> 00:55:19,900
destruction, doesn't have to 
come to this city. 

916
00:55:20,100 --> 00:55:25,500
If you're just willing to give 
up Sheba that worthless man and 

917
00:55:25,500 --> 00:55:29,700
we will move on Done. 
She doesn't wait another day. 

918
00:55:29,700 --> 00:55:30,800
She doesn't win. 
Another moment. 

919
00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:32,200
She goes to the other people of 
that City. 

920
00:55:32,200 --> 00:55:33,900
He says let's just give up his 
head. 

921
00:55:33,900 --> 00:55:35,800
If we don't give up Shiva, we're
all dead. 

922
00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:40,000
We're all finished and his 
beautiful home of ours. 

923
00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:42,200
This beautiful city with a 
glorious reputation will be 

924
00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:44,600
brought to Rubble. 
There is no hesitation. 

925
00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:48,100
They gave up Shiva. 
And the lesson is this. 

926
00:55:49,500 --> 00:55:53,300
That When sin enters into our 
lives as represented by Sheba, 

927
00:55:53,800 --> 00:55:58,200
it wants to make a home with us.
And you and I have to make a 

928
00:55:58,207 --> 00:56:04,700
decision. to Harbor that sin or 
to give up that sin and if we 

929
00:56:04,700 --> 00:56:08,400
choose to justify our sin just 
like they could have Justified 

930
00:56:08,400 --> 00:56:12,600
Sheba, Then you and I too will, 
no further destruction. 

931
00:56:12,600 --> 00:56:14,800
That could have been avoided. 
If we had just made the decision

932
00:56:14,800 --> 00:56:20,600
to give it up and when you 
choose to give up sin, make sure

933
00:56:20,600 --> 00:56:25,200
that you do. 
So with a decisiveness, and the 

934
00:56:25,200 --> 00:56:29,500
promptness that this woman 
displays, How do you deal with 

935
00:56:29,500 --> 00:56:31,900
sin? 
You don't negotiate with it. 

936
00:56:33,500 --> 00:56:35,700
You don't try to come up with a 
deal with it. 

937
00:56:36,300 --> 00:56:39,300
You cut off its head, you're not
living anymore. 

938
00:56:39,500 --> 00:56:42,100
You're not supposed to be here. 
The longer you stay here. 

939
00:56:42,100 --> 00:56:43,900
The more destructive, it will be
for us. 

940
00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:50,200
You're out of here. 
And with a collective effort, 

941
00:56:50,200 --> 00:56:54,300
they put Sheba to death and they
resumed in their peace and joy 

942
00:56:54,300 --> 00:56:58,700
undisturbed from the anointed 
ones, discipline expressed 

943
00:56:58,700 --> 00:57:03,100
through joab. 
Be that aggressive. 

944
00:57:04,300 --> 00:57:07,300
Don't tolerate it. 
Don't let it Live Another Day. 

945
00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:10,900
Go for the jugular And you will 
know blessing. 

946
00:57:12,200 --> 00:57:15,800
Wow, what an interesting story, 
a guy wallowing in his blood on 

947
00:57:15,808 --> 00:57:18,500
the side of the street. 
Another man, losing his head 

948
00:57:18,600 --> 00:57:20,800
Hawaii's woman engaging in a 
conversation with another 

949
00:57:20,800 --> 00:57:23,500
murder. 
In the Bible. 

950
00:57:23,500 --> 00:57:26,000
Exciting who says, the Bible is 
boring. 

951
00:57:27,900 --> 00:57:32,600
Verse 23. 
And again, it seems like a very 

952
00:57:32,600 --> 00:57:36,200
strange way to end this chapter 
but it's not, it's strategic. 

953
00:57:36,900 --> 00:57:41,200
Now Joy was in command of all 
the Army of Israel, Benaiah, the

954
00:57:41,200 --> 00:57:44,500
son of jehoiada idea, where 
jehoiada was in command of the 

955
00:57:44,500 --> 00:57:48,200
carrot sites in the Pella tights
and a Duran was in charge of the

956
00:57:48,200 --> 00:57:50,100
forced labor and Jehoshaphat the
son of a. 

957
00:57:50,107 --> 00:57:53,900
He loved was the recorder and 
Shiva was secretary and zadok 

958
00:57:53,900 --> 00:57:56,200
and abiathar were priests and 
Ira. 

959
00:57:56,200 --> 00:57:59,700
The Jerry Wright was also 
David's priest. 

960
00:58:00,100 --> 00:58:01,100
That's an interesting. 
Ting. 

961
00:58:01,300 --> 00:58:05,600
Last verse isn't it and Ira the 
gyre right was also David's 

962
00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:08,500
priest, the nasb would say a 
priest to David. 

963
00:58:10,500 --> 00:58:12,500
There isn't much commentary on 
that. 

964
00:58:12,500 --> 00:58:14,000
You know what? 
Some would say that there is 

965
00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:18,600
something here about IRA. 
Playing a role in David's Life 

966
00:58:18,600 --> 00:58:24,600
as a spiritual mentor. 
He was a priest to David, or 

967
00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:26,900
David's priest. 
Now, if that's true, I think 

968
00:58:26,900 --> 00:58:30,600
that's quite fascinating that 
even a man, like, David, who had

969
00:58:30,600 --> 00:58:34,100
such a connection with God. 
Still had somebody in his life. 

970
00:58:34,100 --> 00:58:38,200
Speaking into his life. 
Perhaps providing instruction 

971
00:58:38,200 --> 00:58:41,400
and counsel. 
If that's true for David. 

972
00:58:41,400 --> 00:58:45,300
You spiritual person, right? 
How much more you and I do. 

973
00:58:45,300 --> 00:58:48,500
We need overseers in our lives. 
Do we need mature? 

974
00:58:48,500 --> 00:58:52,300
Believers who can speak into us 
and to guide us and correct us 

975
00:58:52,300 --> 00:58:56,900
and watch over us. 
You will never graduate in your 

976
00:58:56,900 --> 00:59:00,400
spirituality, you will never 
graduate from accountability. 

977
00:59:01,900 --> 00:59:03,000
And your greatest 
accountability. 

978
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:04,900
Yes. 
Is the fear of God because your 

979
00:59:04,900 --> 00:59:07,300
accountability partner can't go 
with you certain places. 

980
00:59:08,200 --> 00:59:10,700
But still God has instituted 
that you and I would have people

981
00:59:10,700 --> 00:59:14,000
to encourage us and warn us and 
love us and speak into our 

982
00:59:14,000 --> 00:59:18,600
lives. 
You can never outgrow that in 

983
00:59:18,600 --> 00:59:21,000
the moment. 
You actually think you can is 

984
00:59:21,000 --> 00:59:22,100
where you're in spiritual 
Danger. 

985
00:59:25,600 --> 00:59:28,000
But there's more here and these 
are the kind of verses that were

986
00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:30,600
just like, you know, everything 
was so excited and we're winding

987
00:59:30,600 --> 00:59:32,000
down. 
So you doze off and you don't 

988
00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:35,800
really consider the details. 
But listen to the application 

989
00:59:35,800 --> 00:59:37,400
here. 
Look at verse 23. 

990
00:59:37,400 --> 00:59:40,100
Now job was in command of all 
the Army of Israel. 

991
00:59:40,100 --> 00:59:41,900
What? 
Huh? 

992
00:59:42,600 --> 00:59:45,100
I thought it was a messiah. 
Guaymas is no longer there. 

993
00:59:45,400 --> 00:59:47,400
Well, what about abishai? 
Well, there's a matter because 

994
00:59:47,400 --> 00:59:53,100
job took over Job forcefully 
took back his position. 

995
00:59:53,600 --> 00:59:56,700
What he always defended, what he
always longed for he now has 

996
00:59:56,700 --> 01:00:00,700
again, was it? 
Through just means, was it 

997
01:00:00,700 --> 01:00:04,300
through a fair election? 
Was it through reconciliation 

998
01:00:04,300 --> 01:00:06,700
with David? 
No, it was through bloodshed. 

999
01:00:08,800 --> 01:00:14,400
This man was promoted. 
To the very existence of his 

1000
01:00:14,400 --> 01:00:16,500
life. 
The very reason why he lived, 

1001
01:00:16,500 --> 01:00:20,300
what he prized more than 
anything else by killing. 

1002
01:00:20,300 --> 01:00:22,700
Somebody is that fair. 
No. 

1003
01:00:22,700 --> 01:00:25,500
And we live in a very sinful 
World, whereas, you peek through

1004
01:00:25,500 --> 01:00:29,500
this window and you look out and
you see how evil and perverse 

1005
01:00:29,500 --> 01:00:32,100
men with great power or great 
ability. 

1006
01:00:33,300 --> 01:00:35,600
Don't get punished for this and 
they get promoted. 

1007
01:00:38,100 --> 01:00:41,100
Are not shun for their iniquity.
They're celebrated. 

1008
01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:46,200
Are not hindered in their 
financial gain, they expand, and

1009
01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:50,300
they blossom. 
And it doesn't seem right. 

1010
01:00:50,300 --> 01:00:53,200
Well, would you expect anything 
less in a very sinful broken 

1011
01:00:53,200 --> 01:00:56,900
world? 
But what we see with job here in

1012
01:00:56,900 --> 01:01:01,400
his self-promotion, unbothered 
unchallenged by anybody. 

1013
01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:06,400
What we see with joab here is 
what we will see with all men 

1014
01:01:06,400 --> 01:01:11,000
who choose to live in sin job, 
has a Day of Reckoning. 

1015
01:01:11,200 --> 01:01:16,600
There is a precise appointment 
with Justice for job, and there 

1016
01:01:16,600 --> 01:01:18,900
will be for every single person 
who is outside of Christ. 

1017
01:01:19,600 --> 01:01:22,900
No matter how, well, they seem 
to be doing no matter how 

1018
01:01:22,900 --> 01:01:25,800
unbothered and unchallenged they
are in this life. 

1019
01:01:26,900 --> 01:01:31,900
It's only in this life. 
There is a Time coming where the

1020
01:01:31,900 --> 01:01:34,600
king will have the final say 
not. 

1021
01:01:34,600 --> 01:01:41,900
King, David King, Jesus. 
And Ecclesiastes tells us though

1022
01:01:41,900 --> 01:01:46,300
the consequences of sin are not 
executed speedily men continue 

1023
01:01:46,300 --> 01:01:49,000
in their iniquity. 
Enjoy up here. 

1024
01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:52,100
Seems to only be winning even 
though he sinning. 

1025
01:01:53,700 --> 01:01:55,300
But that winning will come to an
end. 

1026
01:01:57,400 --> 01:01:59,300
And the best place to be in this
life. 

1027
01:02:00,200 --> 01:02:01,700
Is not the position that you 
desire. 

1028
01:02:01,700 --> 01:02:03,400
It's not the riches that you 
long for is. 

1029
01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:05,000
Not the praise that you get from
Men. 

1030
01:02:06,700 --> 01:02:09,700
It's to be in the will of God 
and that's what I see. 

1031
01:02:09,700 --> 01:02:14,600
Also, with these final verses, 
we have a commentary of the 

1032
01:02:14,600 --> 01:02:18,000
restoration of the kingdom of 
David Wright with all the 

1033
01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:21,100
turbulence has with Absalom and 
then which Chiba that brief 

1034
01:02:21,400 --> 01:02:28,500
flare, The author brings us to 
an acknowledgement that David's 

1035
01:02:28,500 --> 01:02:33,400
government still stands and 
that's the joy of those final 

1036
01:02:33,400 --> 01:02:36,800
verses that the turbulence is in
the trials. 

1037
01:02:36,800 --> 01:02:39,700
And the tests are many. 
If you are in the will of God, 

1038
01:02:39,700 --> 01:02:44,200
like David was at this point in 
his life, nothing can overthrow.

1039
01:02:44,700 --> 01:02:48,300
And nothing can take you away 
from God's purposes. 

1040
01:02:49,600 --> 01:02:53,200
Stay there. 
Stay there, no matter how 

1041
01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:55,000
difficult it is, no matter the 
prices. 

1042
01:02:55,000 --> 01:02:57,900
You pay. 
Because God will hold you, he 

1043
01:02:57,900 --> 01:03:01,300
will keep you, you will be firm,
and he will hold you till the 

1044
01:03:01,300 --> 01:03:02,800
end. 
Let's pray. 

1045
01:03:10,300 --> 01:03:13,600
Father, it is our great joy to 
explore the word of God. 

1046
01:03:15,800 --> 01:03:18,900
And thank you again for 
illustrating to us. 

1047
01:03:20,200 --> 01:03:24,900
That there is not one part of 
this Bible, your word that is 

1048
01:03:24,900 --> 01:03:32,600
void of instruction. 
Some things or perhaps were 

1049
01:03:32,600 --> 01:03:36,000
repeated some things might have 
been knew. 

1050
01:03:37,100 --> 01:03:42,200
Regardless, help us apply it, 
help us revisit it. 

1051
01:03:42,800 --> 01:03:53,100
Help us to examine ourselves. we
want to be in your will and we 

1052
01:03:53,100 --> 01:03:58,100
pray that if this Bible study 
did anything, Made only Inspire 

1053
01:03:58,100 --> 01:04:02,500
us again to love you. 
And to give you our devotion, a 

1054
01:04:02,500 --> 01:04:06,200
fresh load of our hearts are 
cold tonight. 

1055
01:04:07,100 --> 01:04:10,900
If we've been lukewarm these 
past few days or weeks or 

1056
01:04:10,900 --> 01:04:14,200
months, what we're just caught 
up in the busyness or the 

1057
01:04:14,200 --> 01:04:19,000
silliness of this world. 
Please Lord rescue us, please 

1058
01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:21,400
Lord, rescue us, make us white 
hot. 

1059
01:04:22,800 --> 01:04:27,300
To be a worshipper to be active 
in obeying you to know. 

1060
01:04:27,300 --> 01:04:31,100
You were to study it, to eat it 
and look for things. 

1061
01:04:33,000 --> 01:04:38,300
That we are entertaining. 
Help us today with a new 

1062
01:04:38,300 --> 01:04:42,200
motivation, to put it to death 
to cut off its head to not 

1063
01:04:42,200 --> 01:04:44,100
delay. 
Any further that might be a 

1064
01:04:44,107 --> 01:04:45,800
relationship with somebody that 
we shouldn't be in a 

1065
01:04:45,800 --> 01:04:48,200
relationship with that. 
Might be a habit that we have 

1066
01:04:48,200 --> 01:04:51,500
justified in our conscience has 
become numb towards it. 

1067
01:04:51,900 --> 01:04:54,700
That might be are delaying 
giving you our whole complete 

1068
01:04:54,700 --> 01:04:57,800
heart. 
That might be something that we 

1069
01:04:57,800 --> 01:05:00,700
know we ought to do but we are 
not willing to do it because 

1070
01:05:00,700 --> 01:05:03,700
like David We Trust in our own 
wisdom than the wisdom that has 

1071
01:05:03,700 --> 01:05:07,400
been laid out for us. 
But whatever the case may be, we

1072
01:05:07,400 --> 01:05:09,300
ask that this. 
This Bible study would not just 

1073
01:05:09,300 --> 01:05:13,700
have been an entertaining and 
informative time, but that Lord,

1074
01:05:13,700 --> 01:05:16,900
it would have pressed on our 
hearts and that we would have 

1075
01:05:16,900 --> 01:05:19,900
sensed your voice. 
Because oh God, we need your 

1076
01:05:19,900 --> 01:05:21,700
voice. 
Oh Lord. 

1077
01:05:21,700 --> 01:05:24,500
I don't want to live without the
holy spirit's influence. 

1078
01:05:25,100 --> 01:05:27,500
I pray that that would be the 
desire of every person that you 

1079
01:05:27,500 --> 01:05:30,700
would be real to us. 
And you would be close to us 

1080
01:05:30,700 --> 01:05:32,500
that we would walk with you 
Lord. 

1081
01:05:33,400 --> 01:05:37,600
Oh, rescue us. 
If we are dry fill our cups and 

1082
01:05:37,600 --> 01:05:42,200
let us overflow with love again,
we look to you now as we close 

1083
01:05:42,200 --> 01:05:45,200
as we sing together the 
conclusion of this evening. 

1084
01:05:45,200 --> 01:05:50,400
Oh God, made it only in Rapture 
our hearts to be madly in love 

1085
01:05:50,400 --> 01:05:54,000
with Christ in Jesus name. 
Amen! 

1086
01:05:54,400 --> 01:06:04,000
Amen. 
There was a little verse ready 

1087
01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:07,600
for Bible. 
Study part 2. there's a little 

1088
01:06:07,600 --> 01:06:09,700
verse in that chapter that I 
loved, you know, the thing with 

1089
01:06:09,700 --> 01:06:13,400
Bible study and you can stand if
you want Because we're going to 

1090
01:06:13,400 --> 01:06:17,300
sing in a moment. 
But it says here. 

1091
01:06:30,200 --> 01:06:33,800
In verse 2 of that, same chapter
saw the men of Israel, withdrew 

1092
01:06:33,800 --> 01:06:37,800
from David and followed Sheba, 
the son of bichri but the men of

1093
01:06:37,800 --> 01:06:41,200
Judah, followed their kings 
steadfastly from the Jordan to 

1094
01:06:41,200 --> 01:06:44,300
Jerusalem. 
I love that verse the majority 

1095
01:06:44,300 --> 01:06:48,500
of the tribes walked away. 
But Judith says here, they 

1096
01:06:49,200 --> 01:06:54,900
steadfastly followed their King 
steadfastly uninterrupted, 

1097
01:06:55,100 --> 01:07:00,400
unchanging unwavering Devotion 
to the king despite the despite 

1098
01:07:00,400 --> 01:07:04,600
the letdowns despite people's 
issues, you'd only people become

1099
01:07:04,600 --> 01:07:10,600
unsteady fast when people from 
their own group, Cause problems,

1100
01:07:10,600 --> 01:07:15,100
or create division. 
You know, trials do a lot of 

1101
01:07:15,100 --> 01:07:17,500
things. 
They expose people's wickedness 

1102
01:07:17,500 --> 01:07:22,100
and they expose people's Faith. 
I've seen that in my own life. 

1103
01:07:23,100 --> 01:07:27,200
I've seen people's True Colors 
surface when there are real 

1104
01:07:27,200 --> 01:07:29,500
problems among the people of 
God. 

1105
01:07:29,700 --> 01:07:34,100
And I've seen people shine 
bright for the glory of Christ 

1106
01:07:34,400 --> 01:07:36,800
in the darkest moments of their 
faith. 

1107
01:07:37,600 --> 01:07:40,800
And as you sing tonight, if 
you're a serious follower of 

1108
01:07:40,800 --> 01:07:47,200
Christ, I want you to ask the 
Lord, no matter who walks away. 

1109
01:07:47,800 --> 01:07:50,200
I'll want to be steadfast to my 
king. 

1110
01:07:50,800 --> 01:07:53,200
You got to determine that. 
That is the level of 

1111
01:07:53,200 --> 01:07:57,400
discipleship, that Jesus 
requires just as the ABCs of 

1112
01:07:57,400 --> 01:08:00,600
discipleship. 
If anyone would be my disciple, 

1113
01:08:00,800 --> 01:08:05,000
you got to say, love you, Mom, 
love you Dad, brother sister, 

1114
01:08:05,200 --> 01:08:09,100
friends that I grew up with. 
If you're not coming with me, 

1115
01:08:09,100 --> 01:08:12,700
I'm going alone. 
That is the quality of 

1116
01:08:12,700 --> 01:08:17,500
discipleship that Christ 
requires on a basic level. 

1117
01:08:18,399 --> 01:08:22,399
And I pray that, that would be 
the caliber of Christians in 

1118
01:08:22,399 --> 01:08:24,800
this place. 
Let's sing to the Lord together.