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We haven't been in Bible study 
for a while and so this is 

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especially exciting for me. 
I hope it is for you, that's why

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you're here. 
So let's go to 2nd Samuel 19 

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together, second Samuel, 
chapter, 19. 

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We didn't complete this chapter 
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second, Samuel has the 
reputation of having very 

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lengthy chapters and that should
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no rush, I hope and that's 
evident by the fact that we've 

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been in this book for quite some
time but we are coming near the 

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end and so enjoy every moment of
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Let's go to 2nd Samuel, 19 and 
place your finger with me here 

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verse 9 because that's where we 
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Here's what happens. 
David now is prepared to return 

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to his throne For many chapters 
we've seen David exiled, he was 

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made a fugitive by his own son 
who rebelled against them and we

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took some time to study, invest 
and investigate, David's Journey

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out from Jerusalem towards the 
Jordan. 

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And part of that study, was, we 
saw that David had some 

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conversation. 
Some interactions with specific 

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characters that brought some 
valuable insight to us and 

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different manners. 
But what we're about to see here

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upon his reinstatement, Moment 
is a mirroring almost because as

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David is now returning to 
Jerusalem, were also going to 

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see for the rest of this chapter
him, engaging with individuals, 

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some of the same individuals 
that he engaged with when he had

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initially left. 
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doubt that the Holy Spirit, 
preserve these conversations for

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us for the sake of our 
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That's what I'm looking forward 
to see with you. 

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In fact, there are four 
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with four different people. 
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The first one will be with the 
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The second will be with somebody
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that is Chef Mei or Chamois, 
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We will see David being visited 
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And lastly, we'll see character 
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a flash of a moment, but now 
there's actually going to be an 

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in-depth conversation with a man
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Forgive me if I'm not 
pronouncing these names 

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correctly or accurately, I'm 
trying my best and you 

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understand as long as you see it
here and then you've been does 

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not here with his Hebrew 
knowledge to correct me. 

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So I have a little bit more 
freedom today so David is now 

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going to have these kind of 
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Upon his re-entrance to his 
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Laurie. 
Pray today. 

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We want to have freedom but we 
also realize you deserve 

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reverence and honor. 
This is your word. 

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It's holy You Are Holy made. 
A delivery of this word be 

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honorable to you either be 
nothing of it. 

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That is confusing or dishonoring
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would be equally. 
Honorable, and more importantly,

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may it be embedded in our hearts
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Genuine sincere, obedience to 
your name in these last days. 

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Lord, we want to know you more, 
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Should you Terry, should you 
Teri, Teri? 

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Do we want to be found? 
Faithful for the rest of our 

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days. 
But if you do return, help us 

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Lord, to be found with our 
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you. 
We ask these things from the 

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bottom of our hearts. 
In Christ's name, we pray. 

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Amen. 
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And all the people were arguing 
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Israel saying, the king 
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our enemies and save this from 
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And now he has fled out of the 
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But Absalom whom we anointed 
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Therefore, why do you say 
nothing about bringing the king 

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back? 
King, David sent this message to

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zadok and abiathar. 
The priest, say to the Elders of

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Judah, why should you be the 
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his house when the word of all 
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You are my brothers, you are my 
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Why then, should you be the last
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to amasa? 
Are you not my bone in my flesh?

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God do so to me and more also, 
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Army, from now on, In place of 
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David is returning to his 
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category of people that he 
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Judah. 
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Well after the news of absence 
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nation of Israel, a debate 
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rehearse what David had done in 
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They acknowledged that he had 
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They even admit that they have 
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the result of David's exit. 
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from the people concerning the 
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hesitating to bring David back 
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And so things are not looking 
good within and among the people

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of God at this point. and we see
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doing. 
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insightful. 
Concerning the human nature 

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itself. 
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which the people decided to 
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David to come back. 
One was it look here again, it 

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says here, but Absalom whom we 
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over us is dead in battle now, 
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expect David to come back, 
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Because Absalom is opposition is
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topple, the kingdom died with 
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The people now are entertaining 
the possibility of David coming 

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back. 
Only When what, when their 

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choice failed them? 
when their governance 

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disappointed them, When their 
decision to oppose God's 

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anointed ended up turning 
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And I looked at that and I 
thought to myself the thoughts 

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of these Israelites is so 
similar to the testimonies of 

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many perhaps even many of us 
today, how many of us can 

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rightly admit that Christ only 
became attractive when our 

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alternative choices. 
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And that is what people are 
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There are people today, maybe 
even the sound of my voice who 

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are not giving their total 
surrender and Devotion to Christ

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because they've been giving some
perfumed Hollow promise from 

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another king that they will be 
under greater Prosperity Greater

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Joy, greater sustenance under 
their rule instead of Christ 

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rule And that's a pathetic 
motive, right? 

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I mean I can say rifle that was 
my testimony. 

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That when I tried everything 
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knew where to turn to and I knew
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And again it's it's not the most
attractive way to coming to 

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somebody for forgiveness, but 
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She still willing to embrace us 
despite that how Despicable that

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reason is Christ is still 
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summer. 
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the very teaching of Jesus in 
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You don't have to turn there but
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Prodigal Son, The Prodigal Son, 
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at the peak of his success. 
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So when his face was caked with 
mud, and when he was in the muck

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and the mire, only when 
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he was absolutely at the bottom 
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say, I need to go back to my 
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And the father didn't cross his 
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look at you, this is when you 
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No, he Embraces him. 
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He puts a ring on his hand, he 
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He has a celebration And we see 
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to people only after great loss.
And he is reflecting some 

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measure of the grace of God. 
Is he not? 

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Absolutely. 
But you know as much as that 

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truth is common. 
Right that the grace of God. 

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Is there at all times at all 
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No matter how much we have 
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God turned away from God. 
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There's another truth, tied into
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That's not emphasized much and 
this is it. 

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Why do you have to wait for your
world to collapse before you 

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consider Christ? 
You don't have to Okay. 

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It's a testimony of many and 
it's indicative of the, the 

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stubbornness of our human 
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But why do we have to you don't 
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Maybe you're a person here, who,
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And my question is you don't 
have to wait until you get some 

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scars before you do. 
See you see here? 

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These people realizing what? 
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Look here, again, in verse 9, 
the king delivered us from the 

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hand of our enemies and saved us
from the hand of the 

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Philistines. 
David actually did something for

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us. 
And it's only now, do they 

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realize that Absalom didn't 
actually deliver, right? 

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He actually fellas, but you 
don't have to realize that in 

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hindsight, you can actually know
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Now, it was true for David 
Wright because these people were

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deceived, Absalom did nothing. 
He showed nothing for himself 

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before he became king, he just 
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sweet-talk them and they ate it 
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becoming king showed and proved 
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Over and over again. 
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shepherdess even the during the 
days of Saul, he is worthy to be

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our King, okay? 
I say apply that to Christ, step

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back and realize that God has 
given us a book. 

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A testimony of the person of 
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Look at his life, look at his 
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Look at what he was able to do. 
Look what he is able to do. 

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And understand that an honest 
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of God will bring you to this 
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No one else is like him. 
And no one else can deliver like

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he can deliver and no one else 
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Humanity's problem like him. 
And you and just from that 

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assessment, be wise enough to 
say, okay, I don't have to 

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explore with other options. 
Why don't I save myself time? 

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Why don't I save myself hardik 
and just give myself to Christ 

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now? 
That's why people who have the 

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testimony of. 
I remember following Jesus ever 

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since I remember those kind of 
testimonies are precious, they 

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are precious. 
They might not be as dramatic, 

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and that's what people feel. 
Sorry about concerning the 

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testimonies, I don't have this. 
This Grand moment where things 

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change. 
I wasn't a gang member. 

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I wasn't a drug dealer, I wasn't
this, I was in that. 

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Yeah. 
But by God's grace you came to 

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an awareness of his goodness and
he has preserved you from all 

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perversion and pain. 
Give him glory for that. 

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And let it teach others that 
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as early on as possible and they
can raise their kids with that 

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hope and that ambition and that 
we can show the world that he is

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worthy to be served. 
We don't have to experiment with

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the world before we give him our
Allegiance. we see here that 

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these people had to experience 
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The anointed one is the true one
20,000 Israelites died in the 

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Civil War According to second, 
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And again, it shows that 
sometimes it takes great loss 

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before people realize. 
Okay, I'm done Christ. 

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Forgive me. 
I bow before you your, your, my 

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Lord forever. 
And there's a, there's a verse 

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that I shared a prayer meeting 
last Wednesday, and it's a verse

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I want to share with you. 
You heard me earlier saying that

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I've been reading jeremias 
Jeremiah's book The Weeping 

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prophets. 
Writings, there's one verse that

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I read probably two weeks ago 
and it's been in my heart since,

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and I can't shake it off and I 
don't want to shake it off, it's

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in Jeremiah 17 14. 
Jeremiah praise again, he prays 

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to the Lord and he says to me, 
so powerfully says Heal Me O, 

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Lord, and I will be healed. 
Save me and I will be saved for.

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You are my praise. 
What is he saying there? 

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Heal Me O Lord and I will be 
healed, save me and I will be 

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saved. 
Meaning Lord, if you really 

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extend your hand of healing, I 
know that it will be effective 

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if you really reach out to save 
me. 

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I know that I will be saved. 
You actually deliver with your 

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promises. 
You actually produce results 

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with your claims. 
There, a lot of people claim to 

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heal their lot of people who 
claim to say but they can't 

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actually deliver. 
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That's what Jeremiah says. 
You're the only one out of 

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everybody else. 
All these false gods and all 

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these false prophets. 
You're the only one that can 

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actually come through. 
So heal me. 

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And if you do heal me, I know 
I'll be, he'll save me. 

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And if you save me, I know I 
will be saved. 

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He comes through the anointed 
one can come through. 

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Our anointed, one will come 
through. 

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If you call upon him in 
sincerity and Truth. 

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Look at verse 11 and King David 
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abiathar. 
The priest, say to the Elders of

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Judah, why should you be the 
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his house when the word of all 
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So David Gets a message that 
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nation and there's this argument
and debate and strife about what

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they should do. 
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that's encouraging right? 
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considering to bring me back but
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disappointment because among all
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that is actually showing little 
to no interest for David coming 

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back and it's the tribe that you
would expect the strongest and 

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loudest sponsorship from which 
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Is David from Judah. 
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So, the people closest to him, 
the people nearest to him, the 

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people that he shares his 
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are actually expressing no sign 
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I think this is a really sober 
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Servants of God today for the 
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In general that oftentimes where
you expect the strongest support

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from is where you actually don't
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And the least expected people to
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of need actually do arrive. 
That's not to make you bitter 

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and that should not make you 
cynical but it should make you 

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prepared. 
Prepared to realize that even 

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the greatest of people, even the
people who share your blood or 

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even share your faith. 
Might not show up the way you 

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thought they would show up. 
And if you think that's unique 

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to us, that's actually something
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experience. 
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his last letter, in 2nd, Timothy
4 verse 16 at my first defense. 

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No one stood by me. 
No one stood by you. 

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After all the churches, you 
planted after all the people 

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that saw your miraculous power, 
God's power through your life. 

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After all the pain and all the 
letters. 

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No one, stood by you. 
At your first defense. 

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Yeah. 
No one stood by me at my first 

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defense, then he says in verse 
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But the Lord stood by me and 
what strengthen me? 

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You know what that tells me the 
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just some doctrinal idea, it was
something you actually 

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experienced. 
I actually experienced the 

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infusing strength of Christ in 
my life when in the absence of 

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everybody else. 
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interesting often times what 
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Fidelity of Jesus Christ that 
experience will be heightened in

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the midst of relational turmoil.
And so, don't let the letdowns 

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and the disappointments of 
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Even Christians, even Christian 
leaders Cause you to raise your 

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fist to Heaven. 
Know if anything, let it 

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encourage you to draw near to 
Christ to seek his presence and 

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to believe that he will actually
strengthen you, he will actually

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make his Fellowship known to 
you. 

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You know what David is 
experiencing here is what Christ

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ultimately experiencing his 
visitation here on Earth. 

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His own did not receive him. 
His own did not receive him. 

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And so, what that tells me is 
that even in the particular 

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suffering of rejection or 
negligence, I can fellowship 

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with Christ like I couldn't draw
nearer to Christ and expect that

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as I pour my heart out to him, 
he sympathizes he knows and if 

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you're going to serve the Lord, 
there is one thing that I can 

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promise you with all the joys 
and all the testimonies and all 

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the Wonders, that Ministry comes
with. 

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People would disappoint, you're 
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out there. 
I'm talking about people who 

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Phillip use, they will people 
who wear suits and ties, they 

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can and so learn now, and 
believe now and even practice 

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this truth. 
To fellowship with the Lord and 

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to expect him to be there. 
When everybody else isn't, This 

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is something that David here is 
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Where are you? 
You're my flesh and your my 

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bone. 
You're supposed to be the 

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closest to me. 
So where are you? 

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And there seems to be some kind 
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suede, we're told that their 
Suede and verse 14 in each 

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suede, the heart of all the men 
of Judah as one man, so they 

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sent word to the king. 
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fascinating before we move on to
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Isn't David? 
The Conquering King. 

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They didn't just win. 
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Didn't just overthrow Absalom. 
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Doesn't he have every right to 
March, right? 

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Back into Jerusalem, to take his
scepter, to reclaim his crown to

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sit on the throne and to govern 
the nation, whether they want to

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or not. 
The answer is yes. 

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Evidently. 
David does not entertain the 

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option of forcing his rule on 
people who are hesitant or not 

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interested in making them him, 
King over their lives. 

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News. 
Flash Christ isn't any 

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different. 
It's not a force himself. 

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I know some people might feel 
logically disagree with me on 

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that. 
But you read this book cover to 

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cover and what you realize about
the heart of God is that he 

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genuinely desires you to 
genuinely desire him and he was 

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so respect your choice. 
That he will allow you to reject

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him. 
You can reject them all you 

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want. 
You can reject them persistent, 

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you can reject them until your 
dying breath, and he won't Bend 

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you. 
If, you know, the truth, hear 

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the truth and refused. 
He won't Bend you and to make 

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you a robot in your Devotion to 
him. 

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Now, that choice of rejecting 
will come with consequences 

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consequences that if not 
granted. 

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With disqualified God and other 
aspects of his character, namely

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his Justice, because this isn't 
just a friendship here, we're 

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dealing with a king, we're 
dealing with a judge, we're 

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dealing with one who gave a 
moral law to humanity. 

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So we're talking about 
relationship with Jesus. 

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We're not talking about, Jesus 
being lonely, and he wants 

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Humanity to occupy more space in
heaven, because it's a really 

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big place. 
No, it there is a personal 

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relationship but we're dealing 
with the cosmic ruler of the 

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universe who is dealing with a 
Celestial Ball filled with 

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enemies. 
And he extends reconciliation to

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us and I'll respect your choice.
Do you want Christ? 

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He'll come. 
You don't want Christ. 

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He'll leave you to yourself. 
You leave, you with your Idols. 

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He'll leave with your, with your
sin. 

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And he'll let you do what you 
want to do in these 60 50 40, 30

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80 years and then you'll face 
some and then explain your 

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rejection. 
So David here, doesn't impose 

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his will David. 
Your doesn't force himself back 

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into the boundaries of Israel. 
He waits. 

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Do you want me to come back or 
not? 

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Do you want to receive me or 
not? 

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Do you want to accept me or not?
And he persuades them there. 

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Persuaded And they invite him. 
They meet him at the Jordan but 

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look here verse 13. 
Something interesting happens. 

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Because everything up to this 
point is very commendable 

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concerning David. 
I argue verse 13 is questionable

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concerning his judgment. 
And say to amasa, are you not my

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bone in my flesh? 
God do so to me and more also, 

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if you are not commander of my 
Army from now on in place of 

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joab, why does he do this? 
Well, before we answer that 

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question, does anybody remember 
who amasa is? 

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Yes. 
Very good. 

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Well let's turn back if you want
the answer in 2nd, Samuel 17 and

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notice here with me. 
In verse 25, exactly who a 

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masses. 
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17 Absalom had said amasa over 
the Army instead of joab. 

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A Masa was the son of a man 
named Ezra the ishmaelite who is

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married to Abigail the daughter 
of nahas shifts, their Observer 

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Aya. 
Jobs, mother first things first,

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a Masa is a relative to David. 
He's another nephew of David's, 

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making a Masa and job cousins So
we know here that there's blood 

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relationship, right? 
But more importantly, not only 

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is this a relative to David, 
this is one of David's Traders 

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Absalom chose a messiah to be 
the general over the army of 

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Israel and there is no 
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So we're dealing with a person 
who has committed great treason.

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With that background. 
What is David doing? 

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And giving a massage a promotion
upon his return to making him 

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the commander of his army. 
Any ideas I have to maybe you 

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have more any ideas. 
Yes, okay, so this is there's a 

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little personal thing to this, 
right? 

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You killed my son. 
I'm going to teach you a lesson.

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I know how much job you prize 
your position. 

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I know what you do to people who
try to or threaten your 

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Authority. 
Authority. 

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You're gone. 
Okay, there's a personal aspect.

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But before that, there is a 
political move here. 

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Here's the political move, 
again. 

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He's trying to persuade the 
heart of Judah, and of the 

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nation as a whole. 
And so, and showing his 

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willingness to forgive them. 
Despite the fact that they chose

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Absalom, he brings in a traitor 
and he promotes him. 

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And he proves to them, I'm 
willing to forgive, watch me a 

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masseur. 
You're my new general. 

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But he's trying to accomplish 
more than one thing here and we 

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touch our brother touched on it.
There's a personal aspect to 

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this. 
It's clear here that that David 

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learn who was responsible for 
his son's death job. 

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Joe, I've Dishonored his word 
and that was the line crossed 

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for David. 
And so he takes a messiah and he

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says amasa I'm going to make you
now the general. 

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And you're going to take jobs 
place, it seems like a very good

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political move. 
But unfortunately, this decision

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was mixed with personal 
bitterness, Was this wise or 

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unwise politically speaking 
politicians? 

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Would love that. 
That's a good move. 

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Personally and even in God's 
economy, wrong many reasons why 

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it's wrong. 
Let me give you one. 

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A Masa was incompetent as a 
general, was he not how do we 

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know that? 
Well, he was the general of 

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absalom's army a much larger 
Army than David's forces. 

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And yet he still failed to come 
close to Bringing victory for 

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Israel. 
And yet, David is still willing 

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to put him in a compromising 
position for the sake of what to

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get back at somebody else. 
And Amazon the next chapter is 

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going to show just how 
disqualified he is, because he's

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actually going to because of his
incompetence. 

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Can actually play a role in the 
potential Civil War to ensue as 

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a result of his lack of ability.
Here's here's a lesson from this

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and it's important especially 
for leaders in any capacity. 

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But it's especially important, 
it's important for all of us in 

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our decisions in life. 
Never make a decision. 

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Never make a decision about 
especially in the context of 

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ministry. 
Never make a decision to promote

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or place. 
Somebody in a particular 

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position. 
If your motive is inspired by 

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anything that is personal God 
has set qualifications. 

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Listen, not just for positions 
in Ministry before a spouse for 

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your friends and when you for 
whatever reason, no matter how 

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strong, your reasoning is no 
matter. 

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A stronger feelings are when you
decide to compromise on those 

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qualifications. 
You will realize soon enough 

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that you're going to invite 
trouble. 

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Though you satisfied some 
initial desire in your decision.

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That's true for marriage. 
That's true for friendship. 

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That's true for Ministry. 
There are people who say just 

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bring this person on in Ministry
because if not, they're going to

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cause problems. 
That's not how you choose people

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in Ministry. 
Choose this person because 

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because, you know, they're going
to offer this to you. 

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They're going to offer that to 
you. 

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They're gonna, they'll fulfill 
your fantasy. 

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They have something to do with 
this. 

454
00:26:04,700 --> 00:26:06,900
They have to somebody. 
That's not how you choose a 

455
00:26:06,900 --> 00:26:08,100
spouse. 
All right? 

456
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,300
It's not. 
But these are my friends and, 

457
00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:13,500
and I grew up with them and 
we're family. 

458
00:26:13,500 --> 00:26:16,800
And if I choose to follow Christ
and not give in to what they 

459
00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,000
want, that it might cause 
issues, and we have history and 

460
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,300
they've helped us out over the 
years. 

461
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,300
That's not how you choose your 
friends. 

462
00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,900
It may satisfy something in the 
moment, the time being, but a 

463
00:26:26,900 --> 00:26:29,100
will invite trouble. 
It will invite heartache 

464
00:26:29,100 --> 00:26:30,900
eventually. 
That's what we're going to see 

465
00:26:30,900 --> 00:26:35,800
with Amazon and so David here. 
Chooses this man, you know what 

466
00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,700
I find so interesting because 
obviously his blood is still 

467
00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:41,900
boiling about what job did to 
his son Absalom, but go to First

468
00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:44,600
Kings chapter 2 and I want you 
to see something. 

469
00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:49,200
That is omitted that is I think 
instructive about David's 

470
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,800
development. 
If you go to verse 5, he speaks 

471
00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:57,800
about joab. 
To his succeeding, son Solomon 

472
00:26:58,100 --> 00:27:01,200
and he rehearses what? 
Joe I've had done. 

473
00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:06,300
Making him, worthy of some kind 
of punishment first Kings. 25 

474
00:27:06,700 --> 00:27:10,700
David says, moreover, you also 
know what job the son of 

475
00:27:10,700 --> 00:27:15,000
Zechariah did to me, how he 
dealt with the two commanders of

476
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:18,800
the armies of Israel, Abner, the
son of Nur and a Messiah, the 

477
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:24,300
Son of japheth er whom he killed
Who's missing here? 

478
00:27:29,300 --> 00:27:32,200
His son, he doesn't mention 
Absalom. 

479
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:37,000
I mean here we see in chapter 19
that what's motivating him is 

480
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,900
what job did two apps on. 
At least we presume. 

481
00:27:38,900 --> 00:27:42,500
So it makes sense in light of 
the context But as time goes by 

482
00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:44,600
as years goes by think David 
himself. 

483
00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:48,200
Even learned that absalom's 
death was necessary. 

484
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,000
It's amazing. 
What time teaches us. 

485
00:27:51,700 --> 00:27:53,700
It's amazing. 
What reflection teaches us. 

486
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:58,000
It's amazing. 
How emotions and feelings can 

487
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:04,900
blind Us in the time being but 
God loves to use time. 

488
00:28:06,700 --> 00:28:10,000
To show us. 
Where we were wrong. 

489
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,400
And hopefully doesn't take too 
much time and hopefully we can 

490
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:18,900
learn before before years go by 
where we could have been, right?

491
00:28:18,900 --> 00:28:21,600
Right. 
So this is the Elders of Judah, 

492
00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,900
but now we come to verse 16. 
The second person that David 

493
00:28:24,900 --> 00:28:29,200
interacts with, and shammai the 
son of Gera the Benjamin a'ight,

494
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,600
From bahurim hurry to come down 
with the men of Judah to meet 

495
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,800
King David and with him were a 
thousand men from Benjamin and 

496
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:39,900
zebra. 
The servant of the House of Saul

497
00:28:40,100 --> 00:28:43,500
with his 15 sons and 20 servants
rushed down to the Jordan before

498
00:28:43,500 --> 00:28:46,300
the king and they crossed the 
for to bring over the Kings 

499
00:28:46,300 --> 00:28:47,900
household and to do his 
pleasure. 

500
00:28:49,100 --> 00:28:52,500
And shammai the son of Gera fell
down before the king as he was 

501
00:28:52,500 --> 00:28:56,000
about to cross the Jordan verse 
19 says, and said to the king, 

502
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,800
let not my Lord. 
Hold me, guilty or remember how 

503
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:00,300
your servant did wrong of the 
day. 

504
00:29:00,300 --> 00:29:03,300
My Lord the king but Jerusalem, 
do not let the king. 

505
00:29:03,300 --> 00:29:06,500
Take it to heart for your 
servant knows that I have 

506
00:29:06,500 --> 00:29:08,000
sinned. 
Therefore behold I have come 

507
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,100
this day. 
The first of all, the house of 

508
00:29:10,100 --> 00:29:12,100
Joseph to come down to meet the 
Lord the king. 

509
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:18,800
You remember shamai? 
The scoundrel troublemaker. 

510
00:29:20,700 --> 00:29:25,300
When David was barefoot, headed 
back to the Jordan, with his 

511
00:29:25,300 --> 00:29:28,400
back towards his home, his 
family is his throne, his 

512
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:32,700
kingdom, he cursed him from the 
hilltop, he threw rocks at him, 

513
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:37,500
he denounced him, he falsely 
accused him and now we see this 

514
00:29:37,500 --> 00:29:42,700
man. coming to David falling 
before him, confessing his sin 

515
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:47,700
and pleading, for pardon, And 
here's what's tricky. 

516
00:29:47,700 --> 00:29:50,900
Sometimes about Old Testament, 
narratives, you don't get 

517
00:29:50,900 --> 00:29:55,500
commentary at times of whether 
or not something is sincere or 

518
00:29:55,500 --> 00:29:56,800
whether or not something is 
suspicious. 

519
00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,700
If something is, insincere, 
something is authentic? 

520
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,600
And so you come here, and I can 
see how there can be debate, 

521
00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:08,400
whether this man was actually 
true or if he's actually 

522
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,900
presenting worldly sorrow. 
So let's gather the evidence 

523
00:30:12,900 --> 00:30:14,300
shall we? 
I mean, look at it, you heard me

524
00:30:14,300 --> 00:30:15,900
read it, but look at it for a 
few moments. 

525
00:30:15,900 --> 00:30:19,100
And gather, the evidence for 
yourself is shit, my I hear 

526
00:30:19,100 --> 00:30:22,900
being honest, is this actually a
genuine repentance or is this 

527
00:30:22,900 --> 00:30:25,400
something more? 
Is he being clever? 

528
00:30:25,700 --> 00:30:28,400
Is he being shady? 
Let me show you. 

529
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,000
Some of the things that I 
noticed the timing of his 

530
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,000
repentance maybe you already 
caught on to that. 

531
00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:38,300
It says here in verse 16 that he
hurried to come down with the 

532
00:30:38,300 --> 00:30:41,800
men of Judah to meet King David.
So the Of of Judah said, 

533
00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:43,600
alright. 
You persuaded us were coming to 

534
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,400
fetch for you, so they go down 
to the Border, they meet him at 

535
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,900
the Jordan and it seems, as 
though, the moment, the news 

536
00:30:49,900 --> 00:30:54,100
went out that it is confirmed. 
David is coming back to the 

537
00:30:54,100 --> 00:30:56,300
throne. 
She my knew he was in trouble 

538
00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:02,300
and so he makes it an urgent 
matter to flee toward David in 

539
00:31:02,300 --> 00:31:07,400
order to beg for his pardon. 
That's an interesting timing. 

540
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,700
What else stands out to you? 
What stands out to you from 

541
00:31:11,700 --> 00:31:17,300
verse 17? 
How many people came with 

542
00:31:17,300 --> 00:31:20,300
shamai? 
Thousand. 

543
00:31:20,700 --> 00:31:23,100
I'm surprised a guy like that 
had a thousand friends, to be 

544
00:31:23,100 --> 00:31:25,200
honest. 
Most of us have a thousand 

545
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,000
friends on Facebook and we 
probably 85% of those aren't 

546
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,300
really friends, right? 
This guy was able to gather a 

547
00:31:30,300 --> 00:31:35,200
thousand friends or comrades or 
citizens of his tribe, a 

548
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,600
thousand of them. 
And here's what I'm wondering, 

549
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:40,900
is this necessary, and what is 
it all about him in any way? 

550
00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:43,400
Why are you bringing a thousand 
people with? 

551
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:47,800
You seems kind of show it to me.
And so, there's something 

552
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:49,600
suspicious about even that, 
right? 

553
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,200
And and there's different 
speculations. 

554
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:55,500
Maybe by orchestrating this 
welcome party, which softened 

555
00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:58,300
David up. 
So that if there was any hint of

556
00:31:58,300 --> 00:32:01,500
him, executing immediate 
judgment, it would be halted by 

557
00:32:01,500 --> 00:32:06,600
this bouquet of The Tribe of 
Benjamin, very clever. 

558
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,400
But it's like, what are you 
doing this for, you know, and 

559
00:32:10,500 --> 00:32:13,000
and then you see him falling 
before David? 

560
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,300
That's a, that's a posture of 
humility, that's difficult to 

561
00:32:15,300 --> 00:32:19,100
argue with but then, You can 
challenge it with this backdrop 

562
00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:22,100
of a thousand of his own people 
watching this take place. 

563
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:26,600
So there's some kind of some 
kind of display demonstration 

564
00:32:27,100 --> 00:32:30,500
that is a little bit 
over-the-top and when people do 

565
00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:33,400
things over the top you wonder 
what the real motive is. 

566
00:32:34,500 --> 00:32:36,200
Okay, what else do we see? 
Your anything else that stands 

567
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:39,500
out? 
We see his, his physical posture

568
00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:41,300
and verse 19. 
Now we see his words. 

569
00:32:41,500 --> 00:32:44,700
What does he say? 
Let not my Lord. 

570
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,600
Now he's your lord uh let not my
Lord. 

571
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:52,000
Hold me guilty or remember how 
your servant interesting did 

572
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,400
wrong on the day. 
My Lord the king. 

573
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:58,300
Oh now he's King. 
The king left Jerusalem. 

574
00:32:58,300 --> 00:33:01,800
Do not let the king. 
Take it to heart for your 

575
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:03,100
servant. 
There it is. 

576
00:33:03,100 --> 00:33:06,000
Again, I'm your servant knows 
that I have sinned. 

577
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:10,500
So, so more than so three times,
he says my Lord three times, he 

578
00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:13,600
says the king twice. 
He says your servant. 

579
00:33:15,100 --> 00:33:18,100
Much different attitude and 
language than when David was in 

580
00:33:18,100 --> 00:33:21,600
his Exile, right? 
Is it genuine? 

581
00:33:22,900 --> 00:33:25,400
Well, we see him. 
Say something that's that's 

582
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:29,300
quite impressive. 
Three words, verse 20. 

583
00:33:29,700 --> 00:33:36,500
I have sinned, I have sinned. 
Now, if if she, my would have 

584
00:33:36,500 --> 00:33:41,700
just stopped there, right there 
would be much more to his case 

585
00:33:41,700 --> 00:33:47,300
of being sincere. 
But unfortunately, he feels the 

586
00:33:47,300 --> 00:33:52,200
need to continue to open his 
mouth and by continuing to open 

587
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:56,800
his mouth he says something that
is utterly unnecessary and puts 

588
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,300
him back into the category being
suspicious. 

589
00:34:00,300 --> 00:34:02,700
If you are just said, I have 
sinned. 

590
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:06,200
Wow, perhaps we would have a 
wonderful testimony of a. 

591
00:34:06,208 --> 00:34:10,100
Truly repented man, a very 
unlikely man who has repented 

592
00:34:10,300 --> 00:34:12,900
but instead he goes on to add 
what? 

593
00:34:12,900 --> 00:34:16,400
Therefore, behold. 
Like hey David. 

594
00:34:16,900 --> 00:34:19,600
Check this out. 
Look, what I'm highlighting to 

595
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:23,100
you. 
Behold what I have come this 

596
00:34:23,100 --> 00:34:28,199
day, the first of all the house 
of Joseph to come down to meet 

597
00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:30,100
my Lord, the king. 
Why are you doing that? 

598
00:34:30,100 --> 00:34:36,000
She my Why just be be humble be 
straight? 

599
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,000
No he has to make sure that 
David knows that before any 

600
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:45,400
other tribe. apart from Judah, 
any other member of the the 11 

601
00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:52,199
different tribes had come shh my
game and he showed his gratitude

602
00:34:52,199 --> 00:34:56,000
and he showed his penitent heart
braggadocious I think 

603
00:34:57,100 --> 00:35:02,900
Unnecessary, I think. 
So if you feel bad feeling a 

604
00:35:02,900 --> 00:35:04,600
little off about shammai, don't 
feel bad. 

605
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:10,100
You know why? 
Because David did Abishai 

606
00:35:10,100 --> 00:35:12,300
definitely did. 
Look at verse 21 abishai. 

607
00:35:12,300 --> 00:35:14,400
The senator. 
I answered shall not shammai be 

608
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:16,800
put to death for this because 
you curse the Lord's anointed 

609
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:20,000
like he didn't buy any of it. 
I can see right through this 

610
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:21,400
guy. 
Let's just kill him right here 

611
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,400
now and don't be too hard on 
abishai. 

612
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,700
You know why? 
Because I believe abishai had a 

613
00:35:25,700 --> 00:35:28,800
specific law in the book of 
Exodus in mind concerning 

614
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:31,600
shammai that he wanted to honor.
You know what that law is? 

615
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:35,000
It's an Exodus 20 to 28 where 
we're told that we should not 

616
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:38,200
revile Our God or curse any 
leader of his people. 

617
00:35:38,300 --> 00:35:40,200
Apple. 
And that's exactly what shammai 

618
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:44,500
did. 
And so, I be shy wants to in 

619
00:35:44,500 --> 00:35:48,600
righteousness deal with shammai 
and David, seems to what? 

620
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:52,400
We see David often do extend 
Grace, is that right? 

621
00:35:52,500 --> 00:35:56,100
But read your Bible carefully, 
read it slowly. 

622
00:35:56,100 --> 00:35:59,700
And notice the choice words of 
David is what makes Bible 

623
00:35:59,700 --> 00:36:03,800
studies, so fascinating. 
But David said, what have I to 

624
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,300
do with you? 
You sons of zuria that you 

625
00:36:06,300 --> 00:36:09,100
should do this day. 
Be as an adversary to me really 

626
00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:13,400
carefully with me, shall anyone 
be To death in Israel this day 

627
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:15,500
for. 
Do I not know that I am this day

628
00:36:15,500 --> 00:36:18,500
King over Israel and the King 
said to shamai, you shall not 

629
00:36:18,500 --> 00:36:20,100
die. 
In the king, gave him his oath. 

630
00:36:20,100 --> 00:36:24,800
What phrase or pair of words, 
stand out to you from David's 

631
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:32,500
answer. 
Very good. 

632
00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:35,300
Very this day. 
How many times did he say? 

633
00:36:35,300 --> 00:36:38,800
It says, shall anyone be put to 
death in Israel? 

634
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:42,000
This day 14. 
I do not know that I am this day

635
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:45,400
to King over Israel and the King
said, the sure, my you shall not

636
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:46,800
die in the king, gave him his 
oath. 

637
00:36:47,900 --> 00:36:51,700
He repeats the fact that it is 
this day that no one should be 

638
00:36:51,700 --> 00:36:54,400
put to death. 
He doesn't want to interfere 

639
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:58,800
with this process of political, 
peace, and Harmony being sewed 

640
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,000
together. 
Right? 

641
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:04,400
He doesn't think it's wise, that
this should be clouded by the 

642
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:09,800
execution of one of the members 
and could even discourage those 

643
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:12,800
who have also rebelled against 
David to consider him again, as 

644
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,300
a king. 
So he bypasses it and it seems 

645
00:37:15,300 --> 00:37:17,600
as though he lets it go, or does
he? 

646
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,300
He doesn't. 
Does he really Let It Go? 

647
00:37:21,300 --> 00:37:23,800
Who says he lets it go. 
Well, based on my question. 

648
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:26,600
I think, you know, where I'm 
going with this, right at face 

649
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:28,800
value. 
It seems that he lets it go. 

650
00:37:29,900 --> 00:37:33,700
But in fact, has it in his heart
until his dying day. 

651
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,200
Joab was not the only 
individual. 

652
00:37:38,900 --> 00:37:42,900
That David brought before 
Solomon his son, in order what 

653
00:37:42,900 --> 00:37:46,300
to do with him upon his 
departure, shammai is another 

654
00:37:46,300 --> 00:37:47,800
one. 
If you want proof of that, go to

655
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:50,700
First Kings chapter 2, where we 
read about job, and look at 

656
00:37:50,700 --> 00:37:54,300
verse 8 instead and notice 
what's really going on in 

657
00:37:54,300 --> 00:37:59,400
David's heart. 
First Kings, 28. 

658
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:02,200
And there is also with you 
shamai the son of Gera. 

659
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:06,400
The Benjamin night from bahurim,
who cursed me with a grievous 

660
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:10,600
curse on the day when I went to 
mahanaim, but when he came down 

661
00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:13,900
to meet me at the Jordan, I 
swore to him by the Lord saying,

662
00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:16,400
I will not put you to death with
the sword. 

663
00:38:17,500 --> 00:38:19,900
Now, therefore do not hold him 
Guiltless. 

664
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:25,000
For you are a wise man. 
You will know what to do or what

665
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:28,300
you ought to do to him and you 
shall bring his grey head down 

666
00:38:28,300 --> 00:38:32,500
with blood to Shield. 
So, David made an oath. 

667
00:38:33,700 --> 00:38:38,500
I'm not going to kill you but 
there was fine print, I'm not 

668
00:38:38,500 --> 00:38:43,200
going to kill you. 
And he honored his oath, but 

669
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:46,000
when it came to the transfer of 
the Kingdom to his son, he 

670
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,800
brings his son into his room. 
And he says, Solomon. 

671
00:38:50,100 --> 00:38:51,500
I'll never forget what she my 
did to me. 

672
00:38:53,300 --> 00:38:57,500
You're wise. 
I think you know what to do but 

673
00:38:57,500 --> 00:39:00,600
just in case there's a loss of 
translation here make sure he 

674
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:02,300
doesn't go to the grave in 
peace. 

675
00:39:04,100 --> 00:39:06,200
Interesting. 
Think there's some valuable 

676
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:09,600
lesson there. 
About forgiveness, maybe some 

677
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:11,600
would debate and say well know 
what David is doing, here is a 

678
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:14,700
just thing because she my did 
break the law. 

679
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:17,600
Wrestle with that. 
And your own understanding of 

680
00:39:17,607 --> 00:39:20,700
this story and see how the Lord 
leads you, make sure you use the

681
00:39:20,707 --> 00:39:23,500
word of God. 
So she my is the second 

682
00:39:23,500 --> 00:39:25,500
character, but now we come to 
the third, a very, very 

683
00:39:25,500 --> 00:39:27,100
instrumental and important 
character. 

684
00:39:27,100 --> 00:39:33,400
In the story, mephibosheth verse
24 and mephibosheth the son of 

685
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:37,000
Saul came down to meet the king.
He had neither taking care of 

686
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:41,800
his feet, nor trimmed his beard.
Nor washed his clothes from the 

687
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:43,800
day, the king depart until the 
day. 

688
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:47,000
Came back and safety. 
But a different presentation 

689
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,500
than shammai, there is no 
Entourage. 

690
00:39:49,500 --> 00:39:53,900
There was no parade. 
This man came untrimmed, 

691
00:39:53,900 --> 00:39:59,100
unwashed ungroomed showing that 
from the moment that he was 

692
00:39:59,100 --> 00:40:00,300
gone. 
David was gone. 

693
00:40:00,300 --> 00:40:03,500
He had not taken care of himself
as a display of morning. 

694
00:40:04,500 --> 00:40:07,900
And we have already covered this
part back in second Samuel 16. 

695
00:40:07,900 --> 00:40:12,300
Because remember ziba came to 
David and lied to David about 

696
00:40:12,300 --> 00:40:15,600
mephibosheth loyalty to him. 
Yeah, you know mephibosheth he 

697
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:19,700
realized that you upon your 
departure that God perhaps is 

698
00:40:19,700 --> 00:40:22,000
bringing the kingdom back to his
father saw. 

699
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:26,200
And so he cut ties with you. 
I'm sorry to break the news to 

700
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:30,500
you and David prematurely acts 
upon that news. 

701
00:40:30,500 --> 00:40:32,100
And what does he do? 
Who remembers what he does? 

702
00:40:33,700 --> 00:40:36,600
He transfers all the property 
that belonged to my fetish. 

703
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:40,600
I think gives it over to Zeba 
and we came to this chapter to 

704
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:44,800
satisfy curiosity and to 
determine that Ziva was in fact 

705
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:48,200
lying and to learn a valuable 
lesson in life that you should 

706
00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:53,200
not always listen to and absorb 
and act upon the news, from a 

707
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:56,700
person who initially gives it 
wisdom says you, wait and you 

708
00:40:56,700 --> 00:41:01,200
investigate But David, like how 
the enemy does was so distraught

709
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:05,100
emotionally and physically and 
because of his weakness was 

710
00:41:05,100 --> 00:41:08,300
taken advantage of and he made a
poor judgment. 

711
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:13,300
Now my fetish that comes back 
and we see in verse 25 and when 

712
00:41:13,300 --> 00:41:15,700
he came to Jerusalem to meet the
king, the king set them. 

713
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,200
Why did you not go with me? 
Mephibosheth. 

714
00:41:19,700 --> 00:41:23,600
Genuine question, right? 
Look how he answers and he 

715
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:25,800
answered verse 26. 
My Lord O King my servant 

716
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:28,900
deceived me for your servant. 
Said to him I will saddle a 

717
00:41:28,900 --> 00:41:31,400
donkey for myself that I'm a 
ride on it. 

718
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,300
And go with the King for your 
servant is lame. 

719
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:37,900
He has slandered your servant to
my Lord the king but my Lord the

720
00:41:37,900 --> 00:41:40,000
king is like the angel of God 
do. 

721
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:46,400
Therefore what seems good to 
you. bichette highlights, the 

722
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:49,800
sin of slander and I believe 
this is one of the most 

723
00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:56,800
despicable examples and honest 
examples of what the sin of 

724
00:41:56,800 --> 00:42:00,000
slander can actually do. 
Notice that all it took was a 

725
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:04,900
brief report from a man that 
forever altered the future of an

726
00:42:04,900 --> 00:42:09,600
innocent man. 
Naturally, speaking with a 

727
00:42:09,607 --> 00:42:12,900
vicious life would never be the 
same, he would lose much of his 

728
00:42:12,900 --> 00:42:17,200
property, his reputation would 
be questioned. 

729
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:21,600
All because somebody chose to 
use the weapon of the tongue 

730
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:24,300
against him. 
This is why I believe God 

731
00:42:24,300 --> 00:42:27,800
absolutely hates the sin of 
slander because life and death 

732
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,700
is in the power of the tongue. 
You don't need a torch to burn a

733
00:42:30,700 --> 00:42:33,000
man down, you can just use those
words. 

734
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:36,400
You can just use an email, you 
can just use a tweet or two, you

735
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:40,000
can destroy somebody. 
You think you can get away with 

736
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:44,000
it but eventually God will bring
retribution on behalf of his 

737
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:47,100
servants. 
But what I also see with 

738
00:42:47,100 --> 00:42:50,300
mephibosheth as a valuable 
lesson about how to deal with 

739
00:42:50,300 --> 00:42:54,200
this kind of Grievous sin and 
notice what he says here. 

740
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:57,300
I because David David here's 
what he has to say and then he 

741
00:42:57,300 --> 00:42:59,500
comes up with another judgment, 
he comes up with another 

742
00:42:59,500 --> 00:43:02,000
settlement and he said, you know
what, let y go further with 

743
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:05,200
this, half of the property, goes
to Z behalf of the property, 

744
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:07,100
goes to you. 
Now we're going to touch on that

745
00:43:07,100 --> 00:43:09,300
in a moment. 
But let me remind you because 

746
00:43:09,300 --> 00:43:11,300
we're creatures of repetition, 
that's how we need to learn. 

747
00:43:11,300 --> 00:43:13,600
That's how we learn. 
Let me remind you something. 

748
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:15,700
So so, so instructive about 
method. 

749
00:43:15,900 --> 00:43:19,600
Jesus answer in verse 30, The 
Fetish had said to the king o, 

750
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:22,500
let him take it all. 
Since my Lord the King has come 

751
00:43:22,500 --> 00:43:25,900
safely home If that doesn't 
prove this man's innocence, I 

752
00:43:25,908 --> 00:43:29,800
don't know what that is. 
But here this man his immediate 

753
00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:32,700
reflexes, I don't care about any
of this stuff. 

754
00:43:34,100 --> 00:43:37,300
Never mind my property and I 
believe with that, never mind my

755
00:43:37,300 --> 00:43:39,400
reputation. 
And here's the thing that I 

756
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:41,900
learned about my fetish at that 
one of the ways to be an 

757
00:43:41,900 --> 00:43:47,200
overcomer, one of the ways in 
which you can righteously deal 

758
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:52,000
with robbery, whether that is 
the removal of things in this 

759
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:55,600
life, even if that thing is your
reputation and boy, do we love 

760
00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:59,000
our reputations? 
It's to be so enamored with the 

761
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:05,900
King and to be so consumed about
his will his program, his glory,

762
00:44:06,100 --> 00:44:09,800
his kingdom, that all this other
stuff, even if it includes, you 

763
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:12,600
doesn't move you when it is 
affected, even if it's something

764
00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:17,700
as satanic as slander. 
All mephibosheth cares about is 

765
00:44:17,700 --> 00:44:20,700
the exaltation of King, David. 
All he is excited about is the 

766
00:44:20,700 --> 00:44:24,900
fact that he is returning to his
rightful place so much so that 

767
00:44:24,900 --> 00:44:27,900
he's bulletproof. 
When it comes to what happens to

768
00:44:27,908 --> 00:44:33,200
his life. 
And if you understand the truth 

769
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:37,200
about who Jesus is the reality, 
his future promises, what he 

770
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:40,100
will do when he comes back, how 
he rewards his servants, how he 

771
00:44:40,100 --> 00:44:43,700
is the final judge about all 
things, including you okay? 

772
00:44:43,700 --> 00:44:47,700
Do what you want? 
Say what you want. bring me to 

773
00:44:47,700 --> 00:44:52,700
the stake with a figuratively or
literally he has the final say, 

774
00:44:54,700 --> 00:44:57,400
and so be like Mary of Bethany 
where you're so caught up in the

775
00:44:57,400 --> 00:44:59,400
worship of Christ that even 
though other disciples say 

776
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:02,800
things about you, you don't say 
anything and let Christ offend 

777
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:08,400
you that Christ offend you If I 
push that says take it all, it 

778
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:11,700
reminds us again, it makes me 
wonder if Solomon borrowed. 

779
00:45:11,700 --> 00:45:15,700
His this tactic from his dad 
that when two women came and 

780
00:45:15,700 --> 00:45:18,900
they argued about which baby 
living baby, belonged to him. 

781
00:45:18,900 --> 00:45:23,400
He said, cut it in half. 
Cut the baby in half and what 

782
00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:24,100
are the woman? 
Say. 

783
00:45:24,100 --> 00:45:26,000
Something very similar to 
mephibosheth the true mother. 

784
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:27,900
Oh no. 
Let the child. 

785
00:45:27,900 --> 00:45:30,300
Go to her. 
Don't put him to death and he 

786
00:45:30,300 --> 00:45:32,700
goes, you're the real mom, 
you're the real mom. 

787
00:45:34,300 --> 00:45:36,500
So makes you wonder is David 
testing. 

788
00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:40,900
Is David testing the fetishes to
see if he truly does Love David 

789
00:45:40,900 --> 00:45:44,500
for who he is. 
By threatening to give what 

790
00:45:44,500 --> 00:45:50,400
belonged to him away. 
Whether it was a test or not, 

791
00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:53,300
what is for certain is that 
there is no evidence that David 

792
00:45:53,300 --> 00:45:57,300
reversed or corrected this 
settlement Which begs the 

793
00:45:57,300 --> 00:46:02,600
question is what David did here 
right or wrong when he said half

794
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:04,800
of it goes to ziba have to go 
submit fetish at the right or 

795
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:07,700
wrong and you have to bring 
evidence if you're going to say 

796
00:46:07,900 --> 00:46:13,800
one or the other. 
Put an elbow up if you say, 

797
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:16,100
right. 
You don't have to put it all the

798
00:46:16,100 --> 00:46:22,000
way up. 
Right, or wrong wise. 

799
00:46:23,900 --> 00:46:29,100
Unwise, just strangest. 
Any comments. 

800
00:46:31,100 --> 00:46:32,800
For the sake of time. 
Let me spare you. 

801
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:38,200
Wrong. 
Do you know why it's wrong? 

802
00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:42,100
Not because it's my opinion 
because he went directly in 

803
00:46:42,100 --> 00:46:45,700
violation to a law. 
Anybody guess what? 

804
00:46:45,700 --> 00:46:50,900
Book I'm talking about What 
about what books in the Bible 

805
00:46:50,900 --> 00:46:55,600
are all about law Lala? 
Leviticus is one, but it's not 

806
00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:57,900
there. 
Law. 

807
00:46:58,700 --> 00:47:02,200
Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy 19. 
I want you to see this for 

808
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:07,400
yourself with your own eyes. 
Deuteronomy 1916. 

809
00:47:07,400 --> 00:47:09,200
See, this is why we need to know
the Bible. 

810
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:11,900
We need to know all of the 
Bible, because it actually 

811
00:47:11,900 --> 00:47:15,000
brings Clarity to places where 
it doesn't seem to have Clarity.

812
00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:18,500
So we can know for certain, we 
don't have to have debates, you 

813
00:47:18,508 --> 00:47:19,900
don't have to read 10 
commentaries. 

814
00:47:19,900 --> 00:47:22,700
You can know for certain that 
David was wrong because the 

815
00:47:22,700 --> 00:47:25,600
Bible says he was wrong 
Deuteronomy 1916. 

816
00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:29,700
Here's what the law says, if a 
malicious witness arises to 

817
00:47:29,700 --> 00:47:35,100
accuse a person of wrongdoing, 
then both parties to the 

818
00:47:35,100 --> 00:47:37,500
dispute. 
All appear before the Lord, 

819
00:47:37,700 --> 00:47:40,300
before the priest and the 
judges. 

820
00:47:40,500 --> 00:47:41,600
And what are they supposed to 
do? 

821
00:47:41,700 --> 00:47:45,200
Who are in office? 
Those days, the judges shall 

822
00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:50,800
inquire diligently. 
And if the witness is a false 

823
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:54,200
witness and has accused his 
brother falsely, then you shall 

824
00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:57,500
do to him as he is meant to do 
to his brother. 

825
00:47:57,500 --> 00:48:00,100
So you shall Purge the evil from
your midst. 

826
00:48:00,700 --> 00:48:01,900
That's what David should have 
done. 

827
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:04,100
I'm surprised David didn't do 
it. 

828
00:48:04,100 --> 00:48:06,000
He was a man who prays the law. 
He loved Allah. 

829
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,400
He devoured the law for whatever
reason. 

830
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:11,100
He doesn't apply to in this 
situation but with David should 

831
00:48:11,100 --> 00:48:12,800
have done was taken both of 
these parties. 

832
00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:15,800
Bring them and set up a court 
date before the priest before 

833
00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:19,100
the presence of the Lord before 
judges and do an investigation. 

834
00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:24,600
Whenever you ignore God's law, 
Injustice and suffering, and 

835
00:48:24,600 --> 00:48:30,200
sorrow is bound to ensue. 
And that's exactly what we see 

836
00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:34,600
here. 
And this is the part that moved 

837
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:38,500
me even more about mephibosheth.
I don't know if mephibosheth new

838
00:48:38,500 --> 00:48:43,300
this law. 
But he still even though this 

839
00:48:43,300 --> 00:48:47,800
was an unfair conclusion, he 
still expressed his love and 

840
00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:52,100
loyalty to David. 
I don't care about anything 

841
00:48:52,100 --> 00:48:55,000
else. 
No, no, you have rights, the 

842
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:57,400
feather. 
Chef God has something in mind 

843
00:48:57,400 --> 00:49:01,100
for you. 
And with an imperfect King, he 

844
00:49:01,100 --> 00:49:06,300
still had this unwavering 
commitment to David How much 

845
00:49:06,300 --> 00:49:11,800
more Christ, he perfectly deals 
with us, he never makes a 

846
00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:14,400
mistake in his dealings with you
and myself. 

847
00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:18,600
And yeah, we are so quick to 
accuse him of Injustice, so 

848
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:20,600
quick to accuse them of 
malpractice. 

849
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:23,600
So quick to accuse him of being 
unfair. 

850
00:49:25,500 --> 00:49:29,800
Yet, we know that he is 
absolutely unmistakably. 

851
00:49:31,100 --> 00:49:35,100
Immaculate. 
He deserves our devotion, don't 

852
00:49:35,100 --> 00:49:39,400
let mephibosheth outshine your 
Devotion to your king, he gave 

853
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:43,800
it to an imperfect King, a 
forgetful King, a misdirected 

854
00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:47,300
King, and we have one who is 
perfect in all his ways and he 

855
00:49:47,300 --> 00:49:50,100
be ever praised. 
Now we come to the final 

856
00:49:50,100 --> 00:49:52,000
character. 
Are you still with me tonight? 

857
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:56,300
I hope so. 
Let's come to verse 31. 

858
00:49:58,300 --> 00:50:02,600
Now barzillai the Gilead night 
had come down from Rogue element

859
00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:07,300
and he went on with the King to 
the Jordan to escort him over to

860
00:50:07,300 --> 00:50:09,200
the Jordan over the Jordan 
Bears. 

861
00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:13,500
Ali was a very aged man, 80 
years old. 

862
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:17,400
He had provided the king with 
food while he stayed at mahanaim

863
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:22,600
for, he was a very wealthy man. 
And the King said, the bezel I 

864
00:50:22,900 --> 00:50:26,000
come over with me and I will 
provide for you with me in 

865
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:28,100
Jerusalem, but Brazil, I said 
that the king. 

866
00:50:28,100 --> 00:50:30,100
How many years have I still to 
live? 

867
00:50:30,300 --> 00:50:33,200
I like this guy. 
How many years have I still to 

868
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:34,600
live? 
That I should go up with the 

869
00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:37,900
King to Jerusalem? 
I am this day, 80 years old. 

870
00:50:37,900 --> 00:50:40,000
Can I discern? 
What is pleasant and what is 

871
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:42,000
not? 
Can your servant taste what he 

872
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:45,800
eats or what he drinks? 
Can I still listen to the voice 

873
00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:47,300
of singing, men and singing 
woman? 

874
00:50:47,300 --> 00:50:49,700
Why then should your servant be 
an added burden to my Lord? 

875
00:50:49,700 --> 00:50:52,200
The king? 
Your servant will go a little 

876
00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:53,500
way over the Jordan with the 
King. 

877
00:50:53,500 --> 00:50:56,100
Why should the king repay me 
with such a reward? 

878
00:50:56,500 --> 00:50:59,900
Please let your servant returned
that I may die in my own City, 

879
00:50:59,900 --> 00:51:02,900
near the grave of my father and 
my mother but here is your 

880
00:51:02,900 --> 00:51:07,100
servant him ham. 
Let him go over with my Lord the

881
00:51:07,100 --> 00:51:09,900
king and do for him. 
Whatever seems good to you. 

882
00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:13,400
The king answered him. 
Him, she'll go over with me and 

883
00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:15,800
I will do for him. 
Whatever seems good to you and 

884
00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:19,300
all that you desire of me, I 
will do for you. 

885
00:51:20,900 --> 00:51:22,500
There's so much to say about 
this fellow. 

886
00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:25,200
There are two things I want to 
highlight for the sake of time. 

887
00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:28,800
Number one, his age scripture 
goes out of the way to tell us 

888
00:51:28,800 --> 00:51:32,900
that he was a very aged man. 
He was 80 years old, 80 years 

889
00:51:32,900 --> 00:51:36,000
old and he's walking all this 
way and he's willing to cross 

890
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:37,900
the border and all these 
wonderful things. 

891
00:51:38,900 --> 00:51:42,500
The thing that I take out of 
this is that surely the Lord in 

892
00:51:42,500 --> 00:51:44,900
all seasons of life, has 
opportunities reserved for us, 

893
00:51:44,900 --> 00:51:48,300
to serve him and his people 80 
year old man. 

894
00:51:49,300 --> 00:51:51,100
I was fascinating, is that? 
That was the age? 

895
00:51:51,300 --> 00:51:56,500
That who started ministry Moses?
80 years old, God had something 

896
00:51:56,500 --> 00:52:03,500
for Moses at 80 not 1880, God 
uses members Ally at 80, not 28.

897
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:07,200
And I find that encouraging and 
what's equally encouraging is 

898
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:12,500
that better zalaya was used by 
God, At 80 and so was Moses 

899
00:52:12,500 --> 00:52:14,100
though. 
They're fruitfulness look 

900
00:52:14,100 --> 00:52:16,600
completely different. 
You had an 80 year old man. 

901
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:19,400
That was used by the Lord to 
deliver a nation from another 

902
00:52:19,400 --> 00:52:24,900
Nation like unparalleled, right?
And yet you have this other 80 

903
00:52:24,900 --> 00:52:31,000
year old man who brought beds 
and baskets of food to David and

904
00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:34,500
Mannheim and his men and just 
made their night, they're a 

905
00:52:34,500 --> 00:52:38,200
little bit more comfortable. 
And both were still Servants of 

906
00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:40,800
God. 
And I think what's important to 

907
00:52:40,800 --> 00:52:45,400
know as Servants of God is to 
refrain from the comparison. 

908
00:52:45,500 --> 00:52:48,800
The temptation to compares to 
compare yourself to another 

909
00:52:48,800 --> 00:52:52,700
servant of God, right? 
Who might be used by the Lord in

910
00:52:52,700 --> 00:52:55,300
a different way though, they 
might be in the same season of 

911
00:52:55,300 --> 00:52:58,500
life as you are, don't do that. 
Here's what you have to do is 

912
00:52:58,500 --> 00:53:02,200
realize and recognize what God 
has presented before him to 

913
00:53:02,200 --> 00:53:04,400
honor him in that. 
That's all he requires. 

914
00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:08,000
That's all he requires. 
Don't look at others who are 30 

915
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:09,300
and see where they are to look 
at others. 

916
00:53:09,300 --> 00:53:12,300
Who are 50 to 1? 
No, no, just look what God has 

917
00:53:12,300 --> 00:53:16,100
before you and honor him there 
and that's all he desires. 

918
00:53:16,300 --> 00:53:19,500
That's all he Longs for. 
But the next thing here is his 

919
00:53:19,500 --> 00:53:24,100
refusal for the reward. 
He serves David, he honors David

920
00:53:24,200 --> 00:53:26,500
and he doesn't do it just like 
cuz he had nothing else to do. 

921
00:53:26,600 --> 00:53:30,100
This isn't a retired fellow who 
was bored and not a lot of 

922
00:53:30,100 --> 00:53:31,800
money, didn't know what to do 
with it. 

923
00:53:32,500 --> 00:53:36,800
For the fact of this bezel, I 
chose to show his allegiance to 

924
00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:40,900
David at a very very crucial 
time when Absalom was supposedly

925
00:53:40,900 --> 00:53:42,900
King. 
This was an act of treason. 

926
00:53:44,200 --> 00:53:47,800
This was an act of betrayal. 
In absalom's eyes if Brazil, I 

927
00:53:47,800 --> 00:53:50,900
was reported for this, he could 
have been even at 80 with a man 

928
00:53:50,900 --> 00:53:56,500
like I've some easily easily 
executed and yet at that time, 

929
00:53:56,500 --> 00:54:01,000
he chose to step up and show his
loyalty to the truth. 

930
00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:05,000
And when he was supposed to be 
rewarded for that, rightfully so

931
00:54:05,100 --> 00:54:08,200
he reflects it. 
And he says not to me, but give 

932
00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:12,100
it to him him. 
This is your servant. 

933
00:54:12,100 --> 00:54:14,700
We don't know who him Henry. 
He is and you don't have to turn

934
00:54:14,700 --> 00:54:17,100
there unless you go to 2nd 1st 
Kings to when you go to 1st 

935
00:54:17,100 --> 00:54:19,900
Kings to. 
We are told that David tell 

936
00:54:19,900 --> 00:54:24,600
Solomon deal kindly with the 
sons of barzillai First Kings 

937
00:54:24,600 --> 00:54:27,600
27. 
So you make that connection, you

938
00:54:27,600 --> 00:54:29,600
come to the conclusion. 
That him must be a son of. 

939
00:54:29,607 --> 00:54:31,800
There's a lie. 
So he's a son. 

940
00:54:33,700 --> 00:54:36,400
And when I meditate on this, I 
thought what a wonderful lesson,

941
00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:41,500
here's the lesson. 
Then often one of the joys of 

942
00:54:41,500 --> 00:54:45,200
being faithful to the Lord. 
Even in, especially in the 

943
00:54:45,200 --> 00:54:49,200
latter part of life is that you 
can expect there to be 

944
00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:54,600
generational Rewards. 
Kim Hem benefited from the 

945
00:54:54,600 --> 00:54:58,900
loyalty and the Fidelity of his 
father. 

946
00:55:01,100 --> 00:55:08,700
It trickled down to him. 
And I see so much in our Bibles 

947
00:55:09,100 --> 00:55:14,300
that assures us that if we 
choose to walk with the Lord and

948
00:55:14,300 --> 00:55:19,200
stay consistent and persistent 
with the Lord, if God chooses to

949
00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:23,000
expand our seed. 
Then those under your 

950
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:24,900
responsibility, those in your 
life. 

951
00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:28,300
We've been entrusted to. 
You will surely be blessed by 

952
00:55:28,300 --> 00:55:31,700
you because of you in some 
measure, understand that your 

953
00:55:31,700 --> 00:55:36,800
Disobedience the Lord doesn't 
just affect you, it will affect 

954
00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:40,700
somebody else your obedience to 
the Lord will do the same, and I

955
00:55:40,707 --> 00:55:45,400
love to see this old aged man 
who made a decision to honor. 

956
00:55:45,400 --> 00:55:48,100
God, who still had though, his 
body was Phil. 

957
00:55:48,200 --> 00:55:51,200
He still had a pumping heart to 
serve God's people. 

958
00:55:52,100 --> 00:55:56,000
And who been in it for him him 
him he benefit and to what 

959
00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:59,500
extent did him him receive a 
reward. 

960
00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:03,300
You know, I looked up his name. 
He's only mentioned three times,

961
00:56:03,300 --> 00:56:06,800
I believe, unless I counted 
wrong and second Samuel and he's

962
00:56:06,800 --> 00:56:11,600
only mentioned in one other 
place, at least his name and all

963
00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:14,100
of the Bible. 
And I think it'll be a nice way 

964
00:56:14,100 --> 00:56:16,700
to end this Bible study by doing
a little bible study, trivia 

965
00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:23,700
guess which book Huh, not force 
Kings and a second Kings. 

966
00:56:28,700 --> 00:56:32,200
Let me give you a hint. 
Many centuries have passed 

967
00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:37,800
before he's mentioned again. 
Few centuries. 

968
00:56:40,900 --> 00:56:47,000
Don't use Google. 
I'll give you a few more moments

969
00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:49,800
to think about it. 
If anybody gets this, if anybody

970
00:56:49,800 --> 00:56:52,400
does get this, I will give you a
big hug after Bible study. 

971
00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:55,800
So I'm not expecting it. 
But if you're somebody does come

972
00:56:55,800 --> 00:56:57,700
up with it or you'll have an 
Embrace for me. 

973
00:57:01,100 --> 00:57:04,200
Not Hebrews, it's not in the New
Testament there. 

974
00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:06,500
So let's eliminate that. 
All right, it's not in the New 

975
00:57:06,500 --> 00:57:12,600
Testament. 
You are very close Morgan. 

976
00:57:12,800 --> 00:57:15,600
It is not an Isaiah, but you're 
very close. 

977
00:57:16,400 --> 00:57:21,300
Jeremiah, I want you to see it 
in Jeremiah 41. 

978
00:57:23,800 --> 00:57:32,700
Jeremiah 41. 
In verse 17. 

979
00:57:37,700 --> 00:57:39,600
If you have the King James, it's
even more clear. 

980
00:57:39,600 --> 00:57:42,700
But I believe every word for 
word translation has the mention

981
00:57:42,700 --> 00:57:45,400
of it. 
It says and they went and stayed

982
00:57:45,400 --> 00:57:51,700
at Guru with him ham. 
Near Bethlehem intending to go 

983
00:57:51,700 --> 00:57:55,300
to Egypt. 
Do you know how David rewarded? 

984
00:57:55,500 --> 00:57:58,500
That was a lie. 
You know how he rode him him? 

985
00:57:58,800 --> 00:58:02,500
He gave him a plot of land near 
his hometown. 

986
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:09,300
Here is a plot of land and it 
was named after him him and it 

987
00:58:09,300 --> 00:58:13,400
remained there as a pillar. 
For Generations. 

988
00:58:15,600 --> 00:58:18,600
You know, when Christ does 
return and he will return. 

989
00:58:19,700 --> 00:58:23,100
In like fashion, he will reward 
the faithful. 

990
00:58:24,100 --> 00:58:27,100
Right. 
And when he does reward the 

991
00:58:27,100 --> 00:58:29,500
faithful and may we be found 
faithful. 

992
00:58:30,100 --> 00:58:36,000
His treasures will outshine, 
whatever you imagined His 

993
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:41,600
prepared prizes will be on what 
you can even contemplate. 

994
00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:46,200
I'm not sure if this is what 
barzillai expected, but I just 

995
00:58:46,200 --> 00:58:49,500
find it to be something of a 
treat to see him, hems name, 

996
00:58:49,500 --> 00:58:54,600
mentioned in Jeremiah and to 
give the familiar student of the

997
00:58:54,600 --> 00:58:58,000
Old Testament. 
A reminder that the king who 

998
00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:04,000
came back rewarded and promised 
a reward and it lasted they 

999
00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:10,600
lasted and again, as I mentioned
earlier, with betters Ally, He 

1000
00:59:10,600 --> 00:59:14,100
chose to serve David and he was 
recognized for serving. 

1001
00:59:14,100 --> 00:59:17,300
David had a particular time in 
Israel's history when it was 

1002
00:59:17,300 --> 00:59:21,800
very difficult to side with 
David, you know, we're looking 

1003
00:59:21,800 --> 00:59:25,000
out in our world today and you 
don't need to be a prophet to 

1004
00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:28,500
understand that in America in 
North America, it's becoming 

1005
00:59:28,500 --> 00:59:35,200
increasingly day by day, more 
difficult to associate claim 

1006
00:59:35,300 --> 00:59:39,700
profess. 
Jesus Christ, I believe more 

1007
00:59:39,700 --> 00:59:42,700
than any other time in American 
history, I'm sure that's not up 

1008
00:59:42,700 --> 00:59:44,100
for debate. 
It's very obvious. 

1009
00:59:44,800 --> 00:59:47,100
That makes some people scared. 
That makes some people scared to

1010
00:59:47,107 --> 00:59:48,800
have children. 
That makes some people scared to

1011
00:59:48,800 --> 00:59:51,800
do ministry. 
We already seeing people in 

1012
00:59:51,800 --> 00:59:55,200
leadership positions that are 
demonstrating fear, and concern,

1013
00:59:55,400 --> 00:59:58,700
for the sake of preservation of 
what a building of, what a 

1014
00:59:58,700 --> 01:00:03,800
paycheck, be a prophet die for 
your God died for him. 

1015
01:00:06,100 --> 01:00:08,900
And this might be a frightful 
sight, but let me tell you, I 

1016
01:00:08,900 --> 01:00:11,000
believe it's one of the most 
exciting times to be a believer 

1017
01:00:11,000 --> 01:00:12,300
in Jesus Christ. 
You know why? 

1018
01:00:12,700 --> 01:00:16,400
Because we get to serve Christ 
when it really does cost us. 

1019
01:00:17,100 --> 01:00:19,600
If this is the trajectory that 
we're heading in, then it's 

1020
01:00:19,600 --> 01:00:24,100
actually going to cost you to 
Bear the name of Christ and 

1021
01:00:24,100 --> 01:00:25,700
guess what? 
He's worthy. 

1022
01:00:26,600 --> 01:00:28,600
He's worthy of it. 
And guess what? 

1023
01:00:28,600 --> 01:00:31,600
Just like barzillai. 
And King, David King, David 

1024
01:00:31,900 --> 01:00:34,800
recognize that, this man served 
them at a very, very 

1025
01:00:34,800 --> 01:00:39,600
inconvenient moment of history. 
And I have no doubt in my heart 

1026
01:00:39,600 --> 01:00:42,200
that as Christ looks down upon 
this generation of Believers, 

1027
01:00:42,500 --> 01:00:46,100
even in the West. 
He will recognize, who will be 

1028
01:00:46,100 --> 01:00:50,100
faithful. 
You'll recognize who stood for 

1029
01:00:50,100 --> 01:00:53,200
him and who remained. 
And who chose to make a 

1030
01:00:53,200 --> 01:00:57,400
difficult decision, though? 
It's not difficult to say, I 

1031
01:00:57,400 --> 01:00:59,200
will side with the kingdom 
matter, whose sides against him,

1032
01:00:59,300 --> 01:01:02,400
it wasn't popular to be with 
David. 

1033
01:01:05,600 --> 01:01:09,100
And in your lifetime and mine. 
It's going to be increasingly 

1034
01:01:09,100 --> 01:01:12,300
unpopular, you know, I was I 
don't have any social media. 

1035
01:01:12,500 --> 01:01:16,200
I recommend it. 
From time to time. 

1036
01:01:16,200 --> 01:01:19,500
I just allow my web browser to 
take me as far as I can go 

1037
01:01:19,500 --> 01:01:21,500
before says, you need the app 
before you can look further in 

1038
01:01:21,500 --> 01:01:24,400
these timelines. 
And I went on Twitter and I saw 

1039
01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:27,800
something about the lgbtq thing,
you know, it's everywhere now, 

1040
01:01:28,900 --> 01:01:30,900
And I was some kind of 
legislation or something. 

1041
01:01:30,900 --> 01:01:33,700
That was being proposed and I 
read the comments to it and 

1042
01:01:33,700 --> 01:01:36,700
overwhelmingly, you know what 
people were saying anybody? 

1043
01:01:38,100 --> 01:01:41,100
Who stands against the LGBT 
agenda, there's more letters 

1044
01:01:41,100 --> 01:01:42,300
being added. 
I can't keep up. 

1045
01:01:42,400 --> 01:01:45,600
I'm just going to say LGBT the 
LGBT agenda should be arrested. 

1046
01:01:46,200 --> 01:01:48,300
That was the comment. 
Comment should be arrested, 

1047
01:01:48,300 --> 01:01:50,800
should be indicted, should be 
arrested should be imprisoned. 

1048
01:01:51,100 --> 01:01:54,400
That's the language. 
It wasn't like that a few years 

1049
01:01:54,400 --> 01:02:00,200
ago, it is like that. 
Now And it's going to go perhaps

1050
01:02:00,800 --> 01:02:04,800
from Twitter comments. 
To actual law. 

1051
01:02:06,000 --> 01:02:09,200
If God doesn't have mercy on 
This Nation, God doesn't step in

1052
01:02:09,200 --> 01:02:11,200
and spare us from the direction 
that we're headed to. 

1053
01:02:12,400 --> 01:02:14,300
And that will very likely be a 
reality. 

1054
01:02:16,500 --> 01:02:17,900
Get serious with your Devotion 
to God. 

1055
01:02:17,900 --> 01:02:20,500
Now, stop waiting until the 
knife reaches your neck. 

1056
01:02:22,100 --> 01:02:24,200
I look at some people, and I 
think, what are you waiting for?

1057
01:02:24,200 --> 01:02:27,400
We had something unprecedented 
happened in the past three 

1058
01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:29,600
years. 
We had the whole world shut 

1059
01:02:29,600 --> 01:02:34,000
down. 
And we had the push for an 

1060
01:02:34,000 --> 01:02:38,500
antichrist system. 
So aggressively forced upon us. 

1061
01:02:39,600 --> 01:02:42,700
And God lifted that and has 
given us another opportunity to 

1062
01:02:42,700 --> 01:02:44,800
serve him with the little 
Freedom that we have left. 

1063
01:02:45,700 --> 01:02:47,200
And Christians are still not 
getting it. 

1064
01:02:47,300 --> 01:02:49,700
A lot of them are not. 
I don't know what has happened. 

1065
01:02:50,800 --> 01:02:53,700
To the Christians of this 
generation but they got very 

1066
01:02:53,700 --> 01:02:58,500
quiet generally speaking. 
I know some are very grateful 

1067
01:02:58,500 --> 01:03:00,600
that the doors have opened again
and that were in these places 

1068
01:03:00,600 --> 01:03:03,200
again that we get to host 
meetings and do what we're 

1069
01:03:03,200 --> 01:03:07,100
doing. 
But for many people, something 

1070
01:03:07,100 --> 01:03:12,500
happened to them post covid. 
I can't put my finger on it, but

1071
01:03:12,500 --> 01:03:16,000
it's eerily disturbing. 
I don't know if part of it is 

1072
01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:19,900
because we've been Hammering and
people's minds, you know, where 

1073
01:03:19,900 --> 01:03:21,300
the church. 
We don't need to meet during 

1074
01:03:21,300 --> 01:03:25,000
that whole Fiasco and people are
still holding on to that. 

1075
01:03:25,000 --> 01:03:27,100
Now that the doors are open and 
now church leaders. 

1076
01:03:27,100 --> 01:03:28,400
Who said they're saying, when do
you come back? 

1077
01:03:28,400 --> 01:03:30,900
You need to meet. 
I don't know what it is. 

1078
01:03:32,000 --> 01:03:37,300
But it's concerning to me. 
May the Lord give us a Zeal. 

1079
01:03:38,200 --> 01:03:42,000
Maybe make us ready. 
Because he's already given us a 

1080
01:03:42,008 --> 01:03:45,700
very strong hint of how things 
can change very drastically. 

1081
01:03:46,600 --> 01:03:49,200
The Bible is the Bible of 
history but it's also a book 

1082
01:03:49,200 --> 01:03:52,700
that tells us the future, we 
know what's going to happen and 

1083
01:03:52,700 --> 01:03:58,300
it's not just to make us 
apocalyptic Buffs and prophecy 

1084
01:03:58,300 --> 01:04:02,900
hunters and it's to make us 
ready for what's coming. 

1085
01:04:03,400 --> 01:04:07,500
The stage is being set. 
The stage is being set. 

1086
01:04:08,800 --> 01:04:11,300
If I were to preach out of the 
Book of Revelation, especially 

1087
01:04:11,300 --> 01:04:13,600
Revelation 13, talk about the 
Antichrist and the Antichrist 

1088
01:04:13,600 --> 01:04:15,400
system back in the 80s. 
People think? 

1089
01:04:15,400 --> 01:04:17,700
Oh, that's way far off. 
If I preached a series on it, 

1090
01:04:17,700 --> 01:04:20,100
now we can look at everything 
and say, it's here. 

1091
01:04:20,100 --> 01:04:21,700
It's right, it's right. 
Before us. 

1092
01:04:23,000 --> 01:04:25,400
And it happened so fast. 
I never thought that in my 

1093
01:04:25,400 --> 01:04:27,000
lifetime at this point in my 
life. 

1094
01:04:27,200 --> 01:04:30,100
I would see what I'm seeing now.
I never thought, I'm sure you 

1095
01:04:30,100 --> 01:04:32,500
feel the same way and here we 
are. 

1096
01:04:32,500 --> 01:04:34,200
I believe we're only at the 
threshold. 

1097
01:04:35,900 --> 01:04:39,100
So what are we going to do? 
Well we're going to get ready 

1098
01:04:39,900 --> 01:04:41,100
because he's worthy to be 
served. 

1099
01:04:41,900 --> 01:04:44,600
I'm excited. 
I don't want to be presumptuous.

1100
01:04:44,600 --> 01:04:47,400
I don't be like Peter and make 
these boastful claims. 

1101
01:04:50,600 --> 01:04:54,000
But I do want to honor him. 
And I hope you feel the same 

1102
01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:56,900
way. 
Well, that being said, let's 

1103
01:04:56,900 --> 01:05:13,500
pray. 
Father, we thank you for this 

1104
01:05:13,500 --> 01:05:17,400
Bible study. 
And we thank you for people who 

1105
01:05:17,400 --> 01:05:20,600
love the church. 
We thank you for the people 

1106
01:05:20,600 --> 01:05:23,700
here. 
Who loves your truth. 

1107
01:05:25,500 --> 01:05:28,900
Who love to know all that you 
have to say Lord made that 

1108
01:05:28,900 --> 01:05:33,800
remain as our heartbeat moving 
forward. 

1109
01:05:33,800 --> 01:05:38,100
In this life we ask oh God that 
you would give us the resilience

1110
01:05:38,400 --> 01:05:43,200
the boldness, the hunger, the 
passion to be close to you. 

1111
01:05:44,600 --> 01:05:49,200
To be ready to sacrifice, 
whatever you demand of us. as 

1112
01:05:49,200 --> 01:05:54,300
you are continually being pushed
out of our nation, May we go 

1113
01:05:54,300 --> 01:05:57,600
with you into Exile. 
May we stand for you? 

1114
01:05:57,600 --> 01:06:02,200
No matter what absalom's rear 
their, ugly heads, no matter 

1115
01:06:02,200 --> 01:06:07,400
what the majority chooses to do 
with King Jesus, we choose to 

1116
01:06:07,400 --> 01:06:11,900
pledge our loyalty to him. 
Regardless, the cost low, we 

1117
01:06:11,900 --> 01:06:19,200
pray, That this church and the 
churches that are represented 

1118
01:06:19,200 --> 01:06:24,100
here that they would experience 
a fresh move of the spirit with 

1119
01:06:24,900 --> 01:06:27,100
not a part. 
But with and through the 

1120
01:06:27,100 --> 01:06:30,700
proclamation of the word of God,
that there would be a revivals 

1121
01:06:30,700 --> 01:06:33,700
in our local churches, across 
the land, that there will be a 

1122
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Revival of Truth. 
There would be a Revival of the 

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Gospel being declared in sound 
Doctrine being heralded. 

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And a people who not just know 
this stuff but live it and apply

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it without shame without 
hesitation Lord, we choose to 

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give you glory. 
We choose to honor you tonight 

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in light of this study you are 
the son of David, the true and 

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Lasting Eternal King and these 
things are, but Shadows these 

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things are. 
But principles that point to the

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greater person and for this, we 
say come Lord, Jesus. 

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Lord Rule and reign in this 
world forever and ever. 

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We are tired of this world and 
yet Lord we trust and we know 

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that your your return is at the 
perfect time and until then help

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us be busy serving. 
You inviting people to you. 

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And being equipped by your 
spirit and by your truth to do. 

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So with great fruit though, we 
love you, we honor you, we give 

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you all our hearts, all our 
minds, all our souls in Jesus 

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name. 
Amen, let's stand and Worship 

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the Lord before we head back to 
our own little castles. 

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And honor God tonight. 
And honor God tonight.