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Second Samuel. 
Chapter 14. 

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And as you're turning there. 
I can't help but share what I 

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read in my own personal reading.
This week, I'm in the Book of 

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Job And there's a part where job
describes the Majesty of God. 

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and at the end of his, His 
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God. 
He says something that humbled 

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me tremendously, and I pray that
it will humble. 

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You not just humble you, but 
that it would excite you. 

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I encourage you your own time to
read job 26. 

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But at the end of twenty sixth 
chapter 26, you have to turn 

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there, just listen to what job 
has to say. 

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He says, in verse 14 of that 
chapter behold, these are but 

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the outskirts of his ways. 
And how small a whisper, do we 

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hear of him? 
And how small a whisper, do we 

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hear of him? 
Everything. 

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You know about God, everything 
that you see concerning God, his

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character, his power, his wisdom
is but a whisper just a whisper 

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just a breath. 
Maybe think Lord, I Want More 

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Than A Whisper. 
And it made me realize that 

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there's a day coming where it'll
be louder than a whisper where 

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we going to have his glory full 
force and he will give us the 

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necessary mind and body and 
heart and ability to register 

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all that he is. 
So everything that you discover 

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week by week day by day, you're 
seeing through a glass dimly. 

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There is a Time coming where you
and I are going to see it 

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face-to-face. 
See him face to face. 

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And so as we come to this 
chapter and second Samuel, let 

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us discover The Whispers of 
God's wisdom, his love. 

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His power has might his grace 
his compassion, his Justice. 

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And Lord we pray but we pray 
again, this is this is our 

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desire that we may know you. 
Lord you are our Shield, you are

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our glory and you are the lifter
of our heads. 

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And God, you give us more joy 
than they when their grain and 

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wine. 
Abound, your word is our gold. 

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It is our silver, they are 
Jewels more precious than all of

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these things and we ask for 
that. 

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As we come to this chapter, 
there will be a special Grace. 

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On the delivery of this word and
to be a special Grace upon the 

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study of it, for every heart 
that is here. 

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Open to receive what you have to
say. 

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We give you all glory and honor 
in Jesus name. 

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Amen. 
You might be wondering why? 

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I'm not down there and why I'm 
up here. 

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Just a brief technical thing 
before we move on. 

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We want to figure out how to 
handle that. 

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Mike probably every week you 
hear something from Bible study.

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But you also hear me say 
something about buzzing, right? 

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So I don't want to keep 
repeating myself. 

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So we're going to try to get to 
that buzzing issue. 

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And until then, we're just Going
to be up here for a bit. 

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Let's come to second Samuel. 14 
in one chapter spanning over two

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years in real time. 
You and I have witnessed the 

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lives of three of David's 
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Never be the same drastically 
and dramatically being altered 

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forever, really Tamar or Tamar 
David's daughter. 

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Was violated tragically raped 
and was robbed of her innocence 

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David's, eldest, son. 
We studied him and we examine 

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his life and realized that he 
was the one Who violated his 

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sister and was then murdered for
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And then from Tamar to eminent 
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to a man named Absalom and we 
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Absalom was the one who 
premeditated the assassination 

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of his half-brother and then and
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escape. 
Justice. 

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And when we come to this 
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According to second, Samuel 
1338, three more years have 

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passed since Emmons death, 
that's a long time. but we will 

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realize at the opening of this 
chapter is that though three 

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years have gone by David's, 
heart is still disoriented It is

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damaged. 
It is caught up in different 

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meditations imaginations. 
What ifs. 

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And so this man is in shambles 
just as much as his home is. 

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And so this is a dysfunctional 
family and it's only going to 

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get worse, unfortunately. 
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David's condition here in the 
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don't want us to read it 
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Now, joab, the son of zero. 
I knew that the king's heart 

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went out to Absalom. 
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disturbance of a of David's 
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Rather it is for his son, 
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It is going out to him. there's 
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a longing for his son, and it 
makes you wonder that even 

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though this atrocious Act was 
committed time does, in fact 

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heal It does help us forget the 
weight and the sting of certain 

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actions. 
And so David is really in a 

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place of discomfort and there's 
a level of of longing for 

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someone that is a part of him 
though is not with him anymore 

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and he wants to see some level 
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He wants to see some kind of 
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He wants his boy back in his 
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And if you think about it, if 
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this father Longs for, he has 
every authority to be able to 

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send out Messengers and call for
Absalom to return from guest 

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Shore. 
And to, to be brought back and 

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to be brought back into the 
home, and brought back into his 

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daily activities, and to just 
move on from life, he has every 

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ability to reassure him that he 
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And that he will bring him to 
the place where we can make this

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as normal as possible. 
But he doesn't. 

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And the question is why and this
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because David here is not just a
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affections for his son. 
He is also a king who is called 

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to uphold Justice. 
And to not play favorites and to

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pledge his Allegiance in his 
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all and above everyone else. 
This is the struggle of the man.

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And though, David is in a very 
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upholding a very unique 
responsibility, this is a 

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portrait of David's life, in our
study of second Samuel, that 

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will teach us, and remind us how
it is often very difficult to do

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the right thing. 
If you want to know what we're 

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going to be studying tonight, it
is that an honest look in the 

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scriptures of how the Holy 
Spirit reminds us and prepares 

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us that it's not always easy to 
do that, which is right. and 

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more than just telling us that 
because many of us understand 

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that already, The holy spirit 
will also through this text, 

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equip us to know how we can 
avoid the ensnarement and The 

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Traps, that will try to keep us 
from pursuing that, which is 

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god-honoring and will help us 
avoid mistakes, that we will 

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later regret because we fell 
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that persuaded us to do that, 
which was wrong thinking, that 

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it would bring about better 
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Isn't it difficult to do that? 
Which we know is right in some 

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cases. 
There's family Dynamics, there's

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loyalty there is possible, 
future altering things that if 

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you do that which is right, it 
could potentially make you lose 

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on so many fronts. 
And so there are many times 

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where we come to intersections 
moments where we try to come up 

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with a plan where we can come as
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God demands of us at the same 
time, Rising as many 

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consequences that would come 
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calls us to do. 
It's a Temptation that you will 

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know if you want to follow Jesus
and abide by his word, it will 

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eventually come in one way or 
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And in David's case he is 
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day night after night. 
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Of how to go about this. 
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Against my son. 
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And embrace my son. 
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That Joe I picked up on this 
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I've was a companion, a very 
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He was his nephew, he was his 
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was in close proximity. 
David 24/7, really? 

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And he was able to discern that 
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And that he felt stuck. 
And he was in a very sticky 

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situation. 
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this, David is going to be 
introduced to a different 

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person. 
And it's really a plan that job 

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is going to come up with. 
Let's read verse 2 and jobs sent

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to Toccoa and brought from 
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A wise woman and said to her 
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on mourning garments. 
Do not anoint yourself with oil 

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but behave like a woman who has 
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dead, go to the king and speak 
thus to him. 

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So joab, put the words in her 
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If you feel nervous, that job is
orchestrating, something you're 

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justified in feeling a little 
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Because we know job enough to 
realize that he's not the most 

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spiritual among the roster of 
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Job was intensely loyal to 
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He loved David. 
He loved supporting and he loved

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working for him, but at the same
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motivated by self-interest. 
And when you see job make 

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certain decisions you can't put 
your finger on it. 

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You don't really know what's 
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the time. 
But we've seen again enough to 

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realize that when Joy feels like
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threaten him, he's willing to 
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And in this case, here, we see 
that this man who does not have 

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a high regard for the law. 
He already killed two people, 

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rather one, at least that we 
know of, and he's going to going

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to kill somebody else very soon.
Without a Cause. 

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And now we come here and we 
realize that he is speaking to a

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woman with no name no identity 
and is putting words in her 

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mouth. 
What is he going to have her say

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on his behalf? 
Why is he even doing all of 

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this? 
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knowing job, whatever is about 
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From this woman is not going to 
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and we're going to learn that 
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We have reason to be suspicious 
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proven true. 
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to be the aim of job scheme here
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And here's the thing, we are not
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Clear why job is going to Great 
Lengths to now send somebody to 

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send a message to David that has
to do, obviously, based on first

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one with Absalom. 
Could it be that job understood 

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that there is Judgment looming 
his over his own head? 

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He has blood on his own hands 
and maybe he's trying to and 

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some Way project through this 
situation, some kind of 

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conviction on David so that he 
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It could be, we don't know this 
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Something with Absalom being far
away potentially Brewing up some

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trouble and wanting to avoid 
something. 

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And so he wants to try to bring 
about reconciliation as soon as 

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possible. 
We already learned that Absalom 

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took his time, it's usually not 
a good thing because he's 

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brewing. 
Something could that be the 

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case? 
Here? 

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Again, we do not know why job is
doing this, but as we will see 

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this man does not have the 
scriptures as a standard does 

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not have God's law in mind and 
he's going to try to convince 

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David to do the same. 
So what's going to happen here? 

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Well, before we look at the 
conversation between this woman 

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and David, we have to understand
that job is smart. 

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He is intelligent. 
I mean, he is the commander over

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the army. 
So he has some ability to 

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strategize does this this Ploy 
of having somebody come to 

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David? 
to deal with a certain issue 

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with a story because now she's 
about to present a story, remind

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you of a past, confrontation, 
that David experienced Think 

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about it. 
What kind of messenger came to 

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David, at one point to try to 
provoke? 

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Some kind of pronounced judgment
on something. 

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Nathan, the prophet Nathan the 
prophet at one point came to 

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David and he had this story that
would try to invoke some kind of

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emotion and then from there 
pronounced some kind of judgment

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some kind of charge and that is 
precisely. 

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What is about to happen. 
Nathan was successful in that 

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perhaps job realized that Nathan
Was able to get something out of

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David, through that method. 
And so he wants to now utilize 

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the same tactic. 
I'm going to have a woman and we

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were told you that she was very 
wise, right? 

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She's a wise woman, I'm going to
dress her up in a certain way. 

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I'm going to give her a script 
and let's just see if something 

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will happen to David's heart 
where he will be able to convict

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himself like he did when Nathan 
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And this is a lesson already, 
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Nathan and some way is 
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Concerning how We Face spiritual
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What do you mean? 
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David with a parable and that 
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of justice for him to make some 
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But here we see that job. 
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a familiar means, but not to 
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It is to bring them to a point 
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law. 
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this is now going to encourage 
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commands and to use a different 
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decision, concerning Absalom. 
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is what we have to learn that 
the enemy, our enemy, the enemy 

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of your soul and mine. 
He often disguises himself and 

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imitates. 
What God has done or what God 

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can do in order to disarm us in 
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way or another. 
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discernment at the sermon that 
David would unfortunately, lack 

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you. 
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this woman was described again 
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context that can be a good thing
or a bad thing. 

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You know, what is the last time 
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told someone was wise. 
It was Jonah Dad. 

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We're told that he was a crafty 
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It's the same word used here, 
cunning deceptive. 

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Persuasive. 
Convincing. 

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Job knew exactly who to find to 
do the job. 

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And you, and I have to 
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We cannot be fooled by the way. 
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develop discernment through the 
truth of God's word and His holy

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spirit in us. 
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understanding just because 
somebody quotes a few verses out

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of context, it doesn't mean 
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Just because they hold a Bible. 
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seems gentle and kind and 
compassionate soft. 

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It doesn't matter what kind of 
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try to validate their counsel, 
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they are from God. 
It doesn't mean it is, right? 

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And so here we see something, 
very familiar, a righteous man 

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did this at one point but now we
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borrowing the tactics of someone
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to persuade someone through very
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Tactics to draw, somebody away 
from God, be very careful. 

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The devil doesn't come to your 
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pitchfork and a tail. 
He can have his own Evangelistic

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Show on satellite television. 
He can have awesome podcast that

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reaches the world. 
They can come to our church and 

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sit in our pews and amen. 
Bible studies and sing. 

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The same songs, be very careful.
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careful. 
With a pretender. 

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She is a pretender. 
So now here's what we're going 

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to do. 
The next set of verses will show

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us the elements or at least some
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must be aware of. 
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the very things that will direct
a divided, heart to make the 

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wrong decision. 
Let's read from verse for you, 

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with me verse 4, when the woman 
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fell on her face to the ground. 
And paid homage and said, Save 

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Me O King. 
And the King said to her. 

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What is your trouble? 
She answered a last time, a 

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widow. 
My husband is dead and your 

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servant had two sons and they 
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In the field. 
There is no one to separate them

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and one struck the other and 
killed him. 

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And now the whole clan other 
translations would say, the 

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whole family has risen against 
your servant and they say, give 

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up the man who struck his 
brother that we may put him to 

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death for the life of his 
brother whom he He killed, so 

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they would destroy the are also,
thus, they would quench my coal.

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That is left and leave to my 
husband. 

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Neither name nor Remnant on the 
face of the Earth. 

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Again. 
Like Nathan's. 

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Parable job is very clever and 
here's how he's clever. 

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He is fabricating a story to be 
close enough to David's 

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predicament. 
So that when he does pronounce a

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judgment, he would indict 
himself yet. 

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He makes it different enough for
David. 

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Not to be aroused in his 
suspicions. 

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But instead of Suspicion there 
would be sympathy, that would be

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stimulated based on the content 
of the case that is being 

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presented. 
And so I want your base on the 

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verses that we just read. 
I'm actually asking you and I'm 

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going to hear your answers will 
hear together. 

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Based on this. 
Remember, the strategy is let's 

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come as close as possible to the
real event that happened a few 

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years ago. 
But let's let's separate 

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ourselves enough. 
So that David can't catch on. 

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What are some differences? 
We see the similarities, right? 

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But what are the differences 
here that are important to point

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out and I'll tell you why 
they're important in a moment. 

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What do you see here? 
You would have to have come the 

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past few weeks to know what the 
real event was. 

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But for those who have been here
or know the story, well, look at

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these three verses that we just 
read and think What is 

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different? 
Yeah, so we have the whole 

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family asking for the one who 
slayed, the brother to be put to

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Justice, right? 
We don't have any indication 

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that that was happening in 
David's family. well, in the 

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real event where their two 
brothers, I conflict Now, the 

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way this woman presents, it was 
that there was a spontaneous 

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combustion. 
Of some kind of tension and one 

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brother killed. 
The other on the spot is that 

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what happened in real life? 
What happened in real life, It 

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was premeditated. 
That's important. 

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So the woman already here is 
trying to soften the crime by 

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making it seem as though it was.
It was just the Heat of the 

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Moment, the Heat of the Moment, 
right? 

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Somebody had their hand up. 
Yes. 

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Yeah, interesting. 
Right. 

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There were no witnesses. 
There is nobody who can 

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intervene there was no one who 
could step in sure. 

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What's the heartbreaking? 
Part of all the story apart from

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the murder. 
She's a widow. 

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She's a widow. 
She doesn't have a husband. 

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So, our only means of support 
are her sons. 

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One, son is gone. 
She has one son left. 

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And if they were to perform this
execution, if capital punishment

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were to be done, she would lose 
her other son and she would be 

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left alone destitute and in 
danger. 

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That's an interesting 
difference. 

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And she even strategically uses 
the word. 

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Are I think that's the strike a 
chord and David's heart as well.

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Who will be the are my husband's
name will disappear old vanish 

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from the remnant of the Earth. 
And so here, we see something 

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that may be similar a real 
murder took place, but it's 

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vastly different than what David
had to deal with. 

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Was Absalom David's only son. 
Was his only son left? 

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No, he had several Sons. 
So was David's Kingdom in 

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Jeopardy, was his dynasty going 
to go extinct even if Absalom 

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was dealt with according to the 
law. 

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No. 
But in this story it's it's a 

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pretty serious dilemma but that 
dilemma is not parallel to the 

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real thing and yet it's being 
presented for a reason. 

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And here's the thing I was 
reading this, I was looking at 

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this, I was studying this. 
I thought here's how you can 

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summarize the strategy of this 
woman at this point in one word.

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Exaggeration. 
Exaggeration. 

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She knows very well with David 
is dealing with job. 

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Made it known to her. 
And yet, they blow it out of 

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proportion that the fake stories
blown out of proportion. 

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And that is for a reason. 
She is making David's problems. 

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Seem larger and more drastic 
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And when she comes to do this, 
she is doing so in order to sway

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his heart. 
And to convince him. 

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That if he does, make the wrong 
decision in the estimation of 

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job, then it will cost him very 
much. 

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And so, this is a, this is a 
deliberate way of trying to 

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overcome David with something 
that is not true. 

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It's partly true but it's not 
completely true and we could 

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even say that she is softening. 
The brother's murder as 

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something again. 
I spontaneous when the facts are

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Absalom thought about it, for 
two years from the moment that 

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he heard that Tamar Tamar was 
hurt. 

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He knew he went into that mode 
of planning something to 

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eliminate his brother. 
And here's the thing that you 

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and I have to understand with 
this, some people exaggerate 

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innocently, right? 
There are just prone to perceive

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things and to not recall them 
according to the actual 

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proportion of the issues, And 
then, there are other people who

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do so intentionally. 
And those who do it, 

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intentionally usually do. 
So in order to accomplish a 

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selfish ambition that would 
require deceit in order to 

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arrive there. 
And that goal can be anything 

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from seeking sympathy from 
others. 

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Or praise from others. 
So they decorate something in 

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order to pull on the 
heartstrings a little bit more 

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or excite people a little bit 
more. and that may seem innocent

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to us but it can go from there 
to anything as Extreme as what 

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we see here to try to persuade 
those in authority to make a 

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judgment that will be in their 
favor even if it Makes others 

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pay a high price. 
Embellishing the truth, may seem

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harmless, but it can be deadly 
to the undiscerning. 

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And it happens more often than 
we think, doesn't it? 

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We may be caught ourselves doing
it. 

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One of the ways that I've seen 
it throughout the years of 

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ministry, this is probably the 
most common way. 

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I've personally seen it. 
Maybe you would not agree with 

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me but this is just me is that 
when a case is presented or 

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there's some issue or whatever 
is going on, it's usually backed

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up or it's usually introduced 
with the following so many said 

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or saw or heard the same thing. 
The majority agree. 

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There is a consensus. and then 
when you ask well, okay, who you

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get half a name out of the so 
many out of the so many that are

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affected by in. 
So many that are disturbed by in

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so many that have seen it. 
Then you just investigate a 

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little bit and it's really 
barely anybody. 

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And so we if we're not careful, 
we can go into that place. 

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Where we try to make something 
seem more serious more 

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threatening or maybe more 
successful. 

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More popular than it really is. 
When in fact that's not the case

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at all. 
And this is the thing that you 

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have to understand. 
That if we're not careful, we 

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can allow others stretch 
something. 

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To Cloud our judgment, the 
second element here, apart from 

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exaggeration, is something that 
you. 

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And I have to very much Take 
into consideration. 

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Let's go back to the 
introduction when she first 

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stepped into the throne room. 
She said, Save Me O King and 

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before that she fell on her face
to the ground. 

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Now, how did she look based on 
the first few verses that we 

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read that she come dressed up? 
They should come with perfume 

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with makeup. 
No, she didn't everything. 

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But she was a mourner. 
She had morning garments. 

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She didn't anoint yourself with 
oil. 

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She was a mess. 
This is a costume, right? 

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And with the costume, came a 
character, she comes in and she 

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just falls to the ground. 
She's an older woman and this is

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supposed to from the beginning, 
cause David to be alarmed and to

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be shook. 
And the way she paints her 

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words, the way she colors her 
circumstance is very, very 

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telling. 
I mean, look down here at verse 

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7 again, and notice how she 
talks about her her future the 

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bleakness of her future. he says
here, thus they would quench my 

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coal that is left like so poetic
So desperate, my life has been 

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reduced to one little call and 
it is ready to be extinguished 

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and lets you O King intervened 
on my behalf. 

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That's good. 
That's really good. 

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And so David is his having his 
heart stirred by the site, by 

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The Sound, by the actions, by 
the presentation. 

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And so, what's happening here? 
Well, we talked about 

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exaggeration and now we see that
this woman is obviously trying 

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to engage the emotions. 
To engage the emotions. 

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You realize how powerful your 
feelings are, do you not? 

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And I am not among those who 
condemn emotions they came from 

453
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:37,800
a good God, for good pleasure. 
They are a gift. 

454
00:31:38,900 --> 00:31:43,300
They I they add Dimension to 
life, they accompany things. 

455
00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:46,000
Right? 
But like any good gift that 

456
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:48,400
comes from our heavenly father 
it can be abused. 

457
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:51,100
If it is not managed or 
supervised carefully. 

458
00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,600
And that is exactly what is 
going to take place in David. 

459
00:31:55,900 --> 00:32:00,100
The woman is exciting, the 
faculties of his feelings so 

460
00:32:00,100 --> 00:32:05,300
that he can do. 
What make a conclusion based on 

461
00:32:05,300 --> 00:32:09,200
his emotion, while dismissing 
the facts of the matter. 

462
00:32:10,700 --> 00:32:13,600
Ignore the facts, David. 
The facts are as what we see 

463
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,700
here. 
That she says concerning the 

464
00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:19,900
clan, the clan tan, accordance 
to the law, have the right to 

465
00:32:19,900 --> 00:32:23,200
demand for the brother, who 
killed his brother to be put to 

466
00:32:23,208 --> 00:32:25,800
death. 
That's that's the fact, that's 

467
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:30,100
the truth. 
But it was coded. 

468
00:32:31,700 --> 00:32:37,000
And it was surrounded with this 
appeal to sentiment. 

469
00:32:38,500 --> 00:32:43,600
And to compassion and to all 
these different things. 

470
00:32:44,900 --> 00:32:53,800
So that he can ignore the facts.
Ignore what is demanded. and I 

471
00:32:53,808 --> 00:32:59,900
think about, How? 
This is an operation today, if 

472
00:32:59,900 --> 00:33:04,400
you really are honest, you know 
that when it comes to evil being

473
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:09,500
tolerated, It often requires 
emotions to be manipulated. 

474
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:17,000
When evil wants to be tolerated,
it often requires emotions to be

475
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,600
manipulated. 
Think about all the wicked 

476
00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:22,400
agendas that are being pushed on
our culture today. 

477
00:33:23,100 --> 00:33:27,200
It just listen closely. 
Listen closely, and you'll 

478
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:30,000
realize that they are baseless 
arguments. 

479
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,500
They're not found in logic, 
they're not found in reason. 

480
00:33:32,700 --> 00:33:35,200
They're not found in facts, not 
found in data. 

481
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:42,200
It's emotional reasoning. 
Has no legs to stand on. and 

482
00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:49,500
yeah, it is working with so many
and when you get people to think

483
00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:52,900
by what they feel, you can 
actually bring them to the point

484
00:33:52,900 --> 00:33:57,700
where they dismiss what is real.
Get them to think by what they 

485
00:33:57,700 --> 00:34:00,100
feel and they can even 
disregard. 

486
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,900
What is real? 
What is true? 

487
00:34:02,900 --> 00:34:04,800
What is scientific? 
What is obvious? 

488
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:09,500
What is common sense? 
You think it what's happening in

489
00:34:09,500 --> 00:34:10,900
our world? 
Why are we seeing what we're 

490
00:34:10,900 --> 00:34:12,500
seeing? 
Yeah, it's a great delusion 

491
00:34:12,500 --> 00:34:16,300
according to Romans 1. 
We're at the bottom of the 

492
00:34:16,308 --> 00:34:18,500
barrel, curling, according to 
God's passive. 

493
00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:21,100
Judgment sure. 
But in a practical sense, what 

494
00:34:21,100 --> 00:34:26,300
we're seeing is the fruit of 
making your convictions based on

495
00:34:26,300 --> 00:34:32,600
your emotions. 
And depending on who is affected

496
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:36,800
by that, it can have disastrous 
consequences. 

497
00:34:37,900 --> 00:34:41,300
And in this case, I mean, I hope
you realize how serious this is 

498
00:34:41,300 --> 00:34:44,900
because depending on what David 
does, it will affect the future 

499
00:34:44,900 --> 00:34:49,600
of the nation. 
And so, we see that this woman 

500
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:53,199
is persuading him. 
Persuading him, with 

501
00:34:53,199 --> 00:34:57,300
exaggeration persuading him with
emotional manipulation. 

502
00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:01,800
And if you and I are not careful
to discern that these same 

503
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:07,700
tactics can be utilized on us. 
On a microscopic level or on a 

504
00:35:07,707 --> 00:35:12,700
macro level, then we are bound 
to make silly decisions like 

505
00:35:12,700 --> 00:35:16,300
David does. 
What will he end up doing after 

506
00:35:16,300 --> 00:35:21,600
this? 
Facade verse 8, then the king 

507
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:25,400
said to the woman, go to your 
house and I will give orders 

508
00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:28,300
concerning you. 
Without hesitation. 

509
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:33,100
He assures the woman that her 
guilty son will not be punished.

510
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,700
Now, here's the thing we learned
earlier that this woman was 

511
00:35:37,700 --> 00:35:39,900
crafty. 
And so she would not be 

512
00:35:39,900 --> 00:35:42,600
satisfied with this general 
statement because this is what 

513
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:45,500
he's essentially saying, okay? 
Just go home and I'll let you 

514
00:35:45,508 --> 00:35:50,100
know what I'm going to do. 
Not happening. 

515
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:56,100
So she persist for David to make
his settlement more accurate. 

516
00:35:56,100 --> 00:35:59,400
Look at verse 9 in the woman of 
Tekoa is set to the King on me. 

517
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:03,000
Be the guilt, my Lord, the king,
and on my father's house, let 

518
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,700
the king and his throne be 
Guiltless. 

519
00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:11,000
The king said in verse 10, if 
anyone says anything to you, 

520
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,900
bring him to me and he shall 
never touch you again. 

521
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:20,700
So she's not satisfied. 
David gives a more defined 

522
00:36:20,700 --> 00:36:24,300
resolution and verse 10. 
And she's still not satisfied. 

523
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:28,600
I'm not leaving with that. 
I'm not going back. 

524
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:33,200
I need something more concrete. 
And so again, look at verse 11, 

525
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:38,200
then she said, please let the 
king invoke the Lord your God. 

526
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:41,000
That the Avenger of blood kill 
no more. 

527
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:47,100
And my son be not destroyed. 
It's like I need you now to make

528
00:36:47,100 --> 00:36:49,700
an oath. 
I'm appealing to a higher Court,

529
00:36:49,700 --> 00:36:53,200
a Heavenly court, and I'm asking
you now to invoke the name of 

530
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,300
the Lord. 
Because there's nothing more 

531
00:36:56,300 --> 00:37:02,300
binding than that and to, to let
me know for certain that my son 

532
00:37:02,300 --> 00:37:05,200
will not be handed over to the 
law. 

533
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:14,400
What is the ruler Israel do? 
he said, as the Lord lives, not 

534
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:17,500
one hair of your sons shall fall
to the ground. 

535
00:37:19,300 --> 00:37:22,900
David you're in trouble. 
Without him realizing he 

536
00:37:22,900 --> 00:37:26,700
compounded his conviction. 
His own conviction, his own 

537
00:37:26,700 --> 00:37:30,600
condemnation. 
And he backed himself up in a 

538
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:33,600
corner and guess what, he won't 
be able to escape, unless he's 

539
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:37,400
willing to be Blasphemous and 
dishonor his oath to God. 

540
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:42,500
He stuck, he can't go anywhere 
from here especially because, 

541
00:37:42,500 --> 00:37:47,100
the lord's name is now involved.
And once the woman saw that 

542
00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:52,300
David was committed to this 
case, she turns the table and 

543
00:37:52,300 --> 00:37:56,400
like Nathan, who at the right 
time said you are the man. 

544
00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:00,400
She is now going to reveal what 
this is really all about. 

545
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:05,400
So look at verse 12, then the 
woman said, please let your 

546
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,700
servant speak a word to my Lord.
The king. 

547
00:38:10,700 --> 00:38:16,600
He said speak, I'd be nervous. 
And the woman said, why then 

548
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:21,200
have you planned such a thing 
against the people of God? 

549
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:26,800
For in giving this decision the 
king convicts himself in as much

550
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:30,800
as the king, does not bring his 
banished one home again. 

551
00:38:32,900 --> 00:38:34,600
You want to find. 
So disturbing about this. 

552
00:38:35,900 --> 00:38:41,000
because, as much as this is the 
woman whose Standing and facing 

553
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:42,500
off with David, it's really 
joab. 

554
00:38:44,100 --> 00:38:46,200
And what I find. 
So disturbing about this whole 

555
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:50,700
ordeal is that job is going to 
Great Lengths to make sure that 

556
00:38:50,700 --> 00:38:55,700
David is convicted. 
Like, wouldn't you think you 

557
00:38:55,700 --> 00:38:59,700
would do that with Absalom 
instead who's the real guilty 

558
00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:03,900
one and all of this? 
It's Absalom and up to this 

559
00:39:03,900 --> 00:39:06,000
point, three years have gone by,
there's no repentance, No 

560
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:09,800
Remorse, no regret, no shame, no
embarrassment, nothing. 

561
00:39:10,100 --> 00:39:16,200
This man is hiding away in his 
pride, waiting for a red carpet 

562
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,600
to roll out for him to come back
into his Palace. 

563
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:23,300
And yet job is doing all of this
to make an innocent man. 

564
00:39:23,300 --> 00:39:29,900
In this situation feel guilty, 
And to repent so to speak. 

565
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:36,200
And when you see this, you have 
to understand that we should not

566
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:40,300
expect anything more from 
somebody who does not have a 

567
00:39:40,300 --> 00:39:45,400
submission to the scriptures. 
When you do not view the world, 

568
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:48,200
the way God calls you to view 
the world. 

569
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:53,400
You will have. 
A distorted understanding of 

570
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:54,800
what is right? 
And what is wrong? 

571
00:39:55,300 --> 00:39:58,100
Is that not true? 
And when I looked at this, when 

572
00:39:58,100 --> 00:40:02,100
I looked at jobs, Behavior, I 
thought of the verse that is 

573
00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:05,600
there before Proverbs Chapter 
30, the last verse of Proverbs 

574
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:12,500
29 reads this An unjust man is 
an Abomination to the righteous.

575
00:40:14,300 --> 00:40:18,800
But one, whose way is straight 
is an Abomination to the wicked.

576
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,900
An unjust man. 
Somebody who's guilty, somebody 

577
00:40:23,900 --> 00:40:27,300
who's a sinner, somebody who's a
rebel that kind of a person is 

578
00:40:27,300 --> 00:40:33,100
an Abomination to the righteous.
But the one whose way is 

579
00:40:33,100 --> 00:40:38,700
straight and honorable and on 
the Narrow Path and In Perpetual

580
00:40:38,700 --> 00:40:43,900
agreement to the word of God is 
actually an Abomination to the 

581
00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:46,800
wicked. 
So that same righteous 

582
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:50,800
indignation that you sense, 
concerning sin and Injustice and

583
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:53,400
Corruption those same feelings 
though. 

584
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:57,600
Justify our experience in the 
hearts of those who are evil 

585
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:02,100
towards those who are right. 
There's such a perversion that 

586
00:41:02,100 --> 00:41:07,100
occurs when we abandoned God. 
Everything gets messed up. 

587
00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:12,600
Enjoy a proving to be such a 
man. 

588
00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:16,100
He can look at somebody like 
David and instead of encouraging

589
00:41:16,100 --> 00:41:20,500
to do right challenge him to do 
wrong and then to even indict 

590
00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:26,300
him if he doesn't So David is, 
is hearing this from this 

591
00:41:26,300 --> 00:41:31,400
messenger, this actress this 
lady with no name and how do you

592
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,400
know that job based on the 
verses were that were just read?

593
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:38,800
How do you know that joab is not
a person who has regard for the 

594
00:41:38,808 --> 00:41:42,200
scriptures? 
Look carefully, specifically, 

595
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:44,600
Everest 13? 
What stands out to you? 

596
00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:50,400
What is the subject of David's 
guilt, apparently. 

597
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:06,000
But more specifically, it's 
right there in the wording of of

598
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:10,400
the woman. 
Very good. 

599
00:42:11,500 --> 00:42:15,300
Why have you planned such a 
thing against the people of God?

600
00:42:15,700 --> 00:42:18,000
You know what he should have 
said if it was true against the 

601
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:24,600
law of God, No, such thing. 
So in jobs, mine, here's a 

602
00:42:24,607 --> 00:42:27,600
problem. 
David, if you do not bring 

603
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:31,500
Absalom back, this will affect 
the morale of the nation and 

604
00:42:31,500 --> 00:42:34,000
potentially the future of this 
nation. 

605
00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:39,500
And so, what is pumping through 
joab's, veins is purely 

606
00:42:39,500 --> 00:42:42,300
political It's not about 
righteousness. 

607
00:42:42,300 --> 00:42:44,900
It's not about God standard. 
It's not about what he asked for

608
00:42:44,900 --> 00:42:47,800
concerning us. 
It's about what will happen to 

609
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:52,900
the people. 
So this is not a person who has 

610
00:42:52,900 --> 00:42:56,400
any mindfulness of God's 
demands. 

611
00:42:57,900 --> 00:42:59,200
And that's where you get in 
trouble. 

612
00:42:59,300 --> 00:43:01,300
Listen. 
Hey, do you want to be protected

613
00:43:01,300 --> 00:43:04,300
from being deceived? 
Do you want to be protected from

614
00:43:04,300 --> 00:43:07,800
making stupid decisions in life?
Can I can I suggest something to

615
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:11,300
you? 
Don't seek the counsel of people

616
00:43:11,300 --> 00:43:18,300
who don't tremble at God's word.
I know that there are General 

617
00:43:18,300 --> 00:43:23,200
things that you can seek even 
unbelieving people for when it 

618
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:25,000
comes to doing that, which is 
right. 

619
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:31,400
I I highly recommend not going 
to a person who does not ordain 

620
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:35,400
their lives under every precept 
found in this book from Genesis 

621
00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:39,600
to revelation. 
Just throw that out there. 

622
00:43:41,700 --> 00:43:43,700
What will happen to the people 
of God? 

623
00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:47,900
Well, here's my main concern, 
what will happen to God and my 

624
00:43:47,900 --> 00:43:50,200
relationship with God and his 
name in his honor. 

625
00:43:50,300 --> 00:43:52,800
That's a righteous man. 
That's a righteous woman. 

626
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:56,600
That's somebody who will protect
themselves from pitfalls in life

627
00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:58,700
that they could have easily 
skipping over. 

628
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:00,900
They had just trusted in the 
wisdom of God. 

629
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:07,300
And in verse 14, this woman goes
from trying to point out the 

630
00:44:07,300 --> 00:44:12,900
offense here, to Bringing 
objective observations into the 

631
00:44:12,900 --> 00:44:15,700
whole predicament and this Is 
what she does. 

632
00:44:15,700 --> 00:44:18,200
Look at verse 14. 
We must all die. 

633
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:22,200
She still talking to David. 
We are like water spilled on the

634
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:25,500
ground. 
Which cannot be gathered up 

635
00:44:25,500 --> 00:44:28,000
again, but God will not take 
away life. 

636
00:44:28,500 --> 00:44:32,400
And he devises means so that the
banished one will not remain an 

637
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:35,500
outcast. 
So she's continuing to make her 

638
00:44:35,500 --> 00:44:38,600
case more convincing. 
She's trying to drive this thing

639
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:41,300
home. 
And she says, three important 

640
00:44:41,300 --> 00:44:42,600
things. 
Here's the first thing that she 

641
00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:46,300
says, we must all die. 
We are like water spilled on the

642
00:44:46,300 --> 00:44:47,500
ground. 
What do you think she means by 

643
00:44:47,500 --> 00:44:52,400
that? 
Kind of, but you're close. 

644
00:44:55,700 --> 00:45:00,900
Life is short, David? 
Life is like spilling water and 

645
00:45:00,900 --> 00:45:05,600
not only is it short. 
Once it's over, it's over. 

646
00:45:06,700 --> 00:45:09,200
If I spill water here on the 
carpet, you would think I'm a 

647
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:10,900
Madman to try to put it back in 
the cup. 

648
00:45:13,100 --> 00:45:16,800
And so it's a combination of not
only his life short, it's end is

649
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:20,000
unexpected. 
And once it's over, you can't 

650
00:45:20,100 --> 00:45:24,400
redo what you need to redo or 
what you hope to redo and in the

651
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:26,900
context. 
But she is suggesting is David 

652
00:45:27,700 --> 00:45:32,600
reconcile before it's too late. 
Make sure you mend this thing 

653
00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:36,200
before. 
The grave calls you are the 

654
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:39,500
great calls him and you look 
back and you think. 

655
00:45:39,500 --> 00:45:46,200
I wish I had done something. 
And so, she's appealing to the 

656
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:50,400
brevity of life. 
And our unannounced, expiration 

657
00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:54,700
date and how we should do, what 
we need to do to be able to make

658
00:45:54,700 --> 00:45:57,800
sure that we are at peace with 
all men and that when God does 

659
00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:00,500
call us home, we don't look back
and have any regrets. 

660
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:06,800
He has a powerful point. 
But then she says something 

661
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:09,700
else. 
The second thing is, God does 

662
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:17,600
not take away life. 
Consider the context but God 

663
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:21,800
will not take away life. 
What do you think she means by 

664
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:23,400
that? 
It's a little harder to 

665
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:30,100
interpret. 
Here's what I believe that it 

666
00:46:30,100 --> 00:46:33,500
means that the Lord does not 
prefer judgement as his primary 

667
00:46:33,500 --> 00:46:37,900
answer to wrong. 
The Lord does not. 

668
00:46:40,100 --> 00:46:45,500
As his first step desire to 
execute, or to eliminate or to 

669
00:46:45,500 --> 00:46:49,700
shut the door for Mercy to be 
experienced first. 

670
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:53,300
And in this case, what she's 
saying, in light of Absalom is 

671
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:57,800
listen, if God really wanted to 
punish Absalom, he would have 

672
00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:02,300
done it already. 
He would have just struck him 

673
00:47:02,300 --> 00:47:04,500
down. 
He would have sent the plague 

674
00:47:04,500 --> 00:47:06,900
into his very body. 
He would have just had him 

675
00:47:06,900 --> 00:47:09,600
killed but Absalom is still 
alive. 

676
00:47:11,500 --> 00:47:14,100
And so up to this point, we have
two arguments being with made 

677
00:47:14,100 --> 00:47:16,900
right life is short, it's brief.
Why don't you reconcile before? 

678
00:47:16,900 --> 00:47:20,200
It's too late it could also mean
this look in the same way that a

679
00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:22,900
cup is poured out into the dirt 
and you can't gather it up again

680
00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:26,500
Emmons dead. 
Engines gone. 

681
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:31,600
And so even if you do punish 
Absalom is that going to bring 

682
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:34,600
em back? 
It's not gonna bring in the back

683
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:38,800
and God doesn't take away life. 
That's not his his primary 

684
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:41,900
desire as ambition and dealing 
with those who are in sin and 

685
00:47:41,900 --> 00:47:45,800
that's closely tied into her 
final case, her final point 

686
00:47:45,800 --> 00:47:50,800
being made and what is that? 
And he being God, devises means 

687
00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:55,100
so that the banished one will 
not remain an outcast. 

688
00:47:55,900 --> 00:48:00,400
That's a beautiful point. 
Is it not In other words, God 

689
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:07,200
has provided a system. 
A sacrificial system in order to

690
00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:12,000
give the sin and opportunity to 
experience forgiveness, and 

691
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:17,900
Grace and restoration instead of
remaining banished and an exile 

692
00:48:17,900 --> 00:48:21,200
from his presence. 
And so this final point is very 

693
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:26,000
clear. 
God has done what he could to 

694
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:31,600
initiate reconciliation. 
And to swing his arms, open wide

695
00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:35,000
for The Sinner to come. 
And if God David is willing to 

696
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:40,000
do that, why aren't you? 
Why aren't you? 

697
00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:47,900
You can just imagine the weight,
you can imagine the crushing 

698
00:48:47,900 --> 00:48:49,800
conviction that this man is 
feeling. 

699
00:48:51,800 --> 00:48:56,400
And so, all in all, this is also
being said, so that David could 

700
00:48:56,400 --> 00:49:00,900
urgently and mercifully bring 
Absalom home. 

701
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:04,900
I might disappoint you with this
point but you have to stick 

702
00:49:04,900 --> 00:49:10,300
around to see what I'm about to 
say, and prove it as kind and as

703
00:49:11,100 --> 00:49:18,100
compassionate as warm and fuzzy.
All of this may seem there are a

704
00:49:18,100 --> 00:49:22,800
couple of things wrong with this
picture of forgiveness. 

705
00:49:24,500 --> 00:49:32,500
What are they? 
What would you say? 

706
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:40,000
What's that? 
There are consequences. 

707
00:49:40,100 --> 00:49:46,600
Yes, no repentance that is one 
for certain. 

708
00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:49,300
Well, let me ask it this way. 
Is to try to just steer Us in 

709
00:49:49,300 --> 00:49:54,100
the right direction. 
Many have referenced. 

710
00:49:54,100 --> 00:49:58,200
That verse verse 49, especially 
the last part as a gospel gem 

711
00:49:58,200 --> 00:50:02,200
hidden and tucked in an old 
Covenant text, which is true 

712
00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:07,700
because it points to God's altar
means of bringing the banish one

713
00:50:08,500 --> 00:50:12,200
back to his presence. 
And that means is the man Christ

714
00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:16,600
Jesus. 
That's the foreshadowing here, 

715
00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:21,700
there has been a device. 
There has been a plan that God 

716
00:50:21,700 --> 00:50:27,000
has ordained from eternity past 
and it is that through the sun, 

717
00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:31,700
those who have been pushed out 
because of their sin can now be 

718
00:50:31,700 --> 00:50:35,500
brought back into fellowship 
with the Holy One. 

719
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:41,000
And as we look at this, we 
realize that's wonderful. 

720
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:44,600
That's true. 
That's a wonderful way of trying

721
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:48,700
to persuade the hearts of those 
who are lost to realize they can

722
00:50:48,700 --> 00:50:51,400
be found. 
But here's the problem. 

723
00:50:52,500 --> 00:50:57,300
This God compromised, his law in
order to reconcile us He 

724
00:50:57,300 --> 00:51:00,200
doesn't. 
And this is why this is 

725
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:02,300
important. 
This is a gospel truth. 

726
00:51:02,400 --> 00:51:06,600
You have many people. 
Who believe the way God forgives

727
00:51:06,600 --> 00:51:09,800
is, that he just brushes things.
Under the carpet, is the, you 

728
00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:11,400
know what? 
I'm just going to take your sins

729
00:51:11,400 --> 00:51:12,800
and throw them in the sea of 
forgetfulness. 

730
00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:14,100
We're not going to have to deal 
with it. 

731
00:51:14,700 --> 00:51:17,000
Let me just wink. 
Let's just start over. 

732
00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:19,000
Let's just turn over a new Leaf.
Let's just forget it. 

733
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:21,900
Ever happened. 
That's not how God forgives and 

734
00:51:21,900 --> 00:51:24,800
a popular preacher once said. 
And I looked it up just to make 

735
00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:28,000
sure if it's still up there and 
it's still up there. 

736
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:32,600
So it's still a public thing and
as pastors who specially deal 

737
00:51:32,600 --> 00:51:36,800
with the truth and Have to 
protect people from those ideas 

738
00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:39,000
that are not true. 
I have to tell you this, there's

739
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:41,300
a popular Pastor. 
Maybe you've heard this who said

740
00:51:41,300 --> 00:51:46,000
something along the lines of 
that God broke his law. 

741
00:51:48,500 --> 00:51:52,700
And the Name of Love. 
Did you hear it? 

742
00:51:54,700 --> 00:51:59,000
God broke his law in the Name of
Love. 

743
00:52:00,100 --> 00:52:03,200
And the idea there is that I'm 
guessing because it wasn't 

744
00:52:03,200 --> 00:52:06,000
clarified, so you're leaving me 
to speculate with such a strong,

745
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:11,100
strong commentary of the Gospel 
that God performs, some kind of 

746
00:52:11,100 --> 00:52:15,900
Injustice against the sun in 
order to find a way to forgive 

747
00:52:15,900 --> 00:52:19,200
all of us and to restore us unto
himself. 

748
00:52:21,300 --> 00:52:26,700
God didn't break his law. 
To display his love, he 

749
00:52:26,700 --> 00:52:30,100
satisfied the law, that's the 
gospel. 

750
00:52:30,500 --> 00:52:37,000
The wisdom of the Cross is that 
Justice and mercy kissed, And 

751
00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:41,000
that God could uphold his 
Holiness while at the same time,

752
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:45,600
extend his mercy and neither of 
those attributes were ever 

753
00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:50,900
compromised one bit. 
So God did not suspend his 

754
00:52:50,900 --> 00:52:58,200
Justice in order to see more 
loving to sinners, no, he 

755
00:52:58,200 --> 00:53:03,100
satisfied. 
His wrath in order for us to 

756
00:53:03,100 --> 00:53:09,400
experience his loving kindness 
That's the idea. 

757
00:53:10,500 --> 00:53:14,200
And so to hear what this woman 
has to say, is partly true that 

758
00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:19,100
there has been a plan provided a
means so that the banished one 

759
00:53:19,100 --> 00:53:23,300
will not remain an outcast, but 
not at the expense of the law 

760
00:53:23,300 --> 00:53:27,200
being ignored or neglected or 
Worse violated. 

761
00:53:30,300 --> 00:53:36,100
And so we see here that no moral
code was ever ever, ever deleted

762
00:53:36,100 --> 00:53:40,100
in order to win our pardon know.
He was able to satisfy his 

763
00:53:40,100 --> 00:53:43,700
Justice while swinging the door 
of Mercy, wide open for us to 

764
00:53:43,700 --> 00:53:49,600
come right in But one might 
object and this is where I want 

765
00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:54,400
you to be equipped. 
Well, that sounds nice. 

766
00:53:54,400 --> 00:53:57,700
But is it really fair for the 
son of God? 

767
00:53:59,300 --> 00:54:04,100
To be killed on behalf of those 
who have sinned themselves and 

768
00:54:04,100 --> 00:54:05,900
have a record of their own to 
deal with. 

769
00:54:05,900 --> 00:54:10,600
Is that really just forgot to 
send his son into place? 

770
00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:13,700
The sin of the world from Adam 
up to the final person who will 

771
00:54:13,700 --> 00:54:17,500
live before it all ends Can we 
say that? 

772
00:54:17,500 --> 00:54:21,000
That is right? 
How would you answer that? 

773
00:54:22,900 --> 00:54:24,200
Because that's a common 
question. 

774
00:54:28,500 --> 00:54:31,100
Isn't that good? 
Can I tell you the reason? 

775
00:54:31,200 --> 00:54:34,100
Can I tell you the answer? 
It's in one verse and it's one 

776
00:54:34,100 --> 00:54:37,300
of my favorite statements that 
Jesus ever made while walking on

777
00:54:37,300 --> 00:54:44,000
the earth, John 10 verse 18, no 
one takes it from me. 

778
00:54:45,700 --> 00:54:48,400
But I lay it down of my own 
accord. 

779
00:54:49,400 --> 00:54:54,200
No one takes it from me, but I 
lay it down of my own accord. 

780
00:54:54,200 --> 00:54:56,800
And then he goes on to say that 
he has the authority to lay down

781
00:54:57,000 --> 00:54:59,100
and he has the authority to 
bring it right up again. 

782
00:55:00,500 --> 00:55:05,600
Glory to Jesus Christ. 
I volunteer my life. 

783
00:55:06,300 --> 00:55:10,100
I willingly lay down my life. 
I like Isaac. 

784
00:55:10,100 --> 00:55:14,100
Isaac, the greater Isaac carry 
the would willingly. 

785
00:55:15,500 --> 00:55:21,300
Up to that mountain and lay 
myself down on that Altar and 

786
00:55:21,300 --> 00:55:28,500
willingly opened myself up. 
To the dagger of God to pierce 

787
00:55:28,500 --> 00:55:31,500
me so that atonement can be 
made. 

788
00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:36,200
It realized that Isaac was not 9
years old when he was being led 

789
00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:38,900
by the father to go up into 
those mountains of Moriah. 

790
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:44,600
He had to be old enough to carry
the wood, and if he was old 

791
00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:46,600
enough to carry the wood and 
have a conversation with his 

792
00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:49,800
father, with important 
observation, how there's there's

793
00:55:49,800 --> 00:55:52,900
obviously sacrifice missing, 
then he also had the strength 

794
00:55:52,900 --> 00:55:55,600
and the independence to roll off
that altar. 

795
00:55:55,600 --> 00:55:59,700
Once you realize that she is the
sacrifice but he didn't. 

796
00:56:01,400 --> 00:56:06,700
He silently and submissively 
stayed in place. 

797
00:56:07,100 --> 00:56:11,900
That's Christ. 
Now, we can make a case that it 

798
00:56:11,900 --> 00:56:15,600
is unjust for somebody to be 
kicking and screaming being 

799
00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:20,800
pulled by a judge though, 
perfect to pay for those who are

800
00:56:20,800 --> 00:56:22,700
imperfect. 
But what do you do with somebody

801
00:56:22,700 --> 00:56:26,200
who says, A body, you have 
prepared for me. 

802
00:56:28,100 --> 00:56:32,800
This is why I've come. 
I'm saying that I have come to 

803
00:56:32,800 --> 00:56:39,000
be a ransom for many. 
Not to be served but to serve. 

804
00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:42,300
What do you do when the sun 
enters into our world with the 

805
00:56:42,300 --> 00:56:49,000
sole purpose of dying? 
And so we see here that there's 

806
00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:51,800
something very questionable 
about how the mercy of God is 

807
00:56:51,800 --> 00:56:55,400
interpreted. 
And secondly, we see something 

808
00:56:55,400 --> 00:56:57,000
else and our brother mentioned 
it. 

809
00:56:59,900 --> 00:57:03,200
There is no repentance in all of
this. 

810
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:06,000
There is no call for Absalom to 
realize his wrong. 

811
00:57:06,100 --> 00:57:09,100
And to admit, there's no 
confession, There's No Remorse. 

812
00:57:09,400 --> 00:57:13,600
There is no conversation about 
this, there's no rebuke nothing.

813
00:57:14,900 --> 00:57:19,800
What job is say, just bring him 
back let's just avoid potential 

814
00:57:19,800 --> 00:57:23,400
problems here. 
And just bring him back and 

815
00:57:23,400 --> 00:57:24,900
let's just move on with all 
this. 

816
00:57:25,100 --> 00:57:28,100
The longer he stays out there. 
The more things can come about 

817
00:57:28,200 --> 00:57:31,000
and let's just cut it. 
And let's just just deal with 

818
00:57:31,000 --> 00:57:33,400
this. 
And I deal with it the way that 

819
00:57:33,400 --> 00:57:37,400
we should deal with it. 
There is no evidence from this 

820
00:57:37,400 --> 00:57:41,300
moment on that Absalom ever does
share. 

821
00:57:42,600 --> 00:57:47,900
Any kind of sense of guilt. 
He's able to just move on, like,

822
00:57:47,900 --> 00:57:52,600
it's nothing and though, listen,
you, and I are all called to 

823
00:57:52,600 --> 00:57:54,700
forgive from the heart. 
You know that, right? 

824
00:57:55,300 --> 00:57:57,800
Every single one of us are 
called to forgive from our 

825
00:57:57,800 --> 00:58:03,800
heart, but reconciliation is 
contingent upon repentance. 

826
00:58:06,100 --> 00:58:08,000
I know that might shock you but 
it is true. 

827
00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:11,500
If you want New Testament 
evidence for that, go to Luke 17

828
00:58:11,500 --> 00:58:14,300
on your own time and realized 
that when Jesus talks about 

829
00:58:14,300 --> 00:58:17,100
restoring a brother who sins 
multiple times a day, he 

830
00:58:17,100 --> 00:58:20,300
includes a word that Luke really
likes in his gospel account. 

831
00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:24,500
It's a word repent. 
If somebody repents and you 

832
00:58:24,500 --> 00:58:29,600
rebuke him. 
And he realizes wrong and vows 

833
00:58:29,600 --> 00:58:32,000
to turn away from the wrong, 
then you can embrace them again.

834
00:58:33,900 --> 00:58:36,700
Do you know why repentance is 
important for reconciliation? 

835
00:58:37,300 --> 00:58:39,300
There are many reasons why and 
here's one of them because 

836
00:58:39,500 --> 00:58:44,600
someone who is in the wrong and 
wants to hold onto their wrong, 

837
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:50,700
must learn that they cannot 
enjoy holy relationships without

838
00:58:50,700 --> 00:58:55,600
forsaking corruption first. 
That is true for between two 

839
00:58:55,600 --> 00:58:58,200
parties and that is true, even 
on a local church level. 

840
00:58:58,200 --> 00:59:01,600
When somebody refuses to repent,
The ultimate punishment of 

841
00:59:01,600 --> 00:59:04,400
somebody refuses to repent and a
local church setting is that 

842
00:59:04,400 --> 00:59:09,500
they are excommunicated. 
Because in God's wisdom, he will

843
00:59:09,500 --> 00:59:12,900
not allow in his love for his 
child, to think that they can 

844
00:59:12,900 --> 00:59:17,400
claim the Privileges of the Holy
people of God. 

845
00:59:18,200 --> 00:59:22,800
While placing your address in 
Satan's territory. 

846
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:26,600
Just can't you got to pick one 
or the other and in hoping that 

847
00:59:26,600 --> 00:59:28,600
once they go out into the world 
and they are released into the 

848
00:59:28,600 --> 00:59:31,600
world, realizing how cold and 
cruel and ugly. 

849
00:59:31,600 --> 00:59:33,900
It really is, they would then 
come back in the church. 

850
00:59:33,900 --> 00:59:35,400
Should be ready to embrace them 
again. 

851
00:59:36,800 --> 00:59:40,200
So we do a disservice to the 
sanctification of people. 

852
00:59:40,400 --> 00:59:44,400
If we are willing to continually
reconcile with them void of 

853
00:59:44,400 --> 00:59:47,700
repentance, it's actually more 
harmful than it is anything 

854
00:59:47,700 --> 00:59:51,900
else. 
And what you see here is that 

855
00:59:51,900 --> 00:59:54,600
reconciliation without 
repentance. 

856
00:59:55,000 --> 00:59:58,800
Additionally is a recipe for 
repeated offense. 

857
00:59:59,800 --> 01:00:02,000
Can I say that one more time? 
Reconciliation, without 

858
01:00:02,000 --> 01:00:04,700
repentance is a recipe for 
repeated, not just repeat it. 

859
01:00:04,700 --> 01:00:10,300
But even growing offense, And so
there is a responsibility and 

860
01:00:10,300 --> 01:00:13,700
not to satisfy a niche of the 
flesh because you and I believer

861
01:00:13,800 --> 01:00:16,100
have to be ready even multiple 
times a day. 

862
01:00:16,100 --> 01:00:20,500
According to the words of Jesus 
that if somebody repents that 

863
01:00:20,500 --> 01:00:23,900
you say I you have my, you have 
my love, you have my fellowship,

864
01:00:24,200 --> 01:00:29,500
you have my attention. at the 
same time, if someone refuses to

865
01:00:30,800 --> 01:00:33,500
Then you have an obligation to 
refrain. 

866
01:00:35,100 --> 01:00:38,800
From giving access to that 
person the way they would want. 

867
01:00:38,800 --> 01:00:44,700
While also wanting their sin. 
And here's a prime example, if 

868
01:00:44,700 --> 01:00:48,500
we forsake that kind of wisdom 
it's in 2nd Samuel 14. 

869
01:00:48,500 --> 01:00:51,300
Look at verse 33. 
Look at how this chapter ends. 

870
01:00:54,000 --> 01:00:55,600
We're not gonna be able to, 
obviously finish this unless you

871
01:00:55,600 --> 01:00:58,000
want to stay feel like 11:30. 
We're not going to do that. 

872
01:00:58,700 --> 01:01:02,400
And second Samuel 14:33. 
Notice what happens, then Joy 

873
01:01:02,400 --> 01:01:06,100
have went to the king and told 
them and he summoned Absalom. 

874
01:01:06,600 --> 01:01:10,600
So he came to the king and bowed
himself on his face to the 

875
01:01:10,600 --> 01:01:15,200
ground before the king and the 
King kissed Absalom. 

876
01:01:16,100 --> 01:01:20,700
That's a problem. 
That's a problem. 

877
01:01:20,700 --> 01:01:24,800
This is extremely problematic 
because Absalom, with all of 

878
01:01:24,800 --> 01:01:29,900
this was still in an unrepented 
State and the Father Here, gives

879
01:01:29,900 --> 01:01:37,100
them a kiss of approval, it kiss
of Pardon really And that kiss 

880
01:01:37,200 --> 01:01:41,100
permitted, Absalom to have full 
range, access to the world and 

881
01:01:41,100 --> 01:01:43,500
the life that he knew before he 
was banished. 

882
01:01:45,100 --> 01:01:49,100
And you know what, you see in a 
very few short verses after this

883
01:01:49,100 --> 01:01:52,500
happened, go to chapter 15 and 
look at verse 6. 

884
01:01:53,700 --> 01:01:57,600
Thus Absalom did to all Israel. 
Who came to the king for a 

885
01:01:57,600 --> 01:02:01,200
judgment. 
So, Absalom stole the hearts of 

886
01:02:01,200 --> 01:02:04,700
the men of Israel. 
Do you know what happened? 

887
01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:06,100
You know, what's going to 
happen? 

888
01:02:06,300 --> 01:02:12,000
Civil War is going to break out.
Civil War is going to break out 

889
01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:16,700
and it had it happened because 
David was deceived and thinking 

890
01:02:16,700 --> 01:02:20,100
that reconciliation, without 
rebuke reconciliation without 

891
01:02:20,100 --> 01:02:23,100
repentance, would bring some 
kind of piece. 

892
01:02:23,100 --> 01:02:25,900
You would think that this 
gesture would humble such a man.

893
01:02:27,500 --> 01:02:32,500
and overwhelm him, but instead, 
He's going to bring more harm 

894
01:02:32,500 --> 01:02:37,500
than he ever did before and 
instead now only is he going to 

895
01:02:37,500 --> 01:02:41,000
rip a nation? 
Into shreds, he's going to 

896
01:02:41,000 --> 01:02:45,200
destroy himself. 
So you see we don't do people 

897
01:02:45,200 --> 01:02:49,500
favors when we give them access 
to the fellowship. 

898
01:02:49,500 --> 01:02:52,500
The Bible allows us to enjoy 
when we come together with the 

899
01:02:52,500 --> 01:02:56,400
same cause and the same fight, 
we don't do people service when 

900
01:02:56,400 --> 01:02:59,300
we say, you can hold onto your 
sin and still have all of this. 

901
01:02:59,300 --> 01:03:02,500
Now, only are you going to bring
more harm to the context of your

902
01:03:02,500 --> 01:03:05,900
life but to that very person 
that you're trying to help 

903
01:03:08,200 --> 01:03:12,200
Because Absalom is going to end 
up dying unrepentant. 

904
01:03:16,700 --> 01:03:21,600
So you see in the same way that 
God does not Bend Justice to 

905
01:03:21,600 --> 01:03:26,900
bring us to himself, he also 
does not excuse unrepentant for 

906
01:03:26,900 --> 01:03:31,700
reconciliation sake. 
So everything about what this 

907
01:03:31,700 --> 01:03:37,200
woman of Tekoa, saying flags 
flags flags. 

908
01:03:37,700 --> 01:03:41,000
It sounds good, it's very heart 
moving. 

909
01:03:42,200 --> 01:03:46,900
But it's not completely true. 
And here's the problem. 

910
01:03:47,900 --> 01:03:54,700
In verse 18, after she continues
and concludes her whole spiel. 

911
01:03:56,000 --> 01:03:58,500
Then the king answered the woman
do not hide from me. 

912
01:03:58,500 --> 01:04:02,300
Anything I asked you and the 
woman said, let my Lord the king

913
01:04:02,300 --> 01:04:08,000
speak then King said is the hand
of job with you in all of this. 

914
01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:17,300
So some kind of fog was lifted 
and he was able to realize makes

915
01:04:17,300 --> 01:04:18,100
you wanted. 
This is twice. 

916
01:04:18,100 --> 01:04:20,100
Now it happened right? 
You had Nathan come with a 

917
01:04:20,107 --> 01:04:23,900
parable like story and then you 
end up pulling something out of 

918
01:04:23,900 --> 01:04:27,000
you and you get yourself in 
trouble and now this woman comes

919
01:04:27,000 --> 01:04:28,400
and sheep. 
He probably forgot. 

920
01:04:28,400 --> 01:04:32,200
This is not fictitious most 
likely and so now he's wondering

921
01:04:33,300 --> 01:04:38,100
There's somebody behind the 
scenes here and he says his job 

922
01:04:38,100 --> 01:04:41,600
behind all this. 
The woman answered and said uh 

923
01:04:41,600 --> 01:04:44,700
sure Lea's you live the Lord, 
the king one cannot turn to the 

924
01:04:44,700 --> 01:04:46,800
right hand or to the left. 
From anything that my Lord the 

925
01:04:46,800 --> 01:04:48,800
King has said, it was your 
servant job. 

926
01:04:48,800 --> 01:04:51,600
Who commanded me. 
It is he put all these words in 

927
01:04:51,600 --> 01:04:55,900
the mouth of your servant. 
In order to change the course of

928
01:04:55,900 --> 01:05:00,100
things or serving job job did 
this but my Lord has wisdom like

929
01:05:00,100 --> 01:05:02,000
the wisdom of the angel of God, 
to know, all these things that 

930
01:05:02,000 --> 01:05:03,400
are on the earth. 
I would say the same thing, 

931
01:05:03,400 --> 01:05:05,700
probably if I realized that, 
although I got caught, you're 

932
01:05:05,700 --> 01:05:08,100
like the angel of God. 
You're so wise, you're so 

933
01:05:08,100 --> 01:05:16,200
amazing. 
Here's, here's the thing, we can

934
01:05:16,200 --> 01:05:19,000
praise David for his discernment
but I can't do that. 

935
01:05:20,200 --> 01:05:22,900
You know why? 
Because I think his questioning 

936
01:05:22,900 --> 01:05:27,300
was too late. 
David, you should ask those 

937
01:05:27,300 --> 01:05:31,100
questions before. 
You should have put aside your 

938
01:05:31,100 --> 01:05:36,800
feelings, you should have put 
aside your subjective issues and

939
01:05:36,800 --> 01:05:41,000
reasonings and thoughts and 
investigated. 

940
01:05:42,600 --> 01:05:49,300
And waited. 
I see you and I in this day, we 

941
01:05:49,300 --> 01:05:52,600
are called to such wisdom. 
So happy that Pastor Daniel read

942
01:05:52,600 --> 01:05:56,300
about wisdom and Proverbs for, I
think this is the beauty of 

943
01:05:56,300 --> 01:05:59,100
Bible studies like this. 
It's extremely practical for 

944
01:05:59,100 --> 01:06:03,300
day-to-day life. 
And we are living in a day of 

945
01:06:03,300 --> 01:06:05,100
exaggeration. 
We are living in a day of an 

946
01:06:05,100 --> 01:06:08,900
emotional. 
Tornado. 

947
01:06:10,700 --> 01:06:13,200
And it's going to demand us to 
make decisions about our 

948
01:06:13,200 --> 01:06:15,800
convictions about who we 
fellowship with about what, 

949
01:06:15,800 --> 01:06:18,400
where we go, what we do, what we
say, what we don't say. 

950
01:06:20,100 --> 01:06:22,700
And we will get ourselves in 
trouble, unless we apply the 

951
01:06:22,700 --> 01:06:25,300
wisdom of God's word, to be our 
shield. 

952
01:06:25,300 --> 01:06:30,000
And to be our filter in this 
world, And so I look at David 

953
01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:32,300
here and he asked the question, 
but he's already stuck. 

954
01:06:32,300 --> 01:06:34,300
He can't get out of it. 
He invoked the name of God and 

955
01:06:34,300 --> 01:06:38,200
so he has to go through with it.
So be reminded believer in this 

956
01:06:38,200 --> 01:06:41,000
place that stories like this 
have been given to preserve us 

957
01:06:41,000 --> 01:06:46,500
from similar mistakes. 
And that when it does come to a 

958
01:06:46,500 --> 01:06:50,100
point in life, where you have to
make the right decision as 

959
01:06:50,100 --> 01:06:54,400
difficult as it may seem realize
that in those moments of dilemma

960
01:06:54,900 --> 01:06:58,600
where you are pondering, what I 
should do that, the enemy is 

961
01:06:58,600 --> 01:07:01,400
right there to tempt you to make
the wrong decision. 

962
01:07:02,600 --> 01:07:05,900
He'll put fear in you. 
He'll convince you that God's 

963
01:07:05,900 --> 01:07:09,800
law seems inconsiderate and 
overwhelming. 

964
01:07:12,100 --> 01:07:14,900
He'll try to persuade you that. 
If you do it this way, which 

965
01:07:14,900 --> 01:07:18,000
violates God's law, it will 
protect your future and it will 

966
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:23,800
cause Less Problems. 
And so in those moments just 

967
01:07:24,300 --> 01:07:27,300
come to the word of God. 
And and in those moments where 

968
01:07:27,300 --> 01:07:31,400
the word of God gives you the 
clear answer trust in what God 

969
01:07:31,400 --> 01:07:35,600
had said. 
If David would have taken care 

970
01:07:35,600 --> 01:07:37,900
of Absalom, there wouldn't have 
been a civil war. 

971
01:07:40,400 --> 01:07:42,400
If David had taken care of 
absent if he had, at least 

972
01:07:42,400 --> 01:07:45,100
confronted him potentially, 
there would have been repentance

973
01:07:45,300 --> 01:07:48,000
and in David wouldn't have to 
whoa himself. 

974
01:07:49,200 --> 01:07:53,000
Absalom Absalom. 
Oh my son and wish that you had 

975
01:07:53,000 --> 01:07:56,300
died instead of him perhaps 
because you have an idea of 

976
01:07:56,300 --> 01:08:02,100
where he went after he died. 
So here's the final thought I'm 

977
01:08:02,100 --> 01:08:05,500
giving to you on this Friday 
night at all times in 

978
01:08:05,500 --> 01:08:07,800
everything. 
No matter how difficult it may 

979
01:08:07,800 --> 01:08:10,500
seem to do that which is right, 
do it. 

980
01:08:11,800 --> 01:08:15,700
God's word is true and the 
result of obedience is always 

981
01:08:15,700 --> 01:08:18,200
better than what you think, 
might come. 

982
01:08:18,300 --> 01:08:22,600
If you just do it your way, 
trust in the Lord, he will lead 

983
01:08:22,600 --> 01:08:24,500
you. 
He will reward you, he will 

984
01:08:24,500 --> 01:08:26,500
bless you in all things at all 
times. 

985
01:08:26,800 --> 01:08:41,899
Amen, let's pray together. 
Lord, we humble ourselves 

986
01:08:41,899 --> 01:08:45,800
tonight. 
I know there's so much meat in 

987
01:08:45,800 --> 01:08:50,300
this chapter. 
We trust that what you desire to

988
01:08:50,300 --> 01:08:57,000
speak to our hearts has been 
accomplished Lord, with all of 

989
01:08:57,000 --> 01:08:59,899
our weaknesses, we pray that 
what has been presented and 

990
01:08:59,899 --> 01:09:04,600
studied and discussed together 
would indeed affect us. 

991
01:09:06,300 --> 01:09:12,000
And there we even pray that. 
For those who will have to face 

992
01:09:12,000 --> 01:09:16,200
difficulty in doing the right 
thing that this study, will come

993
01:09:16,200 --> 01:09:19,899
to mind this example in your 
Eternal Word with surface in the

994
01:09:19,899 --> 01:09:24,800
Forefront of our thinking. 
And that we would be encouraged 

995
01:09:24,800 --> 01:09:31,700
to know and equipped to know. 
That this has happened before 

996
01:09:31,800 --> 01:09:34,899
with many men and women of God. 
And you have prescribed us 

997
01:09:34,899 --> 01:09:39,100
exactly what we need in order to
avoid the worst outcomes. 

998
01:09:42,200 --> 01:09:45,000
And Lord even though we can't 
see the outcome of our obedience

999
01:09:45,000 --> 01:09:49,600
help us believe you. 
And may your honor be our reward

1000
01:09:49,600 --> 01:09:55,700
more than anything else. 
What we ask for discernment in 

1001
01:09:55,700 --> 01:09:58,000
this age, the sermon in our 
lives? 

1002
01:10:00,400 --> 01:10:03,700
we ask that you even helped us 
not fall into the Trap of 

1003
01:10:06,100 --> 01:10:11,700
decorating. 
Our truths with falsehood so 

1004
01:10:11,700 --> 01:10:14,500
that it can be more appealing or
convincing but we pray that we 

1005
01:10:14,500 --> 01:10:18,200
would not give in to our 
emotions to determine what is 

1006
01:10:18,200 --> 01:10:22,900
right and what is wrong. 
And we ask Lord that you would 

1007
01:10:22,900 --> 01:10:26,600
give us the hunger for the word 
of God that would help us be 

1008
01:10:26,600 --> 01:10:32,500
able to see past the surface of 
all the the Showmanship around 

1009
01:10:32,500 --> 01:10:36,700
us. 
And so what we give you glory 

1010
01:10:36,700 --> 01:10:40,100
tonight for this study we are 
moved to worship you because 

1011
01:10:40,100 --> 01:10:43,600
this is your wisdom given to us.
And we are privileged to be 

1012
01:10:43,600 --> 01:10:47,200
adorned with these things that 
will help us glorify you 

1013
01:10:48,400 --> 01:10:50,500
tomorrow. 
And the day after, for the rest 

1014
01:10:50,500 --> 01:10:53,700
of our lives, Lord receive our 
praise because it will be a 

1015
01:10:53,700 --> 01:10:58,300
praise of Thanksgiving for the 
feast that second, Samuel 14 has

1016
01:10:58,300 --> 01:11:00,800
been to us tonight. 
We bless you now. 

1017
01:11:01,000 --> 01:11:03,500
In Jesus name we do. 
Amen. 

1018
01:11:03,800 --> 01:11:05,200
Amen. 
Shall we stand? 

1019
01:11:05,600 --> 01:11:06,500
And give God glory.