1 00:00:13,300 --> 00:00:17,600 This world is not an easy world to live in and I remember having 2 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,600 a conversation with a few brothers and the thought, dawned 3 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:24,100 on me just hearing the different trials and temptations that 4 00:00:24,100 --> 00:00:28,200 people face. And we're facing at the time and 5 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:31,400 this. This thought ran through my mind 6 00:00:31,700 --> 00:00:36,100 if this is what it's like to live with Christ. 7 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,000 I don't know how people do it without him. 8 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,300 How in the world do you live through this turbulent world? 9 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:46,900 Without Christ by your side. I don't know how it is. 10 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,600 I don't know how it's done, but I can tell you this with him, 11 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:54,400 all things are possible and that is what we're seeing with this 12 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,500 men. David as he is, as he is 13 00:00:57,500 --> 00:01:01,700 enduring, a great trial and extended trial that's coming to 14 00:01:01,700 --> 00:01:06,100 an ear end but not just yet. And so we come together to First 15 00:01:06,100 --> 00:01:09,200 Samuel chapter 26. As we finish this chapter 16 00:01:10,300 --> 00:01:16,000 together beginning in verse 13. If you don't remember what 17 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:19,200 happened last week Saul is added again. 18 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:25,600 He wants to chase David down his repentance before this proved to 19 00:01:25,607 --> 00:01:28,500 be futile. It didn't mean anything his 20 00:01:28,500 --> 00:01:29,300 words. Held. 21 00:01:29,300 --> 00:01:30,100 No. Wait. 22 00:01:30,700 --> 00:01:34,500 And David realized that saw and 3000 are right there. 23 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:39,100 Not too far from his location and he is ready to confront him 24 00:01:39,100 --> 00:01:41,300 to confront him in a very similar way that he did. 25 00:01:41,300 --> 00:01:44,500 When he was hiding in a cave and Saul relieve themselves. 26 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,400 Of providentially in that very same hole in the wall. 27 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,400 And so we see here now, David is ready to communicate his 28 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:56,900 concerns and to confront Psalm. But before we get into what he 29 00:01:56,900 --> 00:02:00,300 is going to say, we get a description of the setting of 30 00:02:00,300 --> 00:02:03,800 The confrontation. And so, in verse 13, we read 31 00:02:03,900 --> 00:02:08,300 then David went over to the other side and stood far off on 32 00:02:08,300 --> 00:02:12,700 the top of the hill with a great space between them and David 33 00:02:12,700 --> 00:02:15,300 called to the Army. And to Abner the Son of Nur 34 00:02:15,300 --> 00:02:17,600 saying, will you not answer Abner? 35 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,900 Then I have never answered. Who are you, who calls to the 36 00:02:21,900 --> 00:02:27,000 king and David said to Abner, are you not a man who is like, 37 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,900 you and Israel? Why then have you not kept watch 38 00:02:29,900 --> 00:02:33,700 over your lord, the king for one of the people came in to destroy 39 00:02:33,700 --> 00:02:35,700 the king. Your Lord, this thing that you 40 00:02:35,700 --> 00:02:39,900 have done is not good as the Lord lives you deserve to die. 41 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:43,500 Because you have not kept watch over your lord, the Lord's 42 00:02:43,500 --> 00:02:48,000 anointed and now see where the Kings spear is, and the jar of 43 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:55,200 water that was at his head. Remember saw was sound asleep 44 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,900 with three thousand of his men surrounding him in that 45 00:02:57,900 --> 00:03:03,200 Wilderness and the Blackness of that Midnight Hour David and his 46 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:05,700 assistant that. I'm at least for this Mission. 47 00:03:05,700 --> 00:03:08,700 Come to saw, they find his Spear and his water jug. 48 00:03:08,700 --> 00:03:11,900 They taken instead of slaying Him and Dave's going to use 49 00:03:11,900 --> 00:03:14,700 these props to make the same illustration. 50 00:03:14,700 --> 00:03:16,700 He made when he was in that cave. 51 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:19,600 I could have killed you but I didn't. 52 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:24,300 But look at verse 13. Look at the description. 53 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,700 David went over to the other side and stood far off on the 54 00:03:29,700 --> 00:03:34,200 top of the hill with a great space between them. 55 00:03:34,700 --> 00:03:38,100 Now we don't know how much of a distance there was but we know 56 00:03:38,100 --> 00:03:41,800 that perhaps in that Wilderness there were Hills and there is a 57 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,800 specific landscape that provided natural Acoustics for their 58 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,600 communication to be clear even though they were at a distance. 59 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:53,200 But the more than that, this space, this description of this 60 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:57,800 Chasm speaks about David's precaution of Saul. 61 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,200 Saw has proven to be unpredictable. 62 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,800 Saw has proven to lack Integrity. 63 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,200 Saw has shown that he can say something, but he doesn't really 64 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,500 mean it. That one day, he appears to be a 65 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:12,300 type of person. The next, you can be the polar 66 00:04:12,300 --> 00:04:17,700 opposite and David here, realizes that and so, he 67 00:04:17,700 --> 00:04:21,800 distance himself in order to be safe and it's sad to see the 68 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:26,900 sight of a man who is having to frame his relationship with his 69 00:04:26,900 --> 00:04:30,700 employer and his father-in-law in such a way. 70 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,800 But when somebody proves over and over that, they cannot be a 71 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,200 trustworthy individual or when they repeat the same serious 72 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:42,200 offense time and time, again, it will cause even the godliest of 73 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,900 men and women to be guarded. And to be distant. 74 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,800 And if we desire for our relationships with other people 75 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:55,100 to be filled with life and love, then it will require us to take 76 00:04:55,100 --> 00:04:57,100 heed of the warnings of the scriptures. 77 00:04:57,700 --> 00:05:01,300 That tell us exactly what it is. That would cause others who can 78 00:05:01,300 --> 00:05:05,600 be a blessing to our lives to instead be repelled, and to 79 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:09,700 reserve their affection, and their involvement in our lives. 80 00:05:09,700 --> 00:05:12,300 And guess what? It doesn't take attempted murder 81 00:05:12,300 --> 00:05:15,300 to do it. There are many things in the 82 00:05:15,300 --> 00:05:19,700 scriptures that tell us exactly how friends and close Companions 83 00:05:19,700 --> 00:05:23,600 and potential partners for the kingdom of God, to be to be 84 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,400 separated from one another. Can I give you one? 85 00:05:27,100 --> 00:05:30,600 It's in Proverbs 17. Verse 9 tells us very plainly. 86 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:36,900 Whoever covers an offense seeks. Love But he who repeats a matter 87 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:41,800 separates close friends. Here, who repeats him a seesaw, 88 00:05:41,900 --> 00:05:45,200 cause David a step aside, and to communicate from a distance 89 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:46,700 because he was trying to kill him. 90 00:05:47,900 --> 00:05:51,200 No kidding. I would send a letter. 91 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:56,500 I wouldn't even voice myself. But scripture tells us in a very 92 00:05:56,500 --> 00:05:59,600 realistic way, how we can do things that may not seem as 93 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,200 serious as taking a sword to someone's neck. 94 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,900 Scripture tells us you're with other insights that all the 95 00:06:05,900 --> 00:06:11,200 takes us to repeat a matter to separate close friends. 96 00:06:12,100 --> 00:06:14,300 Now, this can mean one of two things, number one, to repeat a 97 00:06:14,300 --> 00:06:16,200 matter. Can mean that you take something 98 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:17,800 that was shared to you personally. 99 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,900 And to give it to someone else who has no, no right to receive 100 00:06:21,900 --> 00:06:25,000 what you have been given. And it goes back to this 101 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,200 principle of lacking Trust of breaking trust. 102 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,300 Any relationship in life that you want to be secure and to 103 00:06:32,300 --> 00:06:36,200 flow with Grace and fragrance, has to be built upon the 104 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:42,700 foundation of trust. Of trust, and all of us in this 105 00:06:42,700 --> 00:06:47,400 place, long / Security in our friendships and our marriages 106 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:51,700 and our leadership. And if you want to build that 107 00:06:51,700 --> 00:06:54,700 with anybody, then it must be built upon. 108 00:06:55,500 --> 00:06:59,700 You being a trustworthy individual. and when that is 109 00:06:59,700 --> 00:07:04,900 shattered, It causes great pain and there's nothing more 110 00:07:04,900 --> 00:07:07,600 exhausting. There's nothing more troubling 111 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:11,600 and painful than feeling suspicious about a person. 112 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,900 God cares about our relationships with one another 113 00:07:14,900 --> 00:07:19,600 he does and so he gives us incredible wisdom of how we 114 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:23,600 can't protect and how we can nourish those things that God 115 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,300 wants us to enjoy for the sake of his glory. 116 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:32,200 And I wonder when looking at this proverb in light of God, 117 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:36,200 because he is a personal being Is there any wonder why he 118 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,000 continually declares his faithfulness to us? 119 00:07:40,300 --> 00:07:42,800 Is there any wonder that he proves his trustworthiness? 120 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:44,500 Then when he says something he means it. 121 00:07:44,700 --> 00:07:49,100 Then when he promised something he will never break it, That 122 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:53,100 faithfulness that God has invites us to open our hearts 123 00:07:53,100 --> 00:07:57,200 without reservation. It causes us to be transparent 124 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:03,900 and causes to arrest and knowing I can trust my God, I believe 125 00:08:03,900 --> 00:08:07,400 him. When he says that he will do it, 126 00:08:08,100 --> 00:08:11,600 if you recorded it, he promised me that he'll never change. 127 00:08:12,300 --> 00:08:14,400 He's the same yesterday today and forever. 128 00:08:15,500 --> 00:08:20,100 And if we strive to be like, our God, like our father, then, we 129 00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:22,500 must also be like him and his faithfulness. 130 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:28,100 To be committed to our word to be serious with what people 131 00:08:28,100 --> 00:08:32,200 entrust to us. And so scripture tells us that 132 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,600 even by repeating a matter that shouldn't be repeated. 133 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:38,500 We can we can fracture friendships, we can fracture our 134 00:08:38,500 --> 00:08:42,000 marriages, we can fracture, our Partnerships will another in the 135 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,800 kingdom of God, but to repeat a matter. 136 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:46,900 Mainly means, I don't think it mainly means that, but I believe 137 00:08:46,900 --> 00:08:54,400 it mainly means That someone to resurface a past wrong to 138 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:58,000 somebody who has offended them or offended, another person to 139 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:02,300 repeat a matter means to to unburied something and to berate 140 00:09:02,300 --> 00:09:05,500 somebody with that failure of the past, when it's already been 141 00:09:05,500 --> 00:09:08,400 dealt with when it's already been communicated and it's 142 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:11,400 already been forgiven, it's something that has been cast 143 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:15,300 behind your back. But to repeat a matter is to 144 00:09:15,300 --> 00:09:17,900 continually smear it in someone's face for whatever 145 00:09:17,900 --> 00:09:21,300 reason it can be out of wanting to make somebody feel that guilt 146 00:09:21,300 --> 00:09:25,600 again to manipulate, and whatever the case may be, But if 147 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,400 you want to know, one, sure way of wounding a relationship with 148 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:33,000 someone just bring up their past the past that they have repented 149 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,000 of the past that they've asked forgiveness for bring that up 150 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,500 again. And that is a sure way of 151 00:09:38,500 --> 00:09:42,200 causing someone to to be reserved emotionally and even 152 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,100 physically to distance themselves from you. 153 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:50,300 And again, I think about our relationship with the Lord, what 154 00:09:50,300 --> 00:09:54,200 causes our relationship to the world to be so sweet and what 155 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,000 causes it to move forward and to advance into grow? 156 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,100 Well, I'll tell you one thing, he never brings up the past, 157 00:10:00,500 --> 00:10:04,700 does he? If at any time, your thoughts 158 00:10:05,700 --> 00:10:08,800 are being brought back to a past failure, I can tell you this. 159 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,600 It's either one of two things, it's yourself or it's the devil. 160 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:18,200 But it's never gone. Because once you repent, once 161 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,900 you give that at once, you confess it to the Lord, he 162 00:10:20,900 --> 00:10:24,100 assures you, this is never going to be in our conversation again. 163 00:10:26,500 --> 00:10:28,600 That is a glorious thing about our God. 164 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,200 But we worship him for it and we love it, but we're not willing 165 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,500 to give it to others. How can that be? 166 00:10:35,500 --> 00:10:41,500 You, and I, if we want to secure these things that God has gifted 167 00:10:41,500 --> 00:10:45,100 us with an in one, another, these relationships then be like 168 00:10:45,100 --> 00:10:49,300 him, be like him. And so, this is one of many 169 00:10:49,300 --> 00:10:53,300 examples of how, like, David is showing his here in this 170 00:10:53,300 --> 00:10:57,000 physical posture, we can cause people even the most lovely 171 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:04,200 people to push away from us. God forbid verse 14, finally, 172 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:08,600 the serenity of the sleep of these men who are surrounded 173 00:11:10,300 --> 00:11:14,100 We're surrounding Saul, rather is about to be broken by the 174 00:11:14,100 --> 00:11:18,600 echoing voice of David, on a top him, some Hill. 175 00:11:19,500 --> 00:11:21,500 And instead of it being addressed to the main source of 176 00:11:21,500 --> 00:11:26,200 the problem, who was Saul, we read that David called to Abner 177 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:32,200 the commander of Saul's Army. And that's interesting because 178 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,400 we're wondering, why would you do that? 179 00:11:34,900 --> 00:11:36,700 What does AB to have to do with anything? 180 00:11:36,900 --> 00:11:39,300 Is in your main issue, with this man, Saul? 181 00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:41,900 Are you trying to cause more problems than you need in your 182 00:11:41,900 --> 00:11:42,900 life? David? 183 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:48,300 David is not addressing Abner to try to shame him for just shame 184 00:11:48,300 --> 00:11:49,800 sake. He's not trying to expose him to 185 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,700 embarrass him. David is being very tactical, he 186 00:11:52,700 --> 00:11:57,200 was being very wise as he is confronting Abner from a 187 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:58,800 distance. What he is. 188 00:11:59,100 --> 00:12:04,800 In essence trying to do is expose saws, poor judgment. 189 00:12:06,900 --> 00:12:09,600 Why do you think that is? Why do you think that David is 190 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:13,100 confronting Abner's failure to defend his King? 191 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:21,100 And he idea Why would you do that? 192 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,200 What is he trying to? What's he trying to accomplish 193 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,800 here? Because we read it, right? 194 00:12:27,900 --> 00:12:31,500 You failed, you deserve to die. You didn't keep watch over your 195 00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:34,100 lord, the king, you didn't, you didn't protect the Lord's 196 00:12:34,100 --> 00:12:37,300 anointed remember Abner's responsibility with other 197 00:12:37,300 --> 00:12:40,900 soldiers was while the king sleeps you stay awake. 198 00:12:41,900 --> 00:12:44,600 You're not going to bed, there is a night, watch going on to 199 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:47,200 make sure that there's no intrusive enemy coming in to 200 00:12:47,300 --> 00:12:51,000 assassinate the man. And all of the men are sleeping. 201 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:57,700 This is a Monumental mistake. And David addresses it because 202 00:12:57,700 --> 00:13:02,400 David wants to show Saul that the person that you thought 203 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,300 would be, the most faithful to you was not. 204 00:13:06,100 --> 00:13:09,000 And the person who was going to be in, has been the most 205 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,700 faithful to you is the one that you're trying to kill. 206 00:13:14,100 --> 00:13:18,200 He's indirectly telling Saul look at the people who were 207 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:22,700 supposed to give their lives for you, and they fail to do so. 208 00:13:23,300 --> 00:13:29,900 And the one who could have taken your life Is in fact, the most 209 00:13:29,900 --> 00:13:34,500 Reliant one in your life. So, so who's the real friend 210 00:13:34,500 --> 00:13:39,600 here, Saul Abner. The one who clearly 211 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:44,500 disappointed, you or me, the one who has given himself to you in 212 00:13:44,500 --> 00:13:47,600 one way or another. And that's exactly what's 213 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:50,100 Happening Here. Saw was supposed to realize this 214 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,600 and he's doing it in what and such a marvelous way David is 215 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:55,100 doing it. So brilliantly. 216 00:13:55,900 --> 00:14:00,200 But here's the thing, when we look at saw Saul's choice or his 217 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:05,400 failure to choose David to be by, his side is a reflection, 218 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:10,700 it's an illustration of The Sinner who chooses other things 219 00:14:10,700 --> 00:14:16,300 above Christ. This is a picture here of 220 00:14:16,300 --> 00:14:19,700 someone who fails to realize the glories in. 221 00:14:19,700 --> 00:14:23,000 Jesus Christ, the friendship and Jesus Christ, the faithfulness 222 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,700 of Jesus Christ. And they choose to put their 223 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:30,200 Refuge, they choose to put their security, their salvation, 224 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:33,300 perhaps in another God, or perhaps in the ways of the 225 00:14:33,300 --> 00:14:37,700 Flesh. And what saw is realizing here 226 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,900 is what by the grace of God, The Sinner will realize sooner than 227 00:14:41,900 --> 00:14:43,900 later. And hopefully sooner not in 228 00:14:43,900 --> 00:14:47,400 eternity, that these things that we thought we can trust, will 229 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:53,800 ultimately fail us. Like Abner your favorites in the 230 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:57,000 worldly pleasure that you thought would quench your soul, 231 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,000 the relationships that are centered around Beauty and 232 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,700 sensuality and network for the sake of prosperity. 233 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:10,000 All these things like Abner will fail you, they will. 234 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:14,200 And sometimes it takes a rude, awakening. 235 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:19,700 A slap in the face like Saul here, waking up in the middle of 236 00:15:19,708 --> 00:15:21,700 the night. Realizing I could have been 237 00:15:21,700 --> 00:15:26,000 killed realizing this person or this thing that I've given my 238 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:30,300 life to my vulnerability, to my heart to my life too. 239 00:15:31,500 --> 00:15:36,500 Did not live up to its promises. And sometimes people sitting 240 00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:41,200 here week after week. They're going to need that rude 241 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:43,500 awakening before they hear what the preacher has to say. 242 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,200 I hope you don't have to come to that point. 243 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,500 Because at the same time, Saul is going to realize what I hope 244 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,000 you might realize if you're that person in this place. 245 00:15:54,100 --> 00:15:59,700 Then as he wipes the stuff out of his eyes and he sees that his 246 00:15:59,700 --> 00:16:04,000 spear is missing and his personal mug is not in his 247 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,400 bedroom. There. 248 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:11,400 He sees David. There, he sees the man who is 249 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:15,600 actually true who actually lives up to his commitment and his 250 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:20,000 Assurance in his promises. And you need to realize that 251 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,300 David is a representation of Christ himself. 252 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,000 You will not know another like him. 253 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,500 You will not know another Master like him. 254 00:16:31,700 --> 00:16:34,700 I know you've been told that he will Lord over your life, and he 255 00:16:34,700 --> 00:16:38,100 will take joy from you and he will give you the second and 256 00:16:38,100 --> 00:16:40,000 third best, I've heard of her people. 257 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,200 What of God makes me marry somebody that I want to marry. 258 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,200 Like what does that? What have got makes me move to a 259 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:46,000 place. I don't want to move. 260 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:50,200 What is that? What of God makes me pursue a 261 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,500 career that that I don't want to do but I have to do because he's 262 00:16:52,500 --> 00:16:54,900 God you don't know. God I'm sorry you don't know. 263 00:16:54,900 --> 00:16:58,500 God. Because there is no one who will 264 00:16:58,500 --> 00:17:02,400 provide for you. Protect you flood your soul with 265 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:05,200 satisfaction like Jesus Christ. No one. 266 00:17:08,099 --> 00:17:10,400 And you don't need to have sleepovers with sin before you 267 00:17:10,408 --> 00:17:13,599 realize that. You can do it now. 268 00:17:15,099 --> 00:17:17,300 You can know what at this moment, you can ask him to open 269 00:17:17,300 --> 00:17:20,200 your eyes to believe it, and he will do it in a way where he 270 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:25,000 will leave you marked for the rest of your life. the more I 271 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,200 grow in life, the more I realizing how disappointing life 272 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:32,400 is really, and I read that Psalm earlier, because just some past 273 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:38,900 reflection, nothing else, brings the soul, rest, then simple 274 00:17:38,900 --> 00:17:45,400 devotion, personal worship discovering who God is nothing. 275 00:17:47,300 --> 00:17:53,400 and Saul, hopefully will realize What the sinner should realize 276 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:58,800 without wasting another day? Abner field sauce in will fail 277 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,700 you your dreams, your Pursuits will fail. 278 00:18:01,700 --> 00:18:06,800 You The one whom God has anointed is who you need and 279 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:08,500 that is the person of Jesus Christ. 280 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:16,300 Let's read on, shall we? First 17, Saul, recognizes 281 00:18:16,300 --> 00:18:20,600 David's voice and said is this your voice? 282 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:26,300 My son, David. And David said it is my voice. 283 00:18:26,300 --> 00:18:31,500 My Lord O King now. You and I are going to come to a 284 00:18:31,500 --> 00:18:33,800 portion of scripture that's going to read very familiar to 285 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:35,600 what we've seen, just two chapters ago. 286 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,100 Remember when David was in the cave, he cuts up corner of 287 00:18:39,100 --> 00:18:41,000 Saul's robe. Saw goes out of the cave. 288 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,500 He walks a little bit and then David comes and he addresses him 289 00:18:44,500 --> 00:18:48,600 it's going to be a very, very similar encounter here you. 290 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:52,700 And I when we read through the scriptures will see repetition, 291 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,800 we will see Parables repeat themselves in the gospels. 292 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:57,900 We will even see when you read like First Kings and then you 293 00:18:57,900 --> 00:18:59,700 read Chronicles, you like I've seen this before. 294 00:18:59,900 --> 00:19:03,700 This before but the Holy Spirit knows what he's doing. 295 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:07,400 Whenever there is something that seems to be similar or even 296 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:11,400 seems to be identical realize that that repetition is by 297 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:14,000 Divine Design. Do not ignore it. 298 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,800 Do not skim over it, do not be light with it. 299 00:19:17,100 --> 00:19:21,600 If anything be all the more attentive and diligent to read 300 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,200 between the lines to compare to see, why is it that the Lord is 301 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,200 bringing this up again? Because as you do that, as you 302 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:31,200 contrast, the text What you will see is differences. 303 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,400 And in the differences, you will find great insights. 304 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,400 So again you come to this portion of scripture, okay? 305 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,700 Here it is again. David's going to confront them. 306 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:42,000 It's gonna be the same thing. I know the story saw is not 307 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,800 going to kill them and but wait, be careful. 308 00:19:46,300 --> 00:19:49,100 When you read slowly and you flip back and forth, you'll see 309 00:19:49,100 --> 00:19:52,300 the differences and and then you'll be able to say oh wow, 310 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:56,400 okay, oh what a difference. All this is not as similar as I 311 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:01,400 thought. It takes time, it takes effort, 312 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:05,100 but it's worth it. Saul recognizes David's voice 313 00:20:05,100 --> 00:20:09,100 and said, is this your voice? My son, David. 314 00:20:09,300 --> 00:20:10,700 That's all say something similar. 315 00:20:10,700 --> 00:20:16,200 Before he did this David say something similar and David 316 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,700 said, it is my voice. My Lord O King. 317 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,800 What's missing here? There's nothing missing from 318 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:31,100 Saul's address. There is something missing in 319 00:20:31,100 --> 00:20:33,600 the way. David responds. 320 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:38,300 Remember David is still choosing the path of respect, even though 321 00:20:38,500 --> 00:20:42,300 this man failed to prove his repentance and he had all the 322 00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:44,600 right to be infuriated. He had all the right to approach 323 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:49,300 him with superiority with harshness perhaps even with 324 00:20:49,300 --> 00:20:53,300 scorn. But instead, David doesn't want 325 00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:55,100 to just be Guiltless with his sword. 326 00:20:55,100 --> 00:20:58,500 He wants to be blameless with this tongue and so he chooses to 327 00:20:58,500 --> 00:21:02,300 address him with honor because of his office because of his 328 00:21:02,300 --> 00:21:07,400 seniority, whatever the case may be, at the same time, David does 329 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:11,000 not say he does not give a certain title to Saul. 330 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,400 I encourage you to compare it to First Samuel 24 and to see what 331 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,400 is missing. I'll give you a little bit of 332 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:26,800 time to figure it out. Go back to 1st Samuel, 24, Look 333 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:31,400 from verse 8, down a few verses and see if it if it comes up. 334 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:51,400 My Lord O King. Yes, five more seconds. 335 00:21:53,100 --> 00:21:55,600 Aha, very good. Did you say the same thing? 336 00:21:56,700 --> 00:21:59,600 Look at verse 11 of 1st Samuel, 24. 337 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:04,900 See my father. See the corner of your robe in 338 00:22:04,900 --> 00:22:10,000 my hand. First day at 26, he does not 339 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:17,100 refer to him as my father. Now to us that that would mean 340 00:22:17,100 --> 00:22:22,000 because Saul is treating him like everything but a son, 341 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,600 right? But there is something that 342 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,900 happened that we did not touch on when we explore the chapter. 343 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:32,000 There is something that happened that canceled out the 344 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,700 possibility. For David to refer to him with 345 00:22:35,700 --> 00:22:39,300 this term of endearment. It's the last verse of 1st 346 00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:43,400 Samuel 25, we didn't touch on it, but it's worth noting. 347 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:48,400 And first Samuel 25 verse 44, saw had given me how his 348 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:50,700 daughter, David's wife to polity. 349 00:22:50,700 --> 00:22:53,800 The son of lionfish, who is of gallium. 350 00:22:55,900 --> 00:23:01,800 Can you imagine that? So as David is wandering, in the 351 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:09,500 wilderness, saw, strategically separates his wife from him and 352 00:23:09,500 --> 00:23:13,200 gives his daughter to someone else. 353 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:19,900 This man was so filled with hatred that he wanted to attack 354 00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:23,400 David in any way possible. And so he came after his 355 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:27,800 marriage. He severed that relationship and 356 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:32,100 he even causes his daughter to pursue an adulterous 357 00:23:32,100 --> 00:23:37,000 relationship, Think what? What kind of man would be sick 358 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,600 enough to do this? I'll tell you a man who is just 359 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:43,400 filled with jealousy. A man who's filled with such 360 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:45,100 Envy. It's amazing. 361 00:23:45,100 --> 00:23:51,700 The lengths that even a hidden feeling can take someone and it 362 00:23:51,700 --> 00:23:56,200 reinforces the thought does it? Not it reinforces the truth that 363 00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:00,100 oftentimes when a man thinks that he is sinning with someone 364 00:24:00,300 --> 00:24:04,900 or against just one person that the consequences of such a thing 365 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,500 go far beyond what you had hoped or planned. 366 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,800 He just had something against David, but he didn't just come 367 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,000 after David. That sin wants to erode 368 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,200 everything it wants to corrupt as much as possible. 369 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:20,800 And so, it reaches into David's marriage, it reaches into his 370 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:22,300 family life. We're now his family have to 371 00:24:22,308 --> 00:24:26,600 escape Bethlehem and wander and and foreign places sin, cannot 372 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,900 be contained. In terms of its consequences, it 373 00:24:29,900 --> 00:24:33,200 will spread like cancer. The more it is fed. 374 00:24:33,300 --> 00:24:36,800 It has to be burned out by the power of the Holy Spirit. 375 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,800 And so, we come to this point where now even David you want to 376 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:44,900 add to the pain of his journey. David loses his wife. 377 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:51,400 He loses his wife because of his father-in-law's sin. 378 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:56,800 If you feel the horror of it, good, never forget it. 379 00:24:57,500 --> 00:25:00,500 These things are given to us to make us feel such things. 380 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:05,700 So he says my Lord my king, he doesn't call them, then call him 381 00:25:05,700 --> 00:25:09,900 my father. And so we read on and we see 382 00:25:09,900 --> 00:25:11,300 something quite interesting here. 383 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,600 Saul recognizes David's voice and said, is this your voice? 384 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,100 My son, David. The words are the same. 385 00:25:19,300 --> 00:25:23,200 But when David heard it, he also saw something else. 386 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:27,000 Let me put it this way when Saul said it and in chapter 24. 387 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,600 Is this your voice? My son, David. 388 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,900 Something else was in that, that is missing. 389 00:25:31,900 --> 00:25:34,900 Now and again, go back to chapter 24 and compare it, 390 00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:40,000 compare the question. To this chapter in this verse 391 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,800 and see what stands out. You have to go a little further 392 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,800 and chapter 24 to see it. Look for that question and 393 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:50,800 finish the verse and see what is different. 394 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:56,900 When you have it, just say it out loud. 395 00:26:07,300 --> 00:26:15,100 Anybody catch you yet? Yes. 396 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,600 Yeah, there's that and but I'm saying look for Saul's 397 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,700 questioning and see what's different with Saul's 398 00:26:25,700 --> 00:26:28,900 questioning and inquiring of this is David's voice compared 399 00:26:28,900 --> 00:26:33,200 to chapter 26. Ah, did you see it? 400 00:26:33,900 --> 00:26:38,100 Let's look at it verse 16. Is this your voice? 401 00:26:38,100 --> 00:26:44,800 My son, David 24:16, and saw lifted up his voice and wept. 402 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,400 Come back to 26:17. Saul recognizes, David's voice. 403 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,200 And said, is this your voice? My son, David, no weeping. 404 00:26:54,400 --> 00:27:00,900 No crying, no Brokenness. Now, emotions are not the 405 00:27:00,900 --> 00:27:03,000 greatest indication of what's happening in. 406 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:07,100 Someone's heart, they're not, they're not the strongest Clues 407 00:27:07,100 --> 00:27:10,200 and not the strongest signs, because people weep all the time 408 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:15,900 and it just it just surface-level conviction worldly 409 00:27:15,900 --> 00:27:20,200 sorrow at the same time. We cannot totally ignore the 410 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:25,300 value that emotions play. Here we see something quite 411 00:27:25,300 --> 00:27:29,000 interesting Saul is being exposed for the same sin that he 412 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,700 had his attempting to commit that he did back in chapter 24. 413 00:27:32,900 --> 00:27:36,900 He's being now confronted for the very same thing, but his 414 00:27:36,900 --> 00:27:38,800 heart is responding to it differently. 415 00:27:39,900 --> 00:27:46,400 It is. There seems to be a coldness and 416 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,800 you're going to see that as you read on there, the right words, 417 00:27:50,300 --> 00:27:56,400 but there seems to be a questionable element to how he 418 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:02,500 is confessing his sin. Could it be that overtime saws 419 00:28:02,500 --> 00:28:05,600 heart was getting harder and harder and harder? 420 00:28:05,700 --> 00:28:06,900 I argue. Yes. 421 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,200 I argue. Yes. 422 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:16,000 And that often happens to a person who continues to persist 423 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:21,000 in the same wrong at one point. You've heard me say this before 424 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:25,300 at one point there was there was a discomfort and a disturbance 425 00:28:25,300 --> 00:28:29,900 with it and then now there's a tolerating and there's less 426 00:28:29,900 --> 00:28:32,800 agitation. It's almost like it becomes part 427 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:36,500 of you to the point where you can't even feel the weight of 428 00:28:36,500 --> 00:28:40,000 the seriousness of any Weren't that is that is a result again 429 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,900 of ignoring a conscience, not being in the presence of God's 430 00:28:43,900 --> 00:28:48,800 light in his word and letting yourself be dealt with and 431 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:53,300 managed by the flesh. Saw cannot even cry about it 432 00:28:53,300 --> 00:28:58,700 anymore. And it's scary when you hear 433 00:28:58,700 --> 00:29:03,400 people talk about their sin, even in the form of confession, 434 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:07,300 I've seen horrific things and I'm not talking about the sin 435 00:29:07,300 --> 00:29:11,000 itself, but the way it's communicated. 436 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:16,200 There's no Brokenness there's no concern. 437 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:21,400 There is no sense of what have I done. 438 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:26,100 It can just be about. Yeah and it's there's a 439 00:29:26,108 --> 00:29:29,200 difference between that and being comforted to know that God 440 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,400 will forgive you. There is a difference there. 441 00:29:33,700 --> 00:29:37,600 Look at how David responded to his sin, and you'll know exactly 442 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:42,700 what I'm talking about. There is a healthy level of 443 00:29:42,700 --> 00:29:46,500 being broken over sin. There's an unhealthy, but 444 00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:49,700 there's a healthy and, and Sawyers demonstrating concerning 445 00:29:50,300 --> 00:29:53,100 concerning elements of a heart that is becoming. 446 00:29:53,100 --> 00:30:00,900 I see. and so David responds to him even though there's no 447 00:30:00,900 --> 00:30:04,800 tears, And he says, here in verse 18. 448 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:08,800 Why does my Lord pursue after his servant? 449 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:12,000 For what have I done, what evil is on my hands? 450 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,400 Now, therefore let my Lord the king hear the words of his 451 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:18,000 servant if it is the Lord who are stirred you up against me, 452 00:30:18,100 --> 00:30:22,000 may he accept an offering? But if it is, men, may they be 453 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:26,200 cursed before the Lord for they have driven me out this day that 454 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:30,400 I should have no share in the heritage of the Lord saying go 455 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:35,000 serve other gods. So now he confronts him and he 456 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,500 questions. It's a wonderful thing to ask 457 00:30:36,500 --> 00:30:40,400 questions. He asked questions then he says 458 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,100 before you answer, let me actually continue here. 459 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,500 Why are you doing this? Let's do the process of 460 00:30:46,500 --> 00:30:49,500 elimination is God encourage you to do this? 461 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,100 And one way you can interpret, this is this, because of that 462 00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:54,300 evil spirit, that the Lord has allowed to torment you. 463 00:30:54,300 --> 00:30:56,900 Is that why? If it is May accept your 464 00:30:56,900 --> 00:31:00,900 offering of repentance? If that's not the case, if it's 465 00:31:00,900 --> 00:31:05,400 not the Lord, if it's not that spirit that he is allowed to 466 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,500 chastise, you, can I ask you this? 467 00:31:07,500 --> 00:31:10,900 Is it men. Are you listening to people 468 00:31:10,900 --> 00:31:13,100 again? Are you listening to their 469 00:31:13,100 --> 00:31:16,700 slander and their lies that are stirring you to act in this way? 470 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,700 And look, what he says is quite fascinating, he says, if it is 471 00:31:19,700 --> 00:31:24,400 men, may they be cursed, may they be cursed. 472 00:31:25,900 --> 00:31:28,400 Why? Why such a serious indictment? 473 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:34,100 Why call of judgment? He gives the reason why he says 474 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:38,200 for they did what they've driven me out this day that I should 475 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:42,000 have no share in the heritage of the Lord saying go serve other 476 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:45,000 gods. You know what, David's complain 477 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,500 to us for him to call upon a curse for these people. 478 00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:52,300 His complaint was not that he was experiencing physical 479 00:31:52,300 --> 00:31:54,000 discomfort. It was not that he lost his 480 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,100 home. It was not that he didn't have a 481 00:31:57,100 --> 00:32:00,800 position anymore. Remember, nobody knows how long 482 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:03,000 he was in the wilderness but some estimate it was not. 483 00:32:03,100 --> 00:32:05,200 Just weeks or months. It was years. 484 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,300 That's a long time to be living in caves. 485 00:32:09,700 --> 00:32:13,200 But his main grievance is nothing of the sort. 486 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:17,200 The real reason why he was stirred up with this righteous 487 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:21,000 indignation was because these men have caused them to be in 488 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:24,100 Exile. Making him distant from the 489 00:32:24,100 --> 00:32:28,600 people of God. Who worship God in the house of 490 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,000 God. And that is what he wanted, more 491 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:35,700 than anything else. This is what the sin of these 492 00:32:35,700 --> 00:32:39,800 people have caused me to do to, not be able to come into the 493 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:43,700 presence of the Lord, and to worship him with other Godly 494 00:32:43,900 --> 00:32:46,400 Saints. That's my complaint. 495 00:32:47,700 --> 00:32:51,800 Isn't that fascinating? I find it quite fascinating. 496 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,600 You know why? Because David's pain. 497 00:32:54,600 --> 00:33:01,300 He Reveals His passion. David's complain to your 498 00:33:01,300 --> 00:33:04,900 reveals, what he cherishes the most in life. 499 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:09,200 David here in expressing his frustration. 500 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,700 Is revealing what he Longs for the most. 501 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:22,900 And as I read this, I think That shows really what you and I 502 00:33:22,900 --> 00:33:28,400 treasure in life. Some people are more grieved by 503 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:32,700 the loss of a job than the loss of sensitivity to God's presence 504 00:33:32,700 --> 00:33:37,200 and leading some people grieve, more of friendships being 505 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:44,200 tampered with than being in God's house with God's people. 506 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,700 You know, when I read this, I thought to myself of that 507 00:33:46,700 --> 00:33:50,600 initial phase of this whole cobit thing when the whole world 508 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:55,200 was shut in and nobody can go anywhere and churches across the 509 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,300 world close their doors for us. Season. 510 00:33:59,500 --> 00:34:02,300 Can I ask you a question because we all experience it together in 511 00:34:02,300 --> 00:34:04,700 that time? What was the most frustrating 512 00:34:04,700 --> 00:34:07,000 thing? To you. 513 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:13,100 What disturb you the most in that season? 514 00:34:13,100 --> 00:34:15,800 What was it? That was taken from you that 515 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,600 cause you to want the world to open up again. 516 00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:24,199 Was it God's house? Was it being with God's people 517 00:34:24,199 --> 00:34:26,400 to sing? God's Praises was it to hear 518 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,000 God's word preached in person as it should be. 519 00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:32,000 Or is it that you couldn't go to your favorite restaurant 520 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:35,000 anymore? And you couldn't go on vacations 521 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:39,500 as frequently as you once did. Or you cannot explore this or 522 00:34:39,500 --> 00:34:42,400 that or go to the mall, whatever the case, maybe I can tell you 523 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:44,699 something, whatever your heart was aching. 524 00:34:44,699 --> 00:34:48,199 For during that time reveals what you love the most in this 525 00:34:48,199 --> 00:34:52,400 life. And in David's case, when he was 526 00:34:53,100 --> 00:34:58,100 put into quarantine in one way, oh, he's I want to be in that 527 00:34:58,100 --> 00:35:00,000 place. I want to smell the sacrifices 528 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:01,900 on the altar. I want to worship with that 529 00:35:01,900 --> 00:35:03,400 choir. Like we heard in Psalm 42. 530 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:06,300 I want to lead the people of God and procession so that we can 531 00:35:06,300 --> 00:35:09,100 praise God out loud. That's what I'm longing for. 532 00:35:09,300 --> 00:35:11,400 That's what I'm making for in this life. 533 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,500 One way that, you know, that your satisfaction is in God 534 00:35:18,500 --> 00:35:20,900 alone, is that if everything was taken from you, you would be 535 00:35:20,900 --> 00:35:25,300 just fine. It's true and one way to know 536 00:35:25,300 --> 00:35:29,300 that your satisfaction is not in God alone, is that when things 537 00:35:29,300 --> 00:35:33,200 are taken or things are stolen or things are rotting, whatever 538 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,200 the case, maybe your world seems to fall apart. 539 00:35:37,700 --> 00:35:41,700 David knew, no such thing. Because everything was taken 540 00:35:41,700 --> 00:35:45,300 from this man, even his own pillow, and the only thing that 541 00:35:45,300 --> 00:35:48,200 was running through, his mind was, oh, I want to be able to go 542 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:52,100 through those Gates Again. I want to be able to see those 543 00:35:52,100 --> 00:35:54,100 priests minister to the Lord. All I want to be able to be as 544 00:35:54,100 --> 00:36:00,100 close to that Ark as possible. That was his cry. 545 00:36:01,700 --> 00:36:05,900 And so he brings us before Saul revealing his his godliness. 546 00:36:07,500 --> 00:36:12,100 And we read here in verse 20. Now, therefore let not my blood 547 00:36:12,100 --> 00:36:14,500 fall to the Earth away from the presence of the Lord. 548 00:36:14,500 --> 00:36:18,200 For the king of Israel has come out to seek a single flee like 549 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,700 one who hunts a Patridge in the mountains. 550 00:36:22,100 --> 00:36:24,500 Then Saul said, now, here's solid responding to this. 551 00:36:24,500 --> 00:36:29,400 This is now his, his confession supposedly, he's about to Now 552 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:33,000 respond to what he has responded to before. 553 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:36,200 And he says something here, I have sinned returned. 554 00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:39,700 My son David Frye will no more. Do you harm? 555 00:36:39,700 --> 00:36:43,600 Because my life was precious in your eyes this day behold, I 556 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:47,200 have acted foolishly and have made a great mistake. 557 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,600 Pretty impressive stuff. So You know why? 558 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,300 Because yes, he confesses again but he's saying something 559 00:36:57,300 --> 00:37:00,300 different than he did before. What did he say before? 560 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:04,100 Anybody remember what he said when he was confronted by David, 561 00:37:08,100 --> 00:37:12,100 if you go to verse 7 of chapter 24 you'll get it and it's not 562 00:37:12,100 --> 00:37:14,400 the same as what he is saying here. 563 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:19,000 If anything, this seems like to be a more sincere confession 564 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,300 because before what does he say this? 565 00:37:21,300 --> 00:37:25,200 Somebody figure it out. what did you say to David before when he 566 00:37:25,207 --> 00:37:32,800 was confronted, you are more righteous than I There is no 567 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,000 mention of his sin in chapter 24. 568 00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:40,000 Now he's saying I have sinned I have sinned. 569 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:43,300 Like this is great. This is an improvement. 570 00:37:43,300 --> 00:37:46,200 This is a move forward. He doesn't just say I've sinned 571 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:51,000 because I've acted foolishly I made a great mistake so he's not 572 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,000 trying to. He's not trying to hide his sin 573 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,500 by just emphasizing on David's Superior righteousness. 574 00:37:56,700 --> 00:38:00,100 He just speaking plainly. I have sinned. 575 00:38:00,900 --> 00:38:04,700 That sounds more like a sincere confession in chapter 24 and he 576 00:38:04,700 --> 00:38:08,000 says I've acted foolishly. Let me make this point sin and 577 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:12,300 foolish. Our neighbors. when a person 578 00:38:12,300 --> 00:38:17,300 lives in sin know that they've allowed foolishness to pay rent 579 00:38:17,300 --> 00:38:22,100 in their hearts, Sin and foolishness go hand-in-hand 580 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,700 because a foolish person does not consider the damage and a 581 00:38:26,700 --> 00:38:31,600 destruction of their decisions. They do not calculate such 582 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:34,700 things. Let me give you an example, the 583 00:38:34,700 --> 00:38:36,400 sin of adultery for example, right? 584 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,300 Scripture speaks about this among other sins. 585 00:38:38,300 --> 00:38:42,800 I want you to just hear this. In Proverbs 6:22, we are told he 586 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:47,200 who commits adultery lacks sense. 587 00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:53,900 Why he does it destroys himself. So, a person who is caught up in 588 00:38:53,900 --> 00:38:57,600 the flesh, a person who is caught up in lust and they act 589 00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:00,500 upon it. The scripture says they lack 590 00:39:00,900 --> 00:39:03,700 sense, because they don't realize the potential 591 00:39:03,700 --> 00:39:07,100 destruction that can come to the reputation to their marriage. 592 00:39:07,100 --> 00:39:10,200 To somebody else's. Marriage is all things 593 00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:11,900 redeemable. Absolutely. 594 00:39:11,900 --> 00:39:14,600 Can God forgive all things? You better believe it. 595 00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:19,200 But yet still, God May forgive the sin but not the consequence 596 00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:24,200 of this in consequence of this. Since sometimes comes, Alice and 597 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:28,100 so here, we see that he acts foolishly confesses it because 598 00:39:28,100 --> 00:39:32,100 sin and foolishness hold hands. It's very difficult to separate 599 00:39:32,100 --> 00:39:34,600 the two. You can never sinned wisely. 600 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:39,400 You could think that you're smart and your sin but you can't 601 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:41,100 separate the two. Remember that? 602 00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:44,600 Remember that. but another important difference from this 603 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:49,800 confession, Stands out. Is the what invitation, for 604 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:53,900 reconciliation? I have sinned return my son 605 00:39:53,900 --> 00:39:56,500 David. He didn't say that in chapter 606 00:39:56,500 --> 00:40:00,600 24, he just asked, make sure that when you become king that 607 00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:03,400 you leave my descendants alone, this time, he's saying, come 608 00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:07,200 home, come back. I'll give you your job back. 609 00:40:07,500 --> 00:40:11,100 I'll let you come back to what was normal before we can restart 610 00:40:11,100 --> 00:40:15,700 return. My son David That's like that's 611 00:40:15,700 --> 00:40:17,800 wonderful. That's even it's even more 612 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:19,700 exciting. This is great. 613 00:40:21,500 --> 00:40:24,900 But it's concerning. Return. 614 00:40:24,900 --> 00:40:28,100 My son, David, what is the right answer? 615 00:40:29,100 --> 00:40:33,700 What should they would do? Believers who think black and 616 00:40:33,700 --> 00:40:38,300 white would say go. You're supposed to reconcile is 617 00:40:38,300 --> 00:40:41,400 that not the pursuit of forgiveness isn't at the end 618 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:44,300 goal that forgiveness would restore absolutely. 619 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:51,000 That is true. But the call to forgiveness is 620 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,100 not the same as the call for reconciliation. 621 00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:58,100 Listen, our faith is all about forgiveness. 622 00:40:58,900 --> 00:41:01,000 Forgiveness for the believer is not optional. 623 00:41:01,500 --> 00:41:04,100 In fact, I mean, add to that. Forgiveness should not be 624 00:41:04,100 --> 00:41:07,900 delayed our hearts to release somebody else from their 625 00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:10,200 offense. Not harboring bitterness not 626 00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:12,500 meditating upon harm to be done to them. 627 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:17,000 In fact, being willing to love them, in a sense of acting good 628 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:20,200 upon them when the opportunity arises that, that's there's no 629 00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:22,600 discussion that there's no debate, there's no at what if 630 00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:29,100 But though, forgiveness is immediate not reconciliation. 631 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:32,700 Depending upon the severity of the sin. 632 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,900 Will determine whether reconciliation can be immediate 633 00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:42,200 or it can be a process. And that's that's totally okay, 634 00:41:42,900 --> 00:41:47,900 with God. Is the end goal always to be 635 00:41:47,900 --> 00:41:49,500 reconciled? Yes. 636 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:55,700 Is that always the case? No, because sometimes the most 637 00:41:55,700 --> 00:41:59,000 harmful thing you can do is try to restore something too 638 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,900 quickly. What do you mean by that? 639 00:42:02,500 --> 00:42:08,700 Well, because although all sin is condemned by God, not all sin 640 00:42:08,700 --> 00:42:13,900 have the same consequences. Sometimes it can go deeper it 641 00:42:13,900 --> 00:42:18,400 can it can go further. It can it can be more crushing 642 00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:22,400 more devastating and because of that it doesn't excuse a lack of 643 00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:28,100 forgiveness but it does permit for reconciliation to be 644 00:42:28,100 --> 00:42:32,300 approached with a certain time and a certain patients in order 645 00:42:32,300 --> 00:42:41,100 for it to be genuine and safe. It's all losing his temper here 646 00:42:41,100 --> 00:42:42,500 with David. Is that what he's asking 647 00:42:42,500 --> 00:42:46,100 forgiveness for did he just have an outburst of anger and saying 648 00:42:46,100 --> 00:42:48,900 look I lost my cool man. I'm sorry just let's just let's 649 00:42:48,900 --> 00:42:49,900 just hug it out. Come here. 650 00:42:50,300 --> 00:42:52,500 Is that what he's doing here? No the guys trying to kill him. 651 00:42:53,900 --> 00:42:59,700 He's trying to kill them. And so we can't be so 652 00:42:59,700 --> 00:43:02,100 black-and-white to say. Go ahead. 653 00:43:02,100 --> 00:43:05,000 David. Oh, I know, he's told you over 654 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,600 and over again that he wouldn't do it and he free but just you 655 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:09,100 gotta do it. Is that wise? 656 00:43:09,700 --> 00:43:13,100 That's not wise. God wants us to exercise wisdom 657 00:43:13,100 --> 00:43:16,400 and all things, including reconciliation. 658 00:43:19,100 --> 00:43:22,300 I want to show you how sin, as an example, how some sent have 659 00:43:22,300 --> 00:43:24,800 more lasting consequences than others, go to the Book of Exodus 660 00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:28,200 very quickly here. It's actually found in the ten 661 00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:31,300 plagues believe it or not I'm sure there's many other 662 00:43:31,300 --> 00:43:33,800 illustrations we can use but here is one to consider. 663 00:43:36,100 --> 00:43:39,400 Let's go to the second plague. Let's go to Exodus chapter 8. 664 00:43:44,500 --> 00:43:47,800 And verse 13. Now remember there are certain 665 00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:53,200 plagues that when Pharaoh asked for forgiveness and when he 666 00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:58,200 asked for the plaque to cease, Moses would intercede and in a 667 00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:01,600 moment that plague would be dealt with. 668 00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:07,300 I mean, in a moment but when you come to the plague of the frogs, 669 00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:09,900 something interesting happens, even though God answered 670 00:44:09,900 --> 00:44:13,200 immediately, and destroyed those frogs in order to bring relief 671 00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:18,900 to Egypt, look at verse 13, And the Lord did according to the 672 00:44:18,900 --> 00:44:24,400 word of Moses, the frogs died out in the houses, the 673 00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:28,100 courtyards and the fields and they granted them together. 674 00:44:28,500 --> 00:44:32,000 Rather they gathered them together in heaps and the land 675 00:44:32,100 --> 00:44:36,600 stank. I can show you other plagues 676 00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:40,800 where God blew a win in One Direction. 677 00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:43,400 And the moment that Moses interceded, he blew even a 678 00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:44,800 stronger wind, the other direction. 679 00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:46,100 So that those things can be removed. 680 00:44:46,100 --> 00:44:51,200 In this case when the frogs were were put to death, we are told 681 00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:53,900 look how interesting this is that they had to their shovel 682 00:44:53,900 --> 00:44:59,500 these frogs and make piles and there was a stench There was a 683 00:44:59,500 --> 00:45:03,000 stench afterwards and I believe that's a great picture of how 684 00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:06,700 some sins stink more than others. 685 00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:13,500 Some sins leave and odor, and comparison to others that though 686 00:45:13,500 --> 00:45:16,200 there still sin are not as severe. 687 00:45:17,500 --> 00:45:19,600 And so we have to understand that we have to be very 688 00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:23,200 realistic about these things because I've even had 689 00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:26,600 conversations with people who might have done someone wrong in 690 00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:32,000 a certain way and they pressure and they they want immediate 691 00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:37,600 restoration to normalcy. And as much as that is the goal. 692 00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:41,700 There are some things that take time There's some things that 693 00:45:41,700 --> 00:45:45,200 take time and we have to be patient and understanding of 694 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:49,200 that when trust is broken, it takes time to rebuild it. 695 00:45:51,500 --> 00:45:55,200 Among other things and David realizes that because we might 696 00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:59,300 want to throw stones at the man. But let's just register the fact 697 00:45:59,500 --> 00:46:02,100 that perhaps, if he had went back into the camp or even go 698 00:46:02,100 --> 00:46:05,100 back to the Palace, that would have been his last, his last 699 00:46:05,100 --> 00:46:07,600 moment. Things could have changed 700 00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:10,600 overnight. And so this is much more complex 701 00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:13,100 than we would like it to be. We have to consider the history 702 00:46:13,100 --> 00:46:16,700 of Saul does this man keep his word. 703 00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:20,700 Does he does. He actually honor what he says? 704 00:46:20,700 --> 00:46:22,100 No, Then we got to be careful here. 705 00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:25,300 What are the circumstances? How do we move about this? 706 00:46:25,300 --> 00:46:29,800 The best way? I hope that helps because 707 00:46:29,900 --> 00:46:32,200 sometimes we oversimplify things. 708 00:46:34,100 --> 00:46:37,500 And we do ourselves harm and we do other people harm as well. 709 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:40,900 I want you to see how David responds to the invitation 710 00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:43,500 that's all gives to return with him. 711 00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:49,500 First, look, what he does here. In verse 22. 712 00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:55,800 He hears him out he respects him and David answered and said here 713 00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:58,300 is the Spiro King? Let one of the young men come 714 00:46:58,300 --> 00:47:01,600 over and take it so he's not like I'm coming down there. 715 00:47:01,900 --> 00:47:05,100 Is it returned? Okay, he doesn't run into his 716 00:47:05,100 --> 00:47:08,400 presence. He doesn't even call Saul to 717 00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:10,900 come up. To take his possessions. 718 00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:13,800 He says that one of your young servants come here and grab it. 719 00:47:16,900 --> 00:47:20,800 The David become bitter is David not looking for reconciliation. 720 00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:22,900 All you got to do is read the rest of the scriptures. 721 00:47:22,900 --> 00:47:25,800 And this chapter to realize that this man is free from 722 00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:29,800 resentment. But he's not stupid either. 723 00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:34,000 And he's cautious and he's careful and you and I are called 724 00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:37,600 to do the same, but let me let me make this warning because 725 00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:39,200 some people love what I'm about to say. 726 00:47:40,700 --> 00:47:43,200 That although we must be careful. 727 00:47:44,100 --> 00:47:46,400 We must not refuse reconciliation either. 728 00:47:47,500 --> 00:47:50,200 Because there are some people who will take what I'm saying. 729 00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:53,500 And say that's right. That means I'll never have to 730 00:47:53,500 --> 00:48:00,100 talk to that brother and sister again. oh, really That is not 731 00:48:00,100 --> 00:48:03,300 the case because the goal is always reconciliation. 732 00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:08,100 God wants us to have our relationships restored, but the 733 00:48:08,100 --> 00:48:12,500 pressure for a person to do something that would not allow 734 00:48:12,500 --> 00:48:16,800 for healing and try to attempt a close companionship, after a 735 00:48:16,808 --> 00:48:21,400 serious offense, or series of sharp things occurring to them. 736 00:48:22,700 --> 00:48:27,800 Is just as wrong. So we see here that he does not 737 00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:30,500 give his possession directly to him. 738 00:48:32,500 --> 00:48:36,500 And David was, right, David was right and his assessment, all 739 00:48:36,500 --> 00:48:38,400 you have to do is go to the next chapter very quickly. 740 00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:40,300 Look here in verse 4 of chapter 27. 741 00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:43,100 We're going to read this, I can't wait for this chapter. 742 00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:47,800 But look at verse for David actually leaves, Israel, at this 743 00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:49,100 point, we'll get to that next week. 744 00:48:49,100 --> 00:48:50,400 But look what it says here in verse 4. 745 00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:53,300 And when it was told saw that David had fled to gath, he no 746 00:48:53,300 --> 00:48:58,200 longer sought him. Implying, what he was seeking 747 00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:02,700 after him. After all of that return, uh, he 748 00:49:02,700 --> 00:49:09,100 was still willing to kill him. So what happens? 749 00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:13,100 Well, David gives his final words because this is the last 750 00:49:13,100 --> 00:49:15,500 time David and Saul are going to encounter one another. 751 00:49:16,100 --> 00:49:19,400 This is it. And look what he says here. 752 00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:23,000 In verse 24, I want to highlight this before we close behold, as 753 00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:26,300 your life was precious this day, David is speaking as your life 754 00:49:26,300 --> 00:49:28,600 was precious this day in my sight. 755 00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:32,000 So may my life be precious in the sight of the Lord, and may 756 00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:34,600 He deliver me out of all tribulation. 757 00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:40,800 The saw your life was precious to me and you know what? 758 00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:44,500 He says he's not concerned. If his life is precious to saw, 759 00:49:44,500 --> 00:49:50,200 he realizes that it's not But he says, made my life, be precious 760 00:49:50,200 --> 00:49:59,600 in the sight of the Lord. I believe that David's continual 761 00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:02,700 awareness of the presence of God and all that he did, and a 762 00:50:02,700 --> 00:50:06,900 knowledge of God's ability to reward or judge was the 763 00:50:06,900 --> 00:50:10,000 ingredient to the success that he knew in life. 764 00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:13,500 Even solid mit's it. Look at verse 25 and Saul said 765 00:50:13,500 --> 00:50:17,600 to David Blessed, Be you my son David, you will do many things 766 00:50:17,600 --> 00:50:21,900 and will succeed in them. As much as this man, I hated 767 00:50:21,900 --> 00:50:24,500 David. He realized because of the 768 00:50:24,500 --> 00:50:28,300 principles because of how you express your convictions and 769 00:50:28,300 --> 00:50:31,100 what you live by. There is no doubt that you will 770 00:50:31,100 --> 00:50:34,300 be successful in life. I cannot I cannot fight that as 771 00:50:34,308 --> 00:50:35,900 much as I'm trying to fight against you. 772 00:50:37,100 --> 00:50:41,600 And that principle is true for you and I believe it if you and 773 00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:48,700 I live with the knowledge of God watching us recording leading 774 00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:52,000 all these things. If we live in his presence we 775 00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:54,900 will be the safest and we will be the most satisfied. 776 00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:58,500 Do you realize that the reason why Saw made such a tragedy out 777 00:50:58,500 --> 00:51:02,400 of his life is because he lived the exact opposite he could care 778 00:51:02,400 --> 00:51:04,800 less. If he was a precious in the 779 00:51:04,900 --> 00:51:06,600 sight of God, he could care less what? 780 00:51:06,600 --> 00:51:10,700 God Would do or would not do the man lived for other people. 781 00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:14,400 He lived for his impulses and that's why he was spiraling 782 00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:18,000 down, more and more as we continue in this book. 783 00:51:18,600 --> 00:51:22,900 So you see two paths, right before us parallel one heading 784 00:51:22,900 --> 00:51:25,400 up one heading down one key difference. 785 00:51:25,500 --> 00:51:28,600 One person lived with the knowledge of God's presence, the 786 00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:31,800 other one could care less, whether one can care less. 787 00:51:33,700 --> 00:51:38,200 And great men. Great woman of God though. 788 00:51:38,200 --> 00:51:41,700 They are known though, they may not be known the way that they 789 00:51:41,700 --> 00:51:44,500 have known. Such Sweetness in life, is 790 00:51:44,500 --> 00:51:48,100 because they were only concerned about living in the sight of 791 00:51:48,100 --> 00:51:51,100 God. That is how you will know, 792 00:51:51,100 --> 00:51:55,600 maximum Holiness and that is how you will know maximum happiness. 793 00:51:55,800 --> 00:51:58,600 There's a famous saying, I'm not really a fan of it. 794 00:51:58,800 --> 00:52:00,700 You might have said it. This is not a personal offense 795 00:52:00,700 --> 00:52:03,900 to you and I'm not aware that. Anybody has said it's I've known 796 00:52:03,900 --> 00:52:07,100 it for years. Jesus Christ did not die to make 797 00:52:07,100 --> 00:52:08,400 you happy. He died to make you. 798 00:52:08,400 --> 00:52:16,100 Holy have you heard it? So is that that's my choice. 799 00:52:16,100 --> 00:52:19,700 Holy or happy? I would like to rephrase and say 800 00:52:19,700 --> 00:52:23,400 Jesus Christ died to make you holy so you can be happy big 801 00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:28,200 difference. It's not like I have a 4K if I 802 00:52:28,300 --> 00:52:31,300 if I become holy then I'm less happy and if I run really no 803 00:52:31,300 --> 00:52:34,600 happiness, then I shouldn't be holy, you won't get that in the 804 00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:36,700 Bible. That might be clever saying, but 805 00:52:36,700 --> 00:52:41,100 it's not true. Great Men. 806 00:52:41,100 --> 00:52:44,600 Great woman have lived in the sight of God and I want to show 807 00:52:44,600 --> 00:52:48,000 you one example and then we're done, it's in the New Testament. 808 00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:51,800 Luke 1, it's about John the Baptist very, very small 809 00:52:51,800 --> 00:52:55,600 description that we might miss but it is huge and implication 810 00:52:55,600 --> 00:53:00,400 and promise. In Luke 1. 811 00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:15,300 Let's begin in verse 13. But the angel said to him, do 812 00:53:15,300 --> 00:53:17,800 not be afraid. Zechariah for your prayer. 813 00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:22,000 Has been heard and your wife, Elizabeth will bear you a son, 814 00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:24,300 and you shall call his name John. 815 00:53:25,300 --> 00:53:28,600 And you will have joy and gladness and many Will Rejoice 816 00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:30,500 at his birth. Verse 15 for. 817 00:53:30,500 --> 00:53:34,100 He will be great before the Lord. 818 00:53:36,300 --> 00:53:39,700 He will be great before, who, before crowds before Herod, 819 00:53:39,700 --> 00:53:43,200 before Rome know before the Lord. 820 00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:51,400 And how did that man, live. How did he live for him to live? 821 00:53:51,400 --> 00:53:55,900 Great before God's face? There's my man. 822 00:53:57,300 --> 00:54:01,200 There's my servant, he had one outfit in one diet. 823 00:54:02,500 --> 00:54:04,400 We would look at him and say what a poor fellow. 824 00:54:04,700 --> 00:54:07,000 Look how much sacrifice that is to serve God. 825 00:54:07,300 --> 00:54:09,100 People think you're crazy you have to live out in the 826 00:54:09,100 --> 00:54:14,700 wilderness and look at all the people questioning him and 827 00:54:14,900 --> 00:54:18,600 calling him cuckoo. Yeah and the sight of others 828 00:54:19,100 --> 00:54:27,000 perhaps so in the sight of God great And you and I have to 829 00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:28,700 determine who do we want to live before? 830 00:54:28,700 --> 00:54:32,000 Do we want to be great before men who want to be great before? 831 00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:36,300 God, if you choose tonight to be great before God, let me give 832 00:54:36,300 --> 00:54:38,700 you a heads up. You might not get the same 833 00:54:38,700 --> 00:54:43,500 evaluation from Men. But which one matters most, 834 00:54:44,300 --> 00:54:48,500 which one means more, you determine that and I hope you 835 00:54:48,500 --> 00:54:52,100 make the right choice, David lived in the presence of God. 836 00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:55,100 And look at how it is let him up to this point. 837 00:54:55,100 --> 00:54:57,700 Look at all the rewards that are weighted him in his own life 838 00:54:57,700 --> 00:55:01,700 because he had established that conviction and look at the mess 839 00:55:01,700 --> 00:55:06,100 that's all made out of his own. As much as David has been. 840 00:55:06,100 --> 00:55:10,800 So inspirational to this point. It's in chapter 27 that you and 841 00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:18,300 I will see what weariness. And trial can do if we don't 842 00:55:18,300 --> 00:55:22,900 receive strength from a continual trust in God Lord we 843 00:55:22,900 --> 00:55:27,500 thank you for this Bible study. Louis, thank you for these 844 00:55:27,500 --> 00:55:29,500 truths. We thank you for these insights. 845 00:55:29,500 --> 00:55:33,000 We thank you for this time exploring, these wonderful, 846 00:55:33,000 --> 00:55:34,900 wonderful things that you have reserved for us in the 847 00:55:34,900 --> 00:55:37,700 scriptures. Lord, we ask that we would 848 00:55:37,700 --> 00:55:39,600 Implement them by your grace and mercy. 849 00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:45,200 We pray that these things do. They might have cut our hearts 850 00:55:45,200 --> 00:55:49,700 would bring us. New Life. 851 00:55:50,500 --> 00:55:55,100 New Hope New desires. But we pray. 852 00:55:57,600 --> 00:56:00,200 That we would be concerned about what you have to say about our 853 00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:10,000 lives. Loi pray, he would give us 854 00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:15,500 wisdom and our relationships wisdom and our decisions. 855 00:56:18,300 --> 00:56:21,000 But oh God, we pray that you would do a work in our hearts 856 00:56:21,000 --> 00:56:24,400 like you did in this man that while he had lost everything. 857 00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:29,200 His main concern was you. Worshiping you loving you being 858 00:56:29,200 --> 00:56:33,300 with God's people. Lord may we value the things of 859 00:56:33,300 --> 00:56:37,500 God to such a degree. Because in that will we know 860 00:56:37,500 --> 00:56:40,700 great, great pleasure, great Delight. 861 00:56:42,800 --> 00:56:46,800 Superior satisfaction. Lord, we worship you. 862 00:56:47,600 --> 00:56:49,300 We worship you in our conviction. 863 00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:53,600 We worship you in our comfort. We Worship You, Even in our 864 00:56:53,600 --> 00:56:57,100 questions, we worship you because you've given us greater 865 00:56:57,100 --> 00:56:58,300 Clarity. We worship. 866 00:56:58,300 --> 00:57:00,000 You. You are a good God. 867 00:57:00,600 --> 00:57:05,300 You are so faithful. The god of David is our God. 868 00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:08,400 Glory. Be to your name, and Jesus name 869 00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:10,000 we pray. Amen. 870 00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:11,700 The stand and worship of Lord.