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Let's come to second Samuel. 
Chapter 14. 

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And let's plant ourselves to 
start here in verse 21. 

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Sometimes it is very difficult 
to do the right thing that is 

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essentially the summary of our 
study from this chapter that 

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began last week and that summary
comes from the observation that 

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the man after God's heart, David
was internally torn. 

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Because of a dilemma concerning 
his son Absalom and this was the

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Dilemma the law demanded. 
That Absalom be put to death 

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because he had killed his 
half-brother. 

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At the same time. 
David without the crown was a 

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father. 
And as a father, he yearned for 

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the well-being of his erring 
child, even though Justice was 

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did of him. 
So what is even going to do? 

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Well, joab was observant of the 
internal struggle, that his 

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friend, and his boss was dealing
with on a day-to-day basis. 

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And so, he comes up with a plan 
and the plan that job comes up 

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with is to bring an actress, a 
very crafty woman to present a 

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certain case, that would 
persuade David to finally, 

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settle to settle the struggle 
and to make a decision, instead 

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of wavering between two 
opinions, unfortunately, The 

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persuasion is going to lead 
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law. 
And instead pursued, 

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disobedience, in the Name of 
Love, in the name of mercy and 

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the name of forgiveness, 
whatever you want to call it 

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nonetheless, it was deviance. 
It was to stray away from the 

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truth and this woman speech that
you and I studied last week is 

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sort of a example. 
Of how Temptation works. 

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Temptation often suggests to us 
that if we subscribe to the 

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authority of the scripture, then
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something that is unjust 
unloving unwise and maybe even 

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unable to bring about satisfying
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In other words Temptation tries 
to tell you that going with what

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God Said as your best and only 
option may not be your best 

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option. 
That there are alternatives. 

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This woman reminds us. 
That human wisdom is right 

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there. 
Ready to tempt us to believe 

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something other than what God 
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every single time, be aware of 
that be prepared for that. 

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And how she presented the clan 
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murder that she presented in her
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Those people, that family that 
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seemed to be inconsiderate and 
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unfortunately, he's going to 
learn the hard way that no 

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matter how loving or no matter 
how compassionate and 

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alternative may be drifting away
from the word of God, will 

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always come at a greater cost 
than obeying it and that is 

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precisely what we are going to 
finish. 

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Studying the remaining verses in
this chapter are going to 

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compact that truth. 
That when we are debating 

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between compromise or 
consecration, we must always 

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trust God's word, no matter how 
painful it may seem or no matter

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how pricey it may be always. 
So the point of this Bible study

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tonight is to strengthen your 
resolve and to equip you in such

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a way that when that time of 
testing does arrive to your 

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front step, you would have the 
example of David seen here, come

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before your mind to Remind you 
of obedience is worth it. 

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It may not even make sense at 
this point, but I can trust the 

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word of God. 
And no matter how appealing or 

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no matter how profitable any 
other option, especially the 

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options that try to convince 
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rejected as soon as possible I 
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And I, as we begin to read these
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concerning compromise. 
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to see is David's commitment to 
his compromised, the commitment 

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to his compromise. 
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Then the king said to Joe, I 
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Now, I grant this go. 
Bring back the young man. 

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Absalom and job fell on his face
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At paying homage and bless the 
king and George said today, your

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servant knows that I found favor
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My Lord the king and that the 
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his servant. 
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ashore and brought Absalom to 
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him dwell apart in his own 
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He is. 
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So Absalom lived apart in his 
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the king's presence. 
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compromise is highlighted in 
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realizing and learning. 
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scheme David gives him the green
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Now, you would think that if 
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Joe, I was behind this whole 
facade that it would discourage 

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you from moving forward with the
idea because job was not the 

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most righteous roster of David's
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Why? 
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not agree with the totality of 
God's word, makes you scratch 

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your head. 
But we see here, David obviously

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is persuaded. 
To pursue and one might object 

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and say well David was under an 
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Remember the woman brought David
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upon the lord's name and invokes
his name to essentially seal the

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deal concerning his judgment 
about this parabolic incident. 

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And David in that actually 
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concerning Absalom, lest he 
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Back his word. 
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have to have sympathy for David 
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promise, a promise that includes
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But here's my question to you 
because the Bible presents vows 

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and Promises on a whole other 
level than we do in this day of 

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age. 
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and that really means nothing to
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But in this time when you made a
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would rather die than break a 
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That's really what God's word 
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that you and I be trustworthy 
with our word, but is it the 

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case that David was in a 
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Where you could not Escape, what
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That's my actual question to 
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Now, you know, what will really 
help this will this will help. 

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The this will help those who are
senior students in our Friday 

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night. 
Bible study, think back to the 

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Book of Judges. 
Think back to the Book of 

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Judges, where we studied a 
tragedy about a man who made a 

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vow concerning. 
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His daughter. 
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that it would be about his 
daughter. 

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He thought it would just about, 
hopefully, an animal or beast 

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that would come to his sight 
when he returned from war after.

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God, gave him Victory. 
But it, in fact was his 

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daughter. 
And he kept that, and he 

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actually killed his daughter in 
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So now if you were there, you 
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answer to what about to say. 
Was David in a position where he

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could not escape from his word. 
Yes, or no? 

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Who says, yes. 
One of those again who says know

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who says, I don't know. 
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I don't know. 
Okay, that's okay, I appreciate 

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honesty. 
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according to the scripture that 
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his promise. 
You know how I believe that not 

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because of my subjective 
reasoning, Leviticus chapter 5, 

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would you turn to the exciting 
and riveting Book of Leviticus? 

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I don't say that sarcastically I
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Leviticus chapter 5. 
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Leviticus through the New 
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citing read and Leviticus 54. 
We receive instructions about 

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how one can know relief after 
making a Arash foul, Leviticus 5

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verse 4, or if anyone utters 
with his lips, a rash oath to do

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evil. 
Do you see that or to do good, 

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any sort of rash oath that 
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And it is hidden from him when 
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realizes his guilt? 
Well, let's pause there for a 

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moment, okay? 
So here's here's the basis of 

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the instruction, when somebody 
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something or not to do, But then
somewhere along that he realizes

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his guilt, he realizes that he 
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This is there is a way of escape
and it is Cheer verse 5 when he 

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realizes his guilt and any of 
these, and confesses the sin, he

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has committed. 
He shall bring to the Lord as 

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his compensation for the sin 
that he has committed a female 

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from the flock, a lamb, or a 
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priest shall make a atonement 
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So yeah, breaking your vow is 
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if you have to break it, If you 
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it or in pursuing and moving 
forward with it, then there is 

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atonement, that is available to 
avoid it to avoid it. 

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And that was true for the man 
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And that is true for David right
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should have done. 
If he knew the law as well as he

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should have, is pause and 
apologized for his mistake. 

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I may have made a vow, but my 
vow was wrong. 

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Excuse me, now, I have to go 
make a sacrifice to God and said

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he doubles down instead. 
He says, you know what, let's do

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this, I grant this thing, let's 
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Unfortunately, he failed to see 
the lesson that is for you. 

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And I today, and here's the 
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and what we see in David's life,
no matter how committed you 

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maybe to a sin, no matter how 
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you're wrong, it is never too 
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You know, you have some people 
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have some people who get 
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they go so far deep in physical 
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themselves. 
Well, we've gone so far. 

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He Why? 
Stop Now people actually think 

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like this. 
Or you have people who mess 

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around and are dishonest with 
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And and they think that, you 
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greater mass or if I stop this 
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and so let me just move forward 
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Anyway, I'm already this deep, 
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What can I do about it? 
And the whole idea here is no 

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like First Corinthians 10 
promises as there is always a 

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way of escape and like what we 
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assured that we can change 
courses and the earlier we do 

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it. 
The better had David at stopped 

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here. 
Had David said, I appreciate 

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your appeal to me and how you're
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decision. 
But this is wrong. 

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I can't do this. 
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and all the tragedies and the 
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would not have happened. 
Wouldn't have been a civil war. 

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Very likely absum wouldn't have 
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And many other lives wouldn't 
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And so we have to understand 
here that David commits to his 

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compromise when he could have 
escaped from it. 

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And you and I have to understand
that the direction of Our Lives 

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does not have to be sealed by 
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We can actually change course by
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forgiveness at any point of our 
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His commitment to his 
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But the next thing that we see 
is the compensation for his 

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compromised. 
There's compensation for his 

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compromise, right? 
Where do you see that? 

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We see it in verse 22 and joab. 
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and paid homage and bless the 
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And job said today, your servant
knows that I have found favor in

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your sight, my Lord the king and
not the King has granted the 

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request of his servant. 
So once he receives the 

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permission to fetch for Absalom,
he falls face and he Praises 

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David. 
He gushes out without Elation 

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and appreciation. 
Whenever you and I deviate from 

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God's word in anything, there 
are always be somebody who will 

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be happy about that. 
When we compromise, you'll have 

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people who will be happy about 
your compromise, there's no 

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doubt about it. 
And for some that perceived 

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reward is enough to drift I'm 
not saying that David did this 

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because he wanted to make job 
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job treating dating. 
This way did not make it for 

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David to reconsider his choice 
and what job is doing here is 

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what the woman Toccoa did with 
David, as well. 

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So scroll back here to chapter 
14, we're still in that same 

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chapter. 
But look at verse 17, this is 

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when the woman spoke to David 
and she said in your Our servant

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thought the word of my Lord, the
king will set me at rest for my 

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Lord. 
The king is like the angel of 

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God to discern, good and evil. 
The Lord your God be with you. 

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So here's this woman flattering 
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here because she is essentially 
telling David and crowning 

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David. 
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apparently. 
When he'll acted obviously, And 

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in more than that, she Comforts 
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upon him for making this 
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And so here, what here's what 
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have to be very careful of those
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conscience, through flattery or 
through Vain and empty promises.

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There are people who make 
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who was celebrate our 
compromise, who will encourage 

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it, who will dismiss the 
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Who will, Who will try to keep 
your eyes on the prize for the 

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decision that you made? 
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There's erroneous pronouncement 
of God's favor upon foolishness.

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There's this idea of support and
people are lured and secured 

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into their Disobedience because 
of others who who think the same

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way as you do, or at least want 
you to think the same way, you 

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know what David could have done.
You know what David should have 

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done. 
Well, you and I have to do at 

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all points in life. 
This is a snare that is easily 

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avoidable and this is how you 
avoid it. 

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Know what got know what God's 
word is know what pleases God 

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and stick with it. 
That's it. 

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I know it's not deep. 
I know it's not a quotable 

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thing, but it's something that 
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more. 
What pleases God? 

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No, it pursue it and stick with 
it. 

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No matter who you disappoint in 
the process. 

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This verse came to mind, it's an
easy reference. 

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And it's a life verse among many
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It's very simple. 
You don't have to turn there but

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Isaiah 222. 
Makes this simple charge to all 

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of us. 
Stop regarding, man. 

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That's that's nice to put on a 
coffee cup. 

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I think. 
Stop regarding man. 

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Why whose nostrils is breath? 
Why for of what account is he? 

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What is he saying? 
He's not saying disrespect those

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who have been created in the 
image of God. 

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No, he's saying stop regarding 
the threats, the persecutions, 

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The Persuasions of those who 
can't survive. 

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Apart from oxygen. 
Who can die if they are 

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smothered for just a few 
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Why would you put yourself in 
the position of being governed 

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by something or someone like 
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Instead, allow your life to be 
governed by the one who created 

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breath? 
Who created oxygen, who is not 

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dependent on anything and all of
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who is not thwarted in any way, 
who is not diminished in any 

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way, who is not pushed in any 
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Live for him, subject yourself 
to his sovereignty and stop 

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regarding man. 
Stop considering what man thinks

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concerning what God has made so 
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And you avoid the snare that 
David unfortunately is entrapped

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by here. 
The compensation can only go so 

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far because what David is about 
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Next is quite interesting. 
We talked about what We talked 

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about his commitment to 
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We talked about his compensation
for compromise, very 

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short-lived. 
Look at the complications of 

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compromise, the complications of
compromise, where do you get see

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that? 
The complications are found here

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in verse 24, and the King said, 
let him dwell apart in his own 

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house. 
He is not to come into my 

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presence. 
So Absalom lived apart in his 

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own house and did not come into 
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What's David doing here? 
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Listen job, brings him back from
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And in David, make sure that 
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to his presence again. 
Keep him in his own home. 

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He's essentially ordaining and 
ordering house arrest. 

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Why do you think David is doing 
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Okay, so he's trying to maybe 
sound tough. 

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Yes. 
And there's a reason for that. 

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Yes. 
Okay, if you season maybe you'll

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feel guilty and change his mind.
Why do you think David is doing 

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this? 
So David knows he's still in 

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compromise. 
He's fully aware of the middle 

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ground that he is playing on. 
And so what, he's essentially 

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trying to do by restricting 
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arrest, so to speak is 
maintaining some kind of 

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righteousness in the midst of 
his disobedience. 

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So David here is actually trying
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two groups concerning this 
ordeal, those who believe that 

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Absalom should be free and to 
move about and go on would 

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realize that he was brought back
to Jerusalem. 

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So that's pretty good. 
And job was a part of that camp 

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while those who believe that 
Absalom should have punched and 

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should have received capital 
punishment. 

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Would see that's to some degree.
There is some kind of discipline

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taking place as David restricts 
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This is complicated. 
Because compromises, a very 

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complex things for those who 
know the truth and for those who

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know, the truth and try to 
arrange their lives, the way 

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David does here they can expect 
that by trying to calm their 

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conscience. 
They will do something somewhat 

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right while at the same time, 
fully entertaining, what they 

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know to be wrong. 
That's an exhausting way of 

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living. 
It's a very frustrating way of 

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living for those who know the 
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And David is trying to do just 
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And there are people, hopefully 
not here tonight who try to doll

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up their Disobedience by 
perfuming it with some kind of 

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form of righteousness. and some 
of us use, Use that kind of 

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tactic with so many Avenues in 
life. 

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So, you do business in a shady 
way, but you give to a Ministry.

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Let me use the example, again of
relationships, where you tell 

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you, and your other lovely 
partner. 

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We're not going to go past this 
and you, you just calm your 

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conscience because you never 
cross that line, but you already

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crossed several lines before you
got to that one. 

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You have Ministries that want to
maintain some kind of growth, 

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some kind of life in their 
Ministry. 

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So they feed sheep and they also
feed the goats. 

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And they try to do all that they
can by avoiding that, which 

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would offend one or the other, 
and here's the lesson for you. 

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And I it's a very important 
lesson based on David's 

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foolishness here that policy 
never works It never works. what

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I mean by that is when you try 
to play on both teams, it will 

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backfire on you. 
And it usually backfires from 

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both sides, by the way. 
And when David here is trying to

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do that, he doesn't realize that
he's actually setting himself up

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for for great pain and 
disappointment and whenever you 

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try to tolerate a sin that 
symbolize in Absalom that sin 

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will not sit still for too long.
Eventually it will demand more 

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from you. 
And so by trying to keep Absalom

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quiet and by trying to silence 
others, who know of the whole 

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situation, you are setting 
yourself up for great failure 

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because the only solution to 
these issues is found in 

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Revelation. 
Depart from Revelation and you 

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will inherit much chaos and that
is precisely what your rights 

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are prepared to see through 
absalom's life. 

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He will not stay in his position
for too long eventually. 

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He is going to do something more
which is the nature of our sin 

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does not stay in one place. 
When we tolerate it, what is 

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about to happen. 
You ready for this? 

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Look at verse 25. 
Now, in all Israel, there is no 

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one so much to be raised for his
handsome appearance as Absalom 

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from the sole of his foot to the
crown of his head. 

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There was no blemish in him. 
And when he cut the hair of his 

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head, for at the end of every 
year, he used to cut it when it 

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was heavy on him. 
He cut it. 

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He weighed the hair of his head 
200 shekels by the Kings, wait. 

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Can I become the honest, what 
does that have to do with 

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anything? 
So, we have this scene, right? 

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And it's suspenseful job brings 
back. 

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Absalom, Absalom, David wants 
nothing to do with him and a. 

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Now we transition into a 
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And we are told about his Beauty
and we're told about his hair 

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and we're told about the weight 
of his hair. 

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We're told about how he the 
barber once a year. 

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And it's like, how does this 
reconcile with the narrative? 

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Well, this is not accidental, 
nor is it, sloppy authorship. 

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This is intentional and it's 
preparing us for what is about 

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to take place. 
For whatever reason we are being

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told. 
Of the popularity of Absalom. 

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And the popularity is tied into 
what his appearance and that 

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from head to toe. 
There is not one defect in the 

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man. 
He was gorgeous. 

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Apparently just the sight of 
him, sweat people off their 

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feet. 
His Beauty was the Talk of the 

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Nation, right? 
He was on the cover of the 

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magazine of that time. 
Every year supposedly. 

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Is this information useful? 
And why is it important to 

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understanding the whole text? 
Well, here's how you. 

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Well, you know, I before I get 
there, why do you think it's 

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important? 
Yeah, we're very drawn to 

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charismatic. 
Beautiful talented people on a 

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superficial level as well. 
Sure. 

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Okay, so there's something about
Absalom. 

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Identifying, something about 
himself that it's vain. 

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I think there's something there,
too. 

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Yes. 
Okay. 

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Okay. 
I know what you're saying, and I

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think you're right, but not in 
ties with David and ties with 

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somebody else. 
I'll explain in a moment. 

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I'll take one more answer and 
we're going to move on. 

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Did you have your hand up pika? 
Yeah, why are you cutting your 

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hair? 
Making a public thing about it? 

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Ah, his approach to people how 
he presents himself to people. 

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So, the idea of how he cuts his 
hair says something about his 

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character, you're right. the 
fact that we are being informed 

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about absalom's beauty, Should 
cause us to reflect not too far 

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back of the last time someone's 
Beauty was mentioned. 

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When was the last time 
somebody's Beauty was brought 

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forth to us. 
Not Bathsheba. 

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KT all. 
Tom odd. 

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Remember, go to 13:1 and you'll 
see it. 

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So it's there. 
We're told about David's 

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daughter who was beautiful. 
Her name was to mod and isn't it

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interesting that the same Hebrew
word for handsome appearance 

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concerning Absalom is used for 
Tamar concerning her beauty. 

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And so, with that connection, 
with the the closest possible 

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context. 
In mind. 

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When we were told about Tom 
ours, Beauty, What followed was 

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it good or bad? 
Trouble lies ahead and in the 

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same way we are being prepared. 
As we were being told about 

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absalom's, handsome appearance 
that there is danger. 

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Before us, something is going to
happen based on the fact that 

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Absalom was a good-looking guy. 
Did Israel have a reputation of 

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electing leaders based on 
outward appearance. 

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Yeah. 
And somebody mentioned the name 

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of the one King Saul. 
Who was taller than everybody 

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else and he was handsome and and
that was attractive to the 

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people. 
And so they dismissed any other 

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deficiency and they upheld him 
and regarded him as their leader

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though he was unqualified in 
many ways. 

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And so with with the distant 
context and the close contacts 

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of mine, what the holy spirit is
trying to tell us with all of 

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this is hey watch out, 
something's about to happen. 

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This is not a good thing, you 
know what would make an 

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interesting Bible study. 
Maybe we'll do it. 

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And a, I don't know when we're 
going to do it, but I would love

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to do it. 
To go through the entire 

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scripture from Genesis to 
Revelation and study. 

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Every person who we are informed
about concerning their beauty, 

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when he good Bible study, maybe 
you disagree. and I thought 

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about it and I thought, okay 
well we're not going to do a 

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whole bible study on that 
tonight but when you think about

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those who are referred to for 
their good, looks a majority, if

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not all are exclusively found in
the Old Testament, it's not a 

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new testament emphasis, it's not
important in the New Covenant, 

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or the New Testament, rather 
Except for reference to Moses, 

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concerning his appearance as a 
baby. 

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So, it's found in the Old 
Testament. 

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And what's interesting is in 
most cases about those who are 

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beautiful both man or woman, 
There was trouble connected. 

454
00:30:18,300 --> 00:30:21,200
There was trouble one, they were
either exploited for their 

455
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:25,800
beauty or two. 
They either took advantage of 

456
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:28,300
their appearance for selfish 
gain. 

457
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:35,200
So a major percentage of those 
who were beautiful physically 

458
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:41,300
speaking were actually in 
trouble and connection to their 

459
00:30:41,300 --> 00:30:43,100
beauty. 
Think of Sarah, even in her old 

460
00:30:43,100 --> 00:30:47,400
age, what happened to her 
because of her husband Think 

461
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,000
about Esther, even right? 
She was brought into the courts.

462
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,700
I mean, that's not a safe 
environment to be in. 

463
00:30:54,900 --> 00:30:58,300
We think about Tom odd, right? 
We think about now even Absalom.

464
00:30:59,700 --> 00:31:03,000
And so as we look at this, we 
have to understand that 

465
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:07,000
absalom's beauty here is a 
problem and it is because it 

466
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,400
will be used to win the 
allegiance of the nation. 

467
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:14,000
It will persuade the masses to 
fall into his trap. 

468
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,400
And the only difference between 
Absalom is and Tom odd, is that 

469
00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:23,200
Tom odd was undeserving Lee the 
object of harm because of her 

470
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:27,000
beauty and absalom's case he 
will utilize his Beauty as a 

471
00:31:27,008 --> 00:31:32,000
weapon to Prey Upon weak-minded.
People who can't think Beyond 

472
00:31:32,300 --> 00:31:40,000
skin and physical features. 
So absolom, here, concerning the

473
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:43,100
description of his looks his 
ready? 

474
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:51,300
To show the trouble that will 
come with it and Beauty can 

475
00:31:51,300 --> 00:31:55,200
blind us and it will blind this 
nation because they will not 

476
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:58,500
care about the fact that he 
killed his half-brother, they 

477
00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:02,300
want an idol. 
And in this case, the idol was a

478
00:32:02,300 --> 00:32:07,700
prince, who was so Charming. 
And almost hypnotic with. 

479
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,500
His physical appearance. 
And the main feature about 

480
00:32:12,500 --> 00:32:16,800
absalom's Beauty has to do with 
his hair and he cut the hair of 

481
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,500
his head once a year at the end 
of the year, he would cut it 

482
00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:24,400
because it would get so heavy. 
We're talking about a few pounds

483
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,000
here. 
That's how dense and thick this 

484
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:33,700
man's hair was. and for whatever
reason, he would cut his hair 

485
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:39,100
and report on it and he would 
like write down what it weighed 

486
00:32:39,100 --> 00:32:42,500
that year. 
And so he made a spectacle of 

487
00:32:42,500 --> 00:32:44,300
it, he made an announcement of 
it. 

488
00:32:46,900 --> 00:32:52,900
Why are you weighing your hair? 
It's very clear in our sister 

489
00:32:52,900 --> 00:32:55,000
already. 
Brought it up its to Signal the 

490
00:32:55,000 --> 00:33:00,300
source of his pride. 
This man was proud of his looks 

491
00:33:00,300 --> 00:33:03,700
he was not only praised for his 
looks he was very aware of it, 

492
00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:08,400
he would use it but he also 
praised himself for it and 

493
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:10,200
encouraged others to praise him 
for. 

494
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:11,900
Wow. 
Your hair weighed this much this

495
00:33:11,900 --> 00:33:12,900
year. 
That's incredible. 

496
00:33:13,300 --> 00:33:15,100
And he was the Envy of both men 
and women. 

497
00:33:17,500 --> 00:33:22,300
And if you doubt that Absalom 
was doing this because of self 

498
00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:25,300
worship. 
Then look at this one verse and 

499
00:33:25,300 --> 00:33:27,900
just a few chapters will 
discover, look at this verse 

500
00:33:27,900 --> 00:33:31,300
that, that shows us and confirms
us, what kind of app man. 

501
00:33:31,300 --> 00:33:34,700
Absalom was look at chapter 18 
of second, Samuel Verse 18. 

502
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,000
This is after Absalom was killed
in war. 

503
00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:49,100
We're told now Absalom in his 
lifetime had taken and set up 

504
00:33:49,100 --> 00:33:52,000
for himself. 
The pillar that is in the Kings 

505
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,300
Valley. 
For he said, I have no son to 

506
00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:59,400
keep my name in remembrance, he 
called the pillar after his own 

507
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:05,400
name and it is called absalom's 
Monument to this day, who sets 

508
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:08,199
up a pillar for himself while 
they're alive. 

509
00:34:08,699 --> 00:34:13,500
Who, who does that? 
Hua wrecks a memorial while 

510
00:34:13,500 --> 00:34:19,000
you're living, it's weird. 
And it's only indicative of one 

511
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:23,000
thing that you are a 
self-exalting South worshipping 

512
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,800
man. 
And so there is no doubt that 

513
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:28,600
the fact that he cut his hair 
and presented it. 

514
00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:30,500
I don't know what else he did 
with it. 

515
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:34,300
I cut my hair and I'm relieved 
and I don't think about it for 

516
00:34:34,300 --> 00:34:36,500
one second. 
This man made a shrine out of 

517
00:34:36,507 --> 00:34:38,300
his hair and not just out of his
hair. 

518
00:34:38,300 --> 00:34:43,100
He made a shrine for himself, he
wanted to be remembered even 

519
00:34:43,100 --> 00:34:46,600
after his death. 
So here's what's happening with 

520
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:48,199
verse 25. 
And verse 26. 

521
00:34:48,199 --> 00:34:52,400
The Holy Spirit brings us to our
attention from striking looks 

522
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:57,100
and his Luscious Hair as a 
preface of an upcoming 

523
00:34:57,100 --> 00:35:00,900
Rebellion. 
And ultimately his downfall. 

524
00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:05,300
We are being prepared for 
Absalom. 

525
00:35:05,300 --> 00:35:10,900
Usurping, the authority of his 
father by seducing, the nation, 

526
00:35:12,100 --> 00:35:14,800
and his ultimate downfall 
because you can't have pride in 

527
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,700
survive. 
In God's economy. 

528
00:35:17,700 --> 00:35:21,100
And in God's Universe, there is 
a law and it is as strong and as

529
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:25,600
the law of gravity, if you're 
proud, God will be against you. 

530
00:35:26,700 --> 00:35:29,400
And at one point, he will find a
way to bring you down. 

531
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,200
And this man. 
Is headed in that direction 

532
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:37,900
because we are not going to see 
any sign of repentance anytime 

533
00:35:37,900 --> 00:35:38,900
soon. 
Or later. 

534
00:35:39,700 --> 00:35:44,000
Look what happens in verse 28. 
Let's read verse 27. 

535
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,500
There were born to Absalom three
sons and one daughter whose name

536
00:35:47,500 --> 00:35:49,700
was Thomas. 
She was a beautiful woman. 

537
00:35:50,300 --> 00:35:53,200
That's just another sad thing to
see because we read in 2nd 

538
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:57,300
Samuel 18, verse 18. 
One that he apparently had no 

539
00:35:57,300 --> 00:35:59,900
son to keep his name in 
remembrance, but we're told 

540
00:35:59,900 --> 00:36:01,200
early on that. 
He had three, they must have 

541
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:04,100
died in infancy. 
They must have died at a very 

542
00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:09,500
young age. 
Hema more oil memorialized. 

543
00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:11,900
His sister to mod by naming one 
of his daughters by her. 

544
00:36:11,900 --> 00:36:14,900
And it's I think the holy 
spirit's wave kind of giving us 

545
00:36:14,900 --> 00:36:18,800
some closure concerning her. 
Right. 

546
00:36:19,500 --> 00:36:22,600
That her brother showed some 
kind of respect her. 

547
00:36:22,900 --> 00:36:28,500
Do her other brother violated 
her And then verse 28, we read 

548
00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:33,200
so Absalom lived two full years 
in Jerusalem without coming into

549
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:36,900
the king's presence. 
Two full years. 

550
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:41,600
His patience word out, right? 
He's not doing this anymore. 

551
00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:45,300
So in verse 29, that Absalom 
sent for joab to send him to the

552
00:36:45,300 --> 00:36:47,400
king. 
But job would not come to him, 

553
00:36:47,700 --> 00:36:50,200
and he sent a second time, but 
job would not come. 

554
00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:56,900
So, after two full years Absalom
said enough is enough, I'm not 

555
00:36:56,900 --> 00:37:01,500
living this way. 
I'm going to make a move to try 

556
00:37:01,500 --> 00:37:06,100
to get before my father. 
Now, that seems like a noble 

557
00:37:06,100 --> 00:37:09,800
desire, but it's questionable 
because we know this man's 

558
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:15,500
character If you feel like this 
is a small move on a chessboard 

559
00:37:15,500 --> 00:37:17,500
of a grander scheme, you're 
right. 

560
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,700
This is not about Absalom 
wanting to restore his 

561
00:37:21,700 --> 00:37:25,900
relationship with his dad. 
This is Absalom wanting to 

562
00:37:25,900 --> 00:37:30,300
recover his Public Image. 
And what he's going to need for 

563
00:37:30,300 --> 00:37:36,200
the public image for his 
persuasion plan, is the approval

564
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:37,600
of his father, and he's not 
getting it. 

565
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:39,600
His father made no moves in two 
years. 

566
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:42,000
We learned already. 
That Absalom was a very patient,

567
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,900
man. 
He was willing to wait two years

568
00:37:43,900 --> 00:37:45,600
to kill. 
His brother is willing to wait, 

569
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:48,000
two years to see something 
happen with his father. 

570
00:37:48,100 --> 00:37:50,500
No sign of Hope. 
And so he's going to initiate 

571
00:37:50,500 --> 00:37:52,600
something and so he picks up the
phone. 

572
00:37:53,800 --> 00:38:00,100
He calls joab voice picks up. 
The phone again calls, joab 

573
00:38:00,900 --> 00:38:04,800
voicemail again after 22 times 
sending the servants. 

574
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:08,400
He realized this man is 
deliberately ignoring me. 

575
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:12,800
He wants nothing to do with me. 
I read that today and I thought 

576
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:16,600
to myself, I joab. 
Why after going to Such Great 

577
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:20,200
Lengths, to convince the king, 
to bring your son back to 

578
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:25,000
Jerusalem, would you not 
continue the process and bring 

579
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:29,600
David and Absalom back together 
without tension without 

580
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:34,600
separation? 
Why do you think job is not 

581
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:47,900
answering the phone? 
Yeah, this is a very tricky 

582
00:38:47,900 --> 00:38:50,000
situation. 
It's clear that David doesn't 

583
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:53,400
want to even entertain the 
thought of apps on becoming the 

584
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:56,600
heir to the throne. 
I just, I did, what? 

585
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,300
I could up to this point. 
I don't want to get involved 

586
00:38:58,300 --> 00:38:59,700
with it. 
That could be true. 

587
00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:25,400
Yes. 
Yeah, maybe this was enough to 

588
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:29,200
satisfy David struggle. 
He's in close proximity. 

589
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:30,700
That's enough. 
I've done my job. 

590
00:39:30,700 --> 00:39:34,900
There's no need to to try to 
advance or make this more 

591
00:39:35,100 --> 00:39:39,200
heartfelt than it needs to be. 
Perhaps we're not told why job 

592
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:42,700
is not answering the phone, but 
one thing I do know about his 

593
00:39:42,700 --> 00:39:45,100
neglect is that he was not 
really concerned about true 

594
00:39:45,100 --> 00:39:47,700
reconciliation, between David 
and his son. 

595
00:39:48,900 --> 00:39:52,400
He was he was not about actually
there being some kind of 

596
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:57,700
restorative work, he could care 
less and it could be that what 

597
00:39:57,700 --> 00:40:00,600
he really had in mind. 
I mean we can speculate right? 

598
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:03,300
But it could be that what job 
was doing was a military 

599
00:40:03,300 --> 00:40:06,900
strategy more than anything else
that he was concerned of 

600
00:40:06,900 --> 00:40:12,300
absalom's distance and not being
aware of his movements and so he

601
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,500
fulfills that ancient adage 
right. 

602
00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:20,400
Keep your friends close but who 
closer Your enemies closer. 

603
00:40:21,700 --> 00:40:25,200
Let's just bring them close 
enough so that we can supervise 

604
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:29,400
him, but we don't need to make 
this whole thing about 

605
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:33,100
reconciliation and having each 
other over again, just, let's 

606
00:40:33,100 --> 00:40:36,400
just have him near so that we 
can watch him and make sure they

607
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,800
didn't cause any trouble that 
could be very true as well. 

608
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,300
But you know what? 
I find kind of funny that job 

609
00:40:42,300 --> 00:40:47,900
after trying to convince David 
to bring Absalom back. 

610
00:40:50,100 --> 00:40:54,400
Ends up being annoyed. 
But it is very same person that 

611
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:59,800
he attempted to Bring back. 
And it goes to show that 

612
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:03,500
man-made philosophy in human 
wisdom and cleverness, never 

613
00:41:03,500 --> 00:41:07,200
brings about true. 
Resolution it only agitates 

614
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:12,800
things and only frustrates 
things and only brings more pain

615
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:15,800
than anything else and Bob's 
going to learn that lesson in 

616
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:17,600
the more Grievous way in a 
second here. 

617
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:22,200
So this was all jobs idea. 
Now, joab is paying the price 

618
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:25,800
for his idea because he's being 
harassed by Absalom. 

619
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:30,700
And so we already seeing early 
signs that this was not a good 

620
00:41:30,700 --> 00:41:32,300
idea. 
If you had just stuck with God's

621
00:41:32,300 --> 00:41:35,300
word, you would have nipped this
thing, but now it's taking on 

622
00:41:35,300 --> 00:41:38,200
its own life. 
Now it's germinating and it's 

623
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:40,800
spreading and it's about to get 
out of control. 

624
00:41:43,300 --> 00:41:45,700
And look what happens. 
Next, this is what happens when 

625
00:41:45,700 --> 00:41:49,700
you don't answer your phone. 
And absalom's, life and Absalom 

626
00:41:49,700 --> 00:41:53,300
is worldview and verse 30. 
Then he said to his servants, 

627
00:41:53,300 --> 00:41:58,300
ejobs feel this next to mine, 
and he has barley there, go and 

628
00:41:58,300 --> 00:42:04,100
set it on fire. 
What how can we make that 

629
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,500
equivalent and relevant today? 
Okay, you didn't answer my 

630
00:42:06,500 --> 00:42:08,200
phone. 
Pastor, Daniel, it's been it's 

631
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:11,200
been two days. 
I'm gonna have somebody break 

632
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:13,800
into your car. 
That will get your attention and

633
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:16,500
leave a note. 
Answer my phone calls. 

634
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:17,900
That's essentially what's 
happening. 

635
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:26,700
He sets the Mansfield on fire. 
And that gets his attention job 

636
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:29,900
all for something appears, 
right? 

637
00:42:29,900 --> 00:42:32,900
All of a sudden he's there. 
He makes his way to absalom's 

638
00:42:32,900 --> 00:42:37,300
home and he asked the question. 
Then job arose and went to 

639
00:42:37,300 --> 00:42:38,700
Absalom at his house and set 
them. 

640
00:42:38,700 --> 00:42:42,700
Why have your servants set? 
My field on fire. 

641
00:42:43,700 --> 00:42:45,200
It goes to show what kind of 
man? 

642
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:49,100
Absalom was it just gives us 
another hint of how he deals 

643
00:42:49,100 --> 00:42:51,700
with issues and how he gets what
he wants. 

644
00:42:52,100 --> 00:42:59,100
He's spoiled He's not patient, 
he's Easily Aggravated and when 

645
00:42:59,100 --> 00:43:02,700
he doesn't get his way, he will 
do whatever he needs to do to 

646
00:43:02,700 --> 00:43:06,300
get his way. 
And it worked at least in a 

647
00:43:06,300 --> 00:43:12,100
carnal way job comes and he 
asked what he wants and as 

648
00:43:12,100 --> 00:43:16,200
Despicable as these actions are 
they do testify something about 

649
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:19,700
human nature, does it? 
Not and I'm not talking about 

650
00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:24,200
how like Absalom people become 
insensitive when there's 

651
00:43:24,300 --> 00:43:26,500
Squeezed. 
And when they don't have what 

652
00:43:26,500 --> 00:43:28,300
they really, really want not 
talking about that. 

653
00:43:28,300 --> 00:43:32,300
I'm actually talking about joab.
Saying, what do you mean? 

654
00:43:34,700 --> 00:43:39,600
It was Spurgeon, of course. 
Who made the masterful 

655
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:47,200
observation concerning joab. 
That when God tries to get our 

656
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:51,000
attention and we don't answer 
him, he often sends fires to get

657
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:58,700
our attention. 
And so he takes this example and

658
00:43:58,700 --> 00:44:01,200
he applies it to our 
relationship with God. 

659
00:44:03,300 --> 00:44:05,700
And one might say well how can 
you apply this to God? 

660
00:44:05,700 --> 00:44:08,600
What Absalom did was wrong, it 
was evil. 

661
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:13,400
It's arson. 
Well the only reason why what 

662
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:16,800
Absalom did was wrong was 
because he burned someone else's

663
00:44:16,900 --> 00:44:19,400
property. 
The differences with God, he 

664
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:23,900
owns everything. 
Everything you have. 

665
00:44:24,900 --> 00:44:29,800
Belongs to God, whether you 
admit it or not, it's his, he 

666
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:33,100
gives and he takes away. 
And with that truth, we say 

667
00:44:33,100 --> 00:44:37,200
blessed be the name of the Lord.
And so when God does send things

668
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:42,000
that make us uncomfortable or 
that seems unfair that seems 

669
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:47,800
Counterintuitive to our desires.
Who's Lord here. 

670
00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:54,500
He's Lord. 
And I thought it was a brilliant

671
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:59,800
observation to say, yes, it is 
true that you and I are capable 

672
00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:03,800
of deviating from God. 
Walking away from God, ignoring 

673
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:06,400
God. 
And when he makes appeals to us 

674
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:10,200
over and over again through his 
grace, through his Messengers 

675
00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:15,600
through nudges, and we still 
keep our back toward him, he 

676
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:18,900
will send some trials, he will 
afflict us. 

677
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:24,400
He will allow the alarms to go 
off in life so that you can come

678
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:27,500
where you are supposed to remain
in that is before him. 

679
00:45:30,900 --> 00:45:34,900
And job, exemplifies that. 
You know, the scripture warns us

680
00:45:34,900 --> 00:45:38,000
just in case you think that this
is reading too much into this 

681
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:39,400
story. 
The scripture warns us in many 

682
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:46,400
ways of how when you and I 
choose to be headstrong, God has

683
00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:53,200
in his arsenal of wisdom. 
Very interesting means to make 

684
00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:59,200
us seek him again. 
Joab stubbornness here, though. 

685
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:03,400
We can justify it is not 
justified in our walk with the 

686
00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:06,300
Lord. 
When we neglect his presence, 

687
00:46:06,300 --> 00:46:11,500
when we neglect his duty, if you
really belong to him, he will 

688
00:46:11,500 --> 00:46:15,200
discipline you for the sole 
purpose of bringing, you back to

689
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:19,500
him and then you again, walking 
in his plan and purpose as a 

690
00:46:19,500 --> 00:46:22,900
priority. 
If you are a sinner who is not a

691
00:46:22,908 --> 00:46:26,300
child of God, do you know what 
one of the evidences is that you

692
00:46:26,300 --> 00:46:28,300
do not belong. 
NG to him, you will continue to 

693
00:46:28,300 --> 00:46:29,700
sin and God will leave you 
alone. 

694
00:46:31,700 --> 00:46:35,800
You'll continue to ignore him 
and go weeks and months without 

695
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:38,800
spending time with him without 
being in the house of God. 

696
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:41,700
And one of the signs that you 
are an illegitimate child. 

697
00:46:41,800 --> 00:46:47,500
Is that you will prosper. 
And that you will go on without 

698
00:46:47,500 --> 00:46:51,600
any divine intervention for the 
sole purpose of bringing back to

699
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:57,400
his Chambers. 
And if you want proof of that, 

700
00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:59,200
here's one of the strongest 
examples. 

701
00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:06,900
In Psalm 32 The verse 9. 
Here's the instruction from 

702
00:47:06,900 --> 00:47:11,400
David funny enough in the 
context of confessing his sin. 

703
00:47:12,500 --> 00:47:16,000
And people believe, Psalm 32 is 
the psalm that David wrote, 

704
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:19,500
before, he confessed his sin 
after Nathan confronted him. 

705
00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:24,500
Psalm 51 is attributed to 
David's confession, people 

706
00:47:24,500 --> 00:47:26,700
believe. 
Psalm 32 is attributed to that 

707
00:47:26,700 --> 00:47:30,000
period where he was concealing, 
his sin and refused to come 

708
00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:32,200
before God. 
And look what we read here, in 

709
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:37,100
verse 9, be not like a horse or 
a mule without understanding, 

710
00:47:37,900 --> 00:47:42,000
which must be curbed with bit 
and bridle, or it will not stay 

711
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:48,300
near you. 
He alludes to to Stubborn 

712
00:47:48,300 --> 00:47:54,200
animals horses or mules that 
tend to go off in their own way.

713
00:47:55,500 --> 00:48:00,400
That tend to not stay in place 
but become independent very 

714
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:05,600
easily and wander off. 
And he's saying, please don't be

715
00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:07,800
like that. 
Don't be stubborn like that 

716
00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:14,200
because those kind of animals 
require instruments to Anchor 

717
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:17,600
them and to keep them and to 
bring them where the owner would

718
00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:23,100
want them to be. 
Or else they won't stay near 

719
00:48:23,100 --> 00:48:26,700
you. 
And unfortunately this this 

720
00:48:26,700 --> 00:48:30,500
verse describes a category of 
the children of God not all 

721
00:48:30,500 --> 00:48:33,200
children of God but he category 
of the children of God. 

722
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:38,000
We're the only way they can 
actually stay near God is when 

723
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:42,600
they are enduring a tragedy. 
The only way their prayer life 

724
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:45,600
survives is if there are 
problems. 

725
00:48:47,100 --> 00:48:50,200
The only way they become serious
about serving the lord is when 

726
00:48:50,200 --> 00:48:53,500
they come into contact with the 
fickleness of life and the 

727
00:48:53,500 --> 00:48:56,400
brevity of their existence. 
And they come, they come into 

728
00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:59,500
contact with something that 
shakes them and terrifies them 

729
00:48:59,700 --> 00:49:02,600
and hurts them. 
Even that is the only time where

730
00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:04,500
they're serious about their 
spirituality. 

731
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:10,500
And here's what we can this 
that's this is an inside but 

732
00:49:10,500 --> 00:49:12,900
there's also an application 
because she's saying don't be 

733
00:49:12,900 --> 00:49:15,700
like that, you know what? 
That tells me that every single 

734
00:49:15,700 --> 00:49:21,000
one of us here have the ability 
to reduce certain trials. 

735
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:25,100
And sufferings, By doing one 
simple thing. 

736
00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:28,800
You ready for this staying near 
God when all is well. 

737
00:49:32,500 --> 00:49:33,900
What? 
This verse tells me is that 

738
00:49:33,900 --> 00:49:39,200
there are prescribed problems 
ordained and signed off in 

739
00:49:39,200 --> 00:49:43,600
heaven. 
That I can avoid if I spleen 

740
00:49:43,600 --> 00:49:47,600
know how to walk with Jesus when
all is well. 

741
00:49:48,500 --> 00:49:56,400
Not only when all is hell. but 
when all is well, and if you are

742
00:49:56,400 --> 00:50:02,500
a person that only knows how to 
hit their knees, Because you 

743
00:50:02,500 --> 00:50:05,300
know that something is happening
or something is about to happen 

744
00:50:05,300 --> 00:50:09,300
and it's not in your favor. 
Then expect a lifetime of 

745
00:50:09,900 --> 00:50:14,900
bridles and bits being placed 
upon you by loving God. 

746
00:50:14,900 --> 00:50:21,900
In order to keep you near him. 
I don't want that, I don't 

747
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,300
object to God's Sovereign ways 
in my life. 

748
00:50:24,300 --> 00:50:29,000
But if there is a way in which I
can avoid unnecessary discipline

749
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:33,800
than Lord, teach me to love you 
and to serve you and to know you

750
00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:37,300
and to pursue you even when 
nothing is going wrong. 

751
00:50:37,900 --> 00:50:41,400
See what God wants from us is 
more than just an emergency kind

752
00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:44,400
of relationship. 
He wants more than that. 

753
00:50:45,100 --> 00:50:48,200
Now, many people have reduced 
their walk with the Lord to that

754
00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:52,300
that that's not going to fly 
with God if you really belong to

755
00:50:52,300 --> 00:50:54,000
him. 
If you're truly a child of God, 

756
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:59,600
he will know how to implement 
the exact thing you need to make

757
00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:05,400
you crawl back to him if need be
And so enjoyed. 

758
00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:10,000
In an indirect way is an example
of job. 

759
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:13,400
I need you job. 
You haven't spent time with me 

760
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:15,700
job. 
It's been a while since you've 

761
00:51:15,700 --> 00:51:19,600
come to the house of God job, 
you haven't served me with your 

762
00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:21,400
gifts yet. 
You want to make more money than

763
00:51:21,400 --> 00:51:24,200
you want to make more disciples 
as all right. 

764
00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:28,900
Here's a fire. 
Oh God, I'm here. 

765
00:51:28,900 --> 00:51:32,700
Now, I'm a I worship you. 
Almighty God, there is none like

766
00:51:32,700 --> 00:51:36,400
you can you extinguish this for 
me and he graciously does then a

767
00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:38,200
few months go by and there you 
are again. 

768
00:51:39,500 --> 00:51:41,800
Alright, let's set another field
on fire. 

769
00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:46,500
Oh Lord, I'm here again. 
Brothers, sisters, can you fast 

770
00:51:46,500 --> 00:51:48,800
and pray for me? 
Okay, let's do this. 

771
00:51:49,100 --> 00:51:51,500
What a, what a way to walk with 
Jesus. 

772
00:51:54,300 --> 00:51:56,600
That's not what God wants us. 
Not God's plan for you. 

773
00:51:56,700 --> 00:51:59,200
That doesn't mean we can't call 
upon him when times are tough. 

774
00:52:00,300 --> 00:52:02,600
But the call upon them only when
times are tough. 

775
00:52:04,500 --> 00:52:06,100
Is not why the Holy Spirit lives
in you. 

776
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:13,200
And so joab. 
Here's amount of verse 31. 

777
00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:15,500
Then job arose and went to 
Absalom at his house and set 

778
00:52:15,500 --> 00:52:17,500
them. 
Why have you have your servants 

779
00:52:17,500 --> 00:52:18,800
set? 
My field on fire, Absalom, 

780
00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:21,600
answer, job behold. 
I send word to you. 

781
00:52:21,700 --> 00:52:24,700
Come here that I may send you to
the king to ask. 

782
00:52:24,700 --> 00:52:29,200
Why have I come from Kishore? 
It would be better for me to be 

783
00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:31,700
there still. 
Now therefore, let me go into 

784
00:52:31,700 --> 00:52:35,600
the presence of the king and if 
there is guilt in me, let him 

785
00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:41,600
put me to death. 
Finally, drop comes into the 

786
00:52:41,600 --> 00:52:44,200
presence of Absalom. 
Here's the request plain and 

787
00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:46,400
simple. 
I want the presence of the king.

788
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:49,100
And again, this comes off as a 
noble desire, but we have every 

789
00:52:49,100 --> 00:52:52,700
right to question his motive and
what's more disturbing? 

790
00:52:53,700 --> 00:52:57,800
Than his desire to be in the 
king's presence is absalom's 

791
00:52:57,800 --> 00:53:03,900
personal and self-assessment of 
his status before the king 

792
00:53:04,200 --> 00:53:07,500
before the law before. 
God, did you catch it? 

793
00:53:07,500 --> 00:53:10,700
Look at the wording. 
What does he say? 

794
00:53:11,100 --> 00:53:17,900
At the last part of verse 32 and
if there is guilt in me, If 

795
00:53:17,900 --> 00:53:20,600
there is guilt. 
Hey, Absalom news, flash, there 

796
00:53:20,600 --> 00:53:23,900
is guilt in you. 
There's no ifs here. 

797
00:53:24,300 --> 00:53:27,900
There's no debate. 
Your murder cold-blooded. 

798
00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:32,900
How do you have the gall to even
make that a matter of debate? 

799
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:38,300
If there is any guilt in me 
you're guilty and everyone knows

800
00:53:38,300 --> 00:53:41,400
it. 
And what this shows is that 

801
00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:44,800
Absalom really believe that he 
was justified in murdering his 

802
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:51,400
half-brother like he actually 
was comforted by fulfilling his 

803
00:53:51,400 --> 00:53:59,400
murderous and vicious desires. 
And that kind of self-deception 

804
00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:03,200
and self-righteousness might 
work with a man, like King 

805
00:54:03,200 --> 00:54:06,500
David, but it will not work with
the King of Kings. 

806
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:12,700
It won't. 
Unlike absolem in order for us 

807
00:54:12,700 --> 00:54:16,400
to be recovered. 
Into the presence of God and to 

808
00:54:16,400 --> 00:54:20,900
no reconciliation with God. 
We must be honest. 

809
00:54:22,700 --> 00:54:24,800
About what it is. 
That separates us from God? 

810
00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:32,300
God requires honesty. 
And people, usually quote verses

811
00:54:32,300 --> 00:54:35,000
but they chop up those versus 
not realizing the full 

812
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:38,900
implication of what those 
verses, especially promises 

813
00:54:39,300 --> 00:54:43,100
entail. 
So here's one, he is faithful 

814
00:54:43,100 --> 00:54:45,100
and just to forgive our sins and
to cleanse us from all 

815
00:54:45,100 --> 00:54:47,600
unrighteousness, right? 
Hey man, we love that. 

816
00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:50,100
I love that. 
That should make us sing but you

817
00:54:50,100 --> 00:54:52,500
forgot the first part. 
What was the first part? 

818
00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:57,000
If we confess, if we confess our
sins, he is faithful. 

819
00:54:57,100 --> 00:54:59,500
And just to forgive us, our sins
and to cleanse us from all 

820
00:54:59,500 --> 00:55:01,800
unrighteousness. 
There's a there's a contingency 

821
00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:06,200
here. 
God's faithfulness to forgive us

822
00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:10,400
and to cleanse us depends upon 
our willingness to confess our 

823
00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:12,800
sins. 
No confession. 

824
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:15,800
No forgiveness. 
No confession, no 

825
00:55:15,800 --> 00:55:19,800
reconciliation. 
He waits Upon Our confession and

826
00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:26,600
confession requires honesty. 
Honesty. 

827
00:55:27,500 --> 00:55:33,100
God, this is what I am. 
This is what I've done. 

828
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:38,500
Will you forgive me? 
See when we blame others. 

829
00:55:38,500 --> 00:55:42,900
For our own sins. 
We nullify the potential grace 

830
00:55:42,900 --> 00:55:45,000
of God being poured out on us. 
Why? 

831
00:55:45,800 --> 00:55:48,700
Because God wants to forgive 
you. 

832
00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:53,100
And if you don't confess what 
you have done, but projected on 

833
00:55:53,100 --> 00:55:55,700
others, God is willing to 
forgive them if they confess, 

834
00:55:55,700 --> 00:56:00,100
but he won't forgive you. 
So, you must be honest before 

835
00:56:00,100 --> 00:56:03,100
God. 
And this is what Absalom lacked,

836
00:56:03,100 --> 00:56:06,300
obviously. 
And he wasn't just dishonest 

837
00:56:06,300 --> 00:56:09,500
about his sin. 
He was dishonest about his honor

838
00:56:09,500 --> 00:56:11,700
to the king. 
Look, what happens verse 33, 

839
00:56:11,700 --> 00:56:14,700
then job went to the king and 
told him and he summoned 

840
00:56:14,700 --> 00:56:17,700
Absalom. 
So he came to the king and bowed

841
00:56:17,700 --> 00:56:20,400
himself on his face to the 
ground before the king and the 

842
00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:25,100
King kissed Absalom. 
What a showman, he bowed himself

843
00:56:25,100 --> 00:56:27,500
to the king and he shows honor 
to the king. 

844
00:56:27,500 --> 00:56:29,900
You know, what's happening in 
his heart, bitterness against 

845
00:56:29,900 --> 00:56:31,500
the very same men that he's 
bowing before. 

846
00:56:32,500 --> 00:56:34,700
In the very last chapter, he's 
going to conspire against his 

847
00:56:34,700 --> 00:56:39,600
father and attempt to kill him 
and all his other potential 

848
00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:43,400
threats. 
Bitterness in his heart 

849
00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:47,900
justification for his sin and he
has the audacity to come and 

850
00:56:48,400 --> 00:56:52,300
bring homage to him. 
And David couldn't see past. 

851
00:56:52,300 --> 00:56:57,600
It David fell for it. 
But again, God sees what man 

852
00:56:57,600 --> 00:57:00,300
cannot see and before the Lord 
looks at our hands. 

853
00:57:00,300 --> 00:57:02,000
Our lips, our movements, our 
tears. 

854
00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:05,200
He looks at our hearts and he 
evaluates everything based on 

855
00:57:05,200 --> 00:57:06,900
the hidden most parts of Who We 
Are. 

856
00:57:08,700 --> 00:57:12,300
Case though, it worked for King 
David, it would not work with 

857
00:57:12,300 --> 00:57:15,200
King Jesus and it's not 
difficult to contrast this 

858
00:57:15,500 --> 00:57:21,400
example before us. 
Of a son seeking restoration 

859
00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:25,500
with his father, seeking 
restoration with his status with

860
00:57:25,500 --> 00:57:28,600
a new testament. 
Favorite of many, The Prodigal 

861
00:57:28,600 --> 00:57:31,300
Son. 
The Prodigal Son. 

862
00:57:32,700 --> 00:57:34,800
Different in its own way. 
But similar, one of the 

863
00:57:34,800 --> 00:57:38,500
similarities is in this real 
story and in that people you 

864
00:57:38,500 --> 00:57:42,100
have a kiss from a father for 
his son. 

865
00:57:42,900 --> 00:57:47,600
David kisses Absalom in the 
parable of the prodigal son. 

866
00:57:47,600 --> 00:57:51,200
You have the father who leaps on
the neck of his son and kisses 

867
00:57:51,200 --> 00:57:52,500
him. 
Here's the difference. 

868
00:57:53,100 --> 00:57:55,200
One is legitimate. 
The other is illegitimate. 

869
00:57:58,600 --> 00:58:01,400
One is true restoration. 
The other is empty. 

870
00:58:03,600 --> 00:58:09,000
And instead of ending this Bible
study, looking at how we can 

871
00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:12,200
fail to receive Restoration in 
our relationship with God. 

872
00:58:12,400 --> 00:58:15,100
Let's look at how we can. 
So, let's end this Bible study 

873
00:58:15,100 --> 00:58:18,000
in, Luke chapter 15. 
And I want you to see something 

874
00:58:18,400 --> 00:58:21,900
that I hope will bless you, will
bless the believer bless the 

875
00:58:21,900 --> 00:58:26,900
non-believer. 
In Luke chapter 15. 

876
00:58:26,900 --> 00:58:29,000
Let's go to verse 17. 
I wish we can read the whole 

877
00:58:29,000 --> 00:58:39,600
thing but we won't be able to 
Luke 15 verse 17, the sun 

878
00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:41,000
already asked for his 
inheritance. 

879
00:58:41,100 --> 00:58:44,600
He went to spoil all that he had
received from his father. 

880
00:58:45,700 --> 00:58:50,000
A drought comes, he loses 
everything and he's now at the 

881
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:54,600
level of pigs. and something 
happens to this young man in 

882
00:58:54,600 --> 00:58:58,800
verse 17, but when he came to 
himself, when he came to 

883
00:58:58,800 --> 00:59:02,400
himself, he said, how many of my
father's hired servants have 

884
00:59:02,400 --> 00:59:05,300
more than enough bread but I 
perish here with my Hunger. 

885
00:59:07,900 --> 00:59:12,600
You won't even begin to realize 
your need for God Until you 

886
00:59:12,600 --> 00:59:14,800
realize how destitute you are 
right now. 

887
00:59:16,200 --> 00:59:21,900
And that is why when we present 
the truth, We don't just tell 

888
00:59:21,900 --> 00:59:25,000
people about a loving God, 
right? 

889
00:59:25,800 --> 00:59:29,200
Because how they interpret that 
is, well, that's great. 

890
00:59:29,200 --> 00:59:31,300
I think I have room for this 
loving God. 

891
00:59:33,200 --> 00:59:35,300
No, you have to remind them of 
their filth. 

892
00:59:37,400 --> 00:59:39,900
And that they are not children 
of God that needs to make more 

893
00:59:39,900 --> 00:59:43,000
time for Daddy. 
They are Rebels. 

894
00:59:44,000 --> 00:59:48,100
They're under the wrath of God. 
They will be judged for 

895
00:59:48,100 --> 00:59:52,500
eternity, and there is only one 
savior who can rescue them from 

896
00:59:52,500 --> 00:59:55,700
such a place and such a future 
in such a faith. 

897
00:59:56,700 --> 01:00:00,100
This man realize his destitute 
condition but look what he says.

898
01:00:00,100 --> 01:00:04,800
In verse 18, I will arise and go
to my father and I will say to 

899
01:00:04,800 --> 01:00:06,700
him. 
Father, I have sinned against 

900
01:00:06,700 --> 01:00:10,100
heaven and before you, I am no 
longer worthy to be called your 

901
01:00:10,100 --> 01:00:12,700
son treat me as one of your 
hired servants. 

902
01:00:13,100 --> 01:00:14,800
What is beautiful about that 
confession? 

903
01:00:19,400 --> 01:00:22,100
Humility is displayed in. 
What ways, humility displayed in

904
01:00:22,100 --> 01:00:27,900
this confession. 
Yeah, don't treat me the way. 

905
01:00:28,600 --> 01:00:30,400
Don't treat me as a son. 
I'm not even with abuse and 

906
01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:32,000
that's one. 
But the point that I'm trying to

907
01:00:32,000 --> 01:00:34,800
make is the omission of 
something in this confession, 

908
01:00:36,400 --> 01:00:38,000
what is omitted in his 
confession? 

909
01:00:41,300 --> 01:00:42,400
Yeah, heaven. 
And you that's great. 

910
01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:44,000
Yeah. 
But what is missing in this that

911
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:51,300
is usually present in our 
confessions Excuses excuses. 

912
01:00:52,700 --> 01:00:57,500
The Bots and the IFS. 
Laura, father, I have sinned 

913
01:00:57,500 --> 01:01:00,600
against you, but look, I mean, 
young, man, my hormones, get out

914
01:01:00,600 --> 01:01:02,900
of control. 
Sometimes, I just didn't see how

915
01:01:02,900 --> 01:01:05,000
this would all, and I didn't 
realize it disrespect. 

916
01:01:05,000 --> 01:01:08,800
I was showing you, you know, 
just boys will be boys, right? 

917
01:01:08,800 --> 01:01:11,400
Father, you get it is right. 
You were a boy wants, none of 

918
01:01:11,400 --> 01:01:14,800
that stuff. 
None of that stuff. 

919
01:01:15,800 --> 01:01:19,200
It was partially his fault. 
She has a part of the planet. 

920
01:01:19,300 --> 01:01:21,100
Nothing. 
I have sinned. 

921
01:01:21,600 --> 01:01:23,200
Plain and simple. 
I'm wrong. 

922
01:01:23,200 --> 01:01:27,600
I'm guilty. 
That is what moves the heart of 

923
01:01:27,600 --> 01:01:32,500
God, that kind of humility, that
kind of honesty and that is 

924
01:01:32,500 --> 01:01:34,400
required. 
Just like in absalom's case, 

925
01:01:34,500 --> 01:01:36,800
right? 
He was missing that honesty. 

926
01:01:37,700 --> 01:01:39,700
And what what is needed to even 
know. 

927
01:01:39,700 --> 01:01:43,300
The first steps of 
reconciliation with God is just 

928
01:01:43,300 --> 01:01:47,300
that that transparency, that 
humility that has not tried to 

929
01:01:47,300 --> 01:01:50,400
even justify one part of Who You
Are. 

930
01:01:51,200 --> 01:01:54,800
But just comes as you are but 
look at the second thing where 

931
01:01:54,800 --> 01:01:58,400
did the sun say he would go when
he realized where he was when he

932
01:01:58,400 --> 01:02:02,300
was awakened to the disaster of 
a life that he was in? 

933
01:02:03,600 --> 01:02:08,400
I will go where I will arise 
Verse 18 and go where to my 

934
01:02:08,400 --> 01:02:15,700
room, to my warm bed to my job. 
To my links, to my friends. 

935
01:02:16,300 --> 01:02:25,600
I will go where To my father. 
True Confession. 

936
01:02:26,900 --> 01:02:30,000
True. 
Repentance prioritises, the 

937
01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:32,800
relationship that you want with 
God. 

938
01:02:34,200 --> 01:02:38,900
That's true repentance. 
When people repent and say you 

939
01:02:38,900 --> 01:02:41,300
know I want to come back to my 
family. 

940
01:02:41,300 --> 01:02:43,200
That's a fringe thing. 
I want to come back to my 

941
01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:44,700
Christian Community, that's a 
French thing. 

942
01:02:44,700 --> 01:02:47,000
I want to come back to church, 
that's a French thing. 

943
01:02:47,200 --> 01:02:50,000
The first thing that you should 
be concerned about in your sin 

944
01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:52,200
and when you want to turn from 
your sin is I won't God. 

945
01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:55,900
I want him again. 
I want to walk with him again. 

946
01:02:55,900 --> 01:02:58,400
I want to know him again. 
I want his favor to shine upon 

947
01:02:58,400 --> 01:03:00,100
me again. 
I want to know that I'm pleasing

948
01:03:00,100 --> 01:03:03,500
him again. 
That is very much Miss and 

949
01:03:03,500 --> 01:03:05,300
people's confession and 
repentance. 

950
01:03:06,600 --> 01:03:09,000
I've seen it, I've heard it with
my own eyes, my own ears 

951
01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:12,600
throughout the years. 
You see people remorseful when 

952
01:03:12,600 --> 01:03:15,500
they are in the wrong and what 
do they tend to emphasize? 

953
01:03:15,900 --> 01:03:19,600
I hurt my wife, I hurt my kids. 
I lost my job. 

954
01:03:19,600 --> 01:03:22,200
I hurt my pastor. 
I hurt my fellowship. 

955
01:03:22,300 --> 01:03:24,600
That's fine. 
But you know, who's missing it? 

956
01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:28,400
All of that God, and it tends to
always be the case. 

957
01:03:28,500 --> 01:03:31,000
I very little hurt. 
When people come with 

958
01:03:31,000 --> 01:03:34,100
confession, I've broken God's 
heart in this. 

959
01:03:35,300 --> 01:03:37,700
And that is the complete 
opposite of what David shows in 

960
01:03:37,700 --> 01:03:43,000
Psalm 51 against you. 
And you only have, I sinned So 

961
01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:46,700
there's a worldly sorrow, right?
There's a worldly sorrow that 

962
01:03:46,700 --> 01:03:49,700
looks at the Earthly and 
horizontal consequences of are 

963
01:03:49,700 --> 01:03:51,500
wrong and there's a Godly 
sorrow. 

964
01:03:51,500 --> 01:03:53,700
And one of the signs of Godly 
sorrow is that, you know, you've

965
01:03:53,700 --> 01:03:59,300
offended God and you want to be 
restored to God. and here we see

966
01:03:59,300 --> 01:04:03,800
the product listing, I will go 
to my father I will go to my 

967
01:04:03,800 --> 01:04:09,400
father. and lastly, we see 
something that is important that

968
01:04:09,400 --> 01:04:15,000
it's maybe overlooked the sun 
actually got up and went look at

969
01:04:15,000 --> 01:04:18,800
verse 20, and he arose and came 
to his father, he rose and came 

970
01:04:18,800 --> 01:04:23,600
to his father. 
Some people up at honesty? 

971
01:04:25,000 --> 01:04:29,000
And self-awareness. 
Many people who are backslidden 

972
01:04:29,000 --> 01:04:33,800
and many people who are sinners.
They know they're in sin, they 

973
01:04:33,800 --> 01:04:36,600
know that they're in the wrong, 
they know that they're not in 

974
01:04:36,600 --> 01:04:40,100
the will of God, they know it. 
They tell themselves that they 

975
01:04:40,100 --> 01:04:42,400
come to a meeting like this. 
And after the service you talk 

976
01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:45,800
to him and say, are you doing, 
I'm not doing the best. 

977
01:04:45,800 --> 01:04:47,500
I've not in the will of God, and
they know that and they'll 

978
01:04:47,500 --> 01:04:52,900
confess that But God doesn't 
want you to stop there and 

979
01:04:52,900 --> 01:04:54,600
that's not what get it. 
That's not what's going to bring

980
01:04:54,600 --> 01:04:58,400
reconciliation to you. 
You have to actually make the 

981
01:04:58,400 --> 01:05:01,200
move and say, okay. 
Now I'm going to actually turn 

982
01:05:01,200 --> 01:05:04,700
from this thing that I'm 
wallowing in and make my way 

983
01:05:04,700 --> 01:05:09,000
before the presence of God. 
Right? 

984
01:05:09,000 --> 01:05:12,500
And so you can think about how 
you're wrong, you can rehearse 

985
01:05:12,500 --> 01:05:15,900
how you're in Disobedience, you 
can stay up all night, all you 

986
01:05:15,900 --> 01:05:17,500
want. 
But the thing that will change 

987
01:05:17,500 --> 01:05:18,900
is when you say okay enough is 
enough. 

988
01:05:18,900 --> 01:05:20,300
Now I got to actually come to 
him. 

989
01:05:23,900 --> 01:05:28,700
And speak to him and open my 
heart before him and spill 

990
01:05:28,700 --> 01:05:31,900
everything out and trust that he
will accept me and he will 

991
01:05:31,900 --> 01:05:35,000
accept you. 
It's not enough to know that you

992
01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:37,000
are in the wrong, it's time to 
repent. 

993
01:05:37,000 --> 01:05:40,100
And the way we know that he 
repents has as our brother said,

994
01:05:40,100 --> 01:05:42,700
he he tells himself when I come 
to him I'm going to say I'm 

995
01:05:42,700 --> 01:05:46,200
worthy to be called your son 
treat me as one of your 

996
01:05:46,200 --> 01:05:47,900
servants. 
You know how I translate that? 

997
01:05:50,000 --> 01:05:52,700
As I come to you do with me as 
you please. 

998
01:05:55,300 --> 01:05:59,400
Whatever you see fit for me. 
I will accept. 

999
01:06:00,300 --> 01:06:04,200
And you fashion me and you 
ordained for me, whatever you 

1000
01:06:04,200 --> 01:06:07,900
desire, because I tried doing it
my way, I tried orchestrating my

1001
01:06:07,900 --> 01:06:12,000
life according to my wisdom and 
my pleasures, and I failed, I 

1002
01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:15,400
come to you now. 
And the other translations, this

1003
01:06:15,400 --> 01:06:18,400
transition, the ESV says, treat 
me. 

1004
01:06:18,500 --> 01:06:22,400
Other translations say, make me 
Make me make me. 

1005
01:06:22,400 --> 01:06:31,300
Make me following humble honest.
Confession is genuine sincere 

1006
01:06:31,300 --> 01:06:33,000
repentance. 
And what repentance looks like 

1007
01:06:33,000 --> 01:06:35,300
is It's your way. 
Not mine. 

1008
01:06:35,600 --> 01:06:39,100
You tell me what to do. 
You tell me where to go? 

1009
01:06:39,700 --> 01:06:41,800
I'm no longer walking the way I 
want to walk. 

1010
01:06:42,100 --> 01:06:45,000
You are now The Sovereign Lord 
Of My Life. 

1011
01:06:46,300 --> 01:06:49,400
Grace, you Empower me to live 
and love you. 

1012
01:06:52,400 --> 01:06:55,700
That's True, Confession. 
And what do you have? 

1013
01:06:56,500 --> 01:07:00,000
You have a father who showed his
love? 

1014
01:07:01,500 --> 01:07:04,100
Embrace him didn't even let me 
finish his old presentation 

1015
01:07:04,100 --> 01:07:08,000
because the father knew his 
actions, the actions spoke 

1016
01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:10,700
louder than the words. 
He was not waiting for this 

1017
01:07:10,700 --> 01:07:12,900
elaborate speech. 
The fact that he came dragging 

1018
01:07:12,900 --> 01:07:16,900
his feet Was enough for the 
other to see past everything 

1019
01:07:16,900 --> 01:07:19,900
that he could have said he say 
you want to come back, don't 

1020
01:07:19,900 --> 01:07:24,800
you? 
And here's where we can end 

1021
01:07:24,800 --> 01:07:27,500
tonight that if there's anybody 
in this place, who desires, true

1022
01:07:27,500 --> 01:07:30,800
reconciliation with the anointed
one. 

1023
01:07:30,800 --> 01:07:34,900
The one that David points to the
son of David, the Messiah, the 

1024
01:07:34,900 --> 01:07:37,900
resurrected King who Reigns on 
high tonight. 

1025
01:07:38,700 --> 01:07:42,700
Here's what I call you to do. 
Be honest about your sin, in 

1026
01:07:42,700 --> 01:07:45,100
your condition, don't try to 
decorate. 

1027
01:07:45,100 --> 01:07:47,500
It don't try to lighten. 
The severity of it. 

1028
01:07:47,500 --> 01:07:51,100
Just come honest before, God, 
and as you come on us before 

1029
01:07:51,100 --> 01:07:58,400
God, Also come. 
To God is the object of your 

1030
01:07:58,400 --> 01:08:04,500
desire. 
And from there be willing and 

1031
01:08:04,500 --> 01:08:08,000
confess your willingness for God
to faction you and make you and 

1032
01:08:08,000 --> 01:08:14,000
do with you as he pleases. 
And you will know a legitimate 

1033
01:08:14,400 --> 01:08:18,899
comforting reassuring Embrace 
from God. 

1034
01:08:19,600 --> 01:08:23,200
That was Secure you and 
overwhelm you with his Mercy, in

1035
01:08:23,200 --> 01:08:27,000
a way that will motivate you to 
live holy unlike anything else. 

1036
01:08:28,899 --> 01:08:31,399
David gives This Kiss of 
approval to Absalom. 

1037
01:08:33,300 --> 01:08:35,000
And it will really be the kiss 
of death. 

1038
01:08:37,200 --> 01:08:39,300
Because that's all Absalom 
needed. 

1039
01:08:41,399 --> 01:08:45,399
To continue with his agenda, to 
persuade, a nation to come 

1040
01:08:45,399 --> 01:08:51,700
against his father. 
Aren't you glad? 

1041
01:08:53,000 --> 01:08:55,800
That is great of a man. 
David was our God is greater 

1042
01:08:58,800 --> 01:09:01,300
People wonder what is the point 
of 1st, Samuel, second, Samuel 

1043
01:09:01,500 --> 01:09:07,000
Kings Kings, awesome story 
practice, but every time you and

1044
01:09:07,000 --> 01:09:10,500
I face a king, no matter how 
great or treacherous they were, 

1045
01:09:11,000 --> 01:09:14,100
it's to remind us. 
Every King will fail. 

1046
01:09:14,100 --> 01:09:17,000
You, every leader will let you 
down. 

1047
01:09:17,300 --> 01:09:20,700
No matter how powerful, no 
matter how impressive, no matter

1048
01:09:20,700 --> 01:09:24,600
how beautiful, no matter how 
wise, no matter how strategic, 

1049
01:09:24,600 --> 01:09:27,300
no matter how prosperous, no 
matter how administrative they 

1050
01:09:27,300 --> 01:09:30,100
are, they will fall. 
A short and it's supposed to 

1051
01:09:30,100 --> 01:09:34,200
cause in you and ache to say, is
there not a perfect King? 

1052
01:09:34,800 --> 01:09:38,000
Is there not a true king? 
That will be lasting in his 

1053
01:09:38,000 --> 01:09:41,100
righteousness consistent with 
his character, promising with 

1054
01:09:41,100 --> 01:09:45,200
his provision and example that I
can follow someone that I can 

1055
01:09:45,200 --> 01:09:47,399
worship. 
I remember being on a flight in 

1056
01:09:47,407 --> 01:09:50,399
my early years of walking with 
the Lord and had a friend beside

1057
01:09:50,399 --> 01:09:51,200
me. 
We were coming from a 

1058
01:09:51,200 --> 01:09:53,600
conference, all those were the 
days, man. 

1059
01:09:57,400 --> 01:10:01,600
If you're a young in here, can I
just give you some advice if 

1060
01:10:01,600 --> 01:10:04,000
you're young in here and you 
have not yet entered into the 

1061
01:10:04,000 --> 01:10:06,700
chapter of life where you have 
more responsibilities than as a 

1062
01:10:06,700 --> 01:10:10,900
single person does? 
Or student does not. 

1063
01:10:11,000 --> 01:10:12,500
Like, I'm not negating. 
The fact you have 

1064
01:10:12,500 --> 01:10:14,100
responsibilities. 
Can I tell you something? 

1065
01:10:14,100 --> 01:10:16,600
Take advantage of that season of
life. 

1066
01:10:18,100 --> 01:10:20,400
Grab a handful of brothers or 
sisters. 

1067
01:10:20,500 --> 01:10:25,300
Just go hard after God. 
Like, just go to go to those 

1068
01:10:25,300 --> 01:10:28,300
conferences, get in the car and 
drive to another state for the 

1069
01:10:28,300 --> 01:10:30,500
sole purpose of worshipping, 
God, and being with God's 

1070
01:10:30,500 --> 01:10:34,800
people, serve with everything 
within you, just go for it. 

1071
01:10:35,600 --> 01:10:40,900
I praise God for those times. 
Anyways, menacing We're flying 

1072
01:10:40,900 --> 01:10:44,300
back from a conference on good 
old Spirit Airlines. 

1073
01:10:47,800 --> 01:10:51,200
And as we're flying back into 
Canada, I looked over to my 

1074
01:10:51,200 --> 01:10:53,900
friend and he had tears in his 
eyes and he had his Bible open 

1075
01:10:53,900 --> 01:10:56,200
before him with whatever tray 
was there. 

1076
01:10:58,500 --> 01:11:00,500
So what's wrong? 
Because I'm reading first and 

1077
01:11:00,500 --> 01:11:06,300
second Kings said, okay because 
just failure after failure. 

1078
01:11:08,800 --> 01:11:13,900
Disappointment after 
disappointment. one botched 

1079
01:11:13,900 --> 01:11:18,700
leader, following the next We 
look at each other we said, 

1080
01:11:18,800 --> 01:11:22,700
well, isn't that the point? 
We serve one who will never fail

1081
01:11:22,700 --> 01:11:26,100
us. 
Whose constant who is the same? 

1082
01:11:26,200 --> 01:11:28,000
Who will rule and reign in 
righteousness? 

1083
01:11:30,200 --> 01:11:34,200
Who will order his steps and 
determine his Direction in such 

1084
01:11:34,200 --> 01:11:35,800
a manner? 
That no one can point and find 

1085
01:11:35,800 --> 01:11:37,700
fault in him. 
That is the king that we serve. 

1086
01:11:38,600 --> 01:11:41,400
And as you hear this Bible 
study, as we prepare to even go 

1087
01:11:41,400 --> 01:11:44,400
into First Kings and second 
Kings in a few weeks and months,

1088
01:11:44,800 --> 01:11:47,900
let that be the banner of that 
Bible study. 

1089
01:11:48,600 --> 01:11:51,600
There is one true king who is 
alive and well and will return 

1090
01:11:51,600 --> 01:11:53,400
very soon. 
And when he comes he will say, 

1091
01:11:53,400 --> 01:11:55,800
ah, here he is the one that 
we've been waiting for. 

1092
01:11:56,500 --> 01:11:57,900
Well, we do love you and we 
thank you. 

1093
01:11:58,300 --> 01:12:02,500
We worship you tonight with so 
much that has been said, We do 

1094
01:12:02,500 --> 01:12:07,100
not pray now. 
With absent-mindedness, we are 

1095
01:12:07,100 --> 01:12:10,300
fully aware of every word that 
was uttered. 

1096
01:12:10,300 --> 01:12:15,600
Every Insight that was shared. 
Lord. 

1097
01:12:15,600 --> 01:12:20,600
We look at you as the true and 
living King and we are happy 

1098
01:12:20,900 --> 01:12:25,300
blessed to know. 
That you are, unlike any other 

1099
01:12:27,700 --> 01:12:29,000
Lord. 
If there's anyone here who has 

1100
01:12:29,000 --> 01:12:32,300
made a commitment to compromise.
If there's anyone here who is 

1101
01:12:32,500 --> 01:12:38,000
entertaining that commitment due
to small and meaningless 

1102
01:12:38,000 --> 01:12:40,800
compensation. 
But if there's anyone who is 

1103
01:12:40,800 --> 01:12:43,300
now, experiencing the 
complications of compromise, 

1104
01:12:43,300 --> 01:12:45,300
may, they know. 
Now, may they know at this very 

1105
01:12:45,300 --> 01:12:49,900
instant that they can change, 
the course can be altered. 

1106
01:12:51,500 --> 01:12:54,400
And look, there's anyone here 
who knows that they are in the 

1107
01:12:54,400 --> 01:12:58,100
wrong but they don't know how to
make the way back to you. 

1108
01:12:59,500 --> 01:13:04,100
O, Lord, May The Prodigal Son. 
Be our model it made me realize 

1109
01:13:04,100 --> 01:13:08,200
that all you require is honesty.
And all you ask is for us to 

1110
01:13:08,200 --> 01:13:09,700
make you the object of our 
desire. 

1111
01:13:09,700 --> 01:13:12,900
And all you look for is for us 
to say, make me as you would 

1112
01:13:12,900 --> 01:13:15,400
make me, treat me as you would 
treat me. 

1113
01:13:17,200 --> 01:13:21,000
And Lord made that same person 
be comforted to realize that the

1114
01:13:21,300 --> 01:13:24,300
experience of that prodigal son,
is our inheritance as well in 

1115
01:13:24,308 --> 01:13:27,100
the gospel that you will Embrace
us. 

1116
01:13:27,300 --> 01:13:31,000
You will clothe us and you will 
see Celebrate our repentance. 

1117
01:13:34,100 --> 01:13:36,300
Well, we do worship you tonight.
We thank you for what you have 

1118
01:13:36,300 --> 01:13:38,900
said to us. 
Now we say back to you how much 

1119
01:13:38,900 --> 01:13:40,900
we love you and song. 
More importantly in The Way We 

1120
01:13:40,900 --> 01:13:43,600
Live Help Us by your grace in 
Jesus name. 

1121
01:13:44,000 --> 01:13:45,500
Amen. 
Let's stand together and 

1122
01:13:45,500 --> 01:13:46,000
closing.