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Good evening, get to see you 
here again tonight. 

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And if you've been with us in 
the past few weeks, you know, 

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exactly where we are in the 
scriptures. 

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If you do not know where we are 
tonight, we are in a study in 

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the book of second, Samuel and 
the Lord has led us in his 

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timing with the pace that we 
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His spirit is using for us to 
understand this book in chapter 

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12 and second Samuel chapter 12 
is where we are today. 

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And as, you know, usually what 
we do is we'll read a portion of

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this chapter or of a chapter, 
and then I will open it up for 

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us to give our insights our 
observations. 

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But for the sake of this study, 
we're going to read through 

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these verses. 
And I will ask questions along 

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as we go along with our time 
tonight, verse by verse, but we 

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will still read it together. 
And tonight, we will most likely

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just cover the first five or 
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Has it is a lengthy chapter as 
you can see, but we will take 

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our time not knowing how much 
time, but we will take our time 

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to try to allow the word of God,
to make an impact on our hearts,

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as we digest, the meat of God's 
word. 

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Are you there with me and second
Samuel, 12, There we are in 

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verse 1. 
Here's what God's word says to 

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us tonight. 
And the Lord sent Nathan to 

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David. 
He came to him and said to him, 

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there were two men in a certain 
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other poor the rich. 
Man had very many flocks and 

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herds, but the poor man had 
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lamb, which he had bought and he
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with him. 
And with his children, a used to

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eat of his morsel and drink from
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where the Hebrew was saying his 
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And it was like a daughter to 
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Now, there came a traveler to 
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unwilling to take one of his own
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the guests who had come to him, 
but he took the poor man's land 

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and prepared it for the man who 
had come to him. then David's 

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anger was greatly kindled 
against the man and he said to 

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Nathan as the Lord lives, the 
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to die and he shall restore the 
lam for fold because he did this

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thing and because he had no 
pity, Would you pray with me? 

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Lord, we ask that you would give
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Revelation as it is Promised in 
a fusion one. 

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We ask Lord that we would 
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our eyes. 
Lord, as you touch the minds and

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the hearts of your disciples and
the Gospel of Luke, we pray that

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we would experience that same 
Grace and Lord may this word get

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in us and have its way in US. 
It may you be glorified not 

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through just the understanding 
of it. 

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But through the obedience that 
it demands, this is our prayers.

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We come as your disciples, your 
students in this place. 

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In Jesus name, amen. 
The last thing that you and I 

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read in our last week's study, 
was that David had committed 

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atrocious crimes and the lord's 
name was silent in chapter 11 

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until the very last part of that
sacred texts where we learned 

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that the Lord clearly knew what 
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He knew it all along and what 
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Lord. 
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chapter 11 and the beginning of 
chapter 12, a few months have 

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passed by and the Lord we can 
assume was silent in David's 

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life but now he's going to shake
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He's not going to allow David to
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He's not going to allow sin to 
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carpet. 
The Lord now is going to bring 

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to the surface with David 
thought that he had successfully

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concealed. 
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will do this by sending a 
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Messengers by the name of 
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Now, this is not the first time 
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introduced to this man of God. 
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Does anybody remember where we 
first were introduced to Nathan 

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the prophet? 
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in David's life. 
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a temple. 
Nathan came, gave him the green 

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light, the Lord spoke to me says
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He's not going to do it. 
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And while you're at it, give him
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come through an oath, a 
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So before we come to this, we 
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sent by God to give good news to
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deal with his his seed and the 
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wonderful glorious things that 
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He was overwhelmed by the grace 
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I was coming with a different 
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And before we move on with our 
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on who this person is and the 
great loyalty that he had to his

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God. 
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come with this difficult word is
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I'm sure I can speak on behalf 
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to say that confrontation is not
an enjoyable experience, some 

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enjoy it for some reason, they 
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I don't know, maybe gets their 
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I don't know what it is, but for
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uncomfortable. 
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one who is in the right? 
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who is in the wrong, it requires
a great wisdom and courage in 

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order for it to be done 
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And with the least amount of 
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How much more for Nathan, the 
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before any ordinary, man, he is 
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friend but a king. 
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through his word can determine 
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there was no one who can stand 
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This man had unprecedented 
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is the man. 
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confront him about his sin and 
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Revelation from god of what 
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And you know what he did do, you
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Adultery. 
He killed the husband so that he

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can have the woman as a wife. 
And so here's what would go 

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through. 
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received the Revelation from 
God, I need you to speak today 

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because he committed adultery 
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Uriah Uriah was a godly man. 
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He was a man of conviction and 
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kingdom and to the god of the 
Kingdom, you're telling me David

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eliminated Uriah without 
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Here's what we're going through 
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If David was willing to kill a 
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stop him from putting a knife to
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the chopping block. 
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revelation of the murder but he 
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to the murderer. 
And to speak with such boldness 

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and courage and fearlessness. 
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the potential danger of this 
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roster of prophets. moving 
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had to been petrified of coming 
before kings and we're not 

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treated as nicely as Nathan was 
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up to the last prophet of the 
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Who's the last Old Testament 
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Good John the Baptist John. 
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operation King Herod. 
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the Baptist, spoke up against 
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him? 
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and eventually he lost his head.
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cisterns and here's Nathan. 
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to the Lord with the high 
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will pay for it. 
So, be careful if you want to be

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a spokesperson for God. 
It's not just about getting 

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invited to conferences. 
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faithful to God's word the 
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the way. 
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Despite the unfortunate 
possibilities at hand, we are 

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told that the Lord sent him and 
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hesitation, he will go before 
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on behalf of God. 
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Listen, that when we think about
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race to the risks of living such
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just the risks if there are 
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And the ultimate reward as we 
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god, that is our chief Duty and 
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But second to that is how there 
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be instruments of seeing 
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You see, Nathan here by being 
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by which the course of David's. 
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Nathan by being obedient 
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God had told him to do. 
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David's conscience would awaken.
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Lord would be restored. 
What if, what, if Nathan 

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reserved himself what he had 
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What if you just step back to? 
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I can't do this. 
Risking my friendship with this 

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man more more than that. 
I'm potentially risking my life.

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We don't know what would have 
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I'm sure God would have rate 
somebody else up, but the point 

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is see here is in this 
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Nathan is going to see a double 
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He's going to obey God and he's 
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God we can't afford as a 
ministry as Christians to dilute

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the truth for fake Rewards or 
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There's too much at stake here. 
And we see that here with David,

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where David will actually make a
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came through a faithful 
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But did you notice something 
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In verse 1, we read here that it
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Who initiated the process of 
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God. 
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though, the Lord was displeased 
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David doing the Lord remain 
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And that is a picture of his 
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Well, David confess, will he 
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Will he? 
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me and ask for forgiveness and 
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is the Lord do? 
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reaches out to David. 
He seeks him and he finds him 

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and he pleads with him through 
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Yes. 
To confess it to come humbly 

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before him. 
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to keep in mind for the next few
weeks as we will be in this very

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chapter because all that we are 
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As Cutthroat as Nathan's, words 
are going to be as severe as the

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consequences will be for David's
life, and for his family for the

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nation as a whole. 
Everything was motivated by 

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divine, grace mercy. 
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This is the Lord wanting to not 
destroy David, but restore David

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and just like a doctor who 
sometimes has to bruise in order

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to heal. 
This is the exact way in which 

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God approaches sinners. 
The gospel we preach is not 

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intended to shame. 
It's not intended to add guilt 

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and keep people living with that
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It's meant to bring in, it's 
meant to reach out and to pull 

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people out of the mire. 
And the picture here on a very 

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individual level is magnetized. 
When we understand who God sent 

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for Humanity, For David, he sent
Nathan for the whole human race.

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He sent his son and his son came
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Not pursuing. 
God but hiding from God turning 

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their backs to God, not just 
week like what Roman says, but 

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in the same chapter of Romans 5 
enemies of God, And this is, 

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this is when God came and when 
God sent his son and like a 

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physician with a cure for a 
lethal disease, he's better than

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any physician you can imagine 
because we go to the doctor, say

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I'm sick, I need help and the 
doctor may help us, but this 

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doctor goes out to those who 
aren't even asking for the help.

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And saying I'm here to help you.
And that is why you should never

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believe the lives Satan, or of 
the flesh that God is hesitant 

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to forgive. no matter how 
repeated the offense may be no 

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matter how severe the offense, 
maybe you have to understand 

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that like a physician who takes 
great joy in his practice and 

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finds the greatest reward and 
seeing people healed this God, 

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our God finds great Delight in 
coming to you and binding, you 

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and providing bomb for you and 
restoring you And so as you even

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in that state of fallenness, you
come with the confidence knowing

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that the Lord will embrace you 
and bring what you need to be 

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exactly who he's called you to 
be. 

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And the patience of God again I 
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again. 
The patience of God. 

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Do we not see this magnetizing 
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today, the very reason why the 
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skies and 2023 though. 
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know, I'm not setting any dates 
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to repent. 
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their senses and say, I need to 
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the judge of the universe. 
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here's the thing, when he comes,
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Chances, we're not, Universalist
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heaven. 
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more popular, but it's not 
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done. 
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If you're not in Christ, you're 
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second death in which you keep 
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Being in the same way that you 
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keep living so God in his great.
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has a revelation that evens. 
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children understand that 
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its final So, he sends Nathan, 
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And he brings a parable, you 
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pretty straightforward. 
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question, I'm asking to hear 
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Why is it that when Nathan does 
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present a story and it's a 
fictional story. 

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It's an allegory, it's 
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I don't believe it's a real 
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just Storm Into The King's 
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the man you thought you can hide
from God. 

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I come over here. 
He's found you out. 

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Why didn't he do that? 
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state of the heart in which he 
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concerning himself. 
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say? 
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Say that again. 
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stimulate David to come to his 
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had their hand up over here. 
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So, David was a Shepherd before 
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appeal to the emotions. 
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this, that grabs the attention. 
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people's attention. 
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alright, they lean in that, I'm 
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What is he going to say? 
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gripping element to a story. 
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A lot of hands good. 
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Yes. 
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So David is not only a Shepherd 
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judge and the story. 
Could it be that Nathan is 

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presenting a scene that would 
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David not realizing these 
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Yes. 
Yeah, you have your hand up. 

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Very good. 
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So just like you we're here on 
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If you're here on Sundays, we 
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of the Parables of Jesus. 
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Parables is to position the 
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themselves will I inquire more 
about this truth or lie rejected

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and not inquire more? 
About it. 

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So there's a pulling factor to 
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heart to come to a conclusion 
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unbiased matter, but in reality 
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very audience that it's being 
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it. 
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that Nathan is approaching a man
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cover his sin. 
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I mean, he went to the point of 
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Nathan is aware of this and so 
Nathan needs to come with great,

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wisdom and discernment in order 
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in. 
David's heart to lead him to the

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place of at least admitting his 
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And the way in which he does, 
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that would position David again,
to be an observer To be an 

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observer in essence. 
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confronting his audience in a 
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And so through this story, he 
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and with the specific 
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invoke and to arouse a sense of 
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make a verdict about this story 
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himself. 
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a tactic that is important to 
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David and not only does it 
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goes further than that it leaves
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revealed that he is the very 
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David what does he do? 
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in the story, he makes against 
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difficult to take back your 
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Then it is to reject somebody 
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This is brilliant. 
This is Holy, Spirit lead. 

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And here's what we can take, 
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Why is Nathan coming with this? 
Kind of delivery as Believers in

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Jesus Christ, part of our 
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Is that you? 
And I have to correct. 

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And we have to be open to be 
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Christ on the earth. 
One of its primary functions, is

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accountability, row Christians 
are dangerous and they are, they

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are not a reality in the New 
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To go back to the early church 
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not and was not a part of a 
local assembly was a foreign 

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concept. 
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part of the body of Jesus Christ
in a very practical real and 

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consistent way. 
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need people in my life to 
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when I need to be called out. 
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responsibility, as believers. 
We have a goal and I goal is to 

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restore that goal. 
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Somebody who has gone off a 
stranger, Who had who is 

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entertaining something that they
shouldn't and yet with that 

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ambition and mind in great 
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how we do that carefully. 
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righteous and holy is spoiled by
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methodologies. 
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directed by God. 
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God, about his friends sin, but 
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was not just the revelation of 
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was designed by the same God. 
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Nathan's mouth came from God and
it proved to be most effective. 

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So I want to briefly mention 
this, if you are a serious 

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believe in and I'm assuming all 
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understand that in those moments
where we are faced with somebody

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that we know who he is, who is 
going astray, who is not 

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implementing true, Christian, 
practice in their life, be 

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careful. 
Be careful how you approach 

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them. 
Pray wait on God. 

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Seek the Lord at times seek the 
counsel of mature spirit filled 

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Believers, lest our righteous 
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Is destroyed because of our 
flesh or because we thought 

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doing it one way would work. 
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the wisdom that God's spirit 
would provide. 

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Otherwise Nathan comes with 
great discernment and now we've 

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read this, but we're going to 
dissect it to understand the 

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details of the characters and 
some of the descriptions and 

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they will be rich. 
It will be rich if we pay 

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attention. 
So we heard it right? 

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The parable here is about two 
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men. 
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A poor man. 
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classes. 
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will come on the scene that will
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But here's here's just a rule 
when you and I ever come towards

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a parable. 
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Temptation is to decode every 
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meaning behind every feature 
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allegory. 
That is dangerous because the 

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intention of Parables is not 
necessarily to bring an 

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allegorical interpretation 
behind every single thing in the

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scene. 
That's how people get into wacky

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interpretations of things. 
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that the general goal of this is
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Injustice right there is this 
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that alone would suffice in 
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needed to be nonetheless, what, 
Nathan presents to David 

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parallel. 
So closely to the real play book

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that we read in 2nd Samuel 11. 
The characters are like the 

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theme is so near. 
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interpret this carefully because
in verse 7, we're not going to 

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touch on that Nathan ends up 
saying to David. 

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You're the man, you are the man,
the man that I was talking about

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in that short little Parable, 
that's you. 

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That's you. 
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intentionally choosing these 
characters and the descriptions 

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Wisely in order to listen to 
come as close as possible to 

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David's error without totally 
unveiling that it's him. 

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Because if David caught on, he 
could have given different 

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judgment and is hypocrisy, 
right? 

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He could have done that, but it 
was, it was to create a thin 

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enough veil in which you can see
pass through it but not 

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completely So let's do that. 
If we have the license to look 

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at this in Greater detail than 
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Then let's do that the rich man.
And the poor man who are they 

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Who's the rich man? 
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Well, the poor man had a little 
lamb. 

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You know lamb who's that? 
Very good that is, right. 

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And we read something about the 
relationship between the poor 

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man. 
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here with me in verse 3, and 
notice that the little lamb grew

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up with him. 
That's what it says here. 

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He brought it up, and it grew up
with, and I believe that 

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suggests the history, the long 
history that Uriah had with his 

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wife, it could be that they've 
known each other since 

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childhood. 
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high school sweethearts. 
So to speak. 

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They had a long history of 
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And whether that is the case or 
not, what we have to understand 

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is that Nathan's intention here 
is to create a sense of the 

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special bond that the poor man 
had with the little ewe, Lamb 

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with a little pet animal, so 
that David would feel the 

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significance of the crime of 
this rich man taking away. 

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Not just some little animal but 
something that was cherished by 

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this man and his family, it was 
to make it make it seem so much 

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more severe than what we would. 
Imagine just hearing somebody 

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taking a lamb from somebody 
else's field and we read on a, 

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we see something else in verse 
3. 

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Look how look how carefully 
Nathan is speaking here and I'm 

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going to ask you if it sounds 
familiar from our last study in 

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chapter 11, he says here in 
avert the second part of verse 

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38 used to eat of his morsel and
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his arms. 
That sounds familiar. 

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Does it. 
What does it sound like? 

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Scroll back to chapter 11. 
And you'll see it. 

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Second, Samuel 11 and look at 
verse 11. 

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This is when Uriah explain to 
David, why? 

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He didn't go into his home. 
Now it there's a light bulb, 

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right? 
Second Samuel, 11:11 Uriah said 

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to David, The Ark in Israel and 
Judah dwell in booths, and my 

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Lord job, and the Servants of my
Lord are camping in the open 

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field, shall I then? 
Go to my house to eat. 

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And to drink and to lie with my 
wife. 

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As you live and as your soul 
lives, I will not do this thing.

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I don't know how strong David's 
memory was. 

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But it makes me wonder if his 
heart start racing a little bit 

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or maybe not, he was completely 
oblivious to the nudge. 

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The Nathan is providing here so 
far. 

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Everything seems clear. 
We have our characters in place.

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The description makes sense, but
when people come to this text, 

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they often miss another 
important character. 

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And I believe it's a great 
disservice to what this Parable 

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can offer. 
Not just to David, but to us, 

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there's somebody else here. 
There's somebody else here that 

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we need to touch on who is he He
very good. 

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The Traveler verse four other 
cane a traveler to the rich man.

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00:28:19,100 --> 00:28:20,400
Here's my question. 
Who is he? 

452
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:24,400
Very good that you hear the 
answer. 

453
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:30,800
Temptation. 
The Traveler speaks and 

454
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:39,300
signifies passing lust. 
Temptation arriving to the front

455
00:28:39,300 --> 00:28:43,500
step of your heart. 
And if it is true, that the 

456
00:28:43,500 --> 00:28:47,500
traveler symbolizes, what we can
generally ascribe to us 

457
00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:51,400
temptation, then there are so 
much to learn about how 

458
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:58,300
Temptation works even in this 
snapshot, Here's at least two 

459
00:28:58,300 --> 00:29:01,100
things that I gather from from 
this realization that the 

460
00:29:01,100 --> 00:29:05,500
traveler is Temptation and it's 
true for David and it's true for

461
00:29:05,500 --> 00:29:07,000
you. 
And I today because Temptation 

462
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:11,000
hasn't changed much since the 
beginning of time, if this is 

463
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:16,100
true, then know this one thing, 
believer temptation is a 

464
00:29:16,100 --> 00:29:19,800
frequent visitor And the same 
way. 

465
00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,900
The rich man was suddenly 
visited by this traveler 

466
00:29:22,900 --> 00:29:25,600
Temptation. 
Often comes unannounced. 

467
00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:27,600
Now. 
You and I have his response 

468
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:31,300
responsibility to limit the 
frequency and the intensity of 

469
00:29:31,300 --> 00:29:33,500
its presence. 
But even with all the 

470
00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:35,900
restrictions and all the 
disciplines that we apply 

471
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:40,700
Temptation has away? 
To make its voice gnome. 

472
00:29:41,900 --> 00:29:45,700
And to provoke us without 
announcement. 

473
00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:48,200
And that is exactly what we see 
here. 

474
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,700
Although, David did a terrible 
job of guarding his heart. 

475
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,200
This point that I'm presenting 
to you, is meant to comfort us. 

476
00:29:56,000 --> 00:30:00,300
It's meant to comfort us because
the visitation of Temptation is 

477
00:30:00,300 --> 00:30:02,900
not the same as indulging in 
sin. 

478
00:30:04,500 --> 00:30:07,600
You have many believers who live
on unwarranted guilt, because 

479
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:11,400
they have mistaken. 
Intrusive thoughts with Unholy 

480
00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:15,300
imaginations. 
And so they're robbed of Joy, 

481
00:30:15,700 --> 00:30:19,200
the robbed, the faith. 
They fail to believe the 

482
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,700
goodness of God and the power of
God because they don't interpret

483
00:30:22,700 --> 00:30:26,600
Temptation carefully. 
Remember the words of the 

484
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,300
Apostle, Paul, when he describes
briefly the nature of our 

485
00:30:29,300 --> 00:30:31,500
spiritual warfare? 
Now, the words that I'm in a 

486
00:30:31,500 --> 00:30:35,300
quote to you primarily in 
context deal with the weapons 

487
00:30:35,300 --> 00:30:38,700
that we have in our hands, when 
it comes to rescuing other 

488
00:30:38,700 --> 00:30:43,300
people from bondage, but the 
same words, also help us know 

489
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,900
how to defend ourselves when it 
comes to invasions, in our own 

490
00:30:47,900 --> 00:30:50,800
hearts and our own minds. 
You know, the verse and second 

491
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:54,000
Corinthians 10:5. 
He describes the nature of 

492
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,800
warfare which is very, very 
different than how people 

493
00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:00,100
emphasize Warfare today. 
When you tell speak, when you 

494
00:31:00,100 --> 00:31:02,400
ask questions about spiritual 
warfare today, automatically 

495
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,800
demons demons manifesting weird 
things happening. 

496
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:08,000
Things flying around the are 
dark objects in your room. 

497
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,600
When you ask the Apostle. 
Paul, what is the nature? 

498
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:12,000
What is the essence of spiritual
warfare? 

499
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,800
They'll demons are real. 
Demon possession is real 

500
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:15,300
manifestations of evil, all 
real. 

501
00:31:15,300 --> 00:31:19,100
That's true. 
He describes it here in verse 5 

502
00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:21,900
of second Corinthians 10, we 
destroy arguments. 

503
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:28,400
Remember that every lofty 
opinion raised against the 

504
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:30,900
knowledge of God. 
So far, we have arguments 

505
00:31:31,300 --> 00:31:35,600
opinions, knowledge of God and 
take every thought captive to 

506
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:43,300
Christ. what is the realm in 
which opinions and arguments and

507
00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:48,000
knowledge and thoughts dwell in 
What realm? 

508
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:58,300
The mind, the conscience, your 
thinking, your meditations, the 

509
00:31:58,300 --> 00:32:03,900
things that are unseen. 
This is the arena of spiritual 

510
00:32:03,900 --> 00:32:09,700
warfare, the mind. 
And the idea here is that with 

511
00:32:09,700 --> 00:32:11,900
the truth, this is what Paul is 
saying with the truth. 

512
00:32:11,900 --> 00:32:15,500
The truth has so much power that
it is able to identify and 

513
00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:20,000
capture that which stands in 
contrary to the truth and then 

514
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,200
make it subject to the lordship 
of Jesus Christ. 

515
00:32:24,900 --> 00:32:28,400
That is, then the weapons of our
Warfare, right? 

516
00:32:28,700 --> 00:32:33,000
So listen, Believers, we don't 
take up arms to fight against 

517
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,600
our enemies know, we take the 
sword of the spirit and those 

518
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:40,000
that come with, philosophies and
false doctrines are Warfare, is 

519
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,900
not a shouting match. 
It's not our fists. 

520
00:32:43,300 --> 00:32:46,300
It's not who can be this, and 
who can be that it's with this 

521
00:32:46,300 --> 00:32:49,100
sort. 
And then this working in the 

522
00:32:49,100 --> 00:32:52,600
minds of others and then 
rescuing people pulling down 

523
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:56,000
strongholds and intake. 
Him thoughts captive to the 

524
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:59,400
lordship of Christ and yet at 
the same time that applies to 

525
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:03,700
us, even as Believers, this 
description of warfare is real 

526
00:33:03,700 --> 00:33:05,800
even more real. 
After you become a Christian, 

527
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,200
here's the way I like to look at
it. 

528
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,800
I like to think of unrighteous 
thoughts as day-to-day 

529
00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:17,000
intruders, And they're clever 
and they're consistent and 

530
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,700
persistent and here's their 
goal, every single day. 

531
00:33:19,700 --> 00:33:21,400
The moment I opened my eyes to 
the moment. 

532
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:22,900
I lay my head on my pillow every
night. 

533
00:33:22,900 --> 00:33:24,600
Here's what they do, and they do
the same for you. 

534
00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:29,500
Just giving you a heads up. 
They want to come in and they 

535
00:33:29,500 --> 00:33:33,500
want to apprehend your 
affections and your attention 

536
00:33:33,700 --> 00:33:38,400
and your reasoning and submit it
to sin every single day, every 

537
00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:42,800
waking moment. 
And the principle of this verse 

538
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:46,800
indicates that you and I have a 
responsibility by the power of 

539
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:51,700
the spirit to arrest those false
ideas to stop them and keep them

540
00:33:51,700 --> 00:33:55,500
at Bay the moment, you're able 
to recognize that they do, stand

541
00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:58,100
in contrast to the will and 
wisdom of God. 

542
00:33:59,100 --> 00:34:02,500
And if we fail to see the 
threat, that these thoughts are,

543
00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:06,400
then they will come in, and they
will set up a stronghold and 

544
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:08,000
down the road. 
They will become much more 

545
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:14,199
difficult to pull down when you 
really want to, This traveler 

546
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:18,400
wants to come inside, he's not 
interested in waving through the

547
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:22,500
window and passing by. 
He wants to be a guest and more 

548
00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:24,199
than a guest. 
He wants to be the master of the

549
00:34:24,199 --> 00:34:27,300
home. 
Which the Richmond ends up, 

550
00:34:27,300 --> 00:34:29,800
doing he ends up serving this 
man. 

551
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:31,699
A feasts as though. 
He becomes the king. 

552
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,900
Yes, there's a general sense in 
which the he's hospitable, but 

553
00:34:35,900 --> 00:34:39,800
there is this almost this just 
change of roles here. 

554
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:45,000
This man seems to now occupy the
authority of the place 

555
00:34:45,300 --> 00:34:49,300
temptation is the same. 
It comes in seemingly innocent 

556
00:34:49,900 --> 00:34:54,600
distant. 
And through our tolerance, it 

557
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:56,800
can change very quickly, which 
brings me to the second Point 

558
00:34:56,800 --> 00:35:00,100
tentation must never ever be 
entertained. 

559
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,400
Temptation must never be 
entertained. 

560
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:08,500
Unfortunately David's case he 
does the traveler comes by and 

561
00:35:08,500 --> 00:35:12,100
instead of showing this unwanted
guests away he opens the door 

562
00:35:12,100 --> 00:35:16,100
and says have a seat have a seat
when a David do that in real 

563
00:35:16,100 --> 00:35:19,400
time. 
I argue when he was standing on 

564
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:22,200
his rooftop and he looked and he
gazed at bathsheba's body while 

565
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,600
she was bathing. 
That was when the traveler came 

566
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:29,700
to his heart. 
He says, hey You never seen me 

567
00:35:29,700 --> 00:35:32,600
before. 
But yeah, you have an extra seat

568
00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:35,500
at your table and when he did, 
he open the door when he 

569
00:35:35,500 --> 00:35:39,000
inquired for her and sought for 
more information. 

570
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:45,000
Flirting with the line of sin 
and it end up conceiving into 

571
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:48,300
sin. 
Here's the thing, never forget 

572
00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:53,200
that the way Temptation evolves 
into sin is when we entertain 

573
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:57,600
it, instead of pushing it away, 
that's when it morphs into 

574
00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:01,600
something that is dangerous. 
And the state of our sin is 

575
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:06,100
always strengthened always, 
strengthened by our persistent 

576
00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:10,300
attention and affection, that we
give to it, the more attention. 

577
00:36:10,300 --> 00:36:13,400
And the more affection that you 
give to it, the stronger, it 

578
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:15,500
becomes. 
And I argue that the rich man 

579
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:21,400
would have never ever ever been 
willing to steal that lamb if 

580
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,700
you had first made the decision 
to keep that door closed. 

581
00:36:25,900 --> 00:36:28,100
And to tell that traveler to go 
somewhere else. 

582
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,500
So here's the point, based on 
this alone, we see a very, very 

583
00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:34,500
important principle that applies
to us today. 

584
00:36:35,700 --> 00:36:40,300
That it is manifestations of 
evil, actions begin with 

585
00:36:40,300 --> 00:36:44,800
meditations of evil things 
manifestations of evil actions. 

586
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:48,300
Always always always begin with 
meditations, on evil things. 

587
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,700
And that's why you and I have to
train ourselves if you want to 

588
00:36:53,700 --> 00:36:57,100
graduate in spiritual warfare 
and the effectiveness of victory

589
00:36:57,100 --> 00:36:59,700
over sin that you and I have to 
be convinced of this one 

590
00:37:00,100 --> 00:37:02,800
foundational truth and it's this
thoughts. 

591
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,900
Are dangerous. 
Thoughts are dangerous. 

592
00:37:09,100 --> 00:37:12,400
And we have to train ourselves 
to be aggressive with those 

593
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:15,800
thoughts and not be passive, 
allowing them to just walk by in

594
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:19,200
the front. 
Lawn of our hearts to say no, I 

595
00:37:19,207 --> 00:37:22,500
have to deal with you because 
you have a plan and if you stay 

596
00:37:22,500 --> 00:37:25,900
here long enough, things are 
going to change quickly and that

597
00:37:25,900 --> 00:37:27,800
is exactly what spiritual 
warfare is all about. 

598
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:29,400
Let me prove it to you in the 
words of Jesus. 

599
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,700
And again it's one of those 
things where we we passed 

600
00:37:31,700 --> 00:37:33,700
quickly and we don't understand 
the implications of but I would 

601
00:37:33,700 --> 00:37:37,900
encourage you to turn there and 
Mark 7:21 look at this series of

602
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:42,400
Bullet points that Jesus makes 
that illustrates what I'm trying

603
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:46,200
to communicate. 
Effectively. 

604
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:52,900
Hopefully. look at the New 
Testament, Mark, 7:21 Down to 

605
00:37:52,900 --> 00:37:54,700
verse 23. 
Here's what the Lord says, when 

606
00:37:54,707 --> 00:37:57,600
he's trying to explain the 
source of the evil in this 

607
00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:04,600
world, For from within out of 
the heart of man, come evil 

608
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:09,200
thoughts, sexual immorality 
theft murder, adultery coveting,

609
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:15,700
wickedness deceit, sensuality 
Envy, slander Pride, foolishness

610
00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:18,600
all these evil things come from 
within. 

611
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:22,800
And they defile a person because
I'll tell you the source, it's 

612
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,300
the human heart. 
You know, when people come and 

613
00:38:25,300 --> 00:38:27,200
they say well there is a good 
God in heaven. 

614
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,400
Why doesn't deal with all the 
evil in this world? 

615
00:38:29,500 --> 00:38:31,300
I'll tell you why, because you'd
have to get rid of you. 

616
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,600
That's why and me because that's
where it comes. 

617
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:39,600
The sewage of the filth that is 
polluting our world. 

618
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,200
Is that thing? 
That is in us? 

619
00:38:43,100 --> 00:38:50,600
What did Jesus mention first? 
Evil thoughts. 

620
00:38:52,100 --> 00:38:56,800
That is by Design. 
The reason why Jesus starts with

621
00:38:56,800 --> 00:39:01,000
evil thoughts in this list of 
filthy things is because that's 

622
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,200
where it starts. 
The following things that he 

623
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:09,100
lists your all these iniquities 
begin with the thought life. 

624
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,400
That's why he starts with evil 
thoughts. 

625
00:39:12,100 --> 00:39:15,500
So comes from the heart, it goes
to the mind and what you do with

626
00:39:15,500 --> 00:39:17,700
the mind will determine what 
happens with your hands. 

627
00:39:17,700 --> 00:39:19,900
What happens with your mouth? 
What happens with your eyes? 

628
00:39:19,900 --> 00:39:24,600
What happens with your feet? 
And if that is true, if it comes

629
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,800
from Evil thoughts, that I know 
one thing wrong thinking, is 

630
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:32,100
what leads to wrong living. 
And if that is true, then true 

631
00:39:32,100 --> 00:39:34,400
victory in our sanctification, 
will only come. 

632
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:36,700
When you. 
And I understand that, 

633
00:39:37,300 --> 00:39:40,000
understand that, what occurs in 
the mind will eventually 

634
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,200
manifest in the direction of our
steps. 

635
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:47,500
So, we have to take our 
thinking, seriously, we have to 

636
00:39:47,508 --> 00:39:49,300
understand that they're not just
harmless things that float 

637
00:39:49,300 --> 00:39:51,900
around, if they stay. 
And they pull up a chair and 

638
00:39:51,900 --> 00:39:54,700
they sit for a while. 
Next thing, you know, it becomes

639
00:39:54,700 --> 00:39:57,600
a pattern, next thing, you know,
becomes a stronghold next thing.

640
00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:02,200
You know, it begins to pull at 
you and direct you and cause you

641
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:04,400
to make decisions that you never
thought you would. 

642
00:40:04,500 --> 00:40:06,700
And it all started with a 
traveler who knocked on the door

643
00:40:06,700 --> 00:40:11,500
of your heart. 
So here's what I think, taking 

644
00:40:11,500 --> 00:40:13,800
captive thoughts. 
Looks like in a very practical 

645
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:18,800
way that when those things come 
like a flash, you address it 

646
00:40:18,900 --> 00:40:23,200
with the truth of God's word and
you call it to submit the 

647
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:26,000
authority of Jesus Christ. 
As a blood-bought. 

648
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:29,100
Christian, you're not welcome 
here, you know, you have a lot 

649
00:40:29,100 --> 00:40:31,400
of Christians who are tormented 
by Blasphemous thoughts, 

650
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:34,600
especially newborn Christians. 
I've heard it throughout the 

651
00:40:34,607 --> 00:40:36,800
years brother, I can't believe 
these, thoughts are coming 

652
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:38,600
through my mind and here's my 
simple thing. 

653
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:41,200
I know it's not proof. 
Sound doesn't really Take 5 

654
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,200
counseling sessions. 
Here's my thing. 

655
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:44,700
Do you want those thoughts in 
your head or not? 

656
00:40:44,700 --> 00:40:46,100
I hate them. 
Okay, good. 

657
00:40:47,500 --> 00:40:48,900
That's it. 
You don't want them, right? 

658
00:40:48,900 --> 00:40:52,400
No, I don't want to know what. 
Then just continue to saturate 

659
00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:55,500
your mind with the word of God 
and like, a dirty bowl of water.

660
00:40:55,500 --> 00:40:57,600
Continued to pour clear water 
and eventually that water is 

661
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:02,600
going to become clean. 
Just keep at it, keep at it. so 

662
00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:07,200
Temptation will visit us that 
you cannot help but opening the 

663
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:10,200
door and feeding it and 
strengthening it is something 

664
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:14,300
that we are held accountable for
That's what he does. 

665
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:19,600
He goes to his neighbor. 
He takes what belonged to his 

666
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:21,800
neighbor and he fed that 
traveler. 

667
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:25,300
That lust was something that was
illegitimate. 

668
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:30,300
Now we come to verse 5 and we 
see the reaction of David. 

669
00:41:33,100 --> 00:41:38,400
Then David's anger was greatly 
kindled against the man and he 

670
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:41,500
said to Nathan as the Lord lives
the man who has done this 

671
00:41:41,500 --> 00:41:45,800
deserves to die. 
Makes you wonder if David 

672
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:47,300
believe that this was a true 
story. 

673
00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:53,300
Really, it makes you wonder like
Nathan knew a guy and he's just 

674
00:41:53,300 --> 00:41:56,900
coming and he just sharing hey, 
look what happened and and and 

675
00:41:56,900 --> 00:42:00,400
David they're sitting perhaps on
his throne and his his nose 

676
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:04,500
begin to flare in his eyes 
become widen and his veins. 

677
00:42:04,500 --> 00:42:06,700
Start to stick out of his neck. 
I don't know how intense it was,

678
00:42:06,700 --> 00:42:11,000
but it says he was greatly 
kindled, his anger was greatly 

679
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:14,600
kindled and he erupts. 
And here's the thing that I find

680
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:18,900
quite Humorous. 
There is no call for Action 

681
00:42:18,900 --> 00:42:22,100
here. 
Nathan didn't demand a response.

682
00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:26,200
but this so touched a nerve in 
David's heart that he could not 

683
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:29,500
help but say something and 
everything went according to 

684
00:42:29,508 --> 00:42:34,400
plan, he makes a judgment and he
calls out this rich man and he 

685
00:42:34,408 --> 00:42:39,700
condemns him When you and I look
at that, there are things to 

686
00:42:39,700 --> 00:42:42,100
learn about his reaction, what 
stands out to you about his 

687
00:42:42,100 --> 00:42:50,100
response. 
Let me ask you this way. 

688
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:55,500
Does that man deserve to die? 
Really. 

689
00:42:57,600 --> 00:42:59,800
Does he deserve to die for 
stealing somebody's lamb? 

690
00:43:01,700 --> 00:43:04,200
Exodus would disagree with you 
if you say yes. 

691
00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:10,000
So Exodus 22 verse 1, Exodus 
22:1 gives the precise 

692
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:15,700
punishment for this exact crime 
that has been depicted. 

693
00:43:16,900 --> 00:43:20,100
Exodus 22:1. 
Look how, look how clear it is. 

694
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:27,600
If a man steals an ox or a sheep
and kills it or sells it, he 

695
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:31,200
shall repay five. 
Oxen for an ox and for sheep 

696
00:43:31,300 --> 00:43:34,100
four sheep. 
That is it no Capital 

697
00:43:34,100 --> 00:43:38,400
Punishment. 
No public hanging No. 

698
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:42,000
Slashing of the sword. 
You stole that man's sheep. 

699
00:43:42,300 --> 00:43:47,200
You got to pay for fold. 
So if that is true, then what do

700
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:51,300
we make of David's response? 
It was harsh and it was 

701
00:43:51,300 --> 00:43:57,800
exaggerated. 
And what's interesting is verse 

702
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:00,700
6, he actually does quote Exodus
22:1. 

703
00:44:00,700 --> 00:44:03,600
Does he not? 
He says it and he shall restore 

704
00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:08,000
the land fourfold. 
So he knew the scripture. 

705
00:44:08,100 --> 00:44:10,000
Hey guys, pay attention to this.
You ready for this? 

706
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:11,600
This one Might Sting brace 
yourself. 

707
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:17,100
I love you brace yourself. 
It goes to show that a person 

708
00:44:17,100 --> 00:44:20,700
can be well acquainted with the 
scriptures and still have a 

709
00:44:20,700 --> 00:44:27,200
hardened heart. 
Told you my hurt, it goes to 

710
00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:30,900
show that it's not enough to be 
familiar with the Bible because 

711
00:44:30,900 --> 00:44:33,300
you have people like David who 
are living in, adultery know the

712
00:44:33,300 --> 00:44:39,000
Bible inside and out. 
It's not enough, it's what you 

713
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:42,800
and I do with that knowledge 
that determines the 

714
00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:45,900
effectiveness and the will of 
God being performed through his 

715
00:44:45,900 --> 00:44:49,500
written word. 
If the word of God does not draw

716
00:44:49,500 --> 00:44:52,600
you closer to the god of the 
word, you're doing it wrong. 

717
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:58,700
I'm doing it wrong. 
If it does not personally invite

718
00:44:58,700 --> 00:45:03,400
me to no intimacy, if it does 
not create a greater reality and

719
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:09,400
recognition of God's person in 
my life with all that, he is his

720
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:11,500
presence and his power and his 
promises. 

721
00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:15,400
If that does not become real, if
it doesn't create worship, if it

722
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:18,500
doesn't change my life, if it 
doesn't create a new framework 

723
00:45:18,500 --> 00:45:21,200
for my worldview, if it's not 
doing that. 

724
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:27,200
Then the possibilities are 
endless and I can be a guy who 

725
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:31,300
quotes scripture. 
Who tells people about scripture

726
00:45:31,300 --> 00:45:32,600
like David? 
That's the Nathan. 

727
00:45:33,900 --> 00:45:37,900
And yeah, I'm meeting with 
somebody else's spouse behind 

728
00:45:37,900 --> 00:45:41,100
the scenes. 
So if you if you ever looked at 

729
00:45:41,100 --> 00:45:43,500
somebody and you heard something
unfortunately the scandal of 

730
00:45:43,500 --> 00:45:45,200
some sort and you're saying, how
is that possible? 

731
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:47,800
It's possible, the Bible showing
us, it's possible, it's 

732
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:50,300
possible. 
The word of God is Not draw you 

733
00:45:50,300 --> 00:45:53,700
to the god of the word when I 
reading it according to the will

734
00:45:53,700 --> 00:45:56,700
of God. 
And that's what he is showing 

735
00:45:56,700 --> 00:45:59,100
here, but he does more than just
confirm his knowledge of the 

736
00:45:59,107 --> 00:46:02,100
scripture he goes above and 
beyond it. 

737
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:05,100
He's calling for this man's 
death. 

738
00:46:06,700 --> 00:46:11,100
I mean, even God's law is not 
asking for that. 

739
00:46:12,100 --> 00:46:13,800
Think about that. 
And there's an important 

740
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:20,300
principle here and it's a second
thought. this teaches us, what a

741
00:46:20,300 --> 00:46:25,700
heart distant from God is 
capable of And in this case, 

742
00:46:25,700 --> 00:46:30,400
it's cruelty among other things.
When a heart is distant from 

743
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:33,300
God, it is capable of many 
things. 

744
00:46:33,300 --> 00:46:37,400
And in this situation, it is 
cruelty because when you are 

745
00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:40,600
close to God, you become more 
like God. 

746
00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:46,000
And when you are far from God, 
you will become less like God in

747
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:49,900
many ways. 
And in David's case he is proven

748
00:46:49,900 --> 00:46:54,700
to be less merciful than the God
and the judge of the entire 

749
00:46:54,700 --> 00:46:58,800
world. 
Less merciful. 

750
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:07,000
And that tells me something. 
That Sinners based on David's 

751
00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:11,700
reaction. 
Sinners are often unaware of the

752
00:47:11,700 --> 00:47:18,300
sinfulness of their own sin. 
Sinners are often unaware of the

753
00:47:18,300 --> 00:47:21,600
sinfulness. 
Of their own sin. 

754
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:25,100
How quick for David to pronounce
a judgment on this man to go 

755
00:47:25,100 --> 00:47:28,200
above What God Says. 
And to completely dismiss his 

756
00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:32,100
own sin in the process. 
Yeah, that guy deserves to die. 

757
00:47:33,100 --> 00:47:38,000
Kate, you didn't steal a lamb. 
You stole life. 

758
00:47:39,700 --> 00:47:42,900
Someone who is created in the 
image of God, you robbed 

759
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:47,800
Covenant. 
You stole trust. 

760
00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:51,000
All these things. 
The list is quite vast of what 

761
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:53,500
David stolen. 
It's interesting that Nathan 

762
00:47:53,500 --> 00:47:56,000
uses. 
The theme of thievery when he 

763
00:47:56,000 --> 00:48:01,600
wants to deal with and confront.
David's murder and his adultery 

764
00:48:01,900 --> 00:48:05,400
because there is thievery in all
of that there is a taking and 

765
00:48:06,100 --> 00:48:08,300
removing of somebody that 
doesn't belong to you. 

766
00:48:08,900 --> 00:48:11,200
And so what we see here with 
this man is that he is 

767
00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:16,000
expressing something that is not
exclusive to him, it is true 

768
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:20,100
with our nature that one of the 
signs of a hardened heart, is 

769
00:48:20,100 --> 00:48:23,200
being able to identify somebody 
else's shortcoming. 

770
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:27,400
And feeling confident about your
own standing and morality. 

771
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:31,700
Okay, here's here's I'm going to
prove it to you in Matthew 21. 

772
00:48:31,700 --> 00:48:34,200
Jesus gives a parable to the 
Pharisees and it's a parable of 

773
00:48:34,207 --> 00:48:37,500
the tenants, you know this. 
I'm sure there's an owner of a 

774
00:48:37,500 --> 00:48:39,200
Vineyard. 
He goes to a far country but he 

775
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:42,900
leases it to tenants and when it
comes to harvest time he sends a

776
00:48:42,900 --> 00:48:45,900
servant or servants to acquire 
some of the Harvest. 

777
00:48:47,100 --> 00:48:50,900
The tenancy and they beat up one
servant. 

778
00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:54,400
So the owner sends another 
servant the tenants come and 

779
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:57,900
they killed this one. 
So no one comes back to the 

780
00:48:57,900 --> 00:49:01,200
owners of the owner sent another
servant and they now they stoned

781
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:03,700
him. 
So now the strategy has to 

782
00:49:03,700 --> 00:49:07,100
change the owner of the vineyard
says I will send my son. 

783
00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:14,100
Surely they will respect him. 
And when the sun is sent the 

784
00:49:14,100 --> 00:49:17,700
tenants realized who it is and 
they say he is the heir if we 

785
00:49:17,700 --> 00:49:21,600
get rid of him maybe this will 
be ours and so they kill the son

786
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:25,500
Jesus gives that Parable and 
that he asked the question to 

787
00:49:25,500 --> 00:49:29,300
these religious experts. 
Supposedly, what should be done?

788
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:34,400
To the tenants by the owner. 
And you know what? 

789
00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:36,400
The response to the Pharisees 
were, let me just read it to. 

790
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:38,800
You don't have to turn there, 
but it's a Matthew 2141. 

791
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:41,600
Easy reference to remember. 
Here's what the religious 

792
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:45,800
leaders of the day said in 
Matthew 2141 they said to him, 

793
00:49:46,200 --> 00:49:50,300
he will put those wretches to a 
miserable death and let out the 

794
00:49:50,300 --> 00:49:53,200
vineyard to other tenants who 
will give them fruits in their 

795
00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:58,900
seasons. 
And so, the Pharisees got all 

796
00:49:58,900 --> 00:50:01,600
excited because now Jesus is 
asking them a question about 

797
00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:04,400
morality and this is their 
chance to Puff out their chests 

798
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:07,300
and prove just how dignified 
they really are and just how 

799
00:50:07,308 --> 00:50:10,900
much they can make a an accurate
assessment concerning, what is 

800
00:50:10,900 --> 00:50:13,000
in just. 
And so they say he they should 

801
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:16,000
kill him and not just kill MIT, 
take that Vineyard, and give it 

802
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:17,800
to somebody else. 
Who will bear fruit from it? 

803
00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:20,000
Not realizing that they just 
predicted what would happen to 

804
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:26,700
the gospel from Judah, Gentile. 
Not realizing that like David. 

805
00:50:26,700 --> 00:50:30,400
They condemn themselves. 
Because they would kill the 

806
00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:34,100
owner of the vineyard. 
And the point is this, that 

807
00:50:34,100 --> 00:50:37,400
between David and the Pharisees 
is a gap of hundreds and 

808
00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:40,900
hundreds of years. 
Hundreds and hundreds of years. 

809
00:50:41,300 --> 00:50:44,300
And yet the nature of man, and 
his self-righteousness is the 

810
00:50:44,300 --> 00:50:51,800
same. 
That again, we feel this strange

811
00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:55,700
sense of boldness to be able to 
look at others call out their 

812
00:50:55,700 --> 00:50:57,200
sin, condemned them in their 
sin. 

813
00:50:57,200 --> 00:51:00,900
And yet at the same time, have 
this false comfort. 

814
00:51:02,300 --> 00:51:06,300
That we are righteous because 
what because we are able to 

815
00:51:06,300 --> 00:51:09,400
determine right and wrong 
outside of us and make these 

816
00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:14,100
kind of judgments. 
Or maybe this will hit home 

817
00:51:14,100 --> 00:51:17,900
more. 
We tend to justify ourselves, 

818
00:51:18,500 --> 00:51:21,700
not by not seeing sin analyzed, 
but comparing the weightiness of

819
00:51:21,700 --> 00:51:26,500
arson in comparison to others. 
I know, I'm not, I'm not this, 

820
00:51:26,500 --> 00:51:33,000
but at least I'm not That kind 
of attitude that continued looks

821
00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:36,800
outward and tries to measure up 
to other people's Holiness or 

822
00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:40,300
lack thereof will never win. 
God's favor will never win his 

823
00:51:40,300 --> 00:51:44,400
forgiveness. 
The way in which we win God's 

824
00:51:44,400 --> 00:51:46,600
favor and his grace in our 
lives. 

825
00:51:47,900 --> 00:51:50,400
Is when as we heard before he 
comes out with this art stretch 

826
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:53,200
arm, the way our hand connects 
with his is when we just look at

827
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:55,000
ourselves and humbly confess and
repent. 

828
00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:58,600
See, when I measure myself to 
your standard Lord, I fall 

829
00:51:58,600 --> 00:52:03,100
short, never mind to the person 
to the right or my left to you 

830
00:52:03,100 --> 00:52:05,600
and your law alone. 
I'm guilty. 

831
00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:08,400
This is who God shines his light
upon. 

832
00:52:09,900 --> 00:52:13,400
And what it takes is a profit 
sometimes to awaken that 

833
00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:17,500
reality. 
And that's why we need men to 

834
00:52:17,500 --> 00:52:20,700
preach sin. 
To be direct with sin. 

835
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:26,700
It's not just bring Theology and
some theoretical matter and to 

836
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:29,700
explain the mechanics of 
justification by faith. 

837
00:52:29,700 --> 00:52:32,100
Though that's important in 
sanctification by the spirit 

838
00:52:33,300 --> 00:52:35,900
There has to come a point in the
delivery of God's word like 

839
00:52:35,900 --> 00:52:39,300
Nathan, where a finger can be 
pointed and saying you are the 

840
00:52:39,300 --> 00:52:43,900
man. 
You are the woman you, you not 

841
00:52:43,900 --> 00:52:46,900
just this abstract idea of God 
and what he did in the world. 

842
00:52:46,900 --> 00:52:52,600
But this relates to you, you 
will stand before God and you 

843
00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:55,600
will pay for your sins and less.
You submit to the one who has 

844
00:52:55,600 --> 00:52:58,300
given his life for you. 
That's what we need to come to. 

845
00:52:59,100 --> 00:53:02,300
That's what shakes this kind of 
self-righteousness up. 

846
00:53:04,200 --> 00:53:08,200
And we see the wisdom of that. 
Here with Nathan, and would 

847
00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:10,200
Jesus, but you had your hand up.
I want to address that before I 

848
00:53:10,207 --> 00:53:34,600
move on. 
Exactly. 

849
00:53:34,700 --> 00:53:37,100
Matthew chapter 7, right? 
Yes. 

850
00:53:37,500 --> 00:53:40,200
Yes. 
Matthew 7, you aren't unable to 

851
00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:44,500
perceive correctly when you are 
living and abiding in hypocrisy 

852
00:53:45,300 --> 00:53:50,200
you inherit a blindness. 
And you make Miss judgments all 

853
00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:53,200
the time and the worst kind of 
blindness that you can have is a

854
00:53:53,207 --> 00:53:56,100
blindness toward yourself. 
That's the worst kind of 

855
00:53:56,100 --> 00:53:57,300
blindness, right? 
Yes. 

856
00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:10,400
Yes. 
Pay for fold. 

857
00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:12,000
There's no call for death. 
Yes. 

858
00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:24,800
Yes. 
Exactly. 

859
00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:28,900
Proverbs 36 in which the word? 
And the reason why sometimes I 

860
00:54:28,908 --> 00:54:31,800
repeat is because people don't 
hear where the word warns us 

861
00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:35,700
that if we add to his word then 
we will be reproved and 

862
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:40,100
identifying as a liar. 
So David here gets too excited. 

863
00:54:40,300 --> 00:54:44,000
He makes this judgment And it's 
half true. 

864
00:54:45,100 --> 00:54:47,700
But what he doesn't realize is 
that he is indicting himself. 

865
00:54:49,400 --> 00:54:51,600
And there's so much more to say 
in this portion of scripture. 

866
00:54:51,600 --> 00:54:53,300
I won't. 
I'm going to end it soon. 

867
00:54:53,800 --> 00:54:56,000
We can go, we can go on but I 
won't. 

868
00:54:57,800 --> 00:54:59,800
I want to end on a specific 
observation. 

869
00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:03,900
It's not until you really read 
the following verses when you, 

870
00:55:03,900 --> 00:55:07,500
if you've read 2nd Samuel, maybe
you have noticed, maybe, maybe 

871
00:55:07,500 --> 00:55:10,400
not. 
But what I find amazing is that 

872
00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:15,100
in the same way David 
unknowingly is making a verdict 

873
00:55:15,100 --> 00:55:20,000
of death upon himself. 
It kind of, It kind of reminds 

874
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:21,700
us what happened to Uriah, 
right? 

875
00:55:22,700 --> 00:55:25,400
What do you write himself? 
Unknowingly held his own 

876
00:55:25,700 --> 00:55:31,000
verdict, his own oath, that 
would that would ultimately kill

877
00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:34,100
him. 
And now that is is being served 

878
00:55:34,100 --> 00:55:37,000
back to David. 
He's being blinded by the fact 

879
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:40,800
that he is actually lining 
himself up to be judged. 

880
00:55:42,300 --> 00:55:43,500
But it's even more precise in 
that. 

881
00:55:43,500 --> 00:55:46,800
It's actually scary, it cannot 
be coincidence. 

882
00:55:48,300 --> 00:55:52,500
That when even David calls out 
for this fourfold, restitution 

883
00:55:52,500 --> 00:55:55,800
to be made. 
That something happens to his 

884
00:55:55,800 --> 00:55:58,700
own life that deals with that, 
number four. 

885
00:55:59,400 --> 00:56:02,700
And we've had a couple of 
conversations about this, but I 

886
00:56:02,707 --> 00:56:04,400
want to show it to you. 
I want to show t. 

887
00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:06,600
As we just make these quick 
jumps to these references, I'm 

888
00:56:06,607 --> 00:56:10,300
going to join you in this. 
Things are going to look 

889
00:56:10,300 --> 00:56:14,500
absolutely and utterly different
for David after chapter 12. 

890
00:56:15,100 --> 00:56:18,100
It's almost, as though, there 
are these clouds that just won't

891
00:56:18,100 --> 00:56:21,600
go away. 
They just keep staying there and

892
00:56:21,600 --> 00:56:26,600
it's in and pertaining to death.
We see it here in chapter 12, 

893
00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:29,100
look with me quickly in your 
Bibles and you will appreciate 

894
00:56:29,100 --> 00:56:30,600
this. 
If you notice it with me here 

895
00:56:31,100 --> 00:56:38,800
and second Samuel, 12 verse 18, 
What do we see here in 2nd 

896
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:41,500
Samuel? 
12 verse 18? 

897
00:56:42,600 --> 00:56:46,200
We read here that on the seventh
day, the child, the child that 

898
00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:51,600
Bathsheba born died. 
This child died stick around for

899
00:56:51,600 --> 00:56:54,700
the next couple of weeks and you
and I will try to understand how

900
00:56:54,700 --> 00:56:58,000
it is that the child died 
instead of David dying. 

901
00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:01,300
What was the law for somebody 
who committed adultery? 

902
00:57:02,500 --> 00:57:05,300
You know who should have died 
David and Bathsheba. 

903
00:57:06,700 --> 00:57:08,700
Instead, we read that the child 
dies. 

904
00:57:09,400 --> 00:57:11,900
But is it just a child who dies 
from David's Offspring? 

905
00:57:12,700 --> 00:57:19,200
No, come to 2nd Samuel. 13. 
Now, we have another son. 

906
00:57:21,700 --> 00:57:25,300
And we read here about em, then 
write something happens to em 

907
00:57:25,300 --> 00:57:27,700
ninh. 
He commits his own atrocious 

908
00:57:27,700 --> 00:57:31,300
crime, and he's going to pay for
it, through revenge and verse, 

909
00:57:31,300 --> 00:57:34,800
28, of second, Samuel 13, then 
Absalom commanded, his servants,

910
00:57:34,800 --> 00:57:37,600
Mark, when a man's heart, is 
married with mine. 

911
00:57:37,600 --> 00:57:41,100
And when I say to you strike, 
and then kill him, do not fear 

912
00:57:41,200 --> 00:57:44,700
Heaven, that commanded, you be 
courageous and be Valiant so, 

913
00:57:44,700 --> 00:57:48,000
the Servants of Absalom did to 
admin as Absalom had commanded. 

914
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:50,700
Then all the king's Sons arose 
in each mounted, his mule. 

915
00:57:50,900 --> 00:57:54,200
Owl and fled. 
A second, son dies. 

916
00:57:56,200 --> 00:58:03,100
Go to chapter 18. 
Read something else of another 

917
00:58:03,100 --> 00:58:08,100
son of David, his name is 
Absalom, Absalom commits treason

918
00:58:08,100 --> 00:58:10,300
and he tries to usurp the 
authority of David. 

919
00:58:10,300 --> 00:58:12,900
His father and take over the 
kingdom and they go to war. 

920
00:58:14,700 --> 00:58:19,800
And you guessed the right absent
ends up in verse 15, dying. 

921
00:58:19,800 --> 00:58:22,100
Look at verse 15. 
What do we read here? 

922
00:58:22,800 --> 00:58:25,600
It says, and 10. 
Young men joab's armor. 

923
00:58:25,600 --> 00:58:29,500
Bearers surrounded, Absalom and 
struck him and killed him. 

924
00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:37,500
How many sons have died so far? 
Go to 1st Kings with me. 1st 

925
00:58:37,500 --> 00:58:43,000
Kings in chapter 2. 
We have another son of David and

926
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:45,500
he wanted to follow in the 
footsteps of Absalom. 

927
00:58:48,200 --> 00:58:52,100
And he tries to become the 
successor and try to take the 

928
00:58:52,100 --> 00:58:54,100
place of Solomon, as king of 
Israel. 

929
00:58:55,300 --> 00:58:58,800
And it says here in 224 and 
Nathan said, my Lord, the king. 

930
00:58:58,800 --> 00:59:01,500
Have you said I shall reign 
after me, and he shall sit on my

931
00:59:01,500 --> 00:59:03,400
throne for his gone down this 
day. 

932
00:59:03,400 --> 00:59:06,700
And I sacrifice oxen fatten 
cattle and sheep, and abundance 

933
00:59:06,700 --> 00:59:09,000
and as invite all the king's 
Sons, the commanders of the army

934
00:59:09,200 --> 00:59:10,800
and I be author. 
The priests and behold, they're 

935
00:59:10,800 --> 00:59:12,200
eating. 
And drinking before him saying 

936
00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:15,400
Long Live King adonijah. 
Now you come to chapter 2 and 

937
00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:18,400
you read here, in verse 24. 
What happens to this man? 

938
00:59:19,700 --> 00:59:21,400
It says you're not there for as 
the Lord Lives who has 

939
00:59:21,400 --> 00:59:23,300
established me and placed me on 
the throne. 

940
00:59:23,300 --> 00:59:26,500
This is Solomon of David, my 
father who has made me a house 

941
00:59:26,500 --> 00:59:29,900
as he promised adonijah shall be
put to death today. 

942
00:59:32,700 --> 00:59:34,500
How many sons of David have 
died? 

943
00:59:38,300 --> 00:59:45,000
Four. 
This man shall surely die and he

944
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:52,900
shall pay for fold. 
Because he had done this thing 

945
00:59:52,900 --> 00:59:58,100
and had no pity. 
David couldn't pay back. 

946
00:59:58,100 --> 01:00:02,600
You write your eye is gone. 
I don't think it's coincidence 

947
01:00:02,600 --> 01:00:07,400
that for of David's sons died. 
After he made this verdict. 

948
01:00:08,500 --> 01:00:11,900
And here's here's what's even 
more precise. 

949
01:00:14,100 --> 01:00:17,500
Out of all those four deaths, 
you can argue that the baby was 

950
01:00:17,600 --> 01:00:21,700
was something that really 
grieved David, but he was 

951
01:00:21,700 --> 01:00:24,000
comforted when he realized that 
the baby would be in the 

952
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:25,700
presence of God and that he 
would see him one day. 

953
01:00:26,000 --> 01:00:31,800
But out of all the four which 
one hurt David, the most Yeah. 

954
01:00:31,900 --> 01:00:36,100
And it's strange, right? 
There's some favoritism there, 

955
01:00:36,100 --> 01:00:40,500
even after all Absalom had done 
oh Absalom. 

956
01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:46,000
Oh Absalom. 
I'll give you one Theory, why I 

957
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:48,000
believe David was so grieved 
about Absalom. 

958
01:00:48,300 --> 01:00:52,400
When it came to the death of his
baby, he was comforted, knowing 

959
01:00:52,600 --> 01:00:54,900
that he would see him again. 
I don't know if he felt the same

960
01:00:54,900 --> 01:00:59,600
way about Absalom. 
Oh Absalom. 

961
01:00:59,700 --> 01:01:03,600
Oh Absalom. 
I don't know if David had a 

962
01:01:03,607 --> 01:01:07,800
feeling that he wasn't going to 
see Absalom again. but you know 

963
01:01:07,800 --> 01:01:10,700
what's fascinating about 
absalom's, death, when you 

964
01:01:10,700 --> 01:01:13,800
connect it, to this moment of 
David's life here in chapter 11 

965
01:01:13,800 --> 01:01:18,000
and chapter 12, How did Absalom 
die? 

966
01:01:19,700 --> 01:01:22,800
By the same hands that killed 
Uriah. 

967
01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:28,400
Job. 
Joy think about all of those 

968
01:01:28,400 --> 01:01:32,300
pieces? 
David not knowingly, calling his

969
01:01:32,300 --> 01:01:36,100
own death, warrant, just like 
Uriah David calling for a 

970
01:01:36,107 --> 01:01:40,400
four-fold, restitution David 
seeing a four-fold punishment, 

971
01:01:40,400 --> 01:01:43,500
come to his descendants, and 
David out of all those for 

972
01:01:43,900 --> 01:01:47,700
seeing the most prized child 
that he had suffer at the hands 

973
01:01:47,700 --> 01:01:51,300
of the same one that he asked to
killed an innocent man. 

974
01:01:52,500 --> 01:01:55,500
Is in the Bible, fascinating. 
Isn't God. 

975
01:01:55,500 --> 01:02:01,600
Holy Does not God mean, what he 
says when he says with the 

976
01:02:01,600 --> 01:02:05,300
measure of judgment that you use
will be used against. 

977
01:02:05,300 --> 01:02:11,300
You only the Lord teach us to be
just holy merciful. 

978
01:02:13,800 --> 01:02:18,500
Trusting that he considers what 
we say, and every matter. 

979
01:02:19,200 --> 01:02:21,300
And if we want this, he'll be 
faithful to keep us. 

980
01:02:21,300 --> 01:02:24,700
And guide us much more can be 
said, but we will wait until 

981
01:02:24,700 --> 01:02:26,700
next week shall we? 
Let's bow our hearts before the 

982
01:02:26,700 --> 01:02:41,900
Lord. 
Lord. 

983
01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:47,100
We are fully aware that we have 
been and we will continue to 

984
01:02:47,100 --> 01:02:53,100
Trek through the terrain of 
scripture that is sobering. 

985
01:02:55,500 --> 01:03:05,200
Heavy. 
Perhaps unpleasant. 

986
01:03:06,900 --> 01:03:08,600
But Lord, it is your word 
nonetheless. 

987
01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:14,500
And we trust that you have so 
much value reserved for us as we

988
01:03:14,508 --> 01:03:18,900
explore these truths carefully. 
We asked, oh, Lord, based on the

989
01:03:18,900 --> 01:03:20,600
first few verses of this 
chapter. 

990
01:03:22,800 --> 01:03:27,200
That we would be. 
Free from any level of 

991
01:03:27,200 --> 01:03:31,100
hypocrisy, that our eyes would 
not be clouded by 

992
01:03:31,800 --> 01:03:39,400
self-righteousness. 
That we would not be fooled. by 

993
01:03:39,400 --> 01:03:42,600
the concept that the pursuit of 
godliness is knowledge, merely 

994
01:03:45,700 --> 01:03:49,400
And Lord help us with the 
awareness of our own sin to be 

995
01:03:49,400 --> 01:03:53,500
faithful, friends. 
Faithful are the wounds of a 

996
01:03:53,500 --> 01:03:57,400
friend. 
To be like Nathan. 

997
01:04:00,300 --> 01:04:04,600
If we know about somebody sin or
they're drifting away to to love

998
01:04:04,600 --> 01:04:08,100
them enough to call their 
attention back to you. 

999
01:04:14,600 --> 01:04:19,300
And Lord, as we prepare to 
continue to dissect this word. 

1000
01:04:20,600 --> 01:04:23,900
May our hearts never be divorced
from how it applies to our 

1001
01:04:23,900 --> 01:04:26,900
lives. 
Keep Us close to your word, 

1002
01:04:26,900 --> 01:04:31,300
Lord. 
And regardless of what it is 

1003
01:04:31,300 --> 01:04:36,400
that we are facing may cause us 
to worship you and to Adore You 

1004
01:04:36,400 --> 01:04:41,600
Lord, we are amazed at the 
intricacies in the consistency 

1005
01:04:41,600 --> 01:04:45,300
and the supernatural authorship 
of this word. 

1006
01:04:48,200 --> 01:04:51,400
And so Lord we just trust that 
your Holy Spirit would take what

1007
01:04:51,400 --> 01:04:55,400
we studied together and minister
to us exactly the way we need to

1008
01:04:55,400 --> 01:04:58,800
be ministered. 
But in this moment we just 

1009
01:04:58,800 --> 01:05:01,000
silently absorb all that was 
said. 

1010
01:05:03,100 --> 01:05:08,300
With gratitude that this tax has
been made clear to us tonight. 

1011
01:05:13,500 --> 01:05:15,500
Your name we pray. 
Amen. 

1012
01:05:15,900 --> 01:05:19,500
I encourage you just just 
briefly, I'm not going to keep 

1013
01:05:19,500 --> 01:05:24,800
you long but even before we jump
straight into singing, one of 

1014
01:05:24,800 --> 01:05:28,500
the joys of Bible study is that 
sometimes when you discover 

1015
01:05:28,500 --> 01:05:30,900
something this is what happens 
to me. 

1016
01:05:31,500 --> 01:05:34,500
I pull away from my chair 
because I get so thrilled of 

1017
01:05:34,500 --> 01:05:37,400
what I just saw that I have to 
like do something else. 

1018
01:05:37,400 --> 01:05:40,200
I got to like walk around, I got
to grab a drink or something. 

1019
01:05:40,400 --> 01:05:44,800
It just it's almost as though 
just NG happens to your soul and

1020
01:05:44,800 --> 01:05:47,100
which you have to take some time
to register it. 

1021
01:05:47,100 --> 01:05:50,500
I think we can sabotage that 
when we just, let's okay, let's 

1022
01:05:50,500 --> 01:05:52,000
get going. 
Here's what I want to do and 

1023
01:05:52,000 --> 01:05:55,900
it's not going to be long, just 
with what you heard, what we 

1024
01:05:55,900 --> 01:05:57,300
studied, what we share with one 
another. 

1025
01:05:57,300 --> 01:06:02,000
Let just silently Church, 
doesn't have to be noisy, just 

1026
01:06:02,000 --> 01:06:05,100
silently, just pause before we 
even sing to just consider some 

1027
01:06:05,100 --> 01:06:08,300
of these things. 
And maybe it could be as simple 

1028
01:06:08,300 --> 01:06:10,300
as God. 
Your word is amazing. 

1029
01:06:10,300 --> 01:06:14,700
Help me just see more in your 
word, it can be just that And 

1030
01:06:14,700 --> 01:06:16,700
just talk to the Lord with what 
you heard. 

1031
01:06:16,700 --> 01:06:18,700
And then we will sing, and then,
and then you'll be able to 

1032
01:06:19,300 --> 01:06:21,700
safely, go home. 
But just, if we can just take 

1033
01:06:21,700 --> 01:06:26,300
one minute, just 60 seconds of 
meditation before we even sing 

1034
01:06:26,300 --> 01:06:28,400
one song. 
And when you guys are ready, 

1035
01:06:28,800 --> 01:06:30,900
we'll sing all together, please 
do so.