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Amen. 
God is good. 

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He sang beautifully tonight. 
I was edified and I am excited 

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to be at a fight in the word 
with you, but before we begin. 

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Let's see who remembered from 
last Friday. 

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I issued an assignment. 
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God in the word of God that you 
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ourselves much more with the 
goodness of God pertaining to 

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his particular assurances to us.
And so, your assignment was to 

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look for something that 
genuinely touch your heart. 

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And then you can hold onto in 
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Temptation and not just to 
console yourself but to even 

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bless somebody else at the word 
would be on the Tip of your 

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tongue and so I'm not going to 
call anybody out. 

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That's that's not a way to 
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I'm just going to invite those 
who took that to heart and said 

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you know I'm going to do this by
next Friday. 

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I'm going to give a verse and 
not just to show that I 

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memorized suddenly but to show 
that I really want to know God's

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word for myself, anybody have a 
verse that they want to share. 

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Well, there was memorize or 
something that you've having 

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your Bible that you're trying to
really embed in your heart. 

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Sure. 
Beautiful, Philippians, 1:6 

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Christ Assurance to us that he 
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the end. 
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A beautiful promise anything 
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Yes. 
Beautiful, Psalm. 91, powerful 

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powerful scripture. 
Yes. 

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Thank you brother. 
Any other scripture? 

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Yes, yes. 
Amen. 

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That repeated phrase. 
Yes, his Mercy doesn't do her 

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forever. 
Yeah, sure. 

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Beautiful Romans 6, powerful 
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Yes. 
Any other scriptures? 

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Yes. 
Beautiful. 

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Some, some 30, you said, yeah, 
look at the reference, trying to

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find the reference. 
It's important to know the 

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reference to so that if we don't
have a Bible in hand that we can

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help others find it, That is a 
beautiful promise, anything 

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else? 
Yes. 

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Yes, amen. 
Amen. 

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Maybe a couple more. 
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Amen. 
Well, we can tell that it really

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touches your heart sister. 
Any other scripture? 

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Beautiful. 
Yes, we're using then Phoebe and

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then we'll continue our study. 
Yes, amen. 

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Wonderful. 
Wonderful. 

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Insurance. 
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Yes, Phoebe. 
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got it. 
Yes. 

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Yes, one of my favorite verses 
on repentance acts 3:19 repent. 

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That times of refreshing may 
come from the Lord. 

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Wonderful May challenge you 
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I know that we live busy lives. 
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on your soul so that you can say
it from memory that will come in

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handy. 
When you don't have a Bible in 

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hand or when your battery runs 
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That you would have it, ready? 
You can wield that sword and you

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can engage in Warfare with the 
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So, those are wonderful 
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I hope that you will grow in 
your hunger to know the promises

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of God. 
We come to 2nd Samuel now. 

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Chapter 8, Turn your Bibles 
there with me. 

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We have an interesting passage 
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It may not be as gripping as 
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chapter, but it is an intriguing
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And the reason why I think it is
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content will demand meditation. 
It's not something that you can 

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just easily read and, and, and 
pick up certain truths from a, 

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from a, just a face value kind 
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But it's going to demand. 
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actually think with every verse 
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That the Lord is trying to say 
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spiritual Insight? 
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can acquire from this portion of
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I'm going to read these verses 
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attention. 
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because there's a lot of details
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nothing much that this text has 
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Old Testament long enough to 
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the Bible that has nothing to 
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There's something here for us so
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be quite a few verses and I can 
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perhaps the first 14 verses so 
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what we're going to uncover 
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So keep keep with me here. 
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later time on the recording or 
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online also follow along with us
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David defeated the Philistines 
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and he defeated Moab and he 
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making them lie down on the 
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to be put to death and one full 
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moabites became Servants of 
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David also defeated had that as 
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Zaba and he went to restore his 
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Euphrates and David took for him
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twenty thousand foot soldiers 
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Chariot horses but left enough 
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the syrians of Damascus came to 
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David struck down. 22,000 men of
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Garrison's and I removed 
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servants to David and brought 
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Victory to David wherever he 
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And David took the shields of 
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Servants of had that as ER and 
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from beta. 
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a taser King. 
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away. 
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had defeated the whole Army of 
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So I sent his son Jesus. 
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his health and to bless him 
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ER and defeated him for had as 
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particles of, silver of golden 
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silver and gold that he 
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He subdued from Edom, Moab the 
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and from the spoil of had it as 
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of Zaba and David made a name 
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valley of salt, some 
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there's a reason for that. 
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throw all Edom, he put garrisons
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David's servants and the lord 
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I hope so. 
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anything that you feel like is 
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that, you noticed, make make 
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Correct. 
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Some of them were spared is 
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Well, don't fall asleep. 
In the Bible study. 

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Find out anything else. 
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fulfillment here? 
That Esau would serve? 

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Jacob. 
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fulfillment there. 
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speak. 
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It's a challenging text isn't 
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But it's important to meditate 
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Yes. 
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So, our brother here, made a 
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chapter 7 with what's happening 
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Now, here's an important lesson 
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When you look at the Bible and 
you read the Bible, some of the 

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Bible is written 
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but the authors of the scripture
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we're not limited to a 
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Most of them, many of them, 
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thematically. 
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So all the events in chapter 8, 
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David's Reign, right? 
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chapter 7 for that very purpose,
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fulfilling his promise that he 
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him. 
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8 as a partial fulfillment of 
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chapter 7. 
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Oh Lord, you're helping me here 
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bronze, all the gold, all the 
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What did he end up doing with 
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By the way, He's going to he's 
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build the temple. 
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I saw somebody else with their 
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major Conquest that David 
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and it's really to showcase the 
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the promises among the grand 
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specifically verse 9 of chapter 
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God promised David to make a 
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and power. 
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him. 
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an esteemed ruler and leader a 
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but man of God. 
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overview of all of this and when
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say this could have been 
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maybe. 
We could have just looked at the

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different enemies that he 
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says, yes, God is fulfilling his
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But instead, the Holy Spirit 
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campaigns and dealing with these
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some measure of detail in a 
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to pull us in to have a closer 
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for what this might mean for us 
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This chapter when I read it, it 
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Book of Joshua, for those who 
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You know, that the Book of 
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of Israel's Ancient Warfare with
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And there's a lot of this 
happening, just like a highlight

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reel of how Joshua and the 
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and took over this enemy. 
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fall into temptation. 
When it comes to handling the 

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Book of Joshua just Skimming 
over it to hopefully found 

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something on the surface that 
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way. 
But again, you and I've studied 

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the Old Testament long enough to
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There are rubies of Revelation 
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our time and meditate to see 
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God is saying. 
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approach this chapter is to 
establish from a framework point

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of view that David here, 
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of Seven Nations, right? 
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we're familiar with some of 
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Whether the Philistines the 
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amalek Edom. 
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think these enemies were placed?
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West-east north-south, they are 
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And yet David Is Able by the 
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overcome all of them and we sang
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And one song that this is a 
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David, who will come and Rule 
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earth and he will inherit the 
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of his enemies. 
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partially like David but in a 
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getting just a taste of what's 
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What we are anticipating for the
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Jesus Christ, who will actually 
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Nations to their knees and they 
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I think what we do is we look at
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different enemies and we applied
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Book of Joshua. 
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concerning their land, that it 
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Jesus purchased a promise many 
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War to be able to know and 
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wants us to be. 
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lenses, we come to this text and
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next two, different nations and 
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understanding of how How We Do 
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So we look at verse 1 after 
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and subdue them, David took meth
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Philistines Philistines Ancient 
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they not? 
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against the people of God ever 
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completing what? 
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God, raised up Sansone to begin 
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Philistines, and it was Saul's 
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Interestingly, he goes to meth 
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the hands of the Philistines. 
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little extra effort to say, okay
what is, is there anything in 

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that name that might help me 
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could help us understand David 
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Here, meth a gamma simply means 
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Or Bridle of the mother City. 
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Philistines. 
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clearly, it had some kind of 
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It's supplied and energized, it,
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Philistines. 
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upon that City to either through
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David knew that he didn't waste 
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before he got there. 
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if I don't go for the Allure. 
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just going to continue to be 
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Let's go for the mother City and
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her children, so to speak. 
And so David, really is coming 

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here with a strategy. 
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And here's what I present to you
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you and I are called to do the 
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we are called to be Tactical. 
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We are called to be mindful. 
We are called to be careful. 

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it's going to require more than 
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There needs to be a sense in 
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things are happening. 
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how to limit ourselves from 
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the impulses of the Flesh. 
And then to deal with it, right?

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don't consider that there is a 
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Every single day with their 
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And because of that, they are 
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enough to deal with the things 
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If David's attitude is teaching 
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to be wholly is not enough to be
holy, right? 

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Wishful thinking is not going to
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Your desire to be a godly man or
a godly woman is not going to 

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bring you to that place. 
It's going to require calculated

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effort while we partner with the
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Then Jesus give us so many hints
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What did he say? 
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have to turn there. 
You know, it very well if your 

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right hand causes you to sin. 
What do you do tear it out? 

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Tear it out for this better that
you lose one of your members and

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your whole body be thrown into 
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And if your right hand causes 
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cut it off, tear it off, throw 
it away because it's better to 

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have one less member of your 
body then to have all of it and 

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to be thrown into hell. 
It's Jesus encouraging literal 

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mutilation of the flesh. 
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Holiness, know some people over 
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This is a figurative way of 
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point in terms of practical 
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Okay? 
Anybody here want to sell one of

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your eyes for a billion dollars?
No, you cherish your vision, 

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don't you? 
You won't even. 

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Give up one of your eyes. 
You want to give up half of your

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one eye. 
You cherish your eyes, you 

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cherish your ability to see you,
cherish your Mobility, your 

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agility, the the the design that
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do maximum movement and 
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You want to give up your right 
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And yet Jesus, here is using the
things that we prize and cherish

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on a day-to-day basis to say, 
even the most valuable things 

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that you hold to in life are 
worthy to be given up for the 

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sake of preserving your 
righteousness. 

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And evading sin. 
It's worth Extreme Measures to 

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cut off things in life with 
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In order for you to be liberated
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drag you into a place that can 
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thing that's moving you in a 
direction that you don't want to

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go deal with it. 
Notice it study, it realized, I 

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understand who you are, right? 
Look At yourself, look at your 

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patterns. 
Look at your habits. 

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Is there anything that is 
inspiring you to be less in love

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with the Lord. 
Will kill it. 

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Go for that and I think because 
of this, this lack of desire and

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seriousness is causing people to
have just prolonged unnecessary 

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battles for years, right? 
Because they're dealing with the

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fruit. 
They're not getting to the root.

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they're just again just wishful 
thinking and they're waiting for

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the next convicting sermon to 
make them cry to inspire them 

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long enough to last for 
tomorrow, by lunchtime ain't 

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going to work There's got to be,
there's got to come a time, 

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where you sit down, look at your
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Seeing where is, where are 
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Am I lazy? 
And am I just careless? 

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What I put before my eyes. 
What's going on for me? 

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Not gaining strength, 
spiritually. 

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And in Jesus, once you identify 
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And I'm sure. 
David here is inspiring Us in 

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that sense calls for a 
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I would encourage us. 
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the lifelines of things that are
keeping us away from fullness in

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Christ and then going for it, 
dealing with it. 

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By the way, this is going to be 
surface-level things as we touch

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on each of these different 
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So now we come to the moabites 
in verse 2 and he defeated Moab 

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and he measured them with a 
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the ground, two lines, he 
measured to be put to death and 

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one full line to be spared and 
the moabites became servants to 

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David and brought tribute. 
unlike the Philistines, the 

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nation of Moab was not always an
enemy to David, How do we know 

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that? 
What, what's one instance, that 

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we know that David's 
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little bit more complicated? 
It's not clearly defined like 

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the Philistines, okay, Ruth? 
Yeah. 

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But more than that, something 
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Exactly. 
When David was initially an 

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exile and fleeing from Saul's 
murderous plot, he entrusted his

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parents into the hands of the 
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And he has to please take care 
of Mom and Dad, and the 

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reasoning for that is as we 
heard David, had some Mo B blood

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in him. 
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that about David as well, for 
them to be willing to open their

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doors for David to have his 
parents come and stay with them.

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But what David experience with 
Marvin and David's history with 

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mob is not the same as Israel's 
history with Moab because mob, 

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as long as Israel was a nation 
harassed, the people of God and 

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severe ways. 
What are the two most prominent 

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ways? 
Notorious ways? 

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That Moab proved to be an enemy 
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What's that? 
Yeah, they worship false gods 

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but directly with the nation of 
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What did they do? 
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they try to pass through Moab, 
which is just before the Border 

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going into the nation of Israel,
but even before that What did 

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what did the moabites do? 
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Journey. 
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But there's something even 
before that, we'll get to that 

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one in a moment. 
Numbers numbers numbers, numbers

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numbers, who curse or tried to 
curse the Israelites, huh, 

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Balaam? 
The king of Moab hired. 

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Balaam curse this nation. 
They're going to devour us. 

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They're going to take over us 
and so the king of more 

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attempted to actually curse the 
people of God, it didn't work. 

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So then, what did they do? 
Numbers 25, the moabites took 

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their beautiful woman and have 
him strut through the camp of 

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Israel and tempted, the men and 
the men were seduced. 

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And they begin to not just 
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seduced to worship false gods. 
And it caused havoc. 

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And that's when Finn, he's got 
up and he dealt with the 

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compromise, remember that? 
That's the history between Moab 

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and Israel. 
And David here though, he has a 

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different kind of relationship 
chooses to attack Moab, even 

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though they were gracious to him
on a personal level. 

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Why? 
Why is that happening? 

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Something must have happened 
between David being shown favor,

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from the moabites to take care 
of his parents and David, 

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becoming King. 
Here's the thing. 

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We have no idea. 
We have no idea what happened 

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and so there's speculation, 
right? 

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And ancient commentators to this
more Jewish commentators, Jewish

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commentators. 
A lot of times they love 

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bringing commentaries based on 
speculation. 

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Here's what some would say. 
Well, the moabites eventually 

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killed. 
David's parents. 

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And so David wants to take 
revenge upon the moabites we but

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that's not told anywhere in the 
scripture. 

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So, I don't want to complicate, 
and I don't want to rely on just

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guessing what happened, but I 
think what we can say here is 

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that mob clearly committed to 
their hatred for the nation of 

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Israel, whether or not David was
King, they didn't care if David 

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was King. 
If he was the assistant to the 

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king even after David became 
king, they showed themselves to 

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be enemies of Israel still. 
And because David was King, he 

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had a duty He had a duty to 
protect the people of God and to

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fulfill his role. 
As a king, you're going to touch

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the apple of God's eye. 
I'm going to have to deal with 

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you. 
So he attacks the moabites and 

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he goes to war against them. 
He had a choice to make. 

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Listen, it's a choice that every
single one of us has to make in 

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this life. 
And you know what it is. 

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It's simple if our duty and our 
allegiance to God, Will take 

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precedence over our preferences 
in our priorities, in this life.

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Every single one of us has to 
make that choice. 

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David had to make the difficult 
choice. 

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I have mobile blood in me, but 
because the Mo B hate, my God, 

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they hate his word hate. 
His people, hate his promises 

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trying to thwart the promises. 
I have to stand against the 

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moabites. 
None of us in here are even 

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worthy to be a disciple if you 
don't hate your mother and your 

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father, your brother, your 
sister, your wife. 

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Yes. 
Even your own children. 

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Yes. 
Even your own life. 

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Hate actual hate. 
Remember, we were at a 

455
00:29:19,108 --> 00:29:21,700
conference and a friend share 
that and the pastor's son. 

456
00:29:21,700 --> 00:29:23,400
Lifted his hand. 
He says, am I supposed to hate 

457
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:24,600
my dad? 
Are you were gonna get in 

458
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:26,400
trouble? 
Now as Pastor son, as his 

459
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:33,200
question, not literal hate. but,
Your love for God should so 

460
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:34,600
outshine. 
Every single love that you have 

461
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:36,300
in this life you should make it 
look like hate. 

462
00:29:37,100 --> 00:29:40,100
That's what that's what Jesus is
trying to imply in terms of 

463
00:29:40,100 --> 00:29:43,500
preference of Allegiance. 
And you have to make that 

464
00:29:43,500 --> 00:29:45,700
choice. 
We have to all make that choice.

465
00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:48,900
And if we can't determine in our
hearts, Lord, I will go where 

466
00:29:48,900 --> 00:29:51,100
you want me to go. 
Even if my wife doesn't go, even

467
00:29:51,100 --> 00:29:53,100
if my cousins. 
Even if my children don't want 

468
00:29:53,100 --> 00:29:55,600
to go, I will obey. 
I will be faithful by your 

469
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,400
grace. 
You're not even worthy to be a 

470
00:29:57,408 --> 00:30:01,000
disciple. 
That is how beautiful and worthy

471
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,400
and infinitely glorious. 
He is that the closest 

472
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:08,200
relationships to you are nothing
in light of your love for him. 

473
00:30:09,700 --> 00:30:11,700
now, once we walk with him 
though we do fulfill a 

474
00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:15,100
responsibility to those who are 
in our lives, whether they are 

475
00:30:15,100 --> 00:30:18,800
saved or unsaved but when it 
comes to making a choice of 

476
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:23,100
obeying God or pleasing your 
family or holding on to 

477
00:30:23,100 --> 00:30:25,800
traditional cultures that have 
been passed down for centuries, 

478
00:30:27,900 --> 00:30:30,900
Or relationships that have 
provided so much for your life. 

479
00:30:30,900 --> 00:30:33,200
But at the same time, hate the 
cross. 

480
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,900
And hate the grace of God, you 
have to make a choice. 

481
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:39,000
And I have to make a choice, 
David made a difficult choice, 

482
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:42,100
but it didn't seem that. 
He showed much hesitation, let's

483
00:30:42,100 --> 00:30:45,400
go to verse 3. 
David also defeated. 

484
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,500
Now we come to the third Nation 
had that, as ER, the son of her 

485
00:30:48,500 --> 00:30:50,800
hope king of Zorba, we don't 
know much about Zorba. 

486
00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:54,200
But all we know up to this point
is that David has dealt with his

487
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:57,500
enemies from the West. 
The Philistines, he's dealt with

488
00:30:57,508 --> 00:30:59,700
his enemies from the East, the 
moabites. 

489
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,300
Now he's going north Now, he's 
going to fight against the 

490
00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:08,000
syrians and Zaba are syrians. 
There are part of A Confederacy 

491
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,300
of other syrians. 
There's many kings in Syria's, 

492
00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:15,800
Oba is one region, had advisors 
the king of Zaba and David is 

493
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:20,600
choosing to go to war with them.
And verse 3, really piqued my 

494
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:26,700
interest when I looked at it. 
As he went to restore his power 

495
00:31:26,700 --> 00:31:33,800
at the river, Euphrates. 
If you want to take the time to 

496
00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,600
look at where the river 
Euphrates is and Northbound. 

497
00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:39,400
It's like deep. 
It's like in Syria. 

498
00:31:39,500 --> 00:31:44,000
It's far up there. and so, when 
I read this, at first, I thought

499
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:51,100
to myself is David stepping out 
of bounds Of the promised land 

500
00:31:51,700 --> 00:31:53,900
to try to occupy that which the 
Lord did not Grant him. 

501
00:31:53,900 --> 00:31:56,100
That was my question. 
When I read that verse, does 

502
00:31:56,100 --> 00:31:57,700
anybody know the answer to that 
question? 

503
00:31:58,900 --> 00:32:03,500
Is David going out of bounds? 
He's not, why isn't he? 

504
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:09,900
Very good. 
Do you remember the reference? 

505
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,700
No, not before before 
Deuteronomy for before Joshua 

506
00:32:19,900 --> 00:32:23,400
Genesis, do you want to know how
David is actually in obedience? 

507
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:26,600
Go to Genesis 15:18? 
Look What the Lord said to 

508
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:30,900
Abraham in Genesis 15:18. 
This was the initial Covenant 

509
00:32:30,900 --> 00:32:33,600
that God made with Abraham 
concerning the land. 

510
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,200
And the land is much larger than
what your imagination, conjures 

511
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:38,300
up. 
When you think of the promised 

512
00:32:38,300 --> 00:32:43,100
land on that day, the Lord made 
a covenant with Abram before 

513
00:32:43,100 --> 00:32:46,400
Abraham became Abraham saying to
your Offspring. 

514
00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:51,100
I I give this land from the 
river of Egypt. 

515
00:32:51,300 --> 00:32:54,600
That's pretty South. 
To the Great River. 

516
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:59,000
The river Euphrates. 
Interesting. 

517
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,200
According to promise, God's 
promise to Abraham. 

518
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:06,000
You know what David is doing. 
He's believing the Lord about 

519
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,900
what was given to Israel to 
begin with and David. 

520
00:33:09,900 --> 00:33:12,800
As long as he had the authority,
and the power wanted to know the

521
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:20,000
full measure of God's will. 
He wanted to know the greatest 

522
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:24,600
extent of what God had assured, 
the nation of Israel. 

523
00:33:25,700 --> 00:33:28,800
And when I looked at this, I 
thought the reach of David's 

524
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:34,400
military campaign is an 
inspiration to the believer in 

525
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:41,700
their eagerness to know, all to 
stretch your soul to know all 

526
00:33:41,700 --> 00:33:44,400
that some. 
But all that the Lord Jesus 

527
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,200
Christ has purchased. 
In terms of your inheritance 

528
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:51,600
spiritually, I want to know 
everything that Jesus has for me

529
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:54,700
in this life and it's so strange
because you have so many 

530
00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:57,700
believers who are Content 
withdrawing their little 

531
00:33:57,700 --> 00:34:02,100
boundaries and to live and just 
a corner of the will of God. 

532
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:06,200
And not say, I want to expand to
exhibit to everything that the 

533
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:10,400
Lord purchased with his blood 
and deposit it in my Heart by 

534
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,400
the spirit. 
And I don't know why that is. 

535
00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:16,500
But it is, God has so much more 
territory for you. 

536
00:34:16,500 --> 00:34:19,900
And I to occupy, but the very 
same thing that it required 

537
00:34:19,900 --> 00:34:23,699
Joshua to know and what required
David to know is the same thing 

538
00:34:23,699 --> 00:34:25,300
that you and I need to tap into 
two. 

539
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,900
I even know the beginnings of 
these things faith. 

540
00:34:30,100 --> 00:34:32,100
Faith. 
You need to believe the Lord. 

541
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,500
You need to believe the Lord. 
And that's why partly why I 

542
00:34:35,500 --> 00:34:39,400
encourage you. 
Look at the promises of God and 

543
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,600
ask yourself, is this something 
that I can hold on to? 

544
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,600
His is something I really 
believe in my life? 

545
00:34:46,300 --> 00:34:48,699
And because, you know what, you 
have Christians, you ask them. 

546
00:34:48,699 --> 00:34:51,300
Well, what are the promises that
Jesus purchased? 

547
00:34:51,300 --> 00:34:53,000
Will he forgive me of my sins 
for all for all of you? 

548
00:34:53,007 --> 00:34:54,600
That's wonderful. 
That's great. 

549
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:57,400
You have eternal life. 
That's the foundation and yet 

550
00:34:57,600 --> 00:34:59,300
they're Limited in that, 
understand it, they don't know 

551
00:34:59,300 --> 00:35:01,700
what else. 
What else, the Lord in his? 

552
00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:05,400
Will he signed off on and gave 
and put into your hands that you

553
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:10,100
can take to the bank and say 
this is mine and I want to know 

554
00:35:10,100 --> 00:35:12,600
it. 
Can I give you an example? 

555
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:17,700
First Thessalonians 5, 16 to 18,
you don't have to turn there if 

556
00:35:17,700 --> 00:35:19,600
you want to you can. 
This is what I'm trying to talk 

557
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:24,800
about Rejoice always. 
Pay attention Rejoice always 

558
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:30,000
pray without ceasing. 
Give thanks in all circumstances

559
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:33,800
for this is the will of God in 
Christ Jesus for you. 

560
00:35:36,500 --> 00:35:40,700
Now, we took that and we put on 
T-shirts, We took that and we 

561
00:35:40,700 --> 00:35:44,800
put it on a nice writing font 
and we put it on a wall 

562
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,100
somewhere. 
I want to know what in my life. 

563
00:35:47,700 --> 00:35:49,800
You know what? 
I take from that verse those two

564
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:54,800
verses Rejoice always pray, 
without ceasing give, thanks in 

565
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:58,600
all circumstances because of the
will of Jesus Christ. 

566
00:35:58,700 --> 00:36:02,400
I can no Perpetual 
uninterrupted. 

567
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:07,500
Joy communion with God and 
gratitude in all things. 

568
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:09,500
Now, either we're satisfied to 
put it on it. 

569
00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:13,300
T-shirt and wear it at a 
conference or drink it out of 

570
00:36:13,300 --> 00:36:15,300
our coffee or coffee cup. 
Whatever. 

571
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:19,400
Or we can say Lord, if this is 
what you purchased it this is 

572
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:23,500
your will I want to know it? 
Take me there. 

573
00:36:24,100 --> 00:36:28,800
Empower me to know continual 
Joy, continual communion with 

574
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:32,400
you unending. 
Gratitude unto you. 

575
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,300
This is what I'm trying to say. 
I hope this is coming off clear 

576
00:36:35,300 --> 00:36:38,400
here. 
That is experiential, theology. 

577
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:44,500
that's something that you and I 
can actually tap into But if you

578
00:36:44,508 --> 00:36:47,700
require Faith the same way that 
it required faith for Joshua to 

579
00:36:47,700 --> 00:36:52,300
get in and David to go beyond 
all the way to the border and to

580
00:36:52,300 --> 00:36:55,900
live in abide where God had 
brought him for you. 

581
00:36:55,900 --> 00:36:59,100
And I are not going to grow much
in the Lord you and I are not 

582
00:36:59,100 --> 00:37:01,500
going to grow much in the Lord. 
You know, it's amazing. 

583
00:37:01,500 --> 00:37:05,900
When you look at This is all 
over the scripture and this is a

584
00:37:05,908 --> 00:37:08,600
verse that many mostly 
Prosperity preachers have taken 

585
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:13,000
out of context, but I want to 
read it to you and 3, John 

586
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,100
third, John, third Epistle of 
John, verse 2. 

587
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:19,300
It's a greeting that he gives to
Gaius and John says, beloved. 

588
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:24,100
I pray that it all may go well 
with you and that you may be in 

589
00:37:24,100 --> 00:37:28,900
good health as it goes well with
your soul other translations, 

590
00:37:28,900 --> 00:37:32,000
actually, most word-for-word 
translations, don't say may go 

591
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:32,800
well with you. 
What would he say? 

592
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:38,100
Say Scott. 
That you may Prosper. 

593
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:40,800
That's when the prosperity 
preacher. 

594
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:44,100
See God wants you to prosper and
all things and in your health 

595
00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,500
and the focus is on the wrong 
thing. 

596
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:53,800
What John is saying to Gaius is 
I want everything in your life 

597
00:37:53,900 --> 00:37:57,300
to be as prosperous as your soul
is. 

598
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:06,200
Ask yourself this question if my
physical health. if there is a 

599
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:09,800
reverse of the take place that 
my spiritual health was to 

600
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:13,600
replace my physical health, how 
healthy would actually be That's

601
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:18,800
a good question, isn't it? 
Would my physical world be 

602
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:24,600
prosperous if the prosperity of 
my soul were to translate into 

603
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:26,500
that and that a wonderful 
question. 

604
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,000
There are a lot of people who 
might be prospering physically 

605
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,000
prospering in this, prospering 
even in health. 

606
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:35,300
But their soul is all shriveled 
up and their spiritual 

607
00:38:35,300 --> 00:38:39,100
skeletons. 
But what that also shows me is 

608
00:38:39,100 --> 00:38:43,600
that God Longs for our souls to 
prosper that our walk with him. 

609
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:46,800
And all the spiritual blessings 
would overflow. 

610
00:38:47,500 --> 00:38:49,800
We just overflow. 
That's what he desires for us. 

611
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:52,400
But yet many Believers, John, 
wouldn't able to say that to 

612
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:55,500
them? 
And that's a sad place to be. 

613
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,400
And part of the reason why is 
because like Zaba there are 

614
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:01,900
obstacles in our way, there's an
enemy who doesn't want us to 

615
00:39:01,900 --> 00:39:05,000
prosper in such a way and we 
have to be willing to say, 

616
00:39:05,500 --> 00:39:09,600
whatever the flesh tries to do 
all the fears and seductions. 

617
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:12,200
I'm willing to go against it 
just like David did with this 

618
00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:15,800
faux so that I can be where God 
wants me to be. 

619
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:18,900
And so, let me give an example. 
How that looks, I look at 

620
00:39:18,900 --> 00:39:20,800
Rejoice, always, pray, without 
ceasing give, thanks in all 

621
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:24,700
circumstances and I pray it, I 
pray those verses. 

622
00:39:24,900 --> 00:39:26,900
I said, Lord, either your 
Trading. 

623
00:39:26,900 --> 00:39:32,800
Here are my faith is not great. 
Either either, this is not true,

624
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:37,900
it's just poetic license or I'm 
satisfied in something less than

625
00:39:37,900 --> 00:39:39,500
what you are bringing here 
before me. 

626
00:39:39,500 --> 00:39:43,300
And this text I want to be one 
who can always Rejoice. 

627
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,700
I want to be able to walk day by
day with all that I have to do 

628
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:48,900
and still have my heart 
connected with you. 

629
00:39:49,900 --> 00:39:51,900
I want to be able to genuinely 
give, thanks in all 

630
00:39:51,900 --> 00:39:54,100
circumstances. 
Even if my health is not 

631
00:39:54,100 --> 00:39:57,300
prospering, even if things are 
falling apart, I want my soul to

632
00:39:57,300 --> 00:40:00,700
prosper. 
Brothers and sisters be inspired

633
00:40:00,700 --> 00:40:03,500
to walk in that. 
Don't settle for anything less 

634
00:40:03,500 --> 00:40:05,100
the Lord made a great purchase 
for it. 

635
00:40:05,700 --> 00:40:09,100
Now, notice what I was David did
in verse 4 of second Samuel 8 

636
00:40:09,100 --> 00:40:11,400
and David took from him at 
Seventeen hundred Horsemen 

637
00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:15,800
20,000 foot soldiers and David 
hamstrung all the Chariot horses

638
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:17,500
but left enough for a hundred 
chariots. 

639
00:40:17,500 --> 00:40:20,600
Why is that important detail? 
So in other words, he took all 

640
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:24,300
the Chariots of Zorba and he 
slit the back of their legs, the

641
00:40:24,300 --> 00:40:27,700
horses. 
So they would be unable to Even 

642
00:40:27,700 --> 00:40:32,300
move. 
Insignificant detail. 

643
00:40:33,900 --> 00:40:37,000
No. 
Do you know why the Bible is 

644
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,700
telling us that David did this? 
Because the Holy Spirit wants to

645
00:40:39,700 --> 00:40:44,200
show us that David meticulously 
obeyed the law of God as a king 

646
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:47,500
ring, a bell. 
Ring a bell. 

647
00:40:48,900 --> 00:40:50,500
No. 
Okay. 

648
00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:55,600
Where was probably the most 
explicit set of commands that 

649
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:59,600
God had given for the nation of 
Israel concerning their kings. 

650
00:41:01,500 --> 00:41:05,300
Deuteronomy chapter 17, remember
that you're not supposed to have

651
00:41:05,300 --> 00:41:08,900
many wives, That's what's 
required, much gold or silver 

652
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:12,700
and there was another one You 
remember now, right Deuteronomy 

653
00:41:12,700 --> 00:41:18,500
17. 16 this was a law for kings 
and in Deuteronomy 17, 16 only 

654
00:41:18,500 --> 00:41:25,100
he must not acquire many horses.
For himself or caused the people

655
00:41:25,100 --> 00:41:28,600
to return to Egypt. 
In order to acquire many horses 

656
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:31,400
since the Lord has said to you, 
you shall never return that way 

657
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,900
again. 
David is obeying that law when 

658
00:41:34,900 --> 00:41:39,700
he comes to his Oba and he kills
these horses, He is trying to 

659
00:41:39,700 --> 00:41:42,600
avoid which is encouraging and 
disappointed the same time 

660
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:45,000
because when it came to the not 
acquiring many wives, he seemed 

661
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:48,300
to just ignore that verse. 
I don't know why but he did and 

662
00:41:48,300 --> 00:41:51,300
it's really speaks about our 
willingness to pick and choose 

663
00:41:51,300 --> 00:41:54,100
things that we like. 
And that we favor David is 

664
00:41:54,100 --> 00:41:56,400
obeying God in this way in this 
aspect. 

665
00:41:56,400 --> 00:42:00,000
He is why did God give this 
command to the Kings? 

666
00:42:05,100 --> 00:42:08,900
Exactly Psalm 20 verse 7. 
You don't have to turn there but

667
00:42:08,900 --> 00:42:11,800
it just a reference David said 
some trust in chariots. 

668
00:42:12,900 --> 00:42:16,500
Some trust in horses. 
But we will trust in the name of

669
00:42:16,500 --> 00:42:20,100
the Lord. 
David understood the principle 

670
00:42:20,100 --> 00:42:21,600
of this restrictive. 
Command. 

671
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:24,200
Don't acquire many horses 
because I don't want you to 

672
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:28,400
become overly dependent upon 
your military strength, namely 

673
00:42:28,500 --> 00:42:32,400
this advanced technology of the 
day these chariots I don't want 

674
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:35,500
you to rely on that. 
I want you at all times to rely 

675
00:42:35,500 --> 00:42:39,400
on me. 
So so reserve the Temptation by 

676
00:42:39,500 --> 00:42:41,200
removing yourself from 
acquiring. 

677
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:44,700
These things and remain in the 
place of dependency on me. 

678
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,300
Now that's specific to Kings but
the principle is the same for 

679
00:42:49,300 --> 00:42:52,200
all of us today especially in a 
day where things are very 

680
00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:56,500
unstable, right? 
And and the Temptation part of 

681
00:42:56,508 --> 00:43:01,200
spiritual warfare is for the 
enemy, to try to lure, you to 

682
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:03,500
place, your trust in something. 
Other than God, it could be a 

683
00:43:03,508 --> 00:43:05,800
person. 
It can be a set of possessions. 

684
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:09,800
It can be politics, that's part 
of spiritual warfare because the

685
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:14,600
moment, we place our faith in 
something else to provide to 

686
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:21,300
empower We dishonor God and we 
cut off the the blessings that 

687
00:43:21,300 --> 00:43:23,100
come through the channel of 
Faith. 

688
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:25,800
So it's a wonderful strategy on 
his part. 

689
00:43:26,900 --> 00:43:28,400
And so be careful. 
Believer. 

690
00:43:29,100 --> 00:43:31,900
Where does your rest come from 
in your mind? 

691
00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:34,600
Where's your emphasis in this 
time of history? 

692
00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:37,500
Is that money? 
Is that weapons? 

693
00:43:38,900 --> 00:43:41,600
Is it possessions? 
What is it? 

694
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:45,000
Now it would be unwise to say 
that. 

695
00:43:45,300 --> 00:43:47,500
We're so Heavenly minded were 
floating through this world and 

696
00:43:47,508 --> 00:43:48,800
we don't touch anything on 
Earth. 

697
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:51,900
He didn't say don't acquire 
horses, completely, not many 

698
00:43:51,900 --> 00:43:55,400
horses important. 
In other words, don't let the 

699
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:57,400
weight of your trust fall into 
these things. 

700
00:43:58,700 --> 00:44:02,100
But in all things, keep your 
eyes on me and realize that I'm 

701
00:44:02,100 --> 00:44:04,700
the very thing that can take 
care of the very limited things 

702
00:44:04,700 --> 00:44:07,400
that you have and move you where
exactly you need to be that's 

703
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:10,500
the attitude of the believer. 
And so you and I have to 

704
00:44:10,500 --> 00:44:14,300
understand that though this was 
for Kings as Sons and Daughters 

705
00:44:14,300 --> 00:44:16,300
of the king is still true for us
as well. 

706
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:19,100
And David understood that he 
obeyed. 

707
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:23,900
And he moved forward. 
Now, let's come to verse 5. 

708
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:29,100
Verse 5, he deals with the 
syrians, right? 

709
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:32,400
And when the syrians of Damascus
came to help out at had as their

710
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:35,300
king of Zaba. 
David struck, 22,000 of them. 

711
00:44:35,500 --> 00:44:38,900
The connection between David's 
Warfare with the syrians, has to

712
00:44:38,908 --> 00:44:43,400
do with the syrians in Alliance 
with Joe Buck tried to help them

713
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,200
and David's like bad move and he
kills them. 

714
00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:48,900
Now I'm not going to elaborate 
on that because it's going to 

715
00:44:48,900 --> 00:44:52,200
complement the next, the next 
nation that he deals with. 

716
00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:57,000
So let's just move to verse 9. 
Out of all the list of enemies. 

717
00:44:58,300 --> 00:45:01,800
This one stands out the most. 
Tall. 

718
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:04,400
I king of hamath heard that 
David had defeated the whole 

719
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:06,900
Army of had it as her. 
And what does he do? 

720
00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:08,600
He sent his son. 
Joe. 

721
00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:12,400
I'm the king of the tooth King 
David to ask about his health 

722
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:15,000
and to bless him because he 
fought against had it as, ER, 

723
00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:17,800
and defeated him. 
The reason why this king is 

724
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:20,200
unique, why? 
Because there's no Warfare here,

725
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:25,000
there's no battle. 
There's no retaliation. 

726
00:45:26,500 --> 00:45:30,900
Toy realizes, Who David is what 
he's capable of doing? 

727
00:45:31,900 --> 00:45:36,900
And he pledges his allegiance to
him by expressing gratitude, and

728
00:45:36,900 --> 00:45:40,000
a desire for Peace by supplying 
these resources. 

729
00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:45,200
Wise man. 
Very wise man. 

730
00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:49,000
And he possesses a wisdom that 
many Unfortunately today, lack 

731
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:51,800
to their own detriment. 
And the wisdom that he had was 

732
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:54,700
the ability to recognize that no
one can resist God's program. 

733
00:45:56,400 --> 00:46:00,500
That's what he realized. 
No one can resist God's purposes

734
00:46:00,500 --> 00:46:02,800
on the earth, so I will 
surrender. 

735
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:09,000
Now, I'm not going to be as 
silly as the syrians who thought

736
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:11,300
that they can actually put up a 
fight against the anointed one. 

737
00:46:13,500 --> 00:46:16,400
The foolishness of the syrians 
as we just read was that after 

738
00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:21,100
seeing how did Ezra fall apart 
and seeing that their 

739
00:46:21,100 --> 00:46:26,500
Confederacy was week, instead of
falling on their face, he puts 

740
00:46:26,500 --> 00:46:30,200
up a fight and he still is 
Williams to actually resist 

741
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:32,300
something that is in 
conquerable. 

742
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:36,700
That is a picture of the 
stubbornness of Sinners today, 

743
00:46:37,300 --> 00:46:39,700
right? 
They see how the world does. 

744
00:46:39,700 --> 00:46:43,900
In fact, fail them how their 
their plans, their ideas, leave 

745
00:46:43,900 --> 00:46:46,900
them dry, and always lie to 
them. 

746
00:46:46,900 --> 00:46:51,400
And yet still, they're willing 
to fight against the truth and 

747
00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:54,500
they're willing to put their 
hand up against the Lord say, I 

748
00:46:54,500 --> 00:46:57,100
want nothing to do with you. 
You are my enemy. 

749
00:46:59,100 --> 00:47:02,700
And what they will realize is, 
they should have done what this 

750
00:47:02,700 --> 00:47:06,700
King did. 
Two, why didn't necessarily give

751
00:47:06,700 --> 00:47:08,700
himself over to David out of 
fear? 

752
00:47:10,500 --> 00:47:13,900
The motivating factor was that 
he saw, what David was able to 

753
00:47:13,900 --> 00:47:17,500
do against his enemy. 
How did Heather was told eyes 

754
00:47:17,500 --> 00:47:23,100
enemy and he saw what he was 
able to do and he goes It's 

755
00:47:23,100 --> 00:47:26,500
incredible. 
You are the true king. 

756
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:31,300
No one can actually come close 
to what you're capable of doing.

757
00:47:31,500 --> 00:47:34,600
You were able to solve what I 
had a lifetime to deal with. 

758
00:47:35,100 --> 00:47:37,000
Take it all, that's what he's 
doing here. 

759
00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:41,600
How much more, right? 
Look at verse 9. 

760
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:45,700
When he heard that David had 
defeated a whole Army. 

761
00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:51,000
When he heard that news, his 
heart was stirred to joyfully 

762
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:57,100
surrender to King David, okay? 
That is a gospel. 

763
00:47:57,100 --> 00:48:00,900
Truth tucked into a war archive 
in the Old Testament. 

764
00:48:02,700 --> 00:48:07,700
That when the World Hears that 
the son of David in the person 

765
00:48:07,700 --> 00:48:11,300
of Jesus Christ has defeated the
enemy of all of humanity, 

766
00:48:11,300 --> 00:48:16,300
namely, the king of Terrors 
death, the appropriate response 

767
00:48:16,300 --> 00:48:19,000
is this, there is no one like 
you. 

768
00:48:19,700 --> 00:48:23,000
You have the power to overcome 
sin and the grave. 

769
00:48:23,100 --> 00:48:26,400
You have my allegiance. 
Take all that. 

770
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:30,000
I have it belongs to you. 
I want to be at peace with the 

771
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:34,400
Prince of Peace. 
And so he does surrender out of 

772
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:40,000
a joy and an understanding in a 
revelation that he is good, and 

773
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:44,100
he is powerful, and he is able 
to subdue that which seems 

774
00:48:44,100 --> 00:48:47,300
impossible to us. 
That is the drawing power of the

775
00:48:47,300 --> 00:48:51,300
Gospel. 
That is, it's not just you, you 

776
00:48:51,300 --> 00:48:55,300
want to go to hell, get out of 
hell here, part of it, part of 

777
00:48:55,300 --> 00:48:58,500
it, some do need to escape with 
fear from the Flames. 

778
00:48:58,500 --> 00:49:02,000
That's what Jew tells us. 
But generally it's the goodness 

779
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:03,800
of God. 
That leads us to repentance. 

780
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:07,700
It's when we realize that we are
sick and broken and defeated and

781
00:49:07,700 --> 00:49:11,600
here's the great physician who 
comes to put his foot on the 

782
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:13,800
neck that seems to have their 
hand on our neck. 

783
00:49:14,900 --> 00:49:18,600
And people say, I want to 
worship this King, I want to 

784
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:22,100
give tribute to this King and it
says he blessed David. 

785
00:49:23,100 --> 00:49:26,600
And we should bless the Lord. 
All the days of her life. 

786
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:29,500
Look at verse 11 and 12 quickly.
We're almost there. 

787
00:49:30,300 --> 00:49:35,100
These also King David dedicated 
to the Lord, And then verse 12, 

788
00:49:35,100 --> 00:49:38,300
we read from Edom, Moab the 
ammonites the Philistines 

789
00:49:38,500 --> 00:49:43,100
amalek. and from the spoil of 
had it, as of the sun, Ivory 

790
00:49:43,100 --> 00:49:47,300
hope, king of Zorba, we know 
enough about amalek To 

791
00:49:47,300 --> 00:49:50,300
comprehend how significant this 
is right. 

792
00:49:51,300 --> 00:49:54,800
Another ancient enemy to the 
people of Israel, but more 

793
00:49:54,800 --> 00:50:00,100
importantly, David's predecessor
failed to do what David did here

794
00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:05,700
and that was to subdue amalek. 
And to have dominion over this 

795
00:50:05,700 --> 00:50:09,900
enemy. 
And when you look at him like 

796
00:50:09,900 --> 00:50:12,000
listed here, you have to 
understand. 

797
00:50:14,300 --> 00:50:19,200
That there is something. 
To say in light of Believers 

798
00:50:19,200 --> 00:50:20,900
comparably. 
What do I mean by that? 

799
00:50:21,500 --> 00:50:26,700
You have two kings David and 
Saul who serve the same God And 

800
00:50:26,700 --> 00:50:29,700
went up against the same. 
Enemy with two totally different

801
00:50:29,700 --> 00:50:31,900
outcomes in life. 
Right. 

802
00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:37,400
Two kings. 
Same God, same enemy to 

803
00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:39,600
different outcomes. 
In fact, do you want to know how

804
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:41,700
close? 
Saul had it to David's life 

805
00:50:41,900 --> 00:50:42,900
quickly stopped there? 
But go. 

806
00:50:42,900 --> 00:50:45,000
To First Samuel 14. 
I want you to see some. 

807
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:48,500
It's quite amazing first. 
Samuel 14 and look at verse 47. 

808
00:50:51,100 --> 00:50:56,400
This is, this is Saul's catalog 
of the enemies that he went up 

809
00:50:56,400 --> 00:50:58,100
against, you're going to notice 
something. 

810
00:51:00,500 --> 00:51:06,100
In 1st, Samuel 1447. 
When saw had taken the kingship 

811
00:51:06,100 --> 00:51:09,600
over Israel, he fought against 
all his enemies on every side, 

812
00:51:09,700 --> 00:51:14,200
every side, right against Moab 
against the ammonites against 

813
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:17,700
Edom, against the kings of soba,
and against the Philistines. 

814
00:51:17,900 --> 00:51:20,400
Wherever he turned here out of 
them, are those the same? 

815
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:22,500
Are they not the same? 
They're the same. 

816
00:51:23,300 --> 00:51:25,400
So, let's not get into this. 
David had it easier. 

817
00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:29,300
David hat was more of a warrior 
than same enemies. 

818
00:51:29,900 --> 00:51:33,900
Same God, same promises. 
Same assignment. 

819
00:51:35,100 --> 00:51:40,700
Different outcomes. 
You can have two Believers 

820
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:45,500
professing Christians born again
at the same time they have the 

821
00:51:45,500 --> 00:51:48,300
same Bible. 
They come to the same church. 

822
00:51:48,500 --> 00:51:53,300
They hear the same teaching. 
They have the same devil to 

823
00:51:53,308 --> 00:51:56,200
fight against their living in 
the same corrupt World in 

824
00:51:56,200 --> 00:51:58,800
journeying through it. 
They have the same Holy Spirit 

825
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:02,500
and yet two different outcomes 
throughout the years. 

826
00:52:03,300 --> 00:52:05,700
Not true. 
It is true, right? 

827
00:52:06,500 --> 00:52:09,300
It is true. 
What's the difference? 

828
00:52:10,500 --> 00:52:13,500
Was amalek stronger with Saul 
weaker, would know. 

829
00:52:15,100 --> 00:52:20,700
David had a hunger, a faith, a 
drive, a humility. 

830
00:52:21,900 --> 00:52:26,000
That opened his life up to less 
tragedy and more treasure in 

831
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:32,600
God, Saul clogged. 
Self-absorbed. 

832
00:52:33,200 --> 00:52:35,800
So busy fighting with his own 
Brethren. 

833
00:52:36,100 --> 00:52:40,100
He had little to no strength and
mindfulness to fight against his

834
00:52:40,100 --> 00:52:43,400
real enemy. 
And the trajectory of his life 

835
00:52:43,400 --> 00:52:46,700
was a disaster. 
He exited this world in a 

836
00:52:46,707 --> 00:52:51,300
humiliating way and it's 
nobody's fault except Sol's. 

837
00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:58,600
And I think when I look at this,
as I read it even during the 

838
00:52:58,600 --> 00:53:00,500
break, you can have the same 
congregation. 

839
00:53:00,900 --> 00:53:04,200
They hear the same sermons. 
They have access to the elders 

840
00:53:04,200 --> 00:53:07,200
in the same way. 
They have the same loving, 

841
00:53:07,200 --> 00:53:11,600
family and yet. 
Over the years, two different 

842
00:53:11,600 --> 00:53:14,300
directions. 
Guess whose fault. 

843
00:53:14,300 --> 00:53:16,700
I say this in love. 
Not your leaders. 

844
00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:18,600
Do they have responsibility? 
Not God. 

845
00:53:18,700 --> 00:53:20,000
Not because you have a different
Bible. 

846
00:53:20,300 --> 00:53:23,300
It's yours. 
You can have as much of God as 

847
00:53:23,300 --> 00:53:26,900
you want. 
You can actually grow from glory

848
00:53:26,900 --> 00:53:29,500
to glory. 
But you have to make that 

849
00:53:29,500 --> 00:53:31,900
choice. 
And that's what I take from 

850
00:53:31,900 --> 00:53:33,800
this. 
David was able to overcome 

851
00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:36,400
amalek when Saul couldn't, and 
it's not because David had 

852
00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:38,900
something special. 
The only thing you had was a 

853
00:53:38,900 --> 00:53:41,700
heart that was split open and 
Brokenness before the Lord day 

854
00:53:41,700 --> 00:53:43,100
by day. 
That's it. 

855
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:48,500
That's it. 
Now, we come to the final enemy.

856
00:53:50,700 --> 00:53:53,900
verse 13 and 14 David made a 
name for himself when he 

857
00:53:53,900 --> 00:53:57,200
returned from striking down 
18,000 edomites in the valley of

858
00:53:57,200 --> 00:54:02,100
salt Then he put Garrison's and 
Edom through all eat him, he put

859
00:54:02,100 --> 00:54:05,600
garrisons and all the edomites 
became David's servants and the 

860
00:54:05,600 --> 00:54:08,600
lord gave Victory to David 
wherever he went, who's Edom. 

861
00:54:09,900 --> 00:54:14,400
Yeah, he's so who's Esau? 
Jacob's brother, twin brothers. 

862
00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:21,800
And Esau unfortunately though he
was a brother to Jacob 

863
00:54:22,700 --> 00:54:25,300
throughout the generations, only
grew in bitterness instead of 

864
00:54:25,300 --> 00:54:29,100
Brotherhood. 
Esau Eden was known for his 

865
00:54:29,100 --> 00:54:31,300
pride, the prophets revealed 
that and that was really, his 

866
00:54:31,300 --> 00:54:34,900
downfall, his arrogance. 
And Edom was a little cruel, not

867
00:54:34,900 --> 00:54:37,800
little, but actually cruel to 
Jacob because he was one of 

868
00:54:37,800 --> 00:54:41,400
those areas when the the the 
ones that came out of Exile, 

869
00:54:41,400 --> 00:54:44,200
want to pass through eating 
said, no way brothers and no 

870
00:54:44,200 --> 00:54:48,100
way. 
When we come here at this point,

871
00:54:48,100 --> 00:54:50,700
it seems as though Edom, the 
reason why David goes to war 

872
00:54:50,700 --> 00:54:54,400
with Edom, you get a hint of why
when you go to Psalm 16 you'd 

873
00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:56,000
have to turn there, you can read
that on your own. 

874
00:54:56,800 --> 00:55:01,500
You get the impression that the 
edomites had the boldness to 

875
00:55:01,500 --> 00:55:05,000
actually occupy, what was 
promised to the sons of Jacob at

876
00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:08,500
least in part. 
And so now they are, they're 

877
00:55:08,500 --> 00:55:13,600
trying to take up the regions 
that really Esau gave up to 

878
00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:16,000
Jacob. 
Remember he sold it all for a 

879
00:55:16,008 --> 00:55:20,700
bowl of Of soup. 
He despised his Birthright. 

880
00:55:21,100 --> 00:55:24,500
Jacob later, deceived him in 
terms of the father's blessing. 

881
00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:29,000
And Jacob is enjoying what God 
gave to him, Esau? 

882
00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:34,300
Perhaps because of that history,
is looking at what Jacob is 

883
00:55:34,300 --> 00:55:38,300
enjoying and is now Crossing his
own lines. 

884
00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:42,100
And David has a duty to protect 
what God had promised. 

885
00:55:42,100 --> 00:55:47,200
So he goes to war with Edom but 
what stands out from verse 14 is

886
00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:50,200
the garrisons. 
He sets up Garrison's in Edom 

887
00:55:50,200 --> 00:55:52,500
but not just in Edom throughout 
all Edom. 

888
00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:58,400
So he plants these posts 
throughout where Edom was For 

889
00:55:58,400 --> 00:56:00,100
what purpose, what did 
Garrison's do? 

890
00:56:02,200 --> 00:56:04,600
And idea, what's the purpose of 
them? 

891
00:56:07,700 --> 00:56:09,600
Garrison's are really post with 
soldiers in it. 

892
00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:13,200
That's all they are. 
And for David to do this is for 

893
00:56:13,500 --> 00:56:18,700
his men to monitor supervise and
ensure that there's no Revolt 

894
00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:22,000
that there's no Revival among 
the edomites to try to overthrow

895
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:25,200
David again and it keeps them 
in. 

896
00:56:25,200 --> 00:56:29,200
Check When it came to the 
edomites, David felt because he 

897
00:56:29,200 --> 00:56:34,900
was a master military genius. 
He knew that there was something

898
00:56:34,900 --> 00:56:38,000
about the attitude and there was
a feistiness with the edomites 

899
00:56:38,100 --> 00:56:43,300
that I have to plant my men in 
this region to keep watch on 

900
00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:46,800
them less, they turn around in a
moment's time. 

901
00:56:46,900 --> 00:56:48,800
And we have a big issue on our 
hands. 

902
00:56:49,300 --> 00:56:52,600
The principal here in light of 
our spiritual warfare is the 

903
00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:58,800
call to watchfulness. 
It's the call to be aware and 

904
00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:03,300
alert, not just when you are are
dealing with temptation. 

905
00:57:03,500 --> 00:57:06,600
You should be awake long before 
that, but even in times where 

906
00:57:06,600 --> 00:57:09,000
you feel like you're on cloud 
nine spiritually. 

907
00:57:10,500 --> 00:57:13,100
And to understand that, even 
though you might be enjoying, 

908
00:57:13,300 --> 00:57:16,800
what seems to be Rejoice. 
Always pray without ceasing 

909
00:57:16,800 --> 00:57:18,400
give, thanks in all 
circumstances. 

910
00:57:18,400 --> 00:57:20,800
Nothing can touch me. 
Nothing, can bring me down. 

911
00:57:20,900 --> 00:57:23,600
Even in those moments 
spiritually speaking. 

912
00:57:23,600 --> 00:57:25,900
Am I on guard? 
Because you have to be at all 

913
00:57:25,900 --> 00:57:29,400
times again. 
You have many Christians who 

914
00:57:29,400 --> 00:57:32,300
with the Philistines, they look 
at their sin, they're defeated. 

915
00:57:32,300 --> 00:57:34,700
And they come to church, and 
they come to talk to the 

916
00:57:34,700 --> 00:57:36,000
brothers. 
As, you know, I just it's 

917
00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:37,200
another day. 
I'm just struggling. 

918
00:57:37,200 --> 00:57:38,900
Pray for you. 
Don't really want to be set 

919
00:57:38,900 --> 00:57:39,500
free. 
It's clear. 

920
00:57:39,500 --> 00:57:42,000
It's obvious, right? 
But then you also have another 

921
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:46,800
danger where somebody might be 
walking in growth and hunger of 

922
00:57:46,808 --> 00:57:50,800
the things of God, but they are 
not also. 

923
00:57:51,800 --> 00:57:57,400
In the place of strategy. 
And alertness and surveillance. 

924
00:57:58,800 --> 00:58:00,700
And that's a dangerous place to 
be as well. 

925
00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:03,800
And let me show you a verse and 
I think it's a wonderful place 

926
00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:06,400
to end. 
It's not in third, John, it's in

927
00:58:06,400 --> 00:58:10,100
2nd John and it's in one verse 
and I think this is this is a 

928
00:58:10,100 --> 00:58:16,600
verse that I cherish in the 
category of my mind of warnings 

929
00:58:16,600 --> 00:58:19,600
of the Bible. 
Warnings are good, right? 

930
00:58:19,600 --> 00:58:22,400
Love warns. 
Some people say, love wins. 

931
00:58:22,400 --> 00:58:24,300
Have you heard of it? 
No, good. 

932
00:58:24,300 --> 00:58:27,800
Good love wins. 
There's no hell love wins. 

933
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:30,800
Yeah, love wins. 
Love warns. 

934
00:58:32,700 --> 00:58:37,900
Love warns and into John 8. 
Pastor, John has a warning for 

935
00:58:37,900 --> 00:58:41,100
his readers. 
I like the way the ESV puts it. 

936
00:58:41,100 --> 00:58:42,300
What are the first? 
Two words? 

937
00:58:44,700 --> 00:58:50,700
Watch yourselves. 
Watch who Satan watch? 

938
00:58:50,700 --> 00:58:53,300
What your algorithm on 
tick-tock? 

939
00:58:56,900 --> 00:59:01,200
Watch yourselves, watch 
yourselves. 

940
00:59:01,200 --> 00:59:02,900
Why? 
So that you may not lose what we

941
00:59:02,900 --> 00:59:05,400
have worked for. 
You know why? 

942
00:59:05,408 --> 00:59:07,500
David said of Garrison's? 
He didn't want to lose what he 

943
00:59:07,500 --> 00:59:14,100
worked for. 
Bo may win a full reward. 

944
00:59:15,900 --> 00:59:18,900
You have some Believers that 
want to just like yes sneak into

945
00:59:18,900 --> 00:59:22,800
the gates. 
And you have other believers and

946
00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:24,900
I believe, God wants every 
believer to come in. 

947
00:59:26,300 --> 00:59:32,100
Expecting a full reward. 
I don't want to go in with smoke

948
00:59:33,100 --> 00:59:35,700
on my white garments because 
everything I did for the Lord 

949
00:59:35,700 --> 00:59:39,200
came to Ash when it was tested 
Through Fire. 

950
00:59:41,800 --> 00:59:43,600
I want to have something to 
bring to his feet. 

951
00:59:44,900 --> 00:59:48,000
At the end of it all you know 
what it's going to require watch

952
00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:54,400
yourself, watch yourself. 
Watch yourself Timothy, keep a 

953
00:59:54,400 --> 00:59:59,200
close watch on your life, and 
your Doctrine, your life first, 

954
00:59:59,700 --> 01:00:02,100
and your Doctrine. 
Hey, if you're in this place and

955
01:00:02,100 --> 01:00:03,900
you feel called to the ministry,
you don't want Ministry. 

956
01:00:03,900 --> 01:00:05,400
Really is. 
Do you want to know what 

957
01:00:05,400 --> 01:00:06,700
full-time Ministry is? 
I'll give you a hint. 

958
01:00:06,700 --> 01:00:08,400
It's a very if there's like a 
summary statement. 

959
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:12,100
Is this ministry is the 
extension of your personal life.

960
01:00:13,300 --> 01:00:15,200
If I'm not real in real life, 
that what am I doing? 

961
01:00:15,200 --> 01:00:19,100
Is a waste of time, right? 
Ministry is just an extension of

962
01:00:19,100 --> 01:00:23,300
your life, being put on display 
as example to others. 

963
01:00:24,300 --> 01:00:27,400
Watch yourself. 
What does that mean? 

964
01:00:27,500 --> 01:00:30,900
Let's end by conversation. 
How do you watch yourself? 

965
01:00:34,800 --> 01:00:39,700
Meditate day and night helps and
the word be rude in The Witcher.

966
01:00:39,900 --> 01:00:43,500
How do I watch myself? 
Pride. 

967
01:00:43,500 --> 01:00:45,600
Sure of Prides their but 
practically speaking. 

968
01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:52,400
What do I do to ensure that I am
continually on watch Beautiful. 

969
01:00:52,400 --> 01:00:54,100
Measure your life in light of 
scripture. 

970
01:00:54,100 --> 01:00:56,500
Don't compare it to the other 
guy that's struggling all the 

971
01:00:56,500 --> 01:00:59,200
time, you're not going to get 
very far. 

972
01:01:00,900 --> 01:01:05,100
Who am I surrounded with? 
Who am I surrounded with? 

973
01:01:05,100 --> 01:01:08,300
Watch yourself, you know? 
Another way I watch myself I 

974
01:01:08,300 --> 01:01:11,700
always watch. 
My affections. 

975
01:01:14,000 --> 01:01:20,500
I always check Daniel. 
Where is your where are your 

976
01:01:20,500 --> 01:01:22,500
affections for the things of 
God. 

977
01:01:23,700 --> 01:01:27,600
I always check myself and my am 
I starting to get more excited 

978
01:01:27,600 --> 01:01:31,700
more, passionate more consumed 
with trivial things or am I 

979
01:01:31,700 --> 01:01:35,600
growing and becoming warmer and 
warmer to the things of the 

980
01:01:35,600 --> 01:01:38,100
spirit. 
I always that's how I always 

981
01:01:38,100 --> 01:01:41,700
watch myself. 
Watch - you know, another way. 

982
01:01:43,200 --> 01:01:44,700
This is just hopefully this 
helps. 

983
01:01:45,500 --> 01:01:49,200
I watch How I spend my time. 
I watch How I spend my time, I 

984
01:01:49,200 --> 01:01:52,500
look at my day-to-day schedule 
and from time to time, I do some

985
01:01:52,500 --> 01:01:55,600
inventory. 
And I think to myself how much 

986
01:01:55,600 --> 01:01:59,800
time was I on this and how much 
time did I give to this? 

987
01:02:01,300 --> 01:02:04,100
The whole week and I actually, I
watch myself you saying brother,

988
01:02:04,100 --> 01:02:06,400
is that a way to live? 
It's a beautiful way to live. 

989
01:02:07,500 --> 01:02:11,800
It's a beautiful way to live. 
If you're walking down, I don't 

990
01:02:11,800 --> 01:02:13,600
know why you would be there by 
on the south side of Chicago. 

991
01:02:13,600 --> 01:02:15,100
Are you going to watch yourself?
You're going to watch your 

992
01:02:15,100 --> 01:02:17,500
environment, you just going to 
stick around on your phone and 

993
01:02:17,500 --> 01:02:18,900
look around. 
No, you're going to watch, 

994
01:02:18,900 --> 01:02:22,600
you're going to be on alert. 
And this world is a terrible 

995
01:02:22,600 --> 01:02:24,500
place. 
It's filled with evil and 

996
01:02:24,500 --> 01:02:27,000
Temptation and deception. 
Watch yourself. 

997
01:02:27,500 --> 01:02:28,900
Watch yourself. 
Here's your assignment. 

998
01:02:28,900 --> 01:02:32,100
It's a very short one saying, 
when did we do assignments? 

999
01:02:33,800 --> 01:02:35,400
From time to time to 
spontaneous. 

1000
01:02:37,500 --> 01:02:40,200
And your little Fellowship, ask 
yourself and ask others. 

1001
01:02:40,400 --> 01:02:44,100
How do you watch yourself? 
And if you don't do it tonight, 

1002
01:02:44,100 --> 01:02:47,900
maybe a part of your fellowship 
from time to time, I think. 

1003
01:02:47,900 --> 01:02:52,600
One way we watch ourselves as 
our brother said, is we have 

1004
01:02:52,600 --> 01:02:55,600
others watch over us? 
Brother. 

1005
01:02:55,600 --> 01:02:59,400
Keep a watch on me. 
Hold me accountable. 

1006
01:02:59,700 --> 01:03:01,700
I said I would end there but let
me end it and let me end here 

1007
01:03:01,700 --> 01:03:03,700
actually. 
There are two verses and our 

1008
01:03:03,700 --> 01:03:08,300
sister brought up earlier verse 
6 and verse 14 and they both say

1009
01:03:08,300 --> 01:03:10,700
the same thing and whenever we 
see repetition it's because the 

1010
01:03:10,700 --> 01:03:12,700
Holy Spirit really wants to make
a point clear? 

1011
01:03:13,000 --> 01:03:15,600
And here it is at the end of 
verse 6 and the lord gave 

1012
01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:19,200
Victory to David wherever he 
went verse 14, the same thing at

1013
01:03:19,200 --> 01:03:21,800
the end and the lord gave 
Victory to David wherever he 

1014
01:03:21,800 --> 01:03:24,100
went. 
What's he trying to say don't be

1015
01:03:24,100 --> 01:03:25,700
too impressed with David. 
This is God. 

1016
01:03:26,500 --> 01:03:30,900
This is God, all that David was 
able to do is because of God and

1017
01:03:30,900 --> 01:03:33,700
all the things that you just 
heard watching yourself 

1018
01:03:33,800 --> 01:03:36,400
Garrison's. 
All these things that you all 

1019
01:03:36,400 --> 01:03:39,900
these things that seem 
overwhelming know this God will 

1020
01:03:39,900 --> 01:03:45,100
help you. 
God will help me, God is with us

1021
01:03:45,700 --> 01:03:50,800
and David was so aware of the 
supplying mercies of the Lord 

1022
01:03:50,900 --> 01:03:53,700
that he could not help. 
But return with praise and 

1023
01:03:53,700 --> 01:03:56,900
turned to say, Lord every spoil 
has your name on it. 

1024
01:03:58,400 --> 01:04:02,200
Has your name on it. 
We can know such a Grace from 

1025
01:04:02,200 --> 01:04:06,900
God in our victories, that it 
would be a means by which we 

1026
01:04:06,900 --> 01:04:09,300
worship him. 
And I hope you believe that, 

1027
01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:11,500
I'll be believe that we're in a 
war. 

1028
01:04:12,500 --> 01:04:14,700
I'm happy that I'm in the 
trenches with you. 

1029
01:04:16,100 --> 01:04:17,400
And I hope we can do that for 
life. 

1030
01:04:17,900 --> 01:04:36,000
Let's pray. 
Lord, we are overwhelmed by the 

1031
01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:46,600
gems. that had been uncovered 
today, we are Moved by how your 

1032
01:04:46,600 --> 01:04:53,600
work can speak. with surgical 
precision and Lord tonight, our 

1033
01:04:53,600 --> 01:04:57,500
flesh may be weak, but we long 
to still give you praise with 

1034
01:04:57,500 --> 01:05:02,600
whatever is left and we asked, 
oh Lord, That you would help us 

1035
01:05:03,300 --> 01:05:09,300
know all that you have for us. 
all the Great Heights and the 

1036
01:05:09,308 --> 01:05:15,600
depths, and the breaths that 
have been made possible because 

1037
01:05:15,600 --> 01:05:20,600
of the cross of Jesus Christ, 
And Lord, when we see those 

1038
01:05:20,600 --> 01:05:22,800
commands that seem to be too 
good to be true. 

1039
01:05:22,800 --> 01:05:25,900
Like Rejoice, always pray 
without ceasing give, thanks in 

1040
01:05:25,900 --> 01:05:30,600
all circumstances. 
May not meet skepticism but 

1041
01:05:30,600 --> 01:05:35,100
faith faith in our hearts to 
say, oh Lord, I want that. 

1042
01:05:35,900 --> 01:05:39,700
I want to know what it means to 
pray for my enemies. 

1043
01:05:40,300 --> 01:05:42,200
I want to know what it means to 
love. 

1044
01:05:42,200 --> 01:05:47,500
Those who curse me. 
Lord, help us know these great 

1045
01:05:47,500 --> 01:05:52,500
areas that seem foreign to us 
but are possible to explore. 

1046
01:05:53,200 --> 01:05:57,300
We worship you tonight, as a 
church in love with your word 

1047
01:05:57,300 --> 01:05:59,900
and love with the word. 
The person of Jesus. 

1048
01:06:00,700 --> 01:06:03,500
Amen. 
Let's stand together and Worship

1049
01:06:03,500 --> 01:05:59,900
the Lord. 
The person of Jesus. 

1050
01:06:00,700 --> 01:06:03,500
Amen. 
Let's stand together and Worship

1051
01:06:03,500 --> 01:06:04,000
the Lord.