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Well, meet me in First Kings 
together in chapter one. 

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First Kings Chapter one, the 
book of First Kings was 

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originally combined with the 
book of Second Kings as a single

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unit and it was called Kings and
it is still called Kings in the 

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Hebrew Bible in the Tanakh. 
But it wasn't until the 

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subtuagent, the Greek 
translation of the Hebrew Bible 

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that a division occurred with 
this lengthy text and we 

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received 1st and 2nd Kings. 
And that was followed by 

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subsequent translations all the 
way up to our English 

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translations and it's just 
stayed that way. 

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But if you look at the Jewish 
Bible, you'll see it as one 

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entire actual book called Kings.
Now, the Book of Kings, First 

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Kings. 
There's dispute about who 

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authored it, but the popular 
opinion is that Jeremiah the 

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prophet was the one who penned 
and recorded this archive. 

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And though the author might be 
argued, what is undeniable is 

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that when you read First Kings, 
you are or should be convinced 

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that it is a very well 
documented piece of history. 

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And so perhaps you have read. 
I hope you have read First Kings

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of You and to leave her more 
than a year to have completed 

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this text. 
If you've come to 1st and 2nd 

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kings, you've perhaps seen this 
repeated phrase, usually around 

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the end of a brief biography of 
one of the rulers of Israel, 

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Something along the lines of and
the rest of the Acts of blank. 

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Are they not found in the books 
of the Acts of the Kings of 

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Israel or the kings of Judah? 
Even in First Kings 11, you read

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of a book of the Acts of 
Solomon. 

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So from a human standpoint, the 
author here did a very good job 

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for his sources in bringing 
together what we have before us.

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And I say that as a simple nudge
for you to understand that what 

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we have as we're studying this 
is a factual and accurate 

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historical document. 
These are real kings. 

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These are real events, yes, 
authored by the Holy Spirit. 

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But the Holy Spirit wants to 
even confirm through internal 

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evidence that this is something 
that has been well researched, 

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eyewitness accounts, and has 
been brought together as a 

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reliable source. 
But when you and I read this, we

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have to understand that the Holy
Spirit did not intend it for us 

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to look at a a series of of 
events, a tracing of God's 

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people under Israel's monarchs. 
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You know that what we have for 
us and what we have before us is

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the chronological testimony of 
the decline of a nation and the 

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decline of the nation as being 
recorded before us, as being 

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told to us, is layered with 
spiritual insight and lessons 

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and truths that are timeless. 
Some books are very 

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sophisticatedly brought 
together. 

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In terms of outline, First Kings
is very simple. 

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It's a very simple outline if 
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structure First Kings in larger 
portions. 

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It's really one division between
First Kings 1:00 and 11:00. 

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You have the telling the history
of the United Kingdom of Israel,

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one nation, all the tribes loyal
to one another under one king, 

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one government. 
But something happens in chapter

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12. 
From chapter 12 to the end of 

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the book of First Kings and 
leading into second kings, you 

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have the telling the history of 
the divided Kingdom, where 

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there's a split. 
And now you have the Kingdom of 

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the north and the Kingdom of the
South. 

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So you have the Kingdom of 
Israel, which is represented of 

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the north, and the Kingdom of 
Judah, which is represented of 

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the South. 
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critical time in redemptive 
history where Israel will know a

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fracture that seems to be almost
permanent until the exile, the 

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major exile with Babylon. 
And it is in those two sections 

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that we will take our time to go
through and and receive a wealth

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of of truths concerning who God 
is and who we are with him and 

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who we are without him. 
And so as we introduced this 

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chapter, it's very seamless. 
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considered this book ending with
Second Sam, because it continues

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where we left off and what we're
going to cover today is a church

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is the 1st 11 verses. 
I tried to go beyond it. 

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It's very difficult to do so 
when there's so much packed in a

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series of verses. 
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1st 4 verses, shall we? 
I'm excited. 

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First Kings. 11 Now King David 
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and although they covered him 
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warm. 
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him, Let a young woman be sought
for my Lord the king, and let 

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her wait on the king and be in 
his service. 

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Let her lie in your arms. 
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in his bosom that my Lord the 
king may be warm. 

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So they sought for a beautiful 
young woman through all the 

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territory of Israel, and found 
Abbashag the Shunamite and 

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brought her to the king. 
The young woman was very 

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beautiful and she was of service
to the king and attended to him,

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but the king knew her not. 
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First Kings describes the last 
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concluding moments of his life. 
We are told here that he was old

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and advanced in years. 
I wonder if anyone knows how old

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David was at this point, 70 
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Do you know how we know that? 
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When the 30 years old and how 
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40 years. 
It's a very simple math. 

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So at 70 we're told that he was 
advanced in years. 

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Now, 70 doesn't seem like a very
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condition physically. 
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live? 
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This man was beaten, bruised, 
chased, enduring difficult 

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terrain and circumstances. 
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He was a warrior. 
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He was a general, and it seems 
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natural toll taken on his body. 
And it's showing here that there

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is going to be this earthly 
departure, but seemingly early. 

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To be again this fragile at this
point only testifies of the life

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that he lived. 
And as we read this, we realized

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something that he was sickly. 
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He he could not get warm. 
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seriousness of his condition. 
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of the fate of all men, that no 
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strong, mighty, accomplished, 
agile you may be, your body is 

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determined to decay. 
You are destined to die. 

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And so am I. 
This is the end of all, man. 

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This is our future. 
This is really our fate. 

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But as I look here, I realized 
that this is again a reminder of

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the inescapable reality of the 
effects of the fall. 

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No matter how many pills you 
take, no matter what your diet 

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looks like, no matter how much 
you lift, no matter how much you

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run, we all have this end, and 
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David could not control what was
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that is true of you and I. 
But you know what is in our 

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control? 
Perhaps not the warmth of our 

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body, but the warmth of our 
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You may not be able to determine
what happens to your frame, but 

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you are responsible, and so am 
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Of what happens with our faith? 
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Will it grow in passion? 
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Or will it also with our bodies 
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goes on? 
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of the Christian life in 2nd 
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So we do not lose heart. 
Though our outer self is wasting

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away, our inner self is being 
what renewed day by day. 

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And though that is something 
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something that we also have to 
partner with and participate in 

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actively. 
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decision, as our fate physically
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What will happen to my devotion?
Will I choose to invest in it in

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a way that as I age my love for 
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Lord, my commitment and my 
worship to the Lord will only 

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increase as I decrease that. 
As I age more and more, my 

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adoration will also increase 
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And that's a good reminder. 
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two, that the servants came up 
with an idea concerning how to 

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preserve a healthy temperature 
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And this was the idea. 
Let's find a beautiful woman, to

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be somewhat of a nurse and to be
at service for him, and mainly 

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to lie with him in his arms in 
his bed, so that there'd be a 

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transfer of bodily heat. 
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this young woman would even 
stimulate his blood and that his

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life would be prolonged a little
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And we look at this and we think
that seems kind of strange as a 

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solution, does it not? 
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away by saying, well, this is a 
custom of kings at the time 

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where they had a harem and they 
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It was medicinal. 
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But I think here there is 
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There are a lot of questions 
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because even though this is a 
medicinal pursuit, if this is 

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something that's in order to 
preserve his body and nothing 

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more, we're told we are 
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wasn't becoming seen. 
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her. 
That's what we're being told 

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here. 
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And then some again want to 
soften this and say, well she 

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was made a concubine. 
She was she was somebody who 

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came into relationship with 
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So it was it wasn't a big deal 
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his actual bed. 
Yeah, but that still doesn't 

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help explain this. 
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addition to his harem, that's 
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only adding to the problem of 
your original issues, and that 

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was having multiple wives to 
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So whether or not Abish AG is a 
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a nurse, this is problematic. 
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means? 
Father of error. 

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And an error she was because 
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Abhishek is going to be 
problematic in a very short 

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season. 
Abhishek is going to be the 

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object of an issue in the 
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But OK, look at the description 
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Therefore his servants had them 
let a young woman be sought for,

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my Lord. 
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So they sought for a beautiful 
young woman and look at first 

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for the young woman was very 
beautiful like why is that 

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important? 
If she was beautiful or not? 

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Put anybody with a pulse in the 
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them. 
So again, this seems a little 

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bit suspicious and rightfully 
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It is suspicious and it's a 
reminder that as long as you 

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live, sin will pursue you in one
way or another until the very 

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moment that you give your final 
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There is an ever present enemy 
that will seek to capture you 

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and to make you a slave, or to 
make you stumble to taint your 

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testimony all the days of your 
life. 

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And it is a relentless foe. 
Sin doesn't care about your 

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financial condition, your 
societal standing, your physical

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health. 
It doesn't care. 

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It seeks to devour you. 
It seeks to make you a slave. 

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It seeks you until you enter 
into glory. 

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So let it be a reminder that as 
you and I want to protect this 

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flame in our hearts, as we 
desire to honor God all the days

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of our lives, sin is right 
there. 

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Every moment, every season, 
whether you're 17 or you're 70, 

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there is a war, an ongoing war, 
And we will not know eternal 

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rest until we enter into 
eternity. 

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So be mindful that in your 
spiritual warfare, be mindful 

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the fact that as you get old, 
warm and fuzzy, sin doesn't 

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care. 
It still wants to kill you. 

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And there's also other important
lessons concerning how sin 

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works. 
When we look at this, I realized

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that it was the ideas of the 
servants to bring this woman 

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into the palace, and it wasn't a
good suggestion. 

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You'll find out why again in the
in the next few studies you'll 

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see why. 
And let me give you a hint. 

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It wasn't a help to it. 
A man who would become king, 

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who'd watch his father as an 
example, the servants came with 

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a suggestion, and it was under 
the guise of health, sin and 

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temptation. 
Has a very creative way of 

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approaching us and introducing 
itself to us, and it's one of 

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its favorite cloaks. 
Is to pretend to be a means for 

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good, to pretend to be something
that will benefit you, or to 

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achieve a better end. 
Though the means might be 

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questionable and arguable, so 
there's a call for discernment. 

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To understand that I have to be 
on guard at all times, I have to

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understand that there are even 
people who might have good 

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intentions for me and might 
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ultimately drift me further away
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I wish I didn't help, really. 
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But again, this is just pushing 
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should have honored from the 
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king with one wife, one woman. 
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friends. 
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age, primarily, he knew her, not
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that David himself was integral.
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another person in verse 5. 
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really wants us to focus on. 
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Now Adenija the son of Haageth, 
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king, and he prepared for 
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and 50 men to run before him. 
His father had never at any time

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displeased him by asking why 
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And so he was also a very 
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next after Absalom. 
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seen the name Adenija. 
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concerning his birth and Second 
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other brothers from the 
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But this is the first time we're
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This is the first time that we 
see his words. 

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This is the first time that we 
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And in verse five alone we have 
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statement. 
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in the scriptures concerning him
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Problem already with this guy, 
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The timing of it. 
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5. 
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if you have the new King James, 
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now, So based on the background 
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of verse one to verse 4, David 
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David is ready to die at any 
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there. 
His body is shutting down. 

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And who caught on to that? 
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Adenija realized this is my 
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that after this point there's no
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But he internalized this 
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for so long and only now it 
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Only now it was made known 
because he saw this wedge, he 

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saw this clear opportunity 
brought perform and he's going 

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to take advantage of it and it's
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life. 
Ada Nyjah teaches us something 

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frightening about human nature. 
Very, very scary, and it's 

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should scare us in a holy way 
concerning what sin can do to a 

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man at an idea here shows, and 
perhaps you've experienced this 

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to some level where you have 
known someone for so long and 

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for that time of knowing them, 
they have been generally 

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peaceable, kind, respectable, 
but something switches in their 

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character. 
All of a sudden they turn and 

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they become almost 
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critical junctures in life. 
Maybe you've experienced this. 

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I hope not. 
I've heard it. 

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I've seen it myself. 
I've heard people lament about 

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it. 
It's amazing what happens in 

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families when an aged parent 
dies and leaves back an 

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inheritance, right? 
It's amazing what can happen, 

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how even 1 greedy selfish 
sibling can cause a war in that 

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house. 
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positions open up, whether that 
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workplace, it's it's absolutely 
stunning to see what people will

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do to one another, what they 
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reputation, order to gain a 
place of power. 

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The things that they will say, 
the politics that they will play

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just so that they can attain 
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status, prestige, reputation. 
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relationally, in so many 
different facets, with 

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promotion. 
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somebody else, with giftedness 
with, with romance, when things 

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don't occur the way you had 
hoped and when things don't 

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flourish or continue the way you
had desired. 

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And how unmet expectations or 
opportunities can pop the lid 

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and the true character of 
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Friendships, business, 
partnerships, you name it. 

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And that an idea here proves 
something very drastic, that 

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potential or missed 
opportunities don't make people 

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evil, they just reveal the evil 
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I know that might be shocking to
you, but it is true. 

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And so you and I have to 
understand that. 

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How you and I behave. 
How other people behave during 

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during these moments. 
Crisis moments, transitional 

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periods. 
Promotions, or lack thereof. 

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How you behave, how you react, 
reveals who you truly are, or at

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least a lot about you. 
And that is the case with this 

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man here. 
He's showing who he is. 

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So we see here when he chooses 
to say I will be king, but look 

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at how he chooses to do it. 
He prepared for himself, 

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Chariots and horsemen and 50 men
to run before him. 

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Why is that a significant 
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Any idea? 
Oh, very good, because you have 

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your rear viewer mirrors up. 
When you read your Bible, make 

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sure that your mirrors are in 
the right place. 

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Always looking. 
Where have I seen this before? 

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And you have seen this before? 
Almost word for word. 

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If you want to cross, reference 
Second Samuel 15 verse one. 

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This is concerning Absalom, and 
look where you're told 

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concerning Absalom. 
After this, Absalom got himself 

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a chariot and horses and 50 men 
to run before him. 

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This was Absalom's early phase 
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allegiance of the nation of 
Israel away from his father and 

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to bring it to himself. 
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chose to parade himself around 
and to let his looks do what 

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looks can do. 
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many people. 
And Adenija, a very handsome 

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man, follows in the steps of his
brother. 

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And that, to me, says a lot 
about who Adenija is. 

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What does it tell me about 
Adenija? 

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What does it tell you about 
Adenija? 

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This guy had a front row seat to
another man's crash and burn 

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when he allowed pride to take 
over. 

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And he acted upon that pride. 
Did he not? 

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Did he not know? 
Did he not see for himself? 

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When a man try to revolt and do 
something against God's will and

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to elevate himself what what 
your fate is, how God humbles 

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you? 
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of that, still doesn't learn 
from it. 

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He imitates it. 
He imitates his brother, which 

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tells me what he is. 
A fool of the 1st order. 

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That's what it tells me, and it 
should tell you the same you're 

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going to imitate him almost step
by step. 

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When you see this section, he 
almost mirrors exactly the plan 

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that Absalom tried to convince 
himself would work. 

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A fool is described in many 
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fool is that when they fail to 
interpret personal lessons from 

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somebody else's failure, a fool 
is somebody who fails to 

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interpret personal lessons not 
from their own failure, but from

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somebody else's failures. 
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able to look at the mistakes in 
the falls and the sinful 

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consequences of others and to 
realize that they are 

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susceptible to the same kind of 
destiny and choose to make the 

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appropriate preparation so that 
they would never happen to them 

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by God's grace. 
Can I show you in the Bible how 

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it is proven that wisdom is 
defined by you observing other 

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people's lives and then 
interpreting that for your own? 

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One of my favorite proverbs to 
to back that truth up is in 

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Proverbs 24. 
Proverbs 24. 

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I want you to see this so that 
you can remember it for yourself

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and help others understand it as
well. 

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And Proverbs 24. 
Look at verse 30 to verse 32. 

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Here's what the writer says. 
I passed by the field of a 

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sluggard, a lazy person. 
I passed by the field of a 

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sluggard by the vineyard of a 
man lacking sense, and behold, 

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it was all overgrown with 
thorns. 

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The ground was covered with 
nettles and its Stonewall was 

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broken down. 
That positive. 

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So this is what he's seeing. 
He's taking a stroll, and he 

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sees the House of a man that is 
clearly not being taken care of,

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not being groomed, not being 
managed. 

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And he sees this, and he sees 
the vulnerability. 

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He sees the lack of harvest. 
He sees the lack of all these 

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different issues. 
And notice what it says next. 

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Then I saw and considered it. 
I looked and received 

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instruction. 
I looked and I received 

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instruction. 
So his observation was made into

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interpretation. 
And then it turned into 

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application. 
When was the last time not in a 

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judgmental sense, but when was 
the last time you've looked or 

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considered or heard news or have
seen the way people have handled

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situations that thought that's 
probably not the best way to do 

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it. 
Lord, help me do it the way you 

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would want me to do it. 
And this is what the Bible 

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promotes in our lives as we go 
through life, whether those 

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observations are at a distance 
or they are close and near. 

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Have you heard the story of the 
two sons who had the same 

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alcoholic, abusive father and 
they had two different lives As 

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a result of that upbringing, the
one ended up following the exact

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same example. 
He became an alcoholic. 

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He became abusive, He had a 
terrible marriage. 

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He had a broken, dysfunctional 
relationship with his children. 

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And then when they asked him 
why, Why did you end up doing 

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this to yourself? 
Why do you end up doing this to 

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your own family, to your own 
marriage? 

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And he says, well, this is all 
I've ever known. 

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This is what I've seen. 
This is the example that was 

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brought before me. 
And then the the other son who 

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was successful, financially 
successful, relationally 

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successful with his children, 
successful in all these 

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different areas, with the same 
father, same upbringing, same 

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atmosphere, same environment. 
And they asked him why, Why are 

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you so different from your 
brother? 

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Why, why do you have this 
different outcome of life? 

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And he said, because I saw what 
my father was like, and I 

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determined that I would not be 
like that. 

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And I chose to learn from those 
mistakes and to do the exact 

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opposite of what I've seen. 
Do you see the perception? 

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Do you see how you interpret 
these things can determine the 

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direction of your life? 
And the Bible calls us to do 

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such a thing. 
So he learns that, and we're 

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told what he learned. 
Just read the rest of that 

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proverb and you would see it at 
an age. 

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Unfortunately doesn't learn. 
He sees what his brother, his 

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brother does. 
And I think to myself, is there 

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anything else that would cause 
this man to be so confident that

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he can actually walk in the same
path and expect different kind 

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of ramifications? 
And I believe there is, there is

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a clear answer. 
There is something to know about

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at a Niger that made him believe
and think this way. 

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It's perplexing, it's confusing,
but we know why. 

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Go to chapter two First kings, 
and notice here in verse 15 what

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he says to Bathsheba. 
This is scary. 

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First Kings 2:15. 
This is Adam and I just 

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speaking. 
And he said, you know, that the 

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Kingdom was mine and that all 
Israel fully expected me to 

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reign. 
Pause. 

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Is that true? 
But there's distortion here, and

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I'll show you why there's 
distortion. 

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In a moment, however, the 
Kingdom has turned about and 

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become my brothers, for it was 
his From who? 

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The Lord that should give us 
chills. 

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This man fully admitted that the
divine prerogative, the divine 

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right, the divine ordinance for 
the Kingdom to be given, was 

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granted to his younger brother 
Solomon. 

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And guess what? 
He didn't care. 

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I don't care if God determined 
that Solomon would be king. 

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I want to be king. 
So what you have here is not 

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just a man who was a fool 
because he failed to learn from 

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his brother's failure, but a man
who was a fool because his heart

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had a special kind of pride. 
There's there's levels of pride.

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All of it is really bad, but 
there's a special kind of pride 

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where you can even think that 
you can thwart the purposes of 

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God and that you can prevail 
with your own will and desires. 

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People always wonder, how does 
Satan keep going? 

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Why does he keep going? 
I mean, we have everything 

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determined. 
We read the end of the book and 

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we know we win. 
Doesn't he read it as well? 

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00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,240
Doesn't know the Bible? 
He does, but he's so proud. 

452
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:03,600
He thinks that he can actually 
change it. 

453
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,110
He thinks he can actually change
course, thinks you can actually 

454
00:29:08,110 --> 00:29:11,190
hinder and put an obstacle 
before God's determination for 

455
00:29:11,190 --> 00:29:13,590
what would happen concerning his
glory and his people. 

456
00:29:13,870 --> 00:29:17,550
That's what pride can do. 
And before we think that this is

457
00:29:17,550 --> 00:29:20,470
shocking and unique, you have to
be remember that it's the same 

458
00:29:20,470 --> 00:29:23,790
attitude that's repeated in many
people's lives who can look at 

459
00:29:23,790 --> 00:29:28,790
clear, obvious scriptures and 
truths and believe that they can

460
00:29:28,870 --> 00:29:31,950
interpret it the way they would 
and apply it the way they would.

461
00:29:33,350 --> 00:29:35,270
It's the same kind of pride that
I than Nigel had. 

462
00:29:35,270 --> 00:29:37,670
He knew what God's word was 
about Solomon, about the 

463
00:29:37,670 --> 00:29:39,710
Kingdom, and he still resisted 
it. 

464
00:29:39,830 --> 00:29:42,590
And you have people did it who 
look at clear doctrinal truths 

465
00:29:42,870 --> 00:29:45,590
and are willing to force it into
something else, dismiss it 

466
00:29:45,590 --> 00:29:48,310
altogether, interpret it to the 
point where they've butchered 

467
00:29:48,310 --> 00:29:50,110
it. 
Why? 

468
00:29:50,430 --> 00:29:55,510
For the sake of self-interest, 
self wisdom, personal agendas? 

469
00:29:55,510 --> 00:30:00,620
Is that what we're seeing? 
You know, people tend to 

470
00:30:00,620 --> 00:30:03,380
criticize the Protestant church 
because of all these 

471
00:30:03,380 --> 00:30:07,340
denominations, usually from 
those who come from traditional 

472
00:30:07,340 --> 00:30:09,820
backgrounds. 
And they say, look at you guys, 

473
00:30:09,820 --> 00:30:11,060
you can't even get your Bible 
right. 

474
00:30:11,060 --> 00:30:12,540
You can't even interpret your 
scriptures right. 

475
00:30:12,540 --> 00:30:14,100
You have all these people who 
believe different things about 

476
00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:17,060
different texts. 
Don't you guys need somebody to 

477
00:30:17,060 --> 00:30:18,500
be able to interpret the word of
God for you? 

478
00:30:18,500 --> 00:30:20,420
Look what happens when you're 
all your own personal popes? 

479
00:30:20,420 --> 00:30:22,620
And I say it's not because of 
people's interpretations, 

480
00:30:23,220 --> 00:30:25,220
genuine sinceres, but because of
people's. 

481
00:30:25,420 --> 00:30:29,180
This is what I believe, 
traditions, traditions. 

482
00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:35,860
And what I mean by traditions is
you wanting to impose what you 

483
00:30:35,860 --> 00:30:38,940
want the word of God to say. 
Are you ignoring key truths, 

484
00:30:38,940 --> 00:30:41,140
foundational truths and willing 
to elevate? 

485
00:30:41,900 --> 00:30:44,100
Guess what guys, Evangelicals 
have their own ideas and 

486
00:30:44,100 --> 00:30:47,020
philosophies as well, not just 
the Catholic and Orthodox. 

487
00:30:49,100 --> 00:30:52,060
And so I deny you here has a 
special kind of pride because he

488
00:30:52,060 --> 00:30:55,220
knows what God's will is and 
he's willing to actually stand 

489
00:30:55,220 --> 00:30:56,780
against it. 
And I thought to myself reading 

490
00:30:56,780 --> 00:31:00,790
this man, is there any 
indication how this person was 

491
00:31:00,790 --> 00:31:04,950
able to live with such a frame 
of mind where he thought that 

492
00:31:04,950 --> 00:31:07,670
the world, not just the world, 
the creator of the world, 

493
00:31:07,670 --> 00:31:12,310
revolved around him? 
And you actually do get the 

494
00:31:12,310 --> 00:31:14,070
answer. 
It's actually undeniable. 

495
00:31:14,070 --> 00:31:16,950
It's actually so obvious. 
Here's one of the major 

496
00:31:16,950 --> 00:31:23,030
contributions for adenitis Ugly,
Nasty, Selfdestructive attitude.

497
00:31:23,510 --> 00:31:28,730
Verse six his father had never 
at any time displeased them by 

498
00:31:28,730 --> 00:31:31,290
asking why have you done thus 
and so? 

499
00:31:32,810 --> 00:31:36,530
Why is that mentioned there? 
To show that verse 5 is because 

500
00:31:36,530 --> 00:31:40,050
of verse 6. 
Verse five is because of verse 

501
00:31:40,050 --> 00:31:45,330
6. 
David was a great warrior. 

502
00:31:45,490 --> 00:31:50,060
David was a wonderful king. 
David was a trusted friend. 

503
00:31:50,060 --> 00:31:52,460
David was a beautiful 
worshipper. 

504
00:31:52,780 --> 00:31:58,460
David was a failure as a father,
and not only in this instance. 

505
00:32:00,460 --> 00:32:03,580
And the Bible wants to reveal 
that to us, to help us 

506
00:32:03,580 --> 00:32:07,140
understand that there is 
something that David failed to 

507
00:32:07,140 --> 00:32:11,220
do that would ultimately lead to
a destruction beyond what he had

508
00:32:11,220 --> 00:32:14,950
imagined. 
And as I read this and meditated

509
00:32:14,950 --> 00:32:18,070
on this, I thought that the lack
of fatherly discipline that AD 

510
00:32:18,070 --> 00:32:21,350
and Nyjah was accustomed to made
him the monster that he is and 

511
00:32:21,350 --> 00:32:26,190
that we read of at this time. 
It made him a hideous beast. 

512
00:32:29,990 --> 00:32:35,470
And this is a crucial call to 
how future parents should 

513
00:32:35,470 --> 00:32:37,390
understand the role, how current
parents. 

514
00:32:37,390 --> 00:32:41,590
And I want to be careful because
I don't have children of my own,

515
00:32:41,590 --> 00:32:43,190
but I do have the authority of 
God's word. 

516
00:32:43,930 --> 00:32:45,850
I don't want to speak from my 
experience or lack of it. 

517
00:32:45,850 --> 00:32:47,130
I want to speak on what the 
Bible says. 

518
00:32:47,130 --> 00:32:50,650
But I'm sure you can all agree 
that you don't need to have a a 

519
00:32:50,650 --> 00:32:53,170
child to know that if you give 
somebody anything that they 

520
00:32:53,170 --> 00:32:57,050
want, it's not a good idea. 
I don't think you need to pick 

521
00:32:57,050 --> 00:32:59,730
up a book or talk to a child 
psychologist to know that that's

522
00:32:59,730 --> 00:33:01,690
not it's not the best thing to 
do. 

523
00:33:03,610 --> 00:33:07,250
And that is certainly right. 
We're told that David never 

524
00:33:07,250 --> 00:33:11,730
wanted to displease his son by 
ever contradicting any of his 

525
00:33:11,730 --> 00:33:19,120
wishes, and it is one of the 
most unloving things for a 

526
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:22,680
parent to do to relate to their 
child in a way where there is no

527
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:25,520
presence of correction or 
instruction. 

528
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:36,040
Free range upbringing is a sure 
and promised destination for a 

529
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,720
child to become a societal 
thorn. 

530
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:46,320
And the parents who want to try 
to keep good terms with their 

531
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:48,240
children, because that's 
probably one of the main reasons

532
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:51,040
why correction is never ensued. 
Because they don't want to 

533
00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:53,760
create conflict and they don't 
want that conflict to create 

534
00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:56,280
anger and they don't want that 
anger and their child to create 

535
00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:57,880
resentment. 
And they don't want that 

536
00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:00,840
resentment to ultimately become 
what rebellion. 

537
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:05,680
And so with that notion in mind,
they they're very minimal, if, 

538
00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:13,270
if at all, confrontational. 
And the Bible says that a person

539
00:34:13,270 --> 00:34:17,909
who thinks that way actually 
hates their child, hates their 

540
00:34:17,909 --> 00:34:19,270
child. 
And there's so many proverbs 

541
00:34:19,270 --> 00:34:21,270
about that. 
And I wonder if Solomon, just 

542
00:34:21,270 --> 00:34:24,110
with his own upbringing with his
siblings and having a father 

543
00:34:24,110 --> 00:34:26,270
like David, knew a lot. 
Yes, Holy Spirit inspired, but 

544
00:34:26,270 --> 00:34:30,350
just by observation, knew what? 
Knew what it was like to live in

545
00:34:30,350 --> 00:34:34,230
a house where there was unhinged
indulgence. 

546
00:34:34,949 --> 00:34:41,310
Parentally speaking, Scripture 
says something fascinating in 

547
00:34:41,310 --> 00:34:44,469
Proverbs 2215, Follies bound up 
in the heart of a child. 

548
00:34:44,469 --> 00:34:47,510
But what? 
But the rod of discipline drives

549
00:34:47,510 --> 00:34:50,270
it away. 
Follies bound up so that with 

550
00:34:50,270 --> 00:34:54,870
that bundle of joy, right that 
comes in that little heart of 

551
00:34:54,870 --> 00:34:59,630
theirs is foolishness, and it's 
bound up in there. 

552
00:34:59,630 --> 00:35:02,670
It's wrapped around it is 
chained. 

553
00:35:03,070 --> 00:35:06,510
And what is the primary means 
for that to be reduced? 

554
00:35:06,510 --> 00:35:09,240
For that to be dealt with is 
something called discipline, 

555
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:14,600
which tells me that one of the 
divine designs of the family 

556
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:20,760
unit among many is that parents 
have a primary responsibility to

557
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:25,480
posture their children unto 
greater godliness through the 

558
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:28,640
means of holy and godly 
chastisement. 

559
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:35,040
Your discipline won't make your 
kids saved, but it will Polish 

560
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:40,290
them and posture them in a way 
where they can be more 

561
00:35:40,290 --> 00:35:45,490
receptive, more open, ultimately
attracted to the truth, the God 

562
00:35:45,490 --> 00:35:46,850
of truth. 
To understand, there is a 

563
00:35:46,850 --> 00:35:49,730
sovereign master, a creator, a 
savior over you. 

564
00:35:50,090 --> 00:35:54,490
The world isn't about you. 
You're created for the creator 

565
00:35:54,490 --> 00:35:58,170
of the world. 
And I look at David and I think 

566
00:35:58,170 --> 00:36:01,490
to myself, this is so sad to 
see. 

567
00:36:01,490 --> 00:36:04,370
He was able to conquer nations, 
but he wasn't able to conquer 

568
00:36:04,410 --> 00:36:10,300
the hearts of his own children. 
And to fail to see that as the 

569
00:36:10,580 --> 00:36:15,700
divine mandate, as a father, as 
a mother, is to ultimately 

570
00:36:17,180 --> 00:36:19,740
reject the heavenly mandate of 
what it means to be a parent. 

571
00:36:21,060 --> 00:36:23,940
And one of the main reasons, as 
I said earlier, is that there is

572
00:36:23,940 --> 00:36:27,700
the sense of fear and there 
should be a good sense of fear 

573
00:36:27,700 --> 00:36:30,740
because scripture says not to 
provoke our children unto wrath.

574
00:36:31,020 --> 00:36:35,600
There is sometimes unrealistic 
standards and type of correction

575
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:38,840
that is so abused that you end 
up discouraging your child. 

576
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:40,240
But that we're not talking about
that here. 

577
00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:45,640
We're talking about godly 
training over the years that 

578
00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:48,480
will better prepare your 
children to not just live in 

579
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:53,280
this world, but to live for God.
And what I've seen one of the 

580
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:57,080
tragedies of knowing this truth 
of seeing parents who, when 

581
00:36:57,080 --> 00:37:00,040
their children are old enough to
make decisions of their own, 

582
00:37:00,870 --> 00:37:03,710
they come to passers. 
They come to other seasoned 

583
00:37:03,710 --> 00:37:06,750
Saints with desperation on their
faces and their voices. 

584
00:37:07,110 --> 00:37:09,950
Please talk some sense into my 
child. 

585
00:37:10,510 --> 00:37:13,830
They're destroying themselves 
and others, and oftentimes it's 

586
00:37:13,830 --> 00:37:19,390
too late. 
It's too late. 

587
00:37:21,030 --> 00:37:23,110
Not that the gospel can never 
change anybody. 

588
00:37:23,150 --> 00:37:26,780
That would be untrue. 
But JC Ryle has a book that I 

589
00:37:26,780 --> 00:37:28,620
recommend to all of you, whether
you're a man or not. 

590
00:37:28,620 --> 00:37:30,780
It's a very small book. 
It's a book actually worth 

591
00:37:30,780 --> 00:37:34,980
repeating over and over. 
Thoughts for Young men. 

592
00:37:35,940 --> 00:37:36,620
Anybody here? 
Read it. 

593
00:37:37,220 --> 00:37:39,140
You did good. 
If you haven't, I would 

594
00:37:39,540 --> 00:37:42,500
recommend it highly. 
Thoughts for Young Men. 

595
00:37:42,740 --> 00:37:45,980
And one of the places in that 
book, he speaks about habits. 

596
00:37:48,340 --> 00:37:53,980
And he says habits are like 
trees. 

597
00:37:55,300 --> 00:38:01,900
They get stronger as they age. 
And even a child can bend a tree

598
00:38:01,900 --> 00:38:04,860
when it is a sapling. 
Have you ever seen a tree when 

599
00:38:04,860 --> 00:38:07,060
it's so premature? 
It's like a little, just like a 

600
00:38:07,620 --> 00:38:10,220
looks like an overgrown plant, 
but you can still bend it. 

601
00:38:10,220 --> 00:38:13,420
You can really, with the force 
uprooted, even you can change 

602
00:38:13,420 --> 00:38:17,220
the direction of it. 
But 100 men cannot uproot an oak

603
00:38:17,220 --> 00:38:23,060
tree. 
And he spoke with that metaphor 

604
00:38:23,580 --> 00:38:26,160
to speak about what habits are 
like. 

605
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:30,920
The earlier you catch on to bad 
habits, the more guaranteed you 

606
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:34,320
are to see victory to overcome 
them and yourself and those that

607
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:36,200
you you've, you were responsible
for. 

608
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:40,360
The later you wait, The more 
difficult it is, the more 

609
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:43,360
difficult it is. 
And unfortunately, when it comes

610
00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:46,680
to AD and I just attitude here, 
it's reached the point of no 

611
00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:48,760
return. 
And yes, God can do the 

612
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:53,740
impossible and rescue us from 
century old habits, but that 

613
00:38:53,740 --> 00:38:56,300
does not negate the fact that we
have a responsibility for 

614
00:38:56,300 --> 00:38:59,620
ourselves and for those that God
has called us to train up the 

615
00:38:59,620 --> 00:39:01,580
earlier deal with it. 
Young men, you're considering 

616
00:39:01,580 --> 00:39:03,180
marriage, but you're still 
dealing with pornography. 

617
00:39:03,180 --> 00:39:04,940
Deal with it now. 
Marriage isn't going to fix it. 

618
00:39:06,460 --> 00:39:09,980
Deal with it now, because it's 
only going to get harder as time

619
00:39:09,980 --> 00:39:12,820
goes on. 
Anything else, Anything else 

620
00:39:12,820 --> 00:39:16,900
that you see that is out of line
of God's will see it like that. 

621
00:39:16,900 --> 00:39:19,300
The longer I wait, the stronger 
it will become. 

622
00:39:19,300 --> 00:39:21,380
So let me kill the thing right 
now. 

623
00:39:22,630 --> 00:39:26,150
Let me go to war with it tonight
and God will help you and he 

624
00:39:26,150 --> 00:39:30,670
will be with you. 
Adenija, Adenija, Adenija. 

625
00:39:30,670 --> 00:39:32,990
When you read verse six, it's 
really a bad combination of 

626
00:39:32,990 --> 00:39:33,870
three things. 
Really. 

627
00:39:33,870 --> 00:39:35,550
Look at it again. 
His father had never had any 

628
00:39:35,550 --> 00:39:37,910
time displeased him by asking 
why have you done this? 

629
00:39:37,910 --> 00:39:40,910
And so he was also a very 
handsome man and he was born 

630
00:39:40,910 --> 00:39:44,430
next after absolute meaning. 
He was, he was humanly speaking 

631
00:39:44,430 --> 00:39:46,750
next in line to be king if they 
were to operate as how the 

632
00:39:46,750 --> 00:39:48,590
nation's operate. 
But they didn't operate as the 

633
00:39:48,590 --> 00:39:51,830
nation's operating operate. 
He was fourth, right? 

634
00:39:53,390 --> 00:39:55,310
And you have. 
And then who died? 

635
00:39:56,350 --> 00:39:59,910
And then there was another 
mention of Hilly AB, who was 

636
00:39:59,910 --> 00:40:01,270
mentioned at birth but never 
mentioned again. 

637
00:40:01,270 --> 00:40:03,150
So it's presumed that he died. 
Then there was Absolon, who 

638
00:40:03,150 --> 00:40:04,630
died. 
And add that Nigel is next. 

639
00:40:04,630 --> 00:40:08,030
So he he thinks that naturally 
speaking, I'm I'm the one who's 

640
00:40:08,030 --> 00:40:10,190
supposed to be king, though he 
knew that Solomon was supposed 

641
00:40:10,190 --> 00:40:12,590
to be king. 
So what do you have here in this

642
00:40:12,590 --> 00:40:14,190
combination? 
Here's you have this combination

643
00:40:14,190 --> 00:40:21,470
of parental leniency, privileged
status, and good looks. 

644
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:30,400
A recipe for disaster, right? 
It's dangerous for somebody to 

645
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:35,240
be good looking and to be 
undisciplined, very dangerous. 

646
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:40,160
And we were being told that he 
was good looking, not just for 

647
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:43,520
that truth, but in order to 
prepare us That some people are 

648
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:48,950
going to be persuaded by his 
outward appearance and the 

649
00:40:48,950 --> 00:40:50,830
people that he's going to 
convince to join the side might 

650
00:40:50,830 --> 00:40:54,030
shock you. 
In verse seven he conferred with

651
00:40:54,030 --> 00:40:59,070
Joe AB The son of Zuraya and 
with Abiath are the priests, and

652
00:40:59,070 --> 00:41:01,670
they followed Adenija and helped
him. 

653
00:41:03,110 --> 00:41:12,630
How 2 prominent men very 
unlikely to join Adenija, but 

654
00:41:12,630 --> 00:41:16,510
apparently they did Joe AB, that
man who had fierce loyalty to 

655
00:41:16,510 --> 00:41:19,040
David all the time that he 
defended him. 

656
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:21,640
Was he not with David when 
Absalom revolted? 

657
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:25,880
Was Abby Ather not the one who 
from the beginning was under 

658
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,680
Davis protective care? 
He was one of the priests that 

659
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:32,920
escaped nob when Saul brought 
that massacre into that priestly

660
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:36,440
town. 
Both of these guys were with him

661
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:38,840
from the beginning. 
Both of them endured many 

662
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:41,750
trials, many temptations, and 
they already dealt with a coup 

663
00:41:41,750 --> 00:41:43,590
before this. 
And now there's another one you 

664
00:41:43,590 --> 00:41:44,870
would think, okay, here they are
again. 

665
00:41:44,870 --> 00:41:46,470
We've been through this. 
We've rode this rodeo. 

666
00:41:46,630 --> 00:41:50,670
God will be with us. 
No, they jump ship and they join

667
00:41:50,670 --> 00:41:53,950
another man and they turn their 
backs on the will of God. 

668
00:41:54,630 --> 00:41:57,590
How? 
How is that possible? 

669
00:41:57,790 --> 00:41:59,870
Well, look, Job is expected a 
little bit, right? 

670
00:41:59,870 --> 00:42:06,190
The guy's shady, he's shady. 
And you think that he is loyal 

671
00:42:06,190 --> 00:42:09,110
to David, but he is really loyal
unto himself. 

672
00:42:10,180 --> 00:42:13,300
And the way that's proven is 
that whenever there was a risk 

673
00:42:13,300 --> 00:42:16,940
of his position being lost for 
the sake of self preservation, 

674
00:42:17,180 --> 00:42:20,620
he would even deny the wishes of
David. 

675
00:42:20,620 --> 00:42:22,740
And he's done that on more than 
one occasion. 

676
00:42:24,020 --> 00:42:28,700
So knowing the background of Joe
up here, he's very smart, he's 

677
00:42:28,700 --> 00:42:30,940
very shrewd. 
He understands what's about to 

678
00:42:30,940 --> 00:42:32,860
take place in this transfer of 
the Kingdom. 

679
00:42:35,390 --> 00:42:37,310
Was David not replaced by 
somebody, or rather Job? 

680
00:42:37,310 --> 00:42:39,950
Was he not replaced by somebody?
And second Samuel 19, he was 

681
00:42:39,950 --> 00:42:43,390
Amasa replaced him. 
David was so fed up with Job, he

682
00:42:43,390 --> 00:42:45,550
says it's done. 
You're no longer the commander 

683
00:42:45,550 --> 00:42:47,430
of my army. 
Amasa will be the commander 

684
00:42:47,430 --> 00:42:49,750
instead. 
Job kills Amasa because of that.

685
00:42:51,310 --> 00:42:53,950
And Job understands that David 
is about to leave. 

686
00:42:53,950 --> 00:42:57,950
But David is going to, he's 
going to tell his son Solomon of

687
00:42:57,950 --> 00:43:02,270
his low view of Job. 
And certainly Solomon's going to

688
00:43:02,270 --> 00:43:05,070
replace Joe AB. 
It's a given. 

689
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:07,760
If David replaced him, surely 
Solomon his son, is going to 

690
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:10,200
replace me. 
And so he understands that he 

691
00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:12,040
has no hope under Solomon's 
ruling reign. 

692
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:19,400
I will go to add the Nigel Y job
security, even if it meant 

693
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:23,840
resisting God's will. 
There's no denying. 

694
00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:26,760
Listen, this guy idolized his 
position. 

695
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:30,280
He idolized his post to the 
point where it's going to kill 

696
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:32,720
him. 
You worship anything more than 

697
00:43:32,720 --> 00:43:34,640
God. 
I don't care how innocent it may

698
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:36,550
seem. 
I don't care how much security 

699
00:43:36,550 --> 00:43:38,990
provides, how much meaning it 
brings to your life. 

700
00:43:39,790 --> 00:43:43,710
It will kill you. 
It will betray you. 

701
00:43:47,150 --> 00:43:49,870
I'm not surprised with you. 
I am a little surprised with 

702
00:43:49,870 --> 00:43:51,110
Abiathurdor. 
Right. 

703
00:43:51,470 --> 00:43:56,390
He's a priest and there's no 
indication whatsoever, really, 

704
00:43:56,390 --> 00:43:59,390
at least from a preliminary 
reading, of why Abiathur would 

705
00:43:59,510 --> 00:44:02,830
would turn his back on David. 
Does anybody have an idea why he

706
00:44:02,830 --> 00:44:06,270
would, though? 
Because there's there's only one

707
00:44:06,270 --> 00:44:09,070
possible solution from a 
scriptural standpoint why 

708
00:44:09,070 --> 00:44:12,630
Abyothra would be inspired to 
say I'm done with David. 

709
00:44:14,270 --> 00:44:17,550
Any idea? 
Here's a hint. 

710
00:44:17,950 --> 00:44:27,720
Yes, go ahead. 
Very good observation. 

711
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:29,440
You want the answer? 
The possible answer. 

712
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:32,040
Our sister said it, but I'm not 
going to repeat what she said 

713
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:35,320
because I want you to sit in 
your Bibles And 1st Chronicle is

714
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:38,950
1511. 
First Chronicles 1511. 

715
00:44:39,310 --> 00:44:43,950
With other mentions of this duo 
throughout the Bible, you get 

716
00:44:44,150 --> 00:44:49,310
the idea of why Abby Athur might
have said I'm done with David. 

717
00:44:52,230 --> 00:44:56,190
Then David summoned the priest 
Zadok and Abby Athur. 

718
00:44:56,230 --> 00:44:59,310
Abby Athur was not the only 
chief priest in David's 

719
00:44:59,310 --> 00:45:01,790
administration. 
There was another named Zadok. 

720
00:45:03,310 --> 00:45:05,790
And every time Zadok and Abby 
Athur are mentioned together in 

721
00:45:05,790 --> 00:45:07,910
a verse. 
And guess who's 1st Every time? 

722
00:45:08,830 --> 00:45:13,550
Zadok. 
It could be that Abby author 

723
00:45:13,550 --> 00:45:16,470
recognized Zadok as a threat. 
It could be that with that, he 

724
00:45:16,470 --> 00:45:21,750
also saw this opportunity to 
occupy a individual position as 

725
00:45:21,750 --> 00:45:26,110
priest. 
And Adenija promised that I'm 

726
00:45:26,110 --> 00:45:27,950
in. 
You mean I don't have to share 

727
00:45:27,950 --> 00:45:30,870
this with Zadok? 
You mean Zadok can be his own 

728
00:45:30,870 --> 00:45:33,550
thing and I can be my own thing?
Then let it be. 

729
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:39,080
And so again, you see even a 
priest who is allured by the 

730
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:42,840
false sense of purpose you get 
solely with a position, even if 

731
00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:45,160
it's a religious position. 
If God's not with you, who cares

732
00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:47,600
what you have? 
Who cares? 

733
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:52,640
I'd rather be God's will and 
lose my position than to be in a

734
00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:54,760
ministerial position and not be 
in God's will. 

735
00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:57,840
Do you think most people think 
like that? 

736
00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:02,560
No, because we idolize things 
like this. 

737
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:08,480
And Abby, Arthur will never be 
the same once Solomon becomes 

738
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:12,400
king. 
So these men here, they turn on 

739
00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:14,680
Dave, and there's so much to 
make mention of concerning how 

740
00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:16,400
purpose can pull us away from 
the will of God. 

741
00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:20,400
But I want to see from David's 
perspective, these guys were 

742
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:27,160
with you from the beginning, 
From the beginning and not just 

743
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:28,840
the beginning. 
When you were successful, from 

744
00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:34,160
when you were at zero with no 
promise of a Kingdom, at least 

745
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:37,600
naturally speaking. 
When you're a fugitive, when 

746
00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:41,120
you're an exile, when you're 
being chased like a animal. 

747
00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:44,160
These guys come in. 
Like if you're willing to be my 

748
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:46,600
friend and be with me at these 
kind of times, surely you're 

749
00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:49,640
with me till the end. 
That's not always the case. 

750
00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:53,840
I think a lot of Christians need
a wake up call. 

751
00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:57,600
The reality of relationships. 
Even within Christendom, that's 

752
00:46:57,600 --> 00:47:02,250
not the case. 
And servants of God will know 

753
00:47:02,250 --> 00:47:11,090
that to be true soon enough that
people will come and go, and 

754
00:47:11,090 --> 00:47:14,570
some people that you would never
expect to abandon the cause of 

755
00:47:14,570 --> 00:47:18,450
Christ. 
And with that abandon you might 

756
00:47:18,450 --> 00:47:22,890
just do that. 
And you have to be prepared for 

757
00:47:22,890 --> 00:47:25,210
that. 
You have to be prepared for when

758
00:47:25,210 --> 00:47:32,050
that happens. 
David at his last moments saw 

759
00:47:32,050 --> 00:47:36,090
people that you would not expect
walk away from him. 

760
00:47:37,770 --> 00:47:39,490
So why are you surprised when it
happens? 

761
00:47:39,930 --> 00:47:41,050
And you think this is Old 
Testament? 

762
00:47:41,050 --> 00:47:45,130
What it What did Paul say? 
And second Timothy 410 Demus in 

763
00:47:45,130 --> 00:47:47,850
love with this present world 
deserted. 

764
00:47:47,850 --> 00:47:53,090
Who me? 
You would think he deserted 

765
00:47:53,090 --> 00:47:55,370
Christ. 
And it is true that he deserted 

766
00:47:55,370 --> 00:47:58,300
Christ. 
Paul was realistic with his 

767
00:47:58,300 --> 00:48:03,540
emotions and his feelings that 
when Demos did walk away, he 

768
00:48:03,540 --> 00:48:07,940
walked away from Paul. 
And he knew the pain of that. 

769
00:48:08,940 --> 00:48:11,660
And he knew the frustrations 
with that. 

770
00:48:11,660 --> 00:48:13,380
He knew the disappointments of 
that. 

771
00:48:15,140 --> 00:48:17,900
Demos walked away. 
Demos was mentioned more than 

772
00:48:17,900 --> 00:48:20,820
one of the epistles. 
Demons, was a trusted fellow 

773
00:48:20,820 --> 00:48:23,540
servant. 
Paul didn't let guys in so 

774
00:48:23,540 --> 00:48:25,340
easily into his inner circle, 
did he? 

775
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:28,080
Now, when Mark tried to wedge 
himself back in, he's like, no, 

776
00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:30,800
no, you can go with Barnabas. 
You're not coming with me. 

777
00:48:31,360 --> 00:48:34,240
He was that kind of guy. 
He was like, I have standards 

778
00:48:34,240 --> 00:48:39,680
for who's who's going to serve 
with me, demons of obviously one

779
00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:45,200
his affection, one his trust. 
And at some point he goes, see 

780
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:50,720
you later. 
But what does he say? 

781
00:48:50,720 --> 00:48:54,720
Second Timothy 417. 
This is what he says. 

782
00:48:55,560 --> 00:48:59,880
The Lord stood by me. 
Do you have friendship with the 

783
00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:02,560
Lord Jesus Christ? 
He's my savior. 

784
00:49:02,640 --> 00:49:03,920
Good. 
Are you friends with Him? 

785
00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:09,920
Is your friend. 
Do you walk with him? 

786
00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:14,080
Do you believe in His presence 
in your life? 

787
00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:20,080
Do you converse with Him? 
Do you acknowledge him in every 

788
00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:23,520
place, every problem, every 
circle? 

789
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:28,510
Is he there? 
Does your faith come alive, even

790
00:49:28,510 --> 00:49:36,770
in relational distress? 
I want that always. 

791
00:49:37,450 --> 00:49:39,930
I hope you want that too. 
To be able to confidently, not 

792
00:49:39,930 --> 00:49:43,730
wishfully but confidently, 
accurately, genuinely 

793
00:49:43,810 --> 00:49:49,410
experientially scary word right.
To be able to say The Lord stood

794
00:49:49,410 --> 00:49:54,010
by me, The Lord was with me. 
The Lord is my shepherd. 

795
00:49:54,490 --> 00:49:57,280
The Lord is my friend. 
The Lord was with me. 

796
00:49:57,280 --> 00:49:59,440
He protected me. 
He supplied the strength I 

797
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:01,080
needed. 
He gave me the grace. 

798
00:50:01,080 --> 00:50:03,280
He gave me the wings. 
He gave me the sustenance. 

799
00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:06,240
He gave me revelation. 
He gave me more than I imagined.

800
00:50:06,240 --> 00:50:11,200
The Lord stupid, that's this 
isn't a stuffy headed theologian

801
00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:13,640
that just knew how to explain 
doctrine really well. 

802
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:18,720
Yeah, he could write amazing 
theological pieces like the book

803
00:50:18,720 --> 00:50:20,480
of Romans. 
But he can also say with tender 

804
00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:22,360
heartedness the Lord stood by 
me. 

805
00:50:23,240 --> 00:50:27,270
Wow, what a heart. 
What a relationship he had. 

806
00:50:28,910 --> 00:50:30,790
Brothers and sisters, keep your 
eyes on Christ. 

807
00:50:31,550 --> 00:50:35,830
Always. 
Especially when people who are 

808
00:50:35,830 --> 00:50:38,510
running in that same lane of the
cause of Christ don't run in it 

809
00:50:38,510 --> 00:50:43,270
anymore. 
The Lord is with you, and keep 

810
00:50:43,270 --> 00:50:45,470
him as your focus. 
Keep your eyes on him. 

811
00:50:46,030 --> 00:50:53,550
Win his smile, run toward his 
arms, and you'll know strength. 

812
00:50:53,830 --> 00:50:56,340
You'll know endurance. 
You're always looking at who's 

813
00:50:56,340 --> 00:50:57,940
here, who's not here anymore. 
Oh no, no. 

814
00:51:00,020 --> 00:51:01,820
You're not going to be able to 
do this with joy. 

815
00:51:03,260 --> 00:51:05,540
There's a lot of problems with 
that that I won't get into. 

816
00:51:06,380 --> 00:51:09,100
Instead, we look here at verse 
8. 

817
00:51:09,100 --> 00:51:10,820
There's a remnant in this 
rebellion. 

818
00:51:11,220 --> 00:51:14,300
God always has a remnant. 
But Zeitok the priest, and 

819
00:51:14,300 --> 00:51:17,620
Bennaya the son of Jehoida and 
Nathan the Prophet, and Shemay 

820
00:51:17,700 --> 00:51:21,520
and Reya Ray I and Nathan the 
Prophet, excuse me. 

821
00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:24,080
And David's mighty men were not 
with Adam and I just now look at

822
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:26,200
this. 
Adam and I just sacrificed sheep

823
00:51:26,240 --> 00:51:29,120
oxen and fattened cattle by the 
serpent stone. 

824
00:51:30,520 --> 00:51:33,160
You might have a different 
transition concerning what that 

825
00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:37,760
is, But that translates to 
Serpent, which is beside and 

826
00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:39,760
Rogal. 
And he invited all his brothers,

827
00:51:39,760 --> 00:51:42,120
the King's sons, and all the 
royal officials of Judah. 

828
00:51:42,520 --> 00:51:45,640
But he did not invite Nathan the
prophet or Banaya or the Mighty 

829
00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:49,420
man, or Solomon his brother. 
If you ever question Adenija's 

830
00:51:49,420 --> 00:51:51,620
motives, just look at that. 
He didn't invite Solomon. 

831
00:51:51,740 --> 00:51:57,660
I wonder why you said something 
good. 

832
00:52:00,540 --> 00:52:01,860
Now let's just pull back for a 
second. 

833
00:52:01,860 --> 00:52:05,020
I'm closing here. 
Okay, you have two camps that 

834
00:52:05,020 --> 00:52:08,420
were created here. 
You have Adenija's camp and you 

835
00:52:08,420 --> 00:52:12,420
have David slash Solomon's camp.
Now, what was Adenija able to 

836
00:52:12,420 --> 00:52:14,660
do? 
He was able to recruit certain 

837
00:52:14,660 --> 00:52:18,070
people, right? 
And notice here that he puts on 

838
00:52:18,070 --> 00:52:20,910
a feast. 
This is a coronation feast. 

839
00:52:20,910 --> 00:52:24,590
This is a feast to celebrate his
self appointment as king, and 

840
00:52:24,590 --> 00:52:27,390
he's bringing all these people 
in to join in on that. 

841
00:52:28,310 --> 00:52:30,430
But he doesn't. 
Even through sacrifice, he's 

842
00:52:30,430 --> 00:52:33,670
providing the meal through a 
spiritual gloss. 

843
00:52:34,910 --> 00:52:38,230
Because remember this, almost 
always in a spiritual context. 

844
00:52:38,230 --> 00:52:40,510
Whenever somebody causes the 
vision, they will always come 

845
00:52:40,510 --> 00:52:49,530
off as pious and godly, 
prayerful, biblical, in tune 

846
00:52:49,530 --> 00:52:54,090
with the spirit. 
They don't even know they're 

847
00:52:54,090 --> 00:52:58,730
being used by the devil. 
And so here we see. 

848
00:52:59,930 --> 00:53:03,970
Look, guys, this is my, this is 
my celebration of me becoming 

849
00:53:03,970 --> 00:53:05,850
king. 
And so I'm going to sacrifice. 

850
00:53:06,010 --> 00:53:08,010
This is for God, and it's of 
God. 

851
00:53:08,050 --> 00:53:11,890
Oh, really? 
So who does he have in his camp?

852
00:53:11,930 --> 00:53:17,960
He has not just Joe AB and 
Abiathar, he has a military 

853
00:53:17,960 --> 00:53:23,320
commander and he has a religious
leader, does he not? 

854
00:53:25,760 --> 00:53:28,560
And who are the ones that didn't
come and who are on the side of 

855
00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:31,840
the truth? 
You have Zadok, who is what? 

856
00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:37,400
He also was a religious leader. 
And you have Banaya, who was one

857
00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:40,360
of the mighty men highlighted 
because he was a leader among 

858
00:53:40,400 --> 00:53:43,110
the mighty men. 
So, so far they look like they 

859
00:53:43,110 --> 00:53:46,030
have the same thing. 
So far it looks like an even 

860
00:53:46,070 --> 00:53:50,510
battle, even competition. 
You have a son of David, you 

861
00:53:50,510 --> 00:53:52,790
have a son of David, You have a 
military leader, you have a 

862
00:53:52,790 --> 00:53:54,270
military leader, you have a 
religious leader, you have a 

863
00:53:54,270 --> 00:53:57,630
religious leader. 
But who stands out among the two

864
00:54:00,630 --> 00:54:09,550
Nathan the prophet, Adam. 
And I couldn't recruit a true 

865
00:54:09,550 --> 00:54:14,470
man of God. 
Adonija could not recruit a 

866
00:54:14,470 --> 00:54:20,630
prophet. 
But Nathan, he stood with the 

867
00:54:20,630 --> 00:54:26,150
truth. 
I was meditating on this today, 

868
00:54:26,150 --> 00:54:30,870
and I thought to myself, how 
true is it that in life you will

869
00:54:30,870 --> 00:54:35,870
be introduced to many 
individuals, many friend groups,

870
00:54:36,750 --> 00:54:43,320
ministries, local churches, 
movements of all kinds. 

871
00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:49,560
They will come and they will go,
and some of them will demand 

872
00:54:49,560 --> 00:54:53,040
your opinion. 
Some of them will invite you to 

873
00:54:53,040 --> 00:54:56,760
approve, others might even go 
beyond that and extend an 

874
00:54:56,760 --> 00:55:00,720
invitation to participation. 
And you and I have to make 

875
00:55:00,720 --> 00:55:04,480
choices in life. 
Which side is true? 

876
00:55:05,360 --> 00:55:11,000
Which side is right? 
And it may look very similar, it

877
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:16,680
may both look very promising, it
may even both look very right in

878
00:55:16,680 --> 00:55:20,760
terms of God's will. 
But if you want to be able to 

879
00:55:20,760 --> 00:55:29,240
discern the main differentiating
mark is God approve of it. 

880
00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:35,040
This God's truth, not just in 
theory but in practice back it 

881
00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:37,640
up. 
Nathan the prophet symbolizes 

882
00:55:38,630 --> 00:55:41,110
God's word. 
Because he was God's mouthpiece,

883
00:55:41,870 --> 00:55:46,430
he was used, He was the means in
this covenant to reveal God's 

884
00:55:46,430 --> 00:55:50,270
will. 
And so with all these choices 

885
00:55:50,270 --> 00:55:53,750
that you have to make with, with
all these pulls from our 

886
00:55:53,750 --> 00:55:57,390
experiences in life, to pledge 
our allegiance here or to there 

887
00:55:57,390 --> 00:56:00,670
or to say take sides with this 
or that or to give our time, 

888
00:56:00,670 --> 00:56:04,310
energy, resources here or there,
if you want to know which side 

889
00:56:04,310 --> 00:56:07,850
is the truth, just go with the 
one that honors, esteems, lives 

890
00:56:07,850 --> 00:56:10,090
and surrenders to the word of 
God. 

891
00:56:13,930 --> 00:56:18,530
If I'm looking at this, I see 
out of Nyjah, I see David and 

892
00:56:18,530 --> 00:56:23,690
Solomon, and I see Nathan, the 
prophet here through the 

893
00:56:23,690 --> 00:56:27,250
symbolism of him standing as the
word of God, the mouthpiece of 

894
00:56:27,250 --> 00:56:31,690
God, the representative God. 
You can be safe with that 

895
00:56:31,690 --> 00:56:37,490
decision, and Nathan the Prophet
is going to play an instrumental

896
00:56:37,490 --> 00:56:43,130
role in the rest of this chapter
as he will bring this uprising 

897
00:56:43,130 --> 00:56:46,810
to David's attention and it has 
awesome lessons of how you and I

898
00:56:46,810 --> 00:56:48,930
should respond to certain 
things. 

899
00:56:48,930 --> 00:57:11,750
Let's pray 
thank you for bringing these 

900
00:57:11,750 --> 00:57:15,350
truths, Lord, to our minds, to 
our hearts. 

901
00:57:17,030 --> 00:57:22,110
Thank you that we were able to 
crack some of the shell and to 

902
00:57:22,110 --> 00:57:30,670
receive the nourishment that 
these historical actual lessons 

903
00:57:31,110 --> 00:57:33,230
provide for us in our walk with 
the Lord Jesus. 

904
00:57:34,910 --> 00:57:38,470
Lord, thank you that already we 
are being prepared, and we will 

905
00:57:38,470 --> 00:57:41,590
continually be reminded 
throughout 1st and 2nd Kings 

906
00:57:41,590 --> 00:57:43,710
that there is no King like King 
Jesus. 

907
00:57:45,470 --> 00:57:49,110
Help us to never forget that as 
the overview truth that we have 

908
00:57:49,110 --> 00:57:54,870
the King of Kings and the Lord 
of Lords as our leader, as our 

909
00:57:54,870 --> 00:57:57,430
governor, as our provider, as 
our protector. 

910
00:57:58,990 --> 00:58:02,590
And for now, Lord, we meditate 
in all the different truths that

911
00:58:02,590 --> 00:58:05,030
came from different angles. 
And we asked, Lord, that we 

912
00:58:05,030 --> 00:58:08,600
would be wise and interpreting 
what happened with Adam. 

913
00:58:08,600 --> 00:58:12,280
Nigel, what happened with Abby. 
Shag what happened with even 

914
00:58:13,160 --> 00:58:16,840
Nathan and these other figures. 
Lord and to Lord, by your grace,

915
00:58:16,840 --> 00:58:19,400
help us know how to apply that 
to our lives. 

916
00:58:19,400 --> 00:58:25,120
Now help us be equipped. 
Lord, help us find to where to 

917
00:58:25,120 --> 00:58:28,200
put these truths in our own 
experiences. 

918
00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:33,080
Lord, we want to give you glory 
and thanks as we meditate on 

919
00:58:33,080 --> 00:58:35,880
that in Jesus name. 
Amen. 

920
00:58:36,160 --> 00:58:38,910
Amen. 
Why don't you meditate on that? 

921
00:58:38,910 --> 00:58:41,510
We're going to sing. 
We have a different service 

922
00:58:41,510 --> 00:58:42,150
time. 
You know that, right? 

923
00:58:42,150 --> 00:58:43,790
So it's not 9:30. 
It's 8:30. 

924
00:58:45,510 --> 00:58:50,550
We can take our time a little 
bit to just sit back and let the

925
00:58:50,550 --> 00:58:53,510
word just wash over us more and 
more through meditation. 

926
00:58:58,640 --> 00:59:03,120
Thomas Watson said the reason 
why so many of us come cold 

927
00:59:03,120 --> 00:59:05,720
after reading God's Word is 
because we did not sit by the 

928
00:59:05,720 --> 00:59:09,850
fires of meditation. 
And so before they even if they 

929
00:59:09,850 --> 00:59:11,090
want to play softly, that's 
fine. 

930
00:59:11,090 --> 00:59:13,490
But before we even sing a song 
and just go through the server, 

931
00:59:13,490 --> 00:59:16,810
just meditate on the word. 
Meditate on those different 

932
00:59:16,810 --> 00:59:20,810
things, speak back to the Lord 
about them, thank him for it, 

933
00:59:21,170 --> 00:59:22,410
and then we'll sing all 
together.